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[gwydion]

* "White House: US sanctions top Turkish officials over detention of American pastor:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/white-house-us-sanctions-top-turkish-officials-over-pastor-detention.html

* "Trump golf resort wrecked special nature site, reports reveal:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/29/donald-trump-golf-environment-sssi-damaged-broken-promises

* "North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs:" https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/634201841/despite-denuclearization-pledge-north-korea-reportedly-building-more-icbms

* "Russia says it knows of U.S. military plans before they happen:" https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-it-will-know-us-military-plans-they-happen-1048779

* "Mueller refers foreign agent inquiries to New York prosecutors:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/mueller-investigation-foreign-agent-referrals-new-york/index.html

* "Butina case offers Russia investigators new money paths to follow:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/butina-case-offers-russia-investigators-new-money-paths-to-follow-1290436675942?playlist=associated

* "Sanctions on Russia's Rusal could be lifted, Mnuchin says:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/politics/mnuchin-russia-sanctions-rusal/index.html

* "Facebook suspends 'inauthentic' accounts, sees Russia link:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/facebook-suspends-inauthentic-propaganda-accounts-752615

* "Michael McFaul - "From Cold War to Hot Peace" & Trump's Relationship with Putin - Extended Interview:"

* "What is QAnon?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-is-qanon-1290356291810

* "Trump blasts media as 'unhinged' and 'crazy':" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/trump-criticize-media-751422

* "Trump says Koch brothers are a 'total joke':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/trump-koch-brothers/index.html

* Today 45 publicly ordered Jeff Sessions to obstruct justice by ending the Russia probe.

* "Manafort Trial Day 1: Prosecutors say ex-Trump aide lied to fund 'extravagant lifestyle':" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/jury-seated-in-manafort-trial-752691

* "Manafort drops appeal of civil case against Mueller:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/30/politics/manafort-appeal-civil-case-mueller/index.html

* "Trump rage tweets flirt with obstruction, but maybe on purpose:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rage-tweets-flirt-with-obstruction-but-maybe-on-purpose-1290413635678?playlist=associated

* "Manafort Trial Day 2: Fake bills, a banned word and a Rick Gates surprise:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/paul-manafort-trial-testimony-day-2-756749

* "Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plans:" https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-administration-widens-availability-of-13122402.php

* "More documents emerge from Kavanaugh's work for Starr:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/brett-kavanaugh-ken-starr-documents-749713

* "74 protesters charged at Capitol in protest of Kavanaugh:"http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/400017-74-protesters-charged-at-capitol-in-protest-of-kavanaugh

* "Kavanaugh in 2000: Congress had 'constitutional duty' to investigate president:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/kavanaugh-independent-counsel-clinton-booker-754587

* "Rand Paul backs Kavanaugh for Supreme Court:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/rand-paul-supposed-kavanaugh-748254

* "Protesters dog Brett Kavanaugh through meetings with senators:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/protesters-dog-brett-kavanaugh-through-meetings-with-senators-1290421315949?playlist=associated

* "Heitkamp: No Koch endorsement for me:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/heitkamp-koch-dakota-senate-cramer-752883

* "Money from outside Ohio fuels next week's central Ohio congressional election:" http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180729/money-from-outside-ohio-fuels-next-weeks-central-ohio-congressional-election

* "Trump uses taxpayer-funded trip to campaign for GOP candidates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-campaign-for-gop-candidates/2018/07/26/5a1a2d3a-9121-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?utm_term=.35871edb8149

* Good. I used to resent that unpaid 15 minutes for all those years as a fast food closer. "Court: Starbucks, others must pay workers for off clock work:" https://www.thestate.com/news/business/national-business/article215575130.html

* "US judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D printed guns:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/31/seattle-judge-blocks-release-of-blueprints-for-3d-printed-guns

* "Judge orders many migrant children removed from Texas facility said to use psychotropic drugs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-most-migrant-children-removed-texas-facility-uses-psychotropic-n895966

* "9th Circuit rules White House can’t withhold money from ‘sanctuary cities’:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/trump-sanctuary-cities-appeal-ruling-756925

* "Chicago poke chain draws Hawaiian backlash for trying to restrict use of ‘aloha’:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/chicago-poke-chain-hawaii-backlash-restrict-aloha-cease-desist-friedlander/

* I added a little thing on nunneries to one of the branches of the infamous "Historically Accurate Sexism" thread: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/176543983772/historically-authentic-sexism-in-fantasy-lets

* "Q Anon, Printable Guns, & Other Pure Nonsense Words:"

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* TW: Rape "Male Sexual Abuse Isn't Funny:"

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* "Asgardia: The Real Space Nation:"

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* Includes an interview with Anita Hill. TW: Rape. "Workplace Sexual Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "3D-Printed "Ghost Guns" Hit a Legal Snag:"

* TW: sexual abuse. "Jim Jordan's Scandal-Plagued Run for House Speaker:"

* Ha! I'm almost caught up!

* Sesame Street in the MCU post Snap (Bring tissues): http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/176548415022/animatedamerican-intosnarkness

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

* Practical ways to protest with scripts. "On the Helsinki summit, election integrity and Mueller:" https://medium.com/@Celeste_pewter/on-the-helsinki-summit-election-integrity-and-mueller-b8ed1acde2c0

* 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.comn