Notices by maeve harris (maeve@girlcock.club)

The ultra right Heritage Foundation, author of Project 2025, is taking steps to dox #Wikipedia editors whose work does not conform with the Foundation's views https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/wikipedia-project-2025-heritage-foundation-doxing-editors-antisemitism.html

#pdx: #Portland police chief says that police will not participate in #immigration roundups, as the force has 'no legal authority' to do so. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/portland-police-will-not-immigration-enforcement/283-de2eb7b1-d8ea-462c-ac97-82457d1342de

Billionaire #oligarch Jeff #Bezos deletes '#LGBTQ+ rights' and equity for Black people from #Amazon's policies. If not a national boycott now, then when? https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-deletes-lgbtq-rights-34533955

This coming Thursday, January 23, the equal marriage law in #Thailand, treating same sex marriage as any other marriage, will take effect. A grand celebration is planned in central Bangkok to facilitate hundreds of same-sex couples who plan to register their marriages on the very first day. https://apnews.com/article/thailand-marriage-equality-law-couples-photos-0bbc6b4771a16efeefbe7397eb6a4dd0

His gravity was unusual, portentous, and immeasurable, not because he admitted any doubt of himself but because he perceived it necessary to forestall any doubt of himself in others. And herein he ranged with that very numerous class of impostors, who are quite as determined to keep up appearances to themselves, as to their neighbours. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

US National #Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Monday morning through Tuesday night, as Santa Ana winds are expected to return with wind speeds up to 100 mph in Southern California. https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/fire-weather-warning-goes-back-into-effect-monday-as-santa-ana-winds-return-to-southern-california/

Mexico lost over 55% of its territory to the US in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, following the Mexican-American war, which the US incited to preserve slavery in Texas.

Explanation of what is eliminated and why in the Social Security Fairness Act. To be fair I should reveal that I am one of the the 2.8 million victims of the WEP and GPO. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/why-us-congress-restored-social-security-benefits-public-sector-retirees-2024-12-26/

#Musk inflames the haters and xenophobes in #MAGA when he states that more foreign tech workers should be hired under H1-B visas. Those on the other side of the political spectrum argue that native born US tech talent is sufficient, or could be made so, and that H1-B hires would take US jobs and depress wages https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/dire-shortage-elon-musk-sparks-maga-backlash-after-calling-for-more-workers/

#Mexico President #Sheinbaum is confident Mexico's Congress will ban the planting of genetically modified corn, after trade dispute panel rules that Mexico's rule against importing US GM corn violated the USMCA trade agreement https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mexican-president-confident-congress-will-ban-planting-gm-corn-2025-2024-12-21/

US Senate votes 73-27 to limit debate on the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing the way for a final vote on the bill. If enacted, it will eliminate the 'evil twins' of Social Security, the WEP and GPO, which reduce payments to 2 groups of recipients below what they qualified for by their covered employment. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/senate-clears-way-for-bill-to-get-rid-of-wep-and-gpo/

US Senators Manchin (WV-D) and Welch (VT-D) introduce bill to place term limits on #SCOTUS justices https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5030197-supreme-court-term-limits-manchin-welch/

Northern #California 7.0 magnitude #earthquake strikes off Humbolt County. Tsunami warnings have been cancelled, and there are not reports of significant on shore damage https://abc7news.com/post/northern-california-earthquake-today-preliminary-magnitude-60-quake-strikes-humboldt-county-usgs-reports/15624025/

The Democratic Party has long become a center-right party. The success of such parties to hold off fascists and similar authoritarians has not been impressive.

Trump is committed to killing DEI in government and corporations, to avoid the danger of minorities with lower qualifications. Totally unqualified white males, however, are welcome.

Chase Strangio will make history as the first openly #transgender lawyer to present arguments before the #SCOTUS. She will be arguing against #Tennessee's trans health care ban. "The Democratic Party has been unwilling to provide a robust defense to conservative attacks on trans identity, says Strangio, ceding ground to the further loss of the community’s civil rights and protections." https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/27/tennessee_trans_ban_scotus_chase_strangio

#Israel's cabinet is to vote 11.26 on a proposed #Lebanon #ceasefire, as #Netayahu has expressed his agreement 'in principle'. Israeli sources (unnamed) predict the proposal will pass https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/25/middleeast/israeli-prime-minister-approves-lebanon-ceasefire-deal-in-principle-intl/index.html

3 daughter of assassinated Malcolm X are suing FBI, CIA and NYPD for $100 million, alleging the agencies were complicit in his assassination https://www.wktv.com/news/state/the-daughters-of-malcolm-x-sue-the-cia-fbi-and-nypd-over-the-civil-rights/article_25431a1c-fafd-5075-984b-148145fbc963.html

#UN says at least 100,000 #Palestinians have been forced by #Israel to evacuate from North Gaza. This is reasonably characterized as ethnic cleansing https://thecradle.co/articles-id/27723

#Israel's far-right finance minister says he hopes for the establishment of Israeli 'sovereignty' in the West Bank (AKA annexation) and hopes to have #Trump's support in this violation of international law https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/far-right-minister-calls-israeli-sovereignty-west-bank-2025-2024-11-11/