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Chambers of Compassion vs. Chambers of Commerce: Organizing our Diverse Compassions Systemically

With Moji Agha

Meeting resources

Rewatch

• Speaker View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/Y6tOYS5gTgqybLIG7V4yOpBeBqW4LTavXkIdr6zZYB5HcUPZgHz6inORRDV6XlZ2wClAZ-k4G-eOA8A1.F8urjp5GAPYAptH0
• Gallery View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/xagtBWVz_jIB0WbFlBZ_4aQec3dOKV1OEGyVnYjBpys9xW-v0BnMjYd7kGffx9LhRZLlZ0BGMQpOYILv.dEw1ViMQy74rCquZ
• Chat file (will download directly to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/tRyyk75NdTun-hGHOu6qlTqdqyoxTCVq2nEE2oWw__ffbHBOybLUTvaN0lFRO-og2xr_vfL_nSQMzb46.JHjtXSsEsKTe_2xE
• Closed Caption file (will download directly to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/EK7XNcdyXCa1jBkyknVg-j2HhnKAs3cGFS4YUDVIDtYpNcvdSJYRFjl_apBEfJevyZ1zwH58_1yecTBx.ZzCeXRcwBMyMt1iE

Materials

For more information visit Chambers of Compassion in Contrast with "Chambers of Commerce" at https://natr-peace.blogspot.com/p/chambers-of-compassion-how-they-work.html.

• Chambers of Compassion (Intersectional Circles), in contrast with "Chambers of Commerce" - https://natr-peace.blogspot.com/p/chambers-of-compassion-how-they-work.html
• Moji Agha's mini-bio, Prof. Noam Chomsky endorsement, etc. - https://juustwa.org/speakers-and-presenters/brother-moji-agha/
• Moji Agha, Boulder, CO - CONTACT EMAIL: moji.agha@gmail.com

FDF Links

• Fix Democracy First - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/
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Democracy Happy Hour Upcoming Topics/Schedule

• Dec 24 & Dec 31 – NO Democracy Happy Hours - Happy Holidays!
• Jan 7 – Using Ranked Choice Voting in Your Group or Organization with FairVote WA
• Jan 14 – VillageCo: Creating a Locally Connected World with Jason Sears
• Jan 21 – Citizens United Anniversary: What Can We Do to Address Money in Elections?
• Jan 28 – Pinion Vote with Scott Pierce

Actions and events

Actions

• Impeach Trump. Again. https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/.  Sign the Petition: https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/#action
• NO Kings Alliance: The Rapid Response Arm of the Movement - https://www.nokings.org/alliance

Events

• January 23, WA Democracy Lobby Day 2026 in Olympia – Register to join @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyLobbyDay2026-FDF

Democracy in the News

Resources

• The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability - https://www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-corruption-tracker/
• Democracy 2025 – Democracy 2025 is the strategic hub to protect people and their rights should the Trump-Vance administration seek to unlawfully strip away freedoms and prosperity. -  https://www.democracy2025.org/
• Holding Politicians to a Higher Standard - https://integrityindex.us/
• How You Can Protect Democracy - 29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy - https://protectdemocracy.org/how-to-protect-democracy
• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions - https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
• State of Emergency - Democracy, Civil Rights & Progress Under Attack  - https://stateofblackamerica.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/NUL-SOBA-Executive%20Summary-2025-web%20%281%29%20%281%29.pdf
• The People's Hub For Grassroots Democracy Organizing  - https://www.usgrassroots.org/
• Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/timeline-trump-administrations-efforts-undermine-elections
• Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift - https://www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tracking-the-trump-justice-departments-anti-voting-shift/
• Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/trump-administration-lawsuits.html
• Trump’s Take - https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/

December

December 08

• How the unprecedented redistricting war is harming election officials, politicians, and voters - https://www.votebeat.org/2025/12/08/2025-redistricting-problems-texas-indiana-north-carolina/

December 10

• Campaign World Awaits Supreme Court Ruling on Spending Limits - https://campaignsandelections.com/industry-news/political-world-awaits-court-decision-on-spending-limits/
• DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of 737 jets for deportations - https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/10/dhs-deport-boeing-contract
• Republicans in Congress eye more power for states to remove voters - https://stateline.org/2025/12/10/republicans-in-congress-eye-more-power-for-states-to-remove-voters/
• The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: What It Is and Why It Matters - https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-12-10/the-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

