"THE ISSUE: DEMOCRATS DESERVE A CHOICE. HOLD A COMPETITIVE ELECTION FOR SPEAKER!
"In January 2027, members of the newly elected U.S. House of Representatives will choose who serves as Speaker of the House, one of the most powerful leadership positions in Congress.
Hakeem Jeffries, (aka Aipac Shakur), currently serves as House Democratic Leader and has previously been nominated by House Democrats for Speaker. If his name is put forward again, House members will have a choice to make. Hakeem Jeffries is simply not the right choice." Journalist Alex Scopic said it best, "Jeffries is a genuinely horrible House minority leader. He’s weak against the Trump administration, unreliable on key issues like labor, and bloodstained by his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza."
"We believe the Speaker should represent the Democratic voters, not just the Democratic establishment.
The Speaker has enormous influence over the direction of the House, including its legislative priorities and agenda. Before casting their votes, representatives should closely examine Jeffries's public record, policy positions, campaign donor record and leadership...and listen to constituents who do not want him elevated to Speaker.
This is not a foregone conclusion. There is still time for other Democratic members of the House to step forward and seek the nomination for Speaker, someone whose priorities more closely reflect the voters who hope to elect the Democratic majority.
We are calling on every member of the incoming 120th Congress to vote against Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker in January 2027 and choose a different candidate.
To Democratic members of The House of Representatives: If you believe you can better represent the priorities of the Democratic voters, now is the time to put your name forward."
Please Sign and Share this petition ::CLICK HERE:: to send a clear message before the Speaker vote. Democrats deserve a choice!" (via change.org)
As the madness of the last two years progressed while the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States raped and pillaged the country and pretty much the world, the vile administration's actions ultimately resulted in sending tens of millions of voters to the polls on Nov 3rd to take back democracy and vote out the repugnant wannabe fascist regime that is polluting the congress, and many of the states. The goal was to strip the unchecked power from Jeffrey Epstein's special friend that has been shitting all over the Oval Office. Voters fought back with full force. The result: Republicans LOST majority power in ALL of congress! The whole of congress was flipped. A lot of history was made. A lot of her-story was made too! They call it the Blue Tsunami!
"This election put 116 women in House seats, seven women in the Senate and nine new women in the governors’ mansions." Here's the run down of historical firsts via TheWrap:
~The first LATINA governor in Texas: Gina Hinojosa
~The first Black woman governor in Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia
~The first Native American woman governor, Deb Haaland in New Mexico
~The first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan
"It is a stunning reversal for women who have endured backsliding to their rights, the reversal of DEI protections and public indignities in the backlash to #MeToo and rise of Trump 2.0."
"Who could not take pride in Ohio governor Amy Acton’s decisive win after her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy so shamefully mocked her childhood rape with his ad featuring her estranged mother?
Whose heart didn’t swell a little when newly elected Texas governor Gina Hinojosa brought her son to the stage during her acceptance speech and told him he and his brother were the reason she ran in the first place?" As a latina and a staunch dispiser of racist bootlicking Greg Abbott, the satisfaction of seeing Abbott's pale derriere get booted by a high heel from a relatively unknown latina without a lot of fund backers was a moment of poetic justice perfection. Adios MF! And don't let the door hit you on the way out!
"What happened? Actions have consequences, and it’s heartening to see that women candidates refused to be deterred by the drive to push them down with the loss of abortion rights in the Supreme Court in 2022 and bearing the brunt of economic hardship in this second Trump administration, along with daily injuries — like calling a woman journalist “Piggy” or a meme stuffing CNN’s Kaitlin Collins in a trash bin."
"It is a stunning reminder that things don’t stay the same. That actions beget reactions. And also, that you cannot permanently put women back in another century. Women will stand up for themselves, claim their rights and assert their abilities. That proved true in historic fashion on Election Night."
"As of September 2026 more than 60% of the habitat of the Bornean orangutan (Indonesia) was destroyed just in the last 3 MONTHS in fires deliberately set so that capitalists can keep installing more palm oil plantations.
