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There's so many bad things going on requiring our attention that the cuts/firing in the meteorology and climate science communities gets less attention, but having a fully staffed NOAA is an important issue. Right now, there is a 100-hour livestream going on to call attention to how vital these services are, especially as hurricane season is upon us. I have it on in the background right now.

What can we do? Watch the livestream, call our Representatives, and go to 5 Calls for sample script/letters.

Info and schedule: The Weather and Climate Livestream

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rG4ePBqD-E

tanaqui

With the holiday season coming up, at least some of us are likely to have to spend time with family members who are "difficult". Whether that's because they're Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists, racist, homophobic, various flavors of awful about mental health or physical disabilities or just emotionally abusive and permanently out to undermine us and our choices (and very possibly all of those at once.)

This post is for people to share good resources about how to survive having to spend time with these people. Drop links in the comments and I'll add them to the post.

Dealing with difficult behaviour from family members

https://www.selfdefensefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Verbal-Defense.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Say-That-Me/dp/0471003999

https://www.amazon.com/How-Disagree-Without-Being-Disagreeable/dp/0471157015

https://accelerate.uofuhealth.utah.edu/leadership/how-to-disagree-without-being-disagreeable

https://divethru.com/how-to-have-difficult-conversations-with-your-loved-ones/

https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-navigate-difficult-relationships-with-family-5120173

https://www.marriage.com/advice/family/abusive-family-members/

https://www.tonyrobbins.com/mental-health/dealing-with-abusive-family-members/

https://www.beautyafterbruises.org/blog/toxicfamilyholidayguide

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/deal-with-narcissist/

https://www.fairparkcounseling.com/how-to-deal-with-a-drunk-family-member/

https://www.thedailymeal.com/holidays/13-things-never-discuss-thanksgiving-dinner/

https://www.beliefnet.com/love-family/holidays/12-rules-for-a-more-peaceful-and-happy-holiday.aspx

Talking about difficult topics with family members

Resources for children:
https://jgateways.org/news/blog/talking-about-israel-with-children-with-disabilities-and-mental-health-needs/ (broadly applicable to any hot topic)

https://reformjudaism.org/reform-jewish-life/youth-family-community/parenting/how-talk-children-about-conflict-israel

Recommended Books

"The Verbally Abusive Relationship" by Dr Patricia Evans
"The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense" By Dr Suzette Elgin

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sathari

Since my post with the links list was well-received and since our excellent mod

tanaqui said that the candidate slates seemed especially helpful,
I decided to do another round of them. (Again, cut to spare your reading page.) (Also, I'm operating on the assumption that these are helpful not just in the "where do I send my money" kind of way, but in finding out about candidates who might be running in your area or that of people you know, and you can signal-boost or do other things for them as well.)

( The list.... )

Current Mood: busy

sathari

This is by no means an exhaustive or heavily researched list; rather, it’s an assortment of 2022 election-related links I’ve come across in my travels that I thought might be of interest to people here. (I’ve made the choice to leave the links visible rather than doing the “cover link with text” thing so that you can see where you’re going.)

( Cut to spare your reading page. )

sathari

rydra_wong has a very useful post for USians about how to respond to things going pear-shaped after the election here at this link..

chestnut_pod

The arts have been deeply important to all of us as we figure out how to live at a distance, whether they have served as escapism, exercise, or bonding. My niche in the arts world is dance, specifically concert dance. This form of art is often barricaded away as something elite, a classification that hides how dancers for these elite companies struggle to make ends meet. This is particularly true for dancers of color, and especially true now, with arts funding slashed and the majority of support going to majority-white major companies with opaque distribution processes. I've compiled a list of companies and collectives whose mission it is to support BIPOC dancers and dance art in particular. If you have disposable income or a bit of your check left to give and you love dance and the arts, spare a thought for these artists!

This is obviously really limited based on the companies and dancers I follow, most of whom are based in the US and UK, so if you have more to add, please do so!

( Straight-to-Dancer Giving )

( Companies With COVID-19-Specific Emergency Funds: )

( Other POC-Supporting Companies Without Covid-19-Specific Funds: )

( General Support )

Again, if you have more to add, please do! Keep on dancing.

redbird

In response to the recent UK election,

kaberett made a post about some places they're finding hope, followed by links for possible activism, including organizations they consider worth donating to.

kaberett writes "In the first instance, I'm wanting to funnel my resources toward groups already under attack. Here's a starting point from me":

https://kaberett.dreamwidth.org/765198.html

redbird

I'm copying a post by

rushthatspeaks about helping people in ICE detention camps; rushthatspeakss note that they're basically reposting something they found on Tumblr. (I was going to repost rather than linking, but I couldn't cope with reading the content, and link labels, closely. We do what we can, and I will stop trying to find the "right" phrasing for having limits.

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Democrats Need Voters’ Help To Fix Gerrymandering. Will They Get It? (Talking Points Memo, Sep 2018)
At a time when public confidence in the integrity of American elections appears to be slipping — no doubt aided by the president’s lies claiming rampant voter fraud — the efforts among progressives to prioritize voting rights marks a shift for an issue that had long been left largely to lawyers and courtrooms. With Trump as president and the next redistricting process looming large, a slew of new and old organizations is scrambling to figure out how and if they can make wonky, procedural voting issues ones that excite and motivate turnout.

