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tanaqui

It's February 2025, Trump is two weeks into his second term and in full swing on implementing Project 2025, working to dismantle the federal government and enrich his cronies, working on crashing the economy and destroying relations with a range of countries.

This community was created to encourage political and social action in the U.S. following Trump's election in 2016, a place of solidarity and information-sharing. While the United States recovered somewhat under Biden's term, Trump is now speed running his fascist, oligarchic agenda, aided and abetted by the Republican party.

Our community will continue its work, sharing links to information and actions you can take to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic", defend the federal government and its normal operations, and support public policy that helps people rather than hurts them. We stand with Black Lives Matter, Native Americans, Immigrants, Minority populations, LGBTQA+, Women's groups, the Unemployed, the millions upon millions of people who need Universal Healthcare, and everyone else who needs social and political support to improve their lives. Absolutely no hate-speech will be tolerated.

We also value self-care. Worrying about each issue can be daunting and overwhelming. It's okay to take a step back when you need to, and also to prioritize one or two issues that are close to you over spreading yourself thin on everything and burning out. Change is a marathon and a relay both.

Your mods are

tassosss and

tanaqui. We won't be as proactive as we have been (e.g. with the regular check in posts) but we are still here for this amazing community. Drop us a line via PM or on this post if you need anything.

We have a sister community

thissterlingcrew run by

tanaqui for taking political and social action in the UK.

What you can post to this community
1. Links to organizations, news articles, relevant posts elsewhere on the internet, etc. (mods will add tags/clean-up tags)
2. Links to action items and actions you are taking - called your representatives? great, maybe it'll inspire the next person to do the same
3. Celebration posts - let's take joy in the victories!
4. Community suggestions for posts or activities - they can be their own post or you can drop them in the comments of this post

Tagging: Please use available tags when possible. If you need a new one or have a tagging question please contact

redbird who is our tag guru.

Community name and title from:

"As long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, we'll be there. This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender." -- Jason Nesmith, Galaxy Quest

tanaqui

redbird added a new tag for department of government efficiency — many thanks,

redbird!

I just added tags for:

office of personnel management
federal hiring freeze/firing
communication freeze
us treasury (Muskrat is reportedly now using his access to US Treasury systems to freeze funding on federal contracts — except for his companies, of course — and has gained access to privileged information on his rivals' contracts with the federal govt)
dei diversity equality inclusion
tariffs
foreign relations
panama
greenland
canada

Added based on suggestions:

federal funding

I'm strongly tempted to just add a tag for Trump 2025 WTFery!

More seriously, please suggest any more tags you think we'll need given the current onslaught on the normal operation of the US federal government, the economy and foreign relations that we're seeing.

tanaqui

Firstly, apologies that it's taken me so long to get around to writing this post.

Second,

thisfinecrew is not going anywhere! It will still be open for you to share actions and information.

However, for self-care reasons, I need to dial back on the work I do modding the comm. Admittedly it's not much — you are a lovely, thoughtful and polite bunch! — but the main change is that I'll no longer be putting up the monthly check-in posts. If anyone wants to take over doing those (or, in general, take over modding the comm), I'd love to hear from you!

I'd like to thank

tassosss for starting the comm,

redbird for tirelessly tagging posts and all our members for building this wonderful community, encouraging each other do more, and helping each other become more effective activists.

tassosss

It's November 2020 and Trump is a one-term president and Biden is President-elect.

This community was created to encourage political and social action in the U.S. during the last four years, a place of solidarity and information-sharing. While the United States has elected a Democratic president, the work is far from over. Trump was a symptom of much deeper problems in the Republican party and those won't go away once he's out of office.

Our community will continue its work, sharing links to information and actions you can take to support public policy that helps people rather than hurts them. We stand with Black Lives Matter, Native Americans, Immigrants, Minority populations, LGBTQA+, Women's groups, the Unemployed, the millions upon millions of people who need Universal Healthcare, and everyone else who needs social and political support to improve their lives. Absolutely no hate-speech will be tolerated.

