#Representative

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We are proud of our community and remain determined to platform voices of the marginalized around the world. Solarpunk Magazine stands stalwart alongside thousands of other small and large initiatives against an increasingly fascist, militaristic, genocidal United States paradigm.

We reject and abhor Trump’s divisive and dehumanizing rhetoric. We recognize it as an effort to sow division within our populations. Demanding a nation built on genocide, imperialism, and slavery to divorce itself from its principles is a steep order, and yet demand we must.

There are many ways to become more informed or involved politically (and you don’t need to be a US citizen to write to Congress!). Here is information regarding contacting one’s representative as a starting point for those who live in the USA: https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/CVC_CraftVideo_FollowAlong_Letters.pdf

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In solidarity!

[dataentryspecialist]

How the TNG crew deals with automated systems

Picard: sighs, rolls his eyes, and listens to the list, immediately pressing the appropriate number when it's listed

Riker: listens a bit then calmly says "Representative"

Data: patiently listens to the entire menu just to make sure he's choosing the right option for his needs (and so as not to interrupt)

Geordi: presses the appropriate number as soon as the system picks up and input would be recognized (this ain't his first rodeo)

Troi: hangs up. Asks someone else to do it. Orders chocolate.

Crusher: just gets Wesley to fix it

Worf: (grumbles) Representative. [I'm sorry. I didnt get that could you repeat it?] (Angry huff) Representative. [I'm sorry. I didn't get that could you repeat it?] REPRESENTATIVE!! [I'm sorry--] (loud angry yell, crash, call to maintenance to fix his comm system)

Bonus characters:

Lore: immediately orders "REP-RE-SEN-TA-TIVE!"

Q: Snaps his fingers to get what he wants (but the call gives him a ✨ marvelous ✨ idea on a new game to torment Jean-luc with)

[floorcharts]

Who: Representative John Joyce (R-Pennsylvania)

X: @RepJohnJoyce

When: January 2025

What: Make America Great Again

Watch on C-SPAN

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[stop-war-ukraine]

Russia's Permanent UN Representative Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia does not accept any scenarios for freezing the war, and Moscow considers Zelensky's peace initiatives an attempt to buy time to intensify the fight against Russia. He added that Russia is ready to speak with those who 'accept reality'.

[misfitwashere]

Strong winds

ROBERT REICH

DEC 12

Friends,

I’m sitting in the United Airlines terminal at the San Francisco airport. The plane I was scheduled to travel to Newark, New Jersey, has already been delayed three times. It was scheduled to depart at 1 pm. It’s now departing at 4:40 pm. 

They’re blaming strong winds in the Northeast. But another United scheduled to depart at 2:30 pm just took off on time. I asked the service attendant why the 2:30 pm to Newark had departed despite strong winds. He explained that the real problem wasn’t strong winds; it was a lack of air traffic controllers in Newark. My suspicion is United is trying to minimize the number of late flights; rather than risk two, it sacrificed my 1 pm. 

I asked the attendant if he thought my flight will actually depart at 4:40, because I have to get to a Hilton Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey by early enough to get a few hours sleep before attending meetings tomorrow morning. The attendant said “there are no guarantees. This flight could depart anytime, or it could be cancelled.” 

When I phoned the Hilton Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to tell them I’d be checking in very late tonight, I got a menu that told me to “press 2” to change or modify a reservation. When I pressed 2, an automated voice said I could not change my current reservation but could make a new reservation. The automated voice also said if I was experiencing any difficulty I should go to the Hilton website. 

I found the Hilton website, which asked me to fill in reservation number. But I didn[t have a reservation number. When I reserved a room, Hilton had given me a confirmation number but not a reservation number. I typed in the confirmation number but the website said the confirmation number was incorrect. 

I spent the next half hour trying to find a human being at the Hilton Hotel to ask them to keep the room for me despite my lateness. Finally, I connected with someone who didn’t understand what I was asking. I asked them where they were located. They said they were not permitted to say. 

It’s now 3:35 pm and I’m still sitting here in the United terminal in San Francisco. The customer service person I just spoke with told me the plane “may or may not take off.” I’m about to phone the people I was to meet with tomorrow to tell them I won’t be there. 

I relate this to you because I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the frustrations that might drive people to vote for a strongman who promises to “shake things up” even if he’s intent on destroying our democracy, or might cause people to cheer for someone who murders the CEO of a giant health insurers. 

United Airlines is one of four remaining national carriers (there were ten in 2000). In the third quarter of 2024, had pre-tax earnings of $1.3 billion, with a pre-tax margin of 8.7%. In other words, it’s doing fabulously well. 

Hilton Hotels is almost as profitable. In fact, its net operating profits have shot up from what they were a year ago. It’s also doing fabulously well. 

Big American corporations are doing better than ever. The stock market has hit record highs. CEO pay is hitting new highs. 

But American workers and consumers are being shafted with lousy service at ever more expensive prices. 

Something’s got to give. Right?

[aunti-christ-ine]

[thepeaceunknown]

"This election is the best example of why y'all are so afraid of diversity, equity and inclusion, because then you can't have a simple-minded, under-qualified white man somehow end up ascending. Instead, you gotta pay attention to the qualified black woman that is on the other side."

Jasmine Crockett

[moontaeddybear]

NCT 127 Neo City 1st World Tour

[richardmurrayhumblr]

The 46th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter

The seventy-eigth of the Cento series. A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.

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Dates - Auguste Rodin , Evelyn Cisneros

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URL https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2024/10/11/17/2024-rmnewsletter.html

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[thepoliticalfuckery]

[pamwmsn]

[floorcharts]

Who: Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

X: @RepMMM

When: January 2025

What: In recognition of Decker Ploehn

Watch on C-SPAN

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