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* "Belarusian leader reshuffles security chiefs in face of mass protests:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-leader-lukashenko-replaces-security-chiefs-idUSKBN25U1I0

* "Video shows students being dragged away and loaded onto police vans in Minsk:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/europe/belarus-protests-minsk-detained-intl/index.html

* "Tory equalities chief Caroline Nokes eviscerates new UK trade boss Tony Abbott over ‘awful’ anti-LGBT+ views:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/01/caroline-nokes-anti-lgbt-uk-trade-tony-abbott-conservative-tory-liz-truss/

* "7 times Tony Abbott, Britain’s new unelected trade chief, proved himself a ‘homophobic, misogynist’ bigot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/tony-abbott-homophobic-gay-equal-marriage-same-sex-sexist-misogynist/

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* "After months of heartache, signs of COVID-19 easing in Brazil:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-plateau/after-months-of-heartache-signs-of-covid-19-easing-in-brazil-idUSKBN25T3AG

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/3/20 are 6,142,000. The death toll is 187,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Hayes: Trump has turned the U.S. into a global embarrassment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-has-turned-the-u-s-into-a-global-embarrassment-91107397578

* "Realities of vaccine testing defy optimistic Trump coronavirus timeline:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/realities-of-vaccine-testing-defy-trump-coronavirus-timeline-91114053875

This explains pretty clearly why the plan to do mass inoculations with an untested vaccine for political is a bad idea.

Look, y’all know I am generally pro-vaccine, but the vaccines I champion are tested for safety and efficacy. I’m not in favour of doing something this reckless on a large scale.

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* "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

* "Mary Trump shares family anecdote of Donald Trump's disdain for military service:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-disdain-for-military-service-seen-in-family-anecdote-91110981844

* "AP report corroborates some Atlantic stories of Trump deriding veterans, military service:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ap-report-corroborates-some-stories-of-trump-deriding-veterans-91110981648

* " Trump said Americans who died in war are ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/atlantic-trump-said-americans-who-died-in-war-are-losers-and-suckers-91103813694

* "U.S. workers filed 881K claims for jobless benefits last week:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/03/weekly-jobless-benefits-claims-408269

* "President Trump’s attempt to bypass Congress on stimulus is offering only limited economic relief:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/21/trump-unemployment/

* "Many Americans Are Still Weeks Away From Getting Trump’s Jobless Aid:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-25/trump-s-new-jobless-benefit-trickles-out-with-two-states-paying?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "With Second Stimulus Checks on Hold, Americans Spend Less at the Grocery Store:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-stimulus-checks-on-hold-americans-are-spending-less-at-the-grocery-store-11598526249?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1

* "Schumer rips 'emaciated' Republican coronavirus relief plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/03/coronavirus-relief-plan-chuck-schumer-407974

Oh look, Mitch McConnell rolled out a bullshit plan that entirely cuts out ordinary Americans four months late with no provisions to actually solve any problems.

* "National LGBT Chamber of Commerce Endorses Biden for President:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/8/31/national-lgbt-chamber-commerce-endorses-biden-president

* "Queer Eye cast issue emotional plea for fans to vote for Joe Biden: ‘The Trump administration affects all five of us’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/queer-eye-joe-biden-fundraiser-jill-democratic-win-presidential-election-trump/

* "Gay Candidate Alex Morse Loses Massachusetts Congressional Race:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/01/gay-candidate-alex-morse-loses-massachusetts-congressional-race

* "Intelligence bulletin warns Russia amplifying false claims mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/politics/russia-intel-bulletin-mail-in-voting-warning/index.html

* "Senate Dems press Mnuchin to sanction Russia for 2020 election interference:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/03/dems-mnuchin-russia-2020-election-408318

* "The Trump Administration Continues to Erode Election Security:" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-election-security-dhs-doj-odni/

* "Tribe on Trump: ‘For a law and order president, there isn’t a lot of order and certainly no law’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/tribe-on-trump-for-a-law-and-order-president-there-isn-t-a-lot-of-order-and-certainly-no-law-91102277856

* Check your registration. "Georgia likely removed nearly 200k from voter rolls wrongfully, report says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/georgia-voter-rolls-report/index.html

* "Baltimore postal facility sat on 68,000 pieces of election mail for 5 days ahead of primary, audit shows:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-postal-service-baltimore-audit-20200902-23yhohiebnaw3ipzpgi57qoqpu-story.html

* "Postal Service Has Paid DeJoy’s Former Company $286 Million Since 2013:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/us/politics/louis-dejoy-usps-paid.html

* "Man linked to fatal downtown Portland shooting killed by officers in Washington:" https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/downtown-portland-shooting-suspect-killed-washington-report/283-04a34f16-49eb-4418-8964-f94c83c7acd8

* This has already been adjudicated unconstitutional when he tried to do it to force cities to do ICE's job. It's still more authoritarianism, so it's here. "Trump floats pulling federal money from ‘anarchist’ cities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/trump-federal-money-police-408116

* "Jacob Blake's Transgender Cousin Responds to Anti-LGBTQ+ Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/9/01/jacob-blakes-transgender-cousin-responds-anti-lgbtq-threats

* Police suffocated him in March when he was cuffed and unarmed then hid the dash video and lied. The family’s lawyer finally pried the video free after a long court battle. "Daniel Prude case: Mayor suspends officers involved in man's suffocation death:" https://6abc.com/daniel-prude-rochester-ny-death-police/6404300/

* "Daniel Prude's brother says police didn't tell him about brother's death at first:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/daniel-prude-s-brother-says-police-didn-t-tell-him-about-brother-s-death-at-first-91102790002

* "Part of Raising Black Children Is Prepping Them for Pain:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/27/part-raising-black-children-prepping-them-pain

* "Homophobic abuse in football doubles in the space of a year, worrying report confirms, with huge spike in racism on the pitch:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/kick-it-out-homophobia-racism-football-yougov-poll/

* "Love keeps on winning in Northern Ireland with same-sex couples finally able to marry in churches:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/01/same-sex-weddings-marriage-equality-northern-ireland-church-religion-love/

* "DUP politician – surprise, surprise – thinks treating trans and non-binary people with dignity is against the Bible:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/northern-ireland-trans-non-binary-pronouns-civil-service-dup-bible-mervyn-storey/

* "Polish Bishops Propose Sending LGBTQ+ People to Conversion 'Clinics':" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2020/8/31/polish-bishops-propose-sending-lgbtq-people-conversion-clinics

* "Gay clergyman viciously persecuted by the Nazis has been reinstated by his church, decades after his death:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/friedrich-klein-reverend-gay-disrobed-berlin-germany-reinstated-nazis/

* "A US marine choked a trans woman to death while serving. He wants early release from prison for 'good behaviour':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/philippines-united-states-marine-joseph-scott-pemberton-jennifer-laude-trans-murder-early-release/

"Roque said that Pemberton’s “light penalty” showed that “Americans continue to have the status of conquering colonials in our country.”

Trans people in the Philippines have protested the decision to release Pemberton, with many turning up outside the Department of Justice holding “trans lives matter” signs."

* "Richard Grenell, Trump's Top Gay Appointee, Joins Anti-LGBTQ+ Group:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/9/01/richard-grenell-trumps-top-gay-appointee-joins-anti-lgbtq-group

* "Second Judge Blocks Effort to End LGBTQ+ Health Care Protections:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/9/02/second-judge-blocks-effort-end-lgbtq-health-care-protections

* "Gonorrhoea cases at their highest level since records began – with queer men among the worst affected:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/public-health-england-stis-gonorrhoea-chlamydia-syphilis-terrence-higgins-trust/

* "With COVID Comments, University President Demonizes People With HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/8/31/covid-comments-university-president-demonizes-people-hiv

* "David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59

* "Into The Omegaverse: How a Fanfic Trope Landed in Federal Court:"

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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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* "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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* I managed to spill cocoa on Rupert (It wasn't even Tavy's fault. My hand jerked. It wasn't a lot of cocoa and though some got in, I'm crossing my fingers. If he no longer can use all his keys, I'll sort that out tomorrow.) He's taking an upside down rice nap, along with a massive amount of links I'd read, but not posted. I have a ton of things I did before I went to bed Monday morning that I put on the scaffold, but didn't post on tumblr because tumblr was too slow on Rupert. I'm going to put some of them up, but basically, all work on Rupert stopped midnightish and Klaus is having to do both sets of work which is less efficient. Sorry.

* Oh look, rich people are using the explosion to gentrify people out of their homes. "Beirut explosion: The battle to save the city’s buildings:" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200820-beirut-explosion-the-battle-to-save-the-citys-buildings

* "Mali coup: No deal on transitional government:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53896752

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* "This bisexual guy has an ingenious solution for convincing fragile anti-maskers to wear a face covering:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/anti-maskers-gay-bisexual-tiktok-spence-logan/

* "Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-800000-idUSKBN25I0QS

* "Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/south-africa-coronavirus-flu-season/2020/08/17/bd8aaaca-e084-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html

* US COVID-19 numbers for 8/24: Total confirmed cases: 5,735,000; Deaths: 178,000 Real numbers are likely dramatically higher.

