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Good News Roundup for Friday, July 14, 2023: They're Only Pretending to Be Powerful [1]

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Date: 2023-07-14

Welcome 🌻 to Friday’s Roundup of Good News!

The other side is often much weaker than it pretends to be. Now, they can still cause a lot of damage, and some of them are nasty bullies and some of them have weapons. But here are just a few instances that I’m recalling (sorry for not supplying links):

Putin, when someone marched on Moscow, negotiated.

Several state GOP groups are broke. Like, no money. Here are the ones we know about (Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota). Is it because of theft? Mismanagement? No donors? All the GOP people sending their money to tRump? Or maybe a lack of interest by the American people? And, like I said, maybe it’s even worse than we have heard. It usually is.

We heard, going into the 2022 midterms, that there would be a red wave. Well, there wasn’t.

We also keep getting warnings about inflation and recession, but those also seem to be mirages.

The Rs are supposed to be unified (mostly in their hatred of us; it’s true that a common enemy is a unifying force) but there are reports of discord in the Freedumb Caucus and even brawls in other places.

Now, we can’t take such weakness for granted. We have to keep up the good work and keep pusing and pulling and making the world a better place. But we can’t take the strength for granted, either. They want to intimidate us. Let us refuse to be intimidated, and march forward. Sometimes it will be easier than we expect. And every day, more people are joining us. Sweden. Scientists.

Come on in and see what the good guys are doing, whether they’re afraid or not! Happy Friday.

Regular Scheduled Programming

No one here is naïve; we are aware of the many who are fighting to destroy our country. Some of us expected it: the cheating, the lying, the chaos, and yes, even the attempts to cling to power despite the clear will of the people. But we are here to read the efforts and the positive results of those (including us and our fellow gnus) who are working so hard to save our country from those very bad people. We are furious with them for what they are doing and we are letting them know. Remember:

💙 There are more of us than there are of them.

💛 They are terrified when we organize. THERE IS LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE TERRIFIED!

💔 They want us to be demoralized. The best way to keep up your spirits is to fight. So, take the time to recharge your batteries, but find ways to contribute to the well-being of our country and our world.

🗽 Biden as President ! 🗽

Biden, Harris and their administration have been hard at work. Here are the last week’s posts at the White House briefing room.

👎 Out with the Bad, In with the Good 👍

💊 FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill FDA press release

(yesterday) Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy— the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Approval of this progestin-only oral contraceptive pill provides an option for consumers to purchase oral contraceptive medicine without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores and grocery stores, as well as online. The timeline for availability and price of this nonprescription product is determined by the manufacturer. Other approved formulations and dosages of other oral contraceptives will remain available by prescription only. “Today’s approval marks the first time a nonprescription daily oral contraceptive will be an available option for millions of people in the United States,” said Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “When used as directed, daily oral contraception is safe and is expected to be more effective than currently available nonprescription contraceptive methods in preventing unintended pregnancy.”

Red states will fight this, but it’s a step in the right direction.

⚡️ Remember when tRump pandered to putin in Helsinki? jamess reminds us and shows how great President Biden is Daily Kos ⚡️

More scientist are becoming activists — a cultural shift Scott Frickel , Fernando Aponte-Tomos The Conversation

I think the science activism increase is due to all the blatant lies told by the right.

Less gerrymandering will help us in many districts:

x 🚨BREAKING: A HUGE victory for fair districting in New York. A state appellate court has ordered the Independent Redistricting Commission to “commence its duties" to redraw a new congressional map "forthwith.”https://t.co/s6hWkhKipN — Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 13, 2023

The map from before is what handed the Rs the House. Combine it with changes mandated in other states, and the House is in a much better position.

We must keep up the work, but at least the DOJ is on our side:

x Great news from DOJ.https://t.co/PA0QOIoosh — Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 13, 2023

💣 Republicans: Party of Crimes and Chaos 💣

What Maga fears most Bocha Blue, Palmer Report

And there is one thing in the box that Maga doesn’t want you to know about, one thing that has the potential to unravel them. Chris Christie himself spoke about this. It’s the thing that defines Maga most of all — fear. Maga is so afraid of the world at large; that’s where all their hate comes from. But there is a new fear eating its way into Magas’ brains. It’s the fear that their savior — can’t win. Indeed, Chris Christie appeared on MSNBC and spoke about this particular fear of Maga. “They’re concerned he can’t beat Joe Biden,” Christie said. And Christie says many a Maga has confided in him that they might just switch their vote if it becomes apparent Trump can’t win. I think that time has come and has been here since the beginning. But it is interesting that some in Maga-world are actually beginning to notice. Christie has been doing a great job tearing Trump a new one. And he is not the only one to whom Maga are confessing their fears of Trump not being able to win.

