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* "U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/politics/iran-missile-launch-failures.html

* "Maduro reveals secret meetings with U.S. envoy:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/15/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-us-envoy-1170987

* "Trump says Japanese prime minister nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/15/trump-shinzo-abe-nobel-peace-prize-1171831

* "Red flags emerge as Americans' debt load hits another record:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-debt/red-flags-emerge-as-americans-debt-load-hits-another-record-idUSKCN1Q11YV

* "Boyfriend’s Email: Butina ‘Manipulated’ Russian Spy Agency for NRA Trip:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/boyfriends-email-butina-manipulated-russian-spy-agency-for-nra-trip

* "Why are so many Trump judicial nominees refusing to endorse Brown v. Board of Education?:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/trump-judicial-nominees-are-refusing-to-endorse-brown-v-board-of-education/

* "Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dhs-guts-task-forces-protecting-elections-from-foreign-meddling

"“The clear assessment from the intelligence community is that 2020 is going to be the perfect storm,” said a DHS official familiar with the teams. “We know Russia is going to be engaged. Other state actors have seen the success of Russia and realize the value of disinformation operations. So it’s very curious why the task forces were demoted in the bureaucracy and the leadership has not committed resources to prepare for the 2020 election.”

* "The progressive to-do list is missing a very important idea:" https://www.metafilter.com/179364/The-progressive-to-do-list-is-missing-a-very-important-idea

* "How the Government Shutdown Caused a Foreclosure — and Could Cause More:" https://theintercept.com/2019/02/13/government-shutdown-usda-hud-foreclosure/

* "Survivors who became activists commemorate Parkland school shooting:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/how-parkland-activists-changed-the-debate-on-gun-control-1443849795670

* "Supreme Court takes up Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship in census:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-takes-up-trump-administrations-plan-to-ask-about-citizenship-in-census/2019/02/15/1e0ce8e8-3138-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ff15aa3feb4

* "House Democrats to challenge Trump’s emergency declaration; Republicans divided on action:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-warns-trump-republicans-against-emergency-declaration-on-border-funding/2019/02/14/cf6f492c-3099-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5e31b63e0477

* "National emergency will be blocked by courts temporarily, DOJ warns White House:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-emergency-blocked-courts-temporarily-doj-warns-white/story?id=61086962

* "ACLU to file lawsuit challenging Trump's national emergency:" https://www.axios.com/aclu-lawsuit-trump-national-emergency-borre-e916dd5e-ee1c-4c77-b3d7-44b46da46d8e.html

* "Rep. Clyburn: Congress may sue Trump over national emergency:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-declares-national-emergency-then-leaves-for-mar-a-lago-1443814979608

* "Rep. Ayanna Pressley: A monument to hate won't keep us any safer:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-and-new-house-democrats-face-off-on-immigration-1443822147835

* "Prisons are housing mental health patients who've committed no crimes:" http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/breakdown_prisons_mental_health_patients/

* "When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved Their Marriages With Beer:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wife-selling-england-beer

* "What, exactly, is romantic about a heart-shaped box of chocolates?:" https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/13/18222217/heart-shaped-box-chocolates-valentines-day

* "The Most Dangerous Book in the World:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/54729/librarian-his-stache-and-most-dangerous-book-earth

* "The 1919 Strike That Shut Down Seattle and Changed America's Labor Movement:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/02/seattle-general-strike-1919-labor-organizing-unions/582424/

* "Family Feud: Oscar Nominees - SNL:"

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* Car registration reup is $70.00 needed before the 2nd of March.

Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* The pain's been bad enough to completely screw up my sleep the last few days. Saturday, I kept not being able to turn my head left and I ended up having to scale up pain meds, which borks my concentration.

* This. "Questionable Content: Really Opening Up:" https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3939

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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

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

* 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? If you can not protest in person, 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/

* 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