* "US FDA announces emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/health/covid-19-convalescent-plasma-eua-white-house/index.html

* "Navarro’s push for plasma treatment goes further than FDA scientists:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/navarro-pushes-plasma-without-evidence-400761

* Forcing the FDA to put an unproven vaccine into mass distribution as an October surprise is a terrible idea and wildly unsafe. "Trump echoes Peter Navarro's "deep state" rhetoric about the FDA:" https://www.axios.com/trump-peter-navarro-fda-deep-state-12563e41-de4a-4635-9319-ff0eca41f126.html

* "Exclusive: Top FDA official says would resign if agency rubber-stamps an unproven COVID-19 vaccine:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-fda-exclu/exclusive-top-fda-official-says-would-resign-if-agency-rubber-stamps-an-unproven-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25H03H

* "How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida:" https://apnews.com/042528176366efe911484e39091b7cf2

* "COVID-19’s Toll on People of Color Is Worse Than We Knew:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/08/21/covid-19-s-toll-on-people-of-color-is-worse-than-we-knew

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* "The 8 most sensational quotes from secret recordings of Trump's sister:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/22/wapo-trumps-sister-said-he-has-no-morals-people-cant-trust-him-400224

* "Kellyanne Conway, one of Donald Trump’s most staunchly anti-LGBT+ advisers, has just resigned:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/kellyanne-conway-resignation-resigns-anti-lgbt-white-house-claudia-donald-trump/

* Elizabeth Warren Extended Interview:

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* Bernie Sanders extended interview:

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* Extended Susan Rice Interview:

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* "US House 18: Pam Keith wins Democratic primary over Oz Vazquez:" https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200818/us-house-18-pam-keith-wins-democratic-primary-over-oz-vazquez

* Retaliatory Arrest: https://twitter.com/fodderyfodder/status/1297405642848837633

* So creepy. "Keeping Up With the Millers: Stephen Miller and His Wife, Katie, Found Love in a Hateful Place:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/stephen-miller-and-his-wife-found-love-in-a-hateful-place?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_CH_081320_Weekly&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bda40263f92a40f7d4e1769&cndid=209222&hasha=6a46201277c146b20ed1b6b047f76ae2&hashb=6c9d3420c599969b86f88c2d5ad7ac0d96e1b563&hashc=0f58e2e45d9cdafe75207260e221fdd4ee1af9da63898e127ec9f8efb54b5041&esrc=GAsweeps&utm_campaign=VF_CH_081320_Weekly&utm_term=VYF_Cocktail_Hour

* "States are calling racism a public health crisis. Here's what that means:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/health/states-racism-public-health-crisis-trnd/index.html

* "Gay artist uses helium balloons to fly a Pride flag over Moscow – and that sound you hear is Putin throwing a tantrum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/artist-pride-rainbow-flag-moscow-russia-gay-propaganda-lgbt-alexander-donskoy/

* "Pathetic homophobe vandalises roads with obscene graffiti claiming ‘tight lycra’ wearing cyclists are gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/cycling-gay-homophobia-sheffield-peak-district-graffiti-lycra-south-yorkshire/

* "Cruel dad who whipped his son after finding out he was on Grindr sentenced to just 18 months in prison:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/grindr-prison-father-son-sexuality-bisexual-plymouth-actual-bodily-harm-assault-sentence/

* "Man handed 100-hour community service order for head-butting ‘racist homophobe’ at taxi rank:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/23/man-handed-100-hour-community-service-order-head-butting-racist-homophobe-taxi-rank-guernsey/

* "A wrestling commentator stood up to ‘anti-gay evangelical bullies’. They ‘purposefully broke his leg’ for his troubles:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/justin-morissette-vancouver-evangelical-gay-homophobic-broken-leg-sportsnet/

* "The Battle to Protect LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/23/battle-protect-lgbtq-homeless-youth

* "Sperm donor who performed secret DNA test on lesbian couple’s child told he has no parental rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/lesbian-couple-sperm-donor-arizona-court-case-paternity-dna/

* This is a disability rights issue. "Britney Spears' dad remains in charge of conservatorship, dealing a crushing blow to the Free Britney movement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/free-britney-spears-conservatorship-jamie-los-angeles-court-hearing-jason-alexander/

* "The Life-Saving Car Technology No One Wants:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-12/why-are-cars-still-so-dangerous-to-pedestrians

* "In 14th-Century Florence, Some Residents Socially Distanced While Others Hit the Bars:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/did-people-social-distancing-during-bubonic-plague

* I've been thinkingabout her a lot this summer and last week in particular. ":" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie-lou-hamers-dauntless-fight-for-black-americans-right-vote-180975610/

* "On Black Power in the Pacific:" https://daily.jstor.org/on-black-power-in-the-pacific/

* "Quarantinewhile... The Space Force Tweet That Inspires And Confuses:"

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* "Stephen's LIVE Monologue Following Day 1 Of The Democratic National Convention:"

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* "You Owe Kevin Costner An Apology For "The Postman":"

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* "LIVE Monologue: Joe Got Confetti, Jill Biden Got A Nickname, And AOC Got One Minute On DNC Night 2:"

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* "Quarantinewhile... America's Pepperoni Crisis Requires A New Sub-Sub-Segment: Meatwhile...:"

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* "Barack Obama's Fiery, Emotional Speech Sets The Stage For Historic Kamala Harris VP Nomination:"

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* "Trump Courts Conspiracy Theorists From The White House Podium, Offering To "Save The World":"

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* "Joe Biden States His Purpose: To Be A Light And End The Darkness Of The Trump Administration:"

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* "Regina Spektor "Prisoners" feat. Caleb Teicher:"

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* "Sheryl Crow "Woman in the White House":"

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* "Why This Charming Gay Fairytale Has Been Lost For 200 Years:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/08/21/why-this-charming-gay-fairytale-has-been-lost-for-200-years-stith-thompson/#2a2520146163

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* "Hashem Abedi jailed for at least 55 years for the murder of 22 innocent people in the Ariana Grande Manchester bombing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/hashem-abedi-manchester-bombing-ariana-grande-jailed-sentencing-martyn-hett/

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* "Covid-19 Data Will Once Again Be Collected by CDC, in Policy Reversal:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/troubled-covid-19-data-system-returning-to-cdc-11597945770?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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* "Trump was serious about trading hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico for Greenland, ex-DHS official says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puerto-rico-greenland-n1237336

* "Trump Administration Pushes Arms Sale to U.A.E. Despite Israeli Worries:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/middleeast/trump-netanyahu-israel-uae.html

* This is 1. Literally a lie he made up that has been repeatedly debunked by his own intelligence agencies. 2. Unconstitutional. "Trump Says He'll Seek a Third Term Because 'They Spied On Me':" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-third-term-because-they-spied-on-him-1045743/

* Meanwhile on Autocracy watch... "White House declines to say whether Trump will accept election results if he loses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-election-results-white-house/

* "Former DHS official: Trump wanted to withhold California wildfire money for political reasons:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/trump-california-wildfire-money-397340

* "Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/trump-goodyear-boycott-maga-attire-ban-398469

* "Trump: I ‘appreciate’ support from QAnon adherents:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/trump-qanon-support-398755

* "Joy Reid: Trump has attacked the institutions that he swore to protect:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-trump-has-attacked-the-institutions-that-he-swore-to-protect-90396741821

* "Administration wants Supreme Court to review suit on Trump's Twitter-blocking:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/trump-twitter-blocking-399343

* "Trump retweets Russian propaganda about Biden that US intel agencies say is intended to influence 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/trump-retweets-known-russian-disinformation-biden-derkach/index.html

* Full Text of the Bi-partizan Senate report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election and 45's campaign's collusion with this attack on American democracy. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7039362-Senate-Intelligence-Committee-Russia.html

* "Manafort was ‘grave counterintelligence threat’ due to Russian contacts, Senate panel says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/manafort-worked-with-russian-intel-officer-who-may-have-been-involved-in-dnc-hack-senate-panel-says-397597

* "Russiagate Was Not a Hoax:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/russiagate-wasnt-a-hoax/615373/

* "Trump camp cooperation with Russia explicated in new Senate intel report:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-camp-cooperation-with-russia-explicated-in-senate-report-90278469524

* "Report amplifies warning of ongoing Russian election interference efforts:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/report-amplifies-warning-of-russian-election-interference-efforts-90276933908

* "Eric Holder on Senate report on Russian interference: ‘America needs to wake up’:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/eric-holder-on-senate-report-on-russian-interference-america-needs-to-wake-up-90277957771

* "Senate Report says Trump 2016 Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort was 'a grave counter-intel threat’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-report-says-trump-2016-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-was-a-grave-counter-intel-threat-90274885583

* "Roger Stone drops appeals of felony convictions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/roger-stone-felony-appeal-397548

* "Judge tosses Trump’s attempt to block subpoena from Manhattan prosecutors for financial docs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/cy-vance-subpoena-trump-documents-399256

* "Senate panel told Justice Dept. of suspicions over Trump family members’ Russia testimony:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-committee-donald-trump-jr-jared-kushner-stephen-bannon-erik-prince/2020/08/15/a7905a84-def5-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

* "Each of the three people who led Trump’s 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/20/each-trumps-2016-campaign-managers-has-now-faced-criminal-charges/

* "Former Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty to swindling donors in private border wall effort:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/former-trump-aide-bannon-charged-with-swindling-donors-in-private-border-wall-effort-399215

* "Bannon leaves courthouse, pleads not guilty on fraud and money laundering:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/bannon-leaves-courthouse-pleads-not-guilty-on-fraud-and-money-laundering-90396741636

* "American initial jobless claims rocket above 1 million again:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* This after virulently opposing it all this time on the grounds that people might use it to vote as Republicans oppose allowing American citizens to vote, and appointing someone who is still dismantling it "White House Open to $25 Billion for Postal Service, McEnany Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-19/white-house-open-to-25-billion-for-postal-service-mcenany-says?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Watch Joe Biden's full speech at the 2020 DNC:" https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-joe-biden-s-full-speech-at-the-2020-dnc-90405957640

