John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer (z”l both) and Joan Trumpauer Mulholland are my action and spirit guides; drive my choices of advocacy. Long COVID forced retirement; causes daily forced rest. Now I write postcards for candidates and do pro bono good work.https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mm2hjw2pn22jThe more contemporary era of #CivilRights, #SchoolDesegregation and #VotingRights movement, via @hcrichardson.bsky.social . Unfamiliar to or forgotten by some, #2026SelmaMarch following #SCOTUS ill conceived ruling. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-16-2026?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios17 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2hjw2pn22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlzjephths2nThey marched again in #Selma as they did in ‘65 for #VotingRights we thought secured until the UNjust Justices thought 60 years was enough. WE will vote in great numbers to regain rights. Photos, narrative from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/selma-rejects-jim-crow-20?utm_source=direct&r=1gomg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web17 May 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzjephths2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlwho3rc5s2oSCOTUS rejects the #PeopleOfVirginia’sVotes. Worse: it discourages voting. How can we say every vote matters? Damn them. nbcwashington.app.link/aMQq5uaMa3b https://nbcwashington.app.link/aMQq5uaMa3b15 May 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwho3rc5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlw757lztc2oEven if you put down $100US to buy a #TrumpPhone as a joke #StockingStuffer or for night 8, why??? https://open.substack.com/pub/claytoonz/p/can-you-grift-me-now?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios Thanks @claytoonz.bsky.social - great tats!15 May 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw757lztc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlvoa43rqs2o#ElNino - too soon and on time to #forecast. For the #Weather and #Science geeeks, and #EventProfs and #airlines. https://theconversation.com/a-super-el-nino-why-its-too-early-to-forecast-one-with-certainty-but-not-too-soon-to-prepare-28257415 May 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvoa43rqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlqweegpbk2mOh. No. Add basic knowledge test to #citizenship for them all. #SolarEnergy @mitchellbeer.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqweegpbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlpgg2ip6s2kWas #Amex then a collaborator on #Epstein #HumanTrafficking? Are their #travel partners paid on commission? I shudder. https://viewfromthewing.com/jeffrey-epstein-had-17-amex-cards-and-11-million-points-his-black-card-concierge-booked-decoy-visa-flights/13 May 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpgg2ip6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlpersdcfs2kThe #CallaisDecision, that I hope goes down as one of THE most #racist, immoral and unjust of the #RobertsCourt, has thrown the #Alabama 5/19 primary among others in question. Read @joycewhitevance.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/heres-why-weve-been-keeping-an-eye?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios13 May 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpersdcfs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlnytxgjh226@markusfordc.bsky.social has written both a beautiful tribute to his grandmother who died at 99 on the day SCOTUS further dismantled the #VRA, and a history lesson that can move us forward. Read. Subscribe (pay please). He is our future. https://open.substack.com/pub/markusbatchelor/p/my-grandmothers-american-century?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios #DC #VotingRights12 May 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnytxgjh226https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlnvmajxkc26#BarneyFrank in hospice headline may have been clickbait - it grabbed me by my heartstrings. Wit, brilliance in tact, observations spot on. My Party & I are reacting to the daily onslaught. #Strategy is never too late. (Maybe #GovMills can drop back in.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/barney-frank-congress-democrats-advice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.-05I.inQ7seDgcW7D&smid=url-share12 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvmajxkc26https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlm7loecqs26HOW much #debt does the f-ing #wannabe want us to be in? The idiocy of war ON #Iran and now whether Congress approves or not, suspending #GasTax at the cost of $17B for just 5 months. wapo.st/4nqmvxs Gifted as reminder to #VoteBlue. https://wapo.st/4nqmvxs11 May 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm7loecqs26https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlm7kyp35s26HOW much #debt does the f-ing #wannabe want us to be in? The idiocy of war ON #Iran and now whether Congress approves or not, suspending #GasTax at the cost of $17B for just 5 months. wapo.st/4nqmvxs Gifted as reminder to #VoteBlue. https://wapo.st/4nqmvxs11 May 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm7kyp35s26https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mllyeonpdc27Florida AG says #surrogacy is #HumanTrafficking, with big implications for families - and on #InVitro, #SpermDonors, #abortion, perhaps all of #ReproductiveHealth. As Florida goes so often go other states. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/05/10/florida-ag-says-surrogacy-is-human-trafficking-with-big-implications-for-families/11 May 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllyeonpdc27https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mllsqtpitc2uHelp save the #EisenhowerExecutiveOfficeBuilding from #wannabe and coats of hideous paint. https://savingplaces.org/eeob?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=weekly11 May 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllsqtpitc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mljveov5ss2fHow do we tell people their #VotesMatter when in #Virginia they didn’t? Thanks, @claytoonz.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/claytoonz/p/spiked-election?