A Week's Worth
Mar. 28th, 2021 12:12 am* "Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56311673
* "Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56505413?xtor
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* "Comparing three Covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, J&J:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/02/comparing-the-covid-19-vaccines-developed-by-pfizer-moderna-and-johnson-johnson/
* "Fauci: AstraZeneca needs to 'straighten out' vaccine data:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/23/fauci-astrazeneca-vaccine-data-477618
* "The Johnson & Johnson Shot Was My Ticket Out of Hell:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/opinion/johnson-covid-vaccine.html
* "Why are more young people getting sick with Covid-19 in Brazil?:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/24/americas/brazil-youth-covid-19-intl-latam/index.html
* "Brazil Is Looking Like The Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/23/980391847/brazil-is-looking-like-the-worst-place-on-earth-for-covid-19
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/26/21 are 30,130,000. The official death toll is 548,000. Fully Vaccinated: 13.8%.
* "U.S. sets new vaccine record with 3.4 million doses administered in one day:" https://www.axios.com/vaccine-daily-record-0da0a2d5-e494-4413-af4f-9babea418cbc.html
* "CDC director warns of possible Covid surge as U.S. cases increase by 7%:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/cdc-director-warns-of-possible-covid-surge-as-us-cases-increase-by-7percent.html
* "Biden doubles vaccine goal for first 100 days:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/biden-doubles-vaccine-goal-478006
* "Johnson & Johnson to deliver 11 million vaccine doses next week, Biden administration says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/johnson-johnson-deliver-11-million-vaccine-doses-next-week-biden-n1262166
* "Vaccine mystery: Why J&J’s shots aren’t reaching more arms:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/29/vaccine-mystery-why-j-js-shots-arent-reaching-more-arms-477292
* "Biden administration not confident Johnson & Johnson will meet 20 million goal by end of month:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/biden-concerns-jj-covid-19-vaccine-supply-delays/index.html
* "White House announces $10B vaccine access effort aimed at hard-hit communities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-announces-10-billion-vaccine-access-effort-aimed-hard-n1262014
* "CDC director: U.S. could undergo an "avoidable surge" of COVID-19 if guidelines aren't followed:" https://www.axios.com/covid-19-surge-cdc-director-mitigation-variants-2fd889a5-4244-493e-b80f-c15ea59585c1.html
* "First case of worrisome variant identified in Bay Area county:" https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Brazil-variant-COVID-Santa-Clara-California-16055582.php
* "Teachers union "not convinced" social distancing can safely be cut to 3 feet:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-social-distancing-3-feet-teachers-not-convinced/
* "Equitable vaccine distribution a priority for Boston's first Black woman mayor:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/equitable-vaccine-distribution-a-priority-for-boston-s-first-black-woman-mayor-109054021671
* Finally! "FEMA to reimburse families for last year's COVID-related funeral expenses:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-reimburse-families-years-covid-related-funeral-expenses/story?id=76658708
* "Andrew Cuomo’s family members were given special access to covid testing, according to people familiar with the arrangement:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/andrew-cuomo-family-covid-testing/2021/03/24/e8f6f4a8-8cb8-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.html
* "U.S. COVID response could have avoided hundreds of thousands of deaths: research:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy-idUSKBN2BH1DK
* "Study: Trump likely cost the U.S. 400k excess Covid deaths:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/study-trump-likely-cost-the-u-s-400k-excess-covid-deaths-109107269611
* "Trump's Mar-a-Lago partially closed due to COVID outbreak:" https://apnews.com/article/mar-a-lago-partially-closed-covid-19-outbreak-32a7a9694c1f738eef6af6d3fc6e5aa1
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* Republicans are winning their war on democracy. "US sinks to new low in rankings of world's democracies:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/us-world-democracy-rankings-freedom-house-new-low
* "Racist scandal lurks in background of Cornyn obstruction of Gupta nomination to DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-scandal-lurks-in-background-of-cornyn-obstruction-of-gupta-nomination-to-doj-109058117615
* "Dr. Rachel Levine Confirmed to HHS Post, Makes Transgender History:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/24/dr-rachel-levine-confirmed-hhs-post-makes-transgender-history
* "Students who got partial loan relief to see full discharge:" https://apnews.com/article/defrauded-students-by-colleges-get-full-loan-discharge-48cd6484d7f1134bc3bf9afe2ff364ab
* "White House nixed Deb Haaland's Southwest-themed party over Covid concerns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/white-house-deb-haaland-southwest-party-478154
* "Jobless claims fall to lowest level of the pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/jobless-claims-work-unemployment/
* "House Democrats demand answers on slow $1,400 checks:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544429-house-democrats-demand-answers-on-slow-1400-checks?rl=1
* "Biden announces second extension of Obamacare enrollment window:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-announces-second-extension-obamacare-enrollment-window-n1261877
* "Missouri Republicans block funds for voter-approved Medicaid expansion:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article250170945.html
* "White House considers splitting $3 trillion recovery plan into two bills:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/22/biden-infrastructure-plan-white-house-considers-3-trillion-in-spending.html
* "White House prepares massive infrastructure bill with universal pre-K, free community college, climate measures:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/22/infrastructure-biden-drug-reform/
* "Major U.S. upgrades seen in look ahead at infrastructure bill; likely pricey but popular :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/major-u-s-upgrades-seen-in-look-ahead-at-infrastructure-bill-likely-pricey-but-popular-108952645728
* "Senate overwhelmingly votes to extend small business rescue:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/paycheck-protection-program-extension-478025
* "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration’s covid farm relief went to Black farmers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/vilsack-interview-usda-rescue-plan/
* "In 2020 the ultra-rich got richer. Now they're bracing for the backlash:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wealth-billionaires-outlook-insight/in-2020-the-ultra-rich-got-richer-now-theyre-bracing-for-the-backlash-idUSKBN2BH0J7
* "Amazon's denial of workers urinating in bottles puts the pee in PR fiasco:" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/25/amazon-bottles-pee-tweet-warehouse-workers
* "New Coalition Promotes Passage of Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/23/new-coalition-promotes-passage-equality-act
* "The Dark Money “Ring” of Charles Koch and Leonard Leo Gets an Airing Before the U.S. Senate:" https://wallstreetonparade.com/2021/03/the-dark-money-ring-of-charles-koch-and-leonard-leo-gets-an-airing-before-the-u-s-senate-followed-by-a-mainstream-media-news-blackout/
* "Democrats, Republicans clash over D.C. statehood effort:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/d-c-statehood-moves-front-center-house-hearing-n1261713
The Republican argument is that the Constitution requires that a state have Car Dealerships, an airport, and coal mines. They have not produced that particular clause of the constitution nor any evidence that 18th Century people knew what a car dealership or airport was.
