Author: marcythewerewolf

Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

navigatethestream:

As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every  number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasn’t even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.

I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.

Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.

If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.

Michigan City Police Department
Michigan City, IN
(219) 874-3221

North Dakota Highway Patrol
Offices across North Dakota
(701) 328-2455

Hammond Police Department
Hammond, IN
219-852-2900

Munster Police Department
Munster, IN
(219) 836-6600

Griffith Police Department
Griffith, IN
(219) 924-7503

Anoka County Sheriff’s Office
Andover, MN
(763) 323-5000

Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Stillwater, MN
651-430-6000

Marathon County Sheriff’s Department
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1200

La Porte County Sheriff’s Office
La Porte, IN
(219) 326-7700

Newton County Sheriff’s Office
Kentland, IN
219-474-3331

South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD
605-773-3105

Jasper County Sheriff
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-7344

Lake County Sheriff Sheriff’s Department
Crown Point, IN
219-755-3333

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department
Cheyenne, WY
307-633-4700

Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne, WY
307-777-4301

Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, Ohio
614-466-2660

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln, NE
(402) 471-7421

Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:

Milk of Magnesia
Wool socks
Wool blankets
Space blankets
Hand warmers
Trauma kits (portable)
Suturing kits
Straw bales

Supplies can be shipped to:
Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council
PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502
or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address:
220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502

Or you can donate to the Standing Rock medics.

Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

bryankonietzko:

I stand with Standing Rock, and there are a number of ways you can too. From the ACLU:

“In below freezing weather last night, law enforcement deployed tear
gas, water cannons, percussion grenades, and rubber bullets against
hundreds protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

News reports confirm over 160 people have been injured.

This sovereign nation of the Standing Rock Sioux – one of many
constantly threatened by environmental injustice – is fighting to keep
its water safe and clean by means of an historic protest.

But law enforcement agencies are treating them like wartime enemies. Riot police raiding a protest camp even yanked indigenous people from prayer in sweat lodges.

North Dakota has received $3 million worth of military equipment from
the federal government through the Defense Department’s 1033 program. On top of that, more than a half dozen states have sent equipment and officers to North Dakota.

Tell the DOJ to investigate possible constitutional violations and suspend police use of federally supplied military equipment.”

You can sign the ACLU’s petition to the Department of Justice here (just a few thousand more signatures are needed) HERE.

You can sign the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s letter to President Obama to permanently stop the pipeline HERE.

You can donate directly to The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s DAPL fund HERE.

And you can buy these awesome official fundraiser t-shirts HERE.

Spread the word!

swagintherain:

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This is fucking insane! People being UNARMED still face such violent treatment by the police. Ofc the media called the peaceful protest a RIOT but people have to know the truth. Indigenous people were brutally attacked by the law enforcement today. 

It’s an army VS unarmed people who only want to protect their land, water and legacy. 

I will not keep silent. Let us stop ND Police from further violence & abuses in Standing Rock!!!

Just took a single look at the thumbnail for the new Series of Unfortunate Events trailer and managed to identify Neil Patrick Harris. I haven’t even been following that series. 

In conclusion, I’d like to thank my sisters for their ungodly How I Met Your Mother Obsession, my sisters again for watching clips from the Tonys and Dr. Horrible on repeat, and our sadly homophobic neighbor for saying many many terrible things with beginning with the words “You know, for a gay guy….” Thanks to all of you I now have an automatic cringe reaction at the sight of that boyishly handsome face, no matter how many fake unibrows adorn it.  

thesnadger:

death-limes:

melusine-enraged:

panamanianmoon:

illness-to-wellness:

Speaker Paul Ryan is doing a phone survey to gauge support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) If you want to let him know your opinion of the ACA give hima call at (202) 225-3031.

You will need to navigate a small phone tree to get to the right survey. Press 2 to express your opinion on the ACA. You will then listen to a description of HB 3762 a bill that President Obama vetoed earlier this year and they could not get the 2/3rds majority needed to override the veto.

At the end of that message you can choose to press 1 to support the ACA or press 2 to not support it. (For the love of all people in your life who live with a chronic condition, press 1!)

Thank you, friends of friends on Facebook, for keeping me aware of things.

FYI, there’s like a minute and a half of silence before the recording starts, so just wait it out. 

also if you decide to leave a voicemail after the survey, its ryan’s voice and he speaks way too loud

I just did it; it’s entirely automated and takes very little time & effort! A few clarifications though:

  • The period of silence before the recording starts is closer to 20-30 seconds than a minute and a half
  • The bill you hear a description of is HR3762, not HB
  • This description is pretty biased against the ACA and in favor of HR3762
  • Once you’ve indicated your support of the ACA by pressing 1, the recording will tell you to stay on the line if you want to leave a voicemail. If you don’t want to leave one (and don’t want to hear Ryan’s too-loud voice), just hang up at that point.

Further notes: Apparently some people, when calling up hear a recorded message saying the mailbox is full. The mailbox is not full. If you get this message when you call, hang up and try again, odds are good you’ll get to the right place!

Also, if you feel up to it, leaving a voice message would add a little oomph to your input. But be polite. Resist the urge to rant or go off on unrelated tangents. Give a short, concise statement about why the ACA is important to you and/or America. 

Personal details, (i.e., Freelancers like me who don’t get insurance through an employer need affordable healthcare that the ACA provides, the ACA allows me to afford my necessary medication, etc) are encouraged but not necessary. Something as simple as “the ACA helped me/someone I know”  or “I have huge doubts about HR 3762″ is still good!