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* "Hashem Abedi jailed for at least 55 years for the murder of 22 innocent people in the Ariana Grande Manchester bombing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/hashem-abedi-manchester-bombing-ariana-grande-jailed-sentencing-martyn-hett/

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* "Covid-19 Data Will Once Again Be Collected by CDC, in Policy Reversal:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/troubled-covid-19-data-system-returning-to-cdc-11597945770?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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* "Trump was serious about trading hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico for Greenland, ex-DHS official says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puerto-rico-greenland-n1237336

* "Trump Administration Pushes Arms Sale to U.A.E. Despite Israeli Worries:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/middleeast/trump-netanyahu-israel-uae.html

* This is 1. Literally a lie he made up that has been repeatedly debunked by his own intelligence agencies. 2. Unconstitutional. "Trump Says He'll Seek a Third Term Because 'They Spied On Me':" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-third-term-because-they-spied-on-him-1045743/

* Meanwhile on Autocracy watch... "White House declines to say whether Trump will accept election results if he loses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-election-results-white-house/

* "Former DHS official: Trump wanted to withhold California wildfire money for political reasons:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/trump-california-wildfire-money-397340

* "Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/trump-goodyear-boycott-maga-attire-ban-398469

* "Trump: I ‘appreciate’ support from QAnon adherents:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/trump-qanon-support-398755

* "Joy Reid: Trump has attacked the institutions that he swore to protect:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-trump-has-attacked-the-institutions-that-he-swore-to-protect-90396741821

* "Administration wants Supreme Court to review suit on Trump's Twitter-blocking:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/trump-twitter-blocking-399343

* "Trump retweets Russian propaganda about Biden that US intel agencies say is intended to influence 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/trump-retweets-known-russian-disinformation-biden-derkach/index.html

* Full Text of the Bi-partizan Senate report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election and 45's campaign's collusion with this attack on American democracy. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7039362-Senate-Intelligence-Committee-Russia.html

* "Manafort was ‘grave counterintelligence threat’ due to Russian contacts, Senate panel says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/manafort-worked-with-russian-intel-officer-who-may-have-been-involved-in-dnc-hack-senate-panel-says-397597

* "Russiagate Was Not a Hoax:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/russiagate-wasnt-a-hoax/615373/

* "Trump camp cooperation with Russia explicated in new Senate intel report:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-camp-cooperation-with-russia-explicated-in-senate-report-90278469524

* "Report amplifies warning of ongoing Russian election interference efforts:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/report-amplifies-warning-of-russian-election-interference-efforts-90276933908

* "Eric Holder on Senate report on Russian interference: ‘America needs to wake up’:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/eric-holder-on-senate-report-on-russian-interference-america-needs-to-wake-up-90277957771

* "Senate Report says Trump 2016 Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort was 'a grave counter-intel threat’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-report-says-trump-2016-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-was-a-grave-counter-intel-threat-90274885583

* "Roger Stone drops appeals of felony convictions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/roger-stone-felony-appeal-397548

* "Judge tosses Trump’s attempt to block subpoena from Manhattan prosecutors for financial docs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/cy-vance-subpoena-trump-documents-399256

* "Senate panel told Justice Dept. of suspicions over Trump family members’ Russia testimony:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-committee-donald-trump-jr-jared-kushner-stephen-bannon-erik-prince/2020/08/15/a7905a84-def5-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

* "Each of the three people who led Trump’s 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/20/each-trumps-2016-campaign-managers-has-now-faced-criminal-charges/

* "Former Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty to swindling donors in private border wall effort:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/former-trump-aide-bannon-charged-with-swindling-donors-in-private-border-wall-effort-399215

* "Bannon leaves courthouse, pleads not guilty on fraud and money laundering:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/bannon-leaves-courthouse-pleads-not-guilty-on-fraud-and-money-laundering-90396741636

* "American initial jobless claims rocket above 1 million again:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* This after virulently opposing it all this time on the grounds that people might use it to vote as Republicans oppose allowing American citizens to vote, and appointing someone who is still dismantling it "White House Open to $25 Billion for Postal Service, McEnany Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-19/white-house-open-to-25-billion-for-postal-service-mcenany-says?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Watch Joe Biden's full speech at the 2020 DNC:" https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-joe-biden-s-full-speech-at-the-2020-dnc-90405957640

* " Kamala Harris’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention | 2020 DNC Night 3:"

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* "Watch Barack Obama’s Full Speech At The 2020 DNC:"

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* "‘Our worst impulses unleashed’: Obama assails Trump as a threat to democracy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/barack-obama-dnc-speech-trump-398692

* "Stacey Abrams’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Full Speech At The 2020 DNC:"

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* "Kristin Urquiza on her father’s death from coronavirus: ‘I didn’t only feel grief, I felt intense anger’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kristin-urquiza-on-her-father-s-death-i-didn-t-only-feel-grief-i-felt-intense-anger-90275397648

* "Young keynote speakers detail future of Democratic Party:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/young-keynote-speakers-detail-future-of-democratic-party-90335813582

