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* "Hundreds protest in Armenia after PM ignores deadline to resign:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/8/hundreds-protest-in-armenia-after-pm-ignores-deadline-to-resign

* "344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/africa/nigerian-schoolboys-released-intl/index.html

* "Lebanon: 'Bread riots' in Beirut over reports subsidies on basic goods will end:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55224884

* "Legislative election leaves Venezuela in political standoff:" https://apnews.com/article/boycotts-venezuela-elections-caracas-b8641cba3354cf8acca765d0de7d3ca8

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* "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

* "The city where all the hospitals shut - except one:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-54034807

* "CDC warns that travel could spread British Covid-19 strain in U.S.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/cdc-travel-british-covid-strain-449873

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/23/20 are 18,382,000;. The official death toll is 326,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted:" https://apnews.com/article/us-coronavirus-deaths-top-3-million-e2bc856b6ec45563b84ee2e87ae8d5e7

* "U.S. buys another 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/pfizer-biontech-supply-coronavirus-vaccine-450216

* "Biden says 'our darkest days' in battling Covid-19 'are ahead of us':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/biden-holiday-remarks/index.html

* "Headlines Don’t Capture the Horror We Saw:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/new-york-doctors-know-how-bad-pandemic-can-get/617302/

* "Rural areas send their sickest patients to cities, straining hospitals:" https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/rural-areas-send-their-sickest-patients-to-cities-straining-hospitals/article_949930cb-9df2-5f70-b8c5-ec5be3ddfc0d.html

* "Despite their central role in the Covid-19 crisis, meatpackers mostly regulate themselves:" https://thecounter.org/covid-19-outbreak-meatpacking-safety-osha-california/

* "ICE Mismanagement Created Coronavirus “Hotbeds of Infection” In and Around Detention Centers:" https://theintercept.com/2020/12/09/ice-covid-detention-centers/

* "Cedric Richmond, incoming member of Biden administration, tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/cedric-richmond-positive-coronavirus/index.html

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* "Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-mark-levin-coronavirus-pandemic-hacking-6080f156125a4a46edef2a6dcf826611

* "The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion:" https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks

* Who had mass murderers on the 45 Pardon Bingo card? The extreme levels of corruption I expected but the mass murderers of innocent unarmed civilians not so much, though i suppose it fits with his racist agenda. "Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/trump-pardons/index.html

* "Convicted congressmen, killers of Iraqi civilians: A closer look at those Trump just pardoned:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/convicted-congressmen-a-murderer-a-closer-look-at-the-crimes-of-those-trump-just-pardoned-98303557744

* "Trump hijacks pardon process; creates system for personal favors, special access:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hijacks-pardon-process-creates-system-for-personal-favors-special-access-98310213598

* "Trump pardons of Russia scandal figures undermines future of special counsels: Weissmann:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pardons-of-russia-scandal-figures-undermines-future-of-special-counsels-weissmann-98311237700

* "America's founders never imagined 'amoral and selfish' president like Trump: Beschloss:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/america-s-founders-never-imagined-amoral-and-selfish-president-like-trump-beschloss-98311749747

* "Trump pardoned four ex-Blackwater guards. Here’s the story of their victims.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-pardoned-four-ex-blackwater-guards-here-s-the-story-of-their-victims-98361413971

* This is a second batch of pardons."Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/us/politics/trump-pardon-manafort-stone.html

* "How Trump's pardons of Russia figures could backfire if he is prosecuted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-trump-s-pardons-of-russia-figures-could-backfire-if-he-is-prosecuted-98368069792

* "‘As corrupt as a pardon gets’: Chris Hayes on Trump pardoning Manafort, Stone:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-as-corrupt-as-a-pardon-gets-chris-hayes-on-trump-pardoning-manafort-stone-98360901806

* "Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-pardons-paul-manafort-roger-stone-98356805671

* "Trump’s Longtime Banker at Deutsche Bank Resigns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/trump-deutsche-bank-rosemary-vrablic.html

* "Feds have discussed obtaining Giuliani's electronic communications:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-have-discussed-making-legal-request-giuliani-s-electronic-communications-n1250714

* "Giuliani told to preserve all records as lawyers for Dominion warn legal action is 'imminent':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/23/politics/dominion-voting-trump-campaign-lawsuit-imminent/

* "Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/22/949294173/dominion-voting-systems-employee-sues-trump-campaign-and-allies-for-defamation

* A Lawyer reacts to Republicans filing a particularly WTF suit to overturn the last 130 years of elections on the grounds that the US constitution is unconstitutional. https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1341538373412990979

* "Top Trump aide Mark Meadows visits Georgia ballot signature audit:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/top-trump-aide-mark-meadows-visits-georgia-ballot-signature-audit/LC5HBS3AUVH4ZONJFSEL5RO2XA/

