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[gwydion]

* "Poisoned Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny to return to Russia despite threats:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/alexei-navalny-to-return-to-russia-following-poisoning

* "Food writer Jack Monroe condemns ‘offensively meagre’ food parcels sent to feed children during lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/12/jack-monroe-free-school-meals-food-parcels-marcus-rashford/

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* "Japan has found a new Covid variant. Here's how it compares to virus strains in the UK, South Africa:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/japan-covid-variant-how-it-compares-to-strains-in-uk-south-africa.html

* "UK government to ban travellers from Brazil amid new Covid variant, PM hints:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/uk-government-may-ban-flights-from-brazil-amid-new-covid-variant-pm-hints

* They likely aren't vaccinating Palestinians until February or March. "Pizza-sized boxes and paying a premium: Israel's COVID-19 vaccine rollout:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccination/pizza-sized-boxes-and-paying-a-premium-israels-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN29B0KJ

* "Israel’s Vaccination Drive Is Going Great. But We’re Being Sidelined.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/opinion/israel-palestinians-vaccine-covid.html

* "Desperate mayor pleads with people flying to Mexico for gay circuit parties: ‘Don’t be stupid’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/11/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-coronavirus-covid-19-gay-queer-lgbt/

* "Defiant mayor calling out 'white privileged people' partying in Mexico doesn't care if you think she's 'Queen Karen':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/11/christy-holstege-puerto-vallarta-instagram-gaysovercovid/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/13/21 are 22,999,000. The official death toll is 384,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Coronavirus updates: U.S. sets single-day death record, and new variants emerge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/coronavirus-covid-updates/

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* "Trump grows defiant as the White House becomes a ghost town:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-grows-defiant-white-house-becomes-ghost-town-n1254087

* "No, We Can’t Just Move on From the Trump Years:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/13/no-we-cant-just-move-trump-years

* "Lindsey Graham ‘screamed at Capitol Police officer for not doing enough’ as white supremacists ran riot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/13/lindsey-graham-capitol-riots-police-officer-sherrod-brown/

* Looks like some Republican lawmakers lead terrorist on tours ahead of the coup attempt to help them do reconnaissance. "Lawmakers gave groups ‘reconnaissance’ tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic congresswoman says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/mikie-sherrill-reconnaissance-capitol-attack/

* "House Democrats demand answers on suspicious Capitol tours prior to deadly insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/house-democrats-demand-answers-on-suspicious-capitol-tours-prior-to-insurrection-99425861558

* "Unusual tours in Capitol ahead of Trump mob attack prompts investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/unusual-tours-in-capitol-ahead-of-trump-mob-attack-prompts-investigation-99429445877

* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she feared GOP lawmakers would lead rioters to her: ‘I thought I was going to die’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/aoc-capitol-mob-republicans-death/

* "A ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer, now banned by Twitter, said three GOP lawmakers helped plan his D.C. rally:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/ali-alexander-capitol-biggs-gosar/

* "Panic Buttons Torn From Pressley's Congressional Office Ahead of Riot: Chief of Staff:" https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/panic-buttons-removed-from-pressleys-congressional-office-ahead-of-riots-chief-of-staff/2279777/

* "YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel for at Least 7 Days:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/youtube-suspends-trump.html

* "McConnell rebuffs Democrats' call for speedy impeachment trial, but is undecided on convicting Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/mcconnell-democrats-impeachment-trial-trump/index.html

* "‘Reject sedition’: House impeaches Trump in historic second rebuke:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/house-impeachment-trump-458589

* "The Capitol Hill mob wanted to intimidate Congress. It’s working.:" https://www.vox.com/2021/1/13/22229052/capitol-hill-riot-intimidate-legislators

* "Impeachment manager: ‘Disturbing’ that only 10 Republicans voted to impeach Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/impeachment-manager-disturbing-that-only-10-republicans-voted-to-impeach-trump-99425861867

* "How the threat of violence has haunted politics in the Trump era:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-the-threat-of-violence-has-haunted-politics-in-the-trump-era-99424837951