* "Republicans struggle to counter clear case for D.C. statehood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-struggle-to-counter-clear-case-for-d-c-statehood-108951109695
* "D.C. mayor says GOP arguments against statehood are 'stupid':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mayor-bowser-makes-the-case-for-d-c-statehood-108990533797
* "'Tool of the white supremacist South:' Hayes on racist history of filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-tool-of-the-white-supremacist-south-hayes-on-racist-history-of-filibuster-109047877997
* "Feingold: Voting rights more foundational to democracy than filibuster ever was:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/feingold-voting-rights-more-foundational-to-democracy-than-filibuster-ever-was-109105733837
* "Manchin pushes Dems for voting rights compromise amid talk of killing filibuster:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/manchin-voting-rights-compromise-477976
* "‘Do you care more about the filibuster or democracy protection?’: Eric Holder makes the case for HR 1:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-do-you-care-more-about-the-filibuster-or-democracy-protection-eric-holder-makes-the-case-for-hr-1-109046853601
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* "Biden decries GOP's 'un-American' onslaught on voting laws:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/biden-gop-voting-laws-478001
* "Democrats' plan for voting rights bill includes forcing GOP to 'talk' their filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-plan-for-voting-rights-bill-includes-forcing-gop-to-talk-their-filibuster-109059141541
* "Only Congress can save U.S. democracy from Republican attack: voting rights attorney:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/only-congress-can-save-u-s-democracy-from-republican-attack-voting-rights-attorney-109115461729
* "Malcolm Nance: Ron Johnson is ‘the executor of Donald Trump's big lie’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/malcolm-nance-ron-johnson-is-the-executor-of-donald-trump-s-big-lie-108942917678
* On March 25 2021, Democracy ended in Georgia.
* "Georgia Republicans speed sweeping elections bill restricting voting access into law:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/politics/georgia-state-house-voting-bill-passage/index.html
* "'Outrageous': Biden condemns new Georgia law as a 'blatant attack' on voting rights:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-excoriate-new-voting-restrictions-georgia-make-it-illegal-give-n1262181
* "Georgia Republicans concentrate control over how elections are run:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/georgia-republicans-concentrate-control-over-how-elections-are-run-109114949587
* "Georgia GOP gives itself the power Trump wanted: to overturn elections they don't like:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/georgia-gop-gives-itself-the-power-trump-wanted-to-overturn-elections-they-don-t-like-109113925788
* "Republicans indifferent to unpopularity of new voter suppression agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-indifferent-to-unpopularity-of-new-voter-suppression-agenda-109114437693
* "Georgia turns Trump’s Big Lie into law :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-turns-trump-s-big-lie-into-law-109105221568
* "Georgia governor offended that racist anti-voter law is being called racist:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-governor-offended-that-racist-anti-voter-law-is-being-called-racist-109167685914
* "‘Destructive to a functional democracy’: Georgia passes vast restrictive voting law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-destructive-to-a-functional-democracy-georgia-passes-vast-restrictive-voting-law-109101125851
* "Joy Reid on new voting restrictions in Georgia: Republicans want to make it torture for you to vote:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-new-voting-restrictions-in-georgia-republicans-want-to-make-it-torture-for-you-to-vote-in-line-109103685650
* "Joy Reid on Georgia voting restrictions: It doesn’t get much clearer who this law benefits and hurts:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-georgia-voting-restrictions-it-doesn-t-get-much-clearer-who-this-law-benefits-and-hurts-109159493756
* "Cory Booker calls new voting restrictions in Georgia ‘a step towards authoritarianism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cory-booker-calls-new-voting-restrictions-in-georgia-a-step-towards-authoritarianism-109157957970
* "Black Queer Lawmaker Arrested in Georgia Vows to Fight On:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/26/black-queer-lawmaker-arrested-georgia-vows-fight
* "Boston's first Black woman mayor draws insight from racist chapter in city's history:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/boston-s-first-black-woman-mayor-draws-insight-from-racist-chapter-in-city-s-history-109052997695
* "Trump backs opponent of Georgia election official who wouldn't 'find the votes':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-backs-opponent-of-georgia-election-official-who-wouldn-t-find-the-votes-108945989802
* "How one man stood up to Trump and saved democracy for Michigan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-one-man-stood-up-to-trump-and-saved-democracy-for-michigan-109113413589
* "Postmaster General announces 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/louis-dejoy-postal-service-changes-ten-year-plan/index.html
* "Democrats introduce ‘DeJoy Act’ in opening salvo against USPS leader’s mail-slowing plan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/26/usps-dejoy-act/
* "Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said. Some may finally be released in coming months.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-stymied-oversight/2021/03/22/0d3d6d8c-828d-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html
* "Betsy DeVos made at least $225 million while education secretary:" https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/betsy-devos-made-at-least-225-million-while-education-secretary/
* "Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-media-lawsuits-elections-912eea8e168f95d51dec02da78ac2760
* "Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/sidney-powell-dominion-lawsuit-election-fraud/index.html
* "After spreading false election fraud claims, Powell claims ‘reasonable people’ wouldn’t believe her:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/after-spreading-false-election-fraud-claims-powell-claims-reasonable-people-wouldn-t-believe-her-108990021553
* "Ex-Trump lawyer admits Big Lie was lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ex-trump-lawyer-admits-big-lie-was-lie-108996165510
* "Sidney Powell's Ridiculous Defense (She Lied the Whole Time?):"
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* "Trump and Don Jr. Lawyer Up for Eric Swalwell’s Jan. 6 Riot Lawsuit:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-donald-trump-jr-hire-attorney-jesse-binnall-to-fight-eric-swalwells-jan-6-riot-lawsuit
* "Justice Dept. prepares to engage in plea talks with many Capitol riot defendants:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-investigation-plea-deals/2021/03/19/161221bc-88ca-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html
