We had an Internet Outage. This is yesterday's posting as far as I got.

* Emoluments clause? What Emoluments clause? "Despite pledge, Trump company works with a foreign entity. Again.:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article187562198.html

* "Trump announces reduction of two national monuments in Utah:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-announces-reductions-bears-ears-grand-staircase-monuments-n826326

* "Trump moves to block Romney from the Senate:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/03/trump-mitt-romney-utah-senate-hatch-276805

* "Trump doubles down on Flynn defense, draws scrutiny with FBI tweet:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/02/trump-flynn-russia-no-collusion-claim-276017

* "Trump lawyer: 'The president cannot obstruct justice:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-lawyer-president-cannot-obstruct-justice-n826231

* "Trump's lawyer says he wrote the president's tweet about Flynn's dismissal:" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-lawyer-wrote-presidents-sloppy-tweet-flynns-dismissal/story?id=51541650

* "House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-03/u-s-house-republicans-prepare-contempt-action-against-fbi-doj-jaqegooo

* "White House paranoid: 'Everyone thinks they’re being recorded':" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/white-house-paranoid-trump-277761

* "Alleged" Pedophiles stick together. "Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his endorsement:" https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/trump-moore-endorsement-twitter/index.html

* "FBI agents fire back at Trump: Saying we're not dedicated is 'simply false':" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363048-fbi-agents-fire-back-at-trump-saying-fbi-isnt-dedicated-is-simply

* "Sessions argued in Clinton impeachment that presidents can obstruct justice:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/jeff-sessions-president-obstruct-justice-bill-clinton-278517

* He got RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE to help him write his op-ed so he could violate the gag order before the bail deal even went into effect. O.o "Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/manafort-russia-prosecutors-oped-278786

* "Jared Kushner failed to disclose he led a foundation funding illegal Israeli settlements before U.N. vote:" http://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-disclosure-form-west-bank-settlements-israel-white-house-729290

* "Senate passes sweeping tax overhaul:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/tax-bill-2017-senate-republicans-274453

Here are some resistance options:
Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what
Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
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/

* We need to fight this one hard and there's almost no time. "Why Congress Should 'Fix NICS' And Reject The NRA's So-Called Concealed Carry 'Reciprocity' Bill:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-congress-should-fix-nics-and-reject-the-nras_us_5a242152e4b05072e8b56a16

* "The FCC's plans to end net neutrality could be killed in court:" https://www.techspot.com/news/72039-fcc-plans-end-net-neutrality-could-killed-court.html

* "Supreme Court grants Trump's bid to revive full travel ban for now:" http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-travel-ban-20171204-story.html

* "Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact:" http://all-that-is-interesting.com/nodosaur-fossil?utm_campaign=pdtol&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

* "Archaeology of dogs: Were they first domesticated in the Middle East?:" https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.825926

* "Not Just for the Birds: Pigeons in the Roman and Byzantine Near East:" http://asorblog.org/2017/11/28/not-just-birds-pigeons-roman-byzantine-near-east/

* "Drone survey reveals ancient temple at Israeli military grounds:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/drone-survey-reveals-ancient-temple-at-israeli-military-grounds/

* "Mummies and log houses of the dead: Scythian life and death:" https://blog.britishmuseum.org/mummies-and-log-houses-of-the-dead-scythian-life-and-death/

* "Toxic masculinity fostered by misreadings of the classics:" https://theconversation.com/toxic-masculinity-fostered-by-misreadings-of-the-classics-88118

* "Mosaics on mosque floor revealed:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/27/mosaics-on-mosque-floor-revealed

* "The Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes:" https://hyperallergic.com/345156/the-welsh-undead-horse-of-christmas-you-must-beat-in-a-battle-of-rhymes/

* "When 'Miss' Meant So Much More: How One Woman Fought Alabama — And Won:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/11/30/567177501/when-miss-meant-so-much-more-how-one-woman-fought-alabama-and-won?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2058

* I got out and did my forage and errands on time, including the long loop as I had gas for it. I am bleeding money I can't afford on meds and the like. Somehow, I'm going to need to find money for laundry detergent as we've been out over a week. *eyes medical debit* Sigh. Tomorrow is fix it, and I think I shall take them the fish light with the loose wire if I get my act together in time.

When I got home, there was Tavy happy to see me, and we had a good play after I put the forage away. There was no sin of Livia. I had honestly started to worry that she might have escaped when Squirrel was carrying the forage in, at which point Tavy started circling the area in front of my room calling for her, clearly concerned by her absence himself. She had been asleep in the mesting box under my desk the whole time, a foot away from my left foot. Doh!

He's been parenting so Hard, yo. I'm so proud of him. He did reach the point in the Sunday AM where the schedule disruption she was creating by insisting they saty on my bed instead of migrating into my office to hang out with me was wearing on him. He likes to be near the Hu-Mon, but his kitten inexplicably does not. It was a stressful conundrum, but being a bright little button, he has solved it by migrating out periodically to sit on the top of the cat tree, positioned where he can watch me and the kitten at the same time. he is, of course spending most of his time with her, in my room and they were curled up together on the blanket for a nap for a ouple of hours, so things are going well. She's more tolerant of me going in there periodically do grab things or change lighting or whatever, though she's not willing to be in the bed when I am in it except for tag with Tavy.

* "Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale reminds us that it can always happen here. It’s speculative, and it’s fiction, but that doesn’t mean it’s untrue.:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/168216664782/thecrashcourse-margaret-atwoods-the-handmaids

* That song in "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" where Kris Kringle insists children pay for their toys with kisses did NOT age well.

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* 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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

* 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/

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* 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