Collusion much? No, it’s conspiracy — some are real!
February 1st, 2021
Executive Orders happening now!
January 21st, 2021
Undoing the big mess that tRump left, and already, a big improvement. SCROLL DOWN FOR BIDEN EOs. See that big pile of folders in the photo? Biden signed a couple handfuls of Executive Orders undoing some of the horrible ones tRump emitted. AND, the Biden administration already has the White House website up, with the “Presidential Actions” link back — Executive Orders are no longer hidden. As with the White House phone line, the White House website started out functional, but then the website wasn’t, the “Presidential Actions” section disappeared and it was very hard to find Executive Orders. The good news was they had to be published in the Federal Register, otherwise, hard to find! GO HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO FEDERAL REGISTER DOCUMENTS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION.
In January, 2017, right out the gate, tRump started in on his “Muslim ban” series of Executive Orders, and for every obnoxious EO, it was up to “someone” to challenge it in court, and challenge they did, over and over and over and over. It was so disturbing to me that I put together a site to track his Executive Orders and those challenges, and by April, I had to give up, there was no way to keep up with the flurry of the awful Executive Orders and lawsuits.
How many Executive Orders? 211 of them, and many perverse beyond belief. Click these links to review:
Does anyone remember how he campaigned against use of Executive Orders, over and over slammed Obama for use of Executive Orders?!?!
Here are a few blog posts from those daze, what got my dander up:
UPDATE! Minnesota joins Washington State against tRump’s EO 13769
February 3rd, 2017
tRump’s EO 13769, Norway’s former Prime Minister detained
February 3rd, 2017
NY Federal Judge says NO! to tRump’s Executive Order
January 28th, 2017
tRump bans immigration from “certain” countries
January 28th, 2017
Here are the Biden Executive Orders posted so far — and the Muslim/travel bans, the issue most concerning to me, not that they’re ALL important — have been removed/reversed. Nothing’s come across in Federal Register for Public Inspection yet:
Preserving and Fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
Executive Order on Ethic Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation
Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation
Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
And some “statements” issued:
Which side are you on?!?!
January 16th, 2021
QAnon- what to do?
January 10th, 2021
When folks around you are mired in QAnon, conspiracies, lies, what to do? I’ve come around to thinking that what’s needed is intervention, and treatment and/or deprogramming, as with cults, or in 12 Step chemical dependency models.
After this last week, each of us should be asking this question and grappling with action.
From Psychology Today:
Part 1 – The Psychological Needs That QAnon Feeds – What to do when someone you love becomes obsessed with QAnon
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Part 2 – How Far Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole Did Your Loved One Fall? What to do when someone you love becomes obsessed with QAnon
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Part 3 – 4 Keys to Help Someone Climb Out of the QAnon Rabbit Hole – What to do when someone you love becomes obsessed with QAnon
This is a little too “psych lite” for me, but in talking about intervention, there is this, which makes sense:
Another form of psychotherapy that could be applied to conspiracy theory beliefs is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which is designed to challenge “cognitive distortions” and false beliefs by looking at evidence to disconfirm them.
From the article, a reading list:
- How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind” by the moderators of the Reddit r/ChangeMyView subforum.
- My father, the QAnon conspiracy theorist” by Reed Ryley Grable.
- Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect by Mick West.
- Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs and The Cult of Trump by ex-cult member turned cult expert and counselor Steven Hassan.
David Neiwert’s forthcoming book Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us also looks to be a worthwhile read.
6 or more states’ legislators part of fracas in D.C.
January 9th, 2021
At least 6 GOP legislators took part in Trump-inspired protests
Other state’s legislators were in Washington D.C. participating in that fracas listed here — click name for contact info:
West Virginia state Rep. Derrick Evans – RESIGNED. WV Delegate Derrick Evans resigns from House of Delegates
Tennessee state Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver
Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase
Missouri state Representative Justin Hill