* A Barr appointee decided to taint the Jan. 6th Coup Attempt prosecution."Former top prosecutor in Capitol riot case faces internal review after ‘60 Minutes’ interview:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-sherwin-60-minutes-capitol-riot/2021/03/23/ebdbc992-8bf9-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html
* "Shocking new video of moment Officer Sicknick was attacked at Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/shocking-new-video-of-moment-officer-sicknick-was-attacked-at-capitol-riot-109049925958
* "'Zero threat': Trump, GOP, right-wing media downplay horror of Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-zero-threat-trump-gop-right-wing-media-downplay-horror-of-capitol-riot-109170245608
* "New evidence suggests ‘alliance’ between Oath Keepers, Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/24/oath-keepers-proud-boys-alliance-capitol-riot-477741
* "Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump rally before Jan. 6 insurrection:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-trump-insurrection/
* "The Colorado attack is the 7th mass shooting in 7 days in the US:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/7-mass-shootings-7-days-trnd/index.html
* "Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting:" https://apnews.com/article/colorado-supermarket-shooting-10-dead-3da92f0d3db65afdb373cc6bb534a711
* "Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/23/2020-shootings/
* "Biden Urges Immediate Action From Senate On Gun Bills After Colorado Shooting:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980342734/biden-urges-immediate-action-from-senate-on-gun-bills-after-colorado-shooting
* "‘An unbearable normal’: Chris Hayes on mass shootings in the U.S. :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-an-unbearable-normal-chris-hayes-on-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-108995141637
* "Pennsylvania AG calls for ‘doing away with the filibuster’ to pass gun control:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/pennsylvania-ag-calls-for-doing-away-with-the-filibuster-to-pass-gun-control-108988997594
* "GOP reps strongly oppose gun control, despite most Americans supporting stricter laws:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/polls-show-widespread-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-109044293924
* "Manchin again in the way of broadly popular gun reforms after another deadly mass shooting:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manchin-again-in-the-way-of-broadly-popular-gun-reforms-after-another-deadly-mass-shooting-109006405707
* "How Joe Manchin and a broken senate squandered U.S. will for gun reform after Sandy Hook :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-joe-manchin-and-a-broken-senate-squandered-u-s-will-for-gun-reform-after-sandy-hook-109005381822
* "Americans are not powerless against gun lobby, recent Colorado history shows:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-are-not-powerless-against-gun-lobby-recent-colorado-history-shows-109005381679
* "Joy Reid calls Lauren Boebert ‘the absolute worst’ for fundraising off mass shootings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-calls-lauren-boebert-the-absolute-worst-for-fundraising-off-mass-shootings-109101637797
* "Biden administration considers flying migrants to states near the Canadian border for processing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/migrant-families-flights-canadian-border/2021/03/19/7885433c-88da-11eb-8a67-f314e5fcf88d_story.html
* "‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-border-surge/2021/03/20/21824e94-8818-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html
* "Border Patrol numbers show another jump in the number of children held for more than 10 days:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/border-patrol-numbers-unaccompanied-children/index.html
* "Biden makes Harris the point person on immigration issues amid border surge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/24/kamala-harris-immigration-border-surge-477810
* "Border agents may now release migrants without court date, says document:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/amid-surge-border-agents-rio-grande-valley-now-releasing-migrants-n1261720
* "Biden team: Trump officials delayed action on child surge at border:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/sitting-their-hands-biden-transition-officials-say-trump-officials-delayed-n1261934
* "'Sitting on their hands': Trump officials didn't increase capacity for child migrants despite warnings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-sitting-on-their-hands-trump-officials-didn-t-increase-capacity-for-child-migrants-despite-warnings-109048389606
* "ICE securing hotel rooms to hold growing number of migrant families:" https://www.axios.com/ice-hotel-rooms-border-migrant-families-7682092b-952c-428e-ae3b-f8b2d4072c0a.html
* "Biden says uptick in border detentions follows seasonal pattern:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-uptick-in-border-detentions-follows-seasonal-pattern-109101637740
* "10 months after George Floyd’s death: What’s changed—and what hasn’t in Minneapolis :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/10-months-after-george-floyd-s-death-what-s-changed-and-what-hasn-t-in-minneapolis-109170245720
* "Virginia, with 2nd-most executions, outlaws death penalty:" https://apnews.com/article/virginia-to-end-death-penalty-ralph-northam-0a5b51f2e4458a0600bce6b75e6389bd
* "Rep. Mark Takano on How to Fight Back Against Anti-Asian Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/19/rep-mark-takano-how-fight-back-against-anti-asian-racism
* "Survey: Asian Americans less likely to report hate crimes, fear they may be attacked again:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/survey-asian-americans-less-likely-to-report-hate-crimes-fear-they-may-be-attacked-again-109163589545
* "Margaret Cho Feels like a 'Target' After Rise in Anti-Asian Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/3/26/margaret-cho-feels-target-after-rise-anti-asian-violence
* CW: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic Violence. "It Somehow Gets Worse: Marilyn Manson Story Pt. 2:"
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* "Andrew Cuomo's Multiple Catastrophic Scandals?:"
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* CW: Domestic Violence. "Domestic violence: Turkey pulls out of Istanbul convention:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56467689
* CW: Pedophilia. "Child abuse: Warning of siblings being groomed online:" https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56337505
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "My boss offered me money to film a sex tape with two coworkers:" https://www.askamanager.org/2021/03/my-boss-offered-me-money-to-film-a-sex-tape-with-two-coworkers.html
* "Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a bill that would let biological fathers petition to stop abortions:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/tennessee-anti-abortion-bill-trnd/index.html
* "Bisexual guy 'living to survive' after being outed and made homeless by his mum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/coming-out-bisexual-anthony-london-biphobia-homophobia-family-homelessness-beam/
* "Ghanaian MPs form 'Believers Against LGBT+' alliance ahead of draconian bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/23/ghana-mps-believers-against-lgbtqi-criminalise-african-equality-centre/
