Activity of Gary Wright II

Uncloseted Media has a great in-depth article about the anti-LGBTQIA+ history of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) who is the legal group wanting to overturn conversion therapy bans among other things: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The words of my hero still apply today, and I'm sad that John Lewis is still not with us. He left us with his great wisdom when he said at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul...

Here's a list of the Stop and Identify statues for each state that tells you what information you must give to a police officer if they stop you.

DeFlock - ALPR is Automated License Plate Recognition and a company called Flock Safety has installed these AI-powered cameras everywhere. The police and agencies like ICE have access to them, and it records an unbelievable amount of information...

Due to alleged fraud, the Trump administration is blocking all of the "welfare" funding to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. They will be blocking funds for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Child Care...

The orange dictator says acquiring Greenland is a "national security priority" and he is going over plans to take the island by force if necessary. We are living in such crazy and dangerous time as we have an imperialistic fascist president in...

The WhiteDate profiles have been published to an easily browsable website. How many times have I said, "If we outsmart them - we don't have to outfight them!"??? "Martha Root" infiltrated the WhiteDate website, got them all to fall in love with an...

The Trump administration ordered the destruction of all evidence and mention of the violent insurrection that he inspired to interfere in the election. All of the participants were issued a blanket pardon, and DOJ fired anyone who helped investigate...

The entire 8-hour deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith before the House Judiciary Committee has been released. I've been reading the transcript and the part I want to highlight is from his opening statement when he said: “The decision to...

The House Judiciary Committee has just released the 255-page sworn deposition by former Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding his investigation into Trump's election interference and the stolen classified documents he stashed at Mar-a-Lago. Smith...

I agree with everything in this article. The key to a successful protest is to commit to nonviolence. Use of violence turns people off and destroys the message your trying to convey. Protests build solidarity and often lead to life-long friendships...

Refuse Fascism has a list of recommended movies and books to learn more about fascism. I just want to add three suggestions to the list: Bayard Rustin's "I Must Resist!" - Bayard was the genius organizer behind many of the famous MLK, Jr. events...

Here's a link to the 14-minute documentary about the notorious El Salvador prison that Bari Weiss refused to let CBS air:

The Associated Press has a page worth bookmarking. The AP is tracking the hundreds of lawsuits filed against Trump's executive orders. I've been using RSS to follow the major civil rights lawsuits so that I get immediate notifications about each new...

This reporting is based on the files released by the House Oversight Committee and the hacked files on Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDOSecrets.com). It is not based on the DOJ Epstein files release, which once released will hopefully provide even...

A 48-year-old man has died while in ICE custody at Fort Bliss after failing to receive appropriate medical care. The detention center is called Camp East Montana, and it's a massive tent camp at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. The...

Current events are stressful and exhausting, especially if you are an activist. This is a recording of the excellent 1-½ hour session by Nkem Ndefo on Resilience for Sustainable Activism. It teaches you how to listen to your body, and recognize the...

The first civil lawsuit has been filed over Trump's designation of Antifa (anti-fascists) as a domestic terrorist group. The Protect Democracy Project filed FOIA requests to Dept of Treasury, DHS, State Dept, and FinCEN "seeking records with the...

Whew boy! Tennessee attorney Arlene Amarante was looking at the ICE website to confirm she was listed as the attorney for her client, when she discovered a "watch list" of prominent immigration attorneys that overwhelmingly are Latino, Asian, or...