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* "300 protesters detained in Belarus, Lukashenko links stepping down to new constitution:" https://bnn-news.com/300-protesters-detained-in-belarus-lukashenko-links-stepping-down-to-new-constitution-219314

* "Moldova's Parliament Strips President-Elect Of Control Over Intelligence Service Amid Protests:" https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-s-parliament-strips-president-elect-of-control-over-intelligence-service-amid-protests/30982447.html

* "'This lack of humanity can't go on': Canary Islands struggle with huge rise in migration:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/canary-islands-struggle-with-huge-rise-in-migration-arguineguin

* "China #MeToo: Court to hear landmark case of intern versus TV star:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55140026

* "Hong Kong: Joshua Wong and fellow pro-democracy activists jailed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55154919

* Presumably in hopes they will drown, because why else would you do this cruel thing when the alternative is not sending them to a periodically flooded island. "Bangladesh Begins Moving Displaced Rohingya Muslims To Island:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942761822/bangladesh-begins-moving-displaced-rohingya-muslims-to-island

* "A tale of two bridges: India and China vying for influence in the Maldives:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/asia/maldives-india-china-bridges-intl-hnk/index.html

* "French government to 'totally rewrite' controversial security measure:" https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/30/france-s-ruling-party-agrees-to-suspend-and-rewrite-controversial-article-24-security-meas

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* "What it means to 'prone' a Covid-19 patient; nothing is easy in Covid care:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-it-means-to-prone-a-covid-19-patient-nothing-is-easy-in-covid-care-97103941503

* "Pfizer scaled back vaccine output targets earlier this year :" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/03/business/pfizer-scaled-back-vaccine-output-targets-earlier-this-year/

* "The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ventilators-insigh/the-u-s-has-spent-billions-stockpiling-ventilators-but-many-wont-save-critically-ill-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN28C1N6

* "France, world’s most vaccine-sceptic country, warily eyes Covid-19 shots:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201203-france-world-s-most-vaccine-sceptic-country-warily-eyes-covid-19-shots

* "Coronavirus: Is India's test and tracing strategy working?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55083825

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/3/20 are 14,087,000. The official death toll is 276,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "US Covid-19 hospitalizations set another daunting record at 100,667:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "Doctors Are Calling It Quits Under Stress of the Pandemic:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/health/Covid-doctors-nurses-quitting.html

* "Tide of new medical demand arriving as U.S. resources are already overdrawn:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tide-of-new-medical-demand-arriving-as-u-s-resources-are-already-overdrawn-97102917650

* "Trump era maxim: It doesn't matter how great the car is if you can't drive.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-era-maxim-it-doesn-t-matter-how-great-the-car-is-if-you-can-t-drive-97162309974

* "'He's not even talking about it': Joy blasts Trump for his response to the deadly pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-he-s-not-even-talking-about-it-joy-blasts-trump-for-his-response-to-the-deadly-pandemic-97155653550

* "CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/biden-harris-interview-jake-tapper/index.html

* "‘It’s a good idea’: Fauci praises Biden’s 100-day mask plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/fauci-praises-biden-mask-plan-442799

* "Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it's safe:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/obama-vaccine/index.html

* "States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders:" https://www.propublica.org/article/states-with-few-coronavirus-restrictions-are-spreading-the-virus-beyond-their-borders#1015131

* "We've lost over 1,000 South Dakotans to COVID-19. Here are some of their stories.:" https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/12/03/sioux-falls-south-dakota-covid-1000-deaths-us-obituary-coronavirus/6063815002/

* "South Dakota governor mocks Joe Biden's message as COVID deaths rise by 47% in 2 weeks:" https://www.newsweek.com/south-dakota-governor-mocks-joe-bidens-message-covid-deaths-rise-47-2-weeks-1551905

* "Iowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/how-iowa-mishandled-coronavirus-pandemic/617252/

* "Secrecy and spin: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-coronavirus-florida-desantis-spin-ss-prem-20201203-tyjmgkos6bd7vo7vnripqliany-htmlstory.html

* "Minority communities’ distrust of COVID-19 vaccine poses challenge:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/minority-communities-distrust-covid-19-vaccine-poses-challenge/story?id=74503429

* "Immigrants Detained by ICE Say They Were Punished for Requesting Covid-19 Tests:" https://theintercept.com/2020/12/03/etowah-ice-detention-covid-outbreak/

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* "U.S. Tightens Visa Rules for Chinese Communist Party Members:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/world/asia/us-visa-china-communist-party.html

* "Trump campaign committees spent $1.1 million at Trump properties in the last days of his losing campaign:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/04/trump-spending-properties/

* "Trump mulls preemptive pardons for up to 20 allies, even as Republicans balk:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/03/trump-considers-more-pardons-442727

