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[gwydion]

* "Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/chelsea-manning-sent-to-jail-for-refusing-to-testify-in-wikileaks-case/2019/03/08/ecb9eda8-41b4-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e66563aea7ed

* "Trump is learning on the job:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-is-learning-on-the-job-1454906435529

* "Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/trump-inauguration-money-shell-companies-revealed

* "Trump promised manufacturing jobs would stay but they’re not:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/gm-shutters-major-plant-1-700-jobs-impacted-1455095363634

* "Rep. Waters: ‘We have everything we need to impeach Trump’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-linked-to-17-known-investigations-1455097923522

* "Democrats to probe Trump abuse of power in AT&T-Time Warner deal:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-to-probe-trump-abuse-of-power-in-at-t-time-warner-deal-1454959683513

* "A White House source leaked to House Dems on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's clearances:" https://www.axios.com/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-security-clearance-leak-0a312b92-4a2d-4a70-a7fa-7fb7980d5305.html

* "White House leaks to Congress escalate trouble for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-leaks-to-congress-escalate-trouble-for-trump-1454953027750

* "House Democrats eye Trump business taxes as part of investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-democrats-eye-trump-business-taxes-as-part-of-investigation-1454955587603

* "Bill Shine abruptly resigns as White House communications chief:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-shine-abruptly-resigns-as-white-house-communications-chief/2019/03/08/71d3a8aa-41c2-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d11693537f18

* "Trump allegedly expected media makeover from communications chief:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-white-house-communications-director-bill-shine-exits-why-1455394883914

* "Julian Castro Takes a Swipe at Bernie Sanders Over Reparations:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/2020-democratic-contenders-julian-castro-takes-a-swipe-at-bernie-sanders-over-reparations

* "Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-amazon.html

* "Elizabeth Warren wants to break up big tech:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-break-up-big-tech-1454900291916

* "Biden’s tough talk on 1970s school desegregation plan could get new scrutiny in today’s Democratic Party:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bidens-tough-talk-on-1970s-school-desegregation-plan-could-get-new-scrutiny-in-todays-democratic-party/2019/03/07/9115583e-3eb2-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.856738e91028

* This does a good job of summing up why I hope he's not the nominee. "For long-time politicians, the risk of running is in the replay:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/for-long-time-politicians-the-risk-of-running-is-in-the-replay-1454955587781

* "Biden’s widely known and loved but can he win the nomination?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/joe-biden-criticized-for-past-comments-on-race-crime-1455390787831

* "'Meh': AOC throws 'serious shade' at political moderates:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/-meh-aoc-throws-serious-shade-at-political-moderates-1455370819886

* "Rep. Sewell calls House Bill HR 1 voter protection a ‘no brainer’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/house-democrats-pass-legislation-for-voting-rights-anti-corruption-1455092291720

* "House broadly condemns hate after anti-Semitism dispute:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/house-set-to-vote-on-anti-hate-resolution-thursday/2019/03/07/e5332520-40ee-11e9-85ad-779ef05fd9d8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.97ff5d238177

* "Trump, Netanyahu 'have unleashed horror in the American Jewish community':" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-netanyahu-have-unleashed-horror-in-the-american-jewish-community-1455341124000

* "Carrie Ann Lucas, Disability Rights Activist and Attorney, Dies Following Denial From Insurance Company:" https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/25/carrie-ann-lucas-disability-rights-activist-and-attorney-dies-following-denial-from-insurance-company/

* "ICE Is Detaining 50,000 People, an All-Time High:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-is-detaining-50000-people-a-new-all-time-high

* Now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration. If you can not 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/

* "El Chapo Highlighted Mexican Corruption, but Drug Money Also Lubricates U.S. Border:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/drugs-crossing-border.html

* "The founder of the spa chain where Robert Kraft was busted has mingled with Trump and his allies:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/trump-cindy-yang-robert-kraft-republicans/

* "Donor, Mar-a-Lago member may have offered Trump access to clients:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-access-allegedly-offered-by-former-day-spa-owner-report-1455384131805

* "Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe Is Running For San Antonio City Council:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/03/frankie-gonzales-wolfe-is-running-for.html

* "Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/02/facebook-global-lobbying-campaign-against-data-privacy-laws-investment?CMP=share_btn_tw

* TW: Pedophilia. For the last couple of days I've been watching Leaving Neverland. It's a hard thing to watch, but I think it's really important. On a basic level, I think it helps survivors and their families to be able to tell their truths. I think it's especially important given the death threats and hatred aimed at them in this case. I think it's important because the long form allowed them to really show how the grooming process works. (I was someone who saw the Oprah interview about a year before the first accusations came out and thought, "Oh shit! He's molesting them! Given the neighborhood whee I grew up I am really good at spotting grooming behaviors.) I think parents need to see this to better understand how they can be seduced. It's a gradual thing, and while it's easy to look at the end result and wonder what they were thinking, hearing how it happened makes it both easier to understand and guard against. I think it's important too see the messy and complicated feelings that these men had then and have now as adults about what happened to them. I know this was the hardest part, but I'm glad the men were so clear and explicit about what was done to them, not for any prurient reason, but because I think it's important for the people who tried to poopoo or minimize the damage or who called them liars to look into their faces and hear them talk about it in detail. These terrible things effected their whole families including their eventual wives. It was utterly devastating to them personally. The damage wasn't small, the acts committed over and over for a long stretch of time were utterly inexcusable and disgusting.

I am so damned tired of men like Michael Jackson, Roman Polanski, R. Kelly, Jeffery Epstein, etc. getting away with these terrible crimes because they are rich and famous. I am tired of the endless round of victim blaming and survivors being treated as disposable.

If this documentary can make it so that next time the survivors get support and empathy and the perpetrator is vilified instead of the other way round it, I'm all for showing it. Being a witness is important. Listening to the words of survivors is important. No amount of genius can ever justify these atrocities.

* "Sunday Sweets: IT'S ABOUT TIME:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/3/10/sunday-sweets-its-about-time.html

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not 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/

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html