* "Keisha Lance Bottoms’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Cory Booker’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Record Number of LGBTQ+ Delegates Make Voices Heard at Dem Convention:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/20/record-number-lgbtq-delegates-make-voices-heard-dem-convention

* "Meet the Black Gay Man Behind Joe Biden's LGBTQ+ Outreach:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/20/meet-black-gay-man-behind-joe-bidens-lgbtq-outreach

* "Tammy Duckworth’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Ayanna Pressley: Trump has created a ‘tsunami of hurt, and an abundance of cruelty’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ayanna-pressley-trump-has-created-a-tsunami-of-hurt-and-an-abundance-of-cruelty-90398277513

* "A Republican lawmaker laughed callously while joking about gay men being executed. He was just unseated:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/mike-hill-republican-primary-florida-michelle-salzman-result-gay/

* "Trump campaign sues New Jersey over mail-in voting plans:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/trump-campaign-new-jersey-mail-in-ballots/

* "Joy Reid on Trump: ‘If you’re going to let the Post Office die, no one’s going to re-elect you’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-trump-if-you-re-going-to-let-the-post-office-die-no-one-s-going-to-re-elect-you-90272837766

* "Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy’s selection, Schumer says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/19/postal-service-dejoy-schumer-mnuchin/

* My suspicions confirmed. ""Wholly insufficient": Pelosi says postmaster general won't commit to reversing USPS changes:" https://www.axios.com/pelosi-postmaster-general-reverse-usps-change-2f2761f1-1083-4ba0-8617-0766f9f35970.html

* "GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/18/gop-and-trump-ties-run-deep-on-the-us-postal-services-board-of-governors.html

* "Gov. Whitmer on USPS machines being removed: ‘We’re getting reports that it’s still happening’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gov-whitmer-on-usps-machines-being-removed-we-re-getting-reports-that-it-s-still-happening-90334277716

* "The Post Office’s Great Mail Slowdown Is Hurting Small Businesses:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w9nd/usps-package-delays-mail-slowdown-hurts-small-businesses

* "Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, 'Get your ass to the border':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/dhs-kirstjen-nielsen-trump-border-398416

* "Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 meeting to separate migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-cabinet-officials-voted-2018-white-house-meeting-separate-migrant-n1237416

* "Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump Pardon, Tells How He Can Really Honor Her:" https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/susan-b-anthony-museum-rejects-donald-trump-pardon-082133508.html

* "NHS outrages straight women by asking for proof of ‘a stable relationship’ before IVF, but queer folk have it much, much worse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/lesbians-ivf-same-sex-couple-nhs-england-report/

* "Anti-gay Christian fostering agency that told couples to 'refrain from homosexual behaviour' broke law, court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/fostering-agency-same-sex-christian-equality-act-high-court-ofsted/

* "Woman attacked gay police officer while screaming obscene homophobic abuse during a drunken shopping trip to Aldi:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/bristol-aldi-homophobic-abuse-police-officer-gay-samantha-beck-drunk-alcohol/

* "Judge halts Trump's rollback of transgender health protections:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/judge-trump-rollback-transgender-health-397332

* "Donald Trump thinks he's the 'most pro-gay president in American history'. He’s attacked LGBT+ Americans 168 times:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/donald-trump-pro-gay-president-american-history-log-cabin-republicans-richard-grenell/

* "HIV Funding in the South Is Critical in the Face of COVID-19, Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/20/hiv-funding-south-critical-face-covid-19-racism

* "'Kneejerk' call to axe Public Health England could 'risk a reversal' of HIV progress, leading organisations warn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/public-health-england-news-hiv-sexual-health-national-institute-for-health-protection/

* "Vancouver Island, BC: 2nd Fairy Creek Blockade Established:" https://itsgoingdown.org/vancouver-island-bc-2nd-fairy-creek-blockade-established/

* "Smoke chokes California as dozens of wildfires rage – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/19/california-fires-latest-news-updates-lake-hughes-loyalton

* "Atlantic microplastic 'weighs millions of tonnes':" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53786555

* "John Legend and Common perform ‘Glory’ at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* It is way too hot. I feel terrible, but am mending. The ultrasound hurt, but not nearly as much as the x-ray. I really liked the tech. She took me on a tour of my shoulder while she worked.

The cats were not best pleased by me only sending 2-3 hours upright and then going back to bed. Livia, sensibly followed me to get her pettins. Eventually Tavy got lonely and got over his avoidance of my room since Elder Kitty's death. He got his pettin. Then I was trying to sleep and people kept walking across me. At one point Tavy sniffed my arm and them bit it hard. Um, thanks? think it was a low key territorial dispute. Livia had had me and the bed to herself for a while and was not willing to relinquish us. Tavy wanted to reassert dominance over her and kick her out of the bed. They worked out a reasonable sharing arrangement eventually, similar to the one we'd had until the start of Elder kitty's final illness. Everyone got more pettins. Livia stayed in the bed until her usually afternoon migration. Tavy slept on me with shot interruptions until I woke up for real and kept climbing back on for more cuddles every time I stopped moving.

Him: *rubs his face emphatically against mine.
Me: I missed you too, Buddy.

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

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