* Here we go again. "House Republicans meet with Trump to discuss overturning election results:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/trump-house-overturn-election-449787

* "Trump signals extremist supporters with martial law talk; promises 'wild' D.C. protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-signals-extremist-supporters-with-martial-law-talk-promises-wild-d-c-protest-98368581764

* I have mixed feelings on this one. "Biden chooses Connecticut education commissioner for top schools post:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/biden-connecticut-schools-chief-education-secretary-449808

* "With historic picks, Biden puts environmental justice front and center:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/12/17/deb-haaland-interior-secretary-biden/

* "Gay ex-Trump official Richard Grenell controversially handed plum job by outgoing president. He’s already raging at critics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/richard-grenell-trump-loyalists-rewarded-top-government-roles/

* "Trump White House staffers receive conflicting messages about their departure:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/trump-administration-departure-instructions-450224

* "Will Jeffrey Rosen, William Barr's Replacement, Withstand White House Pressure?:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/946657248/will-jeffrey-rosen-interim-doj-leader-withstand-white-house-pressure

* Extended Maddow Interview:

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* "Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/21/948862052/house-passes-900-billion-coronavirus-relief-bill-ending-months-long-stalemate

* "Trump 'trying to burn this country down on his way out': Klobuchar on Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-trying-to-burn-this-country-down-on-his-way-out-klobuchar-on-covid-relief-bill-98310725724

* Sigh. "Trump takes aim at Covid stimulus bill, raising specter of veto:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/trump-covid-stimulus-bill-450204

* "How Trump could set back Covid relief for weeks just by doing nothing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-trump-could-set-back-covid-relief-for-weeks-just-by-doing-nothing-98367557989

* "Rep. Jayapal on Trump derailing covid relief talks: Democrats wanted $2000 checks ‘a long time ago’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jayapal-on-trump-derailing-covid-relief-talks-democrats-wanted-2000-checks-a-long-time-ago-98356805607

* Different Bill. "Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up showdown with Congress:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/trump-ndaa-veto-defense-bill-450286

* "Trump defunds military even as he muses about martial law and rattles U.S. saber:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-defunds-military-even-as-he-muses-about-martial-law-and-rattles-u-s-saber-98368069863

* "Texas AG asked Treasury to take back Covid funds from Harris County over voting plans:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-ag-asked-treasury-to-take-back-covid-funds-from-harris-county-over-voting-plans-98304069852

* "George Takei on the Georgia Senate Runoffs: Ossoff, Warnock could play ‘critical’ role in the Senate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/george-takei-on-the-georgia-senate-runoffs-ossoff-warnock-could-play-critical-role-in-the-senate-98300997762

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* "Newsom picks Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/alex-padilla-senate-gavin-newsom/index.html

* "Supreme Court allows 3 Muslims put on no-fly list to seek damages against federal officials:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/no-fly-list-religious-liberty/index.html

* CW: Child Abuse. "The QAnon conspiracy is fake. The harm it's doing to child welfare groups is real:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/politics/qanon-child-welfare/index.html

* "A Yazidi Woman Searches For Her Lost Daughter, Kidnapped By ISIS 6 Years Ago:" https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938039004/a-yazidi-woman-searches-for-her-lost-daughter-kidnapped-by-isis-6-years-ago

* CW: Pedophilia. "Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus:" https://apnews.com/article/international-news-business-coronavirus-pandemic-sierra-leone-united-nations-9a9ab4f71adc1c6f7d435b744411fb90

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Katie Hill Sues Ex-Husband, Media Outlets That Published Nude Photos:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/12/22/katie-hill-sues-ex-husband-media-outlets-published-nude-photos

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Her husband beat her. Caseworkers ‘pushed her to the edge.’:" https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2020/12/16/child-welfare-officials-favor-mothers-batterer-custody-battle/3792566001/

* "UK media coverage of trans lives has become ‘more troubling’ in the past decade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/08/ipso-report-transgender-coverage-trans-media-watch/

* "Tory candidate in Welsh election issues meagre apology after ‘disgusting’ homophobic tweets resurface:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/01/welsh-conservative-senedd-candidate-homophobia-samuel-kurtz-resurfaced-tweets/

* "Equality watchdog commissioner liked tweet saying homophobe is a ‘highly ideological propaganda term’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/equality-and-human-rights-commission-alasdair-henderson-twitter/

* "Police fine men cruising for gay sex on London’s Hampstead Heath for breaking coronavirus restrictions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/hampstead-heath-gay-cruising-police-fine-covid-19-regulations/

* "Gender-neutral toilets to be made mandatory in all council buildings in South Oxfordshire:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/south-oxfordshire-council-gender-neutral-toilets/