Turns out “Hunter Biden whistleblower” has everything wrong with him Liz Dye, Wonkette

Okay, so you know how Comer and his band of dipshits have been hee-hawing for months about their top secret whistleblower? The one who can prove that Hunter Biden and Joe Biden took all the bribes from China? They couldn't produce him because REASONS, and in May our pal Jamie took his big square head over to Fox to tell that big airhead Maria Bartiromo that his informant was lost. "Well, unfortunately we can't track down the informant. We are hopeful that the informant is still there. The whistleblower knows the informant, the whistleblower is very credible," he told the credulous Fox host, who briefly demonstrated signs of mild skepticism, before reverting to form. ✂️ [Note I thought the Rs had just made up everything. But the actual truth is funnier.] Luft is alleged to have conspired to traffic weapons and Iranian oil, in addition to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). And while the weapons and oil may be more serious from a criminal perspective, Luft's FARA scheme is most interesting politically. ✂️ All the cool kids were doing it — at least the cool kids hanging around with Donald Trump. Sorry for the extended flashback, but we can't help but note that Trump, whose supporters have been screaming nonsense about Biden's supposed ties to China, was being advised by a guy who was literally being paid by a Chinese agent to publish articles praising the CCP.

I guess now that putin’s future is insecure, the GOP is looking to China for assistance.

🚚 💙 Democrats Deliver 💙 🚚

White House gives special recognition to Rs touting infrastructure that they voted against Kate Riga, Talking Points Memo

random highway The White House is continuing its campaign of sarcastic gratitude Tuesday, doling out recognition to specific Republican lawmakers who touted infrastructure investments “spurred by legislation they voted to block.” “We obviously wish more Republicans had voted to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other legislation driving hundreds of billions of dollars in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments,” writes White House Assistant Press Secretary Robyn Patterson in a memo first obtained by TPM and timed to welcome and “thank” members of Congress as they return to Washington after the July 4 recess. But, she adds, the White House is “grateful” for the Republicans’ “willingness to join the Administration’s Investing in America tour.”

Good economic news!

x America is having a good summer.



We are finally getting to the other side of the shocks of COVID and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.



Growth is strong, inflation and the deficit are way down, the stock market is on a good run, no recession on horizon. https://t.co/gQijUuhgBF — Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) July 12, 2023

🌵🌵🌵 Despite a GOP legislature due to gerrymandering, Governor Katie Hobbs has been protecting Arizonas via executive orders:

💊 Making oral contraceptives available over the counter (Joe Jacquez, The Hill)

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has expanded access to over-the-counter birth control that will “soon be available to Arizonans,” according to a press release. Arizonans 18 and older will soon be able to go to their local pharmacy and purchase oral contraceptives without a doctor’s prescription.

Stripping Arizona counties of the authority to prosecute those who get abortions Jeremy Duda, Axios

Driving the news: Under the executive order Hobbs announced Friday, Attorney General Kris Mayes has exclusive authority over criminal prosecutions of medical providers, other entities or individuals for violations of Arizona's abortion statutes. ✂️ State of play: The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled last December that a near-total ban on abortions that predates statehood can't be enforced against doctors, allowing a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy that the Legislature passed in 2022 to become effective.

Note the state AG will not be bothering to do this.

Banning state support of conversion therapy and more Associated Press via NBC News

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs issued two pro-LGBTQ executive orders on Tuesday, banning state support of so-called conversion therapy and allowing transgender state employees to receive gender-affirming health care under their insurance plan. Hobbs made the announcement from the offices of a central Phoenix nonprofit that focuses on helping LGBTQ youth. Under the executive actions, state agencies will be prohibited from using funds to promote or facilitate so-called conversion therapy, the scientifically discredited practice of using therapy to “convert” LGBTQ people to heterosexuality or traditional gender expectations.

Here’s something the AZ AG will be doing:

x BREAKING: ARIZONA AG Kris Mayes has APPOINTED a team of PROSECUTORS to investigate republican attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. MI and NM referred their findings to the DoJ, and GA will make charging decisions in August. https://t.co/lEijrZczDF — Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) July 13, 2023

💜 Unity? 💜

This week we have to celebrate the admission of Sweden into NATO and the fact that Erdogan of Turkiye has dropped its objections. Karl Ritter and Andrew Wilks, Associated Press

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Sweden’s NATO membership bid would not be ratified by Turkey’s parliament before October, but that he hopes for a swift ratification once lawmakers return from a break. Turkey on Monday withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by Erdogan was a significant move toward Sweden’s membership and came after days of intensive meetings. Erdogan’s comments Wednesday were his first public confirmation of his decision to refer Sweden’s membership to parliament, where his party and its allies command a majority.

