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* "China NPC: Beijing to overhaul Hong Kong electoral system:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56264117

* "Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56230525?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Binforadio%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/5/21 are 28,882,000. The official death toll is 523,000. Fully Vaccinated: 8.4%.

* "Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-united-states-is-now-averaging-2-million-vaccine-doses-administered-per-day

* "Why the flu season this winter was virtually nonexistent :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-the-flu-season-this-winter-was-virtually-nonexistent-102069317658

* I wish there were a law against public officials misappropriating funds. "Trump administration spent billions in hospital funds on Warp Speed:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/02/trump-administration-quietly-spent-billions-in-hospital-funds-on-operation-warp-speed/

* "DeSantis denies involvement in vaccine drive following revelation of $250,000 PAC donation from former Illinois governor:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/us/desantis-vaccine-ocean-reef-florida-keys/index.html

* "Three of Gov. Greg Abbott’s four coronavirus medical advisers say they weren’t directly consulted before he lifted mask mandate:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/abbott-mask-order-texas-advisers/

* "Detroit mayor declines Johnson & Johnson allotment, saying the other vaccines are better:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/health/detroit-mayor-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine/

* "New York Times and Wall Street Journal: Top Cuomo aides rewrote nursing home report from state health officials to hide higher death toll:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-report/

* "Effort on to Vaccinate California's Enormous LGBTQ+ Population:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2021/3/04/effort-vaccinate-californias-enormous-lgbtq-population

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* "Tom Cotton Demands to Know if Merrick Garland Supports Equity:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/merrick-garland-tom-cotton.html

* "U.S. economy gains 379,000 jobs in February, in first full monthly employment report under Biden:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/u-s-economy-gains-379-000-jobs-february-first-full-n1259679

* Joe Manchin: Making the Bill worse for fun. Republicans: Doing everything in their power to hurt Americans by slowing things down for fun. "Senate poised to pass $1.9 trillion Covid aid bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/covid-aid-bill-senate-vote-amendments-473805

* "Pressure grows on Biden to end the filibuster:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-kill-the-filibuster/2021/03/05/09c0d774-7857-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

* "What supporters of the filibuster get wrong about how it works:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-supporters-of-the-filibuster-get-wrong-about-how-it-works-102075973807

* "Chris Hayes: GOP offers no policy ideas, just obstruction and trolling:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-gop-offers-no-policy-ideas-just-obstruction-and-trolling-102067781770

* Watching them drag the Republicans over this gave me life. "‘More important to them than health care’: Joy Reid says Potato Head is ‘the Republican Platform’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-more-important-to-them-than-health-care-joy-reid-says-potato-head-is-the-republican-platform-102066757525

* "Warnock: Raising minimum wage is both smart and morally right:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warnock-raising-minimum-wage-is-both-smart-and-morally-right-102194245931

* "Mehdi Hasan: ‘Absurd’ for GOP to claim to be a worker’s party when ‘they have no interest in workers’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mehdi-hasan-absurd-for-gop-to-claim-to-be-a-workers-party-when-they-have-no-interest-in-workers-102192197581

* "House passes expansive policing overhaul bill named in honor of George Floyd:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/george-floyd-police-reform-bill-vote/2021/03/03/5ea9ba3a-7c6c-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

* "House Democrats pass sweeping elections bill as GOP legislatures push to restrict voting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-elections-voting-pelosi-/2021/03/03/e434df58-7c22-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

Want to tell your Republican Senator how important this is to you? Here are some 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/

* "Voting rights advocates organize against 'tsunami of anti-voter bills' from Georgia GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/voting-rights-advocates-organize-against-tsunami-of-anti-voter-bills-from-georgia-gop-102199365778

* "Transphobic Voices Elevated in Media Coverage of Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/3/04/transphobic-voices-elevated-media-coverage-equality-act

* "LGBTQ+ Reverend to Run Against Far-Right Rep. Madison Cawthorn:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/04/lgbtq-reverend-run-against-far-right-rep-madison-cawthorn

* "Trump’s Strategy for Returning to Power Is Already Clear:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-strategy-for-returning-to-power-is-already-clear

* "Trump Administration Referred a Record Number of Leaks for Criminal Investigation:" https://theintercept.com/2021/03/02/trump-leaks-criminal-investigation/

* "Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973765185/trump-appointee-at-voa-parent-paid-law-firm-millions-to-investigate-his-own-staf

* "Rudy Giuliani tried dodging getting served with $1B Dominion Voting Systems suit: source:" https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-giuliani-dominion-lawsuit-service-20210222-6ejrl7c3rva3xbvhzqijoloe3y-story.html

* The people doing the online sleuthing are heroes. "Trump appointee arrested in connection with Capitol riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/04/trump-appointee-arrested-for-capitol-riot-473825

* "Trump appointee with ‘top-secret clearance’ arrested for role in Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-appointee-with-top-secret-clearance-arrested-for-role-in-capitol-riot-102194757595

* "Revealed: The Star-Spangled Trumper Filmed Attacking Cops At The Capitol:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-palmer-capitol-attack-sedition-hunters_n_604231acc5b60208555e0b6a

* "Turmoil at U.S. attorneys' office in D.C. complicates January 6 investigations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/turmoil-at-u-s-attorneys-office-in-d-c-complicates-january-6-investigations-102200389534

* "Online sleuths, media, boost FBI effort to track down Capitol rioters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/online-sleuths-media-boost-fbi-effort-to-track-down-capitol-rioters-102199877625

* "Federal investigators are examining communications between US lawmakers and Capitol rioters:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/capitol-riot-investigation-lawmakers/index.html

* "Parler v. Amazon Dies. Is Reborn!:"

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* "Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/texas-family-detention-centers-changed/2021/03/04/6a0bfa8a-7b6f-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html

* Given the high infection rate in Texas, the lack of mask mandate, and the complete opening of all businesses, isn't it more likely the other way around? "Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/abbott-migrants-covid-testing/index.html

* "Governor Abbott lifts all covid precautions, accuses migrants of bringing covid to Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-absolute-worst-gov-abbott-lifts-all-covid-precautions-and-dishes-out-anti-immigrant-xenophobia-102065733739

* "South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods:" https://apnews.com/article/columbia-bills-executions-south-carolina-prisons-d2109813b075045377aae18e25b2fef5

* CW: Suicide. "South Korean soldier found dead after she was kicked out of army for being trans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/south-korea-trans-soldier-byun-hee-soo-found-dead-a-year-after-being-booted-out-of-the-army/

* "PR boss resigns after saying his firm doesn’t hire ‘Blacks, gays or Catholics’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/pr-scotland-resigns-doesnt-hired-blacks-gays-catholics-gordon-beattie-communications/

* "Lady Phyll rejects Ghana’s attacks on LGBT+ community: ‘It is un-African to treat people with hate’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/lady-phyll-ghana-lgbt-community-attack-un-african-uk-black-pride/

* "Queer kids are being offered conversion therapy, right now, in the UK. It has to stop:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/conversion-therapy-uk-ban-mou-psychologist-dr-igi-moon-lgbt/

* CW: Torture. "NHS doctors electrocuted woman in sinister bid to ‘cure’ her transness just 60 years ago:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/conversion-therapy-ban-stonewall-trauma-trans-woman-carolyn-mercer-nhs/

* "America’s leading psychiatric organisation finally accepts being trans is not a ‘mental disorder’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/americas-leading-psychiatric-organisation-finally-accepts-being-trans-is-not-a-mental-disorder/

* "Porn star and rapper charged with murder after ‘hunting queer men through dating apps’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/indianapolis-porn-star-rapper-murder-gay-apps-diabolique-paris-johnson-chuck/

* "Trans and Nonbinary Siblings Shot to Death; Mother Charged:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/04/trans-and-nonbinary-siblings-shot-death-mother-charged

* "Court: Principal Was Right to Ban Fourth-Grader's Pro-Trans Essay:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/03/court-principal-was-right-ban-fourth-graders-pro-trans-essay

* "Parents of trans kids urged to flee Alabama after ban on trans healthcare passes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/alabama-trans-transgender-healthcare-bill-tiktok/

* "Laverne Cox delivers powerful, defiant message against sickening wave of anti-trans attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/laverne-cox-trans-attacks-bills-alabama-video/

* "Activists Light Up Mormon University's Iconic Y With Rainbow Colors:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/3/05/activists-light-mormon-universitys-iconic-y-rainbow-colors

* "Montana Senate Approves Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills, Sends to House:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/03/montana-senate-approves-two-anti-lgbtq-bills-sends-house

* "I'm a versatile gay man but I can't bottom. If I ever do, I could die:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/chris-moore-gut-feelings-gay-sex-top-bottom-versatile-familial-adenomatous-polyposis/

* "A Primer on HIV Drug Resistance:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/resistance/2021/3/03/primer-hiv-drug-resistance

* "America’s Mothers Are in Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/parenting/working-moms-mental-health-coronavirus.html?smid=url-share

* "Toad breeding success is world first:" https://www.miragenews.com/toad-breeding-success-is-world-522375/

* "NYC Woman Discovers 'Secret' Room Behind Her Bathroom Mirror:" https://people.com/home/new-york-city-woman-discovers-secret-abandoned-apartment-hidden-behind-her-bathroom-mirror/

* "Raids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Tumblr's FAKEST Story: The Tale of Oppa Homeless Style:"

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* "Captain America: A Proper Movie Trilogy (Feat. Nando v Movies) | READUS 101:"

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* "Ron Johnson Forces Coronavirus Relief Bill Reading:" https://www.cc.com/video/x2ljv3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ron-johnson-forces-coronavirus-relief-bill-reading

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - First Ladies of the U.S.:" https://www.cc.com/video/byd4oc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-first-ladies-of-the-u-s

* "Hate Monger Of The Week: Marjorie Taylor Greene:"

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* "Women, COVID, and the Myth of Having It All:"

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* "The Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo and Why We Hold Elected Officials Accountable:"

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* "Palm Beach To Trump: No Welcome Back Party:"

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* "Vaccine Game Show Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Mirror Workout - SNL:"

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* "Murder Show - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Science - SNL:"

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* "Bachelor Party - SNL:"

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* Friday: I got my vaccine appointment! First shot is Monday! As a result do not expect postings on Monday after 9AM Pacific, as I have to go at an inconvenient time in my sleep cycle and I expect the shot to exhaust me. My plan is to pick up my library curbside after then go right home to bed and stay there

In other medical news my doctor won the second appeal over a higher dosage of a med Medicare hates paying for at all on Wednesday afternoon. It came late Thursday afternoon. There is already improvement.

In yet more medical news, I got test results back about fifteen minutes after the vaccine appointment scheduling. They are likely going to need to investigate my whole digestive system, a thing I dread as I remember what it was like when they did some of that in the 90's. I also am not even a little surprised in needs doing. Sigh. Trying set up appointments is next week's problem though.

Bonus? I lost hours of work I a hard crash and had to rewrite this amoung all the rest. Sigh.

