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[gwydion]

* "Horst Seehofer agrees border control deal with Angela Merkel:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/germany-interior-minister-drops-threat-quit-border-controls-horst-seehofer

* "Thailand cave rescue: medics reach boys – live updates:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/02/thailand-cave-rescue-divers-search-for-missing-football-team-live

* "In Delhi Family Deaths, Investigators Uncover Macabre Details:" https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/burari-deaths-in-delhi-family-deaths-autopsies-provide-chilling-details-10-points-1876723

* "Swedish Law Declares Sex Without Consent Is Rape:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/25/614438565/swedish-law-declares-sex-without-consent-is-rape

* "Police launch manhunt for notorious French gangster after brazen helicopter jailbreak:" https://www.thelocal.fr/20180702/police-hunt-for-notorious-french-gangster-after-brazen-helicopter-jailbreak

* "What to Know About Denmark's Controversial Plan to Eradicate Immigrant "Ghettos":" http://time.com/5328347/denmark-ghettos-policies/

* "North Korea satellite images show missile plant construction, analysts say:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/asia/north-korea-factory-intl/index.html

* Like that's going to happen. "U.S. has plan to dismantle North Korea nuclear program within a...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa/white-houses-bolton-north-korea-nuclear-program-can-be-dismantled-in-year-idUSKBN1JR1KP

* "White House Backs Off Trump Tweet Claiming Saudi Agreement To Produce More Oil:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-backs-off-trump-tweet-on-oil-agreement_us_5b384439e4b0f3c221a17e7d

* "Trump delaying NAFTA deal until after midterm elections:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-nafta-deal-update-midterm-elections-2018/

* "Canada tariffs on US goods from ketchup to lawn mowers begin:" https://apnews.com/834f23eed9504f0f90d7761d57aebff4

* "Trump isn't going to change his mind on trade even if the stock market keeps falling: Wilbur Ross:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/02/wilbur-ross-no-downside-level-in-stocks-to-change-trump-trade-policy.html

* "Top U.S. business group assails Trump's handling of trade dispute:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-chamber-exclusive/exclusive-largest-u-s-business-group-attacks-trump-on-tariffs-idUSKBN1JS0VL

* "'It stinks': Twitter gets wind of oddly named Trump tariff bill draft:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/02/trump-fart-act-report-blows-through-washington

“‘The world is laughing at us,’ says Trump, before proposing the FART Act (Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act).”

* "Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his 'first loyalty':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-family-country-president-trump-loyalty/story?id=56304585

* "Manafort assistant gave FBI access to storage locker: testimony:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-assistant-gave-fbi-access-to-storage-locker-testimony-idUSKBN1JP2JS

* "Russian charged with Trump's ex-campaign chief is key figure:" https://apnews.com/f498ec3fec8c4100b5751beb3bf9b2d0

* "Russia investigators likely got access to NRA's tax filings, secret donors:" https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article214075459.html

* "Top GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy to end hush payments over affair:" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-gop-fundraiser-elliott-broidy-to-end-hush-payments-over-affair-2018-07-01

* "Trump vs. Trump: President Claims He Never Said Something He Tweeted Only Three Days Ago:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/immigration-bill-president-falsely-claims-he-never-pushed-republicans-to-vote-for-measure.html

* "ICE names new acting director amid immigration turmoil:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ronald-vitiello-ice-names-new-acting-director-amid-immigration-turmoil/

* "ICE has found yet another way to prolong family separations:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/ice-family-separation-bond-denial-1/

* "Immigration lawyer: ICE not offering some separated families bond:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/immigration-lawyer-ice-not-offering-bond-to-some-separated-families-1269041219966?playlist=associated

* "Trump admin. to hold immigrant families indefinitely:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-administration-to-hold-immigrant-families-indefinitely-1268978243836

* "The bargain anti-Trump GOPers made for SCOTUS:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-bargain-anti-trump-gopers-made-for-scotus-1268870211847

* "Senator Collins will not back anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-abortion-collins/u-s-republican-collins-i-will-not-support-anti-abortion-supreme-court-candidate-idUSKBN1JR1KR

* We need to keep the pressure on Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and on Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. They are on recess right now, so it's the perfect time to protest at their offices in state or at various functions where they are likely to be. If you can't, here are some other options:

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/

* "Northern California wildfires are burning much earlier this summer. Here's why:" https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article214198989.html

* "Gene Editing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* Monday I stayed up all day for forage and beginning of the month errands. I blew most of my food allowance on the bare essentials plus a couple of cases of food that I need and that is cheaper to buy that way, but which together took up a third of my total allotment. It is my own fault. I should have split them up, but I was tired and my hip and foot were really bad on my left by then and he already had the right company on the ap. It's going to be mostly pasta and rice this month. I did get asparagus and rainier cherries as a treat, though. You can only get ranier cherries this time of year and they are my favorite. Anyway, I'm all wrung out and I have to got to fix it for the DvD player tonight.

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

* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call

* 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/

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

* 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