A little Good News...
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shadowkatTook the day off, as previously posted, and since it was a beautiful day in the low sixities - I took a walk - my knees still hurt - so just two miles, one to the stores and one back via Ditmas (which is basically little Greenwhich, CT, complete with huge beautiful Victorian Homes and yards). I picked up three books, one in hardback ("A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, 1925-2025 edited by Deborah Triesman" and it appears to be signed by the cover artist, who lives in the area), and two in large paper back : Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Also got a gluten-free buttenut squash bundt cake from Mimi's made with butternut squash, cinnamon, almond flour and some sugar. It's not frosted - so not as high in sugar. And some roll on CBD cream for aching muscles.
Anyhow, here's the Good News Report from the American Resistance Movement and it's Global Allies. (Note - I've decided to spread good news instead of negative, mainly because we're all getting enough of the later?)
Note a lot of this information is not being reported by the international press or the American broadcast media.
We the People Have Created Some Good News
1. We have been able to revive the old CDC site thanks to the archival work done by the people. It is restored!!
Restored Site
"RestoredCDC.org is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or any government entity. The CDC provides information free of charge at CDC.gov. Note the following: 1) Due to archival on January 6, 2025, no information on recent outbreaks is available. 2) Videos have not been restored. 3) Go to data.restoredcdc.org(folder organization on-going) to access restored data. 4) Use of this site implies acceptance of this disclaimer."
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
2.First, a gym full of people. Then an overflow crowd. Then an overflow-overflow crowd, and an overflow-overflow-overflow crowd. More than 9,000 people came out in Warren, MI to say NO to oligarchy & NO cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and VA programs.
3.The Presbyterian Church of the USA, one of the largest mainstream Protestant denominations, is speaking out forcefully against Trump's agenda.
4.Greenland's Prime Minister verbally backhands Donald Trump after he calls for seizing the country "one way or another" during his lie-filled speech to Congress. Greenland's Prime Minister proudly states: "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken." Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede stated that Greenlanders "don’t want to be Americans, or Danes either. We are Kalaallit." The Kalaallit are the indigenous people of Greenland.
"The Americans and their leader must understand that," the prime minister continued in his Facebook post. "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken. Our future is decided by us in Greenland."
5. Apple’s shareholders voted, and the company’s DEI policies will continue.
6.Federal judge reinstates labor board member Gwynne Willcox fired by the Republican president.
7.The Go Fund Me for Dr. Borrenpohl—the woman dragged out of the Idaho Town Hall—has surpassed $325,000. Also, the city of Coeur d’Alene has revoked the business license of the security company whose unidentified thugs dragged her out of said Town Hall last weekend.
8.The Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose long-running appeal has attracted support from a broad coalition after independent investigations revealed prosecutorial misconduct.
9.A Roanoke College poll finds Virginia’s gubernatorial race has taken a dramatic twist as Abigail Spanberger (D) surged to a healthy lead over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), 39% to 24%. The two were tied at 39% in the same survey in September. Ahem. Something’s happening.
10.Rudolph Giuliani, finally, has "fully satisfied" the $148 million judgment won by two Georgia election workers who said he defamed them by falsely claiming they helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election and made their life a living hell..
11.Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, has announced a $53 million settlement with Flint residents and the state of Michigan in lawsuits related to its role in the ongoing Flint water crisis.
12.John Deere investors voted overwhelmingly against a resolution aimed at its DEI efforts.
13.Wisconsin just became the final state to introduce a “right to repair” bill. All 50 U.S. states have now introduced some form of right to repair legislation. Right to Repair Legislation introduced in Europe.
"Manufacturers of washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and monitors will have to ensure that components are replaceable with common tools. Instruction manuals must be accessible to specialist companies. And producers must supply spare parts within 15 days. "
All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation
14.Liberals have been leading in Canadian election polls, something no one saw coming before Trump started taunting our neighbors to the north.
