This is about doing more than protesting and calling/writing/visiting your reps in Congress. This is next level. Time for this kind of action! Working on figuring it out. Any ideas on how to get started with organizing people who can do this stuff?

REAL ID | Homeland Security

[some sources]
Federal info: www.dhs.gov/real-id

A brief history-ish: www.vox.com/explain-it-t...

Racist origins: www.aaihs.org/the-racist-o...

5/5 Who is this hardest for?
Mostly women, particularly women with more than one marriage in their history.

Becoming aware of the long history, how it was stopped or kicked down the road, and "down the road" is "now".

I don't have an action item to go with this.

REAL ID | Homeland Security

So, yeah. This is a giant hassle.

As someone who has the same name their whole life, I didn't have to think about it: i walk in, get my ID, and leave.

Who else is this easy for?
Most men.

REAL ID | Homeland Security

4/5 For example:
People who change their name through marriage, eg: divorced and re-married, have to create a step-by-step line of proof of name:
- birth certificate
- marriage certificate
- divorce finalization
- marriage certificate #2
- any new last name between marriage #1 and #2.

3/4 ...proof of name change, such as a government issued marriage license, required if name differs from identity document;"

This affects anyone whose name doesn't match their birth certificate.

2/4 "One (1) proof of identity document, such as a certified copy of a birth certificate filed with a State Office of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency in the individual's State of birth;

This is unequal disempowerment:

REAL IDs are required as of May 7, 2025 to board flights and enter federal buildings.

The ID requirements include:

1/3

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

What authoritarian “because I say so” BS is this now.

Who decides “saved”?
“Saved” for whom?

Saved for Trump + Musk.

Providence, too!

50501: 50 protests, in 50 states, on 1 day:
2/5/25
noon

Find your state:
linktr.ee/peacefulprot...

Let me emphasize: Elon Musk has not been confirmed by Congress. His “department” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority.

Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.

Call your rep now (202) 224-3121

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

What a bizarre time.
DOGE isn’t real (but can do real damage).
Nobody elected Elon Musk.
Best I can do is contact my congress representative?

What’s professional-ese for “I disagree with a weird billionaire who was never elected for anything taking over the government”
?

No one elected Elon Musk.

As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.

We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!

Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

I'm trying to save them.

You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.