We also value self-care. Worrying about each issue can be daunting and overwhelming. It's okay to take a step back when you need to, and also to prioritize one or two issues that are close to you over spreading yourself thin on everything and burning out. Change is a marathon and a relay both.

Your mods are

tassosss and

tanaqui. Drop us a line via PM or on this post if you need anything.
We have a sister community

thissterlingcrew run by

redbird who is our tag guru.

We currently have a bi-weekly check-in post, which will switch to monthly in 2021.

Community name and title from:

"As long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, we'll be there. This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender." -- Jason Nesmith, Galaxy Quest

tanaqui

Several members have expressed the hope that we'll be keeping this comm running.

tassosss and I hardly needed to consult each other to agree that of course we're going to do that. :-) You, our members, have done an amazing job of building what we have here — thank you for all the hope and support, as well as practical help, that you've provided. A special shout out here to

redbird for handling tagging from the early days.

For the next couple of months, until the inauguration, we'll likely be focusing on the run-off races in Georgia and any issues with the recounts and transition. We'll keep the check-in posts to every two weeks.

After that, we'll probably be more focused on:

GOTV, voting registration, voting rights and community engagement
opposing gerrymandering during redistricting
winning state-level races (plus there'll be mid-terms to be fought in two years — eek!)
encouraging more diversity in candidates

Obviously there'll still be individual issues to campaign about and respond to, but let us know in comments if there's anything else you think we should be covering. (

tassosss will be putting up a new top sticky post to reflect how the comm will change a bit once Trump is out of office.)

We'll also probably drop the frequency of the check in posts to once a month — but don't worry, we know many people like them, so we'll keep doing them.

Please also let us know if you'd like to volunteer to help run the comm — the main tasks beyond bringing relevant new content to the comm (which any member can do) are making check in posts, tagging and just generally keeping an eye on things.

Onward and upward!

tanaqui

This comm was created one year ago and now has nearly 200 members (and a few more subscribers). We've made more than 450 posts and over 1000 comments between us

What would you'd like to see from the comm in the coming year?

Our suggestion box is open for improvements. Are there any activities you’d like to see? More we could be doing as a community to support each other?

tanaqui

It's been a year since the election -- and I'm not sure any of us could have imagined or predicted everything that's happened in the last 12 months when we learned the result.

So to mark the anniversary, we thought we'd throw the floor open to you, our members, who have made this comm a place to find support, discuss strategies and celebrate the successes of the opposition.

Tell us about the high points and low points of the last year for you. Tell us about what's made you laugh or cry. As we settle in for the long haul and the first burst of anger-fuelled energy falls away, tell us what actions -- small or large -- you've been able to maintain. And let us know what plans and hopes you have for the future and the ongoing resistance.

tanaqui

Please use this post to leave any links you'd like us to include in future link round-ups or to make suggestions for topics you think we should cover.

Feel free to comment on any existing posts with relevant new links as well.

And don't forget – you can also make your own posts at any time.

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tassosss

This community is intended to be a place to gather links to resources and step-by-step actions to take to be more involved in various efforts in the wake of Donald Trump's election to the Presidency. It's going to be relatively low-key, focused on simple things you can do and sharing information for larger things you can do to protect yourself and your fellow at-risk Americans.

This is a work in progress, so please add suggestions to comments. Right now, posts will consist primarily of link round-ups and actions you can do from your computer or phone (i.e. donate to causes, call your congressperson)

Your mods are

tassosss and

tanaqui. Drop us a line if you need anything.

This is a community to support people, especially minorities, LGBTQA+, women's groups, and anyone else who will be negatively impacted by public policy in the next four years. Absolutely no hate-speech will be tolerated.

What you can post to this community
1. Links to organizations, news articles, posts, etc. (mods will add tags/clean-up tags)
2. Actions you are taking - called your representatives? great, maybe it'll inspire the next person to do the same
3. Suggestions for posts that the mods will do a little research on.

Tagging: Please use available tags when possible. If you need a new one or have a tagging question please contact

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