And now from the No Shit Sherlock Files...

www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

Godspeed, Taara!

www.theverge.com/news/631049/...

Need more outlets for your anger, grief, frustration, insert-other-emotion here? Here's a great recommendation!

Donate to ACLU and Democracy Forward (or your favorite Attorney General's re-election campaign) so they can keep up this important work:

www.aclu.org/donate-aclu?...

democracyforward.org/action/donat...

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Need real tangible ways you can help fight back against the absolute insanity we're experiencing right now? Support *Susan Crawford for WI's Supreme Ct*. This is a critical race and we need to protect our courts at all levels.

I don't know...maybe merging all of our cellphone and mobile data with this guy is a very, very bad idea (apple, T-Mobile, Delta, United all in partnership with Starlink)? Just a hunch...

www.cnn.com/2025/01/05/b...

@marcelias.bsky.social do we have any legit donation sites for fired employees who need legal funds to fight wrongful termination? Or others targeted by this administration? Thought you might know...thanks for all you do.

I hope all of this social media pontificating is also coupled with donations to the ACLU, pro-democracy orgs, independent media, pro-LGBTQ orgs, pro-choice orgs or your favorite civil rights organization.

www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

We've been digital nomads this week in Valencia Spain, laying some ground work for eventual snow birding & then hopefully retirement (or maybe a Plan B America First exit strategy should that need arise). Working until 4 or 5 am has been R.O.U.G.H, but everything else has been perfectly magical.

NEW: The ACLU, Lawyers for Civil Rights and 22 Democratic-led states filed four lawsuits challenging President Trump's executive order revoking birthright citizenship for babies born in the United States whose parents are not citizens. The suits claim Trump's action violates the 14th Amendment.

Enjoying drag while it's still mostly legal. Jimbo *may have* (most definitely) tried to take Mike home with her. Sorry Jimbo, only coal for you!

Have a great holiday season one and all!

It is incredibly challenging to find sober-minded, clear-eyed writing right now on the state of the US and what a 2nd Trump term means, particularly as it relates to protecting our democracy. I found this article to be helpful.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I'm not under any illusions that this is a total win since their next nominee could simply be a more palatable monster. But it certainly means that organized fighting works and that (Dear God please let this be true) that Senate Republicans don't plan on rubber stamping everything.

"But, not all is lost. Courts are playing a major role in protecting voters. Despite concerted Republican efforts to attack voter registration and election rules, pro-voting groups won nearly three times as many lawsuits during the 2023-2024 cycle." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...

I found this post from Brene Brown so helpful (as usual)...

How am I feeling about election day today, you ask? Three cups of "Fucking Magical," it turns out.

Is Bluesky > Threads? Why? Is this one more social media thingy I have to manage poorly?