Today’s diary is a potluck
Today’s scheduled diarist, niftywriter, had to bow out due to resting and recovering. She’s focusing on the 5th R of the Resistance, and we applaud her (see below for the list of R’s).
I have time to post and run, so I’m gently asking Kosacks and members of the Good News team from all over to add comments. Lots happened in Congress yesterday. Barbara McQuade, John Dean, and Ms. Vance testified before the Judiciary Committee.
Speaking of Gnusies from all over —
Our map of Gnuville: More than 270 of us have announced our locations.
To leave your mark, please respond to our mappers in the comments or send them a kosmail: WolverineForTJatAW, tljdk, silverfoxcruiser, keepiru, djbodhi.
(As you may know, you can click on the minus sign (-) in the lower left corner of the map to zoom out, and you can view the whole gnu planet. The plus sign (+) zooms in, as on many web maps.)
Ruminations
Good News: We bring it, we make it.
The Good Gnus group is a community of readers, writers, activists, supporters, and community builders. We begin gathering every day at 7 a.m. ET to celebrate national good news. Our most active members are of course a subgroup of members of Daily Kos, whose Front Pages celebrate “News, Community, Action.” However, you don’t have to be a member of Daily Kos to be a Newsie.
We are realists, not fools, idiots, or ostriches. We know we live in a world where active, nefarious, and evil decision-makers do very bad things and create stress and anxiety in us, our loved ones, our friends, our allies, and our neighbors, yet we choose to focus on the good news that people create around the country. Sometimes we ourselves create Good News. Together we are strong and resilient. We return to these pages day after day to drink the refreshing water, eat the nutritional, delicious food, and revitalize our souls.
Good News Roundups 7 x 7: These Gnusies lead the herd @ 7 a.m., 7 days a week:
How to Resist
The Five R’s of the Resistance
- Resist: Protest on the streets, call senators and representatives, etc.
- Rebel: Run for office, GOTV (Get Out The Vote), support a progressive.
- Revolt: Change the laws, change the culture, build your communities.
- Rely: Trust that millions of others are fighting the good fight.
- Rest: Take care of yourself, we are in this for the long term.
Say What.
Your comment will definitely improve this Roundup. We welcome comments regarding:
- National or local Good News.
- Who won YOUR week?
- Links, stories, music, videos, tweets.
- Your resistance activity, bonus for pictures of a local event.
- Meta questions: Map or tech.
- Highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show.
Thank you for fighting for truth and justice with all us Gnusies! Although 40% of our Readers don’t visit every day, that’s okay, we all do what we can. For more than 2 years, we’ve shared positive news, laughed, organized, resisted, rebelled, revolted without being revolting, relied, rested, mentored, created, crossed rivers, chewed our cud, puffed methane out both ends, and laughed. Here’s looking at you, kid, and standing upwind!
As always, please share more Good News than I can find or provide.
Power with, not power over ❤️ ✊ ❤️
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