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Did Air Traffic Controllers just start the general strike?!?? 🤝

“…Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed that many air traffic control workers were calling out sick.”

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

#GeneralStrike #ShutItDown #AirTrafficControllers #50501movement

The administration continues to escalate its attack on our rights and the rule of law. In late September, the president authorized the use of tear gas and other “non-lethal” munitions against peaceful protesters (1) legally exercising their right to free speech in Portland, Oregon. Last week, ICE carried out a full-force raid on U.S. citizens’ homes in Chicago without warrants.(2) And on Friday, they began targeting immigrant children as young as ten.(3) It’s getting frighteningly real. As a trans woman, I feel particularly vulnerable when the Donald calls transgender people the “biggest domestic public safety threat.” The Heritage Foundation now labels anyone who supports us as a “domestic terrorist.”(4) The creator of the trans flag, like nearly half of respondents to a poll conducted by Williams college in May, is fleeing the country.(5) If the spending bill had passed, hundreds of thousands of transgender Americans could have lost access to hormones, without which many would not survive.(6) We cannot and will not allow these attacks on our freedoms to stand uncontested. On October 18, we come together across Vermont to speak truth to power, defend our communities, and reclaim our democracy from the cruelty and corruption threatening it. MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR 10/18: Find an event near you: 50501vermont.com/events No event in your town? Start one: nokings.org/host-toolkit

Across Vermont, nearly 40 towns are already organizing, from Brattleboro to Burlington, from Barre to Bennington, joining a national wave of peaceful resistance. Together, we can help the country reach the “3.5% threshold” that research shows always leads to real change. In America, we don’t have kings. We will not back down from chaos, corruption, or cruelty. “No Kings” is more than a slogan - it’s a promise to each other. SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT: Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont Grab a t-shirt: marchmerch.com/collections/50501-vermont OUR COMMITMENT TO NONVIOLENCE All No Kings events are rooted in peaceful, lawful action. We ask everyone to act with compassion and discipline, to de-escalate and not to provoke, and to leave all weapons, even legal ones, at home. We show our strength not through force, but through courage, truth, and unity. Together, we rise. Geri Peterson, Volunteer/Organizer, 50501 Vermont (1) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I-bqKEd1OiU (2) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2d591LRPU40 (3) https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/operation-freaky-friday-what-you-need-to-know/ (4) https://www.wired.com/story/heritage-foundation-uses-bogus-stat-to-push-a-trans-terrorism-classification/ (5) https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/creator-of-the-trans-flag-is-fleeing (6) https://www.gendergp.com/the-danger-of-withdrawing-hormones-from-trans-people/

use of tear gas and other “non-lethal” munitions against peaceful protesters

The Heritage Foundation now labels anyone who supports us [trans people] as a “domestic terrorist.”

We cannot and will not allow these attacks on our freedoms to stand uncontested.

MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR 10/18:

Find an event near you: 50501vermont.com/event/no-kin...

No event in your town? Start one: nokings.org/host-toolkit

Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont

4 men with instruments

The weather is looking perfect for a backyard concert on Sunday!

www.facebook.com/events/13007...

Demand House Leadership Swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva immediately

House Republican leadership is delaying the swearing in of newly elected Representative Adelita Grijalva to avoid a measure that would force the release of the Epstein files. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/GRW5W8Fm

Map of the United States showing locations of 10-18 NO KINGS events NOKINGS.ORG

Do you live in one of the blank areas? HOST a PROTEST!
www.nokings.org/host-toolkit

GOP shuts down government because they want Americans to suffer The federal government has officially shut down, after the GOP-controlled Congress failed to pass a funding bill by midnight. And it's all because Republicans are refusing to negotiate with ...

4 million people will lose their health insurance coverage by the end of the year. Insurance premiums will skyrocket.

Republicans are falsely claiming that Democrats want $1 trillion to give health care to undocumented immigrants.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

MASS CALL- Healthcare Not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown · Healthcare Not Authoritarianism Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have spent the past nine months selling out working families in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends. Now they’re taking us into a governmen...

www.mobilize.us/healthcareno...

Federal workers unions call on Schumer, Jeffries to hold the line even if it means a shutdown

ACTION ITEM! CONTACT YOUR SENATORS!
Tell them you support a NO vote even if it means a government shutdown.
5calls.org and/or democracy.io#!/

ALSO TELL SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES TO HOLD THE LINE!
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact
jeffries.house.gov/contact/

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Israel, Zionism and Jews on the Narrative Battlefield 29 September 2025

Israel, Zionism and Jews on the Narrative Battlefield

Sermon mentioned in the article: drive.google.com/file/d/1Oi6j...

open.substack.com/pub/natperni...

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
Are his acts those of a sane person? Or of an aging paranoid megalomaniac? Shouldn’t the media be actively investigating? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Federal workers unions call on Schumer, Jeffries to hold the line even if it means a shutdown “Federal workers will willingly forego paychecks in the hopes of preserving the programs we have devoted our lives to administering,” the unions said.

TELL SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES TO HOLD THE LINE!

www.schumer.senate.gov/contact
jeffries.house.gov/contact/

Federal workers unions call on Schumer, Jeffries to hold the line even if it means a shutdown

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Tell Congress to side with DC — Free DC

Allies across the country who have members of Congress, we need your help! Republicans are advancing 16 bills and more than 20 budget riders that attack DC.

