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* "Sri Lanka ringleader 'died in attacks':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48062841

* "Islamist preachers in Sudan call for pro-military rally:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/sudans-military-seeks-to-keep-upper-hand-despite-protests/2019/04/26/c5b8a2a6-67f9-11e9-a698-2a8f808c9cfb_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ee5c44aef250

* "Sudan's military and opposition agree on joint council:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/sudan-military-opposition-agree-joint-council-190428060156681.html

* "They woke up to screams. Outside, a dingo had their toddler.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/20/they-woke-up-screams-outside-dingo-had-their-toddler/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ff9c0187fef2

* "The Taiwanese Populist Advancing China’s Interests:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/taiwanese-populist-han-kuo-yu-china/587146/

* "Billionaire brothers 'arrested in Algeria':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48012265

* "The bees living on Notre Dame's roof survived the fire:" https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/19/europe/notre-dame-bees-fire-intl-scli/index.html

* "Flooding begins after Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique:" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/flooding-begins-after-cyclone-kenneth-hits-mozambique-1.3874122

* "Cyclone 'wipes out' Mozambique villages:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-48081592/cyclone-kenneth-wipes-out-mozambique-villages

* "U.S. to end all waivers on imports of Iranian oil, crude price jumps:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-oil/u-s-to-end-all-waivers-on-iran-oil-imports-crude-price-jumps-idUSKCN1RX0R1

* "Connolly threatens to jail Trump officials who won't comply with subpoenas:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/politics/gerry-connolly-subpoenas-white-house-cnntv/index.html

* "Legal expert says we are already in a constitutional crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-white-house-refusing-to-comply-with-house-investigations-1509236291770

* "Congress could jail Sec. Mnuchin if Trump’s taxes aren’t released:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-administration-compared-to-watergate-by-legal-experts-1509330499727

* "Pelosi beats back calls for Trump impeachment:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/22/house-dems-mueller-report-1284600

* If you can not protest Stephen Moore's nomination to the Fed Board to your senators 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/

* "Warren explains her economic plan to give ‘every kid a chance’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/elizabeth-warren-on-her-policy-based-run-for-president-in-2020-1509256259523

* "Carol Moseley Braun hopes Biden and Anita Hill can reconcile:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/joe-biden-faces-tough-questions-on-anita-hill-controversy-1509274691710

* "FBI And IRS Raid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's Home And Offices At City Hall:" https://www.npr.org/2019/04/25/717059571/fbi-raids-baltimore-mayor-catherine-pughs-home-and-offices-at-city-hall

* "Mayor says synagogue shooting with 1 dead and 3 wounded was a 'hate crime':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/27/us/san-diego-synagogue/index.html

* TW: Antisemitism "Suspect's manifesto: Jews deserve hell. I will send them there :" https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Alleged-attackers-manifesto-Jews-deserve-hell-I-will-send-them-there-588036

* "20 Years After Columbine, Schools Have Gotten Safer. But Fears Have Only Grown.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/columbine-anniversary-school-violence-statistics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

"Experts caution that schools should avoid overpreparing for mass shootings and should instead focus on more typical threats to students’ safety. Those include mental health problems, family trauma, severe weather, traffic accidents on or near school grounds and child abductions due to custody disputes.

When it comes to hardening schools, policymakers “are spending money that is not effective,” said Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of health science at Ball State University and an author of a new study that found no evidence that any of the common expenditures on campus security have decreased gun violence.

He warned that the money spent on school security came with opportunity costs: fewer funds for nurses, guidance counselors or academic enrichment, as well as less political pressure on addressing the widespread availability of guns.

“You walk into a school and you are almost in a military zone,” Professor Khubchandani said. “Is that conducive to education?”"

* "Supreme Court to take up cases on gay and transgender rights in the workplace:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/22/supreme-court-to-take-up-cases-on-gay-and-transgender-rights-in-the-workplace-1284791

* "Addiction is a disease. But an opioid executive wants you to think it’s a crime.:" https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/4/10/18304572/addiction-opioid-purdue-pharma-sackler-family

* "Gene Therapy Advances To Better Treat 'Bubble Boy' Disease:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/17/714121698/gene-therapy-advances-to-better-treat-bubble-boy-disease

* "Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/world/europe/finland-hobbyhorse-girls.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

* "Missouri Now Has a Retirement Home for Senior Shelter Dogs:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/581516/senior-shelter-dog-retirement-home-sheps-place

* "Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner: Sigourney Weaver Saves Journalism:"





* "Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner: Balance v. Truth with Snooki and Alex Honnold:"





* "Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner: Racism is Racist with Brandon Victor Dixon :"





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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* 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