We began posting Good News Roundups (GNRs) in 2017. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that we do not get from down-beating corporate media. Choosing not to flee or freeze, with the help of Good News Roundups we engage (fight). We don’t passively wait for the future to arrive, we invite the future with our actions. At our cores, know that doom-scrolling beats down and inhibits our physical and mental health, so we choose to wash and feed in a flood of good news. You can read more good news by our writers here.
Welcome to this Good News Roundup!
Welcome to Gnuville University, where we study Good News and focus on its beneficial effects on Our Bodies, Our Selves, and Our Communities. Here we are not plagued, infected, or infested by down-bringing news as brought to us by our fearful major corporations, fearful traditional media, and fearful federal administration of Donnie the Deficient.
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We are fully clothed in patriotism, no specious garb for us.
The Good Gnus group is a community of readers, writers, activists, supporters, community builders, and patriots. We begin gathering every day at 7 a.m. ET to celebrate national good news. Our most active members are of course a subgroup of members of Daily Kos, whose Front Pages celebrate “News, Community, Action.” However, you don’t have to be a member of Daily Kos to be a Gnusie.
We are realists, not fools, idiots, or ostriches. We seek the truth. We know we live in a world where active, nefarious, and evil decision-makers do very bad things, and create stress and anxiety in us, our loved ones, our friends, our neighbors, and our allies, and destroy people and systems we hold dear. However, we choose to focus on the good news that people create around the country.
Sometimes we ourselves create Good News. Together we are strong and resilient. We return regularly to these pages to revitalize.
In a Good News Roundup, the weight of bearing good news is not borne by the author alone: Gnusies can be counted on to adorn the comment section with good news.
We bring good news, we celebrate good news, and we create good news. We accomplish the latter in many ways. Our members participate in real-world activities to create justice.
What’s a Pip?
A pip (a seed) is a brief note about a Good News item. It could be a phrase, or it could be a sentence or two with a link. A section includes more information about a Good News item, usually an excerpt, occasionally a comment. Pips and sections, a usual Sunday Good News Roundup. However, I may not have time for any sections today. See below.
How to read pips: I recommend taking a moment to process each Good News pip. Don’t just speed-read the list, mentally saying “OK, OK, OK.” Instead, maybe invite the pip to sink down from your mind to your core, maybe letting go of any fear or anxiety you may find about related topics. Maybe take a deep breath? Deep breathing is good. Smell and sip your beverage, nibble on a bit of food, look out the window, be slow. It’s cheaper than therapy. Discuss with a companion, make a note to discuss it with or email it to a friend. On to the pips:
Poll #1: Who Won the Week?
ICYMU: This Week in Gnuville
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Extra! Extra! by Jess Craven
On Sunday afternoons, Jess Craven sends Extra! Extra! emails, free for sharing. Therein she lists many good news items. Excerpts from last Sunday’s Extra! Extra! follow.
In some of them, she notes good resolutions of difficult situations. Perhaps you heard a bad-news item but did not hear the good followup.
Jess describes herself: “Activist, organizer. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions. Political content creator. Co-host of the Practivist Pod. Mom to a 🏳️⚧️ kid.” She’s #29 on the Substack political leaderboard.
You can subscribe to her almost-daily emails here. On weekdays, she provides easy action steps for resisting patriots. Here is the archive of all her emails.
- 7 million Americans participated in No Kings protests yesterday—all peaceful, all joyful, and all beautiful! A few of my favorite signs are above!
- Gov. JB Pritzker signed Sonya Massey’s Bill, a law requiring police departments to investigate applicants’ history of disciplinary records and misconduct before hiring them.
- A California man is using part of his Lottery winnings to help rebuild Altadena, which was devastated by wildfire earlier this year.
- NYC schools are the latest to defy trans bathroom ban demands and launch a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
- Eleven dollar insulin will be available in California beginning January 1!
- Oklahoma’s new school superintendent is repealing the MAGA mandate to put a Bible in every classroom.
- New York’s top court affirmed a law shifting elections to even-numbered years— this will boost turnout by aligning them with state and federal elections,
- Portland had its biggest ever Emergency Naked Bike Ride—in the pouring rain, no less—which ended at an ICE facility.