* I watched Peninsula and I figured out what went wrong.

1. The obvious thing I guessed before I watched it, is a problem, but not the main one. Still, it needs saying: The Train to Busan is a perfect movie. It really is. The solid world building makes the thing compelling from the start. It's beautifully shot and acted. It has a strong thematic thread running through it. The timing is flawless, with action and quiet moments in a perfect balance designed to keep the viewer engaged. Most of all, it has heart. The viewer really cares what happens to the people, and those character stories are perfectly twined with the thematic thread. It's incredibly compelling and rewatchabe.

It is absolutely impossible to catch that kind of magic in a sequel. Viewers will want to feel that way again and you can't win no matter what you do. You can do the same thing again, which will be tired and derivative. you can do something different which will inevitably disappoint and/or piss off fans. It's why second albums are often a mess too. So they started this project with that against them.

2. But here is the real mistake: They picked the wrong protagonist. No really. If one hadn't watched Train to Busan this would have been a solid post apocalyptic action story with a really long boring start. Picture Escape from New York and Road warrior mashing up with a Korean Speculative Fiction Movie. It's the long boring bit that is the issue for this as a stand alone set in the same world as Train to Busan and Seoul station, and it isn't the actors' faults.

Why doesn't the first part of the movie work? Because they picked the wrong protagonist. Think about it. Where is the emotional heart of the movie? Where it always is the best of this kind of film coming out of Korea (For example: The Host, Snowpiercer, Train to Busan, Flu) with the family. It may be small (a parent and daughter) and/or broken and/or found but that's where the heart is. The family add and lose people along the way, but that heart carries the viewer through. When does Peninsula start getting interesting? When the girls turn up and you have the family that's the narrative center for most of the rest of the film.

I'm not saying it's all bad up to that point. There is that beautiful, haunting, Checkov's gun moment on the way in, for example, but mostly? It's filler.

So here's how to fix it. Just put the main narrative focus on the Mom and family. No really. It cuts most of the boring bits right out. Let me show you how.

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It still wouldn't be great art, but it could be a fun action movie.

* "Why Queer People Love WandaVision's Agatha:" https://www.advocate.com/television/2021/3/04/why-queer-people-love-wandavisions-agatha

* "Gore Vidal and Orson Welles Play Warhammer:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/gore-vidal-and-orson-welles-play?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzIwNjIwMywiXyI6Ikg2bGdXIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE0ODY3NDIyLCJleHAiOjE2MTQ4NzEwMjIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.CwyqPDDJvec-qCPTrpbXvO22kd98YBiGpyws7MSBMgc

* Arthur Machen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1367172500879151105

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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.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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* "Northern Ireland facing food supply disruption over Brexit, MPs told:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/06/northern-ireland-facing-food-supply-disruption-over-brexit-mps-told

* "Government urged not to cut ‘vital lifeline’ to vulnerable homeless LGBT+ youth during winter lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/lgbt-homeless-coronavirus-charities-everyone-in/

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* "Wars and instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-27/wars-instability-pose-vaccine-challenges-in-poor-nations

* "This PPE Factory Isn't Protecting Its Workers Against COVID:"

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/7/21 are 21,482,000. The official death toll is 365,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic while eyes are fixed on mob storming Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/07/covid-coronavirus-updates/

* "Tennessee reports another 111 deaths, 9,000 new cases of COVID-19:" https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/01/07/schd-more-than-active-coronavirus-cases-shelby-co/

* "The Gay 'Titanic' Sank; Let the Era of Selfishness Go With It:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/06/gay-titanic-sank-let-era-selfishness-go-it

* Most Republicans decided to shelter in small enclosed areas without masks in hope of infecting as many people as possible. "U.S. Congressman Tests Positive for COVID Hours After Attending Electoral College Vote in Person:" https://people.com/politics/u-s-congressman-tests-positive-for-covid-hours-after-voting-in-person-on-house-floor/

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* "SolarWinds hackers accessed thousands of DOJ employees' email accounts, department says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/solarwinds-hackers-justice-department-email-455478

* "Trump Is Said to Have Discussed Pardoning Himself:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-self-pardon.html

* Wednesday, Republicans rose up and attempted a coup after 45 ordered them to storm the capital and overthrow the government. The coup was put down, but 45 has not been arrested, nor have most of the people who tried to overthrow our government Democracy in his name, nor have Gohmert who called for the armed overthrow of the Government, nor Hawley nor any of the others who came out in support of that coup attempt.

The Capitol Police sided with the insurrectionists, refusing help from other agencies, removing barriers and generally helping the fascists in their attempt to violently establish a Trumpist dictatorship. To underline how much of a choice allowing the the looting of the Capitol is, contrast their active help with the level of force they illegally used against peaceful protesters last summer so 45 could hold a bible upside down in front of a Church for a photo op.

The Republicans also showed support for the attempted coup by going ahead with their plan to try to overthrow the election be having Senators and congress critters object to certifying the election. This attempt also failed, but if the overthrow of democracy was not now a mainstream Republican position why are so many elected officials proudly in support of this?

* "Flag: still there.:" https://sara.dreamwidth.org/618150.html

* "Trump unleashes fury at political rivals and allies alike:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/trump-enters-burn-it-down-mode-455433

* "Hill chaos turns deadly after rioters storm Capitol:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/electoral-college-certification-halted-amid-massive-pro-trump-demonstration-455495

* "Trump's Capitol Mob and the Double Standard of Who He Calls 'Thugs':" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/06/trumps-capitol-mob-and-double-standard-who-he-calls-thugs

* "Lawmakers Slam Trump, Blame Him for Capitol ‘Coup’ Attempt:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/06/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-interrupt-vote-certification

* Some security concerns pointed out: https://twitter.com/Nash076/status/1347085083392561152

* "Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump’s ‘deplorable’ views on LGBT+ rights ‘showed us who he is’ well before Capitol riots:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/sadiq-khan-donald-trump-capitol-riots-lgbt/

* "As the world condemns Donald Trump, the silence from America’s biggest LGBT+ Republican group is deafening:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/log-cabin-republicans-capitol-riots-donald-trump-richard-grenell/

* "Rep. Omar says Republicans who enabled Trump ‘have blood on their hands’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-omar-says-republicans-who-enabled-trump-have-blood-on-their-hands-99116613914

* "Manhunt underway for suspect who left pipe bombs in DC during Capitol riots:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/manhunt-underway-for-suspect-who-left-pipe-bombs-in-dc-during-capitol-riots

* "Trump supporters leave lawn of Washington state governor’s mansion after standoff:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trump-supporters-open-gate-at-governors-mansion-in-olympia-occupy-front-lawn/

* "Pro-Trump protesters gather in Lansing as violence erupts in D.C:" https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2021/01/06/pro-trump-protesters-gather-lansing-violence-erupts-d-c/6569746002/

* "Trump's 'big lie' keeps supporters in thrall but truth is the cure: Snyder:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-big-lie-keeps-supporters-in-thrall-but-truth-is-the-cure-snyder-99124293932

* "'You can't lie your way to freedom': Timothy Snyder on truth and accountability:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-you-can-t-lie-your-way-to-freedom-timothy-snyder-on-truth-and-accountability-99125829524

* "Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/pence-national-guard/index.html

* "Capitol Police officer dies from injuries after clashing with pro-Trump mob:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-has-died-after-clashing-pro-trump-mob-n1253396

* "National Guard held in limbo as Trump mob ransacked U.S. Capitol:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/national-guard-held-in-limbo-as-trump-mob-ransacked-u-s-capitol-99124293773

* "Retired Capitol Police Officer: If that was a Black org., they would have never gotten to the steps:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/retired-capitol-police-officer-if-that-was-a-black-org-they-would-have-never-gotten-to-the-steps-99113541602

* "Cunningham: It’s a choice for U.S. Capitol Police to ‘pretend this wasn't domestic terrorism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cunningham-it-s-a-choice-for-u-s-capitol-police-to-pretend-this-wasn-t-domestic-terrorism-99114565830

* "Pentagon placed limits on D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests due to narrow mission:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-protests-washington-guard-military/2021/01/07/c5299b56-510e-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html

* "Twitter, Facebook lock Trump's accounts in confrontation over Capitol breach posts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/twitter-trump-tweet-capitol-violence-455630

* "Donald Trump’s pitiful Twitter ban highlights the double standard between white supremacy and calling out transphobia:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/donald-trump-twitter-ban-suspension-lgbt-trans-capitol-hill-riots-transphobia/

* "'We were not protected': Questions raised about Capitol security in wake of Trump mob raid:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-we-were-not-protected-questions-raised-about-capitol-security-in-wake-of-trump-mob-raid-99002949793

* "Last night I told my husband where my will was:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/ca-dem-rep-last-night-i-told-my-husband-where-my-will-was-98969157961

* "'Don’t dare call them protesters': Biden slams Capitol rioters as 'domestic terrorists':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-slams-capitol-rioters-domestic-terrorists-don-t-dare-call-n1253335

* "Pelosi calls for Trump’s immediate ouster after deadly riots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/lawmakers-trump-25th-amendment-455832

* "Chris Hayes: Trump must be lawfully removed from office as fast as possible:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/chris-hayes-trump-must-be-lawfully-removed-from-office-as-fast-as-possible-99014213834

* "After Coup Attempt, LGBTQ+ Politicians, Orgs. Call for Trump's Removal:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/07/after-coup-attempt-lgbtq-politicians-orgs-call-trumps-removal

* ""Not Only Did He Incite It, He Didn't Do Anything To Stop It" -Sen. Klobuchar On T****'s Failed Coup:"

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* "It has to be you:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1784716.html

* "Richard Grenell Is Still Spreading Lies About the Election:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/1/07/richard-grenell-still-spreading-lies-about-election

* "Maddow: Violent attack on U.S. Capitol a win in Trump's eyes as Republican support holds:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-violent-attack-on-u-s-capitol-a-win-in-trump-s-eyes-as-republican-support-holds-99124293834

* How much do mainstream Republicans hate Democracy and Freedom? Six Republican senators and 138 Republican Congress Folk voted to side with the Insurrectionists and overturn the Election.

