I told my publisher it was super important to me that my book come out before the election so that this resource was available in case things went down like this.
It is my offering for this moment.
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Lets-Move-Needle/Shannon-Downey/9781635868906?id=9126787305503
Thoughts I had in meetings this week.
My February newsletter went out with loads of activist resources, upcoming events, a book recommendation, some musings, and this free embroidery pattern.
https://badasscrossstitch.substack.com/p/february-is-bleak?sd=pf
#embroidery #activism #lgbtq #fiberart #book #events #EmbroideryPatten #stitchers
Y’all I really don’t think you understand how dire this year is for #trans people. We are now at 134 anti-LGBTQ proposed state bills in 18 days. We have had 4 passed to floor votes with one of those already passing a floor vote.
- 51 banning gender affirming care
- 21 banning trans people from sports
- 21 Don't Say Gay/Forced Outing
- 15 Banning Drag
- 7 Eliminating legal recognition of trans people
MAGA radicals are refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Biden agrees to devastating cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
I was involved in a similar fight over the debt ceiling twenty-eight years ago, which holds some lessons for what happens now. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/back-to-another-horrible-hellish
Friends, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on January 19, just two days from now. After that, the Treasury Department will be forced to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on the debt, which would likely trigger a global financial crisis.
Some days I have to take a break from stitching.
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