Monday and Tuesday.

* Remember we aren’t causing this devastation to our own economy for any strategic reason, but only because 45 insists Trade Wars are “Fun and easy to win.” "Tariffs on China Don’t Cover the Costs of Trump’s Trade War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/business/trade-war-tariffs-revenue.html

* "Pro-impeachment Dems fear Al Green's renegade push:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/16/al-green-impeachment-house-democrats-1416845

* "Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-trump-spectacle-distracts-from-other-damaging-trump-news-63915589818

* "Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena, skips Oversight hearing:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/kellyanne-conway-subpoena-oversight-hearing-1416132

* "DeVos' use of personal email as secretary probed by House Democrats:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/devos-use-of-personal-email-as-secretary-probed-by-house-democrats-3582116

* "Judge bars Roger Stone from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/roger-stone-social-media-posts/index.html

* "Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-omar-calls-out-trump-as-corrupt-inept-worst-president-63912517619

* "Trump weighs ousting Commerce chief Wilbur Ross after census defeat:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-weighs-ousting-commerce-chief-wilbur-ross-after-census-defeat-n1029761

* "Former Trump Aide Jason Miller Admits to Hiring Prostitutes in 2015 and 2017:" https://www.mediaite.com/politics/exclusive-former-trump-aide-jason-miller-admits-to-hiring-prostitutes-in-2015-and-2017/

* "Trump Taps Health Care Expert As Acting Top White House Economist:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/731647850/trump-taps-health-care-expert-as-acting-top-white-house-economist

* "Top Trump officials tell Bureau of Land Management staff most of them must leave D.C. by end of next year:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/07/16/top-trump-officials-tell-bureau-land-management-staff-most-them-must-leave-dc-by-end-next-year/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2ade2580f7b

“Assuming the goal is to improve efficiency, streamline operations, and improve lines of communication," McCollum added, "perhaps Mr. Bernhardt should prioritize securing a permanent director — which BLM has lacked for the duration of this administration — before the Department spends millions of taxpayer dollars playing musical chairs with employees’ lives.”

* "Federal workers sound alarm about agency relocation:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-u-s-department-agriculture-sound-alarm-about-agency-n1030056

* "Trump set to decimate USDA research, fire hundreds of scientists:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-set-to-decimate-usda-research-fire-hundreds-of-scientists-63916101590

* "Alabama Senate Candidate Slams 'Homosexual Activities' on TV:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/16/alabama-senate-candidate-slams-homosexual-activities-tv

* "Federal judge permanently blocks Trump admin from adding citizenship question to 2020 census:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/judge-permanently-blocks-citizenship-question-2020-census/index.html

* "Trump talks up success of raids, despite little evidence of widespread deportations:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/trump-ice-raids-1416128

* "Clinton warning about Trump 'deportation force' proves prescient:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-warning-about-trump-deportation-force-proves-prescient-63914565748

* "'This is tough stuff': Pence visits caged, unwashed, overcrowded migrants:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/pence-visits-caged-unwashed-overcrowded-migrants-tough-stuff

* "70 current, former CBP workers under investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/70-current-former-cbp-workers-under-investigation-63906885948

* "Trump moves to effectively end asylum, family separations ongoing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-moves-to-effectively-end-asylum-family-separations-ongoing-63915589881

* "'Bile of garbage': Progressive squad tears into Trump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/pelosi-announces-resolution-condemning-trump-for-racist-tweets-1415889

* "'You can leave': Trump unrepentant over racist attack on congresswomen:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-congresswomen-republicans-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-pressley-omar

* "House thrown into chaos after Pelosi decries Trump's 'racist' tweets on floor:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/16/pelosi-trump-racism-resolution-1417365

* "Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-four-liberal-congresswomen-should-go-back-to-the-crime-infested-places-from-which-they-came/2019/07/14/b8bf140e-a638-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a4e024ca9795

* "‘This is the agenda of white nationalists’: Four minority congresswomen condemn Trump’s racist remarks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-the-agenda-of-white-nationalists-four-minority-congresswomen-condemn-trump-attacks-decried-as-racist/2019/07/15/7f021822-a743-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.04957367dd4f

* "Kellyanne Conway Snaps Back at Reporter: ‘What’s Your Ethnicity?’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-snaps-back-at-reporter-whats-your-ethnicity

* "George Conway: Trump is a racist president:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-conway-trump-is-a-racist-president/2019/07/15/b13c0bd4-a740-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5529fae69b8d

* "House passes resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-passes-resolution-condemning-trump-s-racist-remarks-63985733589

* "Democrats look for bipartisanship in condemnation of Trump racism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-look-for-bipartisanship-in-condemnation-of-trump-racism-63986245594