* " Kamala Harris’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention | 2020 DNC Night 3:"

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* "Watch Barack Obama’s Full Speech At The 2020 DNC:"

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* "‘Our worst impulses unleashed’: Obama assails Trump as a threat to democracy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/barack-obama-dnc-speech-trump-398692

* "Stacey Abrams’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Full Speech At The 2020 DNC:"

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* "Kristin Urquiza on her father’s death from coronavirus: ‘I didn’t only feel grief, I felt intense anger’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kristin-urquiza-on-her-father-s-death-i-didn-t-only-feel-grief-i-felt-intense-anger-90275397648

* "Young keynote speakers detail future of Democratic Party:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/young-keynote-speakers-detail-future-of-democratic-party-90335813582

* "Keisha Lance Bottoms’ full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Cory Booker’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Record Number of LGBTQ+ Delegates Make Voices Heard at Dem Convention:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/20/record-number-lgbtq-delegates-make-voices-heard-dem-convention

* "Meet the Black Gay Man Behind Joe Biden's LGBTQ+ Outreach:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/20/meet-black-gay-man-behind-joe-bidens-lgbtq-outreach

* "Tammy Duckworth’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* "Ayanna Pressley: Trump has created a ‘tsunami of hurt, and an abundance of cruelty’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ayanna-pressley-trump-has-created-a-tsunami-of-hurt-and-an-abundance-of-cruelty-90398277513

* "A Republican lawmaker laughed callously while joking about gay men being executed. He was just unseated:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/mike-hill-republican-primary-florida-michelle-salzman-result-gay/

* "Trump campaign sues New Jersey over mail-in voting plans:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/trump-campaign-new-jersey-mail-in-ballots/

* "Joy Reid on Trump: ‘If you’re going to let the Post Office die, no one’s going to re-elect you’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-trump-if-you-re-going-to-let-the-post-office-die-no-one-s-going-to-re-elect-you-90272837766

* "Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy’s selection, Schumer says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/19/postal-service-dejoy-schumer-mnuchin/

* My suspicions confirmed. ""Wholly insufficient": Pelosi says postmaster general won't commit to reversing USPS changes:" https://www.axios.com/pelosi-postmaster-general-reverse-usps-change-2f2761f1-1083-4ba0-8617-0766f9f35970.html

* "GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/18/gop-and-trump-ties-run-deep-on-the-us-postal-services-board-of-governors.html

* "Gov. Whitmer on USPS machines being removed: ‘We’re getting reports that it’s still happening’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gov-whitmer-on-usps-machines-being-removed-we-re-getting-reports-that-it-s-still-happening-90334277716

* "The Post Office’s Great Mail Slowdown Is Hurting Small Businesses:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w9nd/usps-package-delays-mail-slowdown-hurts-small-businesses

* "Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, 'Get your ass to the border':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/dhs-kirstjen-nielsen-trump-border-398416

* "Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 meeting to separate migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-cabinet-officials-voted-2018-white-house-meeting-separate-migrant-n1237416

* "Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump Pardon, Tells How He Can Really Honor Her:" https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/susan-b-anthony-museum-rejects-donald-trump-pardon-082133508.html

* "NHS outrages straight women by asking for proof of ‘a stable relationship’ before IVF, but queer folk have it much, much worse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/lesbians-ivf-same-sex-couple-nhs-england-report/

* "Anti-gay Christian fostering agency that told couples to 'refrain from homosexual behaviour' broke law, court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/fostering-agency-same-sex-christian-equality-act-high-court-ofsted/

* "Woman attacked gay police officer while screaming obscene homophobic abuse during a drunken shopping trip to Aldi:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/bristol-aldi-homophobic-abuse-police-officer-gay-samantha-beck-drunk-alcohol/

* "Judge halts Trump's rollback of transgender health protections:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/judge-trump-rollback-transgender-health-397332

* "Donald Trump thinks he's the 'most pro-gay president in American history'. He’s attacked LGBT+ Americans 168 times:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/20/donald-trump-pro-gay-president-american-history-log-cabin-republicans-richard-grenell/

* "HIV Funding in the South Is Critical in the Face of COVID-19, Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/20/hiv-funding-south-critical-face-covid-19-racism

* "'Kneejerk' call to axe Public Health England could 'risk a reversal' of HIV progress, leading organisations warn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/public-health-england-news-hiv-sexual-health-national-institute-for-health-protection/

* "Vancouver Island, BC: 2nd Fairy Creek Blockade Established:" https://itsgoingdown.org/vancouver-island-bc-2nd-fairy-creek-blockade-established/

* "Smoke chokes California as dozens of wildfires rage – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/19/california-fires-latest-news-updates-lake-hughes-loyalton

* "Atlantic microplastic 'weighs millions of tonnes':" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53786555

* "John Legend and Common perform ‘Glory’ at the 2020 Democratic National Convention:"

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* It is way too hot. I feel terrible, but am mending. The ultrasound hurt, but not nearly as much as the x-ray. I really liked the tech. She took me on a tour of my shoulder while she worked.

The cats were not best pleased by me only sending 2-3 hours upright and then going back to bed. Livia, sensibly followed me to get her pettins. Eventually Tavy got lonely and got over his avoidance of my room since Elder Kitty's death. He got his pettin. Then I was trying to sleep and people kept walking across me. At one point Tavy sniffed my arm and them bit it hard. Um, thanks? think it was a low key territorial dispute. Livia had had me and the bed to herself for a while and was not willing to relinquish us. Tavy wanted to reassert dominance over her and kick her out of the bed. They worked out a reasonable sharing arrangement eventually, similar to the one we'd had until the start of Elder kitty's final illness. Everyone got more pettins. Livia stayed in the bed until her usually afternoon migration. Tavy slept on me with shot interruptions until I woke up for real and kept climbing back on for more cuddles every time I stopped moving.

Him: *rubs his face emphatically against mine.
Me: I missed you too, Buddy.

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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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* "Big increase recorded in Amazon region fires:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53626544

* "Strong quake in Philippines kills 1, damages houses, roads:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/strong-quake-jolts-central-philippines-damage-72431735

* CW: Torture "Belarusians accuse authorities of torture and humiliation during mass detentions:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/europe/belarus-torture-allegations-intl-hnk/index.html

* "'Breathing freedom' - Belarusians hope for change:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53796989

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* Well fuck. "Hundreds gather in Madrid for anti-mask protest:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-53802226

* "Victoria records fewest new infections in a month:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53806500

* "The FDA Authorizes a Cheap, Fast Saliva Test—and the NBA Is Involved:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fda-authorizes-a-cheap-fast-saliva-testand-the-nba-is-involved-11597508654

* This is somewhere between 45′s idea for people to take Hydroxychloroquine and his call for people to inject bleach in quality. "Trump eyes new unproven virus "cure" promoted by Ben Carson and the CEO of MyPillow:" https://www.axios.com/trump-covid-oleandrin-9896f570-6cd8-4919-af3a-65ebad113d41.html

* "White House warns of ‘widespread and expanding’ COVID-19 spread in Georgia:" https://www.ajc.com/news/white-house-warns-of-widespread-and-expanding-viral-spread-in-georgia/5DEVU3BSCZAIHCSI3A3KTTGGIY/

* "White House Staffers Pissed at a Top National Security Aide—for Wearing a Mask:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-staffers-pissed-at-a-top-national-security-aide-for-wearing-a-mask-in-front-of-them

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* "They Crossed Oceans to Lift Their Families Out of Poverty. Now, They Need Help.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/business/global-remittances-coronavirus.html

* "US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/iran-taliban-bounties-us-intelligence/index.html

* Clearly he needs to urgently meet with his handler. "Trump eyes Putin meeting before November election, say sources:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-eyes-putin-meeting-november-election-say-four-people-familiar-n1236861

* "Senate committee sought investigation of Bannon, raised concerns about Trump family testimony:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-14/senate-committee-sought-investigation-of-bannon-raised-concerns-about-trump-family-testimony

* "Trump administration announces plans to drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/trump-arctic-wildlife-drilling/index.html

* The Republican Agenda at work. "Diseased Chicken for Dinner? The USDA Is Considering It:" https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-11/diseased-chicken-for-dinner-the-usda-is-considering-it

* I argued strenuously against putting a batman villain who just wanted to watch the world burn in charge of the country back in 2016, but here we are.

* "GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their top DHS roles:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/gao-chad-wolf-ken-cuccinelli-ineligible-dhs-395222

* "Three of ten Americans laid off in coronavirus crisis worried about food, shelter:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/three-of-ten-americans-laid-off-in-coronavirus-crisis-worried-about-food-shelter-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2581WH

* I don't have the patience to watch nominating conventions. (Debates are different if they are substantive and not full of nonsense.) I will watch specific speeches if they strike me as worthwhile. Michelle Obama had me in tears. If you watch one thing from Monday's convention coverage, watch that.

I did not get it together to put the speech and the Porter segment into the aggregate today, but they should be in the next edition.

