Compassionate Resistance for 5/23/17
"The Onion has obtained hundreds of documents from an anonymous source within the White House." And it's as awesome as it sounds.

This post is part of my “Compassionate Resistance” series, a regular roundup of stories of local resistance from across America. This series was inspired by and is part of Powerful Resistance, a grassroots project to counter the injustice of the current administration by promoting positive stories of justice and compassion.
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- The Trump Documents (The Onion): "The Onion has obtained hundreds of documents from an anonymous source within the White House." And it's as awesome as it sounds.
- Democrats Are Shaming Republicans by Holding Town Halls in GOP Districts (New Republic): "…There are also obvious advantages to 'adopt a district,' most importantly the press it generates on multiple levels."
- Transgender rights advocate says stories are key to acceptance (Akron Beacon Journal): "So how do we get out of this mess? There is an answer and only one answer: stories."
- The Voting Rights Act May Be Coming Back From the Dead (Mother Jones): "On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court killed the core provision of the Voting Rights Act. Four years later, it may be coming back from the dead."
- Muslim cook wanted to stop the hate. So she started inviting strangers to dinner. (Washington Post): "She cooks — often in her own home and sometimes, as on this vacation trip, in a borrowed kitchen — and the couple answers any questions guests might have about their religion."
- McCain hammers Tillerson in NYT op-ed (Politico): "It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality and conscience."
- Hindu Temple in Queens Joins Sanctuary Movement (New York Times): "Let the mandirs, the temples, be a place where people can come to feel comforted, protected and feel some sense of worth within their life."
- Correction: Republican bloodsuckers who sentenced poor to die didn’t drink Bud Light (AV Club): "We assumed, incorrectly, that this Bud Light was intended to be the cheap swill that would briefly douse the taste of brimstone licking the throats of these pasty wraiths as they boarded a bus headed toward their feast of bones…"
- Trump Is Catalyst for Gov. Brown’s Changing Position on ‘Sanctuary Cities’ (Times of San Diego): "The governor understands we are dealing with a different world. The state needs to send a more reassuring message to its residents."
- This Reporter Couldn't Be More Wrong About Anti-Trump Activism (Media Matters): "This is a time of historic protests and activism against the bigoted and hateful policies of President Donald Trump."
- Fighting Trump? Your best weapon is the one you least expect (Yahoo News): "2017 will be the year you learn the value of practicing kindness — at least if the resistance has anything to say about it."
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