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✍️ Unjustified U.S. Attacks on Venezuela–and What We Must Do
✍️ Why ACA Subsidies Keep Growing—and What That Tells Us About Health Care Costs
✍️ The News Media Must Stop Hiding Lies Behind Euphemisms
📰 Your Guide to Credible Topic-Based News Sources
🟧 Social Safety Net & Economic Security
✍️ What Trump’s Treasury ‘Expert’ Said about Prices—and Why It Needs Fact-Checking
🌟 Gratitude & Grace: A Secular Thanksgiving Playlist
✍️ Nov. 22, 1963: When the lights dimmed ...
🔤 That To-Do List of Yours Could Be the First Step Toward Writing a Best-Seller
🗺️ Influencing Local Government, Part 2
🗺️ Influencing Local Government, Part 1
🗺️ Advocacy Groups Working to Influence Local Government
🔤 Garbl’s Myths & Superstitions of Writing
📰 Trusted Voices for a Turbulent Time
✍️ How Democrats Can Keep Reaching the Voters They Need
✍️ The Golden Dome Gamble: A Missile Shield or a Trigger for War?
✍️ Who We Think Immigrants Are
🏛️ How to Track What Congress Actually Does
🌟 What’s the Answer When They Talk in Riddles?
✍️ Leading from Behind — and Cashing In
🌟 The First Freedom: A Playlist About Speech, Press & the People’s Voice
✍️ Outrage Is a Start. Here’s What Comes Next.
✍️ The Wrecking of the Republic: When Profit Trumps the Constitution
✍️ Remembering What Propaganda Looks Like
✍️ The Guard Belongs to the States—and the Constitution Says So
✍️ Who the Hell Does Pam Bondi Work For?
🟦Election Integrity, Disinformation & Cybersecurity
✍️ The MAGA Threat and What Comes Next
🟦 Spotlight: Advocacy Groups Against Executive Overreach and Abuse of Power
🔤 Spotlight: Garbl’s Plain Language Writing Guide
🟥 Spotlight: Advocacy Groups for Voting Rights & Election Integrity
🟥 Spotlight: Advocacy Groups for Due Process, Equal Protection, and Habeas Corpus
✍️ What Republicans Still Fear Most: Shared Prosperity
✍️ ‘Hands Off Our Elections, Trump!’
🔤 Plain Language: Testing for Clarity
🌟 A Tribute to Workers on Labor Day
✍️ Part 2. Beyond Simplistic Thinking: What Real Leadership Looks Like
✍️ Part I. Simplistic Thinking Isn’t Leadership
✍️ Make America Gracious Again
🔤 Plain Language: Creating an Enticing Design
✍️ Creepy But Powerful: 25 Figures Fueled by the Cult of Celebrity
✍️ Why I Still Trust the News (Mostly)
🔤 Plain Language: Choosing Words Your Readers Understand
🟧 Criminal Justice Reform & Mass Incarceration
🧰 There’s More Than One Way to Make a Difference. Speaking Out Is One of Them
🧰 Need some help with your advocacy?
✍️ The Oval Office Isn’t a Courtroom
🔤 Plain Language: Writing Clear, Simple Sentences
🟩 Animal Welfare and Wildlife Protection
✍️ What’s a Foreign Gift Worth? The Constitution Says: Not Our Democracy
✍️ Habeas Corpus: A Cornerstone of Our Liberty
✍️ The Danger of the Middle Ground
🟪 Refugee Rights and International Migration
✍️ What Every Public Official Swears to Do (And Why It Matters Now)
🔤 Plain Language: Writing Clear, Effective Paragraphs
✍️ Character Assassination: A Public Service (When Done Right)
✍️ This Warning Isn’t Naive. It’s Necessary.
🟨 Small Business and Entrepreneurship
✍️ Democracy in Name Only: When Elections Exist but Freedom Doesn’t
🔤 Plain Language: Organizing Your Ideas
🟫 Economic Justice for Older Adults
🟨 Arts, Museums, and Local Culture
✍️ Don’t Let Them Kill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
✍️ We Must Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
🔤 Plain Language: Focusing on Your Reader and Purpose
✍️ Worried About Authoritarianism, MAGA? It’s Not Marxists Taking Over. It’s Trump
🌟1968: Rebellion and Inspiration
🟩 Environmental Justice and Community Resilience
✍️ Congress Has the Power to Regulate Industry and the Duty to Do It
🟫 Student Debt, Tuition & College Access
✍️ Beyond Left and Right: Understanding Today’s Authoritarian Leaders—Trump Included
🔤A Guide to Plain Language Writing
🔤Garbl’s Plain Language Writing Guide
🟦 Trump, MAGA and Right-Wing Resistance
✍️ Tariffs Don’t Bring Jobs Back—or Lower Prices
🟪 60 Years of Peace, Anti-War, and Arms Control Organizations
✍️ Mass Firings ≠ Better Government
🌟 Books to Help Us Bridge Divides and Resolve Conflict
🧰 Let’s Expose Republicans Who Betray Their Constituents
✍️ Isn't the Government Supposed to Help People?