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios10 May 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljveov5ss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlhez2na3s2rI agree: #MaskInFlight - @afacwa.org wants it and so should all. #KeepAmericaHealthy and the world too. https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2026/05/09/flight-attendant-union-wants-airlines-to-start-screening-passengers-for-hantavirus-symptoms/09 May 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhez2na3s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlhexaxgo22rWHY would we think the highest court in the US would have 9 people who were honest when the 2 pictured have shown repeatedly they are not? Damn them. #VotingIsARight [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhexaxgo22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlgn56tf4c2thttps://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/this-week-in-stupid-may-9-edition?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios Remember the #10Commandments & something about #GoldenIdols? This erected at the tacky FL more-often-white-house-than-1600 by #ChristianMAGAtClergy09 May 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgn56tf4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlf53r5jes2r“5/8 nationwide average price for regular gal of gas: $4.54. …that's down a penny from 5/7. Brent crude, global standard, closed at $94.68, down 13 cents. U.S. airlines spent $5.06b on fuel in March, up more than 56% from Feb. according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.”via#JoeBrancatelli09 May 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf53r5jes2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mleib4ly3c2mOh #Ohio, my #HomeState, your #racism is showing loudly and frighteningly. I don't like the #GOP gov candidate's policies and his endorsement by #wannabe. But this? Read carefully. wapo.st/49uXLy7 @amyactonoh.bsky.social for #OhioGovernor https://wapo.st/49uXLy708 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleib4ly3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlcoxibdms2mFrom $57 to nearly $1700/MONTH for #HealthInsurance and we’re to pay for the fakata #balllroom AND future upkeep, the upkeep not in the discussion .. yet. Thanks, @brodner.bsky.social for illustrating it. https://open.substack.com/pub/stevebrodner/p/james-and-the-giant-ballroom?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios #VoteBlue08 May 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcoxibdms2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mlc6i32g3s26For whom is #JaredKushner working? Seems mighty #unconstitutional and grifty. https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/jared-kushners-role-as-special-peace?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios07 May 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6i32g3s26https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mla7gt35ic2qRecord-breaking #ElNino predicted more likely, more hazardous to planet and people. Will the US under current regime be at all prepared? wapo.st/3R45kpd #weather #floods #droughts https://wapo.st/3R45kpd07 May 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7gt35ic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3ml7siwswds2qThe #RobertsCourt, the #VRA, and what #WeThePeople must do. Thank you, @jamellebouie.net. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/opinion/callais-voting-rights-act-discrimination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.W2XC.dnbIDwsXQN96&smid=url-share #VotingRights06 May 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7siwswds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3ml5ryo7co222Why is caring about people of #Gaza always positioned as only #FreeSpeech and not a #humanitarian crisis called out? #UofM c’mon. These are not the actions of thinking people. https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/exclusive-michigan-graduation-speaker-palestine?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios #Commencement06 May 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5ryo7co222https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3ml5kwvhpsk22Need some joy? @keefknight.bsky.social brings it. https://www.patreon.com/posts/157465232?utm_campaign=postshare_fan06 May 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5kwvhpsk22https://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3ml4wv24gwk2tHow do we put #taxes in #escrow v paying? Housing, education, medical care I’d happily pay for. F-ing #ballroom? Not one nickel (since pennies are gone.) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/05/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.CT7e.MgpwmtoWb1K3&smid=url-share05 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wv24gwk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3ml35zsp7wc2dMay is #AsianAmericanPacificIslanderNativeHawaiian (AAPINH OR AAPI time some) month. #BridgingOurStories will premier this film in #LosAngeles, #SanFran, #Seattle and #Houston. Learn More about it and attend if you can. #Inclusion #Belonging #FindingOurRoots linktr.ee/bridging https://linktr.ee/bridging05 May 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml35zsp7wc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mkungin2ws2p#KareemAbdulJabbar is a treasure: a #RoleModel, basketball great, and best, a #writer of great wisdom and depth. His Substack should be on your list. The #VRA, #JoanDidion, #billionaires, #community, and some fine singing are in this. Make time. https://open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p/more-than-just-a-map-the-art-of-the?r=1gomg&utm_medium=ios02 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkungin2ws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joaneisenstodt.bsky.social/post/3mktnmkvqvc2e#FIFA & new #hotel, #transportation and other #taxes. Not unexpected. #EventProfs take note. You may have meetings over the dates. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/the-world-cup-is-coming-so-is-a-new-kind-of-tax/02 May 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:2fnn7lserf72bzwnkolokbea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktnmkvqvc2e