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* "Indonesia tsunami deaths pass 1,300:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45716915

* "U.S. would destroy banned Russian warheads if necessary: NATO envoy:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/u-s-would-destroy-banned-russian-warheads-if-necessary-nato-envoy-idUSKCN1MC1J6

* "Suspected ricin detected in mail sent to Trump, Pentagon:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/politics/pentagon-ricin-mail/index.html

* "Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

* "Trumps could face legal liability for newly exposed schemes:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trumps-could-face-legal-liability-for-newly-exposed-schemes-1335423043833?v=railb&

* "Federal judge: Democrats in Congress can sue Trump in emoluments case:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/29/federal-judge-democrats-congress-can-sue-trump-emoluments-case/1470694002/

* O.o "‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team

* "Experts say Trump's EPA moving to loosen radiation limitsExperts say Trump's EPA moving to loosen radiation limits:" https://apnews.com/6a573b6b020e453c90ecd5e84aa23f57

* "White House corrects Trump's insult in press conference transcript:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/02/white-house-trump-transcript-reporter-860406

* "Manafort meets with Mueller prosecutors:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/paul-manafort-meets-mueller-prosecutors-855388

* "Roger Stone associate to plead 5th before Senate panel:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/roger-stone-associate-senate-panel-855644

* "Trump Directed Legal Action to Enforce Stormy Daniels’s Hush Agreement:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-directed-legal-action-to-enforce-stormy-danielss-hush-agreement-1538478000v

* "New hacking case referred to Robert Mueller investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-hacking-case-referred-to-robert-mueller-investigation-1335450691692?v=railb&

* Regardless of the results, of course. "McConnell: Senate will hold Kavanaugh vote 'this week':" https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409340-mcconnell-senate-will-hold-kavanaugh-vote-this-week

* "Amid Kavanaugh allegations, Trump says it's 'very scary time for young men' in US:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-donald-trump-scary-time-young-men-america/story?id=58236516

* "Here’s where Kavanaugh’s sworn testimony was misleading or wrong:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/2018/09/28/heres-where-kavanaughs-sworn-testimony-was-misleading-or-wrong/?utm_term=.0ed39fe7d4c3&__twitter_impression=true&noredirect=on

* "Opinion | If we want to protect the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, Kavanaugh should not be on it:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/09/29/if-we-want-to-protect-the-supreme-courts-legitimacy-kavanaugh-should-not-be-on-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.49b3f8bb3a6c

* "FBI investigation of Kavanaugh leads to fresh acrimony as McConnell pushes for vote - Los Angeles Times:" http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-kavanaugh-court-investigation-20181002-story.html

* "Deborah Ramirez’s attorney: FBI has not contacted witnesses who may have information about Boulder woman’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh:" https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/02/deborah-ramirez-fbi-brett-kavanaugh-investigation/

* "Ford demands interview in FBI probe:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/02/when-will-senate-vote-brett-kavanaugh-861232

* "Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick speaks out on sexual abuse allegations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/kavanaugh-accuser-julie-swetnick-speaks-out-sexual-abuse-allegations-n915641

* "Sen. Collins calls for FBI to investigate 3rd woman’s accusation in broader Kavanaugh probe:" https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/01/sen-collins-wants-swetnick-interviewed-as-part-of-broader-investigation-into-kavanaugh/

* "Brett Kavanaugh Slapped With Two Official Ethics Complaints in Merrick Garland’s Jurisdiction:" https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/brett-kavanaugh-slapped-with-two-official-ethics-complaints-in-d-c-circuit-court/

* "Kavanaugh investigation reportedly near end despite loose ends:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-investigation-reportedly-near-end-despite-loose-ends-1335459907972?v=railb&

* "Confidence shaky in restricted FBI investigation of Kavanaugh:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/confidence-shaky-in-restricted-fbi-investigation-of-kavanaugh-1335418435588?v=railb&

* "The political power of women's anger:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-political-power-of-women-s-anger-1335318083818?v=railb&

* Why women don't report and why Kavanaugh shouldn't be on the Court: https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/412522.html

* Me responding to a Tumblr troll re Sexual Assault on the Democratic side:

Which is why I voted for Tsongas in the Democratic primary back in 1992 and voted for... I think it was Nader in ‘96. (Not 2000, obviously because I am not an idiot. Not coincidentally, I believe the President shouldn’t be one either). I’ve been against Bill Clinton for literally decades. However, last I checked 45 has bragged about sexually assaulting women, 30 some odd have accused him, and that one rape case was going to trial and would have if he hadn’t won the electoral college, escalating the death threats, etc.. He also liked looking at underage girls while they were naked, which is eww.

I also have been quite vocal about predators on the left and support them losing their jobs and public offices. If you’d read any of my stuff you’d know that. Ex: Weinstein and Franken. You can do a search under my tagged entries and I know you’d find my posts against Al Franken. My money IS where my mouth is; is yours? I do not thing sexual predators should be in Any Office, whether the Presidency, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the Congress, or any other office. I don’t think they should be in charge of things like the local supermarket or Burger King either.

I say Investigate them ALL, and fire and wherever possible indict as many as possible.

Right now though? There is already one Sexual Predator too many on the Supreme Court. Let’s not have two.

