More Than A Week Behind

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "Chris Hayes on the good news and bad news of coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-good-news-and-bad-news-of-coronavirus-81258565883

* China is clearly on the right side on this one. "G-7 failed to agree on statement after U.S. insisted on calling coronavirus outbreak ‘Wuhan virus’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/g-7-failed-to-agree-on-statement-after-us-insisted-on-calling-coronavirus-outbreak-wuhan-virus/2020/03/25/f2bc7a02-6ed3-11ea-96a0-df4c5d9284af_story.html

* "China’s lockdown experience as a guide for the U.S.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/china-s-lockdown-experience-as-a-guide-for-the-u-s-81260613928

* Why are we doing this? We've got more COVID-19 in border areas than they do. "Trudeau: Canada-U.S. border should stay free of troops:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/26/canada-us-border-military-150361

* "The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/usa-coronavirus-cases.html

* "U.S. deaths from coronavirus top 1,000, amid incomplete reporting from authorities and anguish from those left behind:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-deaths-from-coronavirus-top-1000-amid-incomplete-reporting-from-authorities-and-anguish-from-those-left-behind/2020/03/26/2c487ba2-6ad0-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

* "Smart thermometers helping track coronavirus symptoms:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/smart-thermometers-helping-track-coronavirus-symptoms-81218629882

* "Dr. Anthony Fauci - Hard Facts About the Coronavirus and Self-Distancing as a Moral Responsibility:"

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* "Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/trump-coronavirus-national-security-council-149285

* "U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv-idUSKBN21C3N5

* "Internal Emails Show How Chaos at the CDC Slowed the Early Response to Coronavirus:" https://www.propublica.org/article/internal-emails-show-how-chaos-at-the-cdc-slowed-the-early-response-to-coronavirus

* "GOP governor ‘not happy’ with Trump’s calls to open economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-governor-not-happy-with-trump-s-calls-to-open-economy-81217093770

* "The Life of a Wrong and Wayward 'War-Time' President:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/26/life-wrong-and-wayward-war-time-president

* "U.S. lacks a quarterback in COVID response as Trump fails to lead:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-lacks-a-quarterback-in-covid-response-as-trump-fails-to-lead-81267269877

* "Army Corps of Engineers gives options to states facing COVID crush:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/army-corps-of-engineers-gives-options-to-states-facing-covid-crush-81265733635

* "Who Are the Retired Health Care Workers the U.S. is Calling On To Help With the Coronavirus Response?:" https://time.com/5810120/retired-health-care-workers-coronavirus/

* "First NYC Nurse Reported to Die of COVID-19 Is a Gay Man:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/3/26/first-nyc-nurse-reported-die-covid-19-gay-man

* "Coronavirus infection rate in NYC jails 7 times the rest of the city:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/coronavirus-infection-rate-in-nyc-jails-7-times-the-rest-of-the-city-81260101982

* "Trump Cabinet's Bible teacher says gays cause 'God's wrath' in COVID-19 blog post:" https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-bible-teacher-says-gays-among-those-blame-covid-n1168981

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* "Venezuelan Leader Maduro Is Charged in the U.S. With Drug Trafficking:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/venezuela-president-drug-trafficking-nicolas-maduro.html

* Some of you may have noticed I moved economic stimulus/economic crisis stuff out of the coronavirus section. That because it's a response to the pandemic, but not directly disease related. Some election stuff may end up here too even though it mentions the virus because really one can't talk about things like the election without mentioning the virus just now, and people might want the information.

* "Coronavirus' economic toll: Jobless claims soar to record high amid shutdowns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/26/unemployment-claims-numbers-release-150052

* "Rep. Katie Porter explains the good and the bad of the coronavirus bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-katie-porter-explains-the-good-and-the-bad-of-the-coronavirus-bill-81219141583

* "Don't Be Shocked If Trump Tries to Delay the Election:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/26/dont-be-shocked-if-trump-tries-delay-election

* "As Coronavirus Crisis Unfolds, Sanders Sees a Moment That Matches His Ideas:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/us/politics/bernie-sanders-coronavirus.html

"Excuse him, forgive him, for wanting working people to get a few more bucks for a few more months as part of the sweeping stimulus bill that was being debated on the Senate floor. Excuse him, forgive him, for not wanting “to punish the poor and working people” struggling to weather the economic meltdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

“My Republican colleagues are very distressed,” he said late Wednesday.

“Oh my God, the universe is collapsing!” he said so passionately that he nearly spat. “Oh my word, will the universe survive?!”"

* "Stacey Abrams on how coronavirus stimulus package shortchanges election funding:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-on-how-coronavirus-stimulus-package-shortchanges-election-funding-81261637733

* "Pornhub Donates Masks, Brazilian Gangs Do Their Part & Coronavirus Misinformation Goes Viral:"

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* "Tourists Aren't Welcome in Florida, Alaska and Hawaii:"

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* "“I think what I'd really like right now is a cozy British village murder mystery show where Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are elderly widower neighbors who bicker a lot about their gardens, and also solve crimes. And there's a super hot grandson who has to drive them around.”:" https://twitter.com/BrennanML/status/1243221969694347270

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

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

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* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html