This is great news on so many fronts. Erdogan, who has been playing both sides, has decided NATO is better than the other side. It means he decided, after a close election, that NATO was more important than Russia. Also, this weakens Putin. It shows, too, that President Biden has made the US a leader once more.

US and EU cooperating on transatlantic data flows Justice Department Press release — the nitty gritty of making things move smoothly

The Justice Department welcomes the European Commission’s adoption on July 10 of an adequacy decision for the United States as part of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, to which President Biden and European Commission President von der Leyen agreed in March 2022. The adequacy decision provides a basis in the law of the European Union for transfers of personal data from EU countries to the United States for commercial purposes. This flow of data underpins the $7 trillion-dollar U.S.-EU economic relationship and provides vital benefits to citizens and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, enabling businesses of all sizes to compete in each other’s markets. The Commission’s adoption of the adequacy decision also brings into effect the Attorney General’s designation of the EU and the three additional countries making up the European Economic Area (EEA) as “qualifying states” for purposes of implementing the redress mechanism established in Executive Order 14086. A country or a regional economic integration organization may be designated a “qualifying state” by the Attorney General if he determines, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence, that it meets the requirements set forth in the executive order. That determination was made on June 30 for the EU/EEA, contingent upon the Commission’s adoption of an adequacy decision.

📥 Actions You Can Take 📤

Tax-exempt organization complaint referrals. 13909. You can fill this out for the NRA and lots of other organizations. How about if some of us white folk go into some of the MAGA churches and video record what they’re saying?

Voting rights. This may be the biggest issue threatening our democracy right now. Besides contacting your representatives at the state and federal level to do the right thing (depending on who they are), you can support and contact these organizations:

ACLU — American Civil Liberties Union

Democracy Docket — founded by Marc Elias, so important in fighting the challenges after the last election.

Fair Fight — founded by Stacey Abrams

🌱Grass roots. Biden and Harris can do the top-down stuff, but we have to support from the bottom. I don’t know how to deprogram 75 million people, but some things have been written about, such as deep canvassing, and lots of people are talking about this. If you know someone (who did not storm the Capitol), then see if you can be pleasant. Instead of trying to reason with them (logic is obviously not their strong point) distract them with something else. We need to remove the sources of lies and to take down the temperature. If we get more of the Rs to wear masks and to get vaccinated and to vote for Ds, the country will be a better place. We need to coax some of them out of the rabbit holes and diffuse the anger and the crazy.

🏃 Run for something. If you want to run for something, but have no idea what to do, these people will help you. They also like money and volunteers to help those people who are running, so even if you’re not in a position to stand for office, you can help. Note: they are especially planning to target the 57 Rs in local governments who participated in the insurrection.

👎 Defund the seditionists. Defund the seditionists. This is a list with companies that sometimes have donated to the seditionists. The list is long. You will recognize many of the corporations, and you probably have a relationship with some — either you are a customer, a shareholder, or maybe even an employee. Contact them and compliment or complain, but let them know you are watching. Forward it to others.

🔎 Want to check out what’s going on with campaign contributions? Check out this diary. 👀

🐍 Schadenfreude 😈

DOJ appealing sentences given to Oath Keepers Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz CNN

CNN — The Justice Department is appealing the sentences that eight convicted defendants tied to the Oath Keepers received for seditious conspiracy or other conspiracy charges related to their roles in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Federal prosecutors working on the cases of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and others filed court papers Wednesday saying they are appealing the sentences set by a judge in late May. Some of the Oath Keepers who were sentenced had already filed their own appeals. ✂️ For instance, Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Rhodes to 18 years in prison. Yet prosecutors had sought 25 years. Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida contingent of the group, received from Mehta a 12-year sentence, though prosecutors had sought 21 years. Meggs’ sentence is among those being appealed as well.

