all this fiddling with
my internal thermostat —
sweaters on the floor

Protect the Press

Call Senators re: the PRESS Act

(HT Celeste Pewter, Greg Pak, Senator Wyden)

We need the press. We need them to be investigators, not stenographers. And we need to protect them so that they can keep digging.

(Read more on the PRESS Act here.)

Do you have the phone numbers of your Senators in your contacts yet?

Here's a handy link that can tell you who your elected officials are at the local, state, and federal level: https://myreps.datamade.us

Unrelated:

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the two Georgia poll workers defamed by Rudolph W. Giuliani after the 2020 election, received his watch collection, a ring and his vintage Mercedes-Benz last Friday.

before the song starts
the sound of an indrawn breath —
I join the Earth's choir

unprecedented —
even just hearing the word
adds to my exhaustion

Weekend Reading from Andrea Pitzer

"Authoritarians aim to destroy the social fabric and to isolate individuals. Anything you do to counter that is good work. We may or may not see heroes in our time, but we can be sure that the most vital work will done on a smaller scale day in and day out by regular people."

Read Andrea Pitzer's excellent full piece, Swept Into The Flood, here:

https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into-the-flood

cool evening air
with a full moon presiding —
no crickets left to sing

cool evening air
with a full moon presiding —
no crickets left to sing

Yet

when the glass has slipped
from your hand but it still
hasn't hit the ground

Don't Roll Over

Sherrilyn Ifill (former President. & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund) says, 

"Don’t throw in the towel. Rest, then call your Senator - Dem & Repub. Tell them you expect them to do their constitutional duty and have real confirmation review & hearings for Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard & all cabinet nominees. Don’t let your Senators give their power to Trump w/o a fight." 

Here's a clip: https://bsky.app/profile/sifill.bsky.social/post/3laxiugfhik2j

The Capital Switchboard's number is 202-224-3121. To look up your representatives' contact information, try this handy little tool: https://myreps.datamade.us

Put your Senators' and Representative's DC office numbers in your phone. Then add them to your favorites. Consider moving from a default position of never calling them to a default position of calling them all the time.

Unrelated mic drop: