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[gwydion]

* "Why These Australia Fires Are Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/australia/fires-size-climate.html

* "New Lebanon government ends months of deadlock:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51189782

* "Chinese cities cancel New Year celebrations, travel ban widens in effort to stop coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-china-wuhan-latest/2020/01/23/2dc947a8-3d45-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html

* "Appetite for 'warm meat' drives risk of disease in Hong Kong and China:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/23/appetite-for-warm-meat-drives-risk-of-disease-in-hong-kong-and-china

* "Iraq Protests Morph Amid Iran-US Crisis:" https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/iraq-protests-morph-amid-iran-us-crisis

* "Trump Dismisses Troops’ Possible Brain Injuries as ‘Headaches’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/middleeast/trump-iraq-brain-injuries.html

* "A Law Required The US’s Top Intelligence Official To Turn Over A Report On Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing. He Blew The Deadline.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/jamal-khashoggi-report-odni

* "Trump’s Doral Resort Spikes Its Room Rates Ahead Of His RNC Visit:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-doral-room-rates_n_5e285b24c5b6779e9c2b6521

* "Trump Fumigated Mar-a-Lago After HIV+ Roy Cohn Visited, Book Claims:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/1/21/trump-fumigated-mar-lago-after-hiv-roy-cohn-visited-book-claims

* "Impeachment managers dissect abuse of power charge in making case against Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/politics/senate-impeachment-trial-day-3/index.html

* "Three female impeachment managers say public will see trial as 'rigged' if Trump acquitted:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/three-women-impeachment-managers-say-public-will-see-trial-rigged-n1121271

* "Trump says 'with me, there's no lying' -- and makes 14 false claims about impeachment and Ukraine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/politics/fact-check-trump-false-impeachment-wednesday/index.html

* "Hayes: 'The fundamental crime here is not against the Ukrainians... the injury is to the US':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-the-fundamental-crime-here-is-not-against-the-ukrainians-the-injury-is-to-the-us-77429317588

* "Democrats say White House improperly classifying piece of impeachment evidence:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/23/mike-pence-impeachment-evidence-102756

* "Mick Mulvaney becomes top Democratic impeachment target:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/23/mick-mulvaney-trump-impeachment-102758

* "Greta Thunberg clashes with US treasury secretary in Davos:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/23/greta-thunberg-told-to-study-economics-by-us-treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin

These grown ass men with tons of power keep trying to bully a teenager, but it just shows each time how much brighter, better informed, and cool she is than the adults attacking her. I call it bullying attempts because it’s always attacking her personally, not giving substantive evidence based logical attacks on her positions. She keeps pwning them.

* "Pole dancers up in arms after Pete Buttigieg pulls out of gay club fundraiser at last minute:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/pete-buttigieg-cancels-gay-nightclub-fundraiser-dancers-pole-sex-work/

* "Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton over 'Russian asset' smear:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/22/tulsi-gabbard-sues-hillary-clinton-over-russian-asset-smear-102074

* "Lesbian environmentalist runs for congress in the home state of Mike Pence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/mike-pence-indiana-lesbian-congress-climate-crisis-equality-act-sabrina-haake/

* "U.S. to impose visa restrictions for pregnant women:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/u-s-impose-visas-restrictions-pregnant-women-n1120706

"Regulating tourist visas for pregnant women is one way to get at the issue, but it raises questions about how officers would determine whether a woman is pregnant to begin with, and whether a woman could get turned away by border officers who suspect she may be just by looking at her."

* "Family of gay, Black teen who was shot to death say police are too biased to investigate possible hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/gay-black-teenager-shot-dead-louisiana-police-biased-fbi-jaquarius-taylor/

* TW: Rape. "Weinstein Trial Begins With Vivid Descriptions of Several Sexual Attacks:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-trial.html

* "Trump to attend anti-abortion March for Life in a presidential first:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/politics/trump-march-for-life/index.html

* Fuckssake! "DeVos compares abortion rights debate to slavery:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/23/devos-compares-abortion-rights-debate-to-slavery-102895

* "Laurence Fox – the white man who thinks racism is ‘boring’ – is now deliberately misgendering a fictional trans woman:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/laurence-fox-question-time-racism-twitter-jarvis-dupont-trans-misgender-parody/

* "Church of England emphatically declares that sex is only for married, heterosexual couples:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/church-of-england-heterosexual-couples-sex-civil-partnership-gay-marriage/

* TW: Torture, Suicide. "This is how you can help a twice-tortured gay Christian from Iran who’s facing deportation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/gay-christian-iran-deportation-uk-home-office-tortured-twice/

* "Possible Tory leadership candidate swiftly condemned for claiming being LGBT is a ‘choice’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/leadership-candidate-tory-conservative-canada-lgbt-choice-richard-decarie-stephen-harper-peter-mackay/

* "LGB Alliance founder says there shouldn’t be LGBT clubs in schools because of ‘predatory gay teachers’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/lgb-alliance-co-founder-malcolm-clark-predatory-gay-teachers-anti-gay/

* "‘Vile’ politician who thinks two women kissing is ‘pornography’ issues grovelling public apology:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/women-kissing-pornography-homophobic-glenn-williams-apology-coventry-andrew-moffat/

* "Mike Pence Appears at Church of Pastor Who Calls LGBTQ People Demonic:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/1/21/mike-pence-appears-alongside-pastor-who-calls-lgbtq-people-demonic

* "Traumatising conversion therapy for LGBT children has finally been banned in Mormon state Utah:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/22/conversion-therapy-trauma-lgbt-children-ban-mormon-utah-latter-day-saints/

* "Mormon university that bans ‘homosexual behaviour’ allows same-sex dancing for the first time:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/22/mormon-university-homosexual-behaviour-same-sex-dance-brigham-young-dancesport-competition/

* "Sister of anti-trans Republican ‘implores’ him to stop: ‘These families know their children and what is best for them’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/anti-trans-bill-brad-daw-sister-transgender-healthcare-children/

* "Anti-LGBTQ Archbishop Charles Chaput Fired in Philadelphia:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2020/1/23/anti-lgbtq-archbishop-charles-chaput-fired-philadelphia

* "N.J. Bans ‘Gay Panic’ Murder Defense and Not One Legislator Objects:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/1/21/nj-bans-gay-panic-murder-defense-and-not-one-legislator-objects

* "Democrat politicians want to posthumously pardon iconic gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/bayard-rustin-gay-black-civil-rights-activist-pardon-california-sex-offender/

* "Puberty blockers can literally save the lives of transgender teens, new study confirms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/23/puberty-blockers-decrease-suicide-mental-health-problems-transgender-teenagers/

* "Experts Warn Global Antibiotic Resources May Soon Run Dry:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2020/1/23/global-antibiotic-resources-may-soon-be-running-dry

* "'Reservoir Dogs' Bonus Scene w/ Tim Roth & Steve Buscemi:"

Watch on YouTube

* "Iran Explainer with Gissou Nia & Michael Bennet | Full Frontal on TBS:"

Watch on YouTube

* "Coronavirus Scare, Saudi Arabia's Jeff Bezos Hack & Pete Buttigieg's "Please Clap" Moment:"

* "The Magical, Wonderful Road to Impeachment - Trump's Trial Kicks Off with Arguments and Excuses:"

* "United Swing States of America - Arizona's Daylight Saving Time Opt-Out:"

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Refugee Children:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

* Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html