Half Moon Rising

Does your Representative know you’re against corruption? Regardless of party, we need better anti corruption measures in place, with teeth.
Degette 202-225-4431
Neguse 202-225-2161
Hurd 202-225-4676
Boebert 202-225-4761
Crank 202-225-4422
Crow 202-225-7882
Pettersen 202-225-2645
Evans 202-225-5625

Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’ Drag queen, environmentalist, diversity and inclusion advocate and social media star arrives in San Francisco

We each find our own resistance.
#Activism #Resistance #PattieGonia #LGBTQIA+
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Colorado's Secretary of State argues feds have no right to voter data Secretary of State has refused the latest request for data on voters.

Secretary of State has refused the latest request for data on voters.

i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.

In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.

U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.

The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful — and they know it.

We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.

‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?

“The most affecting thing for me was the language used about women on that site,” Bellingcat’s Ross Higgins continues. “We had to change it for our online report because we didn’t want it to be triggering, but this is pure misogyny. Pure hatred.”
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You may think we have to win, & you wonder if that's possible.
But I tell you what we have to do is fight, & that is very achievable.
Anyone discouraging you from engaging in the fight is an obstacle to sanity.
We each find our own level & engage.
#Resistance #Sanity

‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?

“The most affecting thing for me was the language used about women on that site,” Bellingcat’s Ross Higgins continues. “We had to change it for our online report because we didn’t want it to be triggering, but this is pure misogyny. Pure hatred.”
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NPR, CPR and other stations battle Trump's defunding of public media A pivotal hearing arguing the Trump administration broke the law with its treatment of public media took place in Washington D.C. on Dec. 4.

A pivotal hearing arguing the Trump administration broke the law with its treatment of public media took place in Washington D.C. on Dec. 4.

Recognizing & pushing back on white supremacy is resistance.
Fascism rests on a foundation of racism.
#Resistance #AntiRacism #Democracy

Protesters call on CU Athletics to cancel contract with Key Lime Air amid ICE flights About 40 protesters gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder campus on Thursday, demanding that CU Athletics cancel its contract with Key Lime Air, a Colorado-based airline that has been flyi…

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@dailycamera.com article about the protest. Don’t forget to sign the petition!

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Political and Field Associate Job Description | Phil Weiser for Colorado Position Title: Political and Field Associate Reports to: Political Director Location: Colorado (extensive in-state travel required) Employment Type: Full-time for the duration of the campaign Apply h...

JOB OPPORTUNITY---Our team is looking for a Political and Field Associate to help our campaign continue to engage Coloradans across our state. Please take a look and spread the word.
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Protect Abortion Coverage in the ACA Congress is locked in negotiations over whether to make healthcare affordable or let costs skyrocket. Anti-abortion groups are trying to exploit the debate to push abortion out of reach. We must take ...

Tell your members of Congress to reject an abortion ban for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act.

#Colorado #BodilyAutonomy #Discrimination #Abortion
Call your representatives. No income discrimination for abortion access.
Degette 202-225-4431
Neguse 202-225-2161
Hurd 202-225-4676
Boebert 202-225-4761
Crank 202-225-4422
Crow 202-225-7882
Pettersen 202-225-2645
Evans 202-225-5625

How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes

#DollarStore #PriceGouging #Poverty
The dollar store model wipes out small businesses, rips off the vulnerable, continues to overcharge.
“Coffield scanned 300 items & recorded their shelf prices… item after item rang up at a higher price.”
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#Colorado #ICE

ICE is here, and violating the rights of Coloradans.
We are grateful to the legal advisors, protesters, lawyers and judges working each in their own area to protect our rights.

Members of Congress should be banned from ever becoming lobbyists.

PERIOD.

That’s why I’m leading an effort with @ocasio-cortez.house.gov to enact that exact prohibition into law.

Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley, and Grand Junction: coloradohealthnetwork.org/hiv-hvc-sti-...
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YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: 'I am not going to be silenced.' Kelly denounces 'bullying' by Trump, Hegseth

Inspiring speech by Senator
Mark Kelly.

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ICE conduct in Colorado "unlawful”: Federal judge restricts how immigration officers can arrest people in the state The ruling is a win in federal court for ACLU, Colorado law firms who sued ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions

A federal judge last week blocked ICE from making indiscriminate arrests without a warrant in Colorado, in a case brought by @acluofcolorado.bsky.social. 

The Trump administration can't arrest people because of our skin color, accent, or perceived nationality in order to fulfill arrest quotas. 

What the AIDS crisis stole from Black gay men On World AIDS Day, a long-term survivor calls for honesty, care, and remembrance in Black queer communities.

On World AIDS Day, a long-term survivor calls for honesty, care, and remembrance in Black queer communities.

Day Without Art | Visual AIDS December 1st is Day With(out) Art, held each year as an international day of action and awareness in response to the AIDS crisis.

remembering the late 1990s/early 2000s observations of a Day Without Art, a Visual AIDS project for World AIDS Day—and on the web, people turning their own personal websites black

Stop AIDS, 1989 - Keith Haring

Thinking about the victims and survivors today on World AIDS Day.

World AIDS Day with a red ribbon

Remember those lost.
Fight the stigma.
Educate.

for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

US lawmakers demand answers over Hegseth Venezuela boat strike reports Concern over media reports that the US military carried out a second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat prompts a bipartisan inquiry.

#Colorado #Senators #Action #Call #WarCrimes
Let our Senators know that we expect accountability on actions by our military.
Bennet: (202) 224-5852
Hickenlooper: (202) 224-5941
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It's not a love of the status quo.

It's a combination of terror at the idea of a new reality to navigate, and an inability to imagine something new (better or otherwise).

It speaks to how part of the work of liberatory organizing is visionary. We have to help people see a possible better future.

#Indivisble leaders need to understand the difference between coordinated collective action & conscious consumer choice.
Calling for a boycott off the cuff is ineffective & wasteful.
Boycotts require planning, community input & clear goals.