Not Quite Caught Up.

* "Tasmania is burning. The climate disaster future has arrived while those in power laugh at us:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/05/tasmania-is-burning-the-climate-disaster-future-has-arrived-while-those-in-power-laugh-at-us

* "Hack attempt hits Australian parliament:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47166590

* "Thai princess in extraordinary poll bid:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47167378

* "US demands Venezuela open aid corridor:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47143492

* "U.S. Military Sets April Target Date for Leaving Syria:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-sets-april-target-date-for-leaving-syria-11549573965

* "No talks between Trump and China's Xi before trade deadline:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/no-talks-set-between-trump-and-chinas-xi-before-trade-deadline-idUSKCN1PW223

* "New Trump rules make it easier for U.S. gun makers to sell overseas:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/new-trump-rules-make-it-easier-u-s-gun-makers-n968601

“To cite just a few reasons, it will make it easier for dictators, organized crime, and terrorists to obtain guns in large quantities,” one of them, Marilyn Guterman, commented. “Please, in the name of peace and sanity do not allow this to happen.”

* "T-Mobile executives seeking merger approval booked more than 52 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel — more than previously known:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/t-mobile-executives-seeking-merger-approval-booked-more-than-52-nights-at-trumps-hotel--more-than-previously-known/2019/02/06/cd6fa7e6-29ca-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ba4554bc7d02

* "House Democrats take 1st step to obtain Trump's tax returns:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-1st-step-obtain-trumps-tax-returns/story?id=60899702

* "Prosecutors still investigating campaign finance crimes Michael Cohen admitted to, judge says:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/michael-cohen-prosecutors-judge/index.html

* "Russian Agent Maria Butina’s Boyfriend Indicted for Fraud:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/paul-erickson-russian-agent-maria-butinas-boyfriend-indicted-for-fraud

* "Whitaker agrees to testify before Congress after saying he wouldn’t if under subpoena threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-panel-authorizes-subpoena-for-acting-attorney-general-whitaker-just-in-case/2019/02/07/1e5ec47a-2af2-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9dc5505d72bb

* "Trump furious after Schiff hires former NSC aides to help oversee his administration:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/adam-schiff-trump-white-house-staffers/index.html

* "Senate panel approves Trump attorney general nominee:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr/senate-panel-approves-trump-attorney-general-nominee-idUSKCN1PW288

* "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2019/02/07/f501d20c-2b2d-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.664f5418aba0

* "Ronan Farrow says he also faced ‘blackmail efforts from AMI’ for reporting on the National Enquirer, Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/08/ronan-farrow-says-he-was-also-blackmail-target-after-reporting-national-enquirer-trump/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.af9a5aeb4960

* "Bezos: National Enquirer made extortion threat over investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/bezos-national-enquirer-made-extortion-threat-over-investigation-1439281731701

* "Bezos suggests National Enquirer nervous about Saudi Arabia ties:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/bezos-suggests-national-enquirer-nervous-about-saudi-arabia-ties-1439286339811

* "Former Fox News reporter named to lead counter-propaganda efforts at State:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/lea-gabrielle-gec-state/index.html

* "Waters demands that Consumer Bureau pull new payday proposal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/06/maxine-waters-payday-lenders-1152678

* "'Green New Deal' lands in the Capitol:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-resolution-1155146

* "Can the Green New Deal change...everything?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/can-the-green-new-deal-change-everything-1439226947892

* "HHS official: We warned about child separation:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hhs-official-we-warned-about-child-separation-1439224387867

* "Virginia State Senator Tommy Norment Edited Yearbook With Blackface, Slurs:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tommy-norment-racist-yearbook-blackface-virginia-senator_us_5c5c6fefe4b0d073e7043f0b

* Seriously, Virginia?

* "Inside the Brooklyn prison freeze:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/inside-the-brooklyn-prison-freeze-1439219267540

* "Police Thought Cotton Candy Was Meth. She Spent 3 Months in Jail for Their Mistake.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/us/woman-jailed-cotton-candy-meth.html

* "Religious leaders applaud Trump’s strong antiabortion stance at prayer gathering:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/religious-leaders-applaud-trumps-strong-antiabortion-stance-at-prayer-gathering/2019/02/07/c8c89efa-2add-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.936ed28e8ae7

* TW: Pedophilia. Woody Allen is back in the news, and I want to rerun this old piece by Ronan Farrow about the way the Media does and does not cover his molestation of Dylan Farrow. "My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked:" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572

* "The Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Proved It Doesn’t Care About Ending HIV/AIDS:" https://www.gq.com/story/trump-admin-doesnt-care-about-hiv-aids

* "Maddow: Rosenberg, journalistic treasure, should keep her job:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-rosenberg-journalistic-treasure-should-keep-her-job-1439284803797

* "Singapore Arrests Man Trying to Smuggle Kittens in His Pants:" http://time.com/5497762/singapore-smuggle-kittens-pants/

* "Michelle Lujan Grisham's Anti-Wall Ad, Gucci's Blackface Controversy & Delta's Suggestive Napkins:"

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* "The Democrats Come for Trump and the Super-Rich:"

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* "The Real State Of The Union:"

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* "Donald Trump's SOTU Didn't Impress Joshua Trump:"

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* "Who Wants To Be Virginia's Governor?:"

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* "Trump's Inauguration Is Now Under Investigation:"

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* 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

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

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