No one talks about this ecocide caused by capitalist interests; orangutans are being captured wandering hungry in search of something to eat outside their habitat. Their habitat is being destroyed for profit. It's a critical situation unfolding in Borneo, the perfect reflection of this predatory system that ravages everything just to boost the economic gains of multinational corporations, which stuff palm oil into 50% of supermarket products." - Daniel Mayakovski
"At one point Sunday (6 Sept 2026), the level of PM2.5 pollution exceeded 500 micrograms per cubic meter, according to IQAir, a Switzerland-based monitor. That is more than 100 times the World Health Organization's recommended safe limit for airborne particles so small they can enter deep into the lungs and even the bloodstream, with potentially dire consequences for health." -(phys.org) Wildlife that survives the flames are suffering from dehydration, malnutrition, and respiratory injury from prolonged smoke exposure. On August 30th a 20 year old male orangutan, Sampurna, was found unconscious and later died from collapsed lungs due to smoke inhalation. He was found in a dry ditch within a community-owned palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan that is part of a recognized orangutan habitat. Unfortunately Sampurna is one of many. RIP Sampurna & all who are victims of the smoke and flames.💔
Orangutans are amongst the critically endangered species in Indonesia that are supposed to be protected, but unfortunately the combination of government corruption, corporate greed, and the demand for palm oil poses a major threat to biodiversity across Indonesia. "Between 1999 and 2015, approximately half of Bornean orangutans were affected by logging, deforestation and palm oil plantations, with the researchers estimating that more than 148,500 Bornean orangutans were lost during that period." -(sciencedirect.com)
Orangutans are not the only critically endangered species that are vulnerable to deforestation. In the 1990s Sumatra became one of the major centers expanding commercial palm oil agriculture. Forests were increasingly logged and converted to plantations, including lands inhabited by orangutans, Sumatran tigers, pangolins, and rhinos in which there are less than 50 in Sumatra and only 2 in existence in Borneo. "The Sumatran Tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, is critically endangered, with less than 600 of their species alive in the wild today. Once living in Java and Bali, they are now only found in Sumatra, Indonesia. The smallest tiger species, they possess darker coats and narrower stripes than their mainland counterparts. Sumatran Tigers face serious and grave threats from palm oil habitat destruction, poaching, and human-wildlife conflict. Sumatra’s ongoing deforestation, driven by palm oil and acacia plantations, continues to shrink their habitat. Conservation efforts are underway, but the future of this magnificent species hangs in the balance." -(palmoildetectives.com)
As the future of Indonesia's wildlife hangs on a thread you may ask youself, "What can I do about it?" You can do a lot! As consumers we have the power to boycott the products that contain deforested palm oil. It is our consumption that has created the demand for those products. If we are aware of what these products are, who the suppliers are, and what the suppliers are doing to endangered wildlife's habitat in order to supply the demand, we can STOP purchasing them. We can help protect the orangutans, Sumatran tigers, pygmy elephants, sun bears, rhinos, pangolins, and all Indonesian species every time we shop.
::CLICK HERE:: for a list of products made with Palm Oil to AVOID.
::CLICK HERE:: for a list of ethical products that are Palm Oil Free!
::CLICK HERE:: to Donate to help
Emergency Orangutan Rescue missions on the front lines in Kalimantan, Borneo to provide veterinary care, rescue equipment and transport❤️🙏🏼🦧🙏🏼❤️⛑🚒🙏
::CLICK HERE:: to Help indigenous Dayak firefighters on ground zero in Kalimantan, Borneo
::CLICK HERE:: to learn more about Orangutan Conservation, Ecosystem Conservation, & To Donate
Please share & raise awareness on social media. Use the hashtags #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife. Thank you for caring!
Terima Kasih🙏🏼
::CLICK HERE:: to send a message to Congress opposing the Trump administration’s plan to sacrifice marine wildlife in the Gulf to make way for drilling.
Disaster happens when a sociopathic and greedy administration appoints the Endangered Species Committee (ESC), aka the "God Squad" for the first time in 30 years and convenes appointees that are fossil fuel advocates who were specifically appointed to systematically dismantle the Endangered Species Act (ESA), in order to gut restrictions that inhibit Big Oil from drilling in areas that are inhabited by species that are in danger of becoming extinct. The members newly appointed to the ESC are the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth aka "Whiskey Pete", the Trump appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Lee Zeldin who is a career politician/shill, who has pushed major deregulation, including rolling back pollution and emissions rules, the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins who has helped shape the Trump administration’s anti-environmental policy, chaired by Doug Burgum, a politician and fossil fuel development businessman, along with three other Trump cronies.