* Want to check if your Republican Representative voted for a fascist dictatorship Wednesday? https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll011.xml

* "Congress certifies Biden’s win after day of chaos and violence:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/congress-confirms-bidens-win-trump-455253

* "McConnell: "Our democracy would enter a death spiral" if Congress overturned election:" https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-electoral-college-2cc27aeb-00b2-4c56-b615-d87ae45c0acc.html

* "Joe Biden’s victory finally certified, ensuring a bright future for LGBT+ rights. Here’s how he became such a powerful ally:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/joe-biden-lgbt-rights-gay-trans-marriage-certified/

* "Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/biden-to-tap-merrick-garland-for-attorney-general-455410

* "An isolated Trump bans Pence chief of staff from White House as other aides resign:" https://www.axios.com/trump-white-house-pence-chief-aides-676367a1-8110-4e53-9347-c3b09b578b45.html

* The rats flee the ship. "“They’re Being Told to Stay Away From Trump”: After a Day of Violence and 25th Amendment Chatter, Trump’s Allies Are Jumping Ship:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/after-a-day-of-violence-and-25th-amendment-chatter-trumps-allies-jumping-ship

* "US education secretary Betsy DeVos resigns, blaming Trump 'rhetoric' for violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/trump-adviser-resigns-two-other-senior-officials-consider-quitting-matt-pottinger

* "Anti-Trans Betsy DeVos Resigns Amid Fallout From Trump's Capitol Mob:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/07/anti-trans-betsy-devos-resigns-amid-fallout-trumps-capitol-mob

* "Trump's deputy national security adviser resigns as other top officials consider quitting over Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/national-security-adviser-resigns-trump-protest/

* "Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/justice-department-disparate-impact.html

* "Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/06/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-polar-bears/

"The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will offer drilling rights to most of the refuge’s nearly 1.6 million-acre coastal plain, which attracts hundreds of thousands of migrating caribou and waterfowl each year and provides critical habitat for the Southern Beaufort Sea’s remaining polar bears. As sea ice on the Arctic Ocean abutting the refuge shrinks, the bears — threatened with extinction due to climate change — have been forced to spend more time on land. Federal scientists estimate that a third of the bears’ maternal dens lie within the area the administration has opened up for energy development."

* "Trump awards Medals of Freedom to three golfers on morning after riot at Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/trump-medals-of-freedom-gary-player-annika-sorenstam-babe-zaharias/

* "U.S. unemployment claims slip to still-high 787,000:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/us-unemployment-claims-slip-still-high-455760

* "We Spoke to People Facing Hunger During The Pandemic:"

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* "Warnock, Ossoff Win; Dems Will Control U.S. Senate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/05/warnock-projected-winner-georgia-ossoff-race-not-called-yet

* "The Republicans just lost control of the Senate. Here’s what it means for LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/georgia-election-results-lgbt-rights-senate-democrat-equality-act/

* "Republicans turn on Trump after Georgia loss:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/republicans-turn-on-trump-georgia-loss-455305

* "Women Say They Were Abused and Deported by ICE. Now They Fear Being Silenced.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akd73b/women-say-they-were-abused-and-deported-by-ice-now-they-fear-being-silenced

* "How Defunding the Police Is Working Out in Seattle:"

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* "Racism Tainted Julius Jones' Murder Conviction. He's on Death Row Anyway.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/88a5gx/racism-tainted-julius-jones-murder-conviction-hes-on-death-row-anyway

* "March For Death Row Inmate Julius Jones Ends At State Prison In McAlester:" https://www.newson6.com/story/5ff290d89888450bcadd8a62/march-for-death-row-inmate-julius-jones-ends-at-state-prison-in-mcalester

* "‘Soulless’ teen bludgeoned 15-year-old gay lover to death after paying thousands to keep their relationship a secret:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/alex-rodda-matthew-mason-guilty-murder-gay-cheshire-blackmail-trial-guilty/

* "India is poised for a gruelling battle for marriage equality. This inspiring couple are spearheading the fight:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/india-equal-marriage-lgbt-same-sex-delhi-kavita-arora-ankita-khanna-lgbt/

* "Outraged academics condemn government for handing anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock an OBE:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/kathleen-stock-obe-transphobia-open-letter/

* "Latinx Trans Woman Alexandria Winchester Killed in Bronx:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/1/07/latinx-trans-woman-alexandria-winchester-killed-bronx

* "Washington DC votes to ban egregious gay and trans panic defences in honour of slain victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/washington-dc-gay-trans-panic-defence-banned-hate-crime-bill-charles-allen/

* "Gay teenager forced to masturbate to pictures of women in horrifying bid to ‘cure’ his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/gay-man-conversion-therapy-curtis-galloway-kentucky-masturbate-women/

* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cites bringing down price of PrEP as one of her proudest achievements during first term:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-prep-price-achievement-gilead-sciences-committee-hearing/

* "DRC: Polio transmission continues across multiple locations as of December 2020.:" https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/417081/drc-polio-transmission-continues-across-multiple-locations-as-of-december-2020

* "America’s Trees Are Being Burned for Fuel Overseas:"

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* "Bay Area Lesbian Archives Founder Lenn Keller Dead at 69:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/1/06/bay-area-lesbian-archives-founder-lenn-keller-dead-69

* "A Riot At The Capitol Is Exactly What The "Law And Order" President Wanted:"

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* "Hey, Republicans Who Supported This President: Are We Great Again Yet?:"

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* "Tim Minchin: Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long:"

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* I was still digesting the republican coup attempt Wednesday night and working on research and the like when our Internet went out. About an hour later it was frustratingly sporadic and i couldn't load half my stuff. I gave up and went to bed. My apologies.

Here's what else was going on at the Cat Asylum Wednesday: The Doctor's appointment was Endless. Getting into the lung clinic is a major drama. They do not answer the door bell so I have to wait until someone comes out to handle the next patient so I can flag them down, thus missing my appointment slot and pushing me back a half hour or so.

Them: Why didn't you use the door bell. Me: I did. No one ever answers it. Every time I come I ring it every five minutes or so. I've been here three times. No one's come yet.

I feel like the doorbell system could be streamlined. I don't know if it's not hooked up or they can't here it or they deliberately ignore it.

Neither the Doctor or nurse knew me and thus a massive amount of extra explanation was needed, so that went on and on. They had no sputum containers to send me home with, which meant dealing with the lab.

This is also a whole drama because there is no provision for people with no phones. As usual, I had to talk my way through several layers of screening to get sputum specimen containers. Ex: "No, If I quarantine for two weeks I will just be sicker and you still won't let me inside to get the specimen cups for the sputum test I need to get the targeted anti-biotic. The point of me being here is so we can find out which antibiotic to prescribe. For which I need specimen containers. which you won't give me because I can't go inside."

It would be much simpler if the screener could just go get a lab person to take my information and get me specimen containers. I could be gone in 5-10 minutes, but lab people don't come outside and I can't go in which requires me arguing with screeners who then have to go in and explain telephone game style until a lab person gives in agrees to come out with the clipboard to take my details which wastes 3-4 people's time for half an hour.

We did this last September or August, where they had lied to me that they would take the specimen via drive up, only they don't because I don't have a phone and after arguing through several layers wanted me to start over at the screening station where we could have had the same argument from scratch for another half hour. I decided to skip ahead to the arguing with screeners stage, but still, they've been doing this from march and refuse to come up with a system for dealing with people with non-Covid lung infections.

Update: I had sporadic outages all evening, but was able to work around them ass they were reasonable in length.

* The Midnight Society on The Failed Coup: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1347367983971123200

* The Midnight Society on Rowling and the BBC: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1341466988338577410

* The Midnight Society with More Rowling and the BBC: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1341828127673131010

* "Where are the fantasy/scifi races who hibernate?:" https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/639536740569333760/where-are-the-fantasyscifi-races-who-hibernate

* I tend to not notice things like casting decisions and behind the scenes drama and i avoid leaked information about series like the plague. I think I vaguely remember hearing a new Discworld thing got green lit, but when I saw the commercial for the Watch, I didn't connect the dots since it looked like some sort of Shadowrun adaptation in the commercials.

It took three days to get through the double episode. Me early on: Weird, they seem to have a lot of the same names as Pratchett characters from the Wa-wait a minute.

Yeah. It's...Oh god, it's like they jammed five books or more in there and understood none of them. I am angriest about Cheery who fucking matters to me as a trans person, but after that I can't work out if I'm angrier about Vimes or sybil. The librarian is a close fourth, or maybe Death, but the list goes on and on. I don't recognize Anhk-Morpork. Why are they calling that mass murderer Riducully because he's not even close and is he taking credit for everyone's inventions? Why is time all jumbled up? None of this makes sense. None of it's right.

I kept thinking as I stared it it in confusion and horror at something so important and beloved being stuck in a blender on puree with the contents of a privy, that this would never have happened if Pratchett were alive.

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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

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* "Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula:" https://apnews.com/e74800cacfed7743d130a8a7791775cb

* "Christchurch killer to stay in jail until he dies:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53919624

* "Australia’s staunchly anti-LGBT+ former prime minister Tony Abbott hired by UK as post-Brexit trade chief:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/australia-tony-abbott-uk-board-trade-brexit-boris-johnson-anti-lgbt-same-sex-marriage/

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* "State of Play: Covid-19:" http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2020/08/state-of-play-covid-19.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 8/27/20 are 5,857,000. The death toll is 181,000. According to recent polls, most republicans are absolutely fine with that.

* The plan is to encourage those people who are asymptomatic or presympomatic to infect as many people as possible even though it flies directly in the face of science because that's a popular goal for Republican voters. "Updated CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/health/cdc-guidelines-coronavirus-testing/index.html

* They waited until Fauci was under anesthesia to force it through. "CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/cdc-coronavirus-testing-guidance/index.html

* "Trump Administration Orders Hospitals to Report Data or Risk Losing Funding:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-data.html

* "Trump skips RNC announcement of rapid Covid tests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/trump-rapid-coronavirus-tests-403602

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* "Remember Trump's campaign to decriminalise homosexuality around the world? Unsurprisingly, it's a 'sham':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/trump-campaign-decriminalise-homosexuality-gay-sham-richard-grenell-outright-action/

* "Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

* Meanwhile in Autocracy watch... "White House says it is creating 'very large' dossier on Washington Post journalist and others:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/media/white-house-dossier-journalists/

* "Alexander Vindman's brother files complaint alleging whistleblower retaliation:" https://www.axios.com/yevgeny-vindman-retaliation-complaint-trump-b81fc300-9e86-41b8-ab73-08c6c72b57b5.html

* "William Barr told Murdoch to 'muzzle' Fox News Trump critic, new book says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/william-barr-rupert-murdoch-muzzle-andrew-napolitano-fox-news-trump-critic-book

* "Another 1 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* "Republicans officially adopt Mike Pence for a second term – and people can't wait for Kamala Harris to tear him apart:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/mike-pence-vice-president-kamala-harris-election-republican-national-convention/

* "Mike Pence argued homosexuality was 'a choice' or 'learned behavior' during 1990s fight against gay rights ordinance:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/politics/mike-pence-gay-rights-1990s/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-09-13T17%3A19%3A04&utm_term=image

* "Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/27/fact-checking-third-night-2020-republican-national-convention/

* "Second night of RNC riddled with dishonesty as Melania Trump appeals for 'total honesty':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/rnc-night-two-fact-check/index.html

* "Maddow corrects litany of falsehoods in Trump's marathon RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/maddow-corrects-litany-of-falsehoods-in-marathon-trump-rnc-speech-90768453569