The Cause the Resistance Cares Most About Is Ending Voter Suppression (Vice, Feb 2018)
In our survey, we asked the political influencers we surveyed which three of nearly a dozen issues they would choose as their top priorities. We included two voting reforms: automatic voter registration (in which individuals are registered to vote when interacting with government agencies like the DMV) and restoring the portion of the Voting Rights Act recently struck down by the Supreme Court (by creating a new pre-clearance formula). Single-payer health care (44 percent), automatic voter registration (41 percent), and restoring the Voting Rights Act (36 percent) were the top priorities. In other words, two of the three top priorities among political influencers were related to restoring and strengthening voting rights.

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These are some Twitter follows and informational newsletters I've been depending on for news and analysis. I've found these all to be sensible people who support their opinions with fact.

*Early Voting Twitter follow list. Doesn't tell you who's winning, but says a ton about turnout. (Spoiler: it's way, way up.)

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hellofasandwich: James Lambert, DK Elections editor. Good for info on campaigns, polling, and Congressional/Senate election news nationwide.

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taniel: Daniel Nichanian, who keeps track of TONS of state and local politics election news across the country, largely but not exclusively focused on criminal justice, voting rights, and gerrymandering. Also has a weekly-ish newsletter on same.

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PoliticsWolf: Stephen Wolf, DK Elections staff writer. Voting rights, gerrymandering, and state and local elections news.

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sarahkliff: Sarah Kliff, Vox writer and healthcare journalist extraordinaire! Her newsletter VoxCare is crucial reading for major and minor developments in the national healthcare landscape.

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Why Education May Be the Issue That Breaks Republicans’ Decade-Long Grip on Wisconsin (New Yorker)

Activists push to re-legalize affirmative action in Washington state (Seattle Times)

Missouri just showed that unions are winning again (Vice). I would have liked a much longer look at this topic, with more sources. If anyone has come across one, that'd be great to drop in the comments.

snickfic

Two articles on what grassroots organizing looks like these days:
Middle America Reboots Democracy (Democracy Journal)

How the ‘Resistance’ Helped Democrats Dominate Virginia (NYT - 2017)

Also:
On The Bench: Trump’s Travel Ban Is in Trouble at the Supreme Court (Politico)

The Drive to Elect Women Is Defining 2018's Democratic Primaries (Cook)

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* These Volunteers Are Battling Idaho’s Government To Expand Medicaid (Buzzfeed)

* Cory Booker’s new big idea: guaranteeing jobs for everyone who wants one (Vox)

* This isn't politics at all, but it's about community organizing of a sort, and I thought it was really neat, so. 'Being Not-Rich at UM' guide by UMich students gets national attention (Michigan Live)

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* Women senators demand vote on sexual harassment bill (NBC) - ALL 22 FEMALE SENATORS signed onto this.

* Hidden Figures: How Donald Trump Is Rigging the Census (Mother Jones)

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* Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government? (Medium)
* The Senate's Quietest Dealmaker Is Ready to Be a Little Louder [profile of Sen. Patty Murray] (Elle)
* When Ryan Costello Knew He Was in Trouble (Slate)

snickfic

All about electoral politics today!

* How Grassroots Organizers Got Black Voters to the Polls in Alabama (Atlantic). Heartening and instructive.

* Rebelling Republican Suburbs Offer Democrats Path to House Control (NYT)

tassosss

Good news this week with Doug Jones's win in Alabama...countered by 45 threatening to fire Mueller this coming Friday. What times we live in.

Just a reminder that we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others with live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

Posts in the comm this week covered:

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Alabama Senate race was won despite voter suppression - Organizations that Fight Voter Suppression
Net Neutrality was repealed by the FCC, now it's in Congress's court - Tips for writing your Congressperson about Net Neutrality
It's rumored that Cheeto plans to fire Mueller. Prepare to rally - Instructions for a Constitutional Crisis

Updates
Link roundup on Alabama by

snickfic

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM

redbird, who is our tag guru. Both [Bad username or unknown identity:   ]and I are very grateful for the help.

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #19200 This week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

View Respondents

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called my one senator
1 (14.3%)

called my other senator
1 (14.3%)

called my representative
2 (28.6%)

called my governor
1 (14.3%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (57.1%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
2 (28.6%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (14.3%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

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went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
3 (60.0%)

took care of myself
5 (100.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
0 (0.0%)

did something else
2 (40.0%)

committed to action in the coming week
2 (40.0%)

snickfic

Actually just two links, but feel free to drop more in the comments.

* Doug Jones’s victory scrambles the Republican congressional agenda (WaPo)

* It’s not just scandal: Moore lost in Alabama because the GOP agenda is toxically unpopular (Vox)

Money quote:

Alabama is a reminder that luck can cut in either direction. It’s also the case that to an extent Democrats made their own luck in Alabama by recruiting a very strong candidate in Doug Jones at a time when the race seemed impossible to win. The freakishly large number of Democrats who want to run for office in 2018, is an indicate that Democrats will be able to take advantage of whatever good luck comes their way next year with decent candidates in the field almost everywhere.

snickfic

A few links I've run across this week. Check the comments for more that people might have!
* The Red-State Revolt Spreads to Oklahoma (Atlantic)

* US Supreme Court Rejects Assault Rifle, Open-Carry Appeals (Bloomberg – beware video autoplay)

* This is an informative thread for people on life saving maintenance medications, in case you are a.) Without insurance or b.) Your copays are too high. (Twitter)

Close Elections, Missing Voices, and Automatic Voter Registration Projected Impact on 50 States

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