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GNR for Friday, June 6, 2025: Travel edition [1]
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Date: 2025-06-06
Welcome 🌻 to Friday’s Roundup of Good News!
Gnusies, this week I’m traveling and I don’t know how much time I will have to work on the GNR. So, I ask your indulgence if some of the news is older and if maybe you have heard it before. Remember, repetition is good!
Seriously, repetition is good. I bet there are many people here who are first-time learners, but many in the world are not.
Also, there may be extra repetition. On Wednesday I sent out an emergency email to the GNR authors group because, due to travel, I was having internet issues and could not work on this. I have since cancelled the request for an emergency potluck for today, but not everyone may see both messages.
And, there’s always the chance the internet will fail again… Actually, it DID fail again, so if there are missing bits, sorry!
Anyway, come on in, gnusies, and take a look at what has been rounded-up.
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, and the chaos. 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 and the planet from those very bad people. We are furious with them for what they are doing and we are letting them know.
Remember:
💜Although they lie all the time, reality matters. And our goals — based on reality — are more popular.
💙 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, make sure to protect yourself, your family and your friends, but find ways to contribute to the well-being of our country and our world.
🗽 Reports on Resisters 🗽
Monday night Maddow often reports on resistance around the country. She can’t cover everything, and I can’t cover all she covers, but it’s still important to understand how people are pushing back.
For example, we’ve often heard “the cruelty is the point” when we try to understand the appeal of tRump to so many voters. Apparently they wanted cruelty, especially toward illegal immigrants (who they believed were all hardened criminals).
What is encouraging is that many Americans, once they get a taste of that cruelty, are sickened by it. They are pushing back against the ICE raids.
The flutter is about people kicking out ICE after they raided a restaurant.
x I just saw this on Maddow and it made me cry — Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 (@emilylhauser.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T01:39:45.154Z
ICE also arrested a popular high school student — an athlete, a scholar, a guy who brightens up a room. Well, the town is marching against ICE.
x Here's the story that #Maddow is reporting on right now about ICE arresting a beloved high school student in Massachusetts. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/... — TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) 2025-06-03T01:06:14.701Z
People are protesting Avelo Airlines, that is deporting people. And New York State is considering banning Avelo Airlines from using any of its airports until they stop this.
x Protesters gather near Rochester airport, demand end to Avelo Airlines' deportation flights - WHEC.com
https://www.whec.com/local/protesters-gather-near-rochester-airport-demand-end-to-avelo-airlines-deportation-flights/ — Gail Waldby (@gailwaldby.bsky.social) 2025-06-01T14:04:01.548Z
President Zelenskyy and the rest of Ukraine (except for putin sympathizers) are at the front line of resistance. This week they had a really, really important victory.
x Ukraine asked for NATO membership, we said no because of Russian nukes. Ukraine asked for security guarantees, we said no because of Russian nukes. Ukraine asked for long-range weapons, we said no because of Russian nukes. So Ukraine got rid of Russian strategic nuclear bombers — Minna Ålander 🌻 (@alanderminna.bsky.social) 2025-06-01T19:28:33.208Z
And, you want to resist? Remember, June 14 is NO KINGS day.
x It’s June — that means No Kings Day is almost here. Trump is ignoring the courts and the Constitution, so we’re gathering again on June 14 to remind him there are NO KINGS in our country. Check out our map of No Kings Day events and everything else you need to know: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... — Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2025-06-01T14:08:13.115Z
💣 Republicans: Party of Crimes and Chaos 💣
Musk and tRump not getting along!
And Musk has threatened all who voted for the budget bill:
x Elon cited irreconcilable budget differences. — George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T15:13:18.629Z
tRump has pulled the guy who was Musk wanted for NASA.
x Elon Musk turning on Donald Trump and Republicans was completely predictable. — Jessica Tarlov (@jessicatarlov.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T18:50:38.537Z
tRump and the people who own the supreme court
x If Leonard Leo is out, who’s calling the judicial shots for Trump now? I have an answer. You’re not gonna like it. But still, the FedSoc/Trump war is a good thing because it will slow Trump’s nominations down. My latest in @thenation.com — ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T15:41:05.517Z
Of course, trump wants to be king. So does Leonard Leo.