* "Donald Trump unveils 50-point plan for second term with zero mention of LGBT+ rights. He wants to build a moon base, though:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/donald-trump-action-plan-second-term-lgbt-rights-trans-moon-base/

* "Republican Message: Be Very Afraid of Biden Presidency:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/24/republican-message-be-very-afraid-biden-presidency

* "Focus on Trump’s official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hatch-act-republican-convention/2020/08/25/53b72b44-e6f8-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

* "‘This is absolutely not how it works’:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/08/26/this-is-absolutely-not-how-it-works-490188

* They are running on law and order while saying they are allowed to break laws because nobody cares. "Meadows dismisses Hatch Act concerns at RNC: 'Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/mark-meadows-hatch-act-rnc-402194

* "DHS employees receive Hatch Act warning after acting secretary's RNC appearance:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/dhs-chad-wolf-rnc-hatch-act-warning-403567

* "Guests for Trump acceptance speech get guidance, but not Covid-19 testing:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/trump-acceptance-speech-no-testing-403578

* "Melania Trump Rose Garden speech attendees not all required to get coronavirus tests:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/rose-garden-attendees-coronavirus-tests-melania-trump/index.html

* "Republican convention speaker out of lineup after retweeting anti-Semitic rant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/rnc-speaker-retweets-anti-semitic-rant-401851

* "RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden’s America” Is Actually Spain:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/rnc-protest-video-barcelona

* The Projection is stunning. "Donald Trump, who’s made it his mission to destroy trans lives, says Joe Biden will ‘demolish the American dream’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/28/donald-trump-republican-national-convention-speech-joe-biden-lgbt-gay/

* "Trump officials see political opportunity in racial unrest rocking the nation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/jared-kushner-white-house-democrats-racial-issues-403474

* "‘It’s not supposed to be about him’: Harris scorches Trump in prebuttal of acceptance speech:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/harris-attacks-trumps-incompetence-coronavirus-response-in-acceptance-speech-prebuttal-403770

* "Republican Convention Ends With Doom, Gloom, and Lies From Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/27/republican-convention-ends-doom-gloom-and-lies-trump

* "David Jolly on RNC’s message: Trump is telling white people that Black people are coming for you:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/david-jolly-on-rnc-s-message-trump-is-telling-white-people-that-black-people-are-coming-for-you-90757189577

* "Joy Reid: That was not an American President giving an acceptance speech, that was a monarch:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joy-reid-that-was-not-an-americana-president-giving-an-acceptance-speech-that-was-a-monarch-90768453558

* "Sherrod Brown: RNC has been nothing about GOP ‘accomplishment and all about fear’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sherrod-brown-rnc-has-been-nothing-about-gop-accomplishment-and-all-about-fear-90758213878

* "Mary Trump 'repulsed and heartbroken' after uncle's RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/mary-trump-repulsed-and-heartbroken-after-uncle-s-rnc-speech-90768453601

* "What It Means To Be Progressive With Pramila Jayapal:"

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* Nancy Pelosi extended interview:

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* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses congressional hopeful Alex Morse after facing ‘homophobic Grindr smears’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorses-gay-alex-morse-massachusetts-homophobia-smear-campaign/

* "John Roberts' dark and sordid history bodes poorly if the 2020 election goes to the Supreme Court:" https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/john-roberts-dark-and-sordid-history-may-haunt-us-if-the-2020-election-goes-to-the-supreme-court/?utm_source=push_notifications

* "Intel officials contradict Trump on voting by mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/intel-officials-contradict-trump-on-voting-by-mail-402470

* The Republican war on both truth and democracy continues. "Trump lies election workers, not USPS, could lead to 2020 miscount:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-says-election-workers-not-usps-could-lead-2020-miscount-n1238387

* "Protesters set up a guillotine outside Jeff Bezos' mansion and demanded higher wages for Amazon workers after the CEO's net worth surpassed $200 billion:" https://www.businessinsider.com/bezos-mansion-protesters-set-up-guillotine-demand-higher-wages-2020-8

* "Border Officials Weighed Deploying Migrant ‘Heat Ray’ Ahead of Midterms:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/politics/trump-campaign-immigration.html

* "Trump deploys federal agents to Kenosha:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-federal-agents-kenosha-wisconsin-402374

* "17-year-old charged with homicide after shooting during Kenosha protests, authorities say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/26/jacob-blake-kenosha-police-protests/

* "Led by N.B.A., Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports in Wake of Blake Shooting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/basketball/nba-boycott-bucks-magic-blake-shooting.html

* "Jemele Hill: We're having the same conversations, 'trying to convince people that we matter':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jemele-hill-we-re-having-the-same-conversations-trying-to-convince-people-that-we-matter-90759237508

* "Brittany Packnett: 'If you want the protests to end, then stop killing us':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittany-packnett-if-you-want-the-protests-to-end-then-stop-killing-us-90699333724

* "Symone Sanders: Biden believes ‘qualified immunity needs to be reined in’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/symone-sanders-biden-believes-qualified-immunity-needs-to-be-reined-in-90698821998

* "Shot by police, thwarted by judges and geography:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-immunity-variations-specia/special-report-shot-by-police-thwarted-by-judges-and-geography-idUSKBN25L168

* "Despite Huge Number of Misconduct Complaints, Cops at NYPD’s 75th Precinct Keep Getting Promotions:" https://theintercept.com/2020/08/23/nypd-75th-precinct-police-misconduct/

* "Inmate beaten to death at federal lockup:" https://apnews.com/1e8230672a10016c948015017b8b689e

* "The Federal Government Killed a Navajo Man Just to Prove It Could:" https://newrepublic.com/article/159089/federal-government-killed-navajo-man-just-prove

"Slightly complicating matters is the fact that members of the Slim family recently issued a statement supporting the execution of Mitchell—initially, court filings revealed that the daughter of Slim and mother of the child “passionately” argued against the death penalty. But as Navajo Nation Council delegate Carl Slater told the Navajo Times on Friday, the matter at hand is not one of whether the victims’ family’s wishes are being adhered to in terms of the levied justice but that the nation’s sovereignty was purposefully ignored and diminished by the U.S. “The Navajo Nation never opted in to impose the death penalty,” he told the Times. “It is not the decision of one person or one group of family to make the decision.”

Cases like these—ones that are extremely messy, grisly, and entangled in centuries of convoluted federal Indian law—are the kind that are meant to test both the American legal system and America’s commitment to tribal sovereignty. It’s a test that the country routinely, often gleefully, fails. It chose vengeance and violence. It opted for a flashy display of what it has decided to define as justice. And it did so against the express wishes of a sovereign nation. The case of Mitchell now stands as a harbinger of future federal action in Indian Country, should the U.S. federal government continue carrying out death penalty sentences. With Mitchell’s life now stolen by the state, America has tested a new boundary in its historic effort to undermine sovereignty at all turns and at all costs. Now it knows full well how to kill Native people convicted of crimes on tribal lands, sovereignty be damned."

* "The Hidden Costs of War: Vet Crimes:" https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/the-hidden-costs-of-war-vet-crimes/367025/

* CW: Rape. "Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/aug/20/fashion-industry-jeans-lesotho-garment-factory-workers-sexual-violence

* CW: Rape. "A married lesbian couple were raped, murdered and set on fire, all because their killer didn’t want to pay rent:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/joey-anisha-van-niekerk-murder-rape-lesbian-couple-four-guilty-convicted-high-court-south-africa/

* "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions judge has suspended due to coronavirus:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/26/coronavirus-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-rule-on-abortion-pill-restriction.html

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

* "Stacks of obscene and disgusting transphobic leaflets found at Royal Mail sorting office:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/transphobic-leaflets-royal-mail-edinburgh-scotland-transphobia-gender-recognition-act/

* "This is what LGBT+ rights could look like after the UK crashes out of the European Unio... sorry, Brexit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/university-law-brexit-lgbt-european-union-charter-fundamental-rights-equality-act/

* "Homophobic thug boasted about his ‘right hook’ after knocking a woman unconscious just because she had a wife:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/kristopher-gibson-homophobic-attack-hate-crime-gay-woman-belfast-sentencing-jail/

* "‘Beautiful’ gay couple ‘who were always together’ shot dead in their own home in furious four minute raid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/ivor-maciejowski-christian-pandolfino-matla-dead-gay-murder-home-invasion-police/

* "Antigay State Dept. Must Grant Citizenship to Same-Sex Couple's Child:" https://www.advocate.com/family/2020/8/27/antigay-state-dept-must-allow-citizenship-same-sex-couples-child

* "Police arrest teenage boy after gay man is shot dead and two more injured in string of dating app attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/damarion-trammell-degrate-arrested-waco-texas-jonathan-breeding-dead-gay-shooting-dating-app/

* It's not the kink; it's the hypocrisy. "14 worrying facts about Jerry Falwell Jr, the powerful evangelical homophobe embroiled in a sex scandal with a pool boy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-sex-scandal-pool-boy-homophobia-lgbt-rights-donald-trump/

* "Trans woman in fear for her life after savage mob of thugs viciously beat her in her own home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/kendall-stephens-trans-hate-crime-transphobia-mob-attack-philadelphia-police/

* "Police: Man Stole Shotgun Before Racist, Antigay Graffiti Spree:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/8/27/police-man-stole-shotgun-racist-antigay-graffiti-spree

* "Anchorage Becomes First Alaskan City to Ban Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/27/anchorage-becomes-first-alaskan-city-ban-conversion-therapy

* "Another Epidemic of Inequities: HIV Among Young Black Men:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2020/8/27/another-epidemic-inequities-hiv-among-young-black-men

* "Trying to Cure My Back Pain with a Corset:"

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* "California Has Australian Problems Now:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/climate-change-has-led-to-extreme-wildfires-in-california.html

* "Hurricane Laura Moving Inland as an Extremely Dangerous Category 4 Storm Near Lake Charles, Louisiana:" https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-26-hurricane-laura-forecast-rapid-intensification-texas-louisiana

* "The future is fungal: why the 'megascience' of mycology is on the rise:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/23/the-future-is-fungal-why-the-megascience-of-mycology-is-on-the-rise

* "The First Modern Lesbian // Gentleman Jack:"

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* "What Typhoid Mary teaches us about the coronavirus:"

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* "The Bisexual Anti-Fascist // Marlene Dietrich:"

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* "‘You Are Not an American’:" https://prospect.org/civil-rights/you-are-not-an-american-citizenship-political-office-kamala-harris/

* "The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/magazine/black-marines-mutiny.html

* "13 incredible facts about Stonewall legend and LGBT+ rights trailblazer Marsha P Johnson you might not know:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/marsha-p-johnson-stonewall-riots-death-institute-how-die-life/

* "Suppressing Native American Voters:" https://daily.jstor.org/suppressing-native-american-voters/

* "Louis DeJoy in the Hot Seat & Jerry Falwell's Sex Scandal:"

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* "America's Got Suppression:"

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* "When They Go Low, We Go LIVE: Watch Stephen Colbert's Monologue From Night 1 Of The RNC:"

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* "Melania Trump Headlines RNC Night 2 - Stephen Colbert's LIVE Monologue:"

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* "Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Link To Trump Is Far More Troubling Than His Sex Scandal:"

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* "The Republican Party’s Fall Look: Fringe!:"

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* "Full Frontal’s The Amazing Disgrace: Our Country’s Racist Symbols Pt. 1:"

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* "Full Frontal’s The Amazing Disgrace: Our Country’s Racist Symbols Pt. 2 :"

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* "Stephen Colbert: I Didn't Watch The RNC Tonight, And I Feel Great About It:"

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* "The Republican National Convention 2020: Day Two:"

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* "The Shooting of Jacob Blake:"

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* "Surviving and Thriving with Jordan Klepper - The FEC in 2020:"

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* Y'all might remember The whole can't keep the antibiotic down situation last week. It was meant to be a ten day run. I managed a week. I'm sick again with the same symptom set. Sigh. Yes, I'm calling the doctor. Don't panic though. Yes, sick is scary especially now in someone with my health history, but really, odds are it's the lung infection rebounding and not something new.