* "Trump Associates Said to Have Been Scrutinized in Suspected Pardon Scheme:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/pardon-elliott-broidy-abbe-lowell.html

* "Mary Trump: Trump wouldn't be considering family pardons ‘if there weren't a there there’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mary-trump-trump-wouldn-t-be-considering-family-pardons-if-there-weren-t-a-there-there-97155141697

* "Ivanka Trump was deposed Tuesday in DC attorney general's inauguration lawsuit:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/ivanka-trump-deposition/index.html

* "D.C. prosecutor contradicts Ivanka Trump on Inaugural Committee overpayment to Trump hotel:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/d-c-prosecutor-contradicts-ivanka-trump-on-inaugural-committee-overpayment-to-trump-hotel-97100357996

* "Hayes: Trump, GOP didn’t care what happened after the election with Covid, economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-gop-didn-t-care-what-happened-after-the-election-with-covid-economy-97155141844

* "Foreign Adversaries Are Using Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims To Undermine Democracy, Intelligence Chief Says:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/12/04/foreign-adversaries-using-trump-voter-fraud-claims-to-undermine-democracy-intelligence-chief-ratcliffe-says/?sh=4e4f124e4c6a

* "Trump escalates baseless attacks on election with 46-minute video rant:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-video/2020/12/02/f6c8d63c-34e8-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html

* "Trump and Barr had 'contentious' White House meeting this week, source says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/trump-william-barr-attorney-general/

* "Trump Fundraising Surges After Election As He Makes False Claims It Was Rigged:" https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/04/942930782/trump-fundraising-surges-after-election-as-he-makes-false-claims-it-was-rigged

* "Top Pennsylvania Republicans pressure congressional delegation to challenge Biden’s victory:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/pennsylvania-republicans-biden-challenge-442972

* "Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info:" https://apnews.com/article/heidi-stirrup-banned-justice-department-7624560e990ec55383a2a3e421c3a52e

* "Pentagon blocks visits to military spy agencies by Biden transition team:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-blocks-biden-transition-team/2020/12/04/2e7042fa-3656-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html

* "White House fires Pentagon advisory board members, installs loyalists:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/pentagon-fires-business-advisory-board-members-442892

* "Biden transition blocked from key intelligence as Trump appoints 'screwballs' to Pentagon:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-transition-blocked-from-key-intelligence-as-trump-appoints-screwballs-to-pentagon-97165893518

* This. "Joe Biden should do everything at once:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21724758/biden-transition-trump-polarized-climate-change-health-immigration

* "Biden ‘Blitz:’ The case for flooding the zone with executive orders on Day One:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-blitz-the-case-for-flooding-the-zone-with-executive-orders-on-day-one-97158213533

* "White House comms director Alyssa Farah resigns weeks before end of Trump administration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/03/white-house-comms-director-alyssa-farah-resigns-442712

* "GOP is ‘hopeful’ Trump will stay on message while campaigning for Georgia senators:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-is-hopeful-trump-will-stay-on-message-while-campaigning-for-georgia-senators-97096261764

* "What Happens in Georgia Will Affect Every LGBTQ+ American:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/11/28/what-happens-georgia-will-affect-every-lgbtq-american

* "Jon Ossoff: Government paralysis during the pandemic is untenable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jon-ossoff-government-paralysis-during-the-pandemic-is-untenable-97153605797

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* ""America Needs To Understand What Black People Are Going Through"- Cori Bush On Her Message:"

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* "House votes to decriminalize marijuana as GOP resists national shift:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-marijuana-republicans-election/2020/12/04/db2b00a8-35b0-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html

* "Trump administration has handed over new data to help reunite migrant families:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-trump-admin-has-handed-over-data-will-help-n1249782

They had things like phone numbers for the parents of the kids they kidnapped and hid them from the lawyers searching for the parents because the Trump administration said any effort to reunited the families was too onerous. So they were justified in hiding the information despite court orders. I think all of ICE needs to be prosecuted as a criminal enterprise. They literally had addresses they were refusing to admit they had.

* "Trump admin sat on critical data for helping reunite kids separated from families:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-sat-on-critical-data-for-helping-reunite-kids-separated-from-families-97164869534

* "U.S. Government Ordered to Reinstate Protections for 'Dreamers':" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-12-04/us-government-ordered-to-reinstate-protections-for-dreamers

* "The Untouchables: An Investigation Into the Violence of the Chicago Police:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/chicago-police-racism-violence-history-1088559/

* "These brutal police dog attacks were captured on video. Now some cities are curtailing K-9 use.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/29/these-brutal-police-dog-attacks-were-captured-video-now-some-cities-are-curtailing-k-9-use/?arc404=true

* "The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken:" https://www.propublica.org/article/the-way-prisoners-flag-guard-abuse-inadequate-health-care-and-unsanitary-conditions-is-broken#1015858