$RFK Jr caught making up stuff in his health reports Jessica Corbett Raw Story
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday in response to the Trump administration's recent "Make America Healthy Again" report and exposés about fake citations, mischaracterizations of studies, and apparent use of artificial intelligence. Since The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again was published last month by U.S. President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission, academics, campaigners, journalists, and lawmakers have raised concerns about it. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), who took over as acting ranking member of the House committee following the May death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), highlighted recent reporting by NOTUS and The Washington Post in his Monday letter to RFK Jr. "Despite the report's insistence on 'pursuing truth' and 'embracing science,' public reporting has revealed that the report cites scientific studies that do not exist, misrepresents the findings of certain studies, and may have used artificial intelligence (AI) to draw conclusions that are not based on actual scientific research," Lynch's letter states.
tRump ruins the housing rebound, what with tariff chaos, threatening the immigrants in the industry, and threatening the general economy with potentially sky-rocketing interest rates.
And there’s always Epstein (ICYM, Musk says tRump was in the Epstein files)
x REP. GOLDMAN: “.. I called for the full release of the Epstein Files a month ago because of my suspicion that @AGPamBondi was concealing the files to protect Donald Trump. Now my suspicion has been confirmed.” @mediaitenews.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/politics/hou... — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T21:25:15.831Z
🚚 💙 Democrats Deliver 💙 🚚
Another massive overperformance by team blue in a special election
x Last night, 24-year-old Keishan Scott defeated his Republican opponent by 41 points in South Carolina’s 50th State House district—a massive overperformance. He’s now set to become one of the youngest Democratic state legislators in the country. — Democrats (@democrats.org) 2025-06-04T14:20:23.937Z
Harris won the district, but by 5%, not 41%.
🎩 Carla in Sequim More is More, Hakeem Jeffries on flooding the zone Scott Wong, NBC News
WASHINGTON — In the chaotic opening weeks of President Donald Trump's second administration, Democrats debated whether to push back on every norm-shattering executive action, or pick and choose their spots and hope Trump would prove to be his own worst enemy. That debate has been settled, with Democrats aggressively taking on Trump in the courts, in the streets and on social media. At the center of that messaging strategy is House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who privately has been urging his members to be more visible in their districts and on digital media, and has stepped up his own activity in recent weeks. Rather than his regular, once-a-week news conference in the Capitol, Jeffries now holds as many as three press briefings with reporters each week in Washington. He is also making weekly appearances on popular podcasts outside the traditional political media circuit, including those hosted by Stephen A. Smith, Tony Kornheiser, Jon Stewart, Katie Couric and Scott Galloway. Marking the opening months of the Trump administration, Jeffries delivered a scathing 30-minute rebuke of Trump’s “100 days of chaos, 100 days of cruelty and 100 days of corrupt behavior.”
Biden delivered on jobs (sorry, the flutter won’t embed)
Trump lashes out at Fed after weak jobs report US ADP nonfarm employment change report shows 37,000 extra jobs created during May, one third of expectation Same period under Biden: 2024 157,000
2023 267,000
2022 268,000 Trump: ADP NUMBER OUT!! “Too Late” Powell must now LOWER THE RATE
💜 Unity? 💜
Courts are helping:
x BREAKING: Judge Allison Burroughs enters TRO blocking Trump's proclamation aimed at preventing foreign Harvard students from entering the US. Further PI hearing set for June 16. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... — Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-06-06T02:04:50.648Z
NPR and PBS fight back
x Rooting for PBS and NPR here! www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/... — Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T20:15:47.041Z
Learning the truth about Jan 6 opened her eyes to Maga’s lies Paul Glickman, Daily Kos
This is a great story about how Victoria Todd was influenced by The Apprentice and right-wing media and basically didn’t start doubting anything until she noticed the discrepancy between reality and the lies about covid. She was never a hateful person, but just totally misled and misinformed.