* "Pathetic homophobe leaves 'God's wrath will fall on you' note on gay couple's car:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/23/gay-couples-homophobic-note-adam-eve-steve-newcastle-county-down-belfast/
* "Trans People Four Times as Likely to Face Violent Crime as Cis:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/trans-people-four-times-likely-face-violent-crime-cis
* "Republicans think transphobia will help them rebuild after Trump:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/republican-party-donald-trump-rebuild-trans-atheletes-sport-school/
* "50 Years a Scapegoat: LGBTQ+ Community Once Again in GOP Crosshairs:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/19/50-years-scapegoat-lgbtq-community-once-again-gop-crosshairs
* "Republican lawmaker apologises for calling LGBT+ people 'deviants':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/dick-marston-republican-lgbt-deviant-panic-defence/
* "Antigay Florida Activist: Same-Sex Marriage Like Marrying a Volkswagen:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/19/antigay-florida-activist-same-sex-marriage-marrying-volkswagen
* "Arkansas Governor Signs Anti-Transgender Sports Bill Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/25/arkansas-governor-signs-anti-transgender-sports-bill-law
* "Trans Woman Killed by L.A. Motorist Was Fleeing Attackers, Family Says:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/22/trans-woman-killed-la-motorist-was-fleeing-attackers-family-says
* "Masterpiece Cakeshop Once Again in Court for Alleged Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2021/3/26/masterpiece-cakeshop-once-again-court-alleged-anti-lgbtq-bias
* "Megan Rapinoe Stands Up for Equal Pay and Trans Athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/3/26/megan-rapinoe-stands-equal-pay-and-trans-athletes
* "A Trans Man Steps Into The Ring – And Wins His Debut As A Professional Boxer:" https://www.npr.org/2018/12/13/676586360/a-trans-man-steps-into-the-ring-and-wins
* "HIV Spike in West Virginia Linked to Canceled Needle Exchange:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/3/22/hiv-spike-west-virginia-linked-canceled-needle-exchange
* "Sadiq Khan vows to make London ‘the first city to end new HIV transmissions’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/25/sadiq-khan-hiv-transmission-2030-mayor-of-london-lgbt/
* "Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/16/973684753/sharp-off-the-charts-rise-in-alcoholic-liver-disease-among-young-women
* "Pre-embryos made in lab could spur research, ethics debates:" https://apnews.com/article/pre-embroys-lab-made-could-spur-research-ethics-debate-f4f2f6e6b6a247524e1799d00d9c6ece
* "Making honey without bees and milk without cows:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56154143
* "Why do flamingos stand on one leg?:" https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-do-flamingos-stand-on-one-leg/
* "A forgotten Cold War experiment has revealed its icy secret. It’s bad news for the planet.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/15/greenland-ice-sheet-more-vulnerable/
* "Why people are locking themselves to pipeline equipment in Minnesota:" https://heated.world/p/why-people-are-locking-themselves
* "Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move:" https://www.wired.com/story/why-covering-canals-with-solar-panels-is-a-power-move/
* "The Baddest Man in Town:" https://theamericanscholar.org/the-baddest-man-in-town/
* "The Americans Who Knitted Their Own Safety Net:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/americans-who-knitted-their-own-safety-net/618377/
* "The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/magazine/laos-agent-orange-vietnam-war.html
* "Michelle Obama - Post-White House Life and New Projects:" https://www.cc.com/video/lmdsnp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-michelle-obama-post-white-house-life-and-new-projects
* "Baby bottle craze sweeps Gulf Arab states, sparks backlash:" https://apnews.com/article/baby-bottle-craze-sweeps-gulf-arab-states-48c4e143a0902806fab560ab6dbe15fd
* "The Black Nerds Redefining the Culture:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/t-magazine/black-nerds-culture.html?referringSource=articleShare
* "The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make
* "I Found A 1613 Polish Guide To Surviving A Plague And It's Terrible:"
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* "Medicine has always been sexist // The History of Hysteria:"
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* I forget which of you recommended this, but that you very much. "Dressing the Other; Babylon 5 and Worldbuilding Through Costume:"
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* I literally fort this movie existed it was so bland. "The Predator:"
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* "Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E
* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - History of the Filibuster:" https://www.cc.com/video/qoj9wx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-history-of-the-filibuster
* "Atlanta Mass Shooting:" https://www.cc.com/video/afmb17/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-atlanta-mass-shooting
* "Biden Feuds with Putin & Mexico Border Crossings Surge:" https://www.cc.com/video/vwsa72/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-biden-feuds-with-putin-mexico-border-crossings-surge
* "NCAA Gender Disparities:" https://www.cc.com/video/tsjba8/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ncaa-gender-disparities
* "Spring Break Chaos in Miami Beach & Biden's Stair Stumble:" https://www.cc.com/video/6xndsr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-spring-break-chaos-in-miami-beach-biden-s-stair-stumble
* "Cab Calloway - Stack O' Lee Blues:"
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* "Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah":"
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* What happened to me this week? I continue to struggle with the arm thing and have only just started to make headway. On top of that, I came down with a virus (non-covid). Fever, Piercing headache, nausea, sinus stuff, dizziness, mild wet cough. My breathing is within normal range and I definitely have a sense of smell. It's just one of the things I get multiple times a year. I needed a lot of sleep/lying down, but the fever was almost gone as of Friday afternoon, which is good because i need to be healthy enough to inoculate Monday.
Bonus? Stimulus came just in time for me to move money around so I could have it all sorted for Monday. Rupert's replacement is on order, thought it will take him a while to get here. Live posting/aggregate will stop by Monday 9AM Pacific for a day or two.
* Saturday, the fever was entirely gone, but the pain rendered my right arm nearly unusable and my left not great. I used the strongest medication I have which was just enough for me to feed myself and beasts, but the pain level remains stunning.
To my surprise, Aidan laptop is here, I started getting him up to speed. I'm going to finish winding down Rupert when things are less nightmarish physically.
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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.
* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost
* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/
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* "Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56505413?xtor
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* "Comparing three Covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, J&J:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/02/comparing-the-covid-19-vaccines-developed-by-pfizer-moderna-and-johnson-johnson/
* "Fauci: AstraZeneca needs to 'straighten out' vaccine data:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/23/fauci-astrazeneca-vaccine-data-477618
* "The Johnson & Johnson Shot Was My Ticket Out of Hell:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/opinion/johnson-covid-vaccine.html
* "Why are more young people getting sick with Covid-19 in Brazil?:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/24/americas/brazil-youth-covid-19-intl-latam/index.html
* "Brazil Is Looking Like The Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/23/980391847/brazil-is-looking-like-the-worst-place-on-earth-for-covid-19
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/26/21 are 30,130,000. The official death toll is 548,000. Fully Vaccinated: 13.8%.
* "U.S. sets new vaccine record with 3.4 million doses administered in one day:" https://www.axios.com/vaccine-daily-record-0da0a2d5-e494-4413-af4f-9babea418cbc.html
* "CDC director warns of possible Covid surge as U.S. cases increase by 7%:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/cdc-director-warns-of-possible-covid-surge-as-us-cases-increase-by-7percent.html
* "Biden doubles vaccine goal for first 100 days:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/biden-doubles-vaccine-goal-478006
* "Johnson & Johnson to deliver 11 million vaccine doses next week, Biden administration says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/johnson-johnson-deliver-11-million-vaccine-doses-next-week-biden-n1262166
* "Vaccine mystery: Why J&J’s shots aren’t reaching more arms:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/29/vaccine-mystery-why-j-js-shots-arent-reaching-more-arms-477292
* "Biden administration not confident Johnson & Johnson will meet 20 million goal by end of month:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/biden-concerns-jj-covid-19-vaccine-supply-delays/index.html
* "White House announces $10B vaccine access effort aimed at hard-hit communities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-announces-10-billion-vaccine-access-effort-aimed-hard-n1262014
* "CDC director: U.S. could undergo an "avoidable surge" of COVID-19 if guidelines aren't followed:" https://www.axios.com/covid-19-surge-cdc-director-mitigation-variants-2fd889a5-4244-493e-b80f-c15ea59585c1.html
* "First case of worrisome variant identified in Bay Area county:" https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Brazil-variant-COVID-Santa-Clara-California-16055582.php
* "Teachers union "not convinced" social distancing can safely be cut to 3 feet:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-social-distancing-3-feet-teachers-not-convinced/
* "Equitable vaccine distribution a priority for Boston's first Black woman mayor:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/equitable-vaccine-distribution-a-priority-for-boston-s-first-black-woman-mayor-109054021671
* Finally! "FEMA to reimburse families for last year's COVID-related funeral expenses:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-reimburse-families-years-covid-related-funeral-expenses/story?id=76658708
* "Andrew Cuomo’s family members were given special access to covid testing, according to people familiar with the arrangement:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/andrew-cuomo-family-covid-testing/2021/03/24/e8f6f4a8-8cb8-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.html
* "U.S. COVID response could have avoided hundreds of thousands of deaths: research:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy-idUSKBN2BH1DK
* "Study: Trump likely cost the U.S. 400k excess Covid deaths:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/study-trump-likely-cost-the-u-s-400k-excess-covid-deaths-109107269611
* "Trump's Mar-a-Lago partially closed due to COVID outbreak:" https://apnews.com/article/mar-a-lago-partially-closed-covid-19-outbreak-32a7a9694c1f738eef6af6d3fc6e5aa1
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* Republicans are winning their war on democracy. "US sinks to new low in rankings of world's democracies:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/us-world-democracy-rankings-freedom-house-new-low
* "Racist scandal lurks in background of Cornyn obstruction of Gupta nomination to DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-scandal-lurks-in-background-of-cornyn-obstruction-of-gupta-nomination-to-doj-109058117615
* "Dr. Rachel Levine Confirmed to HHS Post, Makes Transgender History:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/24/dr-rachel-levine-confirmed-hhs-post-makes-transgender-history
* "Students who got partial loan relief to see full discharge:" https://apnews.com/article/defrauded-students-by-colleges-get-full-loan-discharge-48cd6484d7f1134bc3bf9afe2ff364ab
* "White House nixed Deb Haaland's Southwest-themed party over Covid concerns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/white-house-deb-haaland-southwest-party-478154
* "Jobless claims fall to lowest level of the pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/jobless-claims-work-unemployment/
* "House Democrats demand answers on slow $1,400 checks:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544429-house-democrats-demand-answers-on-slow-1400-checks?rl=1
* "Biden announces second extension of Obamacare enrollment window:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-announces-second-extension-obamacare-enrollment-window-n1261877
* "Missouri Republicans block funds for voter-approved Medicaid expansion:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article250170945.html
* "White House considers splitting $3 trillion recovery plan into two bills:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/22/biden-infrastructure-plan-white-house-considers-3-trillion-in-spending.html
* "White House prepares massive infrastructure bill with universal pre-K, free community college, climate measures:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/22/infrastructure-biden-drug-reform/
* "Major U.S. upgrades seen in look ahead at infrastructure bill; likely pricey but popular :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/major-u-s-upgrades-seen-in-look-ahead-at-infrastructure-bill-likely-pricey-but-popular-108952645728
* "Senate overwhelmingly votes to extend small business rescue:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/paycheck-protection-program-extension-478025
* "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration’s covid farm relief went to Black farmers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/vilsack-interview-usda-rescue-plan/
* "In 2020 the ultra-rich got richer. Now they're bracing for the backlash:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wealth-billionaires-outlook-insight/in-2020-the-ultra-rich-got-richer-now-theyre-bracing-for-the-backlash-idUSKBN2BH0J7
* "Amazon's denial of workers urinating in bottles puts the pee in PR fiasco:" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/25/amazon-bottles-pee-tweet-warehouse-workers
* "New Coalition Promotes Passage of Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/23/new-coalition-promotes-passage-equality-act
* "The Dark Money “Ring” of Charles Koch and Leonard Leo Gets an Airing Before the U.S. Senate:" https://wallstreetonparade.com/2021/03/the-dark-money-ring-of-charles-koch-and-leonard-leo-gets-an-airing-before-the-u-s-senate-followed-by-a-mainstream-media-news-blackout/
* "Democrats, Republicans clash over D.C. statehood effort:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/d-c-statehood-moves-front-center-house-hearing-n1261713
The Republican argument is that the Constitution requires that a state have Car Dealerships, an airport, and coal mines. They have not produced that particular clause of the constitution nor any evidence that 18th Century people knew what a car dealership or airport was.