To be clear, the DOJ wants longer sentences, not less time. This shows how seriously the DOJ is taking the attempt to do a coup and also makes it easier to give tRump some prison time. Here it is in a tweet:

x The solicitor general has to give her permission for a govt's appeal like this. Sentencing appeals are unusual (judges have considerable discretion) & while the govt can object to procedural or substantive flaws at sentencing, the cases are hard to win. Strong sign DOJ wants… https://t.co/cDOtQt69lM — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 13, 2023

Pillow Guy’s revenue plummets:

x Mike Lindell’s emergency auction is a disaster. There’s dozens of items with $5 bids. Plus, they have pallets of “surplus” pillows selling for $51 a pallet. pic.twitter.com/NTwzoZjbM5 — Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) July 12, 2023

tRump mad the DOJ no longer shielding him in defamation case Larry Neumeister Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump lashed out on social media against the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday after it stopped supporting his claim that the presidency shields him from liability against a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he sexually attacked her in the mid-1990s. Trump said in a post on his social media platform that the department’s reversal a day earlier in the lawsuit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll was part of the “political Witch Hunt” he faces while campaigning for the presidency as a Republican. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

And there’s the trial date for the docs case:

x Jack Smith has responded to Trump's request that the judge forego setting a trial date in the Mar-a-Lago prosecution & it's a doozy. Interestingly, he's no longer President Trump, Smith just refers to him as "Trump." Just like any other criminal defendant. pic.twitter.com/pJFekqHvk8 — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 13, 2023

Rudy Colludy owes money to Ruby: Judge Beryl Howell orders Rudy Giuliani to pay $89,172.50 in attorneys fees to Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman…and threatens to hold him in contempt of court if he doesn’t comply with obligations to turn over more documents.

x Judge Beryl Howell orders Rudy Giuliani to pay $89,172.50 in attorneys fees to Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman…and threatens to hold him in contempt of court if he doesn’t comply with obligations to turn over more documents. pic.twitter.com/ro7C3y6LPc — Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) July 13, 2023

📣 Let’s Honor Truth ☀️️

One reason truth has had such a tough time has been because of the copious lies being promoted by FOX, the GOP, RWNJs, tRump, etc. A way to fight these lies is through defamation lawsuits, such as the lawuit being filed by Ray Epps (who was a tRump supporter) Jeremy Barr, Will Sommer Washington Post

Fox News, which recently settled two separate high-profile legal challenges for approximately $800 million, is now facing a defamation and false-light lawsuit from a man who said the network presented him as a “scapegoat” for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Ray Epps attended the pro-Trump rallies in Washington in January 2021 but was not among the people found to have breached the Capitol building and has not been charged for his conduct. In subsequent weeks, then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted a video clip of the Arizona man outside the Capitol to suggest that Epps might have been a government informant — a notion that Epps and the FBI have strongly denied. ✂️ The video of Epps, combined with the fact that he wasn’t prosecuted and his photo vanished from the FBI site, became fodder for right-wing conspiracy theorists, who claimed he was planted on the scene by federal agents to provoke otherwise peaceful protesters into committing violence, a notion that trickled into conservative media channels. Carlson began regularly questioning whether Epps was an informant or undercover figure on his broadcasts, describing him as someone who “helped stage-manage the insurrection” in one January 2022 broadcast.

There’s more: Epps and his wife have received death threats and have had to leave their home and their business and flee from Arizona. Real damages to this guy.

But this is not the only recent defamation lawsuit. There’s the Dominion lawsuit against Fox, which settled for 787.5 million. There’s the Smartmatic lawsuit that hasn’t happened yet. There’s E Jean Carroll, who sued tRump and won (and is suing him again, and the DOJ just stated it won’t defend him). There are Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, election workers who are suiing Rudy Giuliani for defamation after their liees were turned hellish. We cannot forget the families of Sandy Hook, and their lawsuit against Alex Jones.

All of these people deserves truth medals for standing up against the lies told about them. Because these fights are long and expensive and exhausting and are sometimes dangerous.

⭐️ This week I want to honor Wesley Lowery (wikipedia) who with Kimbriell Kelly started the Fatal Force project, which tracked killings by police when there was no national database. Recently he’s the author of Whitelash.

🌹 Let’s Celebrate Love ❤️

This week, let’s celebrate humane societies and all they do for our furry and feathered friends. You may remember this story from a year ago, when 4000 beagles were rescued from a puppy mill in Virginia Chuck Johnston, CNN

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more than 70 animal welfare violations at the Envigo breeding facility. Mortality records reviewed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed over 300 puppy deaths from January 1, 2001, to July 22, 2021, that were attributed to unknown causes. The facility also did not take any additional steps to determine the cause in order to prevent similar deaths in the future. A motion filed in June said federal agents had already seized 446 beagles. HSUS will transport the remaining beagles from the facility at its own expense over the next approximately 60-day period.