* "Jim Clyburn - Kamala Harris & Saving the U.S. Postal Service:"

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* "Anti-LGBT+ Republican’s election bid descends into brazen bigotry as vile campaign materials take aim at trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/bob-good-central-virginia-house-representatives-transphobia-summit-pastor/

* "PLAN YOUR VOTE: How to vote by mail and register to vote in each state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/

* "You don't need the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your mail-in ballot:" https://news.yahoo.com/you-dont-need-the-us-postal-service-to-vote-your-mail-in-ballot-210121973.html

* "Obama: Trump is trying to ‘kneecap’ Postal Service:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/obama-trump-postal-service-usps-395270

* "House Democrat files criminal referral accusing Trump of subverting election:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/512135-house-democrat-files-criminal-referral-accusing-trump-of-subverting-election

* "State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-officials-rush-to-shore-up-confidence-in-nov-3-election-as-voters-express-new-fears-about-mail-voting/2020/08/16/3d511144-df23-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_trumpvote-339pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

* "USPS won't say if decision by Western district to stop removing letter collection boxes is still in effect:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/politics/usps-letter-collection-boxes/index.html

* "‘These Are Felonies’: Lawyers React with Horror to Reports of Post Office Removing Mail Sorting Machines:" https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/these-are-felonies-lawyers-react-with-horror-to-reports-of-post-office-removing-mail-sorting-machines/

* "Trump’s postmaster general caught making cash off of post office contracts: report:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/trumps-postmaster-general-caught-making-cash-off-of-post-office-contracts-report/

* "UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ups-fedex-exclusive-idUSKCN25B00I

* "DeJoy agrees to testify amid Dem fury over Postal Service changes:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/dejoy-testify-congress-postal-service-397082

* "Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html

* "Tracing Trump’s Postal Service obsession — from ‘loser’ to ‘scam’ to ‘rigged election’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-post-office-mail-vote/2020/08/15/27a2ffd4-de5f-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

* Want to bet Mitch McConnell blocks it in Senate? "House to vote on $25B infusion for Postal Service amid Trump attacks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/house-vote-on-postal-service-funding-397081

* "The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying:" https://theintercept.com/2020/08/12/blueleaks-law-enforcement-police-lie-detection/

* "Why Social Workers Cannot Work With Police:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/social-workers-police-collaborate.html

* "Facebook’s algorithm ‘actively promotes’ Holocaust denial content and conspiracy theories, experts say:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/16/facebooks-algorithm-actively-promotes-holocaust-denial-content-and-conspiracy-theories-experts-say/

* "For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/health/microaggression-medicine-doctors.html

* "Czech Republic 'in danger' of following in the homophobic, transphobic footsteps of Poland and Hungary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/czech-republic-poland-hungary-homophobia-transphobia-equal-marriage-adela-horakova/

* I have serious concerns about having the trans passengers sit in special seats. It doesn’t sound safe, to be honest. Yes, better training for bus drivers. Yes more education and visibility in the media, but I’m just… picturing a lot of bad things with the special seating. "Bus operator launches pioneering new scheme to encourage ‘awareness and respect’ for trans passengers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/india-bus-trans-passengers-tridhara-joint-council-syndicates-west-bengal-hijras/

* "Arrest Made in Fatal Stabbing of Trans Woman Tiffany Harris:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/8/15/arrest-made-fatal-stabbing-trans-woman-tiffany-harris

* "Bishop forbids queer Catholics from meeting in churches and attending Mass – just like Jesus wanted:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/detroit-bishop-gerard-battersby-lgbt-catholic-dignity-detroit-fortunate-families-jesus/

* "Thousands demand 'justice for Alex' after video shows mother deadnaming, misgendering and humiliating her trans son:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/justice-alex-his-name-is-video-trans-son-deadname-misgendered-hungry-bear/

* "China just approved HIV-preventing drug Truvada for PrEP use – finally – in a stunning victory for activists:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/17/china-truvada-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-prep-hiv-prevention-unaids-lgbt/

* "Solving a Medical Mystery With Oral Traditions:" https://daily.jstor.org/solving-a-medical-mystery-with-oral-traditions/

* "One of America’s most popular drugs — first aimed at schizophrenia — reveals the issues of ‘off-label’ use:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/one-of-americas-most-popular-drugs--first-aimed-at-schizophrenia--reveals-the-issues-of-off-label-use/2018/03/28/78a538ca-1e27-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html

* "28 Organizations Promoting Indigenous Food Sovereignty:" https://foodtank.com/news/2020/08/28-organizations-promoting-indigenous-food-sovereignty/?mc_cid=25d43e896b&mc_eid=bbdd51b06c

* "Facebook abandons broken drilling equipment under Oregon coast seafloor:" https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2020/08/facebook-abandons-broken-drilling-equipment-under-oregon-coast-seafloor.html

* "'Highest temperature on Earth' recorded in US:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018

* "Ancient Viking warrior given a hero’s burial may have actually been ‘transgender, non-binary or gender fluid’, researchers say:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/16/viking-warrior-woman-trans-man-non-binary-gender-fluid-sweden-neil-price/

* "Historical People of Color in Europe (and America): “It’s Not Historically Accurate!!” and Other Nonsense:" https://qqueenofhades.tumblr.com/post/165694767524/historical-people-of-color-in-europe-and

* "The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/

* "Juries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Backlash to Postal Service Cutbacks:"

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* "The Battle for Checkpoints at the Cheyenne River Reservation:"

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* "Karen, Please Just Wear A Mask:"

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* Two bits of good news: 1. I am now allowed to eat crackers with my anti-bioitic. it's still not pleasant, but much more manageable. I'm able to eat things that are not crackers at other times, which means the cracker supply will likely stretch until Wednesday at least. there is now a reasonable chance of me lasting through friday.

2. Thanks to assorted benefactors, I should be okay as long as things post across from Paypay some time tomorrow. Assorted money is in the pipeline. I just need it to land fast enough to both plug the leak and have enough for the car insurance autodraw at the end of month. (The issue was housing insurance draw. Same company, but they aren't synched. The housing insurance was required for the city to be willing to fix the apartment, so the unexpected extra fee zapped me at exactly the wrong time. Next year, I will plan for it.)

I will let y'all know if things don't straighten out at the bank financially by dinner time tomorrow, but I really do think it'll be okay.

Thanks again to all three of you. You have saved me.

* "Sunday Sweets Mixes It Up:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/8/16/sunday-sweets-mixes-it-up

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

* "PLAN YOUR VOTE: How to vote by mail and register to vote in each state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/

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

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

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

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

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

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

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

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

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

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* "Who Is Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s Unlikely Opposition Leader?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.html

* "Leo Varadkar just leapt to the defence of white, middle class men slap-bang in the middle of a global civil rights movement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/leo-varadkar-ireland-white-middle-class-men-fine-gael-twitter-backlash-sinn-fein/

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* "U.S. reports highest number of covid-19 deaths in one day since mid-May:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-reports-highest-number-of-covid-19-deaths-in-one-day-since-mid-may/2020/08/12/4cafe146-dcae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

* "Trump adds coronavirus adviser who echoes his unscientific claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/scott-atlas-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html

* Can we stop forcing reopening now? "Rushing reopening could have devastating consequences, Dr. Fauci says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/12/masks-florida-ban-billy-woods/

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* "US proposes change to shower rules after Trump's hair-washing moan:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/us-shower-pressure-trump-hair-water

* "Negotiators 'miles apart' on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/coronavirus-relief-talks-394829

* They aren't even pretending anymore. "Kudlow: Money for voting rights is a ‘really liberal left’ wish list item:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/kudlow-money-voting-rights-liberal-left-wish-list-394715

* "Nancy Pelosi on Trump’s executive actions: ‘What we’re seeing is illusion’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nancy-pelosi-on-trump-s-executive-actions-what-we-re-seeing-is-illusion-89868869771

* "Rev. William Barber says Mitch McConnell, GOP have ‘disdain for the poor and low income’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-william-barber-says-mitch-mcconnell-gop-have-disdain-for-the-poor-and-low-income-89870917683

* "Sherrod Brown calls Republican inaction on COVID-19 relief ‘cruel, stupid policy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sherrod-brown-calls-republican-inaction-on-covid-relief-cruel-stupid-policy-89869893563

* "Civil society is last line of defense to protect U.S. from Trump authoritarianism:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/civil-society-is-last-line-of-defense-to-preserve-u-s-democracy-90048069944

* "Rice: Overwhelming vote needed to end Trump threat to democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-overwhelming-vote-needed-to-end-trump-threat-to-democracy-89990213891

* "Booker on why Trump’s racist tweet to ‘suburban housewives’ is extra personal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/booker-on-why-trump-s-racist-tweet-to-suburban-housewives-is-extra-personal-90042949812

* "Biden calls for national mask mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-13-20-intl/h_e18c953da1c7e03b79f3e2470cf32005

* Re: Kamala Harris. Given the givens, I think she's a solid choice. He needs someone with a national profile and he said a while ago he was picking a women. Stacey Abrams dropped out of the running herself, as she mentioned in an interview I saw about a week ago. (It doesn't surprise me. Given the level of voter suppression and out right cheating in the governor's race last time around, I'd bet real money she decided she needed to put her full attention into fighting for a fair election this time around. Like, I don't know, but that's ind of her thing.) The mayors on the likely list all had at least some national name recognition, but Lightfoot, and to a certain extent Bottoms, made some serious mistakes after George Floyd, and that's not a help right now. Klobacher would have been shooting himself in the foot, rather like Hillary did with Tim Caine last time only worse, because her prosecutorial record is palling enough to be a serious negative and her only positive is Biden gets along with her. They are about the same level of moderate, but she doesn't bring excitement or a new constituency with her. Honestly, Warren's better in the Senate, than as VP. Susan Rice was a solid option. Really bright, the right sort of stubborn and poise to stand up to the misgynoir that would be heaped on her, because she's weathered it before, and he'd worked well with her in the past, but she's not that charismatic, and turn out is everything right now.

