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* "Italy’s new government just left 600 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a3ay4z/italy-migrants-ship-mediterranean-salvini

* "Jordan: thousands protest against IMF-backed austerity measures:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/03/jordan-amman-protest-imf-austerity-measures

* "Tanzania's independent websites, podcasts and video channels have gone dark as the country's new blogger tax goes into effect:" https://boingboing.net/2018/06/13/jamii-forum.html

* Every time I see that creepy propaganda video the White House made for the North Korea meeting, I hear the song "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" from Cabaret in my head. *shudder*

* "Trump praises perks of being dictator Kim Jong-un:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-i-want-my-people-to-sit-up-at-attention-like-kim-jong-un-s-1257439299708

* "Soboroff: It’s BS for president to say separating refugee children isn’t new:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-wrongly-blames-democrats-for-immigrant-children-separations-1257423939591

* "Ousted GOP Rep. Mark Sanford shows power of Trump ‘cult’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-gop-requires-loyalty-pledge-mark-sanford-suggests-1257435203583

* "Bishop Michael Curry on Sessions: Jesus said welcome the stranger:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/sessions-misuses-bible-to-justify-separating-children-from-migrant-parents-1257427011598

* "Cynthia Nixon on why she’s running for New York governor against Cuomo:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/new-york-gubernatorial-candidate-cynthia-nixon-joins-am-joy-1257442883648

* "Nevada pimp wins GOP primary, rejoices with Hollywood madam:" https://www.apnews.com/2f083777e5d6431389d7e7e5c3398c5b

* "Fox News Solves School Shootings Forever: Just Shoot A Cannon At The Walls, For The Kids:" https://www.wonkette.com/fox-news-solves-school-shootings-forever-just-shoot-a-cannon-at-the-walls-for-the-kids

* "The asylum changes Sessions tucked into the footnotes:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/13/politics/jeff-sessions-asylum-footnotes/index.html

* TW: Domestic Violence, Rape "For Women, Decision by Sessions Puts Asylum Dreams Out of Reach:" https://www.wral.com/for-women-decision-by-sessions-puts-asylum-dreams-out-of-reach/17623337/

* "‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Sessions’s asylum ruling reverses decades of women’s rights progress, critics say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/12/back-to-the-dark-ages-sessions-asylum-ruling-reverses-decades-of-womens-rights-progress-critics-say/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e6573c03eb90

* "She says federal officials took her daughter while she breastfed the child in a detention center:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/us/immigration-separated-children-southern-border/index.html

* "Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies:" https://magazine.atavist.com/murder-adx-florence-fbi-mexican-mafia

* "The LGBT Community Is Generationally Fractured. This Organization Thinks It Can Fix That.:" https://www.letsplayindex.com/videos/44407346-the-lgbt-community-is-generationally-fractured-this-organization

* "Antarctica’s ice is melting 3 times faster than in 2007:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/antarcticas-ice-is-melting-3-times-faster-than-in-2007/

* "Ancient Arctic ‘gas’ melt triggered enormous seafloor explosions:" https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/ancient-arctic-gas-melt-triggered-enormous-seafloor-explosions

* "‘Unintended Consequences’: Inside the fallout of America’s crackdown on opioids:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/impact-of-americas-opioid-crackdown/?utm_term=.e170ff7d6a97

* "ICE, 287(g) and America's Immigrant Community:"

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* "Shannon Watts - Bringing Moms Together to Fight for Gun Safety:"

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* "Mike Pesca - Breaking Down the Role of Sports in Politics:"

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* ""Hair to Dream" - A Multidimensional Trump Masterpiece:"

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* "Hari Kondabolu - "Warn Your Relatives" and Making a Change in the Trump Era:"

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* "Trump's Best People - The Michael Cohen Story:"

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* "Canadian Enemies & Nuclear Friends:"

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* "The Myth of Crisis Actors:"

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* "Irish Abortion Referendum:"

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* The University must have had Graduation because when I went out to get gas today, the lot that was packed Friday was mostly deserted and at the gas station not only was there a wait at the pumps, but when I went to pay inside the line was three times longer than I'd ever seen it and was mostly college age guys buying what looked an awful lot like classic road trip treats. (Me: three different types of energy drinks with his chips and candy. O.o)

* I've been rewatching Westworld's first season, and it is packed with foreshadowing for season two I missed the first time. This is some beautiful narrative design.

* Re: Kit Marlowe and William Shakespeare: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/174884136790/acaele-blog-oh#notes

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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/

* 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