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DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· 29d

As we leave have left Pride Month and the Nation's Birthday, if people are having a hard go of it under the Tremo regime of hate, please reach out. The following are resources for people that need help.

Suicide Prevention Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Veterans press 1

Text TALK to 741741
Text with a trained counselor from the Crisis Text Line for Free. 24/7

The National Queer and Trans Therapists or Color Network
Resources committed to helping the mental health of queer and trans people of color (QTPoC
https://www.nqttcn.com/

Trans Lifeline
Support for transgender people by transgender people
1-877-565-8860

SAGE LGBT Elder Hotline
Peer support and local resources for older adults.
1-877-360-LGBT (5428)

The LGBT National Hotline
Peer support and local resources for all ages.
1-888-843-4564

The Trevor Project
Trevor Lifeline: Available 24/7 at 1-866-488-7398
Trevor Text: Text TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200
Trevor Chat: via thetrevorproject.org

Please DM about any errors to DavisDemocraticClug.org on Bluesky or DavisDemocratic on X/Twitter

This list of resources is from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
https://www.afsp.org
https://afsp.org/lgbtq

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· 29d

Frank Maurer's newest poem examines a leader's judgement and the choices he makes. The Pool. President Trump leads motorcade through the resurfaced Reflection Pool. quailridgelt.org/ThePool.htm

The Pool.
Whatever would lure a leader
To organize a motorcade
To drive down the middle
Of a helpless, drained pool?
Water is indeed heavy
With great distributed weight,
But driving heavy
20,000-pound armoured vehicles,
Concentrating great weight
In a single line,
Possibly demonstrates
A lack of judgement.
Should a leader govern by impulse
Or rather with rational empiricism?
Perhaps that is why we are,
Where we are.
[On May 7, 2026 President Trump drove through the newly resurface reflection pool to inspect the completed work before it was refilled.]

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jul 6

Dr Frank Maurer has another post with a poem link that is trending on Face Book with 64268 views. A MAGA troll posted the image on the left. Frank Maurer and I both took up the challenge. MAGA distains people that are different. #RESIST the hate. Facebook: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3...

Photo of a group of children with Downs Syndrome with the caption, "Go ahead and hop in this picture since you wanna act retarded." The picture on the right is Koi Yamagata and Dr Frank Maurer's response of inclusion. Thank you for your attention on this matter.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jul 4

@misskitty.art Miss Kitty. Thank you for all your posts and for organizing the resistance. With you on our side, we will win all the marbles in November. Follow her. Follow each other. #RESIST

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jul 2

Dr Frank Maurer writes about the ubiquitous tick. It is a blood feeder that can spread disease. quailridgelt.org/TheUbiquitou...

The Ubiquitous Tick.
How many times have you completed a hike
And found a tick crawling up your leg,
Or worse, one that is burrowing in a fold of skin?
Evolution has created an effective blood-sucking traveler.
I grew up with ticks as a Nature Boy in Massachusetts.
I have occasionally been attached to my little friends
During my 48 years of fieldwork in California.
The young tick hatches and crawls up a grass stem.
The tick quickly transfers itself from bloodless grass,
To a delicious bird, reptile, or mammalian blood donor.
Because of Climate Change and a warming planet,
Disease vectors such as mosquitoes and ticks
Are moving ever-northward into new hunting grounds.
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are now in high-altitude Nairobi
And ticks with several diseases are moving into Canada.
Their vector-mode of transport is often whitetailed
And mule deer and white-footed mice (Peromyscus).
One major unfolding problem is the black-legged tick (Ixodes)
Which transmits Lyme disease to humans in both the East and West.
The Culex mosquito spreads the West Nile Virus worldwide.
The aggressive Lone Star Tick spreads alpha-gal syndrome,
A serious allergy to red meat (and dairy),
by transmitting a sugar molecule from the bite that causes this.
In our changing climate, there will be many challenges to face.
Regarding ticks, several proactive preventatives exist:
Dress for protection, use repellents, and always conduct tick checks.
Be careful and good luck.