Look folks, I am completely aware of her mixed prosecutorial legacy, but she's a lot better than Klobacher. She's shown a willingness to listen to criticism and learn from it. There's been an upward trend policy wise. She admits her mistakes. (Lack of flexibility was one of Bernie sander's weak points as a candidate. It's one of 45's worse traits. Both Biden and Harris have fucked up quite a bit over the years, but they actually learn and change positions based on new data. Don't discount it).

She's a little week in a bunch of policy areas, but she's incredibly fucking bright and motivated and I trust her to be able and willing to do the kind of work she'll need to do to get up to speed. Don't underestimate this quality either, because it's essential, especially given Biden's age. She has no shortage of mental and physical energy which she is going to need for both the campaign and if they (let us all hope) win. She was one of if not the most left of the moderate candidates in the primary cycle. In an ideal world, would I want more? Yes, but look out your window, we are living in the bad timeline, the one step away from apocalypse in our lifetime times line. Look at the first paragraph: This is as good as it was going to get after they way primary season shook out, and there's a reason she was on my VP short list once Biden looked likely.

I've seen her in debate and questioning witnesses in senate hearings. She will eat Pence (or any other VP 45 is likely to pick) for breakfast. One of the best arguments for her in the primary was that she would likely do the same to 45. The job of the VP is to fight. It's important in the campaign, but exponentially more important in governing. A lot of the vp job is running around behind the scenes and doing the carrot and stick to get votes lined up in congress to push the executive agenda through. (Does this sound like about half of what I said Nancy Pelosi's job was ina bunch of other posts? Yes. That's because most of the leadership jobs in Congress involve some mix of that and fundraising. The VP mostly does that and diplomacy, plus defend the president and show up for functions the President hasn't time for. A lot of real governing is sausage making). She's been senator long enough and has the right kind of relationships to make a kick ass vp as far as sausage making and she's excellent at thinking on her feet and being incredibly fucking tough with the kind of people we'll be up against in the campaign and the next five years. She has thick skin and will be up to handling the misgynoir already being dumped on her from the other side. I don't think the claims that she's a bolshevik are gong to stick, because, um, prosecutor, and a lot of the attacks I'm seeing are going to slide right off because they are about as mind numbingly out of touch with reality.

She can do this job, and she's the best we could reasonably have gotten at this point.

Please, please, let's the fuck elect them. We can push from the left after we get them in. They are rational people we can deal with, who actually think democracy is a good idea and don't want the world to burn, which puts them worlds ahead of what we have now. Don't let the perfect get in the way of good or better.

Are you registered to vote? Have you been illegally kicked off the voter rolls in the latest republican push to kill the right of ordinary people to vote? Go! Check now! While you are at it, order your absentee ballot so you don't have to breath Covid in a six hour line on November 3rd. If you haven't filled out your household census, do that too. It's like an extra five minutes and it does things like get money and congressional representation for your community. It also helps fight Republican gerrymandering.

Don't fuck around with this! Do it now if you haven't already!

* "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put LGBT+ rights front and centre in first public appearance since becoming running mates:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/joe-biden-kamala-harris-lgbt-rights-black-lives-matter-presidential-election-delaware-speech/

* "Pose star Angelica Ross believes Kamala Harris ‘holds herself accountable’ on her uneven trans rights record:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-trans-rights-trangender-pose-angelica-ross-lgbt/

* "Kamala Harris blames Trump for severity of U.S. coronavirus outbreak: He failed to take it 'seriously from the start':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-blames-trump-for-severity-of-us-coronavirus-outbreak-he-failed-to-take-it-seriously-from-the-start.html

* "Kamala Harris describes her incredible fight for marriage equality that changed LGBT+ history in America forever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-marriage-equality-gay-lgbt-same-sex-prop-8-california/

* "Kamala Harris’ new chief of staff is proud Black lesbian and trailblazing political heavyweight Karine Jean-Pierre:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-chief-of-staff-karine-jean-pierre-black-lesbian-joe-biden-democratic-nominee-presidential-election-2020/

* "Right-wing lawyer takes a break from hating queer people to launch a ‘racist’ conspiracy theory against Kamala Harris:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vice-president-racism-birther-conspiracy-theory-newsweek-john-eastman/

* "Maxine Waters on Biden picking Harris: 'You can see that change is taking place':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maxine-waters-on-biden-picking-harris-you-can-see-that-change-is-taking-place-89920581978

* "Cory Booker: Kamala Harris is my sister:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-kamala-harris-is-my-sister-90042949736

* "Howard U. President: Kamala Harris stood on the shoulders of those before her, now she clears a path:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/howard-u-president-kamala-harris-stood-on-the-shoulders-of-those-before-her-now-she-clears-a-path-89921093818

* "Joy: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris ticket belongs to 'the emerging America,' what Trumpism cannot stop:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-joe-biden-kamala-harris-ticket-belongs-to-the-emerging-america-what-trumpism-cannot-stop-89921605626

* "Rep. Karen Bass: Kamala Harris as the VP pick is 'exciting all the way around':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-karen-bass-kamala-harris-as-the-vp-pick-is-exciting-all-the-way-around-89975877764

* "Another QAnon victory and 2 other takeaways in key primary races in Minnesota and Georgia:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics/primary-runoff-highlights-minnesota-georgia/index.html

* "Trump embraces QAnon congressional candidate, calls her ‘a future Republican star’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-embraces-qanon-congressional-candidate-calls-her-a-future-republican-star-89980997827

* "GOP takes step towards dangerous conspiracy theory with a primary win by QAnon supporting candidate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-takes-step-towards-dangerous-conspiracy-theory-with-a-primary-win-by-qanon-supporting-candidate-89976389776

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* "U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG

* "Trump says the USPS is too poorly funded to handle mail-in voting — while opposing additional funding for it:" https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-usps-lacks-funds-mail-votes-opposoes-more-funding-2020-8

* He’s open about this being an attempt to fix the election. "Trump Seemingly Admits Why He’s Blocking Postal Service Funding:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-postal-service-usps-mail-in-voting_n_5f3537a9c5b64cc99fe32d58

* "House Democrats demand Postal Service chief roll back changes ahead of Election Day:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/house-democrats-demand-postal-service-chief-roll-back-changes-ahead-n1236570

* "Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/trump-campaign-voter-fraud-lawsuit-pennsylvania/index.html

* "Postal service changes pose threat to voting, says former USPS deputy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/united-states-postal-service-trump-republicans

* The Republicans claim removing sorting machines, breaking them apart, and throwing them out without replacinng them is essential to both cost savings and efficiency. A toddler could see through it. "The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election

* "Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader:" https://www.salon.com/2020/08/12/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up-union-leader/

* "U.S. postal service reorganization sparks delays, election questions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197

* "Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html

* "Trump's authoritarian leanings threaten to corrupt 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-authoritarian-leanings-threaten-to-corrupt-2020-election-90047045846

* "Trump postmaster downgrading of political mail draws scorn:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-postmaster-downgrading-of-political-mail-draws-scorn-89992773598

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

* I'm not kidding folks. If we lose this election, I don't think we'll have another real one here.

* "1,193 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/us/georgia-school-coronavirus.html

* "New Jersey school district changes course on "fruitless" plan for in-person learning after over 400 teachers opt out:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-school-reopening-plan-new-jersey/

* "Rashad Robinson on How Everyone Wins When Black People Do:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/rashad-robinson-how-everyone-wins-when-black-people-do

* "Pramila Jayapal - How to "Use the Power You Have":"

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* "After the Blast: Lebanon’s Largest LGBTQ+ Group Picks Up the Pieces:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/12/after-blast-lebanons-largest-lgbtq-group-picks-pieces

* "Polish MP labelled ‘lesbian plague’ in threatening letter after powerful show of solidarity with persecuted queer community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-spring-mp-malgorzata-prokop-paczkowska-note-andrzej-duda-homophobia/

* "Trans woman demands to speak to the manager after being misgendered by staff – and it only gets worse from there:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/manchester-misgendered-trans-woman-restaurant-20-stories-spinningfields-jamie-rose-dee/

* "Trans patients are being forced to wait up to 193 weeks for vital healthcare. The NHS target is 18 weeks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/nhs-trans-patients-laurels-gender-identity-clinic-south-west-waiting-list-yeovil-pride/

* "'Harmful and unethical' conversion therapy finally banned in parts of Australia. Meanwhile, the UK twiddles its thumbs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/conversion-therapy-ban-banned-australia-queensland-torture-new-law-steven-miles-boris-johnson/

* "Meanwhile, in Andrzej Duda’s Poland, a gay man was brutally attacked by drunk thugs in broad daylight. And nobody helped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-gay-man-homophobia-attack-warsaw-andrzej-duda-milosz-miklaszewski-police/

* "Ashlee Marie Preston on What’s Next for Black Trans Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/ashlee-marie-preston-whats-next-black-trans-americans

* "Pandemic has driven Americans to depression and drinking, CDC says:" https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-is-devastating-americans-mental-health-cdc-says-170026332.html

* "Mississippi Says Including Giant Mosquito State Flag Redesign Was a Mistake:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/mississippi-giant-mosquito-emblem-state-flag-redesign-mistake.html

* "Beirut Explosion Sparks Protests & Biker Rally Draws Crowds:"

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* "Trump Signs Dubious Executive Orders:"

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* "Trump Tries to Sabotage the U.S. Postal Service :"

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* "How Is This Still a Law? - Citizen's Arrest Edition:"

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* "Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden's VP Pick:"

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* "Republicans Fumble Their Response to Kamala Harris VP Pick:"

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* Wednesday: Props to the Washington State medical System! I got my results back this evening, and I'm negative as expected. I have started my antibiotics as a result and am already queasy. This week and a half is going to suck, above and beyond the off the AS meds for the duration, but I can't afford to fuck around in a Plague Summer. I still have to go in for a doctor thing Friday for meds revision at the worst time of the day sleep wise, but this could all be much worse.