In other news, Tavy is still refusing to go in my room except that one night when I was really sick. he is All Over Me when I'm out in the common areas, to the point I'm having trouble eating or typing. Tonight he worked out he can sit behind me in my chair, which means he doesn't need me to hol him for hours at a time which hurts a lot. He is coming for shorter arm cuddles, but not wanting me to hold him up while he sleeps.

In yet more cat news, Livia took the plunge Wednesday. She's been toying with the idea of staying on top o me after bedtime pets for longer and longer intervals. Today she finally did it! she slept right on top of the human the way Tavy used to before the elder Kitty decline and death. She had the best time. she needed encouragement to get back on after I shifted position the first couple of times, but she'd already learned to step off and then right back on by the third iteration. she liked it so much it took hours for me to get up because every time I stopped moving, she climbed back on for a pet and a nap.

Livia is definitely winning at life.

* "Billy Porter says his groundbreaking Pose sex scene was 'the hardest thing as a queer Black man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/billy-porter-pose-sex-scene-dyllon-burnside-black-queer-man-entertainment-weekly/

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

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* "Hong Kong hospitals find themselves on protest frontlines:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-medical-treatments/hong-kong-hospitals-find-themselves-on-protest-frontlines-idUSKBN1XW0FV

* "Video shows car driving into crowd of protesters in Chile after weeks of violence/:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/21/social-media-photos-videos-show-man-driving-into-crowd-protesters-chile/

* TW: Torture "The Crisis in Chile Is Extending to a Crackdown on Gays:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/11/21/crisis-chile-extending-crackdown-gays

"The ones that bear the brunt of any crisis are the poor and the marginalized. The weeks of militarization seem to have created a disgusting free-for-all vacuum for police to release pent-up animosity toward marginalized groups in Chile, not just the LGBTQ+ community but also women, immigrants, and other individuals from lower class populaces. The cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, many of which have come to light during these revolutionary and chaotic days in Chile, also pose the question of how many times LGBTQ+ individuals face homophobic and discriminatory reactions from state agents on a daily basis."

* "'What happened was a massacre': grief and rage in Bolivia after day of deadly violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/bolivia-el-alto-violence-death-protest

* "UN reprieve: asylum seeker faces separation from baby if she is deported from Australia:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/21/un-reprieve-asylum-seeker-faces-separation-from-baby-if-she-is-deported-from-australia

* "Iran Declares Protests Are Over, but the Evidence Suggests Otherwise:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/world/middleeast/iran-protests-internet.html

* "Netanyahu charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, capping a dramatic political year:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-charged-bribery-fraud-corruption-israel-election-1.8137771

* "'This is my sacrifice': Thousands maimed in Iraq protests:" https://www.france24.com/en/20191120-this-is-my-sacrifice-thousands-maimed-in-iraq-protests

* "Bolsonaro is turning back the clock on Brazil, says Lula da Silva:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/exclusive-bolsonaro-is-turning-back-the-clock-on-brazil-says-lula-da-silva

* "Chris Hayes on the parallels between Netanyahu and Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-parallels-between-netanyahu-and-trump-73859141916

* "Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-hosted-zuckerberg-undisclosed-dinner-white-house-october-n1087986

* "Secret Service spent more than $250,000 at Trump’s properties in first five months of his term, records show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-spent-quarter-of-a-million-dollars-at-trumps-properties-in-first-five-months-of-his-term-records-show/2019/11/21/ea66d588-0c80-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

* "Trump: Navy will not strip sailor acquitted of murder of SEAL status:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-navy-will-not-strip-service-member-accused-of-war-crimes-of-his-seal-status/2019/11/21/ceb3de66-0c6d-11ea-a49f-9066f51640f6_story.html

* "Inspector general report on FBI's Trump-Russia probe due out in December:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/fbi-trump-russia-probe-inspector-general-report-072433

* "Adam Schiff's opening remarks at November 21 public impeachment hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/adam-schiff-impeachment-hearing-opening-remarks-november-21/index.html

* "David Holmes' opening remarks at impeachment hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/david-holmes-opening-remarks-impeachment-hearing/index.html

* "Fiona Hill's opening remarks at impeachment hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/fiona-hill-opening-remarks-impeachment-hearing/index.html

* "Fiona Hill clashes with GOP over ‘fictional’ Ukraine claims:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/impeachment-hearings-close-fiona-hill-072347

* "What We’ve Learned From Hill’s and Holmes’s Impeachment Testimonies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/impeachment-hearings-day-five.html

* "Impeachment witness rips 'domestic political errand' for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impeachment-witness-rips-domestic-political-errand-for-trump-73867333981

* "Russian propaganda seen fusing with Republican Ukraine narrative:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-propaganda-seen-fusing-with-republican-ukraine-narrative-73867845730

* "Chris Hayes on Fiona Hill’s powerful testimony:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-fiona-hill-s-powerful-testimony-73858629839

* "Pentagon official offers evidence Ukrainians were aware of aid hold earlier:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/laura-cooper-david-hale-impeachment-hearings-live-highlights-and-updates-072240

* "‘Americans can sleep better tonight:’ Rep. Heck on latest impeachment testimony:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-americans-can-sleep-better-tonight-rep-heck-on-latest-impeachment-testimony-73859653754

* "Chris Hayes breaks down the week of explosive testimony:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-the-week-of-explosive-testimony-73860165538

* "White House backs full Senate trial if House impeaches Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/white-house-backs-full-senate-trial-if-house-impeaches-trump-072578

* "Parnas Helped Nunes’ Investigations:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-helped-rep-devin-nunes-investigations

* "Prosecutors subpoena Trump fundraisers as part of Giuliani investigation:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/politics/subpoena-trump-fundraisers-giuliani/index.html

* "Sen. Kamala Harris: Lindsey Graham's Biden Probe Is "A Bunch Of B.S.":"

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* "Sen. Kamala Harris: Bring All The President's Men Forward For Questioning:"

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* "Judge halts all scheduled federal executions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/judge-blocks-scheduled-federal-executions-072384

* "Sex Work:"

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* "Witchcraft, Gender, & Marxism:"

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* I've been saying for decades that Marriage Equality is and always has been a trans issue. "UK High Court rules marriage between woman and trans man is invalid as both were ‘legally female’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/high-court-trans-marriage-invalid-legally-female-gender-recognition-act/

* "LGBTQ People Are Being Forced Into 'Conversion Therapy' in China:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/11/21/lgbtq-people-are-being-forced-conversion-therapy-china

* "Policeman’s anti-trans views can’t be hate speech because they form ‘legitimate public debate’, court told:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/hate-speech-police-anti-trans-laws-high-court-england-harry-miller-college-policing/

* "Labour manifesto vows to put LGBT rights ‘at the heart of government’ – but there’s a catch:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/labour-manifesto-lgbt-ambassador-foreign-office-general-election-prep-gender-recognition-act/

"However, some are accusing Labour of including a “TERF dogwhistle” in the manifesto’s section on women, which promises to “ensure that single-sex based exemptions contained in the Equality Act 2010 are understood and fully enforced in service provision”."

* "Anti-trans, anti-gay activist Caroline Farrow blames queer people after being banned from entering the US:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/caroline-farrow-banned-entering-us-esta-anti-gay-trans-esta-disneyland-adrian-harrop/

* "Photographer is suing city so she doesn’t have to photograph same-sex weddings, even though no one asked her:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/same-sex-weddings-photographer-lawsuit-chelsey-nelson-religious-freedom-christianity-kentucky/

* "Watchmen Episode 5: Every Easter Egg and Comic Reference:"

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* "Getting to Know Dem - Andrew Yang:"

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* "Stephen's Catchy Jingle Makes The Trump Impeachment Inquiry Easy To Understand:"

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* "Stephen Colbert Is "Darrylgorn" In The Next Installment Of The "Lord Of The Rings" Saga:"

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* Today the difficulty on literally everything is turned up to eleven again. I had to strip the bed myself and do laundry again. I keep stepping in mystery substances and having to clean surprise messes. The cats are in the way. whatever I'm doing? Underfoot, making traffic jams, etc. Livia won;t eat her met. I managed to break my toe again (hairline, not in half), and on and on. I woke up exhausted and it keeps getting worse.

...And I'm officially sick. I really want to go back to bed, but all I have on there is a liner until things get out of the dryer.

* 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/share/s/share-family-friends/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter

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

* "How you can help Hurricane Dorian disaster relief:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/hurricane-dorian-disaster-relief-how-you-can-help

* 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 Kids in Concentration Camps:" 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

* 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/share/s/share-family-friends/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is 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

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

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

* "What’s Behind Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/quebec-bans-religious-symbols/593998/

* "Intelligence expert warns ‘free and fair elections’ at high risk:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/senate-gop-blocks-two-election-security-bills-despite-fears-64715333702

* "Expert on House impeachment investigation: ‘eagle has taken off’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/impeachment-investigation-vs-impeachment-inquiry-into-trump-64716869573

* "The Young Hands That Feed Us:" https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-young-hands-that-feed-us

* "Woman leader targeted in Puerto Rican governor’s chats speaks out:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/puerto-rican-governor-forced-out-after-mass-protests-64716869691

* "They covered their school in racist graffiti. They apologized. But will they change?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/teen-graffiti-hate-crime-divides-maryland-high-school/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8fe2cb9d38ec

* "Trump returns to the death penalty as Democrats turn against it:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/27/politics/death-penalty-trump-democrats/index.html

* "Democratic presidential hopefuls rush to affirm opposition to death penalty after Justice announces plans to resume executions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-rush-to-affirm-opposition-to-death-penalty-after-justice-announces-plans-to-resume-executions/2019/07/25/c246ca52-aefe-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9e29d1a9111a

* I got up for my thing today, not knowing it was cancelled. It was at this point I discovered the effectiveness of the sofa cover. Washing it then would leave the sofa unguarded, so I left it until I got up. Sleep quality was low today. it took ages to get back to sleep after being up so long, at which point the electricity went out again and I had to get up to ask squirrel to turn it back on. Apparently, he hadn't realized both bedrooms and the living room were one circuit. His bathroom is a different one, so he's running most of his stuff out of there now. I am looking forward to fewer outages. It took me ages to get back to sleep. Again. The next phone call was at what would normally be a reasonable time if I hadn't had dramatically disrupted sleep and was from an out of town friend, so I'm not angry about it. If it had been the scammers again I'd have been furious. It took me a while to get back to sleep.