* "Republicans struggle to counter clear case for D.C. statehood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-struggle-to-counter-clear-case-for-d-c-statehood-108951109695
* "D.C. mayor says GOP arguments against statehood are 'stupid':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mayor-bowser-makes-the-case-for-d-c-statehood-108990533797
* "'Tool of the white supremacist South:' Hayes on racist history of filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-tool-of-the-white-supremacist-south-hayes-on-racist-history-of-filibuster-109047877997
* "Feingold: Voting rights more foundational to democracy than filibuster ever was:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/feingold-voting-rights-more-foundational-to-democracy-than-filibuster-ever-was-109105733837
* "Manchin pushes Dems for voting rights compromise amid talk of killing filibuster:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/manchin-voting-rights-compromise-477976
* "‘Do you care more about the filibuster or democracy protection?’: Eric Holder makes the case for HR 1:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-do-you-care-more-about-the-filibuster-or-democracy-protection-eric-holder-makes-the-case-for-hr-1-109046853601
* Have something you want to tell Manchin and Sinima? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* "Biden decries GOP's 'un-American' onslaught on voting laws:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/biden-gop-voting-laws-478001
* "Democrats' plan for voting rights bill includes forcing GOP to 'talk' their filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-plan-for-voting-rights-bill-includes-forcing-gop-to-talk-their-filibuster-109059141541
* "Only Congress can save U.S. democracy from Republican attack: voting rights attorney:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/only-congress-can-save-u-s-democracy-from-republican-attack-voting-rights-attorney-109115461729
* "Malcolm Nance: Ron Johnson is ‘the executor of Donald Trump's big lie’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/malcolm-nance-ron-johnson-is-the-executor-of-donald-trump-s-big-lie-108942917678
* On March 25 2021, Democracy ended in Georgia.
* "Georgia Republicans speed sweeping elections bill restricting voting access into law:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/politics/georgia-state-house-voting-bill-passage/index.html
* "'Outrageous': Biden condemns new Georgia law as a 'blatant attack' on voting rights:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-excoriate-new-voting-restrictions-georgia-make-it-illegal-give-n1262181
* "Georgia Republicans concentrate control over how elections are run:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/georgia-republicans-concentrate-control-over-how-elections-are-run-109114949587
* "Georgia GOP gives itself the power Trump wanted: to overturn elections they don't like:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/georgia-gop-gives-itself-the-power-trump-wanted-to-overturn-elections-they-don-t-like-109113925788
* "Republicans indifferent to unpopularity of new voter suppression agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-indifferent-to-unpopularity-of-new-voter-suppression-agenda-109114437693
* "Georgia turns Trump’s Big Lie into law :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-turns-trump-s-big-lie-into-law-109105221568
* "Georgia governor offended that racist anti-voter law is being called racist:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-governor-offended-that-racist-anti-voter-law-is-being-called-racist-109167685914
* "‘Destructive to a functional democracy’: Georgia passes vast restrictive voting law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-destructive-to-a-functional-democracy-georgia-passes-vast-restrictive-voting-law-109101125851
* "Joy Reid on new voting restrictions in Georgia: Republicans want to make it torture for you to vote:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-new-voting-restrictions-in-georgia-republicans-want-to-make-it-torture-for-you-to-vote-in-line-109103685650
* "Joy Reid on Georgia voting restrictions: It doesn’t get much clearer who this law benefits and hurts:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-georgia-voting-restrictions-it-doesn-t-get-much-clearer-who-this-law-benefits-and-hurts-109159493756
* "Cory Booker calls new voting restrictions in Georgia ‘a step towards authoritarianism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cory-booker-calls-new-voting-restrictions-in-georgia-a-step-towards-authoritarianism-109157957970
* "Black Queer Lawmaker Arrested in Georgia Vows to Fight On:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/26/black-queer-lawmaker-arrested-georgia-vows-fight
* "Boston's first Black woman mayor draws insight from racist chapter in city's history:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/boston-s-first-black-woman-mayor-draws-insight-from-racist-chapter-in-city-s-history-109052997695
* "Trump backs opponent of Georgia election official who wouldn't 'find the votes':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-backs-opponent-of-georgia-election-official-who-wouldn-t-find-the-votes-108945989802
* "How one man stood up to Trump and saved democracy for Michigan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-one-man-stood-up-to-trump-and-saved-democracy-for-michigan-109113413589
* "Postmaster General announces 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/louis-dejoy-postal-service-changes-ten-year-plan/index.html
* "Democrats introduce ‘DeJoy Act’ in opening salvo against USPS leader’s mail-slowing plan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/26/usps-dejoy-act/
* "Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said. Some may finally be released in coming months.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-stymied-oversight/2021/03/22/0d3d6d8c-828d-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html
* "Betsy DeVos made at least $225 million while education secretary:" https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/betsy-devos-made-at-least-225-million-while-education-secretary/
* "Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-media-lawsuits-elections-912eea8e168f95d51dec02da78ac2760
* "Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/sidney-powell-dominion-lawsuit-election-fraud/index.html
* "After spreading false election fraud claims, Powell claims ‘reasonable people’ wouldn’t believe her:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/after-spreading-false-election-fraud-claims-powell-claims-reasonable-people-wouldn-t-believe-her-108990021553
* "Ex-Trump lawyer admits Big Lie was lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ex-trump-lawyer-admits-big-lie-was-lie-108996165510
* "Sidney Powell's Ridiculous Defense (She Lied the Whole Time?):"
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* "Trump and Don Jr. Lawyer Up for Eric Swalwell’s Jan. 6 Riot Lawsuit:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-donald-trump-jr-hire-attorney-jesse-binnall-to-fight-eric-swalwells-jan-6-riot-lawsuit
* "Justice Dept. prepares to engage in plea talks with many Capitol riot defendants:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-investigation-plea-deals/2021/03/19/161221bc-88ca-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html
