Elaine

Stand Up For Science: Part 2 Post 04; stand up for science

A couple of things are up. Trump fired the BLS Commissioner. Science agencies try to regain their agency. And we Stand Up For Climate Science.

Came here to say that I was so inspired by this livestream two months ago, and I'm working on a Substack post today to spread the word to a modest audience of mine. Thank you for doing this!!

This one is about Our Heroes at the EPA, but I can't resist a dig at the awful Lee Zeldin. Plus, links to some useful articles.
elainedimasi.substack.com/p/stand-up-f...

Authenticity: A Good Sign Post 02; origin stories

"Maria thanked me, because I was carrying my sign."

~ on authenticity and how to stand up ~

Like Stations In Some Relay | Elaine DiMasi | Substack For fellow travelers, vigilant about democracy and standing up for science. "Like stations in some relay," let's be part of a collective broadcast whose signals combine into waves of knowledge, action...

Announcing a bit of Substackery from myself; I have some stuff to say, and no reason to let a social media algorithm determine whether my friends see it 🙂 Hope to see you there!

elainedimasi.substack.com

Several paragraphs likening Trump supporters to classic totalitarians over the years.

Mike Lofgren was one of first to diagnose structural collapse of GOP. (Book 'The Party's Over,' 2012. Same time as Ornstein/ Mann 'Let's Just Say It: Republicans are the Problem')

Now he argues it's time to use 'totalitarian,' rather than 'authoritarian,' for MAGA era www.salon.com/2025/06/22/a...

Oh so they’re already doing the “I support the troops, not the war” routine.

That didn’t work last time either

The Democratic Party should already have a rapid response presser going, but it's Sunday.

I would hate to interrupt their paid weekends because of an illegal war being declared without Congressional approval. Priorities.

Vance and Hegseth: "game face"
Rubio: "wrong side of firing squad is coming face"

#Iran #Impeach #MoveToAmend #Generalstrike

What's Next — No Kings

It's a diversity of calls to action - don't be confused, just pick one or a few :-) nokings.org/next

No Kings: What's Next in the Fight? YouTube video by No Kings June 14

#NoKings streaming on youtube now - www.youtube.com/live/ECEbs-z...

No Kings: What's Next in the Fight? (Attendee Debrief Call) · No Kings On June 14, we told our governments and communities: No Kings! Join us on Monday night after the big day for a debrief call for everyone across the movement who attended a No Kings event. We'll talk a...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: What's Next in the Fight? (Attendee Debrief Call)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Glad it'll see its day in court - hope they can find someone to prosecute. I actually don't know why they'd be so stupid as to zero out Harris votes completely in NY where it doesn't do anything - but maybe that a cover tactic to say the errors are unintentional. Double layer plans, they're good at.

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson American Conversations: Secretary Pete Buttigieg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4diH...

Mary Geddry has the BEST zingers. BEST.
"Officials warn this may be Canada’s worst wildfire season in recorded history, though the Trump administration has remained characteristically silent, possibly out of respect for the fossil fuels trapped in the blaze."
lmfao!

🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse.

Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.

Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.

Tell 'em that right now *citizenship* (don't have to say "politics") belongs in every place of conversation.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

I've done science at DOE labs since 1996. This DOE post on LinkedIn from Trump's administration makes me so angry and sad. I hope we all survive these four years. I can say, at the labs, we're doing our best to keep the science programs going.

Hey everyone - read @democracydocket.com posts and newsletters. You need to know. #democracy #citizenship #VRA

"The NFL, which has deals with X and Meta, told the New England Patriots to shut down their Bluesky account."

I'm not saying we fight every crazy thing. Every "trial balloon." But we *observe and tell* the crazy things, to prevent the gaslighting from working on us.

omg!

A female meteorologist was fired for accurately describing a Nazi salute, and a female pastor was threatened with deportation (despite being an American) for leading a service about having compassion for our fellow man.

The bully pulpit broligarchy effect.

QUOTE: AFGE public policy director Jacqueline Simon said that Project 2025 repeatedly calls for the new conservative administration to implement changes, regardless of legality. “Expect legal challenges, because they know what they’re doing is unlawful.”

QUOTE: if every civilian federal employee were fired, saving $271 billion, we’d still be far from their promised $2 trillion. Worse, this would cripple essential services ... Musk and Ramaswamy’s approach suggests absurd outcomes, like abandoning Social Security and defense spending administration.

Elon Musk's DOGE Is the Department of Project 2025 -- But Worse Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy could inflict even more damage leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency than Project 2025 ever envisioned.

I'll just leave this here, so we'll know how to talk about project 2025 around the dinner table on holidays...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Hahahaha! :-) :-) :-)

Elon Musk's DOGE Faces Trio of Lawsuits Following Trump’s Inauguration Read more here.

Meanwhile, the DOGE things was sued 3 times. Thanks, @democracydocket.com !
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

From @democracydocket.com - ACLU, Lawyers for Civil Rights and 22 Democratic-led states filed lawsuits challenging Trump's executive order revoking birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. whose parents are not citizens. Suits' claim: Trump's action violated the 14th Amendment.

From @democracydocket.com - Trump signed an executive order known as "Schedule F" that stripped thousands of federal employees of job protections, making it easier to dismiss them for political disloyalty. Federal workers sued to challenge the order.

@sinceresheep.bsky.social @kirakdesigns.bsky.social these yarns were dyed at your workshop! Thank you! 💙