* "Indigenous people across the US want their land back -- and the movement is gaining momentum:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/us/indigenous-people-reclaiming-their-lands-trnd/index.html

* CW: Rape. "Priest accused of sexually assaulting security guard after she caught him watching hardcore gay porn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/04/priest-george-rutler-manhattan-new-york-sexual-assault-gay-porn-ashley-gonzalez/

* "Neo-Nazi teen planning to wage a ‘holy war’ against Black people, Jews and the LGBT+ community has sentence halved:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/21/neo-nazi-teen-holy-war-sentence-halved-connor-scothern-national-action/

* "Queer Ugandans beaten with iron rods, burned with firewood and forced to confess to being gay after ‘bogus’ shelter raid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/29/uganda-lgbt-shelter-police-raid-coronavirus-iron-rods-firewood-confess-children-sun/

* "Evangelist investigated for hate crime after misgendering trans priest and claiming being trans is a 'false ideology':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/03/reverend-alex-clare-young-transgender-police-investigation-ben-john-christian-concern/

* "LGBTQ+ People Still Aren't Equal In The UK:"

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* "Anti-gay Hungarian politician resigns after being caught attending 25-man orgy:" https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/anti-gay-hungarian-politician-resigns-after-being-caught-attending-25-man-orgy/ar-BB1bxTq4

* "These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreaking:" https://www.livescience.com/arecibo-observatory-radio-telescope-collapse-photos.html

* "In U.S. Cities, The Health Effects Of Past Housing Discrimination Are Plain To See:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/19/911909187/in-u-s-cities-the-health-effects-of-past-housing-discrimination-are-plain-to-see

* "In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/26/northern-kenya-climate-crisis-drought-shifts-gender-roles/

* "A Desert City Tries to Save Itself With Rain:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/harvesting-rainwater-in-a-desert-city

* "A Lesbian Queen of England!? How Historically Accurate is The Favourite?:"

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* "The Unsettled Legacy of the Bloodiest Election in American History:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ocoee-massacre

* "George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44:"

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* "Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5:"

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* "Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye Part 1: CC English Literature #6:"

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* "The Supernatural Finale Aired, And Tumblr Exploded:"

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* "Your favorite beauty guru but it's 1588:"

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* "Melania Trump's Christmas Decor & CDC Vaccine Debate:"

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* "Joe Biden's Cabinet & Donald Trump's Fundraising Hustle:"

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* "U.K. Vaccine Approval & A Politician's Sex Party Scandal:"

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* "Donald Trump: Go Big and Go Home - Pardon Schemes:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Racism in Housing:"

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* "A Ray of Sunshine - China's Moon Mission & Drake's Candles:"

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* "Ex-Presidents Promote Vaccine & Democrats Flout Guidelines:"

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* "The Biden Family Cat Has Some Lofty Goals:"

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* "President Risks Handing Democrats The Senate By Discouraging Republicans From Voting In GA Runoff:"

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* "Quarantinewhile... Will Anyone Miss SantaCon This Year?:"

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* "Michigan Hearings Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Staten Island COVID-19 Protests - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Trump Loses Election Lawsuits - SNL:"

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* Thurs: I had something I had to be up for and dressed by 1PM, so I was inherently not going to get enough sleep whatever happened. It was so much worse than that. I got a chance to go back to bed later and I tried, oh did I try, but I kept getting medical phonecalls. My decision to stay in my clothes was correct, because one of the calls was pharmacy delivery. They didn't do the usual double check call in advance, but I knew it was likely to come today or tomorrow. All the calls were necessary, as was today's bureaucracy, which I finished except a couple things I need outside input for.

So go me on all the necessary things, but I woke up after one of my more interesting aquarium dreams feeling like I'd been beaten with sticks and then kicked. On top of this, I woke up for real sick. It's not dangerous at this point, and I'm waiting for call back on yet more Covid testing. It's quite possibly the nuisance virus I had most of November that is definitely not COVID as I simply never got better. Which is totally a thing that happens with my body. It is possible I caught something else on top of nuisance virus and there was a seamless hand off. This is also something that happens with my body a lot.

So now I need to remember to call to cancel Saturday physio tomorrow morning. *shakes fist* I've warned Squirrel to start wearing a mask around the apartment for what good that will do.

So I'm exhausted, I feel like crap, but I'm not in immediate danger. Odds are we won't have better answers until sometime next week.

* If I lived in a Procedural: https://twitter.com/tara_oshea/status/1334703563063353345

* Midnight Society Reading Recommendations: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1334664685082165248

* Hellraiser at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1334599109848657920

* Ernest Cline and The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1332864630260080641

* Lord Byron and Lovecraft at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1333848887174467586

* The Midnight Society Women's Meeting: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1334223399091019777

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday

* "Protect the Results - Organizing to Protect the Results of the 2020 Election:" https://protecttheresults.com/

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