I got four phone calls today. I had just started to drift off when one of the usual scammers woke me. Unless there is a real emergency (someone in the hospital or dead) or a prior arrangement (like an airport pick up), no one legitimate phones at 7:09AM. About an our later a fucking Police PAC woke me up spewing robot generated hate and fear. Fuck those guys! Second number blocked. The other two were medical and completely reasonable. I was up, medicated, and dressed by the time the COVID test people called.

Alas, no cats came for bed pets. It's a work in progress.

* Friday: I very nearly finished the aggregate in time to go to my Doctor's appointment. Nearly is not did, alas.

She wants to make sure the rotater cuff isn't actually injured, before trying AS mitigation on the shoulder joint, so I had to go get rather a lot of x-rays. I get a shoulder ultrasound late next week, after which we'll see about sorting it one way or the other.

I am so used to things like this not having much that can be done beyond what I'm already doing, that it startled me when it turned out there actually might be things that could be done.

She wanted to double check some things before switching muscle relaxants, but odds are Monday or Wednesday, I'll have something I can use more often than every two or three days.

I had next to no sleep and an online social engagement that precluded me working as drugged as I need to be not to curl up in a ball and weep from the pain and nausea. The amount of holding my arm in extremely painful positions involved in the x-ray process really fucked up the shoulder again and I'm back in the sling. I'm going to post the aggregate, do bath and lungs and then go to bed. sorry about not doing any Friday news and the lateness of the Tuesday/Wednesday aggregate.

* "Alone Together Episode 2 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson & Cirroc Lofton:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 3 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Nana Visitor:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 4 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman:"

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

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

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

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

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

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

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

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

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

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

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

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

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* "Seven babies die in one night at Zimbabwe hospital:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53580559

* "Michelle Bolsonaro, Brazil's First Lady, Tests Positive For Coronavirus:" https://www.wbur.org/npr/897196730/michelle-bolsonaro-brazils-first-lady-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

* "Cases surge in Victoria despite Melbourne lockdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53589817

* "Fauci: Virus rampant in U.S. because of inadequate, patchwork shutdowns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/fauci-virus-rampant-inadequate-shutdowns-389512

* "Raskin: It's like GOP has 'a policy of mass human sacrifice' on coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-gop-has-a-policy-of-mass-human-sacrifice-89378373752

* "How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air”:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air

Short version: Republicans hate America so much they deliberately scuttled plans for a coordinated COVID response because they decided letting it run unchecked in blue states would be good for them politically.

* "Florida sets new record for Covid-19 deaths for 4th straight day:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-31-20-intl/h_13cfc5b8fe400598ec55b431cd2006dd

* "COVID-19 in Mississippi: Gov. Tate Reeves orders mask mandate for eight more counties:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/30/mississippi-covid-reeves-orders-mask-mandate-8-more-counties/5544800002/

* "Kemp renews ban on mask mandates, extends Georgia coronavirus restrictions:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/kemp-to-renew-ban-on-mask-mandates-extend-coronavirus-restrictions/3EKYCVG6VVGWFDX6YIH7YP2QZA/

* "Trump's red state presidency leaves U.S. without unifying leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-red-state-presidency-leaves-u-s-with-no-unifying-leader-89389125543

* Reopening Schools is a terrible idea. "The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/health/coronavirus-children-camp.html

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* "White House condemns Hong Kong election delay after Trump suggests postponing U.S. election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/white-house-condemns-hong-kong-election-delay-389504

* "Microsoft Is in Talks to Buy TikTok in U.S.:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/microsoft-is-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-in-u-s?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign

* "Trump sued again for blocking people on Twitter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-sued-for-blocking-people-on-twitter-389588

* "Trump campaign temporarily halts ad spending for review of messaging strategy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/trump-campaign-halt-advertisements/

* "Fearing Trump interference, FBI agents hid copies of Russia investigation docs:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/jeffrey-toobin-trump-fbi-mueller-true-crimes-and-misdemeanors/index.html

* "US government drops effort to silence Trump's ex-lawyer:" https://apnews.com/70edd09000ff3c12b2100549ab81e2a1

* "Trump standing by Pentagon nominee under fire for Islamophobic tweets:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-pentagon-nominee-islamophobic-tweets-389527

* "Pelosi duels with White House as unemployment aid set to expire:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/white-house-democrats-unemployment-benefits-389540

* "Trump, GOP neglect of housing help escalates eviction risk:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-gop-neglect-of-housing-help-escalates-eviction-risk-89386053911

* "‘Inexplicable’: Sen. Brown on GOP leaving town as unemployment benefits expire:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-inexplicable-sen-brown-on-gop-leaving-town-as-unemployment-benefits-expire-89377349895

* "Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-service-backlog-sparks-worries-that-ballot-delivery-could-be-delayed-in-november/2020/07/30/cb19f1f4-d1d0-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* "Fallacy of Trump mail voting criticism exposed by Colorado success:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fallacy-of-trump-mail-voting-criticism-exposed-by-colorado-success-89387589560

* "Donald Trump Jr finally got his Twitter account back and couldn’t wait to… accuse Barbie of voter fraud. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/donald-trump-jr-twitter-barbie-doll-2020-presidential-election-mail-in/

* "Trump Defends ‘Delay the Election’ Tweet, Even Though He Can’t Do It:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html

* "Donald Trump Jr finally got his Twitter account back and couldn’t wait to… accuse Barbie of voter fraud. Yes, really:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/politics/lebron-james-florida-voting-rights-felons/index.html

* "Florida Education Association President on opening schools: ‘We need help’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-education-association-president-on-opening-schools-we-need-help-89373253836

* "Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dismantle-the-department-of-homeland-security/2020/07/30/24ef8ba0-d279-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-who-published-leaked-documents/2020/07/30/5be5ec9e-d25b-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

* "Trump ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests. But the chaos ended as soon as they left.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calm/

* "Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal agents:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/31/portland-protests-latest-peaceful-night-federal-troops-withdrawal

* "Tom Cotton describes slavery as a 'necessary evil' in bid to keep schools from teaching 1619 Project:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project/index.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Lawsuit accuses GOP gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp of mishandling child sex-abuse investigation:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lawsuit-accuses-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-loren-culp-of-mishandling-child-sex-abuse-investigation/

* "Horrifically homophobic pamphlets comparing ‘evil’ homosexuality to incest and bestiality dropped into UK homes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/northern-ireland-pamphlet-gay-evil-mid-ulster-christian-helpline-incest-bestiality-homophobia/

* "Police finally admit that brutal killings of Black trans teenagers almost two decades ago were ‘clearly a hate crime’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/ukea-davis-stephanie-thomas-washington-dc-trans-murder-suspect-identified/

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* "More than half of Americans think they have to be ‘careful’ around people living with HIV ‘to avoid catching it’. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/01/hiv-study-glaad-gilead-state-of-hiv-positive-stigma-us/

* "We regret to inform you that ignorant transphobes are once again trying to weaponise cervical cancer for their own agenda:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/cnn-cervical-cancer-trans-non-binary-intersex-transphobia-twitter/

* NWS "SEX AND COVID... Will sex ever be the same?:"

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* "Hurricane Isaias Batters The Bahamas & Caribbean Before Headed Toward Florida:" https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/01/hurricane-isaias-bahamas-caribbean-florida/

* "Tom Cotton Calls Slavery a "Necessary Evil”:"

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* "LeBron James Helps Ex-Felons Vote, a Four-Year-Old Lands a Book Deal & Trump Flip-Flops on the RNC:"

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* Livia is trying more new things! Once when she was young and had a very bad cold, she slept on me for hours, but she never did again. Until today. She spent all day on top of me and when I finally came out of my room, squeaked at me extensively and tried to get me to go back in. She has discovered she likes sleeping on me after all. It may possibly be the best thing ever.

This evening, Livia just discovered that if she sits on the pettin throne the human will pet her, and it's way more comfortable than squeezing herself into the Tavy sized spot next to Klaus. Bonus? No competition from Tavy.

I bought that padded stool for Mache when she was getting old. It's the perfect height for an arthritic kitty to pull herself up on, and is pleasingly round and padded for old bones. LM discovered it in her declining years and made good use of it. Now Livia is the third girl to discover it's comforts and the bonus pettins that come with.

* More Triffid lilies: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625204009189474304/more-triffid-lilies

* Taken the next day: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625261447200571392/yet-more-triffid-lilies-you-can-see-that-one-of

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* "Portraits of the street sellers of 1840 New York:" https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/portraits-of-the-street-sellers-of-1840-new-york/

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 2.18: Immunity Syndrome.

* TNG: Season 7 Rewatch:

- 7.15 Lower Decks.

