1/31/17 link roundup (take 2)

[snickfic]

Activism / Resources
* Anonymous Group Reveals Direct Phone Numbers For White House Staff (Gothamist)

* March. Organize. Win. It's Much More Than One Women’s March (Glamour). Glamour saw what Teen Vogue was doing and decided to get in on the action, I guess. (I'm being snarky here, I have no idea how politically conscious Glamour generally is.)

* Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump (538)

* Spreadsheet: List of known town halls for all members of Congress

Good News
* Two GOP senators still undecided on final DeVos vote (The Hill)

* Diplomats defy White House warning, criticize travel ban (AP). To me the really striking bit is at the end, where it talks about diplomats trying to rush visas for people from countries they thought would be affected.

* Believe it or not, #TheResistance is working. These are not small things. [LIST] (Twitter). I had no idea about some of these. (Please note, I have not verified.)

* White House says it won’t roll back LGBTQ protections (Seattle Times). I'm deeply suspicious, but I won't complain, I guess.

* How Chuck Schumer Found His Spine (Slate)

* This is from an American friend of mine working with the UN in Iraq. (Twitter). An anecdote that made me a bit wibbly, in a good way.

* Southern Baptist Convention sends letter condemning Muslim ban (WaPo)

Comments

[lightbird]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're just not going to roll back LGBTQ protections now, but I know the other shoe will drop at some point. I have no doubt they're working on something else that's heinous (like the First Amendment Defense Act). But, like you say, I'll take this reprieve.

[sporky_rat]

Right now, I'll take what I get.

I am sometimes reminded (when I am sicking up from anxiety over having called The Government [it's in my calendar, every other day, 11:30, call The Government. 12:15, throw up/celebrate that you did it!]) of my SCA motto that will one day go on a fancy banner of my arms. It's from Dune. 'I exist only to serve'.

Think on the Bene Gesserit and despair, Messrs. Cochran and Wicker.

[skygiants]

I love that anecdote from the UN!

[snickfic]

I knooooow.