A running tally of interesting, useful, hilarious, or explanatory posts elsewhere on the internet, arranged reverse-chronologically. I’ll start a new one of these monthly.
February 11: Call your MOCs about the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Folks in AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, NE, SC, SD, TX, UT and WV, call your state AGs about Texas v. Becerra. These states are asking the court to get rid of Section 504, which says hospitals, schools, and other federally-funded institutions can’t discriminate against disabled people. (That is, they want to be allowed to discriminate against disabled people. Ask them to stop attacking Section 504.) People from other states could call their state AGs to file paperwork supportive of Section 504, and people who would be affected by the elimination of Section 504 can file amicus briefs (if you want to do that, register for this Feb 12th briefing).
February 10: Listen to AOC on why to keep calling your Republican MOCs. Sign up here for House rep Rebecca Balint (D-VT)’s rapid response alerts or here for the AFL-CIO’s Department of People who Work For a Living. NY’s AG told hospitals to keep offering gender-affirming care despite Trump’s EO—thank her here. Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist? (ProPublica, another good place to donate if you can)
“When people decide not to use the rule of law, that becomes tyrannical,” Sarsfield said. “And in our Constitution I’m pretty sure it says when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
—these fucking guys saying true things but about the wrong stuff
February 9: DOGE’s recruitment effort (Wired). Call script for the NIH indirects.
February 8: Idaho 6th state to consider murder charges for abortion with no exceptions, after Indiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas, five of which have the death penalty for murderers. Also: US Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent (the guy who gave Musk access to Treasury’s payment system) and Musk are shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (so Musk can turn X into a payments app without oversight) leaving a regulatory and enforcement vacuum. However, that “does not void the Consumer Financial Protection Act or the enumerated consumer laws the CFPB administers like the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act” and they can be enforced by state AGs, so it might be a good idea to call yours (especially if they are a Democrat) and suggest they pick up some of the slack.
February 7: DOGE Tracker. Did AI write this stupid ad?
February 6: Swearing can be good for you. Cracked suggests TV Comedies That Need to Cast Joe Biden Now That He’s With CAA. Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians. Eyes on the border. Rita Moreno & Animal do “Fever.” Judge Kollar-Kotelly limited access to a Treasury payment system to read-only access for Tom Krause (CEO of Cloud Software Group) and Marko Elez, who resigned today over racist posts.
February 5: My socials say DOGE and Department of Labor management meet at 4pm Eastern today, at the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave NW, northeast corner of Constitution Ave and 3rd St NW in Washington, DC—if you feel like yelling at some people. There’s also a “50 in 50” protest at noon (which looks iffy? research carefully). As always, when going to any public demonstration, either use a burner phone you never turn on at home, or disable internet & wifi and then put your phone in airplane mode to defeat surveillance (or just do without a phone). Look up your senators’ office locations to visit them (or call if you can’t visit). To watch: House special elections in NY–21, FL-1 and FL-6 (I assume Postcards to Voters may write for one of these; they’re currently writing for Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice). AOC on reacting. Resource list. Litigation tracker. Abortion Every Day is hosting CDC data the government is scrubbing.
February 4: Donate to the ACLU (or DC or TX branches), National Immigrant Justice Center, and Texas Civil Rights Project, who filed a federal lawsuit yesterday with Jenner & Block LLP on behalf of RAICES, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the Florence Project against Trump’s executive order to deny asylum to people and families, including those who arrive at legal ports of entry. And a break from news: play Bluejeweled (h/t MeFi).
February 3: 1. Why Greenland? Lithium. 2. A thing you can do today (through Thursday): visit your senators’ local offices (lookup/toolkit) to demand they pursue every option—including denying quorum or blocking unanimous consent—to fight Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought‘s confirmation as OMB head (recommended by Rebecca Solnit on Facebook). If you can’t visit, phone, and if you can’t phone, email. 3. Another thing you can do today: if you use Lyft, round up your rides and give the proceeds to RAICES. 4. A list of good news.
February 2: In yet another example of Canadians stealing American jobs, Canada caught $83 million worth of Mexican cocaine coming to Canada through the US border, meaning the US border guards failed twice to catch it. Why do I mention this? Oh, no reason. Also: there’s nothing new about trade disputes: 200 years ago, anti-American sentiment may have caused eagles at N.S. Legislature to lose their heads.
February 1: Chop Wood Carry Water recommends emailing Target’s CEO (brian.cornell@target.com) when you buy things elsewhere, inspired by this:

Repeating from last month: CASA‘s ICE raid tip hotline: 1-888-214-6016; Chop Wood Carry Water (daily actions); Erin in the Morning (LGBTQ+ news/actions); How to Protect Yourself During an Immigration Raid; Letters from an American (news); Simple Sabotage Field Manual. Places to donate: American Public Health Association, CASA, Main Street Alliance, RAICES, SAGE, TIRRC.
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