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[gwydion]

* "Trump's phone call with Macron described as 'terrible':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron-call-terrible/index.html

* "Billionaire Koch brothers' political network will spend millions to oppose Trump's tariffs – the group's biggest split with the president so far:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/04/koch-network-plans-to-spend-millions-to-fight-trumps-tariffs.html

* "Trump: 'I have the absolute right to pardon myself':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/donald-trump-pardon-tweet/index.html

* The Republican war on the Rule of Law continues. "Giuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/giuliani-threatens-legal-battle-mueller-subpoena/story?id=55610183

* "Giuliani: Trump Could Have Shot Comey And Still Couldn’t Be Indicted For It:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-shoot-comey_us_5b145897e4b02143b7cd633e

* The Republican argument is basically that the Founding Fathers were such strong monarchists that they wanted an Imperial presidency where a Kinglike executive would be entirely above the law and allowed to commit any and all cries with impunity and that even the constitution doesn't apply to Presidents. Therefore it is completely legal for the president to commit crimes like treason, murder, wide scale corruption....

They keep claiming to be originalists and the only ones able to know what the framers intended. They are lying. They have always been lying when they claim this.

* They need to revoke him. He keeps breaking the terms. "Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses: U.S. special...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-attempted-to-tamper-with-potential-witnesses-us-special-counsel-idUSKCN1J1043

* "White House required Cabinet to publicly back Paris deal exit:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390545-white-house-required-cabinet-to-publicly-back-paris-deal-exit-report

* "Pentagon opens investigation into Ronny Jackson allegations:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/pentagon-investigation-ronny-jackson/index.html

* "Oregon Senator Denied Entry To Immigration Detention Center, Has Police Called On Him:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-immigration-detention-center_us_5b149d32e4b010565aad1076

* "U.S. Supreme Court backs Christian baker who rebuffed gay couple:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-baker/u-s-supreme-court-backs-christian-baker-who-rebuffed-gay-couple-idUSKCN1J01WU

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

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* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

Comments

[tibicina]

On the SCOTUS ruling about the case with the baker, /technically/ they actually didn't back the baker's claims, what they said was that the state body which made the ruling was openly biased which invalidated the ruling and kicked it back for the state courts to redecide. (They specifically /did not/ say that states couldn't have anti-discrimination laws and at least one of the opinions went into detail explaining how to do so without running up against this judgement.)

That said, it has, of course, emboldened the bigots and will lead to more people discriminating because they believe that they can and the bigots never read more than the headline. However, I think the more people who understand what the ruling did and did not actually say, the more people can push back against that narrative, so I still think it's important that we all understand what the ruling actually was and how incredibly narrow a ruling it was. (And, unlike our president, comprehend that 'narrow' in this case does not refer to margin of victory, but to the extent to which it can be applied to other cases, which is to say, it pretty much can't be.)

[gwydion]

*nodnods*