* "Rep. Jeffries: ‘Most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history’ lays the foundation for Senate trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jeffries-most-bipartisan-impeachment-in-u-s-history-lays-the-foundation-for-senate-trial-99423301630

* "The route to conviction in the Senate:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1786762.html

* "Congress impeached and tried my ancestor after he left office. Trump could be next.:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/01/13/impeachment-donald-trump-william-worth-belknap-column/6637782002/

* "Yes, impeachment after leaving office is a thing. Just ask William Belknap.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/yes-impeachment-after-leaving-office-is-a-thing-just-ask-william-belknap-99432517770

* "'Historic disgrace' of Trump's impeachments likely his most enduring legacy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-historic-disgrace-of-trump-s-impeachments-likely-his-most-enduring-legacy-99432517938

* Don’t hold your breath. "Highlights and analysis: House passes resolution to demand Pence invoke 25th Amendment, remove Trump:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/blog/2021-01-12-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment-n1253803#anchor-Readthehighlights

* "Trump’s EPA team overrules career scientists on toxic chemical:" Trump’s EPA team overrules career scientists on toxic chemical

* "Republicans launch debased attack on Cindy McCain for backing ‘leftist’ marriage equality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/12/cindy-mccain-arizona-republicans-censure-gay-marriage-equality/

* "Republican Congressman Censured by GOP for Officiating a Gay Marriage:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/12/17/republican-congressman-censured-gop-officiating-gay-marriage

* "Census Bureau Stops Work On Trump's Request For Unauthorized Immigrant Count:" https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/956352495/census-bureau-stops-work-on-trumps-request-for-unauthorized-immigrant-count

* "Irish government to apologise over mother-and-baby homes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622548

* "Eton College fires teacher over vile anti-trans lecture suggesting women would ‘live in primitive huts’ without the patriarchy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/16/eton-college-english-teacher-will-knowland-fired-patriarchy-anti-trans-sexism/

* "The dangerous and oppressive countries where same-sex love is still a crime, mapped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/16/ilga-world-report-gay-bisexual-crime-illegal-united-nations-map-death-penalty/

* "Gay man left with fractured eye socket after thugs beat him unconscious and stamped on his head over Disney songs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/11/gay-man-attacked-bradford-england-homophobic-disney/

* "Ugandan president calls LGBT+ people are ‘deviants’ while falsely claiming ‘they are not persecuted’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/13/uganda-yoweri-museveni-lgbt-gay-presidential-election/

* "Long-awaited inquests into murders of four gay men by Grindr killer Stephen Port forced to postpone:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/13/grindr-killer-stephen-port-inquests-victims-delayed/

* "Mike Pence’s home state could be the next to finally ban traumatising conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/12/mike-pence-conversion-therapy-ban-indiana-jd-ford-sue-errington/

* "Ohio's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy Struck Down:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/12/17/ohios-anti-transgender-birth-certificate-policy-struck-down

* "Arnold Schwarzenegger's confusing and colourful history with LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-lgbt-rights-california-governor-

* "Can Oral Sex Give You Cancer?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/love-sex/2021/1/11/can-oral-sex-give-you-cancer

* "Easy, expert tips for teaching LGBT-inclusive sex and relationships education to your kids at home during lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/13/lgbt-sex-relationships-education-rse-coronavirus-lockdown-home-school-ofsted/

* "Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ on a Florida Manatee:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/florida-manatee-trump.html

* "How the Soviet Union's end sparked a grand rewilding:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210106-how-the-soviet-unions-end-sparked-a-grand-rewilding

* "These pharaohs' private letters expose how politics worked 3,300 years ago:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/11-12/pharaohs-amarna-letters-expose-politics-3300-years-ago/

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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.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home


* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

"The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund!:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/midwestibf

* The Blackfeet are under Covid lockdown and need food pantry donations: https://www.fastblackfeet.org/campaigns/fast-blackfeet/

* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

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

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

* 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/

* 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/

* 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 things we need most are:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

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