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Julian P. Donahue

@jpdonahue.bsky.social

Curator Emeritus, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retired entomologist, birder, cat-lover, gardener, landscaper, world traveler.

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THE CASE AGAINST TODD BLANCHE Why I Asked a Federal Judge to Strip Donald Trump’s Lawyer, and the Deputy Attorney General, of His Right to Practice Law in D.C.

🚨 BREAKING: We just sued Trump’s Deputy AG Todd Blanche to kick him out of federal courtβ€”for life. He’s Trump’s personal lawyer AND runs the DOJ. That’s not a conflict… that’s a coup! open.substack.com/pub/american...

04.12.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Media Offenders Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...

We had The Big Lie, and now the White House is using our tax dollars to perpetuate even more of lies and distortions. This makes me so f****ng depressed that I could cry. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

03.12.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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24.11.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major Update on IMLS Court Case Advocacy Alert – November 24, 2025 New Ruling in IMLS Court Case On November 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a permanent injunction in Rhode Island …

The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a permanent injunction in Rhode Island vs Trump: attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services were unlawful, unconstitutional, and in direct violation of clear statutory directives. www.aam-us.org/2025/11/24/m...

24.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One last image from this morning's protest outside the office of absentee Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6).

08.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of the crowd from this morning's protest outside the Tucson office of absentee Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6).

08.11.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More of my favorite signs from this morning's protest outside the office of absentee Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6).

08.11.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of my favorite signs from this morning's protest outside the office of absentee Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6).

08.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva β€” because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.

23.10.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge energized crowd participated in #NoKings 2.0 in Oro Valley, Arizona.

21.10.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impressive number of #NoKings protesters in Oro Valley, Arizona on October 18.

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Our Federal agencies continue to violate the Hatch Act by posting illegal banners at the top of their home pages, falsely blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. This morning I encountered this repulsive banner on the Small Business Administration website.

16.10.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the Hatch Act violation banner on today's home page of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (Republicans control Congress and the White House; they have the power to end the shutdown on a moment's notice.)

12.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

www.nokings.org

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Arizona Democrats call out GOP for government shutdown over popular health care credits Arizona Democrats blame Republicans for shutdown as GOP refuses to extend popular ACA health care tax credits

β€œTo blame the minority party for any of this is a joke. Get it together. Children are starving. People are going to die.”

story via @jerodmacevoy.com

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More photos of this morning's Ciscomani protest.

03.10.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning I joined fellow Tucsonans in a protest outside the office of my cowardly Republican Representative Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) who refuses to represent his constituents. Here are photos of my favorite signs.

03.10.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s approval in the swing states is abysmal open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

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Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect | Arizona Mirror Arizona Planned Parenthood stops accepting Medicaid as Trump ban on abortion provider funding takes effect

Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program, will no longer be able to visit their local Planned Parenthood clinic for an STI test or a cancer screening starting this week. Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect azmirror.com/briefs/plann...

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Trump officials and right-wing media are using the vaccine side effects database out ofΒ context VAERS is ripe for exploitation because it relies on unverified self-reports of side effects. Anyone who received a vaccine can submit a report. And because this information is publicly available, misi...

Trump officials and right-wing media are using the vaccine side effects database out ofΒ context. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is made up of unverified self-reports of side effects. azmirror.com/2025/09/18/t...

20.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enviros criticize Rep. Gosar's renewed attempt to undo protections for Ironwood Forest Nat'l Monument Environmental groups blasted legislation submitted by U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar on Wednesday attempting to nullify two national monuments in Arizona, including Ironwood Forest National Monument just northw...

AZ Rep. Gosar's renewed attempt to undo protections for Ironwood Forest National Monument is appalling. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

20.09.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A souvenir from yesterday's demonstration outside the office of Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6), hosted by the League of Conservation Voters.

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Gosh, we can't imagine why!

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I joined today's protest outside the office of my spineless Representative Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6), organized by the League of Conservation Voters. A beautiful day to demonstrate against a plethora of wrongs.

19.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! On September 17th, ABC/Disney announced it was indefinitely suspending the late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel, supposedly in response to comments in his monologue regarding the murder of Charlie Kir...

Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! act.indivisible.org/sign/censors...

19.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell your Republican Member of Congress to sign the Epstein discharge petition Trump’s administration has tried and failed to bury the Epstein scandal. They’ve misled, called it a hoax, and even closed Congress early to avoid a bipartisan vote for the full release of the files. ...

Tell your Republican Member of Congress to sign the Epstein discharge petition act.indivisible.org/sign/epstein...

16.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...

Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...

03.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOP investigation pressures Wikipedia to dox editors accused of 'bias' A pair of House Republicans is moving forward with an investigation that will seek to reveal the identities of Wikipedia editors who have edited articles to include information that portrays Israel ne...

The Heritage Foundation and Republicans continue to attack the norms of our society. GOP investigation pressures Wikipedia to dox editors accused of 'bias' www.rawstory.com/james-comer-...

31.08.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Video of yesterday's webinar on impacts of the new border wall is here: skyislandalliance.org/2025/08/wild...

29.08.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...

Trump's assault on museums, science, and facts must be opposed. Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

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