* A Barr appointee decided to taint the Jan. 6th Coup Attempt prosecution."Former top prosecutor in Capitol riot case faces internal review after ‘60 Minutes’ interview:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-sherwin-60-minutes-capitol-riot/2021/03/23/ebdbc992-8bf9-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html
* "Shocking new video of moment Officer Sicknick was attacked at Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/shocking-new-video-of-moment-officer-sicknick-was-attacked-at-capitol-riot-109049925958
* "'Zero threat': Trump, GOP, right-wing media downplay horror of Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-zero-threat-trump-gop-right-wing-media-downplay-horror-of-capitol-riot-109170245608
* "New evidence suggests ‘alliance’ between Oath Keepers, Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/24/oath-keepers-proud-boys-alliance-capitol-riot-477741
* "Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump rally before Jan. 6 insurrection:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-trump-insurrection/
* "The Colorado attack is the 7th mass shooting in 7 days in the US:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/7-mass-shootings-7-days-trnd/index.html
* "Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting:" https://apnews.com/article/colorado-supermarket-shooting-10-dead-3da92f0d3db65afdb373cc6bb534a711
* "Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/23/2020-shootings/
* "Biden Urges Immediate Action From Senate On Gun Bills After Colorado Shooting:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980342734/biden-urges-immediate-action-from-senate-on-gun-bills-after-colorado-shooting
* "‘An unbearable normal’: Chris Hayes on mass shootings in the U.S. :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-an-unbearable-normal-chris-hayes-on-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-108995141637
* "Pennsylvania AG calls for ‘doing away with the filibuster’ to pass gun control:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/pennsylvania-ag-calls-for-doing-away-with-the-filibuster-to-pass-gun-control-108988997594
* "GOP reps strongly oppose gun control, despite most Americans supporting stricter laws:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/polls-show-widespread-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-109044293924
* "Manchin again in the way of broadly popular gun reforms after another deadly mass shooting:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manchin-again-in-the-way-of-broadly-popular-gun-reforms-after-another-deadly-mass-shooting-109006405707
* "How Joe Manchin and a broken senate squandered U.S. will for gun reform after Sandy Hook :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-joe-manchin-and-a-broken-senate-squandered-u-s-will-for-gun-reform-after-sandy-hook-109005381822
* "Americans are not powerless against gun lobby, recent Colorado history shows:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-are-not-powerless-against-gun-lobby-recent-colorado-history-shows-109005381679
* "Joy Reid calls Lauren Boebert ‘the absolute worst’ for fundraising off mass shootings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-calls-lauren-boebert-the-absolute-worst-for-fundraising-off-mass-shootings-109101637797
* "Biden administration considers flying migrants to states near the Canadian border for processing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/migrant-families-flights-canadian-border/2021/03/19/7885433c-88da-11eb-8a67-f314e5fcf88d_story.html
* "‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-border-surge/2021/03/20/21824e94-8818-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html
* "Border Patrol numbers show another jump in the number of children held for more than 10 days:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/border-patrol-numbers-unaccompanied-children/index.html
* "Biden makes Harris the point person on immigration issues amid border surge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/24/kamala-harris-immigration-border-surge-477810
* "Border agents may now release migrants without court date, says document:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/amid-surge-border-agents-rio-grande-valley-now-releasing-migrants-n1261720
* "Biden team: Trump officials delayed action on child surge at border:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/sitting-their-hands-biden-transition-officials-say-trump-officials-delayed-n1261934
* "'Sitting on their hands': Trump officials didn't increase capacity for child migrants despite warnings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-sitting-on-their-hands-trump-officials-didn-t-increase-capacity-for-child-migrants-despite-warnings-109048389606
* "ICE securing hotel rooms to hold growing number of migrant families:" https://www.axios.com/ice-hotel-rooms-border-migrant-families-7682092b-952c-428e-ae3b-f8b2d4072c0a.html
* "Biden says uptick in border detentions follows seasonal pattern:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-uptick-in-border-detentions-follows-seasonal-pattern-109101637740
* "10 months after George Floyd’s death: What’s changed—and what hasn’t in Minneapolis :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/10-months-after-george-floyd-s-death-what-s-changed-and-what-hasn-t-in-minneapolis-109170245720
* "Virginia, with 2nd-most executions, outlaws death penalty:" https://apnews.com/article/virginia-to-end-death-penalty-ralph-northam-0a5b51f2e4458a0600bce6b75e6389bd
* "Rep. Mark Takano on How to Fight Back Against Anti-Asian Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/19/rep-mark-takano-how-fight-back-against-anti-asian-racism
* "Survey: Asian Americans less likely to report hate crimes, fear they may be attacked again:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/survey-asian-americans-less-likely-to-report-hate-crimes-fear-they-may-be-attacked-again-109163589545
* "Margaret Cho Feels like a 'Target' After Rise in Anti-Asian Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/3/26/margaret-cho-feels-target-after-rise-anti-asian-violence
* CW: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic Violence. "It Somehow Gets Worse: Marilyn Manson Story Pt. 2:"
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* "Andrew Cuomo's Multiple Catastrophic Scandals?:"
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* CW: Domestic Violence. "Domestic violence: Turkey pulls out of Istanbul convention:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56467689
* CW: Pedophilia. "Child abuse: Warning of siblings being groomed online:" https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56337505
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "My boss offered me money to film a sex tape with two coworkers:" https://www.askamanager.org/2021/03/my-boss-offered-me-money-to-film-a-sex-tape-with-two-coworkers.html
* "Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a bill that would let biological fathers petition to stop abortions:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/tennessee-anti-abortion-bill-trnd/index.html
* "Bisexual guy 'living to survive' after being outed and made homeless by his mum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/coming-out-bisexual-anthony-london-biphobia-homophobia-family-homelessness-beam/
* "Ghanaian MPs form 'Believers Against LGBT+' alliance ahead of draconian bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/23/ghana-mps-believers-against-lgbtqi-criminalise-african-equality-centre/