The last call was around when I wanted to get up and was a fascinating if extensive poll. It was pretty clearly DNC market research for the Presidential Primary in advance of the next debate even though it wasn't identified as such. It was mostly focused on the obvious people (Biden, Warren, Sanders, Harris, Booker, Buttageig, O'Rourke, Castro), but listed everyone in the debate for a couple of the questions. I'm a close observer and I could tell a lot of what they were looking for. There were a bunch of messaging things (I.E: does this message appeal more than this one?) Also a bunch of things intended to determine if we should aim for independents/moderates or base turn out. There was a can so and so win against trump section for the big names, and a bunch of which tone is more appealing questions. They asked several times at various points who I would vote for if the election is tomorrow or are you more or less likely to vote for so and so after hearing the thing we just said questions. The repetition was clearly to get before and after comparisons.

They asked my birth month and used that to determine which big name they were going to get granular on. I got Cory Booker, so there was a very long section where they ask how likely I was to vote for him in the primary, read a statement by him or policy, then ask if I was more or less likely to vote for him based on that and by how much. Then a final how likely to vote for him question and some summary questions. (They did demographics first, suggesting tailoring). I've noticed we've been getting way more political messaging/marketing ones from both sides since '16, which is not coincidentally when Koch Brother's started pouring money into our state and locals, and some out of state left big donors started sending money in to counter them. It certainly makes the polling more interesting, though I have serious concerns about the deleterious effect in Democracy.

I always answer polls, even the push polls, as long as I don't have a guest or the like. People my age and younger tend not to have landlines, which means Boomers get way over represented. I'm one person, but I feel like someone with my views ought to be represented.

Anyway, I couldn't see the tainted spot on the sofa when I got up, but there was a clear difference when I ran my hand over it. I just need to learn to check every time I sit down. I full changed office and bathroom litters, so that's not it. I'm thinking stress, as things have been particularly dramatic feline politics wise the last week or so, which is hard on the girls. The cover's being cleaned/dried while I work, but really what's needed is a second one I can use while the other is being washed if this is going to be a daily thing. They do come in black, it turns out. I need to raise about $40.00 to get a second one. It's about that when you add in shipping costs.

Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* We are getting a lot more pinks this year.: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186597686993/we-are-getting-a-lot-more-pinks-this-year

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

* 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 Kids in Concentration Camps:" 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

* 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 clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel 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

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

* "Hong Kong Protesters Try to Keep Momentum With Weekend Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/world/asia/hong-kong-sha-tin-protest.html

* Attawapiskat declares state of emergency over water quality":" https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/attawapiskat-water-quality-emergency-1.5204652

* "Major cities in India are starting to run out of water:" https://theweek.com/articles/850956/major-cities-india-are-starting-run-water

* It's just the House. "House votes to restrain Trump on war with Iran, setting up showdown with the Senate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-restrain-trump-on-war-with-iran-setting-up-showdown-with-the-senate/2019/07/12/1305584e-a4bb-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4f3beab1605c

* "Trump’s Fourth of July event and weekend protests bankrupted D.C. security fund, mayor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/trumps-july-fourth-event-and-weekend-protests-bankrupted-dc-security-fund-mayor-says/2019/07/10/fb0d1de4-a316-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5418bf5e89a2

* "Trump praises Twitter trolls at 'Social Media Summit':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-praises-twitter-trolls-at-social-media-summit-63695941754

* "Trump calls Ryan a 'baby' after the former speaker blasted him in a new book:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/trump-slams-paul-ryan-1412466

* "Failing Trump resort cancels strip-club tournament with dancers auctioned as "caddy girls":" https://www.salon.com/2019/07/11/failing-trump-resort-to-host-strip-club-tournament-with-dancers-auctioned-as-caddy-girls/

* "Prosecutors can file secret evidence in Mar-a-Lago intruder case, judge says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/prosecutors-can-file-secret-evidence-mar-lago-intruder-case-judge-n1028346

* "CA lawmakers pass bill requiring Trump, presidential candidates to release tax returns:" https://abc7news.com/politics/ca-lawmakers-pass-bill-requiring-trump-to-release-tax-returns/5389210/

* "Mueller testimony delayed by one week:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/mueller-testimony-delayed-by-one-week-1412004

* "Trump argument against oversight by Congress met with skepticism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-argument-against-oversight-by-congress-met-with-skepticism-63771717775

* Do not want. "Watch Al Franken grill Trump's new labor chief for promoting sweatshops:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/watch-al-franken-grill-trumps-new-labor-chief-for-promoting-sweatshops/

* "Trump tells confidants he's eager to remove Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats:" https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-remove-dan-coats-director-of-national-intelligence-2ba4275d-7624-4f4b-9026-ee0d0606ce32.html

* Do not want. "Trump preference for DNI would test seriousness of Senate vetting:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-preference-for-dni-would-test-seriousness-of-senate-vetting-63771205668

* "Is the new labor secretary...even worse?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/is-the-new-labor-secretary-even-worse-63767109808

* "Pentagon in its longest-ever stretch of leadership limbo:" https://apnews.com/ce5a27679ec7442283a372d7f3b67e92

* "Pete Buttigieg Wants to Eliminate Death Penalty, Legalize Weed:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/11/pete-buttigieg-wants-eliminate-death-penalty-legalize-weed

* Do not want. "Tom Steyer’s bets on private prisons and coal mining could spell trouble in 2020:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-2020-tom-steyer-hedge-fund-billionaire-20190711-story.html

* "Pelosi clash with star House freshman seen as sign of Dem discord:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/pelosi-checks-star-house-freshman-in-new-interview-63797829529

* "Is Obamacare at risk of being ruled unconstitutional?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/obamacare-targeted-again-63797317756

* "Trump admits defeat: No citizenship question:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admits-defeat-no-citizenship-question-63694405881

* I would like to thank those who protested in these. "‘Lights for Liberty’ Event Reflects Growing Resistance to Immigrant Detention Policies:" https://fortune.com/2019/07/11/lights-for-liberty-vigil-july-12/

* "ICE just quietly opened three new detention centers, after Congress told it not to:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ice-just-quietly-opened-three-new-detention-centers-flouting-congress-limits/

* "Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids:" https://www.propublica.org/article/border-patrol-agents-are-passing-around-a-commemorative-coin-mocking-care-for-migrant-kids

* "Freshman Democrats' horrific account of migrant detention centers:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-confirms-mass-immigrations-raids-set-to-begin-sunday-63797317598

* "This Jewish Trans Woman Sees Parallels Between U.S. and 1930s Germany:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/13/jewish-trans-woman-sees-parallels-between-us-and-1930s-germany

* "Vice President Pence Tours Border Patrol Facility With Almost 400 Men in ‘Crowded’ Cages, ‘Horrendous Stench’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/vice-president-pence-tours-border-patrol-facility-with-almost-400-men-in-crowded-cages-horrendous-stench

* "Pence sees border horror first hand as protests spread nationwide:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pence-sees-border-horror-first-hand-as-protests-spread-nationwide-63770693822

* "Shocking new images of overcrowding at the border:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/shocking-new-images-of-overcrowding-at-the-border-63767109800

* "Mayors and protesters remain defiant ahead of ICE raids: "You’re going to have to come through us":" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/13/20693099/ice-raids-trump-chicago-new-york-san-francisco-denver-mayors-protesters

* "Chants of 'classrooms, not cages' as hundreds gather for DC 'Lights for Liberty' vigil:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/12/lights-liberty-dc-immigration-vigil-hundreds-gather-protest/1710297001/

* "House Democrats seek documents from for-profit companies detaining migrants:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-seek-documents-profit-companies-detaining-migrants-n1028591

* TW: Sexual Assault. "Officer alleges sexual misconduct by general:" https://apnews.com/08a297df36e947a7888fde64acebdec5

* TW: Pedophilia. "Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said. Now He’s ‘Not a Fan.’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-epstein.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Acosta, Who Cut Deal With Epstein, Tried to Slash Anti-Trafficking Program by 80 Percent:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/labor-secretary-alex-acosta-who-cut-deal-with-epstein-tried-to-slash-anti-trafficking-budget

* TW: Pedophilia. "New Accusations For Epstein As Some In South Florida Say 'Good Riddance' To Acosta:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/741326915/new-accusations-for-epstein-as-some-in-south-florida-say-good-riddance-to-acosta

* TW: Pedophilia. "Why Did It Take So Long to Take Down Epstein, Cosby, and Spacey?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/12/why-did-it-take-so-long-take-down-epstein-cosby-and-spacey

* TW: Pedophilia "Acosta joins lengthy list of ignominious Trump admin departures:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/acosta-joins-lengthy-list-of-ignominious-trump-admin-departures-63770181863

* TW: Pedophilia "Prosecutors allege Epstein tried to pay off potential accomplices:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/prosecutors-allege-epstein-tried-to-pay-off-potential-accomplices-63770181803

* "What is it like being black in LGBT spaces?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/what-is-it-like-being-black-in-lgbt-spaces/

* "Third Trans Woman Murdered in Honduras This Month:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/11/third-trans-woman-murdered-honduras-month

* "Australian politician: Christians suffered because of same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/australian-politician-christians-suffered-same-sex-marriage/

* "There’s a clear link between homophobia and transphobia, data confirms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/10/clear-link-homophobia-transphobia-data-british-social-attitudes/

* TW: Rape. "South Korean LGBT soldiers face physical and sexual violence, says report:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/lgbt-soldiers-south-korea-face-physical-sexual-violence/

* "Lesbian couple in Barcelona receive torrent of abuse for kissing in public:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/13/lesbian-couple-barcelona-homophobic-abuse-kissing/

* "Welsh politicians say progress is 'not irreversible' at PinkNews Cardiff summer reception:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/welsh-politicians-say-progress-is-not-irreversible-at-pinknews-cardiff-summer-reception/

* "Teens who wore masks during homophobic graffiti spree identified by automatic wi-fi:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/high-schoolers-who-wore-masks-during-homophobic-graffiti-spree-identified-by-auto-connect-wi-fi/

* It's just the House. "House approves amendment to reverse Trump's trans military ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/house-of-representatives-approves-amendment-to-reverse-trans-military-ban/

* "Catholic school teacher fired for being gay sues archdiocese:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/catholic-school-teacher-fired-gay-sues-archdiocese/