[ Illustration on left shows tick in its feeding phase. On the right it is in its questing phase. ]

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 30

There are more people that attended a mall parking lot fair than the Capitol Fair.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 30

@nashvilleresist.bsky.social Nashville Resist 🗳️ Against Authoritarianism DDC Follows you Thank you for being our 38,000th follower. Thank you for being part of the resistance. We are stronger together. Follow them. Follow each other. #RESIST

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 29

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 23

Dr Frank Maurer examines the Reflection Pool problem in his latest prose poem. The photos are taken from the ABC News report Trump is suing ABC over. quailridgelt.org/OurNationalR...

Our National Reflecting Pool.
Our beautiful national reflecting pool;
Why. suddenly so green with algae?
Our 'One-in-Charge' claims great pool knowledge.
But a shallow body of water needs flow.
To paint it a 'patriotic-deep-flag-blue,'
Acts as a solar cooker and algae love warmth.
To leave supply pipes dormant for eight weeks
And then, unflushed, to suddenly turn them back on,
Gushes out a breeding-ground's-worth of algae.
Of course there are normal populations
Of visiting ducks and geese producing their waste.
But it's that 'solar-cooker-blue' that clinches 'the deal.'
Also, by adding so much H2O2, algecide, perhaps
The sealer (bonding) is breaking loose? Or it might be
Hydrostatic pressure coming from beneath?
How many more half-witted deals must we finance and endure,
Besides wars and such?

{Photo of the National Reflecting Pool taken after work completed with flag blue pool filed with water. 2nd photo of bottom obscured by pea green algae growth. 3rd photo of clumped algae and floating pool blue bottom floating in pool. ]
Photo by ABC News

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 23

We look at a poem by Frank Maurer from 2 years ago. The time has come to redefine MAGA and Hats That Define Us. quailridgelt.org/hadu.htm

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 18

Frank Maurer writes about Iran's tribute with pink backpacks to 168 schoolgirls murdered by US bombing the first day of the US-Iran War. Iran does this while participating in the FIFA World Cup games. quailridgelt.org/TheMisledMis...

The Misled Missile.
A misled missile took 168 innocent lives.
Of all things, a girls' school wrongly mapped.
How tragic and unnecessary.
Now 168 pink backpacks are held up in the air
To protest this thoughtlessness and loss.
These young women never to mature,
Never to make others happy,
Never to have their babies,
Never to be part of the workforce,
Never to simply cook a nice meal.
The school building is broken.
The bodies are broken.
Our hearts are broken

A picture of one of the Iranian national soccer team players holding up one of the 168 symbolic pink backpacks at one of the FIFA sanctioned World Cup games.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 12

Frank Maurer writes about his displeasure at all of what Trump is doing to the White House. WHEN WILL IT STOP! quailridgelt.org/AnIrreverenc...

Now we have a president who started by paving
The Kennedy Rose Garden with tiles, building to a crescendo,
Continuing with the destruction of the East Wing
To build a still-potential ballroom.
This ballroom project was not authorized by Congress,
Commencing with cryptic speed to establish an illegal entity.
For our 250th anniversary the president has gone one giant step further.
A huge, monstrous construction quickly appeared on the White House lawn.
It was a 5000-seat octagon cage stadium, overwhelming the surroundings.
Must our country's anniversary be highlighted by violent staged fighting?
Many changes have occurred around the White House property,
But this one may be unspeakably, just absolutely too much.
The quotes are: ". . .something . . . that's quite attractive to a lot of people."
"It's going to have the big UFC fight on June 14."
"And I'm looking at it, and maybe we'll never ever take it down."
Trump has ruined the beautiful White House grounds by building a 5000 seat cage stadium for a mixed martial arts cage fight. Photos of the stadium and of the Eiffel Tower, because Trump has no plans to remove the structure.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 7

YES!!! Let us make it so!!! Remove his name from everything, including the history books. MAKE IT SO! #RESIST

Do you want the removal of Trump's name from the rest of Federal properties, passports and dollar bills, monuments?

