Two Weeks Behind

[gwydion]

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "WHO officials enroll first patients from Norway and Spain in 'historic' coronavirus drug trial:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/who-officials-enroll-first-patients-from-norway-and-spain-in-historic-coronavirus-drug-trial.html

* "'Sex work must be decriminalised to help women thrown into "hidden crisis" by coronavirus':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/27/sex-work-coronavirus-english-collective-prostitutes-decriminalisation-workers-rights-safety/

* "COVID-19 Has Caused A Shortage Of Face Masks. But They're Surprisingly Hard To Make:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/814929294/covid-19-has-caused-a-shortage-of-face-masks-but-theyre-surprisingly-hard-to-mak

* "Medical fetish store donates entire stock of hospital scrubs to the NHS to help fight coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/28/medical-fetish-store-hospital-scrubs-nhs-coronavirus-pandemic-ppe-covid19-medfet-twitter/

The Twitter thread continued: “In fact, it’s scandalous. Let’s be under no illusions, this is the result of a decade of chronic underfunding and cuts which has left the NHS barely able to cope under normal circumstances, much less when faced with the onslaught of a global pandemic.

“It did not, and should not, have to be this way.”

“So when it’s all over…and the doctors, nurses and other staff have done an amazing job (as they undoubtedly will despite the circumstances), let’s not forget, or forgive, the ones who sent the NHS into this battle with inadequate armour and one hand tied behind its back.”

* "US coronavirus cases top 100,000, doubling in three days:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/us-coronavirus-cases-top-100000-doubling-in-three-days.html

* "Blood from people who recover from coronavirus could provide a treatment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/27/coronavirus-serum-plasma-treatment/

* "Pelosi vows oversight of relief funds, contradicting Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-vows-oversight-of-relief-funds-contradicting-trump-81320005653

* Does 45 not know it's his job to order it, and relying on corporations to be benevolent is terrible fucking idea? "'GM was wasting time': Trump invokes DPA to force GM to make ventilators:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/trump-slams-gm-over-ventilator-production-delays-costs-151885

* "U.S. cities have acute shortages of masks, test kits, ventilators as they face coronavirus threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-mayors-mask-equipment-shortage/2020/03/27/fc2a45a4-701f-11ea-96a0-df4c5d9284af_story.html

* "Trump downplays need for ventilators as New York begs to differ:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/26/trump-ventilators-coronavirus-151311

* "‘I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators’: Trump questions New York’s plea for critical equipment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/27/coronavirus-trump-fox-ventilator/

* "Cuomo calls on Trump to build field hospitals throughout the city:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/27/cuomo-calls-on-trump-to-build-field-hospitals-throughout-the-city-1269371

* Meanwhile, Detroit is planning to let people die because they don't have enough ventilators and 45 won't release the ventilators the Federal Government has because they are expensive and life is cheap. It's easier to call the governors liars than actually do his job, so he's picked lie about the numbers and let people die just as he has since January. "Detroit hospital warns some coronavirus patients may not get ventilators:" https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/detroit-hospital-warns-some-coronavirus-patients-may-not-get-ventilators

* "‘It’s just despair’: Many Americans face coronavirus with no water to wash their hands:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/it-s-just-despair-many-americans-face-coronavirus-no-water-n1169351

* "Despite focus on New York, coronavirus is a national crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-focus-on-new-york-coronavirus-is-a-national-crisis-81319493830

* "Watch New Orleans:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-coming-new-orleans/608821/

* "Volume of new COVID-19 patients makes processing the first problem:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/volume-of-new-covid-19-patients-makes-processing-the-first-problem-81318469983

* "‘We’re in Disaster Mode’: Courage Inside a Brooklyn Hospital Confronting Coronavirus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/coronavirus-brooklyn-hospital.html

* "Texas and Ohio Use Coronavirus Pandemic as 'Cynical Cover for Abortion Bans,' Ordering Clinics to Halt Care:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/24/texas-and-ohio-use-coronavirus-pandemic-cynical-cover-abortion-bans-ordering-clinics

* Spoiler: He still wants to forceably end social Distancing and shelter in place in order to kill people for capitalism. "Trump to announce next step in coronavirus battle by Tuesday:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/trump-reopen-country-coronavirus-151841

* "Kushner’s Shadow Task Force Appears to Violate Multiple Laws:" https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/kushners-shadow-task-force-violate-multiple-laws/

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* ...And Thomas Massie made no friends at work that day. "House passes $2 trillion coronavirus package — but not without last-minute drama:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/house-vote-2-trillion-coronavirus-package-deal-150869

* "Both parties pile on Massie after effort to force recorded vote flops:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/trump-congressman-thomas-massie-coronavirus-vote-151523

* "Pelosi: $2 trillion relief package 'the least we can do':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-2-trillion-relief-package-the-least-we-can-do-81318469707

* "Pelosi vows oversight of relief funds, contradicting Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-vows-oversight-of-relief-funds-contradicting-trump-81320005653

* "How the coronavirus crisis will hit American workers, in one chart:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/24/21191075/coronavirus-recession-worker-layoffs-unemployment-economy-restaurants-stimulus-bill

* "Trump says 'no way' he'll cancel GOP convention in August:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489790-trump-says-no-way-hell-cancel-gop-convention-in-august

* "HIV-Positive Service Members Targeted by Trump Win Partial Victory:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/3/27/hiv-positive-service-members-targeted-trump-win-partial-victory

* Meanwhile, hospitals are running out of blood. "Realisation dawns on senators that AIDS-era restrictions on blood donation aren’t helpful during coronavirus crisis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/27/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-gay-bisexual-blood-donation-aids-coronavirus/

* "The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/climate/fish-climate-change.html

* "Loss of biodiversity is just as catastrophic as climate change:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/06/biodiversity-climate-change-mass-extinctions

* "Dirtbag Catullus:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/dirtbag-catullus

* "More Dirtbag Catullus:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/more-dirtbag-catullus?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzU2OTgsIl8iOiJINmxnVyIsImlhdCI6MTU4NTM4NDQ3MCwiZXhwIjoxNTg1Mzg4MDcwLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.b6MO-HGm2xnmTCsdf2b0Dhug3s2BLSkeOeCfnABa6no

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

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* 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/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* 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

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

* 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

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

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