Stacie Gelhar (she / her)
@slgelhar.bsky.social
Word of the Year: Obligation
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Here's an update on our Resistance Planning in Wisconsin. click on the link to volunteer, join weekly zoom calls, or donate to the cause.
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
March 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Here's an update on our Resistance Planning in Wisconsin. click on the link to volunteer, join weekly zoom calls, or donate to the cause.
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
@ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social and Glenn Grotham need to pay attention to the voters.
@aoc.bsky.social: "You have a right to see your elected member of Congress... Our job is to hear from people. And if you aren't doing town halls because your own residents and members of your community are upset with what you're doing, the answer is you’ve got to own your decisions."
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social and Glenn Grotham need to pay attention to the voters.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favorite resistance fighter.
Thank you, Celeste, for your books, your courage, and your encouragement to take action.
Thank you, Celeste, for your books, your courage, and your encouragement to take action.
In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
February 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favorite resistance fighter.
Thank you, Celeste, for your books, your courage, and your encouragement to take action.
Thank you, Celeste, for your books, your courage, and your encouragement to take action.
Kindness matters.
Be kind to yourself first, and then to others.
Be kind to yourself first, and then to others.
February 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kindness matters.
Be kind to yourself first, and then to others.
Be kind to yourself first, and then to others.
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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
Graphs that explain why you and everyone you know are exhausted.
To be in the top 1% an individual has to have $11.6 mn in networth.
To be in the top 50%, the net worth is $585,000.
My net worth is barely above negative. I'm doing good compared to my friends & family.
Link in the comments
To be in the top 1% an individual has to have $11.6 mn in networth.
To be in the top 50%, the net worth is $585,000.
My net worth is barely above negative. I'm doing good compared to my friends & family.
Link in the comments
This is why everything cost so much and you have to work so much. Because enough doesn't exist for them.
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Graphs that explain why you and everyone you know are exhausted.
To be in the top 1% an individual has to have $11.6 mn in networth.
To be in the top 50%, the net worth is $585,000.
My net worth is barely above negative. I'm doing good compared to my friends & family.
Link in the comments
To be in the top 1% an individual has to have $11.6 mn in networth.
To be in the top 50%, the net worth is $585,000.
My net worth is barely above negative. I'm doing good compared to my friends & family.
Link in the comments
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Great advice from Dan Froomkin. Share it with your family and friends.
My compilation of what you can do to fight the Trump agenda www.headsupnews.org/p/what-you-c...
What you can do to fight the Trump agenda
A list of lists of how to resist
www.headsupnews.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Great advice from Dan Froomkin. Share it with your family and friends.
Reposted by Stacie Gelhar (she / her)
In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
Reposted by Stacie Gelhar (she / her)
If you're looking for help on what exactly to tell your member of Congress, this resource is quite useful:
5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/02/25): Musk and his DOGE team of personal allies have also now gained access to classified material including high-security intelligence …
5calls.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you're looking for help on what exactly to tell your member of Congress, this resource is quite useful:
5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
The elegance of this speech...♥️
Green: I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.
February 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The elegance of this speech...♥️
Today's tally...1 voicemail, one busy signal, one contact...more calls later.
February 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today's tally...1 voicemail, one busy signal, one contact...more calls later.
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Is calling alone enough? NO, where the fuck did I say it was? (I didn't.) But for folks who are frozen, a small action--like calling--helps break the ice. And that makes way for much more. Are you out there setting things on fire? I hope so! But right now I'm just trying to thaw out whoever I can.
February 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Is calling alone enough? NO, where the fuck did I say it was? (I didn't.) But for folks who are frozen, a small action--like calling--helps break the ice. And that makes way for much more. Are you out there setting things on fire? I hope so! But right now I'm just trying to thaw out whoever I can.
Call senators and house reps needs to be something I commit to in 2025, even with a rep like RoJo
you can CALL TODAY to tell your senators to VOTE NO on RFK Jr, who says he’ll end all research into infectious diseases for “a little break” of 8 years
the hearings today were NOT final.
the hearings today were NOT final.
January 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Call senators and house reps needs to be something I commit to in 2025, even with a rep like RoJo
@hcrichardson.bsky.social & @rbreich.bsky.social are my daily reads on Substack. I hope they find new platforms.
Sigh.
Sigh.
I'm going to send messages to all the people I subscribe to at Substack, telling them why I'm cancelling. I encourage you to do the same.
January 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social & @rbreich.bsky.social are my daily reads on Substack. I hope they find new platforms.
Sigh.
Sigh.
TIL that @bookshop-org.bsky.social has ebooks.
In other news, my birthday is next month and I love reading 🎉
In other news, my birthday is next month and I love reading 🎉
January 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
TIL that @bookshop-org.bsky.social has ebooks.
In other news, my birthday is next month and I love reading 🎉
In other news, my birthday is next month and I love reading 🎉
Send me a DM if you are local and want to make arrangements to go.
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Send me a DM if you are local and want to make arrangements to go.
Update: I call bullshit. This was a test run to see if they could get away with starving people.
Its also part of the attention diversion, emotional waste land, to drain us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
Its also part of the attention diversion, emotional waste land, to drain us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
A Nutrition Program for Low-Income Americans Seeks Clarity on Funding Pause
It was not immediately known how the federal funding freeze would affect W.I.C., which provides vouchers for healthy foods to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Update: I call bullshit. This was a test run to see if they could get away with starving people.
Its also part of the attention diversion, emotional waste land, to drain us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
Its also part of the attention diversion, emotional waste land, to drain us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
Removing access to food -- regardless of how temporary -- is cruel.
So much for the "pro-life" voters.
So much for the "pro-life" voters.
WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Removing access to food -- regardless of how temporary -- is cruel.
So much for the "pro-life" voters.
So much for the "pro-life" voters.
I often wondered what vote suppression looks like when one isnt a white, cis female. The Hartmann Report shows how voter suppression is built into the system, along with its acceleration in the 2024 campaign. I'm disgusted how the voices of BIPOC are eliminated
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.
Here are the numbers from investigative reporter Greg Palast...
hartmannreport.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I often wondered what vote suppression looks like when one isnt a white, cis female. The Hartmann Report shows how voter suppression is built into the system, along with its acceleration in the 2024 campaign. I'm disgusted how the voices of BIPOC are eliminated
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
Feels shocking, but also expected.
The Trump administration has required that all communications and social media posts from federal agencies undergo prior approval before being shared. This directive is currently in effect until the end of the month.
January 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Feels shocking, but also expected.
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Well. Just saying.
January 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Well. Just saying.
That last bit is so important....do not comply in advance.
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
That last bit is so important....do not comply in advance.
According to this list, I need an hourly rate of $41 per hour ($84,511 / 2080, assuming paid holidays and other time off)
The $7.25 minimum wage is a feature designed into the system to keep lining the pockets of 817 people.
www.mentalfloss.com/posts/salary...
The $7.25 minimum wage is a feature designed into the system to keep lining the pockets of 817 people.
www.mentalfloss.com/posts/salary...
What You Need to Earn to Live Comfortably in Each State
Thinking of making a move? This list may come in handy.
www.mentalfloss.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
According to this list, I need an hourly rate of $41 per hour ($84,511 / 2080, assuming paid holidays and other time off)
The $7.25 minimum wage is a feature designed into the system to keep lining the pockets of 817 people.
www.mentalfloss.com/posts/salary...
The $7.25 minimum wage is a feature designed into the system to keep lining the pockets of 817 people.
www.mentalfloss.com/posts/salary...