- Multiple airports have announced they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration to block steep new fees in the H-1B visa program, in its first legal action against the administration this term.
- A judge extended her two temporary restraining orders that barred Trump from deploying National Guard members to Portland for another two weeks.
- A federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the current government shutdown
- Carl Nassib, who in 2021 became the first active NFL player to come out as gay, announced the league is donating another $100,000 to the Trevor Project to commemorate National Coming Out Day.
- In a rare display of unity, virtually every major media organization — including Fox News and Newsmax — refused to sign the Pentagon’s new press directive.
- Governor Newsom signed a bill to end spousal rape impunity in California.
- The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered against him over his false comments about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre
- IKEA launched a lineup of renewable energy solutions in the UK, which includes solar panels, heat pumps, and EV chargers.
- Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for a record 87 hours in 2025 so far.
- Hamas has now released all 20 remaining living Israeli hostages held in Gaza, while Israel began releasing the more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
- More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort.
- Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss.
- California authorized a historic pay increase for inmate firefighters, ensuring they make at least minimum wage.
- New England’s last coal-fired power plant shut down three years ahead of schedule.
- The second student who was shot in the Evergreen High School shooting was released from the hospital to continue his rehabilitation at home.
- The Seventh Circuit agreed with the lower court and maintained the district court’s block on Trump’s unlawful deployment of troops to Chicago.
- The founder of Home Depot donated $50 million to historically Black colleges in Atlanta to support nearly 10,000 students.
- The DNC sent a cease and desist letter to a scam PAC that raised money primarily through misleading text message campaigns and worked with ActBlue to remove it from the fundraising platform.
- The Portland City Council unanimously approved a pair of proposals that seek to oppose or limit federal actions targeting Oregon’s most populous city amid Trump’s immigration crackdown and attempts to deploy National Guard troops.
- A Vermont state senator (YES, the one we sent emails to!!) has resigned over his involvement in a racist and antisemitic Young Republican group chat. Great job, all!
- CA passed a law banning Training Repayment Agreement Provisions, or TRAPS. Under the new law, employers will be barred from requiring workers to pay back job-training and other costs if they seek work elsewhere.
- A handful of meatpacking giants, including Tyson Foods, have agreed to pay roughly $200 million in a record pork price-fixing settlement. ¹
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered federal immigration agents in Chicago to wear body cameras during encounters with protesters as part of Operation Midway Blitz.
- The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Saskatchewan and the Fort Peck Sioux Tribes in Montana are working to revive a centuries-old free trade route that runs along the northern U.S. border.
- A federal judge has lifted travel restrictions within the US for Mahmoud Khalil, allowing the Palestinian activist to speak at rallies and other events across the country while he fights the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.
- A Florida judge issued a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL-07) after a former girlfriend accused him of threatening to circulate sexually explicit photos of her.
- Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations have signed on to participate in a series of artistic demonstrations aimed to protest what they see as authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration and its allies.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a legislative package to strengthen homeownership and protections for renters.
- Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.
- Bank of America was sued over its alleged financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, with the lawsuit claiming the financial giant facilitated and also benefited from his alleged sex trafficking venture.
- 15 Democratic governors announced they’ve formed a public health alliance that breaks with guidance from the Trump administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Six universities have now rejected the Trump administration’s deal.
- Ron Conway resigned from the Salesforce Board after their CEO Marc Benioff asked Trump to bring the National Guard to San Francisco. Good!
- The military commander leading the Southern Command stepped down rather than oversee attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
- Volunteers are patrolling Chicago streets to warn neighbors when ICE agents are near.
- A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transit system from terrorist attacks.
- Alexandria, VA set up its No Kings end point next door to the early voting location that opened the same day. Their first day early voting totals were higher than the 2024 presidential’s.
- The group American Opposition executed a direct action at Russel Vought’s house. See photo!
The Five R’s of the Resistance:
I’ve repeated these for many years.
- Resist: Protest on the streets, call senators and representatives, boycott, etc.
- Rebel: Run for office, GOTV (Get Out The Vote), support a progressive.
- Revolt: Change the laws, change the culture, build your communities.
- Rely: Trust that millions of others are fighting the good fight.
