The front page of a weekly federal government update flyer, describing the current federal budget proposal in the house of representatives, the federal agencies under attack, and updates on the price of eggs and gas.

The back page of a flyer that includes five qr codes that can be scanned to take action to protect our democracy. The actions include calling your senators and reps, protesting with indivisible, learning about issues, donating to a food bank, and a document that has a very long list of other options.

I was inspired to do a little something, based on a comment @prisonculture.bsky.social made earlier this week, and put together this flyer with federal policy actions that happened this week. I hope people find this useful!

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Can bird flu pass from humans to birds/other animals?

And I assume this doesn't even take into account the number of readers tuning in through email subscriptions, that can read without clicking through!

Check them out if you want to take part @indivisible.org

Check them out if you want to take part @indivisible.org

This is from Indivisible's toolkit and they have been planning organized protests at senator's offices all week

on the fence in the Senate to act. (They acknowledged that activism scripts are also helpful, so keep doing that, but human stories are more so.)

2. Please ask your friends and family in other states to do the same, because it will help our Senators increase their number of allies in the Senate. /2

At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks:

1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1

Massachusetts Transgender Rally, 1/30 12-3pm

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A small piece of good news, I just read this in my newsletter from Dan Rather (you're on his list, yes?)

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For folks who say, "Why should I even bother calling my Democratic Senator? They'll vote the right way..."

I need you to understand that when Dem electeds try to justify why they're cowering in terror from Trump right now, the VERY FIRST THING THEY CITE is:

"no one's calling my office"

Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.

i want folks to remember that the civil rights movement didn't start in Washington DC, the women's vote movement didn't start in DC, the gay rights movement didn't start in DC, etc. all the movements that brought real change in America started outside DC. It is in our communities we must act.

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”

-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

Bloomberg and (to my surprise) Axios launched Project 2025 trackers this week, connecting Trump's moves to the wildly unpopular manifesto. This is a really good opportunity for Democrats to run riot over this already plowed and seeded terrain and keep their grip on the Project 2025 narrative.

Ok, I loved the coverage in 2016-2017, and followed on Facebook, but after a while was only pushed the same years-old generic articles. Glad to see that you're still going strong and sad to see how much FB has stopped the distribution of these articles

How to Take Heart From What Really Worked in the First Resistance Marches and lawsuits are fine, but the real wins over MAGA last time were powered by grassroots activists pushing from thousands of districts across the country.

Marches and lawsuits are fine, but the real wins over MAGA last time were powered by grassroots activists pushing from thousands of districts across the country.

Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Coming. Here’s What We Can Do. This moment calls for action.

Mass Deportation Is Coming Under Trump — But Immigration Activists Are Mobilizing to Stop It