Here’s a celebration / reunion a year later:

x Last year, 4,000 dogs were rescued from a facility in Virginia where they were being sold for testing. They were nurtured back to health, and eventually found loving homes.



Recently, some of them got together to celebrate the first anniversary of their rescue.



Best party ever. pic.twitter.com/8BiVA15hAd — Goodable (@Goodable) July 11, 2023

📎 Odds & Ends 📎

Financial counseling helps people get their lives in order Kristi Eaton, Reasons to Be Cheerful

In 2021, Latoya Tart found herself deep in debt. She had taken out several loans, and struggled to pay them off while still paying for other necessities, including rent and groceries. Then Tart, 44, who works at Goodwill Industries, learned about a program offering financial counseling free of charge to any resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She started seeing a financial counselor at The Financial Empowerment Center in September 2021. “I have knocked out [loans] to at least two companies,” she says. Her counselor discussed with her the best method of eliminating loans, so she started with payday loans — typically small, high-interest loans that the borrower is meant to repay after getting their next paycheck. The Center is a partnership between the City of Tulsa and Goodwill Industries. “We are really building capacity at the city level, to support and grow and build collaboration among the providers in town who are working to move the needle on financial stability, financial resiliency for Tulsans,” says Janae Bradford, director of the City of Tulsa’s Office for Financial Empowerment and Community Wealth. The Financial Empowerment Center falls within the Office’s umbrella.

Swords into plowshares; military base into a city park Andy Corbley, Good News Network

They say if California became its own country, it would have one of the world’s largest economies. The new Great Park of Irvine is a reflection of the always lofty ambitions of the state, and is expected to dwarf Central Park by more than 500 acres. It was on May 23rd this year that the “Great Park Project” broke ground on the long-derelict El Toro Marine Corps Base, 21 years after voters approved a ballot measure ordering the state to create a park on the site. hey say if California became its own country, it would have one of the world’s largest economies. The new Great Park of Irvine is a reflection of the always lofty ambitions of the state, and is expected to dwarf Central Park by more than 500 acres. It was on May 23rd this year that the “Great Park Project” broke ground on the long-derelict El Toro Marine Corps Base, 21 years after voters approved a ballot measure ordering the state to create a park on the site.

EU backs first major nature restoration law in decades Cristen Hemingway Jaynes EcoWatch

Following a tense debate, the European Parliament has voted in favor of a Nature Restoration Law that establishes legally binding targets to restore degraded natural areas in the European Union (EU). It is the first major piece of legislation to protect biodiversity in the EU in 30 years. Members of Parliament (MEPs) said the restoration measures must cover at least one-fifth of the land and sea areas in the EU and be in place by 2030, a press release from the European Parliament said. “The Nature Restoration Law is an essential piece of the European Green Deal and follows the scientific consensus and recommendations to restore Europe’s ecosystems. Farmers and fishers will benefit from it and it ensures a habitable earth for future generations,” said MEP César Luena, a Spanish politician who was one of the biggest champions of the measure, in the press release.

Belize doesn’t have malaria. (But now Florida and Texas do)

x Good News Alert:



Belize has officially been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization.



It's thank to their investment in distributing mosquito nets, focusing on high-risk populations and training community health workers to diagnose and treat patients. pic.twitter.com/UplOOdNfSH — Goodable (@Goodable) July 10, 2023

🐦 I do a lot of other writing. A recent offering: Hunters of the Feather, a story about a thinker-linker crow who wants to save birdkind from extinction, and sequels, Scavengers of Mind and the brand-new Familiars of the Flock (They’re really good! They’re really cheap! Buy and review or rate positively! And Hunters is also available on Audible!) Other stories, based on Jane Austen novels — including a new one for lovers of Pride & Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet’s Advice to Young Ladies — and others on Greek mythology, can be found here. All titles are available through Kindle Unlimited, but I only get paid if you turn the pages.

💙 What You Can Do to Rescue Democracy 💙

It turns out that participation in democracy is not just an every-four-years event but requires active participation, like, whenever you can find time.

Current projects:

Look in the comments for Progressive Muse’s report on Postcards to Voters

And some other ideas:

You can relax and recharge.

You can join protests and freeway blog.

You can help register new voters.

You can smile.

You can say something nice to friend or a stranger.

You can get out the vote for special elections.

You can reach out to upset Republicans. We need to win some back.

You can share your ideas below.

🌻

💙 “Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, demonization have long torn us apart. The battle is perennial, and victory is never assured.” 💙

President Joseph R. Biden

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