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 6

Photo of the construction of the 5000 seat cage stadium on the South Lawn of the white house for celebration of Trumo birthday on June 14.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 4

We dare anyone to disagree with you. Thank you for making our point. You are wonderful. #RESIST

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 4

Thank you. This is the photo collage that I was referring to.

The temporary 5000 seat cage stadium on the South Lawn pictured on the left. On the left is the temporary Eiffel Tower built for the 1889 Worlds Fair in Paris,

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 4

Trump wants to make the 5000 seat wrestling cage a permanent fixture on the south lawn. It makes the White House look like a joke and clown show. Wait... The whitey house is a joke and a clown show. #RESIST

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 3

Wonderful!

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 2

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DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 2

Jerome Powell was presented with the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the JFK Presidential Library in Boston today, recognized by the Kennedy family foundation for refusing to bend the Federal Reserve to Donald Trump's political will. Honored are those that demonstrate moral courage.

The Kennedy family just gave Jerome Powell their highest honor for standing up to Trump. Powell refused every threat, every attack, and every attempt to politicize the federal reserve. That's what courage looks like. Picture of Jerome Powell as he accepted the award in the rain.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 1

This Frank Maurer poem "The Struggling Polar Bear" is presented here with photos. They risk their lives to eat eggs. quailridgelt.org/polarbear.htm

The Struggling Polar Bear.
Polar Bears wander in a warming autumn.
No food intake all summer.
Seals in iceless water taunt the white giants.
Males fight with restless anger alone--
No females present to raise their testosterone--
Only tension, no ice from which to hunt,
And a longer hiatus with no food.

As the earth increasingly warms each year,
The bears must seek out cliff nests for eggs.
The Snowshoe Hare is still in a white mode,
Maintaining its lingering white phase,
While traversing on a brown substrate.
Easy to see but far too quick for the bear.
Balancing on cliff edges, seabird eggs
Are a small nutritional substitute.
Our human activities, releasing ever more CO2,
Have a great bear
Balancing on cliffs to ferret out a diminutive bird's egg.

Left picture: Polar Bear eating eggs.
Right Picture: Polar Bear climbing cliff after eating.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Jun 1

Frank Maurer writes about the war in Ukraine: The country, the culture, the children. quailridgelt.org/TheUkraineEn...

The Ukraine Enigma.
Territory gained and possessed, and its history created:
This is the story of human movement and settling.
It has occurred thousands of times throughout history.
It has occurred many times in our own history,
As this country grew and needed 'more elbow room.'

We are now all living through Russia's present effort
To reclaim an area removed from its 'possession,'
After its great empire and power were reduced.
Cruelty, destruction, and death are witnessed every day.
This highlights why in this, our modern, complicated world interactions,
We must choose between strong, knowledgeable negotiation
And needless slaughter of animals and our children.
Blanket efforts to violently repossess in our time are clearly wrong.
Strength and power are important and necessary,
But continual attempt at negotiation and mutual respect
Are the only long-lasting way, along with wise voting,
We might survive together--
Slowly growing out of our inevitable differences.

Left photo is of the Ukrainian flying on a skyscraper in Kyiv. Freedom Love & Justice For Ukraine. The right photo shows a field of sunflowers in bloom under the blue sky, inspiration for the Ukraine Flag. The National Flower of Ukraine. This picture is dedicated to the 20,000 children kidnapped by Russia, all sunflowers of Ukraine.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 31

Photo from The Verbs fundraiser for Adam Gray in Davis, CA. The DDC was a sponsor for this event. Top Left is Don Saylor, former Mayor of Davis and one of The Verbs. Next photo clockwise is Congressman Mike Thompson CD4. Photo of Congressman Adam Gray CD13. Photo of Congressman John Garamendi CD8.

