Best of 2024: Six WORTH SHARING Posts Worth Revisiting

This year was marked by political battles. Unfortunately, most of the articles I posted here after July were influenced by those battles and included my own political rants. My apologies!! However, the first half of the year, before the political season began, I posted some good stuff that was definitely worth sharing. In case you missed these amidst the political noise, I've posted links to them below. Enjoy!

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A Dozen+ Recommended Podcasts: Loaded with Wisdom "Worth Sharing!"

A Dozen+ Recommended Podcasts: Loaded with Wisdom "Worth Sharing!"

11 Apps I Use Almost Every Day

11 Apps I Use Almost Every Day

On AI Authorship: What's the meaning of this?

On AI Authorship: What's the meaning of this?

10 of My Most-Accessed Items at Internet Archive

10 of My Most-Accessed Items at Internet Archive

A Frank Zappa Sampler: Meet My Favorite Musical Genius

A Frank Zappa Sampler: Meet My Favorite Musical Genius

From fear-driven anger to understanding: It takes effort.

From fear-driven anger to understanding: It takes effort.

The Trump Resistance: Fighting Back Against Fascism

A Trump Resistance is Born!

Many of us watched in stunned disbelief that so many of our fellow citizens had been seduced by, voted for and elected a 34-count convicted felon, misogynist and insurrectionist to be our next president. For a lot of us it was a gut punch that left us reeling! But now it's time to regain our balance and fight for this democracy that the cult-leader Donald Trump has managed to steal from us. 

The Trump Resistance movement is already organizing and swinging into action, even as Trump and his core team assembles and plots to destroy democratic norms and the government organizations that defend them. The Resistance Movement needs our help, both as volunteers and as donors. Below is a list of articles describing the prominent organizations that are now up and running. Check them out and then connect with them and give what you can of your effort or cash to support them. Nothing less than the future of the country is at stake! 

"Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to"

https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic

Quoting: 

"A second term under Donald Trump endangers the well-being of LGBTQ+ people, women, immigrants, people of color, and everyone else. It will also most likely lead to more censorship and rolling back protections against climate change. But the activists and organizations advocating for these causes aren't going quietly — they're getting louder. Many have resisted during Trump's first term, and are ready to do so again..."

"New wave of movements against Trumpism is coming"

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/

Mission:

"Our job is to translate outrage over his agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision."

TRM - Trump resistance movement on Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/TrumpResistanceMovement/

Mission: 

"Please join us in Peaceful Resistance to the criminality, intolerance, racism and bigotry of trumpism."

[Background from NBC News] "A reformed anti-Trump resistance movement seeks to move forward under his second administration"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna179115

DONATE TO (or otherwise support) the ACLU 

The ACLU is legally savvy, fired up and ready to go! In fact they are already battling Herr Trump all over the place! But they need volunteers and money to do the work.  How you can help:  https://www.aclu.org/how-you-can-help

FOLLOW Robert Reich (former Secretary of Labor) on Facebook

 In particular, check our his daily "Resistance Report" quick videos: 

 https://m.facebook.com/pg/RBReich/videos/?mt_nav=1 

CALL Your Congresspeople!

READY TO ACT? Use and share these tools with your allies to help influence your member of congress: 

Find your House of Representatives member (& CALL them!!): 

• https://www.house.gov/htbin/https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.findrep

Find your Senator's contact info: (& CALL them!!): 

• https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Fun fact: I was once told by a congressperson's staffer that they assume that the opinion expressed by a single caller is shared by about 10 other constituents who are simply not bothering to call... but may bother to vote on the issue! So make that call!! It really counts!

Why We All (Particularly Guys) Should Vote for Kamala Harris

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The closer we get to the election, the louder is Trump's bellowing, the subtext of which is frequently racist and misogynistic. His relentless campaign to stir up his followers through anger and resentment continues to divide our country. 

Below are links to some voices that counter Trump's nasty narrative and rationally outline the case for everyone, particularly men, to vote for Kamala.

• Why would people vote for Kamala Harris? 5 things to understand about why her supporters back her

Summarizing: Vote for her because she is... "1. A calm, steady leader... 2. A reproductive-rights advocate...  3. A health care defender... 4. A unifier... 5. A step forward..."

• ‘Be a man and vote for a woman’: Kamala Harris’s unlikely edge in America’s masculinity election

Key quote: "... voting Harris into office may indicate that people don’t want to shove women into a separate sphere... We’re voting on a lot of things, but among them is that version of leadership and our evaluation of these gendered versions of it,” Dittmar said. “As well as, even more broadly, our sense of the appropriate roles of women, the ways in which women should be treated by our political leaders.”

• Why we Black men should support Kamala Harris now

Highlight: "... Brothers, as we used to say, don’t go for the okey-doke. It’s a con game from a known con man. Yes, Kamala Harris embraces both her Black/Jamaican and Indian ancestry, but she went to Howard University and joined the historically Black Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and, as a senator, the Congressional Black Caucus. She recalls her mother, an immigrant who understood the racial dynamics of this county, stated her intent to raise her two daughters as free Black women. Vote for the Sister who knows who she is and has your best interest at heart."

SO GO VOTE!!

As Barack says, "Don't boo...VOTE!"  Don't just get pissed about Trump or waste time arguing with your crazy uncle. Make sure you take action and vote for a smart, positive representative of a new generation of leaders... VOTE FOR KAMALA!!