I would like to point out that Kavanaugh has also recieved and used stolen information and has repeatedly committed perjury in his first confirmation hearing for the judgeship and in this set of confirmation hearings both around his work with Ken Starr and regarding his drinking. He’s also screamed Conspiracy theories, threatened a host of organizations and an entire political party, which shows extreme bias, displayed misogyny in his behavior towards women senators, and just generally showed that he hasn’t got judicial temperament. Even without the Attempted Rape, he should be disbarred for the perjury alone and is clearly not fit to judge a pie eating contest let alone cases that will decide the law of the land for generations to come.

So stop concern trolling, and join me in demanding that all sexual predators lose their jobs and offices regardless of the politics.

* "Women are mad as hell, for sure. But if they want to see how powerful white men (and the women who enable them) leverage anger to dominate the rest of us, we've just had a potent demonstration of how that works.:" https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/daddys-on-warpath-so-what.html

* Please, please, please if you can manage it, contact your Senators to get them to fight the Kavanaugh nomination. This is geometrically more important if you have a centrist Democrat like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp. You may want to contact Chuck Schumer and ask him to whip the Democrats so as to get them to stand in united opposition. If you have Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, or Lisa Murkowski, please keep calling to ask them to vote no. Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski remain the best bets, so please keep the pressure on them!

Protest in person if you can, but 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/

* "Why Amazon Really Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15:" https://www.wired.com/story/why-amazon-really-raised-minimum-wage/

* "Hunter tries to link Democratic opponent to 'radical Islamists':" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/duncan-hunter-radical-islam-855384

* "Republicans are deploying staggeringly racist ads in upstate New York:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/republicans-anthony-delgado-big-city-rapper/

* "DHS falsely claimed a database tracked separated families, watchdog says :" http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-immigration-families-20181002-story.html

* "Scathing report on Trump admin. child separation policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/scathing-report-on-trump-admin-child-separation-policy-1335324739885?v=railb&

* "Former Trump Staffer Jason Miller Accused of Slipping Mistress an 'Abortion Pill':" https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/09/26/former-trump-staffer-jason-miller-accused-slipping-mistress-abortion-pill/

* "US begins denying visas for same-sex domestic partners of diplomats:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/02/us-visas-same-sex-domestic-partners-diplomats-un-staff-denied

* "Brazilian Trans People Running For Office:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/10/brazilian-trans-people-running-for.html

* "Gender-Reveal Party Accident Leaves Border Agent Bearing Guilt For Wildfire:" https://www.npr.org/2018/10/01/653394132/gender-reveal-party-accident-leaves-border-agent-bearing-guilt-for-wildfire

* "Monkeys’ cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication:" https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27675-monkeys-cosy-alliance-with-wolves-looks-like-domestication/

* "The U.S. Prepares to Test Nationwide Text Alerts & Amazon Raises Its Minimum Wage:"

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* "Brett Kavanaugh's 1985 Bar Brawl:"

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* "Back in Black - Electric Scooter Sharing Apps:"

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* "Kim Jong-Un Responds To Trump Using The L-Word:"

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* "Kavanaugh May Have Boofed The Truth During His Testimony:"

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* "Eric Idle Partied With The Original 'Star Wars' Cast:"

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* Livia keeps kidnapping Halloweentown Citizens to play with. So far she's stolen a zombie, Death, and Frankenstein's monster, as far as I can tell. My guess is she's carrying them away in her mouth, as none of them were broken. I dis find a broken skeleton when I unpacked them, but it was the one Tavy broke last year knocking it off the window seat and it just looks like the glue unstuck, which happens. I got Halloweentown entirely up and running, which just leaves exterior flat decorations. Pics here of inside: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/178685801297/gothmas-interior

I took the string to Fix It. It was a blown fuse. Unfortunately, when I replaced it, it blew another, so I really need a new string. Sigh.

* Sometimes doing this work of documenting what may be the Series finale of the United States of America feels like screaming into the void. (I hope not still, though I am frightened since it looks like we are nearly out of exit ramps). I want to thank all of you who me every day that that's not the case. It matters to me that people do find some of this useful, that it is in fact helping someone.

So thank you all for the kind words and thoughts, and for my tumblr folk, the likes and reblogs. At times like this it is good to have reminders that we aren't alone.

Be decent to each other, please, and most of all keep fighting.

* Hairy Palms: masturbation and lycanthropy: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/178697067187/shetanshadowwolf-prokopetz

* It's ebay time again. I am now I am about $120.00 behind on bills. 4ish Days; no bids. If you'd like to chip in directly towards helping me pay my bills Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

The all items for sale link is here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

BPAL: Krampus (2012) (Yule (LE)): Sinister red musk, black leather, dusty rags, and wooden switches. Just Below shoulder. https://www.ebay.com/itm/302887410358

BPAL: Regina Erebi (2011) (Halloween : An Evening in Hades (LE)): The Queen of Hell: pomegranate, spear mint, black mulberry, and myrrh. 1/2 Full & Scorpio (2007) (Celestials (LE)). 1-2 Imps worth. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Regina-Erebi-2011-Halloween-An-Evening-in-Hades-Scorpio-2007/302887503915?hash=item468580882b:g:rlMAAOSwb2JboFtP

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

* "Fires in Greece: how to help:" https://medium.com/@theo.k/fires-in-greece-how-to-help-41ad32fc9232

* 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