Top Left is Don Saylor, former Mayor of Davis and one of The Verbs. Next photo clockwise is Congressman Mike Thompson CD4. Photo of Congressman Adam Gray CD13. Photo of Congressman John Garamendi CD8. Photos taken by DDC official photographer, Luba Schmid.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 31

Photo from The Verbs fundraiser for Adam Gray in Davis, CA. The DDC was a sponsor for this event. Top Right photo is Congressman Mike Thompson CD4, Davis Councilman Linda Deos, former Davis Mayor Gloria Partida, DDC President Oliver Snow and YCDP Chair Jake Whittaker. Alt text for rest of photos.

Top Right photo is Congressman Mike Thompson CD4, Davis City Councilman Linda Deos, former Davis Mayor Gloria Partida, DDC President Oliver Snow and Yolo County Democratic Party Chair, Jake Whittaker. Alt text for rest of photos. Tree of the Verbs next to Adam Gray and John Garamendi. Clockwise next photo are 4 attendees of the Fudraiser with Mike Thomson in center. Next photo is center Mike Thompson with 6 attendees. Last photo is Oliver Snow, unknown, Don Saylor, and 4 attendees of this event. Photos taken by DDC official photographer, Luba Schmid.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 31

Photo from The Verbs fundraiser for Adam Gray in Davis, CA. The DDC was a sponsor for this event. Top Right photo is Verb & Former Davis Mayor Josh Champman, Yolo County Supervisor D2 Lucas Frerichs, Congressman CD8 John Garamendi, and two attendess. Alt text for rest of photos.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 31

Photo from The Verbs fundraiser for Adam Gray in Davis, CA. The DDC was a sponsor for this event. Top photo is the Davis Symphonic String Quartet. Bottom Photo is the Davis Raging Grannies. They sing parody protest songs. #RESIST

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 29

Frank Maurer writes Timmy The Whale Has Died. Details below... quailridgelt.org/TimmyTheWhal...

Timmy the Whale Has Died.
The benevolent actions of humans are astoundingly confusing.
Days of effort to free a young Humpback whale
From its confinement in the less saline Baltic Sea
Where it would die if left in these water conditions,
Compared to how cruelly we treat each other,
In interactions, including warfare!
The Humpback had mistakenly lost its way in the Baltic Sea.
The Germans took a liking to the youngster,
Named it Timmy (and Hope), and followed its progress.
It repeatedly became stranded on the Sea's coast.
Finally it was coaxed into a flooded barge,
Financed by two German millionaires,
Off Wismar and transported to the North Sea.
Sadly after two weeks it was found dead off a Danish island,
Called Anholt in the Kattegat, the strait
Between Denmark and Sweden.
Its identity was confirmed by a tracking device
Attached to its back.
Just why whales become disoriented and stranded
Is not fully understood.
Perhaps the increasing number of chaos-pounding engines
May at last be discovered as the cause.

Timmy the Humpback Whale photo by Sea Shepherd Germany/EPA

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 29

Canvass in Davis with Congressman Mike Thompson. He and his campaign will be at Chestnut Park Saturday, May 30th at 4PM. 1020 Chestnut Lane Davis, CA 95616 RSVP at support.mikethompsonforcongress.com/a/davis-get-...

Canvass in Davis with Mike Thompson
He and his campaign will be at Chestnut Park
Saturday, May 30th at 4PM.
1020 Chestnut Lane
Davis, CA 95616

Please RSVP at https://support.mikethompsonforcongress.com/a/davis-get-out-vote-canvassing-team-thompson

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· May 18

Another prose poem from Frank Maurer examines the SCOTUS ruling on the Voter Rights Act of 1965 and the 15th Amendment of the US Constitution. quailridgelt.org/ReturnToTheS...

Return to the Sixties?
The Constitution directs a census every ten years.
Now this is twisted into a gerrymander war, started by Texas.
Overall fair voting results by also fairly representing minorities.
It has now been crushed by this biased redistricting movement.
In addition to this, the high court has further crippled the Voting Rights Act.
Former slaves without representation
Are now citizens with much less participation:
As it appears, we have returned to the Civil Rights injustices of the Sixties.
Prose poem words over a dark complexioned hand putting a ballot in a ballot box.

DavisDemocraticClub@davisdemocraticclub· Apr 28

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