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

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

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

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

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

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

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

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

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

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

* "China halts Hong Kong extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and UK:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/28/china-halts-hong-kong-extradition-treaties-with-canada-australia-uk

* "New Zealand suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-newzealand/new-zealand-suspends-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-idUSKCN24S2U1

* "Rallies mark year since Rohingya crackdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45307107

* "Signs of farm 'revolution' in India as coronavirus prompts change:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-rice-insight/signs-of-farm-revolution-in-india-as-coronavirus-prompts-change-idUSKCN24O07M

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* "Lasting heart damage could be COVID-19's legacy for some non-hospitalized survivors:" https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/COVID-19-damage-of-the-heart-15437575.php

* "COVID-19 patients could be at risk for chronic fatigue: ‘Your whole life can change if you get this’:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/covid-19-patients-could-be-at-risk-for-chronic-fatigue-your-whole-life-can-change-if-you-get-this/

* It reads like an onion article, but it's deadly serious in the literal sense. "Hot With A Chance Of COVID: Tajik Weather Forecast Irks Turkmenistan:" https://www.rferl.org/a/hot-with-a-chance-of-covid-tajik-weather-forecast-irks-turkmenistan/30753366.html

* "More people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other time:" https://www.vox.com/2020/7/23/21335549/covid-19-coronavirus-us-hospitalizations-record-florida-texas-california

* "As US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths, experts at Johns Hopkins call for reset in national response:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

* "Trump Falsely Claims Much of U.S. Is ‘Corona-Free’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html

* "Florida Closing All State-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Ahead of Storm:" https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/07/29/florida-closing-all-state-run-covid-19-testing-sites-ahead-of-storm

* "Demonstrators protest mask mandate as coronavirus cases spikeDemonstrators protest mask mandate as coronavirus cases spike:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/demonstrators-protest-mask-mandate-as-coronavirus-cases-spike/531-87821c01-d411-4185-bcc3-0b25d3df3371

* "Gohmert infection highlights weak coronavirus rules in Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gohmert-infection-highlights-weak-coronavirus-rules-in-congress-88803909995

* "Rep. Jackson Lee on Gohmert coronavirus diagnosis: ‘Sad day’ for those who have to be around anti-maskers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jackson-lee-on-gohmert-coronavirus-diagnosis-sad-day-for-those-who-have-to-be-around-anti-maskers-88670789602

* "How Quack Doctors And Powerful GOP Operatives Spread Misinformation To Millions:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-quack-doctors-and-powerful-gop-operatives-spread-misinformation-to-millions_n_5f208048c5b66859f1f33148

* "US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation:" https://apnews.com/3acb089e6a333e051dbc4a465cb68ee1

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* Another gift for Putin. "US to bring 6,400 troops home from Germany, move 5,600 more:" https://apnews.com/85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35ba

* "Trump Admits He’s Never Mentioned Bounties to Putin Because He Thinks It’s ‘Fake News’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits-hes-never-mentioned-bounties-to-putin-because-he-thinks-its-fake-news

* "‘Faithless Commander in Chief’: Steve Schmidt blasts Trump for his stance on Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-faithless-commander-in-chief-steve-schmidt-blasts-trump-for-his-stance-on-russia-88665157939

* When did it become illegal to say true negative things about the president in this country? "Trump Tweets His Disgust at 'Trending' Tweets He Calls 'Illegal' and 'Unfair':" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840

* "Bona fide daddy Anderson Cooper mocks Donald Trump with baby talk after he flees challenging press conference:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/anderson-cooper-donald-trump-baby-talk-video-stella-immanuel-press-conference/

* "Trump Announced, Then Canceled, a Yankees Pitch. Both Came as a Surprise.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/politics/trump-yankees-fauci.html

* "Legal complaint alleges Trump campaign, fundraising committee shielded millions in payments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawsuit-alleges-trump-campaign-fundraising-committee-shielded-millions-in-payments/2020/07/28/2a9a5fd0-d03a-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* "Trump files new challenge to NY subpoena for his tax returns:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-files-new-challenge-to-subpoena-for-his-tax-returns-idUSKCN24S2NE

* "Ex-CIA director Brennan writes in upcoming memoir that Trump blocked access to records and notes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ex-cia-director-brennan-writes-in-upcoming-memoir-that-trump-blocked-access-to-records-and-notes/2020/07/28/f70b833e-d0f1-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

* "Trump drops subtlety in racist pitch to protect 'suburbs':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-drops-subtlety-in-racist-pitch-to-protect-suburbs-88816709644

* "McEnany can't say why there's FBI building money in the coronavirus stimulus bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/fbi-building-coronavirus-stimulus-trump/index.html

* "Why did Trump push for $2 billion for the FBI building in his coronavirus relief package?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/why-did-trump-push-for-2-billion-for-the-fbi-building-in-his-coronavirus-relief-package-88668229567

* "Why Susan Collins should be ‘concerned’ about reelection:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-susan-collins-should-be-concerned-about-reelection-88674885597

* "How Trump is slowing down the post office in the year of the mail-in ballot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-is-slowing-down-the-post-office-in-the-year-of-the-mail-in-ballot-88674373511

* "Trump Back to Criticizing Governors for Re-Opening Too Slowly:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/trump-back-to-criticizing-governors-for-re-opening-too-slowly?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "School leaders, not health officials, will decide when to start classes, Texas AG says:" https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article244534997.html

* He said the quiet part out loud. "Conservative think tank leader says schools should reopen since most Texans dying from COVID-19 are elderly or Hispanic:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/28/vance-ginn-texas-coronavirus/

* "Katie Porter - Safely Reopening Schools and PPP Stimulus Challenges:"

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* I stand by my initial opposition to this. "Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dhs-was-destined-to-become-a-secret-police-force

* There is no timetable for an end to the occupation, however. "Federal Agencies Agree to Withdraw From Portland, With Conditions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/protests-portland-federal-withdrawal.html

* "Trump use of federal forces in U.S. cities a 'failed experiment': Oregon governor:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-use-of-federal-forces-in-u-s-cities-a-failed-experiment-88751173526

* "What is happening in Portland and what does Trump hope to gain?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/26/portland-oregon-protests-what-is-happening-trump-chicago-albuquerque

* "Elite Border Patrol Unit Is Among Federal Agents Deployed to Portland:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/elite-border-patrol-unit-is-among-federal-agents-deployed-to-portland-11595689780

* "Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland:" https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007243995/portland-protests-federal-government.html

* "Huge Portland protest crowds, standoff with feds go on:" https://apnews.com/847341576e44e4d9e717128db08faad4

* "Tensions rise as both state, government officials justify federal presence until protests end:" https://www.kptv.com/news/tensions-rise-as-both-state-government-officials-justify-federal-presence-until-protests-end/article_4d4173a8-ced1-11ea-8b94-c3e19f5e2dbe.html

* "A ‘Wall of Vets’ Joins the Front Lines of Portland Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/a-wall-of-vets-joins-the-front-lines-of-portland-protests.html

* "Feds Tear Gas Portland Protesters For 10th Straight Night, Hitting Journalists Despite Judge Ruling:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/07/24/feds-tear-gas-portland-protesters-for-6th-straight-night-hitting-journalists-despite-judge-ruling/

* "James Clyburn: Trump sent federal agents to cities ‘to incite violence’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/james-clyburn-trump-sent-federal-agents-to-cities-to-incite-violence-88668229733

* "California bars police from using LAPD records in gang database. Critics want it axed:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-14/california-bars-police-from-using-lapd-records-in-gang-database-as-scandal-widens

* "Revealed: oil giants help fund powerful police groups in top US cities:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/27/fossil-fuels-oil-gas-industry-police-foundations

* "Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter:" https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2020/07/27/police-richmond-riots-instigated-by-white-supremacists-disguised-as-black-lives-matter/

* Not by enough. "US prison populations down 8% amid coronavirus outbreak:" https://apnews.com/9899b08a66a60f3106b563eb07c92c40

* "Gay journalist Owen Jones says the vicious attack on him is proof the UK isn’t fighting far-right extremism properly:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/owen-jones-attack-assault-uk-far-right-extremism-radicalisation-lbc-james-obrien/

* "Homophobic trolls mercilessly mocked a police officer for her short hair. Now she’s set to become chief constable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/rachel-swann-derbyshire-police-chief-constable-homophobia-sexism-hair-hardyal-dhindsa/

* "These Are the Trans People Lost to Violence in 2020:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/29/these-are-trans-people-lost-violence-2020

* "Count On It with Dulce - Census Suppression Is Voter Suppression:"

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* Livia keeps progressing. She now rubs faces with me sometimes during bed pets and has been experimenting with hanging out on top of me after her loves. I'm still having trouble getting her to eat her meat, but her urine is the right colour, so fingers crossed.

I've now got Squirrel trained to give Tavy short pets when Tavy is up next to Klaus. This is really important to Tavy who needs extra reassurance right now.