* "Why does Trump’s racism resonate?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-does-trump-s-racism-resonate-63950405616

* "Trump administration's racism evident far beyond tweets:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-administration-s-racism-evident-far-beyond-tweets-63981125667

* "DOJ will not bring charges against officer in death of Eric Garner:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/07/16/doj-will-not-bring-charges-against-officer-in-death-of-eric-garner-1103711

* TW: Pedophilia "Feds find diamonds, fake passport at Epstein’s townhouse:" https://nypost.com/2019/07/15/feds-find-diamonds-fake-saudi-passport-at-epsteins-townhouse/

* TW: Pedophilia "Epstein hearing on release:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/epstein-hearing-on-release-63907909869

* " A 17-Year-Old Girl Was Murdered. How Did Photos of Her Death Go Viral?:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bianca-devins-murder-brandon-andrew-clark-858874/

* "Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately:" https://apnews.com/e0bf2658969c482bb9addf40eb5bd667

* "Gay man left with horrific injuries after homophobic attack outside McDonald’s:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/gay-man-horrific-injuries-homophobic-attack-mcdonalds/

* "Gay WWII Codebreaker Alan Turing to Be Face of £50 Note:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/15/gay-wwii-codebreaker-alan-turing-be-face-ps50-bill

* "Israeli Education Minister Claims He Turned Gay Person Straight:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/15/israel-education-says-he-performed-conversion-therapy

* "Judge quashes anonymity order protecting trans dad from British tabloids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/judge-anonymity-order-trans-dad-british-tabloids/

* "France to end 'discriminatory' gay blood donation policy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/france-end-gay-blood-donation-policy-2022/

* "Putin gets expertly schooled after calling trans people 'transformers':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/russian-lgbt-network-school-putin-trans-people/

* "Anti-equal marriage politician’s daughter speaks out about marrying a woman:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/anti-gay-marriage-politician-daughter-marrying-woman/

* "Bercow on LGBT lessons row: 'You can't appease bigots and homophobes':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/john-bercow-on-lgbt-lessons-row-you-cant-appease-bigots-and-homophobes/

* "Megan Rapinoe Has a Message for Her Fans Who Are Trump Supporters:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2019/7/15/megan-rapinoe-has-message-her-fans-who-are-trump-supporters

* "Former Iowa Official Wins Antigay Bias Suit Against GOP Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/16/former-iowa-official-wins-antigay-bias-suit-against-gop-governor

* "A Trans Woman Is Liberating the State of Alaska:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/17/trans-woman-liberating-state-alaska

* "Puerto Rico's Gov Urged to Resign Over Antigay, Sexist Remarks:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/15/puerto-ricos-gov-urged-resign-over-antigay-sexist-remarks

* "Former Employees at Tech Giant Dell Allege Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/16/former-employees-tech-giant-dell-allege-anti-lgbtq-discrimination

* "What happens when you can see disaster unfolding, and nobody listens?:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/07/weight-of-the-world-climate-change-scientist-grief/

* "Lesbian LGBT rights champion Rose Greene dies aged 72:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/lesbian-lgbt-rights-advocate-rose-greene-dies/

* "The Humane Legacy of John Paul Stevens:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/the-humane-legacy-of-john-paul-stevens-supreme-court-died

* "Justice Stevens, a reminder of the way things used to be:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/justice-stevens-a-reminder-of-the-way-things-used-to-be-63983173996

* "Stevens, 'the rule of law judge,' known as a 'judge's judge':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stevens-the-rule-of-law-judge-known-as-a-judge-s-judge-63984197874

* "John Paul Stevens Leaves Legacy of LGBTQ Rights Advocacy:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/17/john-paul-stevens-leaves-legacy-lgbtq-rights-advocacy

* "The Fight to Turn Lake Erie Into a Person:"

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* TW: Pedophilia "The Law Closes in on Jeffrey Epstein:"

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* "By Attacking Democrats, Trump Unites Them:"

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* "The GOP Reacts (And Doesn't) To Trump's Racist Tweets:"

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* "The Animaniacs Show Trump How America Works:"

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* "The Squad Says They're More Than Four People:"

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* Monday was meant to be forage, but my body hard vetoed that extremely emphatically. I'm pasted together barely on a physical level. The library books I meant to take back are sitting there all accusatory, but no way could I have done it. Three hours more sleep later I had bad shakes and nearly enough muscle control to go behind the wheel. I'm super strict about things like that. I couldn't possibly have done it, let alone safely, so I feel way less of a scrotum for failing.

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

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

* 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 clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a science Fiction eldritch horror thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* 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