Here’s a portion of the diary.
And so in early 2021, she went back to not paying attention to politics. The thunderbolt that shook her out of her apathy struck in the fall of 2022, when she and her boyfriend — now her husband — took a road trip to spend Thanksgiving with his family in Montgomery, Alabama. “I was taking online classes at Wayne State University, and my politics professor had us watch a PBS documentary on Jan. 6,” Victoria says. “I can vividly remember going through downtown Atlanta, watching the documentary on my iPad while my boyfriend drove,” she says. “I paused it and asked him, ‘Did this stuff really happen?’ And he said, ‘What do you mean, did this happen? Of course it did.’” She asked him, “Did people really go in and say they wanted to hang Mike Pence? Were they that disruptive? I thought they were just outside the Capitol.” He said, ‘No, that’s why they were arrested.’” That prompted Victoria to start doing research. She learned about the Proud Boys and the Oathkeepers. “These were not good people,” she says. “They said things like, ‘I don’t care what the Constitution says.’ I thought, ‘What do you mean? That’s the most important thing. I love the Constitution.’” She goes on: “Thanks to that road trip, I was 100% done with MAGA. I was really mad that I missed what actually happened on January 6. I felt really, really dumb. I wondered how any politician could allow me to miss something like that. I lost all respect for Trump when I learned what happened.”
There are people who may be lost to us, but there are many who are just misled and misinformed. Remember, much of the media is owned by right-wing billionaires, and Russia infiltrated much of our social media. I know talking to these people isn’t for all of us, but those who can, should.
📥 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. Join with local communities to make a difference. It could be your local Dems. It could be your school board or your library. Reach out to people. We all need each other these days.
🏃 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.
👎 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.
🐍 Schadenfreude 😈
Tesla stock down again!
x Tesla cracks $277 after hours as horrified investors try to evaluate the Götterdämmerung type outlook. It was $362 on Friday. — Tero Kuittinen (@teroterotero.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T21:36:48.812Z
🌻 Gosh, Zelenskyy holds a lot of cards! (I wonder if additional attacks are planned...)
x Holy Smokes! Ukraine did it again! Attacks Crimean Kerch Bridge They certainly are proving Trump WRONG when he said "You don't hold the cards". krassencast.com/p/ukraine-do... — Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T12:14:59.859Z
Recently I mentioned how the law firms that appeased tRump were losing their best lawyers. Well, now they’re losing clients, too.
x WSJ: “Support for law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing — At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with Trump or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals…” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... — The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-06-02T01:45:04.034Z
I guess they didn’t understand TACO.
📣 Let’s Honor Truth ☀️️
This week we honor NPR’s Gabrielle Emanuel, who is working to track down the people who are dying thanks to the world’s richest man denying medicine and food to the world’s poorest children.
EMANUEL: She told me that her younger son was 7 years old. He had a bike he loved, and he had sickle cell disease. She took him to a local clinic for his medical care. Then this past February, she noticed one night that her son had a fever. Early in the morning, she rushed him to the clinic. ✂️ EMANUEL: Speaking in Kanuri, she said when they got there, the security guards said the clinic was closed. That clinic had been funded by USAID and had received a stop-work order about a week earlier. ✂️ "I was shocked and became angry," says Mariam Mohammed, who is a widow. She didn't have money to pay for treatment at the government clinic. She says she prayed for God to intervene. Her son died that night. His name was Babagana (ph). Edifre Jacob (ph) is a doctor at the clinic. He cared for Babagana before the stop-work order. He says patients with sickle cell disease, where the red blood cells are misshapen, can deteriorate very quickly, but prompt medical care can save their lives. ✂️ EMANUEL: Now this particular U.S.-funded clinic did reopen in mid-April, but many others like it are still closed. ✂️ INSKEEP: Is there evidence of other deaths linked to aid cuts? EMANUEL: Well, it is very hard to pin down precise numbers. In many places, including where this family is from, there isn't a formal system for death certificates. The U.S. had funded efforts to gather this type of data, but aid cuts have disrupted much of that. Now, there are researchers who are trying to get to the bottom of this. INSKEEP: OK. What are they finding? EMANUEL: Well, modeling out of Boston University estimates that the abrupt cuts to USAID have meant nearly 300,000 people have died to date. These are really rough estimates, but they give a sense of scale. Researchers are talking many thousands of deaths, not dozens. The State Department did not respond to requests for comment, but in front of Congress, Marco Rubio pushed back, saying these models are completely inaccurate and maintained that nobody, especially no child, has died on his watch.