"On the last day of March, the Trump administration convened the Endangered Species Committee, or so-called God Squad, a rarely used panel that has the power to condemn an endangered species to extinction. In an incredibly brief but deeply consequential meeting, the God Squad voted to allow oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico to move forward without regard to their impacts on the area’s critically imperiled species. Exempting these activities puts federally listed species, including the Rice’s whale, manatees, and five species of sea turtles, at risk of irreversible harm—and potentially extinction." (via NRDC.org)
“Extinction is an unacceptable price to pay for expediency, especially when long-established, commonsense practices can help energy development and wildlife recovery co-exist,” said Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. “Endangered species in the Gulf are not impeding our military readiness nor our strategic positions — and allowing harm to them will not make our troops or nation safer. We should be rallying the nation to recover America’s critically endangered species like the Rice's whale and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, and we urge oil companies to continue to follow responsible practices that protect wildlife, while we work with Congress and the courts on a responsible path forward.” (via NWF.org)
::CLICK HERE:: to sign Oceana's Petition. Add your name TODAY to oppose legislation in Congress that would further weaken these critical protections for ocean wildlife on the brink of extinction.💙🌊🐋🐢🐬🐟🦈🦅💙
The “Farm Bill” sets national policy for farms, food, and land in the U.S. It’s reviewed and renewed approximately every 5 years.
The 2026 Farm Bill released February 13, 2026, would give HUGE GIFTS to pesticide manufacturers.
ONE: It would effectively shield pesticide makers from state court cases alleging injuries (like cancer) from using their products, by making EPA the only government entity authorized to determine what is safe for sale.
TWO: Gene-altered plants designed to make their own pesticide would automatically be exempt from regulation, unless the EPA justifies the need for oversight.
Another big concern is, certain sections would also eliminate all state and local authority over pesticides. They prohibit cities and counties from regulating pesticide “sale, distribution, labeling, registration, application, or use” and declaring EPA-registered pesticides automatically “lawful” to use “without any other permit, license, or approval” from states or local governments.
Keeping local control, informed consent, and the right to sue is even more critical in the face of the new Executive Order dropped only days after the Farm Bill, that protects glyphosate as a national security issue.
The Farm Bill is moving fast, and Big Ag is hoping MAHA won’t catch up. The 800-page bill was dropped on the Friday before a holiday weekend, when the House was scheduled to be at home in their districts the whole next week, and announced to have a committee hearing on Monday February 23, 2026.
ACTION: Contact the House Agriculture Committee or your U.S. Representative today and urge them to strike the liability shield and keep gene-edited plants regulated. Enter your address first and the system will automatically direct your message to the appropriate office. Reminder! Customizing your message is highly encouraged." via StandForHealthFreedom.com
We will not let Greenland be treated as a property deal or a bargaining chip. It is your home and your nation.
The threats of a single bully will not decide your future – only you will.
Humanity has fended off corrupt autocrats countless times, and together, we have what it takes to resist intimidation.
We will do what we can to get our leaders to stand up against coercion and draw the line.
This is our commitment. You are not alone."
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A bully’s best tool is fear. But when we find the confidence to stand up together, a bully can be resisted and repelled. Over the weekend Greenlanders showed the world how it’s done: they marched through their capital in the freezing cold, opposing becoming part of the US and committing to resist Trump’s bullying.
It’s our turn now – let’s stand together across the world to show that they are not alone. Sign and share the letter and we will take it directly to leaders, pushing for concrete steps to stand up against intimidation." via Avaaz.org
Please Click on Image to Read an Article about the importance of protecting the Arctic Ocean*
Photo and Article by Paul Nicklen
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW
The Link will take you to an amazing story, "Polar bear's epic nine day swim in search of sea ice"
JUSTICE FOR HIND RAJAB
One day after the broadcast of the Al Jazeera Arabic documentary “Tip of the Iceberg” — in which the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) revealed the identity of the Israeli battalion, company, and commanders responsible for the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab — the Foundation has submitted a 120 pages Article 15 filing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. This new filing names 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders responsible for the killing of Hind Rajab, six members of her family, and two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics, who were deliberately targeted while attempting to rescue her on 29 January 2024 in Gaza City.
Protest: Investigate "Hamas" Oct 7 Attack
In Memory of Refaat 🪬🕯️
Lifeline For Palestine
Israelis protest near the Prime Minister's home, "This is a holocaust, its on your watch!" -Sept2025
Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha wins a Pulitzer Prize: I Can't Celebrate While Gaza Is Starving
"The loss of this age that passes, the loss of this world we live in, the loss of these dreams" ~FH
"Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk!"
RIP Fatma Hassouna
“Three hundred days my brothers and I die in this murder, blood flows on the ground even as if I am afraid of the moment my brothers' blood will reach me. Three hundred days we see only red and black, smell the smell of death, we eat the pends, and only touch the bodies. We die here every day, in many forms and colors, I die a thousand times every time I see a child who suffers, I get sharded, I become ashes. What we have become, this absurdity hurts me, and this beast that eats us every day. As for mentioning the death that is necessary, if I die, I want a resounding death, I do not want me in urgent news, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that the world hears, an effect that remains for the extent of the ages, and immortal images that neither time nor space is buried”
