Resist and persist

 

The January 6, 2021 Insurrection was live on TV, on all channels.

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Today:

"The deepest wound is knowing that they know, and that it doesn’t matter.

January 6th was a coordinated attempt to kidnap members of Congress, overturn a free and fair election by its people, and install a president whose criminality is simply unprecedented and whose involvement was complete.
It was a threat to our sovereignty.
It was a rejection of our Constitution.
It was antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.
It was an historic act of treason.
It was a vicious attack on democracy.
It was a partisan act of domestic terrorism.
It was a violent insurrection.

All Americans know this.

All of them.

Only decent ones care."

​-John Pavlovich

His whole article may be found HERE

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Months of investigations by Select House Committee about the January 6 Insurrection, resulting in a public report, including many of the testimonies.

Jan 20, 2025 President Trump pardoned 1500 who had been legally tried and convicted of the Jan. 6 Insurrection.

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Hang onto your own sense of reality.

Don't miss John Pavlovich's post "The Insurrection Didn't Fail, it Just Took 5 years"

Another excellent article was just published (Jan 6) by NPR "This is Not A Peaceful Protest"

"In response to NPR’s questions about Trump’s pardons, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, "President Trump exercised his constitutional authority to issue pardons to individuals who were abused by the Biden justice system and aggressively over prosecuted for political purposes."

NPR also included a link to their database of all charges and substantiating videos as historic information in the face of the pardons. 

Part of the Women's March of 2020 in Black Mountain NC

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Today's goddess:

ca 5500-4500 BC, Criș-Körös culture. Found in Méhtelek, Hungary.

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Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying -- Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you. -Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, television host, and actress (b. 26 Jan 1958)

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My vase which shows some protesters, and the sign "Persist." More than resistance, we must persist in what is right.

Today we are dealing with a new illegal war on Venezuela. Who knows what tomorrow will bring from the autocratic orange one.

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Celebrate This! 

Tennessee launched the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offenders.

California is officially drought free and reservoirs are at 120% of average levels.

The Central Hillsborough Healthy Start program, which serves a cluster of Florida ZIP codes with roughly 177,000 residents, reduced preterm births by 30%.​

A rare jaguar sighting in Arizona is giving conservationists hope for the species’ recovery.​

Assisted fertilization is helping revive and restore disappearing coral reefs in the Dominican Republic.

Nineteen U.S. states raised their minimum wage on January 1, with most of them reaching $15 per hour or higher. Another 49 cities and counties are also raising their minimum wage at the start of the new year.

Trump announced that he would abandon for now his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, OR.

Paul Weiss’ ex-pro bono chief Steve Banks, who left after the firm’s deal with Trump, will lead the New York City Law Department for Mayor Mamdani, putting a longtime liberal advocate in the city government’s top legal position.

After six months in detention, a Connecticut teenager returned home to a standing ovation from community members. Local activists were a HUGE part of this win—as were Kevin’s schoolmates, local officials, several Connecticut lawmakers and a host of leaders from various faiths. AMAZING!

A group of Buddhist monks have been walking from Ft. Worth, TX to Washington DC “for peace.” Their journey is inspiring millions. If you’re not following them on social media please consider doing so!

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after Trump's name was added to the facility. Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” also announced that he would no longer host a gala there.

Thanks to conservation efforts and government funding, Coho salmon are making a comeback in Northern California.

A Georgia judge tossed racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics call “Cop City.”

Renewable energy produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025

Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the beloved landmark.

Scientists have discovered two new subtypes of multiple sclerosis with the aid of artificial intelligence, paving the way for personalised treatments and better outcomes for patients.

Pope Leo XIV immediately ousted a traditionalist priest after his anti-gay slur was caught on a hot mic.

Less than two hours after his inauguration ceremony, Zohran Mamdani signed three executive orders designed to put pressure on landlords and fast-track housing development.

In Colorado, immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was released after spending nine months in detention while her years-long deportation case continues.

Tesla is officially no longer the leader in global EV sales! They have fallen to the second place spot as their sales continue to fall over Elon Musk’s politics.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation requiring social media platforms with infinite scroll, auto-play and algorithmic feeds to display warnings to young users.

Thanks to decades of investment in recycling, landfill bans, and efficient waste processing, less than 1% of Swedish household waste now ends up in landfills. Instead, waste generates about 1% of the country’s electricity and 25% of its district heating to homes. ¹

Zohran Mamdani is officially the Mayor of New York City! His inauguration was a joyous occasion, attended by tens of thousands of New Yorkers, as well as AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Mandy Patinkin, among others.

Ratings for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors sunk to their lowest numbers ever—worse even than during Covid— as Trump hosted the once-prestigious event from the illegally renamed Washington, D.C. performing arts center.

Democrat Renee Hardman won a state Senate seat in Iowa, denying Republicans the opportunity to reclaim their supermajority. It was the final election of 2025, bringing our total record of wins and overperformances in key elections to 228 out of 256 in 2025 — a rate of nearly 90%.

A newly announced sanctuary in Texas will help protect the whooping crane, one of the rarest birds in North America.

A study shows that, over the past year, a slew of new expanded tax credits in Colorado helped cut child poverty there by 40.5%.

Thanks Jess Craven for your newsletter Chop Wood Carry Water.