Use the tools below to contact your Senators and Representative.

freedcproject.org/congress

Americans of Conscience Checklist

Even when the news feels heavy, remember that you’re not facing these times alone. Americans of Conscience reaches more than 46,000 concerned Americans every month. Together we’re taking action with courage and compassion to build a better future for all.

americansofconscience.com/09-26-2025/

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell CBS to Save the Colbert Show One fight remains to make Trump’s late-night free-speech defeat complete. Stephen Colbert said this week: "Now that Jimmy’s not being cancelled…I am the only martyr in Late Night. Unless–CBS, you want...

Our protests got Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. Now let's get CBS to reverse their decision to cancel Stephen Colbert!

act.boldprogressives.org/survey/petit...

Warning to you and your loved ones None of us is safe when Trump acts as judge and jury.

Trump’s bombing of three ships on the basis of unproven allegations that they were sending drugs into the US, & his ICE raids arresting permanent residents on the basis of unproven allegations they are engaged in “anti-American activity,” endangers every one of us.

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Tell Congress: Reject a government funding bill that doesn't address our health crisis or hold the Trump administration accountable. The federal government is poised to shut down at midnight on September 30th unless Congress acts. After passing a partisan government funding bill, Speaker Mike Johnson has declared that the House wo...

Send a message to Congress: Reject any funding bill that doesn't protect healthcare. Demand a budget that restores Medicaid funding and extends ACA premium tax credits.

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

End Trump’s military occupation of America’s cities! Trump went on a Truth Social tirade and threatened to declare another national emergency in the nation’s capital if local authorities don't comply with ICE’s orders. “I'll call a National Emergency, a...

Cities across the country are in fear of the next violent ICE raid and the next domestic military occupation. Congress must act now to check Trump’s runaway anti-democratic rule.

Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...

Wear a Paperclip

During the Nazi occupation of Norway in WW2 Norwegians used paperclips as a symbol of resistance, wearing them on their lapels as a sign of solidarity and unity. It was a subtle yet defiant act of resistance against occupiers and local Nazi authorities.

thepaperclipresistance.com/history/

Tell the FTC: Hands Off Gender-Affirming Care | A4TE The FTC has opened a 60-day public comment portal—and your action and your story are urgently needed. This is a critical opportunity to submit your public comments in support of gender-affirming care ...

The FTC is accepting public comments through Friday 9/26 at 11:59pm on its efforts to attack trans healthcare. Anyone can make a comment and the website below has information on what to say.

Please share!
transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...

Power belongs to the people Join the Movement Saturday, OCT 18 NO KINGS

What is important to you? How about:
- Free Speech
- Due Process
- Social Security
- Healthcare / Medicaid / Medicare

The current administration is doing away with all of these things.

www.blogger.com/blog/posts/1...

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Is there a 10/18 event in your area? If not, PLAN ONE!
www.nokings.org#map

Paper Clip Protest On Thursday, E.

Paper Clip Protest (pick a colored paperclip!)

“Comely Reader! I suggest we all start wearing the paper clip. Subtler than a red hat, more powerful as a CONNECTION,” . . . they were also worn during WWII as a sign of resistance against the Nazis.

joycevance.substack.com/p/paper-clip...

First they came for . . .

bsky.app/profile/esqu...

It's a short jump from Trans to all Queer people.
A Fox News host already suggested killing all homeless people.
An Executive Order this summer rolled back decades of Disability rights.

What are you waiting for? Join the Resistance.

First they came for...

Most people don't register, so if that was one of the metrics being used to determine crowd sizes, it was woefully undercounted. Most organizers had crowd counters at their events. I collect counts for my state. Total count for 6/14 was nearly double what we had for 4/5.

The address to target is: Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521-3515 -------------- I have been a social media manager for 10 years. If you are upset with a company I BEG you to write a physical letter and put it in a mailbox. 10,000 social media comments are a meaningless annoyance that executives brush off. A single letter can send a company into a panic.

Sign the petition letting Senate Democrats know that you will support them if they stand united against any demands that Donald Trump might make for domestic spending cuts in order to keep the governm... Funding for the federal government will run out on September 30, unless Congress passes additional funding and the president signs that funding into law. Failing that, the government will shut down on...

Democrats in Congress need to stop acting like everything is normal business as usual. IT IS NOT! No concessions, SHUT IT DOWN!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

Make calls: Voting against DC means siding with Trump — Free DC This week the House will vote on four bills attacking DC and nine more are in the works. We call on every Democrat in Congress to reject every single one.

Please make some calls!

freedcproject.org/news/make-ca...

#FreeDC

Rep. Mace to introduce resolution authorizing Charlie Kirk to lie in honor at US Capitol On Thursday, U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Mace announced she will introduce a concurrent resolution to allow Charlie Kirk to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol.

No. Just NO. Please contact your Congress people immediately and urge them to vote ABSOLUTELY NOT on this resolution.

CALL - 5calls.org
EMAIL - democracy.io#!/

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Opinion | Stop Funding Trump’s Takeover (Gift Article)
Democrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy.
www.nytimes.com

Gift link if anyone wants it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...