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* "Huge demonstrations across Myanmar despite military's warning:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/asia/myanmar-general-strike-military-warning-intl-hnk/index.html

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 2/24/21 are 28,322,000. The official death toll is 505,000. Vaccination rate: 13.4%.

* "FDA review confirms safety, efficacy of single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, especially against severe cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/24/johnson-and-johnson-vaccine/

* "Biden to make 25 million masks available at community health centers, food banks:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-make-25-million-masks-community-health-centers/story?id=76088091

* "Dr. Pernell: ‘This pandemic has taught us that all lives still don't matter’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/dr-pernell-this-pandemic-has-taught-us-that-all-lives-still-don-t-matter-101424709730

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* "U.S. report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince: sources:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-biden-idUSKBN2AO2HL

* "Biden readies his first major penalties on Russia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/biden-penalties-russia-470986

* "Biden nominates three to USPS board of governors as DeJoy testifies on mail crises:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/24/dejoy-hearing-usps-live-updates/

* "'The Absolute Worst': Trump appointee Louis DeJoy continuing to dismantle Postal Service:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-absolute-worst-trump-appointee-louis-dejoy-continuing-to-dismantle-postal-service-101490245891

* "Biden's attorney general pick vows to combat anti-trans violence and protect LGBT+ kids.:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/merrick-garland-lgbt-trans-transgender-attorney-general-joe-biden-sports/

* "Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador:" https://www.axios.com/linda-thomas-greenfield-confirmed-un-ambassador-a94509fa-4ff7-4674-b4ec-42db2abb8ceb.html?stream=politics

* "Senate confirms Tom Vilsack to serve again as agriculture secretary:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/23/politics/tom-vilsack-confirmed-agriculture-secretary/index.html

* "‘A double standard going on’: Democrats accuse GOP and Manchin of bias on Biden nominations:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/biden-nominations-gop-manchin-tanden-471080

* "Manchin, Republicans find new disdain for mean tweets in assessing Tanden nomination:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manchin-republicans-find-new-disdain-for-mean-tweets-in-assessing-tanden-nomination-101437509848

* "Double standard for Tanden nomination tests Manchin's integrity:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/double-standard-for-tanden-nomination-tests-manchin-s-integrity-101498437817

* "Bipartisan escape hatch emerges as Tanden totters:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/24/neera-tanden-committee-vote-postponed-471321

* "Republican bad faith seen in hollow objections to Biden HHS nominee Becerra:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-bad-faith-seen-in-hollow-objections-to-biden-hhs-nominee-becerra-101498949763

* "Biden cabinet members facing double standard in confirmation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-cabinet-members-facing-double-standard-in-confirmation-101489221557

* "Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post:" https://apnews.com/article/deb-haaland-native-americans-reaction-72ae93d659935b9b5e1117166eda8a37

* "Republicans apparently shocked to learn Biden nominee shares Biden's views:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-apparently-shocked-to-learn-biden-nominee-shares-biden-s-views-101499973512

* "House to vote on $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill this week as Senate considers minimum wage hike:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-covid-relief-bill-house-vote/

* "Biden’s Covid relief bill is extremely popular. So why do D.C. Republicans oppose it?:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/business-leaders-biden-covid-plan/index.html

* Same title, different thing. "Biden’s Covid relief bill is extremely popular. So why do D.C. Republicans oppose it?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-s-covid-relief-bill-is-extremely-popular-so-why-do-d-c-republicans-oppose-it-101547589935

* "David Perdue won’t challenge Raphael Warnock in the 2022 Georgia Senate race, after all.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/us/politics/david-perdue-georgia-senate.html

* "Sanders: ‘There’s not one Republican who will support a $15 minimum wage’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sanders-there-s-not-one-republican-who-will-support-a-15-minimum-wage-101547589706

* "Resistance to minimum wage increase ignores broad support of American voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/resistance-to-minimum-wage-increase-ignores-broad-support-of-american-voters-101556293843

* "How Republicans are using ‘The Big Lie’ to push racist voter suppression:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-republicans-are-using-the-big-lie-to-push-racist-voter-suppression-101428293729

* "Conservative ‘America, Uncanceled’ event cancels speaker:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/conservative-america-uncanceled-event-cancels-speaker-101491781956

* "What ever happened to the 'Individual 1' case? Add it to Garland's list of loose ends.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-ever-happened-to-the-individual-1-case-add-it-to-garland-s-list-of-loose-ends-101438021530

* "Millions of pages of Trump financial documents become puzzle for fraud investigators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/millions-of-pages-of-trump-financial-documents-become-puzzle-for-fraud-investigators-101437509869

* "'Massive cash infusion' to Trump's 2016 campaign a likely focus of investigators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-massive-cash-infusion-to-trump-s-2016-campaign-a-likely-focus-of-investigators-101436997994

* "Michael Cohen predicts an indictment against Trump ‘sooner than later’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michael-cohen-predicts-an-indictment-against-trump-sooner-than-later-101426757675

* "Trump’s former treasury secretary expected to launch investment fund, seeking backing of Persian Gulf state funds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/23/mnuchin-investment-fund-gulf/

* "Mnuchin reportedly blending final days in office into personal moneymaking venture:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mnuchin-reportedly-blending-final-days-in-office-into-personal-moneymaking-venture-101554757965

* "Steve Bannon investigation gains steam as Manhattan prosecutors subpoena financial records:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/bannon-investigation-gains-steam/index.html