* "Israeli officials call for sweeping gender law reform including self-ID and recognition for trans youth and non-binary people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/israel-trans-rights-committee-self-id-non-binary-gender-transgender-youth/

* "India crowns new Miss Transqueen:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/miss-transqueen-india-shaine-soni-intl-hnk/index.html

* "The big reason Christmas isn't always the most wonderful time of year for queer people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/switchboard-christmas-most-wonderful-time-year-lgbt-people/

* "The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/supreme-court-rejects-indiana-birth-certificate-case.html

* Yep, she was lying about having changed her positions. "Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill That Would Ban Trans Women and Girls from Female Sports:" https://time.com/5920758/tulsi-gabbard-bill-transgender-women-sports/

* "Funeral home that fired trans rights hero Aimee Stephens to pay substantial settlement in final ‘bittersweet’ victory:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/01/aimee-stephens-harris-funeral-home-supreme-court-title-vii-settlement/

* "Heartbroken father of murdered Black trans woman Chae’Meshia Simms vows to ‘never stop looking’ for her killer:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/chaemeshia-simms-richmond-virginia-trans-woman-murdered-gunshot-father-candlelight-vigil/

* "Sex toy company launches bizarre lawsuit after claiming to ‘own’ the word ‘enby’, an abbreviation for non-binary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/03/shop-enby-wild-flower-sex-toy-lawsuit-trademark-trans-non-binary/

* "Bigoted wedding venue refuses same-sex couple because its ‘Christian values’ don’t include equality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/wedding-venue-refuses-same-sex-couple-christian-values/

* "Teen punched in the face by homophobe who shouted ‘I hate gay people’ in ‘downright disturbing’ attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/andrew-cuomo-new-york-homophobic-attack-bus-hate-gay-people-teenager-punched/

* "Comedian Eddie Izzard Announces She/Her Pronouns: 'I Just Want to Be Based in Girl Mode':" https://people.com/tv/eddie-izzard-announces-she-her-pronouns/

* "Long-Acting HIV Regimen Approved in Europe:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2020/12/21/long-acting-hiv-regimen-approved-europe

* On other types of chronic illness and long COVID.: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3108157.html#cutid1

* CW: Suicide "For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/23/covid-pandemic-rise-suicides/

* "From Money to Mental Health, Pandemic Ravages LGBTQ+ Households:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/12/23/money-mental-health-pandemic-ravages-lgbtq-households

* "Are parents spending less time with their kids?:" https://ourworldindata.org/parents-time-with-kids

* "Scientist explains why starfish will risk being eaten just to have gay sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/04/starfish-gay-sex-science-bisexual-animals-university-lethbridge-paul-vasey/

* "Four charged over fire that ravaged Australia's Fraser Island:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/22/four-charged-over-fire-that-ravaged-australias-fraser-island

* "Ever Seen a Ghost Bike? Meet One of the People Who Builds the Memorials for Dead Cyclists:" https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a34703255/ghost-bikes-memorials-for-cyclists/

* "Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/congressional-investigation-finds-many-booster-seat-makers-endangered-childrens-lives-after-review-of-meaningless-safety-testing#1017350

* "Broomstick weddings and the history of the Atlantic world:" https://aeon.co/essays/broomstick-weddings-and-the-history-of-the-atlantic-world

* "Britain finally equalised the age of consent 20 years ago today amid a bitter, toxic debate. But is history repeating itself?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/age-of-consent-uk-equalised-gay-bisexual-queer-sexual-offences-act/

* CW: human Remains. "In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/travel/torajan-death-rituals-indonesia.html

* "Stephen Colbert Wielded Gandalf's Sword In The Filming Of "Darrylgorn" With Peter Jackson:"

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* "Mister Softee Has The Vaccine Distribution Market Cornered:"

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* "Happy Holidays: Happy Socks x Pedro Pascal:"

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* Monday and Tuesday we had snow. We had an outage for our whole neighborhood Monday night, just as I stepped behind my desk to start working. Impressively, they fixed in in about an hour instead of the two and a half they were projecting. I managed to be surprisingly productive anyway.

Tuesday night I had a virtual holiday Event that ate my whole night. I suspect it shows.

* "A 10-Month-Old's Letter To Santa:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-month-olds-letter-to-santa_b_4427512?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90aWJpY2luYS5kcmVhbXdpZHRoLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALFNrgQF-X-IDGWPMtoF4uv3JvTOwZjJOh2DL_s04J0pvWq9cy3xzwwzxyK_2v2nNMugW66WPtOnkoW8xAXiS_1RKUJZVgL9eqSaX9JZ0CICt6TTEZkRkMd7u2itweM3E9b-NZd6EzEyQGPRkGVqDO1tyTOaYVGWFOKMXi3JGKoW

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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

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