I learned about her on The Last Word:
x Thank you, @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com The people who are dying as a result of Trump and Musk's cruelty should not be voiceless. All who speak up for them are doing humanity's basic work - seeing even humans who are not directly connected to them. — Forbestonow (@forbestonow.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T04:34:48.044Z
🌹 Let’s Celebrate Love ❤️
Sometimes love shows up to fight against hate. A lesbian was beaten up by two guys in Illinois. That sucks. But what is helping is all the people who have stepped up to help her. Morgan Allison Ross Comic Sands
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser released the following statement on the hate crime charges for both perpetrators: “These allegations are serious and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Everyone deserves to feel safe in public spaces, and no one should be attacked because of their gender identity or sexual orientation, as is alleged in this case.” Grass has received internet hate from people saying she deserved the attack, but she refuses to back down from seeking justice. She thanked her attackers for what they inspired her to become. After the hate crime charges were filed, Grass provided the following message in an ABC news segment: “They made me realize that life is short, and that I should go after my dreams. I want to be an inspiration for someone else and people to look up to, and they made me want to become that... While they ruined their own lives, they created a new one.” The internet has also rallied around Grass as she set up a GoFundMe page to cover medical bills and legal fees to pursue charges against the strangers who attacked her. With a goal of $5,000, the page has now raised over $74,000, with more than 2,300 donations. Reactions to the attack and Grass’s ongoing fight for justice were overwhelmingly supportive.
Look at the reaction of the prosecutor, those who donated to the GoFundMe page, and the reactions collected online.
And another story:
📎 Odds & Ends 📎
Man climbs Everest to install a defibrillator, three weeks later it saves a life Andy Corbley Good News Network
A man who visited Mount Everest Base Camp to install a defibrillator as part of his advocacy work has revealed the device saved a woman’s life just three weeks after he left Nepal. David Sullivan is the founder of Code Blue CPR, an organization that trains defibrillator use and CPR skills at home and around the world. Earlier this year, the 62-year-old from Surrey ventured to the Himalayas where he installed what he says is the world’s highest defibrillator. Climbers die on Everest all the time—not always of cardiac arrest—but certainly sometimes, and the use of a defibrillator within the first 3 minutes of a heart attack can improve survival rates from 8% to over 50%. ✂️ He returned from Everest on April 30th and, just three weeks later, learned that it saved a young climber’s life after her heart stopped.
I liked this — note some billionaires are OK
x What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼 — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2025-05-03T14:39:53.733Z
Scientists create low-carbon alternative to cement Paige Bennett EcoWatch
In a new study, scientists have found a way to turn industrial waste, such as recycled glass and construction waste, into a soil solidifier that is cement-free. By cutting out the cement, the material serves as a lower-carbon material for green construction. According to the UN Environment Programme, the built environment and construction sectors make up 37% of total global emissions. Cement, in particular, is one of the highest-emitting materials, making up 8% of global emissions, the World Economic Forum reported. Cement is the most commonly used material for soil solidification. Soil solidifiers are often used in construction, such as for building roadbeds or building foundations. The solidifiers are added to soil for better binding, compaction, water-resistance and strength. But a team of scientists in Japan have found an alternative soil solidifier using Earth Silica, which is an alkaline stimulant sourced from recycled glass, and Siding Cut Powder (SCP), a waste product from construction. They published their findings in the journal Cleaner Engineering and Technology.