* "Donald Trump Jr. deposed by DC attorney general as part of inaugural funds lawsuit:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/donald-trump-jr-deposition/index.html

* "Capitol security officials in charge on Jan. 6 blame Pentagon, intel failures:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/23/congress-answers-jan-6-insurrection-471000

* "Maddow: Underestimation of Trump mob's violence more than mere 'intelligence failure':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-underestimation-of-trump-mob-s-violence-more-than-mere-intelligence-failure-101499461696

* "Sen. Merkley: GOP senators used hearing on Capitol attack to push 'big myth':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-merkley-gop-senators-used-hearing-on-capitol-attack-to-push-big-myth-101492805857

* "Lengthy list of questions only grows as Congress holds hearings on pro-Trump riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lengthy-list-of-questions-only-grows-as-congress-holds-hearings-on-pro-trump-riot-101556293883

* "Retired NYPD officer attacked D.C. police officer like ‘junkyard dog,’ prosecutor alleges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/retired-nypd-officer-attacked-dc-police-officer-like-junkyard-dog-prosecutor-alleges/2021/02/23/eef1b8e6-75ef-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html

* "Chris Hayes on the implied threat when Republicans use guns as props:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-implied-threat-when-republicans-use-guns-as-props-101492805577

* "Lawyers have found parents of 105 separated migrant kids in past month:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-have-found-parents-105-separated-migrant-children-past-month-n1258791

* "Rochester Officers Will Not Be Charged in Killing of Daniel Prude:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/nyregion/daniel-prude-rochester-police.html

* "Elijah McClain death: Aurora police didn’t have legal basis to stop, frisk or choke 23-year-old, investigation finds:" https://www.denverpost.com/2021/02/22/elijah-mcclain-death-aurora-investigation/

* "Colorado police had no reason to detain Elijah McClain:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/new-report-colorado-police-had-no-reason-to-detain-elijah-mcclain-101490245766

* Can we please, please stop endangering and killing people with gender existentialist nonsense? https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/2/23/father-be-killed-gender-reveal-contraption-he-built

* "Unelected peer rages against trans-inclusive bill that says 'parents' not 'mothers':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/labour-peer-lord-hunt-maternity-bill/

* "BBC says covering trans issues without speaking to a single trans person is fine:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/bbc-newsnight-trans-coverage-puberty-blockers-transphobia-complaint/

* "An LGBT+ person was attacked every three hours in Israel last year, disturbing report reveals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/israel-hate-crime-lgbt-attack-2020-report/

* "Christian thug smashed his own church 'in furious revenge attack over same-sex marriage':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/mills-hill-baptist-church-middleton-attack-same-sex-marriage-gay/

* "Justices Thomas and Alito and the Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/2/23/justices-thomas-and-alito-and-threat-lgbtq-equality

* "How gut microbes could drive brain disorders:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00260-3

* "Octopuses have a mystery ‘light sense’ that helps them in the dark, new study finds:" https://theprint.in/science/octopuses-have-a-mystery-light-sense-that-helps-them-in-the-dark-new-study-finds/609658/

* "Ferret becomes first North American endangered species to be cloned:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56132410

* "Texas disaster exposes what happens when Republicans replace governance with trolling:" https://www.salon.com/2021/02/19/texas-disaster-exposes-what-happens-when-republicans-replace-governance-with-trolling/

* "‘People Are Greedy’: The Absurd Electric Bills Slamming Texans:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar5152-power-bill-texas-winter-storm-hell-only-gets-worse?ref=scroll

* "Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is ‘hitting the jackpot’ as Texas freezes:" https://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/2021/02/dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-is-hitting-the-jackpot-as-texas-freezes.html

* Contains Medieval head wound treatments: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/643936953408045056/gallusrostromegalus-cellarspider

* "How The Richest Woman in U.S. Got Away With Murdering Her Gay Designer:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/2/24/how-richest-woman-us-got-away-murdering-her-gay-designer

* "Horny thief steals £600 of sex toys – including a vegan bondage kit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/taboo-brighton-sex-shop-horny-thief-steal-sex-toys-vegan-bondage-kit/

* "U.S. Reaches 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths & Foiled "Granny" Plot:" https://www.cc.com/video/du135d/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-u-s-reaches-500-000-covid-19-deaths-foiled-granny-plot

* "Texas Storm Fallout Continues:" https://www.cc.com/video/2m9xnl/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-texas-storm-fallout-continues

* "Avian Democracy Is in Peril:" https://www.cc.com/video/jtu2t2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-avian-democracy-is-in-peril

* "GOP Pushes Voter Restrictions:" https://www.cc.com/video/ssujsj/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-gop-pushes-voter-restrictions

* "CP Time - Black Journalists:" https://www.cc.com/video/05qvbb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-journalists

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - U.S. Racism and Vaccines:" https://www.cc.com/video/q6bj36/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-u-s-racism-and-vaccines

* "Dul-Sayin' - The Strong Black Woman Stereotype:" https://www.cc.com/video/88ieee/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-dul-sayin-the-strong-black-woman-stereotype

* "Meatpacking: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* They got celebrities to do little sections at home during lock down as a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen. It is goofy and magical. "The Princess Bride: Home Movie:"

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* Tuesday I did bureaucracy all day. Someone made a piss pond in a two hour gap between all the boxes being cleaned and me coming back out after rest/physio. I thought of one more box configuration to try, but I'm nearly out of ideas.

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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.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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