Sunday Mostly

* "Unidentified illness hospitalizes more than 300 people in India:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/asia/india-mystery-illness-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

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* "Blunders Eroded U.S. Confidence in Early Vaccine Front-Runner:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/business/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazeneca.html

* "Covid: Australian vaccine abandoned over false HIV response:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55269381

* "J&J cuts size of Covid-19 vaccine study due to prevalence of disease:" https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/09/johnson-johnson-cuts-size-of-covid-19-vaccine-study-due-to-prevalence-of-disease-in-u-s/

* "Sanofi, GSK say COVID-19 shot won't be ready until late 2021:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-coronavirus-pandemic-b465ce2e9483b972ad546b8c91021c01

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/11/20 are 15,783,000. The official death toll is 295,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "FDA authorizes the first coronavirus vaccine, a rare moment of hope in the deadly pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/11/trump-stephen-hahn-fda-covid-vaccine/

UPDATE: It started shipping over the weekend and first wave injections start Tuesday

* "FDA chief reportedly urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine or quit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/pfizer-vaccine-fda-emergency-use-authorization-covid

* "Trump’s pressure on the FDA will erode public trust:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/11/trump-fda-rushing-covid-vaccine-trust/

* "FDA authorizes coronavirus vaccine after due scientific diligence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fda-authorizes-coronavirus-vaccine-after-due-scientific-diligence-97596485851

* Let them eat cake. "Rudy Giuliani: I got special Covid treatment because I’m a ‘celebrity’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rudy-giuliani-i-got-special-covid-treatment-because-i-m-a-celebrity-97517637779

* "Devin Nunes says he's tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies:" https://www.axios.com/devin-nunes-covid-19-tested-positive-coronavirus-c4b5f652-8f2c-44c5-b897-95a5f4982330.html

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* "Manhattan DA interviewed employees at Trump's bank and insurance broker in criminal probe:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/manhattan-vance-trump-banks/index.html

* "President Trump trying to halt defamation lawsuit, E. Jean Carroll's attorney says:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-trump-halt-defamation-lawsuit-jean-carrolls-attorney/story?id=74672711

* "‘Seditious abuse of the judicial process’: States reject Texas effort to overturn Biden’s election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/seditious-abuse-judicial-process-reject-texas-effort-election-joe-biden-win-444414

* "106 House Republicans, 17 State AGs back anti-democracy lawsuit to try and overturn 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/106-house-republicans-17-state-ags-back-anti-democracy-lawsuit-to-try-and-overturn-2020-election-97513541639

* "Chris Hayes: GOP held a ‘loaded gun to American democracy’ with Texas lawsuit:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-gop-held-a-loaded-gun-to-american-democracy-with-texas-lawsuit-97587781712

* "Trump, GOP unlikely to give up election grievance fundraising regardless of losses:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-gop-unlikely-to-give-up-election-grievance-fundraising-regardless-of-losses-97597509534

* "'We can't let this seem normal': election attorney laments anti-democracy Trump followers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-we-can-t-let-this-seem-normal-election-attorney-laments-anti-democracy-trump-followers-97596997537

* "'The dam broke tonight': Biden chief of staff sees GOP politicians accepting Biden's win:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-the-dam-broke-tonight-biden-chief-of-staff-sees-gop-politicians-accepting-biden-s-win-97731653508

* "Even as electors cement Biden win, Republican grip on reality remains tenuous:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/even-as-electors-cement-biden-win-republican-grip-on-reality-remains-tenuous-97728069995

* "Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown at midnight:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/senate-vote-government-funding-deadline-shutdown/index.html

* "Congress votes to send defense bill to Trump with veto-proof majorities:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-vote-defense-bill-trump/2020/12/11/c21e4160-3bbe-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

* Voting Started in Georgia! Go Vote!

* "GOP attacks Rev. Warnock's faith, when they said criticism of Coney Barrett's faith was off limits:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-attacks-rev-warnock-s-faith-when-they-said-criticism-of-coney-barrett-s-faith-was-off-limits-97512517747

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* "The Unwavering Optimism of Cori Bush:"

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* "State Patrol arrests man accused of Capitol Campus shooting, seeks witness:" https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article247816580.html

* "Mike Lee blocks legislation to create Smithsonian museums for Latinos and women:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/lee-smithsonian-museum-blocked-444496

Have an opinion to share with Mike Lee? Mike Lee can be reached at 202-224-5444 in Washington, DC or at 801-524-5933 in Salt Lake City

* "Brendan Bernard is 9th federal inmate executed by US in 2020:" https://www.al.com/news/2020/12/brendan-bernard-is-9th-federal-inmate-executed-by-us-in-2020.html

* "Two Black men have been executed within two days. Two more are set to die before Biden's inauguration:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/12/us/brandon-bernard-alfred-bourgeois-executions/index.html

* CW: rape, pedophilia. "Reynhard Sinaga, ‘evil’ rapist who bragged about his crimes with Little Mix lyrics, slapped with tougher sentence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/11/reynhard-sinaga-gay-bisexual-men-rape-sentence-court-appeal-joseph-mccann/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Thirty-two men charged in child exploitation inquiry in West Yorkshire:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/10/thirty-two-men-charged-with-child-sexual-offences-in-west-yorkshire

* "14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base:" https://news.yahoo.com/14-fort-hood-soldiers-fired-170434603.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_03

* "Are Fetal Heartbeat Laws Constitutional? (and the History of Roe v. Wade):"

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* "Teenager ‘bludgeoned 15-year-old gay lover to death after luring him to woods for sex’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/08/alex-rodda-murder-matthew-mason-gay-bludgeoned-death-cheshire-blackmail-trial/

* "Peer who thinks being gay is a ‘disease’ suspended from House of Lords after shocking tirades about ‘queers’ and ‘homos’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/07/house-of-lords-maginnis-bullying-gay-mps-hannah-bardell-luke-pollard-queers-homos/

* "SCOTUS Lets Oregon School's Trans-Inclusive Policy Stay in Place:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/12/07/scotus-lets-oregon-schools-trans-inclusive-policy-stay-place

* "Trans woman murdered in horrifying stabbing attack while volunteering at Christian homeless shelter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/10/kimberly-fial-grace-baptist-church-attack-san-jose-california-trans-woman-murder/

* "Being a Single Queer Mom in a Pandemic and the Unending Work:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/12/07/being-single-queer-mom-pandemic-and-unending-work

* "Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46:"

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* "Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1: Crash Course Literature 212:"

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* "Yes, Diverse Identities Are "Historically Accurate" || Visual Essay:"

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* "CODEBREAKERS: Queer film theory and why it matters:"

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* "Unrequited: The History of Queer Baiting (Part 1... The First 100 Years):"

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* "America’s New Year Resolution: Making Housing a Human Right:"

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* I am improving with the antibiotic and Monday I moved into the phase where the antibiotic is making me sicker than the pathogen, which is normal. I am exhausted. I will be exhausted tomorrow. Yes, there was a lot of news today, but this is left overs because I'm tired and barely scratched the surface. Apologies.

* Too Many Mushrooms: https://twitter.com/SparkleTindi/status/1337922466077945861

* Unforbidden Fruit: https://twitter.com/Sotherans/status/1337760822370643969

* The Terror at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1337108177834233856

* The Midnight Society vs the Coven of Extremely Normal Writerss Who Are Not Weirdly Obsesssed with Genitalss: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1336029119201435648

* The Faerie House: https://twitter.com/saysthefox/status/1337598289080770561

* Inclusive Body Image Cartoons (NWS): https://twitter.com/NewdModel/status/1300892195382333442

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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

* Want to try to flip the Senate?

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