15.Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said that the more than $2 billion in federal funding for his state has been unfrozen after he filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
16.US government employees who have been fired in the Trump administration's purge of recently hired workers are responding with class action-style complaints claiming that the mass firings are illegal and tens of thousands of people should get their jobs back. Federal Workers Fight Back After Mass Firings with Class Action Complaints
17. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid. The ruling represented one of the court’s first moves in response to the flurry of litigation filed because of Trump/Musk's govt cuts.
18. Around 5,000-6,000 fired USDA workers have been ordered to be reinstated.
19.There was a standoff, which lasted about an hour at the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington where they physically blocked the DOGE team from entering. [Yes, DOGE came by the next day with Federal Marshals and got in - but they stood up to DOGE.]
20.The people in their districts are showing up in droves and demanding answers from their elected representatives, and the Republicans have nothing to offer as to why they are supporting illegal actions on the part of this president. House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been filled with protesters decrying the Trump administration’s slashing of federal government.
21.even more good news on this. Constituents denied access to GOP reps are going to events held by Dem reps instead. A rep in Washington state scheduled a second gathering to accommodate. Candidates for the 2026 election should take note and start hosting events!
22.“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
23.Since Trump’s inauguration, Latinos and their allies in LA have organized walkouts and near daily protests against ICE and in support of the undocumented community
24.The Supreme Court turned away a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.
25. New Hampshire legislators voted to adopt a loan program that will create new ways to finance clean energy while clearing the way for new residential developments in a state facing an acute housing shortage.
26.Internal Revenue Service leaders rejected a request from immigration enforcement officials to divulge the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally.
27.A clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies have created the #AltGov movement to resist DOGE from within. They have developed a public-facing presence through Bluesky accounts, most of which bear the names or initials of federal agencies, aimed at getting information out to the public – and correcting disinformation – about the chaos being unleashed by the Trump administration. Bluesky Alt Government Movement and Guardian Article on Federal Government Employees Resisting DOGE from the Inside.
28. Hundreds of protestors gathered in the Iowa State Capital building in Des Moines to protest a bill that would remove gender identity protections based on for the state’s Civil Rights Act.
29. Democrat Sean Faircloth won his election in the Maine House. This win further solidifies the Maine Democrats’ majority in the state House.
30. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has officially severed ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink. This will cause Musk to lose an estimated $7 billion. GO HERE
31. JD Vance and his family attempted to go to Sugarbush in Vermont to go skiing. First, the person who writes the daily snow report there published an impassioned post urging readers to resist the Trump/Vance administration, then so many protestors showed up at the slopes that the Vance family had to leave. They also had to change plans from staying at The Pitcher Inn to a private residence. See article on Threads
32.Over 200 people turned out for the first meeting of Indivisible Chicago Northwest!If you live on Chicago's NW Side and would like to join your neighbors in protecting our democracy, visit indivisiblechicagonw.org
33.A federal judge ordered Trump officials with knowledge of the workings of DOGE to testify under oath in a lawsuit challenging the faux agency’s access to sensitive governmental databases. Go HERE
34.Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday in the heart of New York City at Times Square to express support for Ukraine and protest against the U.S. administration's policies regarding Russia's war. Demonstration in Support of the Ukraine Held in NY Times Square.
40. Protesters at national parks around the country held demonstrations against the Trump administration’s extensive federal staffing cuts. Other activists found a way to get their messages to a broader audience by placing signs in front of parks’ live webcams. And of course, others hung upsiupside down flags from mountainsides. Yosemite Protesters do ingenious thing with webcams; 300 Protestors showed up at Mt. Rainer National Park - "300 people showed up to Mt. Rainier National Park today to peacefully protest the illegal termination of thousands of federal workers including live-saving essential National Park staff. We will not back down. We will continue to fight for these caretakers of our public lands and for the lands themselves. ProtectOurParks."
41.JetWind Power Corporation has installed first-of-its-kind Energy Capturing Pods at Dallas Love Field Airport. This technology is designed to capture aircraft-generated wind and transform it into renewable energy.
42.The first rapid-acting insulin biosimilar product for diabetes treatment was approved by the FDA.
43.In Illinois, guns must now be surrendered to law enforcement in cases where an order of protection has been served, per a new gun safety measure signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker.
