Not So Peachy

Many of them won’t be legal, many of them won’t take effect immediately, and some of them will be just plain nonsense. Trump alone can’t change the law (yet anyway- that’s Congress) and there is an official government process for enacting most executive actions that works slowly.*

There will be time to fight against these orders—either by stopping them entirely, weakening them, or at least slowing them down.

The purpose of doing so many terrible things at once is to scare us. Is to intimidate us to cede more ground than we need to. Don’t let them.

Stay engaged, stay angry, stay hopeful (or spiteful- me tbh), and—most importantly—stay strategic. Find an organization you trust, follow them, and take action when they ask you to.

(Side note- pick just a few issues to care deeply about and only follow a few organizations you trust. Don’t try to solve everything all the time or consume every piece of news. You WILL burn yourself out and that’s not helpful for anyone. Trust me, speaking from experience. Staying 15% engaged is better than 120% for three months and then 0%).

What we’re seeing right now is a backlash to decades of progress—a dying (and by extension dangerous I’m not gonna lie) breath of those in power desperate to maintain control. They wouldn’t be trying to squash us if there wasn’t something to squash.

TL;DR- there’s gonna be a lot of bad stuff in the news today. Don’t give into panic. There will be time to fight most of it. Stay engaged.

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"I am unable to describe what I feel. I can't find anything that can describe the ugliness of what we are living through."

(campaign vetted by 90-ghost here and here)

Hello! I'm making another post about my friends Rajaa (@rajaagaza) and Khaled (@khaled-gaza). Rajaa and Khaled have been married for three years, and they have a beautiful 18 month old son named Karam. They are currently stuck in Gaza living in truly horrifying conditions, and they desperately need to evacuate to Egypt when the border opens again, which we know could be very soon.

Karam is extremely malnourished and constantly terrified. The suffering and challenges Rajaa, Khaled and Karam experience daily would be enough to make anyone want to give up, but they are holding onto hope that they can raise the funds they need to evacuate and build a new life for themselves.

So far, Rajaa and Khaled have managed to raise $12,413 CAD. They have a short-term goal of $16,000 CAD, which they believe should be enough to secure their evacuations. This is so achievable! They're only $3,587 CAD away!

However, momentum has slowed down for Rajaa and Khaled's campaign to a truly worrying degree. They are so close to reaching their goal, and they need us to stand by them to ensure their survival and preserve their hope.

I humbly ask you to help raise the funds they need by donating when you can and reblogging this post so that others can see it.

A donation of $5 CAD is equivalent to roughly $3.60 USD or €3.30 EUR. Please, please consider donating. Every contribution makes a huge and tangible difference.

Thank you for reading this. Your support of Rajaa, Khaled and Karam means the world. Let's help them as much as we can!

This is a waking nightmare. I am begging you not to let future tragedy be the motivating force behind your assistance, but rather that you help Rajaa, Khaled and Karam NOW, when they are asking for your help. Before it is too late, god forbid. They desperately, DESPERATELY need our assistance to raise the rest of the funds they need for evacuation, and they are SO CLOSE!

They only have $1,913 CAD left until they reach their short term goal, and only $5,913 CAD until they complete this campaign. If 190 people donated just $10 CAD ($7.41 USD or €6.71 EUR) they would reach their short term goal in no time. Please. I am begging you to do what you can to help. Keep reblogging and sharing with others, and please consider donating. Your help WILL make a noticeable difference.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Something I want to reiterate with the now almost daily evacuation orders from Israel to already displaced Palestinians is that it's increasingly obvious that these evacuation orders are literal death marches. Not only are these so called "safe corridors" regularly targeted by Israel, but also the fact that every forced move means that access to shelter, water, and food becomes infinitely harder if not actually impossible.

Everyone who is being forced to walk for hours on end in this excruciating heat is already starving and dehydrated with nowhere to go. It is literal torture and many people don't make it.