Several members have brought to my attention Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D–MD) form to make Freedom of Information Act requests of DOGE and its alter ego, the U.S. Digital Service. To save you a few clicks, I’m putting it below. Note that it appears to require a ”wet“ signature (for grumpy old fountain pen users like me, it really is wet) and goes by snail mail. Rep. Raskin asks that after you mail it, you also let his office know at this link. He promises to keep you updated. Whether he will also badger you for contributions, I can’t say. (He doesn’t need them; he is in a very Blue district.)

The House of Representatives just passed a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown. The Republicans lost one of their own, but picked up Democrat Jared Golden of Maine. (They didn’t need his vote.) It now moves to the Senate, where it needs sixty votes to avoid a filibuster.

Senate Democrats appear to be divided on what to do. Some seem simply unable to stand up to anything that Trump demands. That’s reserved for Ukrainians and Canadians. Alex Padilla is not currently listed as opposing the resolution, which does nothing to stop Elon and his Doggies from cutting whatever they want. Padilla’s contact information.

UPDATE: Padilla and Schiff are both committed No. Chuck Schumer, on the other hand, is rumored to be caving. The problem is not the Democrats leaders are too Left or too Right. They are too chicken.

Moved earlier with the coming of Standard Time and less daylight. We will be at College & Ashby, 4:15–5:15 pm. Bring signs and optimism. Eat chocolate.

Someone created a Nextdoor account two days ago in my name. It’s fake. It says we are being threatened for having a meeting, that Naomi is being investigated at Davis, etc. IT IS ALL FALSE.

I have reported the fake account, which has my picture from other social media, and suggest you do likewise.

To save people from scrolling down, I have added links to some recent pdfs (for example, our Media Diet) to the “Links” Page. (On a computer, you can also access this at the top of the page.)

Courtesy of Pro Bono Photo. Here are two.

Let me thank all of you who came, yelled, waved signs, gave leaflets to passerby. The troops are ready; the D.C. leadership is still mostly missing in action. My own iPhone photographic skills are modest. If you have some good pictures you’d like to share, please email them to me, and I can post them here.

Use the “Contact” link above to request a subscription to this site. You will get an email for every new posting, including the upcoming meetings. We had so many members at our last meeting, I have set up an RSVP system. Please let me know if you are coming by accepting the event at Mobilize. I will use the signups to alert people of the meeting location.

New visitors: Scroll down for our recommended Resistance Reading Diet and other PDFs of possible interest.

Update: By popular request, today’s handout.

National Indivisible has called for non-violent protest this Monday. We will be at the corner of College & Ashby Monday February 17, noon–1:00, holding signs (BYO) and giving out action items (e.g., Congressional phone numbers to call). Bring your favorite placard and join us!

I’ve reformatted the media diet that was given out at the last meeting, adding links. (I deleted a few art journals; you can get them from Naomi if you want.)