44.The nonprofit law firm Earthjustice just filed the first of what’s expected to be many lawsuits challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s efforts to expand fossil fuel production. Environmentalists sue to block trump's offshore drilling plans.
45. California Republican got booed for announcing legislation to cut off all federal funding for high speed rail system
46. Government employees to debunk the attacks on them
47. A volunteer network of residents is patrolling the streets of Los Angeles— from South Central to the Eastside—to warn communities of any potential ICE activity, offering a line of defense for families at risk of deportation.
48. The Trump administration is restoring some jobs for some National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.
49.Republicans faced raucous backlash at their Town Halls across the country this week. It wasn’t just in Georgia. People booed U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman as he walked into the Algoma Town Hall just outside Oshkosh.
Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
NY Times Archives - February 23, 2025
And the President's approval rating is underwater and diving fast.
50. A new program aims to boost salmon in the North Yuba River. LA Times Article - Go HERE
51. People show up to fight for Scientists with Clever Signs
52.Protests & actions against Tesla and Elon Musk are escalating. "Protests have targeted showrooms, dealerships, charging stations, and the Cybertruck itself in an attempt to meddle with Musk’s finances and highlight how he’s meddling with federal spending programs.
53. "Daniel is with Choose Democracy, whose mailing list is a great way to stay engaged with what's happening and what's possible (and I've had the good fortune to work with him a little lately). He points toward a crucial truth: the only power that Trump, Musk, etc. have is the power to give orders--they don't do much of anything else themselves. The other three hundred million of us have the power to not obey them and to support and encourage others who don't. Enforcement of those orders is mostly by threat, and we have seen people undaunted by those threats, at home and abroad (and some of those threats can prove to be empty, and some threats that can target a few people can't do much about hundreds of thousands or millions who won't comply; there's safety in numbers).
54. A coalition of 60 organizations that protect immigrants formed in Los Angeles county. They are doing 24/7 patrols, standing by unmarked ICE vehicles and calling them out, and then warning people in the neighborhoods not to come out by going door to door. And it is blocking people from being taken. Patrols to protect immigrants against ICE raids in LA
***
Oh, the Super sent a handy man to my apartment today to install a new valve on my radiator in my bedroom and to turn it off. I don't care about the living room or the bathroom or kitchen. But the bedroom was becoming a major issue.
Anyhow, here's the Good News Report from the American Resistance Movement and it's Global Allies. (Note - I've decided to spread good news instead of negative, mainly because we're all getting enough of the later?)
Note a lot of this information is not being reported by the international press or the American broadcast media.
We the People Have Created Some Good News
1. We have been able to revive the old CDC site thanks to the archival work done by the people. It is restored!!
Restored Site
"RestoredCDC.org is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or any government entity. The CDC provides information free of charge at CDC.gov. Note the following: 1) Due to archival on January 6, 2025, no information on recent outbreaks is available. 2) Videos have not been restored. 3) Go to data.restoredcdc.org(folder organization on-going) to access restored data. 4) Use of this site implies acceptance of this disclaimer."
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
2.First, a gym full of people. Then an overflow crowd. Then an overflow-overflow crowd, and an overflow-overflow-overflow crowd. More than 9,000 people came out in Warren, MI to say NO to oligarchy & NO cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and VA programs.
3.The Presbyterian Church of the USA, one of the largest mainstream Protestant denominations, is speaking out forcefully against Trump's agenda.
4.Greenland's Prime Minister verbally backhands Donald Trump after he calls for seizing the country "one way or another" during his lie-filled speech to Congress. Greenland's Prime Minister proudly states: "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken." Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede stated that Greenlanders "don’t want to be Americans, or Danes either. We are Kalaallit." The Kalaallit are the indigenous people of Greenland.
"The Americans and their leader must understand that," the prime minister continued in his Facebook post. "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken. Our future is decided by us in Greenland."
5. Apple’s shareholders voted, and the company’s DEI policies will continue.
6.Federal judge reinstates labor board member Gwynne Willcox fired by the Republican president.