* "'Die-In' Protesters Confront Alabama Mayor Who Called for Killing Gays:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/12/die-protesters-confront-alabama-mayor-who-called-killing-gays

* "This Two-Spirited Activist Is Fighting for Visibility and Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/two-spirited-activist-fighting-visibility-and-justice

* "New Hampshire is the 13th US state to add X gender option to drivers licenses:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/13/new-hampshire-adds-x-gender-option-drivers-licenses/

* TW: Suicide "Alabama police officer re-hired after mocking gay teen’s suicide:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/alabama-police-officer-re-hired-mocking-gay-teens-suicide/

* "Detroit man allegedly used Grindr to find gay people, shoot them dead:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/detroit-man-grindr-find-gay-people-shoot-dead/

* "This Trans Pioneer in New Hampshire Isn't Done Yet:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/trans-pioneer-new-hampshire-isnt-done-yet

* "Meet Oklahoma's First Lesbian Elected as State Senator:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/meet-oklahomas-first-lesbian-elected-state-senator

* "Is Congress Listening To AIDS Activists Now?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/7/12/congress-listening-aids-activists-now

* "Meet the Poz, Black Feminist Helping to Change the World:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/14/meet-poz-black-feminist-helping-change-world

* They are doing one with African women too. "HIV Vaccine Trials on Gay, Bi Men to Begin in U.S., Europe:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/7/12/hiv-vaccine-trials-gay-bi-men-begin-us-europe

* "Why We Still Need HIV Warriors:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/7/11/why-we-still-need-hiv-warriors

* "Hurricane Barry weakens into a tropical storm, but officials warn there’s more to come:" https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-tropical-storm-barry-20190713-story.html

* I meant to post Friday's digest version separately, but for cat related reasons, that didn't happen. Saturday evening squirrel and I had a thing out in the big blue room, and i was gone past Midnight. I am still catching up on reading a posting a whole bunch of news I flagged to look at Wednesday and Thursday. I'm doing my level best, but there was just a lot of news last week and my lungs keep yoyoing depending on if it's raining or not. I slow way the fuck down when I can't breathe. Luckily we are have a summer much like a couple decades ago before the climate change really amped, so the rain is on my side. Problem is it's clearly not just an allergen situation. If it were just pollen I'd get a lot longer grace period after it rains. I'm guessing forest fire smoke is blowing in from somewhere because about an hour after each rain my lungs go bad really quickly.I'm sleeping under filtration with clean hair which helps and doing all the other little tricks, but the whole randomly half suffocating thing is exhausting and it's truncating my prime getting things done time.

My apologies.

* Creepy Child Jesus: https://the-alexandrian-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/186271383926/secifosseluce-secifosseluce-secifosseluce

* A cool thing on Gender Presentation in Good Omens: https://kedreeva.tumblr.com/post/186257565953/i-am-glad-neil-gaiman-confirmed-that-crowley-was

* I love this thing on Crowley and Aziraphale. Entirely G Rated character analysis: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186255461857/im-significant-vaspider

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

* 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 Kids in Concentration Camps:" 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

* 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 clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a science Fiction eldritch horror thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel 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

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

* "Ebola treatment center attacked again as Congo battles a deadly epidemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/health/ebola-drc-congo-who-death/index.html

* "Canada’s Justin Trudeau is Facing a Divisive Political Scandal. Can He Survive?:" http://time.com/5547518/trudeau-wilson-raybould-canada-scandal/

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro ridiculed after tweeting explicit carnival video:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/bolsonaro-carnival-pornographic-tweet-ridiculed

* "Pompeo says 'constraint' on Venezuela action has been lifted:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/politics/venezuela-pompeo-constraint/index.html

* "Pompeo Accuses Cuba and Russia of Propping Up Venezuelan Ruler:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/us/politics/us-venezuela-pompeo.html

* "US withdraws embassy personnel from Venezuela as crisis worsens:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/us-withdraws-embassy-personnel-from-venezuela-as-crisis-worsens-1456982595848

* "Rash foreign policy leaves Trump with limited Venezuela options:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rash-foreign-policy-leaves-trump-with-limited-venezuela-options-1456983619868

* "US and Canada are the only two nations still flying many Boeing 737 Max planes:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/africa/airlines-suspend-boeing-flights-intl/index.html

* "Trump admin assurances on plane's safety ring hollow abroad:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-assurances-on-plane-s-safety-ring-hollow-abroad-1456981571906

* "U.S. Navy reports 'relentless cyber attacks' by Chinese hackers and other foreign adversaries:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/12/1841590/-U-S-Navy-reports-relentless-cyber-attacks-by-Chinese-hackers-and-other-foreign-adversaries

* "New York attorney general is investigating Trump projects:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-deutsche-bank-idUSKBN1QT0NU

* "As Dems arm for more investigations, Trump insider confides, 'We're not ready':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-arm-investigations-trump-insider-confides-ready/story?id=61605995

* "Mueller probe already financed through September:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-mueller-idUSKBN1QS2QB

* "Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can’t Be Buried:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-may-drop-second-report-that-cant-be-buried

* "Adam Schiff: Evidence Available Already Shows That Trump Should Be Indicted:" https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702538563/adam-schiff-evidence-available-already-shows-that-trump-should-be-indicted

* "Trump at risk for alleged role in hush payments, Stormy Daniels' former lawyer says:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-risk-alleged-role-hush-payments-stormy/story?id=61611957

* "Nancy Pelosi: "I'm against impeachment":" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nancy-pelosi-i-m-against-impeachment-1456896579628

* "Rep. Max Rose to Mitch Mcconnell: whose side are you on?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-max-rose-to-mitch-mcconnell-whose-side-are-you-on-1456625219520

* "John Oliver wants to fight robocalls by robocalling the FCC:" https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260660/john-oliver-robocalls-fight-fcc

* "Cancer institute director named acting FDA commissioner:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/fda-commissioner-1217908

* "Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence's House Office Space:" https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702577175/speaker-pelosi-revokes-mike-pences-house-office-space

* "Jay Inslee tells Chris Hayes that he wants to gut the filibuster to fight climate change:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jay-inslee-tells-chris-hayes-that-he-wants-to-gut-the-filibuster-to-fight-climate-change-1456896067584

* "Admissions scandal reveals why America’s elite colleges are under fire:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/college-admission-scandal-1265869

* "50 charged in massive college admission bribery scandal:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/50-charged-in-massive-college-admission-bribery-scandal-1456905283543

* "U.S. set to close international immigration offices:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/citizenship-immigration-international-offices-close-1218137

* "Immigration is beneficial to economies, even after 100 years:" https://phys.org/news/2019-03-immigration-beneficial-economies-years.html

* "Trump: ‘Very seriously’ considering designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorists:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-very-seriously-considering-designating-mexican-drug-cartels-as-terrorists/2019/03/12/9bfc30f0-44cb-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.271cb90544fc

* "‘Ineffective, irreversible and immoral:’ Gavin Newsom halts death penalty for 737 inmates:" https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article227489844.html

* "California Governor Newsom moves to end state's death penalty:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/california-governor-newsom-moves-to-end-state-s-death-penalty-1456982083779

* "Appeals court rules Ohio can defund Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/defund-planned-parenthood-ohio-lawsuit-1262052

* "How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized:" https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/03/06/heres-how-driving-is-encouraged-and-subsidized-by-law/

* Monday I had forage and the change of a twenty gallon, which I combined with switching the tank lighting with the other twenty. This is because Livia Sweet has recently taken to standing on her hind legs and peering wistfully into the tank. I think se wated to fish, but didn't want to get wet and it always takes her couple of weeks to a month to get used to a new idea and try it. This configuration dramatically increases the difficulty on the tank she's taken an interest in. It's not perfect, but she's easy to discourage for better or worse and this at least buys a bunch of time.

Tuesday I did my "Wheel Man" thing to help friends who had things to transport, but no vehicle. It pretty much involves me sitting in the car while they work, but it was mid sleep cycle. After, I had about an hour of phone bureaucracy. All this extra phone bureaucracy is in aid of me getting services that I desperately need. It also means a huge amount of being charming to people on the phone and allowing authorities into my life in a way that I have trouble accepting. I am now officially "Special Needs" because of my poverty and physical fragility. If you know me at all, you know how hard all of this is for me. I am really bad with even the kindest of intrusive authority, no matter how much I for real like the people doing it. I am terrible at trust and ceding control.

I am doing it anyway because it needs to be done. I am self aware enough to see how badly I am deteriorating physically and thus how many things I have had to let slip. This is long term more sustainable and rational, but hard choices are one of my strengths.

I had to stay up for Wednesday dentist. I made progress on the links, but the news has been coming so fast and hard that by the time I absolutely had to shut down and go, I only had half of Monday and half of Tuesday done. I did not have time to post the dreamwidth digest, and after the dentist, I just did the lung treatment and went the fuck to bed. Phone bureaucracy called me back at 4, but I really, really needed the sleep, which means up and dressed for phone bureaucracy tomorrow. Sigh. And Friday is forage. This is too many things for y to handle in a week and my body is screaming. And Wednesday was an over the top news day. I will do what I can.

An amusing side note from the teeth cleaning: For all that I am a ruin and unrecognizable from what I once was, the hygienist could not believe I was nearly 50. I still have the baby face that had people thinking I was in High school until I was nearly forty, even if that face looks nothing like it did when people used to stop and stare at me on the street. She eventually asked me about my skin care regimen, which is hilarious, given I have none beyond the occasional spot treatment for zits stretching all the way back to adolescence. I told her I was an original Goth. I mostly just avoid the sun. No sun bathing and relatively little exposure has preserved my skin better than the entire cosmetics industry could have.

In related news, despite the damage done by not being able to afford dental copays for several years, my TMJ, and my shitty gum genetics, my teeth are doing pretty well for nearly half a century of wear. I'm going back in July to have a spot on my most problematic molar looked at, but really I'm doing well with a normal tooth regimen. At least one part of me still works.

