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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Protect & Resist: First 100 Days Action and Training Program · Showing Up for Racial Justice The first few weeks into the first 100 days of the Trump administration have already been an onslaught of violence and chaos. White people in particular have an important role to play right now. It is...

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Federal Workers Against DOGE on Instagram: "TODAY. Federal workers and their allies invite you to a JOB FAIR INSIDE SENATE OFFICES. Federal workers, come prepared to share your stories with Senators a... 14 likes, 0 comments - federalworkersagainstdoge on February 25, 2025: "TODAY. Federal workers and their allies invite you to a JOB FAIR INSIDE SENATE OFFICES. Federal workers, come prepared to share ...

TODAY. 10 AM. Federal workers and their allies invite you to a JOB FAIR IN SENATE OFFICES. Federal workers, come share your stories with Senators and the media. Lunch provided to laid-off feds.
10 AM @ Hart Senate Building Atrium, 120 Constitution Ave. NE.

www.instagram.com/federalworke...

My understanding since I came out in 1989 has been we've been 1 in 10 for decades. I'm confused. Also: Happy to be a bisexual woman helping make the world more queer since 1989. You're welcome.

"In other words, that “war” she declared on her own body is but a microcosm — and a descendant — of the actual wars that, historically, have determined who gets to be considered beautiful. (Hint: It’s always the victors, the powerful and the rich.)"

Not behind a paywall.

Who Is Ugly? (Gift Article) A new book by Moshtari Hilal takes on the taboo subject of ugliness.

This book could have been written for me. "...aesthetic judgments are neither personal nor 'aesthetic.' Instead, our perceptions of human beauty...derive from politics, and are determined by...factors such as war, imperialism, [colonialism], power...and economics."

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...

Meet Some of America’s Newest Gun Owners (Gift Article) These Americans are upending preconceptions about who buys a gun and why.

This will not be behind a paywall. Fascinating and disturbing.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"You’ve got to retain bandwidth. If...we file all the cases that we need to right now, and then don’t have the ability to file them in years two, three, and four, we’ll do the country no good. We have to play this game smartly. And we are picking and choosing our battles."

"the litigation they’re bringing against the City of Chicago...is really far afield. They cannot use...pulling money from roads and hospitals and schools to pressure them on immigration...The governors and the state attorneys general...have enormous power to put up roadblocks."

"In places like Germany or Japan, these countries still struggle with what it means to be a German citizen or Japanese citizen. You see the discrimination against Koreans in Japan. That’s because they haven’t had a concept like birthright citizenship, the way we do."

"This is how we fixed that problem that we had in terms of chattel slavery, and how we made all of us citizens and so that the citizens included the children of slaves. It’s also the way that we became a nation of immigrants and levelled the playing field. It’s the great equalizer"

"They want to eliminate the right to citizenship if you are born here, which was established in the Fourteenth Amendment...It’s how we created American citizens out of the children of slaves. For us in the civil-rights community, this is hallowed ground."

We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country” Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.

I know this may be behind a paywall and for that I'm sorry but if you can read this I highly recommend it.

We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

New Israel Fund The New Israel Fund advances democracy and equality for all Israelis.

Planting Justice brings Israelis and Palestinians together to plant olive trees that help support Palestinian and Bedouin communities. The more trees we plant, the greater the opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian collaboration.

secure.nif.org/a/support-pl...

Protect & Resist: First 100 Days Action and Training Program · Showing Up for Racial Justice The first few weeks into the first 100 days of the Trump administration have already been an onslaught of violence and chaos. White people in particular have an important role to play right now. It is...

mobilize.us/s/dXwenk

But I just checked and it is changed now in Google.

‘Gulf of America’ arrives on Google Maps | CNN Business The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

Also: "Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark [Mt McKinley] to Denali in 2015 as a nod to the region’s native population. But that change hasn’t been made on Google Maps as of Tuesday."

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...

Doing the same. Not as far along yet!

Watching the many phases of the six inch gash in my leg from knee replacement surgery is wild.

This is Ticka - the cat who wouldn't let us close enough to touch her just weeks ago.