Medical progress still progressing!
x Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... — Liz Szabo (@lizszabo.bsky.social) 2025-05-09T20:28:45.684Z
Electric ferryboat goes from Europe to Africa and back! Andy Corbley Good News Network
An electric ferryboat has gone from Spain to Africa and back in the same day, proving decarbonization of strait crossings is possible. The Swedish-made vessel traveled from Sotogrande, Spain, to Ceuta, North Africa—a 24-nautical mile trip—in just over one hour, matching the speed of conventional fast ferries. After recharging, the vessel returned to the Spanish mainland the same day. GNN previously reported on the Candela P-12 electric ferryboat entering service in Stockholm’s public transport system ahead of its mass-production roll out last year. In 2023, it had passed all of its performance tests with flying colors, achieving 30 knots per-hour with a battery life of 50 knots. Now, another major test has been overcome with another vessel—the first-ever intercontinental sea crossing by an all-electric boat. “There’s a clear need for additional fast, clean, and efficient travel options across the Mediterranean—and for direct lines that wouldn’t be economically viable with larger, conventional vessels,” said Gustav Hasselskog, CEO of Candela and pilot during the crossing.
Blatten, a village in Switzerland, was wiped out by landslide. Why I am including this here? Because they had the sense to evacuate everyone before it happened! Now, a friend of mine said there was one death, so maybe I’m wrong, but at least the lives of others were saved.
x On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier. — The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) 2025-06-01T03:15:08.452Z
This is why it’s important to monitor things like the weather and climate change and earthquakes and everything else.
🐦 I do a lot of other writing. Newest offerings: Messing with the Myths — two books so far in this series. Older offerings: the Crow Nickels (chronicles), about crows who want to save birdkind from extinction (Hunters of the Feather). Mysteries based on Jane Austen’s novels, such as The Meryton Murders. Others based on history and Greek mythology, e.g., Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus. All titles also available through Kindle Unlimited. Want to support me but not interested in my books? Buy one and donate to a library.
💙 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.
I know it’s tough to see the path forward. And I can’t guarantee that there is a path forward. But people who are smarter and braver than I have seen ways to move ahead.
Their (the fascists’) plans really are dark, but many of them are also dumb, in the sense that they don’t make sense. So many of them cannot succeed.
Here are some quick hits.
Stay involved. Yeah, that’s tough. I want to look away too, but by taking simple actions you can make a difference. Keep contacting your representatives, both in DC and at home.
Support causes that will fight. Send money if you can. Also, spread their news with clicks and conversation.
Slow them down. Oppose and block at every turn.
Make tRump unpopular. Doing this weakens him. And it should not be that difficult. The GOP made a lot out of Biden is old and eggs cost too much. Well, tRump is older than Biden was at the beginning of his term and tRump has no policies that are going to bring down inflation. And a host of other problems, like he’s a convicted felon.
Divide the GOP from each other. They are a coalition based on contradictory promises, so there’s plenty to work with.
Keep telling the truth and showing love.
Make sure to pace yourselves in this marathon and to practice self-care.
Current projects:
Look in the comments for Progressive Muse’s report on Postcards to Voters
And Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny Lessons:
(1) Do Not Obey in Advance; (2) Defend Institutions; (3) Beware the One-Party System; (4) Take Responsibility for the Face of the World; (5) Remember Professional Ethics; (6) Be Wary of Paramilitaries; (7) Be Reflective if You Must Own a Gun; (8) Stand Out (this means, speak up, even when others do not); (9) Be Kind to Our Language; (10) Believe in Truth; (11) Investigate; (12) Make Eye Contact and Small Talk; (13) Practice Corporeal Politics; (14) Establish a Private Life; (15) Contribute to Good Causes; (16) Learn from Peers in Other Countries; (17) Listen for Dangerous Words; (18) Be Calm When the Unthinkable Arrives; (19) Be a Patriot; (20) Be as Courageous as You Can.
🌻
💙 President Joseph R. Biden: “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.”
💙 Sir Winston Churchill: When you’re going through hell, keep going.
🌹 🌹 🌹
TRUTH MATTERS. LOVE MATTERS.
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