- Rest: Take care of yourself, we are in this for the long term.
Gnuville’s Good News on Bluesky™
WineRev’s Good and Goofy Notes
Watch for WineRev’s History Corner in the comments: “Here there be highlights, lowlights, and sidelights from events of this date from years ago, so you might get a different and longer perspective on how humans have coped, as well as a few items that will help you win Bar Bets on Trivia Night at your favorite watering hole.” You can find all his comments here, even today’s, once he posts it. Tech Tip: You can search for >>> in Roundups to quickly find his comments.
WineRev, yesterday:
Whew…….made it to Saturday! Last chance for an October Saturday, BTW. Welcome to the Good News Round Up, and many thanks to GNR assembling this set of stories for our viewing, reading, rec-cing, commenting, digressing, asking, replying, chuckling PLEASURE. Lord knows we need all the POSITIVE news, sports, and weather we can get for the living of these days.
But I admit its wearing on me in the living of these days, and there are mornings…….well, the coffee is just OK, the tea is meh….and even the mocha-cocoa has become…..thin, at least for my clinically depressed palate. My appetite is either mechanical or ravenous, but please, friends, step over to the Steam Table for your plate-fillers from the griddle, toaster, oven or microwave. And here at the Gnuville Breakfast Brunch, the Catch Your Breath Lounge has all sorts of recliners, wingbacks, rockers, yoga mats, sofas and hammocks. Settle in, have a read, say hello to each other and let us BE together for the living of these days.
Thank you for persisting and for your welcome, WineRev! We hope you're feeling better after your fall.
Science
Please share good science news with us! (Especially JWST, health, environment.)
A good place to look for science news if you are waiting for the Sunday Roundup is the archive of Overnight News Digest. On Saturdays, the OND always focuses on science, though not all of it is devoted to what I would call Good Science News.
Need more good news?
… arhpdx posted a list of good news sites toward the top of a recent Roundup, or you can find that same list in my comment: Good News Sources. Thank you, arhpdx and Mokurai!
[On a desktop, you could open that comment in a new Tab by clicking the timestamp, and then you could Bookmark that page or save it to your Favorites.]
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Where Ever is Herd
Morning Good News Roundups at 7 x 7: These Gnusies lead the herd at 7 a.m. ET, 7 days a week:
- Mondays The GNR Newsroom (Jessiestaf, Killer300, and Bhu). Jessie’s invitation to the Good News Roundup Discord.
- Tuesdays arhpdx and niftywriter.
- Wednesdays 1st bilboteach, 2nd MCUBernieFan, 3rd WineRev, 4th alamancedem.
- Thursdays: Mokurai: GNR on Bluesky: Authors Starter Pack.
- Fridays chloris creator.
- Saturdays GoodNewsRoundup, the one and only!
- Sundays 2thanks — A brief roundup of Roundups, a retrospective, a smorgasbord, a bulletin board, an oasis, a watering hole, a thunder of hooves, a wellness, a place for beginners to learn the rules of the veldt. For instance, we do not welcome grammar-police comments in Roundups.
Evening Shade diaries at 7:30 p.m. ET every day: Sundays girasol. Mondays kraigo. Tuesdays Nanny Ogg. Wednesdays Momma O. Thursdays Nanny Ogg. Fridays girasol. Saturdays kraigo. After a long day, Gnusies meet in the evening shade and continue sharing Good News, good community, good actions, and many cats. Find most Evening Shades on the Trending List.
For more information about the Good News group, please see our detailed Welcoming comment, one of the first comments in our morning diaries.
How to Resist: Do Something …
”Build your communities,” said Kamala Harris
A Cascade of Protests. Be proactive and find a nonviolent protest near you:
How to call 3 Reps calls a day in less than 5 minutes
To determine my script for calling my Senators and Representative every day, I use the following:
Action Steps from Gnusies
Seven of our Good News writers regularly post a panoply of fantastic action steps in their Good News Roundups. If you don’t see a way to become active that suits your personality, your funds, or your time, please review their most recent diaries for many different options to volunteer and/or donate:
Take the House in 2026!
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By using ActBlue and not a PAC, GoodNewsRoundup keeps our funds out of the greedy pockets of Mothership Strategies and other grifters. You may opt out of sharing personal information with candidates.
Again: Take the House in 2026!
Win the Majority in 2026!
bilboteach’s fundraiser supports 15 races with no repeats! His fund splits donations among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents and other strong challengers to GOP seats. We need to win these races to have a strong House majority, especially with all the gerrymandering going on.
All the donations to
Win the Majority in 2026 go directly to the candidates or is held until after the primary for the district. “Because I allow you to opt out of sharing your info, there are no scams and no text spam.”
Thank you to our Mayor and our Downballot Doyen!
We announce new weekly totals every Sunday as a reply to the Welcome comment at the top of the comments.
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- Dems, Dems, and More Dems, Sundays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. ET, by Janesaunt.
- Congressional Black Caucus, Thursdays at 9 a.m. ET, by lpeacock.
- Hispanic Elected Democrats, Saturdays at 8 a.m. ET, bilboteach.
- Still Think Democrats Aren’t Fighting Back? Infrequently, dfh1.
And These:
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- National or local Good News.
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- What was YOUR favorite good-news item, and why?
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- We stick to Good News, no meows or databases.
- Group Admins and 96% of Gnusies do NOT want images of the lying conman in diaries or comments.
In my Sunday smorgasbord Roundups, I especially welcome the following types of comments:
Who won YOUR week?
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In the comments of all Roundups, we do not welcome Grammar Police or Debbie Downers.
Notes on Images
Top Image: Our Starhawk created the above sketch of 3 gnus in brown, green, and black on white. Letters above and behind the three: “Happy Dance’in.” Signature: Nick Korolev, 1-21. — Thank you, Starhawk, for our dancing gnus!
Section-Divider Images: Gnus range across the veld in the distance with a few acacia trees and sunlit desert hills. [Copyright © 2024 2thanks, a member of dailykos.com. All Rights Reserved. Use is permitted on dailykos.com in articles by authors of the Good News Roundups. 2thanks.dkos@gmail.com.]
A Little Bit About Me
Mokurai’s Thursday diary quoted the following item by Robert Reich:
“Push for progressive measures in our communities and states.”
Yesterday, Saturday, I went to a 6-hour meeting for Washtenaw County’s Community-Driven Policy Teams, which are focused on improving working and living conditions for officers and residents at my county's jail. I’m on the arts subcommittee.
As you may recall, readers and members of Daily Kos and Gnusies helped elect Sheriff Alyshia Dyer with my first-ever Diary Deluge (1 fundraiser per day for 1 candidate for 10 days) in which I coined the phrase “Last Minute Money Is Like Lemonade.” Please feel free to use either or both of those two concepts as you build your own community. They are my gift to you.
On Thursday, I said I would report more about that meeting in today’s Roundup. However, that 6-hour community-building meeting yesterday exhausted me and soaked up the time I would have used to create that report and this Roundup. I’m also waiting for more information to land in my inbox. Therefore, I am postponing my report on that extremely satisfying event to next week. Please feel free to don your serenity slippers while you wait.
Image: Screenshot of video contained in Tweet at this URL: https://twitter.com/AHamiltonSpirit/status/902743751243784193
I had a very good one-on-one meeting with Sheriff Alyshia Dyer, and I might be able to use my technical expertise to reduce the stress of her deputies and therefore build community.
Our Roundup is almost open!
Thank you for fighting for truth, justice, and Democracy with all us Gnusies! 40% of our Readers don’t visit every day, 50% of us do, and 10% are here for the first time! We all do what we can. Since 2017, we’ve shared positive news, laughed, organized, resisted, rebelled, revolted without being revolting, relied, rested, mentored, created, crossed rivers, chewed our cud, and laughed. Here’s looking at you, kid, and standing upwind! Beginners, you are cordially invited to comment!
As always, please share more Good News than I can find or provide.
This is a group diary, and by my power I declare this Good Gnus Salo(o)n open! Let the good-news sharing and community building begin! Laissez les bonnes nouvelles rouler!
Hugs and Love, and Power with, Not Power over ❤️ ✊ ❤️
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Once again, completely borrowed from Bill in Portland Maine’s poll earlier this week. Thanks, Bill! 💙
