Wow. Here we are are the end of the week. The last ten days or so have been beyond intense for those engaged in U.S. politics. Personally, I need to take stock, after a day where I made sure to lunch with a friend, get out for a walk, make myself a daiquiri, and cook a simple, healthy dinner. I had to add in activities that used to be just normal, and now are essential to keeping up one’s spirit and energy to fight the Republican Fascism. 1/
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@heidilifeldman I try to take breaks also and identify the good things that are happening in my community.
A new $1M donation helped expand the Center for Women’s History exhibits in Balboa Park in San Diego this month.
My little library in front of my house has gotten some increase activity since being discovered by Halloween trick-or-treaters. Parents have come back with their kids to exchange books.
@heidilifeldman I try to take breaks also and identify the good things that are happening in my community.
A new $1M donation helped expand the Center for Women’s History exhibits in Balboa Park in San Diego this month.
My little library in front of my house has gotten some increase activity since being discovered by Halloween trick-or-treaters. Parents have come back with their kids to exchange books.
@heidilifeldman Last night, some friends and I gathered in my area and played music, loudly, burned stuff in the fire pit, and drank too much. Under a PR Pride flag. Because that's what's important in life. Bring Stephen Miller and his ilk to my area and lets discuss how wrong that it.
@heidilifeldman hang in there...
the bard once said...
" self love... is not so vile a sin as self neglecting."
@heidilifeldman Be well. I appreciate your commitment to truthfulness and activism.
In the interests of keeping up my spirits and, I hope, lifting others’, I’m going to focus almost exclusively on what has been positive in the past ten days. 2/
I’m so pleased and proud of this community for raising close to $15,000 to fund 16 food banks, all of whom have been facing huge demand in the face of the Republican Fascist weaponizing people’s hunger to increase the Party’s power. I won’t close the drive until December 15. If you want to help top off, go to https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/xBnCKKa/Mastodon-for-Hunger-Relief. 3/
Closer to home, I have been supporting Indivisible Santa Fe’s food drive, which has gotten off to a solid start. My role has been mainly to get the drive’s online presence going. https://indivisiblesantafe.org/the-2025-indivisible-santa-fe-food-drive/ 4/
I also had the chance to present to rural and newer Indivisible groups throughout #NewMexico as part of workshop on communications for progressive groups. Along with two friends and colleagues, we managed to cover security and privacy, building a website, generating a newsletter, online collaboration, and social and traditional media.
If you have a grassroots progressive group that might be interested in such a presentation, DM me. 5/
The States may yet save these United States.
Even as the Roberts Court abandons the very ideas of law and adjudication in a constitutional democracy, federal district court keep up their efforts to keep those ideas alive. Here’s an example from today, re the Trump regime’s despotic efforts to control the University of California. 7/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
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@heidilifeldman May I add the federal shutdown lasted long enough past open season start date for voters to match in real time rising health insurance rates and the reason for the shutdown. All while the MAGA were attacking health insurance. It was good synergy.
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It would be really hilarious if you just ended the thread right here.
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