*****
* 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

* TW: Pedophilia. "The Rohingya children trafficked for sex:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43469043

* "China Hits Back on Trump Tariffs as Europe Off the Hook for Now:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/trump-orders-50-billion-hit-on-china-goods-amid-trade-war-fears

* I realize that systematically destroying the American economy has been a core Republican goal since at least the 70's, and I get how this benefits the richest 1%, but I honestly don't understand why anyone who isn't in the 1% supports them, knowing that this is one of their major goals and the driving force behind all their economic legislation since the election of Reagan. It makes no sense to me at all. "Stocks Drop Most in Six Weeks on Trade War Tension: Markets Wrap:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/asian-stocks-face-mixed-start-dollar-sinks-on-fed-markets-wrap

* Two grown ass men in their 70's who have had a great deal of power. Just saying. "Trump: Biden 'would go down fast and hard' in a fight:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden/index.html

* "Summons Issued For Trump In Emoluments Case:" https://wamu.org/story/18/03/21/summons-issued-trump-emoluments-case/

* "Government knows DNC hacker was Russian intel officer:" http://thehill.com/policy/technology/379866-government-knows-dnc-hacker-was-russian-intel-officer-report

* "Federal prosecutors told to seek death penalty in drug cases:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioids-deathpenalty/federal-prosecutors-told-to-seek-death-penalty-in-drug-cases-idUSKBN1GX25A?il=0

* Sigh. "House panel finds no Trump-Russia collusion, recommends leak crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/22/house-intelligence-panel-votes-to-release-trump-russia-report-479406

* Don’t hold your Breath. "House Dem moves to force vote on bill protecting Mueller:" http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379676-house-dem-moves-to-force-vote-on-bill-protecting-mueller

* "Mueller following the money on Trump Middle East policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-following-the-money-on-trump-middle-east-policy-1191850563652

* "Dowd resigns as Trump's lawyer amid disagreements on strategy:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/john-dowd-white-house/index.html

* "As legal team withers, Trump adds cable news legal pundits:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-legal-team-withers-trump-adds-cable-news-legal-pundits-1193077827572

* ""This can be a very mean-spirited town," Tillerson says in farewell speech that doesn't mention Trump:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tillerson-bids-farewell-leaving-state-department-live-updates/

* "Zinke brought security team to vacation in Turkey and Greece, records show:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/zinke-security-team-personal-vacation-429302

* "NYC agency investigating more than a dozen Kushner buildings:" https://apnews.com/307b69c25cb24b9184a9989543428a8a

* "Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/conway/556184/

* Do not want. "Trump Replaces McMaster With Bolton as National Security Adviser:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/trump-replaces-mcmaster-with-bolton-as-national-security-adviser

* "McFaul on Trump pick Bolton: What he believes in is very scary:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mcfaul-on-trump-pick-of-bolton-as-new-nsa-it-s-a-bad-choice-1193064515936

* "Schiff: Bolton likely to exaggerate Trump's dangerous impulses:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-bolton-likely-to-exaggerate-trump-s-dangerous-impulses-1193108035875

* "Sen. Murphy on Bolton: 'Can't imagine' more dangerous pick:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-on-bolton-can-t-imagine-more-dangerous-pick-1192981059524

* "Congress blocks DeVos agenda in spending bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/congress-betsy-devos-spending-bill/index.html

* "Lawmakers release huge budget; big military, domestic boosts:" https://apnews.com/bc38a23b54294dbba22ace2aaed9d76d

* "Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-probed-by-fec-for-possible-campaign-finance-violations

* Why the ADA Changes are terrible: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/172162173355/qjusttheletter-make-posts-about-disability

* "Students press for change on guns ahead of March For Our Lives:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/students-press-for-change-on-guns-ahead-of-march-for-our-lives-1191833667877

* "Stoneman Douglas Students - Grief, Gun Reform and the March For Our Lives - Extended Interview:"

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* TW: Rape. "'They Don't Want to Include Women Like Me.' Sex Workers Say They're Being Left Out of the #MeToo Movement:" http://time.com/5104951/sex-workers-me-too-movement/

* TW: Rape. "This Teenager Accused Two On-Duty Cops Of Rape. She Had No Idea The Law Might Protect Them.:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/this-teenager-accused-two-on-duty-cops-of-rape-she-had-no?utm_term=.bnKDDpVJ8&bftwnews#.yv5vvEK9g

* TW: Rape. "Past victims of sexual assault by Washington politicians say generational changes have helped women:" http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/dec/29/past-victims-of-sexual-assault-by-washington-polit/

* "Matt Damon & Gary White - Transforming Lives with Water.org and WaterEquity - Extended Interview :"

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* "'Lost' Austrian film predicting rise of nazism restored and relaunched:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/lost-austrian-film-predicting-rise-of-nazism-restored-and-relaunched

* "Protesters block NBA arena over fatal Sacramento police shooting:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/us/sacramento-police-shooting-protests/index.html

* "Canine war heroes mistreated by U.S. Army: Pentagon report:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-dogs/canine-war-heroes-mistreated-by-u-s-army-pentagon-report-idUSKCN1GE30M

* "The Enigma of Edinburgh’s Miniature Coffins:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/524144/enigma-edinburghs-miniature-coffins

* "How Photographs Printed on Paper Changed 19th-Century America:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-paper-photography-shaped-19th-century-america

* "How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Advance Women’s Rights:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-1918-flu-pandemic-helped-advance-womens-rights-180968311/

* "The Midnight Ruin of Paul Revere (with Chris Parnell):"

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* "Adam Ruins Everything - How the Continental Army Was Actually Formed :"

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* "Firings, Facebook, and (Not-So-Fond) Farewells:"

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* "All You Get Is Birth Control:"

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* "The History Of Women's Pain:"

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* "Iraq War: 15 Years Later:"

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* "Electronic Brainwashing: Cambridge Analytica's Sinister Facebook Strategy :"

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* "Shafted: Willie Mae Thornton's "Hound Dog":"

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* "Black Lightning Lets the Pierce Family Shine:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/book-of-little-black-lies/

* I used all my money on housing and insurance this month. I need to raise another 100-120 for the other bills. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* 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

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

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Hobby Lobby Purchased Thousands of Ancient Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/hobby-lobby-smuggled-thousands-of-ancient-artifacts-out-of-iraq/532743/

* "Maddow to news orgs: beware of forged Trump Russia documents!:"

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* "Trump Attacks U.S. Spies, Says ‘Other People’ Could’ve Hacked 2016:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-attacks-u-s-spies-says-other-people-could-have-hacked-2016

* "Trump wants to start charging stores to accept food stamps:" http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/07/trump-wants-to-start-charging-stores-to-accept-food-stamps.html

* "18 states, consumer groups sue DeVos over delay of student loan protections:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/18-states-sue-devos-over-delay-of-student-loan-protections-240260

* "Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher:" http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535781749/ethics-office-director-walter-shaub-resigns-saying-rules-need-to-be-tougher

* "Voter fraud commission may have violated law:" http://thehill.com/regulation/other/340738-voter-fraud-commission-may-have-violated-law?rnd=1499292453

* TW: Anti-Semitic Death Threats and Hate Speech. Neo-NAZI Trump supporters are threatening to murder reporters children for reporting on this. "Trump’s trolls go on the attack:"

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* I remember Skye designing an economics Unit for First Graders explaining the concept Rick Perry didn’t understand. Just saying. "Rick Perry explains supply and demand, gets it wrong:"

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* "Indiana GOP call for Obamacare horror stories backfires:"

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* "Virginia executes man for killing guard, deputy in 2006:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-execution-idUSKBN19R142

* "How are there so many shootings in Chicago?:"

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* "34 Fascinating Historical Fashion Facts:" http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2017/07/34-fascinating-historical-fashion-facts.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.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* "So, what can people do?*:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/161640495373/so-what-can-people-do

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

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

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* Fidel Castro has died.

* "Wisconsin election recount spurs rumors of hacking:"

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* "Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots "An Entirely New Political Movement":" http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747?utm_source=twitter

* "It wasn’t just “fake news” presenting a fake Hillary Clinton: She was held to impossible standards:" http://www.salon.com/2016/11/26/it-wasnt-just-fake-news-presenting-a-fake-hillary-clinton-she-was-held-to-impossible-standards_partner/

* A project to publicize innocent people who were sentenced to the death penalty. "Last Words:"

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* "6 Native American girls explain the tragic story behind Thanksgiving:" https://mic.com/articles/160287/6-native-american-girls-explain-the-tragic-story-behind-thanksgiving?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=movement&utm_campaign=social#.WMpNuazXt

* A Ballot Initiative intended to abolish slavery in Colorado failed.

* "Danielle Brooks' Emotional Keynote At R29's Every Beautiful Body Symposium:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/10/127848/danielle-brooks-lane-bryant-plus-size-model-confidence-quotes?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=h3&utm_campaign=watch_embed&utm_campaign=watch_end&utm_campaign=end&utm_campaign=repost=2

* "Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry:" https://www.splcenter.org/20150126/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry

* This terrifies me. "The GOP’s Anti-LGBT, Anti-Women ‘Religious Freedom’ Law on Steroids:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/the-gop-s-anti-lgbt-anti-women-religious-freedom-law-on-steroids.html

* "The newly discovered tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh:" http://etc.ancient.eu/exhibitions/giglamesh-enkidu-humbaba-cedar-forest-newest-discovered-tablet-v-epic/

* "Why Caravaggio was as shocking as his paintings:" http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161010-why-caravaggio-was-a-shocking-as-his-paintings?ocid=fbcul

* "Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen: Read by Christopher Eccleston | Remembering World War 1:"

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* Fuck 2016. Fuck it so hard. "Ron Glass, Emmy-Nominated Actor Known for ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Firefly,’ Dies at 71:" http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ron-glass-dead-barney-miller-firefly-dies-1201927179/

* "The Lion King Cast Apologizes To Mike Pence:"

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* "Trump vs. 'Hamilton' Inspires A Hip Hop Musical Spin-Off:"

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* "The Trump Train Is Already Off The Rails:"

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* TW: Pet Death. I am currently needing 10-14 hours of sleep a day, plus extra time to get all my limbs properly working, which really cuts into my ability to accomplish things. ( Fish News: )

* Sometimes I like to imagine Henry VI of England, Charles VI of France, Charles II of Spain, and Louis XVI of France living in a large rambling cottage in the country somewhere with someone to look after the cooking. They would each have their own room and space for their interests. Henry could herd a small flock of sheep and Louis could make keys. Every one would be careful not to touch Charles VI, and the cook could make soft foods for Charles II. Everyone would be kind to each other and none of them would be asked to deal with things like war and politics and they would be so much happier than they were in life.

Henry VI in particular just breaks my heart every damned time.

* I really wanted this movie to be good, but the fundamental disrespect of the religion and cultural traditions is a deal breaker for me, so I won't be seeing it. "Moana Review:" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CFsYotjdqPAAGHC5pE4U-tErzufwDSHCzy1lonRj_QE/edit

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* Suicide Crisis numbers: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/153016816845/non-us-crisis-line-list

* Victim of a Hate Crime? Report to the police first, but also report here to help the SPLC track incidents: https://www.splcenter.org/reporthate

* Trans Relief Project: http://transrelief.com/

* General Charities list to help groups being targeted in Trump's America: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/153111297079/charities-that-may-need-some-love-in-the-upcoming

* Where to donate to help Immigrants: http://colinfirth.tumblr.com/post/152963467726/carecen-la-center-for-community-change

* Ways to protest: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/174f0WBSVNSdcQ5_S6rWPGB3pNCsruyyM_ZRQ6QUhGmo/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#

* More ways to protest "So here’s the deal:" http://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/153516131819/so-heres-the-deal

* "List of Standing Rock Resources:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/152671392633/list-of-standing-rock-resources

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com