✍️ A Declaration for a Just and Free Nation
✍️ From Protest to Participation
✍️ Toward a More United State of Our American Community
✍️ He’s Supposed to Enforce the Laws, Not Dismantle Them
🏛️ The U.S. Constitution & the Judicial Branch
🧰When People are Informed, They Become More Powerful
✍️Your Community’s Voice is a Force. Let’s Unleash It.
✍️ It’s Time to Make the Powerful Pick a Side
🌟Photography: My Source of Inspiration
✍️ Social Security and Medicare Are Earned—We Can’t Let Them Be Undermined
🌟 Resources for Activist Resilience and Emotional Support
🧰 Tools for Action: Events, Rallies & Organizing Platforms
✍️Save Public Education, Save Democracy
✍️ I'm Indignant—and I Have Every Right to Be
🏛️ Contacting Washington State Officials & Key Departments
✍️ A Ceasefire Is Like an Engagement
🧰Online Guides for Writing Letters to the Editor
✍️ What Cowards Call Strength: War, Power, and Ego
✍️The Faux Presidency of Donald Trump
🌟 Conflict Resolution and Community Healing
✍️ U.S. Military Fatalities in 50 Years of War—Without a Declaration of War
🟦 Science, Research & Public Policy
📰Progressive Media Sources for News, Ideas, & Action
📰Moderate and Conservative Media Sources to Track
🟫Youth Civic Engagement & Student Activism
✍️ The Constitution Is Clear: Power Must Be Shared, Not Seized
🌟60 Years of Anti-War Songs in 90 Minutes
🟩Compassionate Drug Policy Reform
📰Evaluating the Evaluators: A Guide to Media Analysis & Bias Rating Resources
📰Speak Up for a Free Press—Write a Letter to the Editor!
✍️ Why Journalism Matters And Why We Must Defend It
📰The Truth Toolkit: Fact-Checking Resources for Informed Resistance
✍️ What Our Flag Should Stand For: Liberty and Justice for All
🧰 Know Your Rights: Peaceful Protest and Public Assembly
✍️ Defending Our Right to Protest, March, Demonstrate
🟨Transportation & Transit for All
✍️ Why Due Process Matters—For All of Us
🟦Good Government, Justice, and Transparency
🧰Make Your Voice Heard with 5 Calls
🧰Suggested Text for Writing Email Messages to Elected Officials
🟨Protecting the U.S. Postal Service
🏛️ How to Contact Federal Officials—and Be Heard
🏛️ Contact Information: Washington's U.S. Senators and Representatives
🏛️ U.S. Cabinet-level Departments and the Executive Office of the President
🟥 Artistic Freedom & Cultural Expression
🟧 Disability Rights & Accessibility
✍️ When a President Refuses to Enforce the Law, He Breaks the Deal That Protects Him
🟥 Freedom of Religion & Belief
🟧 Affordable Housing & Homelessness
📰 Local Journalism and Independent News Media
🟪 Peace, Defense Spending, and Nuclear Arms Control
🟧Tax Reform & Public Investment
🧰Don’t Go It Alone: Why Advocacy Groups?
🟩 Mental Health Services & Crisis Care
🟦Public Broadcasting (NPR, PBS)
🟩 Food Security & Hunger Relief
🟦Election Integrity, Disinformation & Cybersecurity
🟥Privacy, Technology & Data Rights
🟧Agriculture, Farmers & Rural Communities
🟩Energy Conservation & Climate-Smart Energy
👋 Welcome to Plainly, Garbl: A Resource for Clarity and Action
🟨 Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety
🟩National Parks, Public Lands & Natural Resources
🟫 K-12 Schools to Higher Education
🟦Public Services & Civil Service Protections
🟦Supporting Liberal, Progressive, Democratic Officeholders & Candidates
🟧Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
🟪 Human Rights and Global Sovereignty
🟪 Ukraine, Democratic Values, and Global Alliances
🟧Worker Power: Labor Rights, Fair Wages & Unions
🟥LGBTQ+ Rights & Gender Equality
🟥Women’s Rights & Reproductive Freedom
🟩Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
🟧Latino & Hispanic Communities
🟧Black Civil Rights & Empowerment
🟧Economic Equity and Stability
🟩Health Care Access and Public Health
🟩Environmental Protection & Climate Action
🟦Corruption, Ethics, and Accountability in Government
🟦Justice Reform and Legal Accountability
🟦 Executive Overreach and Abuse of Power
🟥Freedoms of Speech, Press & Assembly
🟥Bill of Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, Habeas Corpus