December 11

• Arkansas Legislature can amend voter-approved constitutional amendments, Supreme Court rules - https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/11/arkansas-legislature-can-amend-voter-approved-constitutional-amendments-supreme-court-rules/
• As Michiganders consider ballot measure, report flags big costs of proof of citizenship rules - https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/11/as-michiganders-consider-ballot-measure-report-flags-big-costs-of-proof-of-citizenship-rules/
• House tables Trump impeachment as Democratic leaders vote ‘present’ - https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5644815-al-green-trump-impeachment-articles/
• House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/house-repeal-trump-union-order/
• Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/indiana-senate-redistricting-republicans.html
• Meet the Trump administration’s 12 billionaires - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-white-house-billionaires-musk
• The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money - https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/super-pac-contributions-lawsuit-maine/#
• Trump defies GOP critics by signing controversial order threatening states over AI laws - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/11/trump-executive-order-ai-states
• Trump pardons former Colorado elections clerk, but it alone won’t free her from prison - https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-tina-peters-colorado-43abc451b87ade3bd63b4b246f31edd4
• Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/technology/ai-trump-executive-order.html
• Trump threatens to primary Republicans who vote against Indiana redistricting - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5643942-trump-threatens-indiana-republicans/

December 12

• Elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information - https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/12/elections-commission-denies-u-s-doj-demand-for-voter-personal-information/
• Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html
• National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/12/trump-ballroom-lawsuit-construction
• State court rejects lawsuit against new absentee voting restrictions - https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/12/state-court-rejects-lawsuit-against-new-absentee-voting-restrictions/
• The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5642610/doj-voter-data-lawsuits-colorado-hawaii-massachusetts-nevada
• U.S. could owe businesses $168 billion if Supreme Court rules against Trump tariffs, analysis finds - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tariff-refund-supreme-court-ruling/
• U.S. lawmakers decry VA’s ‘draconian approach to non-citizen database’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/veterans-affairs-homeland-security-data-report

December 13

• DOJ files suit to obtain 2020 election records in Fulton County, Georgia - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-files-suit-obtain-2020-election-records-fulton-county-georgia-rcna248952
• More money, more corruption require more attention, nonprofit says - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/campaign-finance-lobbying-corruption-opensecrets/
• VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump
• Where states stand on redistricting after critical blow to Trump agenda - https://www.axios.com/2025/12/13/trump-indiana-illinois-texas-redistricting-midterms

December 14

• More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned - https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/politics/texas-redistricting-gop-latinos
• Rand Paul says partisan gerrymandering 'might lead to violence in our country' - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/14/rand-paul-partisan-gerrymandering-violence-00690137

December 15

• 140 Members of Congress Vote to Advance Articles of Impeachment Against Trump - https://freespeechforpeople.org/140-members-of-congress-vote-to-advance-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump/
• Court battle begins over Republican challenge to California’s Prop. 50 - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-15/court-battle-begins-over-republican-challenge-to-californias-prop-50
• Wisconsin judge rules Trump aides must face trial in 2020 fake elector scheme - https://apnews.com/article/trump-fake-electors-wisconsin-2020-79c39214061a46138d0984f01ff3b7be

December 16

• Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting - https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/16/kansas-governor-doubtful-gop-legislators-can-pull-off-congressional-redistricting/
• Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries - https://apnews.com/article/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-visas-border-9dde0aecb3ffe418266700d9eefef937
• Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/16/trump-executive-orders-second-term

December 17

• Appeals Court Allows National Guard to Remain in D.C., for Now - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/appeals-court-washington-national-guard.html
• Gov. DeWine weighing whether to eliminate Ohio’s absentee ballot grace period - https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/17/gov-dewine-weighing-whether-to-eliminate-ohios-absentee-ballot-grace-period/
• Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against Trump - https://apnews.com/article/jack-smith-congress-justice-department-d35557d525fcfe51a20d08c6abb7f71d
• Trump is previewing his 2026 agenda in an address to the nation as his popularity wanes - https://apnews.com/article/trump-address-economy-popularity-midterms-65d3b79a613cfb778432bcc719a313ab

Good News Websites

• ABC Good News - https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/good-news
• Daily Good - https://www.dailygood.org/
• Democracy's Good News - https://www.democracygroup.org/topics/democracys-good-news
• Good News Network - https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
• Politics & Government Good News - https://www.goodgoodgood.co/impact/democracy
• Sunny Skyz - https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
• The Happy News - https://thehappynewspaper.com/

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