This is the GPL Newsletter for 2/14/25
Happy Valentine’s Day, Beautiful People!
If no one has told you yet today, you are gorgeous, the hair is hairing, and you are a cutie patooty.
Now to this week’s news
While our elected leaders are working through their 10-Point Plan to fight back on the smash-and-grab of our democracy, they are also reminding folks, that they don’t have control to really do something. They don’t have the House, Senate, Oval, or even the Supreme Court. And it is frustrating like Uncle Chuck said to The NY Times.
But while they can’t do anything really, they can move 1 dude out the way who isn’t part of the government and get to work — like we saw Politicians do in South Korea. Having said that, it was easier for South Korea to fight back as their Military service is compulsory and ours is voluntary. For now.
This Week’s Links:
ICE Agents in Colorado Go Door to Door Demanding IDs and Asking People to Turn In Their Neighbors
Demonstrators with Nazi flags leave Cincinnati-area highway overpass after residents confront them
Military Halts Sexual Assault Prevention Training Post-Trump DEI Order
How Japan sparked Trump's 40-year love affair with tariffs
The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will
State Department erases LGBTQ victims from human trafficking report
The Trump Administration Might Just Spend $400 Million on ‘Armored’ Teslas
Pope rebukes Trump administration over immigrant deportations and appears to aim directly at Vance
How American oligarchs created the concept of race to divide and conquer the poor
U.S. Egg Prices Reach 45-Year High as Bird Flu Intensifies
Almost $500 million in food is at risk of spoilage after USAID pause, report says
Beyoncé Proves That Winning Is The Best Form of Activism
Blindspot Story
This Is Texas News
UT-Dallas students launch alternative newspaper after clash with administration
Arlington charter school police expand child sexual abuse investigation after 3 arrests
Dallas police address community fears over deportations, say they won't aid ICE raids
GPL’s Department of Health and Safety
The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S. (from Nov 2024)
After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people
2nd bird flu virus detected in western US. What does this mean for prevention
Content Corner
Content Creator Spotlight
Kahlil Greene has been educating folks on all platforms about Black History / History while being a student at Yale. He just recently announced he has a new show coming out with National Geographic!
FAFO of the Week
What We’re Listening To
What We’re Watching
What We’re Reading
Jalon’s Pick
Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni
Amy’s Pick
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Joey’s Pick
Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Black History Is American History
Keeping Poor Whites & Blacks Apart: a Southern Tradition
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land
Small Way to Resist
Resist Bot helps you get in touch with your Congresspeople and Senators.
That’s it for this week! Please like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together.
xo, GPL