7.The Go Fund Me for Dr. Borrenpohl—the woman dragged out of the Idaho Town Hall—has surpassed $325,000. Also, the city of Coeur d’Alene has revoked the business license of the security company whose unidentified thugs dragged her out of said Town Hall last weekend.
8.The Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose long-running appeal has attracted support from a broad coalition after independent investigations revealed prosecutorial misconduct.
9.A Roanoke College poll finds Virginia’s gubernatorial race has taken a dramatic twist as Abigail Spanberger (D) surged to a healthy lead over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), 39% to 24%. The two were tied at 39% in the same survey in September. Ahem. Something’s happening.
10.Rudolph Giuliani, finally, has "fully satisfied" the $148 million judgment won by two Georgia election workers who said he defamed them by falsely claiming they helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election and made their life a living hell..
11.Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, has announced a $53 million settlement with Flint residents and the state of Michigan in lawsuits related to its role in the ongoing Flint water crisis.
12.John Deere investors voted overwhelmingly against a resolution aimed at its DEI efforts.
13.Wisconsin just became the final state to introduce a “right to repair” bill. All 50 U.S. states have now introduced some form of right to repair legislation. Right to Repair Legislation introduced in Europe.
"Manufacturers of washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and monitors will have to ensure that components are replaceable with common tools. Instruction manuals must be accessible to specialist companies. And producers must supply spare parts within 15 days. "
All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation
14.Liberals have been leading in Canadian election polls, something no one saw coming before Trump started taunting our neighbors to the north.
15.Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said that the more than $2 billion in federal funding for his state has been unfrozen after he filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
16.US government employees who have been fired in the Trump administration's purge of recently hired workers are responding with class action-style complaints claiming that the mass firings are illegal and tens of thousands of people should get their jobs back. Federal Workers Fight Back After Mass Firings with Class Action Complaints
17. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid. The ruling represented one of the court’s first moves in response to the flurry of litigation filed because of Trump/Musk's govt cuts.
18. Around 5,000-6,000 fired USDA workers have been ordered to be reinstated.
19.There was a standoff, which lasted about an hour at the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington where they physically blocked the DOGE team from entering. [Yes, DOGE came by the next day with Federal Marshals and got in - but they stood up to DOGE.]
20.The people in their districts are showing up in droves and demanding answers from their elected representatives, and the Republicans have nothing to offer as to why they are supporting illegal actions on the part of this president. House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been filled with protesters decrying the Trump administration’s slashing of federal government.
21.even more good news on this. Constituents denied access to GOP reps are going to events held by Dem reps instead. A rep in Washington state scheduled a second gathering to accommodate. Candidates for the 2026 election should take note and start hosting events!
22.“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
23.Since Trump’s inauguration, Latinos and their allies in LA have organized walkouts and near daily protests against ICE and in support of the undocumented community
24.The Supreme Court turned away a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.
25. New Hampshire legislators voted to adopt a loan program that will create new ways to finance clean energy while clearing the way for new residential developments in a state facing an acute housing shortage.
26.Internal Revenue Service leaders rejected a request from immigration enforcement officials to divulge the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally.
27.A clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies have created the #AltGov movement to resist DOGE from within. They have developed a public-facing presence through Bluesky accounts, most of which bear the names or initials of federal agencies, aimed at getting information out to the public – and correcting disinformation – about the chaos being unleashed by the Trump administration. Bluesky Alt Government Movement and Guardian Article on Federal Government Employees Resisting DOGE from the Inside.
28. Hundreds of protestors gathered in the Iowa State Capital building in Des Moines to protest a bill that would remove gender identity protections based on for the state’s Civil Rights Act.
29. Democrat Sean Faircloth won his election in the Maine House. This win further solidifies the Maine Democrats’ majority in the state House.
30. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has officially severed ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink. This will cause Musk to lose an estimated $7 billion. GO HERE
31. JD Vance and his family attempted to go to Sugarbush in Vermont to go skiing. First, the person who writes the daily snow report there published an impassioned post urging readers to resist the Trump/Vance administration, then so many protestors showed up at the slopes that the Vance family had to leave. They also had to change plans from staying at The Pitcher Inn to a private residence. See article on Threads
32.Over 200 people turned out for the first meeting of Indivisible Chicago Northwest!If you live on Chicago's NW Side and would like to join your neighbors in protecting our democracy, visit indivisiblechicagonw.org
33.A federal judge ordered Trump officials with knowledge of the workings of DOGE to testify under oath in a lawsuit challenging the faux agency’s access to sensitive governmental databases. Go HERE
34.Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday in the heart of New York City at Times Square to express support for Ukraine and protest against the U.S. administration's policies regarding Russia's war. Demonstration in Support of the Ukraine Held in NY Times Square.
40. Protesters at national parks around the country held demonstrations against the Trump administration’s extensive federal staffing cuts. Other activists found a way to get their messages to a broader audience by placing signs in front of parks’ live webcams. And of course, others hung upsiupside down flags from mountainsides. Yosemite Protesters do ingenious thing with webcams; 300 Protestors showed up at Mt. Rainer National Park - "300 people showed up to Mt. Rainier National Park today to peacefully protest the illegal termination of thousands of federal workers including live-saving essential National Park staff. We will not back down. We will continue to fight for these caretakers of our public lands and for the lands themselves. ProtectOurParks."
41.JetWind Power Corporation has installed first-of-its-kind Energy Capturing Pods at Dallas Love Field Airport. This technology is designed to capture aircraft-generated wind and transform it into renewable energy.
42.The first rapid-acting insulin biosimilar product for diabetes treatment was approved by the FDA.
43.In Illinois, guns must now be surrendered to law enforcement in cases where an order of protection has been served, per a new gun safety measure signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker.
44.The nonprofit law firm Earthjustice just filed the first of what’s expected to be many lawsuits challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s efforts to expand fossil fuel production. Environmentalists sue to block trump's offshore drilling plans.
45. California Republican got booed for announcing legislation to cut off all federal funding for high speed rail system
46. Government employees to debunk the attacks on them
47. A volunteer network of residents is patrolling the streets of Los Angeles— from South Central to the Eastside—to warn communities of any potential ICE activity, offering a line of defense for families at risk of deportation.
48. The Trump administration is restoring some jobs for some National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.
49.Republicans faced raucous backlash at their Town Halls across the country this week. It wasn’t just in Georgia. People booed U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman as he walked into the Algoma Town Hall just outside Oshkosh.
Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
NY Times Archives - February 23, 2025
And the President's approval rating is underwater and diving fast.
50. A new program aims to boost salmon in the North Yuba River. LA Times Article - Go HERE
51. People show up to fight for Scientists with Clever Signs
52.Protests & actions against Tesla and Elon Musk are escalating. "Protests have targeted showrooms, dealerships, charging stations, and the Cybertruck itself in an attempt to meddle with Musk’s finances and highlight how he’s meddling with federal spending programs.
53. "Daniel is with Choose Democracy, whose mailing list is a great way to stay engaged with what's happening and what's possible (and I've had the good fortune to work with him a little lately). He points toward a crucial truth: the only power that Trump, Musk, etc. have is the power to give orders--they don't do much of anything else themselves. The other three hundred million of us have the power to not obey them and to support and encourage others who don't. Enforcement of those orders is mostly by threat, and we have seen people undaunted by those threats, at home and abroad (and some of those threats can prove to be empty, and some threats that can target a few people can't do much about hundreds of thousands or millions who won't comply; there's safety in numbers).
54. A coalition of 60 organizations that protect immigrants formed in Los Angeles county. They are doing 24/7 patrols, standing by unmarked ICE vehicles and calling them out, and then warning people in the neighborhoods not to come out by going door to door. And it is blocking people from being taken. Patrols to protect immigrants against ICE raids in LA
***
Oh, the Super sent a handy man to my apartment today to install a new valve on my radiator in my bedroom and to turn it off. I don't care about the living room or the bathroom or kitchen. But the bedroom was becoming a major issue.
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