* "Pathetic homophobe leaves 'God's wrath will fall on you' note on gay couple's car:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/23/gay-couples-homophobic-note-adam-eve-steve-newcastle-county-down-belfast/
* "Trans People Four Times as Likely to Face Violent Crime as Cis:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/trans-people-four-times-likely-face-violent-crime-cis
* "Republicans think transphobia will help them rebuild after Trump:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/republican-party-donald-trump-rebuild-trans-atheletes-sport-school/
* "50 Years a Scapegoat: LGBTQ+ Community Once Again in GOP Crosshairs:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/19/50-years-scapegoat-lgbtq-community-once-again-gop-crosshairs
* "Republican lawmaker apologises for calling LGBT+ people 'deviants':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/21/dick-marston-republican-lgbt-deviant-panic-defence/
* "Antigay Florida Activist: Same-Sex Marriage Like Marrying a Volkswagen:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/19/antigay-florida-activist-same-sex-marriage-marrying-volkswagen
* "Arkansas Governor Signs Anti-Transgender Sports Bill Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/25/arkansas-governor-signs-anti-transgender-sports-bill-law
* "Trans Woman Killed by L.A. Motorist Was Fleeing Attackers, Family Says:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/22/trans-woman-killed-la-motorist-was-fleeing-attackers-family-says
* "Masterpiece Cakeshop Once Again in Court for Alleged Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2021/3/26/masterpiece-cakeshop-once-again-court-alleged-anti-lgbtq-bias
* "Megan Rapinoe Stands Up for Equal Pay and Trans Athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/3/26/megan-rapinoe-stands-equal-pay-and-trans-athletes
* "A Trans Man Steps Into The Ring – And Wins His Debut As A Professional Boxer:" https://www.npr.org/2018/12/13/676586360/a-trans-man-steps-into-the-ring-and-wins
* "HIV Spike in West Virginia Linked to Canceled Needle Exchange:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/3/22/hiv-spike-west-virginia-linked-canceled-needle-exchange
* "Sadiq Khan vows to make London ‘the first city to end new HIV transmissions’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/25/sadiq-khan-hiv-transmission-2030-mayor-of-london-lgbt/
* "Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/16/973684753/sharp-off-the-charts-rise-in-alcoholic-liver-disease-among-young-women
* "Pre-embryos made in lab could spur research, ethics debates:" https://apnews.com/article/pre-embroys-lab-made-could-spur-research-ethics-debate-f4f2f6e6b6a247524e1799d00d9c6ece
* "Making honey without bees and milk without cows:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56154143
* "Why do flamingos stand on one leg?:" https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-do-flamingos-stand-on-one-leg/
* "A forgotten Cold War experiment has revealed its icy secret. It’s bad news for the planet.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/15/greenland-ice-sheet-more-vulnerable/
* "Why people are locking themselves to pipeline equipment in Minnesota:" https://heated.world/p/why-people-are-locking-themselves
* "Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move:" https://www.wired.com/story/why-covering-canals-with-solar-panels-is-a-power-move/
* "The Baddest Man in Town:" https://theamericanscholar.org/the-baddest-man-in-town/
* "The Americans Who Knitted Their Own Safety Net:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/americans-who-knitted-their-own-safety-net/618377/
* "The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/magazine/laos-agent-orange-vietnam-war.html
* "Michelle Obama - Post-White House Life and New Projects:" https://www.cc.com/video/lmdsnp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-michelle-obama-post-white-house-life-and-new-projects
* "Baby bottle craze sweeps Gulf Arab states, sparks backlash:" https://apnews.com/article/baby-bottle-craze-sweeps-gulf-arab-states-48c4e143a0902806fab560ab6dbe15fd
* "The Black Nerds Redefining the Culture:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/t-magazine/black-nerds-culture.html?referringSource=articleShare
* "The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make
* "I Found A 1613 Polish Guide To Surviving A Plague And It's Terrible:"
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* "Medicine has always been sexist // The History of Hysteria:"
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* I forget which of you recommended this, but that you very much. "Dressing the Other; Babylon 5 and Worldbuilding Through Costume:"
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* I literally fort this movie existed it was so bland. "The Predator:"
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* "Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E
* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - History of the Filibuster:" https://www.cc.com/video/qoj9wx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-history-of-the-filibuster
* "Atlanta Mass Shooting:" https://www.cc.com/video/afmb17/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-atlanta-mass-shooting
* "Biden Feuds with Putin & Mexico Border Crossings Surge:" https://www.cc.com/video/vwsa72/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-biden-feuds-with-putin-mexico-border-crossings-surge
* "NCAA Gender Disparities:" https://www.cc.com/video/tsjba8/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ncaa-gender-disparities
* "Spring Break Chaos in Miami Beach & Biden's Stair Stumble:" https://www.cc.com/video/6xndsr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-spring-break-chaos-in-miami-beach-biden-s-stair-stumble
* "Cab Calloway - Stack O' Lee Blues:"
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* "Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah":"
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* What happened to me this week? I continue to struggle with the arm thing and have only just started to make headway. On top of that, I came down with a virus (non-covid). Fever, Piercing headache, nausea, sinus stuff, dizziness, mild wet cough. My breathing is within normal range and I definitely have a sense of smell. It's just one of the things I get multiple times a year. I needed a lot of sleep/lying down, but the fever was almost gone as of Friday afternoon, which is good because i need to be healthy enough to inoculate Monday.
Bonus? Stimulus came just in time for me to move money around so I could have it all sorted for Monday. Rupert's replacement is on order, thought it will take him a while to get here. Live posting/aggregate will stop by Monday 9AM Pacific for a day or two.
* Saturday, the fever was entirely gone, but the pain rendered my right arm nearly unusable and my left not great. I used the strongest medication I have which was just enough for me to feed myself and beasts, but the pain level remains stunning.
To my surprise, Aidan laptop is here, I started getting him up to speed. I'm going to finish winding down Rupert when things are less nightmarish physically.
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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.
* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost
* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/
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