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

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

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

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

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

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

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

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

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

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* "Lebanon’s rising power cuts add to gloom of economic crisis:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/lebanons-rising-power-cuts-add-to-gloom-of-economic-crisis/2020/07/07/95498db4-c05f-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html

* "Sudan reforms strict Islamist laws after 30 years:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53379733

* "Who owns the River Nile - and why it matters:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50328647

* "Russians sought to meddle in UK election:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53433523

* "Trudeau admits 'mistake' amid third ethics inquiry:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53394272

* "Russia far east protest over governor's arrest:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53373132

* "Nepal: 60 dead, 41 missing in floods, landslides:" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-60-dead-41-missing-in-floods-landslides/articleshow/76934877.cms

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* "Moderna coronavirus vaccine shows 'promising' results in published Phase 1 study:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/health/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-phase-1-study/index.html

* "Journalists are demystifying Covid-19 by sharing first-hand accounts on what it's like to be sick:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/media/journalists-coronavirus-diaries/index.html

* "The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-math-of-social-distancing-is-a-lesson-in-geometry-20200713/

* "Masks offer much more protection against coronavirus than many think:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-14/evidence-mounts-that-masks-help-lower-your-exposure-to-the-coronavirus

* "Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airborne/pandemic-exposes-scientific-rift-over-proving-when-germs-are-airborne-idUSKBN24B2YG

* "New Covid-19 alcohol ban divides South Africans:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53390287

* "How coronavirus swept through Brazil:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53429430

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro, Infected With COVID-19, Touts Unproven Drug:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-15/brazil-president-bolsonaro-again-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-says-cnn-brasil

* "Brazil surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases, with more than 76,000 dead:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-coronavirus-2-million-cases-more-than-76000-dead/

* "Why aren't more of our politicians wearing masks?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53346923

* "Colombian cartels killing those who don't obey their Covid-19 lockdowns:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/colombia-cartels-rebel-groups-coronavirus-lockdown-human-rights-watch

* "India records 1 million cases of Covid-19 ... and it's the poorest who are hardest hit:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/asia/india-wealth-gap-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

* "U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-records-idUSKCN24I014

* "Confirmed US virus cases rise amid new global restrictions:" https://apnews.com/605b05fe86eef1d927fbc21a371d623a

* "A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/second-coronavirus-death-surge/614122/

* "Mandatory Mask Use Could Have Saved 40,000 Lives, Study Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/mandatory-mask-use-could-have-saved-40-000-lives-study-says?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/11/fauci-trump-coronavirus/

* "‘Everyone is lying’: Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/13/trump-questions-public-health-experts-twitter-359388

* "‘None of us lie’: Coronavirus testing czar rejects Trump’s attacks on health officials:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/coronavirus-testing-czar-trump-health-officials-360684

* "Trump’s Health Officials Warn More Will Die as Covid Cases Rise:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/health/coronavirus-trump-deaths.html

* "Former CDC chiefs rebuke Trump for ‘undermining’ agency’s guidelines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/former-cdc-chiefs-trump-agency-guidelines-360527

* "Concerns raised of corrupted data as Trump orders bypass of CDC:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/concerns-raised-of-corrupted-data-as-trump-orders-bypass-of-cdc-87722053775

* Does this sound like a Mad Lib to you, or am I just tired? ":" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/13/trump-administration-recommend-national-guard-an-option-help-hospitals-report-covid-19-data/

* "'He Shouldn't Be Doing That': Trump Weighs In On Navarro Op-Ed Attacking Fauci:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/15/891327661/white-house-disavows-attack-on-fauci-from-trump-trade-adviser

* "Coronavirus hospital data removed from CDC website following Trump plan to reroute information:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-16-20-intl/h_a2f3cf2d40ea823e143aa4222f25e0d7

* How is this not proof he is too impaired to continue? "Trump says U.S. would have half the number of coronavirus cases if it did half the testing:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/trump-says-us-would-have-half-the-number-of-coronavirus-cases-if-it-did-half-the-testing.html

* "Federal stockpile is thin amid coronavirus surge, documents show:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-stockpile-thin-amid-coronavirus-surge-documents-show-n1233791

* "White House document shows 18 states in coronavirus "red zone":" https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/exclusive-white-house-document-shows-18-states-in-coronavirus-red-zone-covid-19/

* "Officials begin to roll back reopenings as COVID-19 cases explode:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/officials-begin-to-roll-back-reopenings-as-covid-19-cases-explode-87647813687

* "Mask Rules Expand Across U.S. as Clashes Over the Mandates Intensify:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/us/coronavirus-masks.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

* "Sen. Dianne Feinstein proposes withholding relief funds from states without mask mandates:" https://www.axios.com/dianne-feinstein-state-relief-funds-mask-mandate-092c10fc-900b-4629-b7a3-e176723d5add.html

* "Three U.S. states account for about one-fifth of the world's new coronavirus cases:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-texas-california-account-about-one-fifth-world-s-new-n1233793

* "More than 77,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the US on Thursday, the most ever:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "California rolls back reopening plans as new outbreaks force major reversal:" https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/07/13/newsom-orders-statewide-shutdown-of-california-indoor-businesses-1300309

* "Governor shuts bars, dining as virus hits California hard:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/governor-shuts-bars-dining-virus-hits-california-hard-71767099

* This is so reckless I have no words. "Masks And Mouse Ears: Disney World Reopens As Coronavirus Cases Climb In Florida:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/11/890033833/masks-and-mouse-ears-disney-world-reopens-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-florida

* "Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, smashing national record:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/07/12/florida-reports-15k-new-cases-smashing-national-record-1299981

* "No end in sight for COVID-19 in Arizona as governor remains idle:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/no-end-in-sight-for-covid-19-in-arizona-as-governor-remains-idle-87647813879

* "Kemp bans cities, counties from mandating masks:" https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-governor-extends-coronavirus-restrictions/75SLQWLJ6FBULIGVEDMNSY5M64/

* "'This is as real as it gets': FL Hospital CEO on COVID-19 crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-as-real-as-it-gets-fl-hospital-ceo-on-covid-19-crisis-87724613731

* "Bottleneck for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/upshot/coronavirus-response-fax-machines.html

* "Former Trump physician Ronny Jackson: ‘Wearing a mask is a personal choice’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/former-trump-physician-ronny-jackson-masks-363549

* "Oklahoma governor who rejected mask order tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/15/oklahoma-kevin-stitt-coronavirus-covid-19

* "Nevada Official Traces New High in COVID-19 Cases to July 4:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2020-07-14/nevada-official-traces-new-high-in-covid-19-cases-to-july-4

* "Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Issues Face Mask Mandate:" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-15/alabama-gov-kay-ivey-issues-face-mask-mandate

* "City halves its coronavirus case rate after month of mask policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/city-halves-its-coronavirus-case-rate-after-month-of-mask-policy-87790149703

* "Tulsa city council votes for mask ordinance to stem coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tulsa-city-council-votes-for-mask-ordinance-to-stem-coronavirus-87791685657

* "Georgia governor sues to stop Atlanta mask mandate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/georgia-mayors-brian-kemp-face-masks-366497

* "Target, CVS, Walgreens to require customers wear masks at U.S. stores:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cvs-health/target-cvs-to-require-customers-wear-masks-at-u-s-stores-idUSKCN24H2FY

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* "UK, US and Canada allege Russian cyberattacks on Covid-19 research centers:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/russia-cyberattack-covid-vaccine-research/index.html

* "China announces retaliatory sanctions against Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/china-announces-retaliatory-sanctions-against-us-officials-ted-cruz-marco-rubio

* "At event meant to announce China actions, Trump rambles into political attacks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/donald-trump-china-rose-garden-event/index.html

* "U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/us/politics/china-travel-ban.html

* "Inside the White House, a Gun Industry Lobbyist Delivers for His Former Patrons:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/us/trump-gun-silencer-exports.html

* "Trump claims 'nobody ever heard' Abraham Lincoln was a Republican before he pointed it out:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-abraham-lincoln-president-doral-golf-resort-venezuela-a9613666.html

* "The Trump campaign is investigating campaign spending, Parscale contracts:" https://outline.com/HKvaby

* "Trump properties have made over $17 million from the campaign and the RNC since 2016:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/17/trump-properties-made-over-17-million-from-campaign-rnc-since-2016.html

* "Trump wears a mask during visit to wounded service members at Walter Reed:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit-mask/index.html

* "Trump will further challenge Manhattan DA's subpoena following Supreme Court decision on tax records:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-lawsuit-tax-records/index.html

* "Judge lifts restraining order on Mary Trump on eve of book release:" https://www.axios.com/mary-trump-restraining-order-29a423b5-afdc-453e-811b-40a8f0dee625.html

* "Trump shakes up campaign leadership as he struggles in latest polls:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manager-demoted/index.html

* "Trump says he would welcome Michael Flynn back to his administration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/trump-administration-michael-flynn-363743

* Meanwhile in Autocracy News. "Trump team launches a sweeping loyalty test to shore up its defenses:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/trump-appointees-loyalty-interviews-364616

* "Mail delays likely as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting:" https://apnews.com/59c25efd4d325c4895f8ba85517f9bfd

* "White House sent document bashing Vindman as Pentagon eyed promotion:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/white-house-officials-sent-document-pentagon-criticizing-vindman-after-impeachment-n1233613

* "Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/medicare-chief-rules-publicity-contracts-365482

* "Exclusive: Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks:" https://news.yahoo.com/secret-trump-order-gives-cia-more-powers-to-launch-cyberattacks-090015219.html

* "Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint against Meadows:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/507474-watchdog-group-files-hatch-act-complaint-against-meadows

* "Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods amid backlash over CEO's praise of president:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ivanka-trump-tweets-support-goya-foods-amid-backlash-over-ceo-n1233868

* This is illegal. "Donald Trump Poses With Goya Products One Day After Ivanka Tweets Support:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-goya-instagram-endorsement_n_5f0f7726c5b6d14c3362878d?_guc_consent_skip=1594906673&guccounter=1

* "Ruth Bader Ginsburg discharged from the hospital and doing well:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-home-from-hospital/index.html

* "1.3 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* This is on purpose. 45 refused to reopen enrollment specifically in order to prevent people who lost their jobs in the financial crisis from getting health care coverage in the middle of pandemic because Republicans strongly believe that only the rich should be allowed to get health care. Republicans are hoping these Americans will die. "A Record 5.4 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/coronavirus-updates.html#link-4a45abca

* "Coronavirus crisis compounded by job losses, uninsured rate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-crisis-compounded-by-job-losses-uninsured-rate-87790661595

* "Sanders aims to refocus U.S. priorities with defense budget cuts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-aims-to-refocus-u-s-priorities-with-defense-budget-cuts-87791173728

* "House Education Democrats say CDC director blocked from appearing before Congress:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/17/education-democrats-cdc-director-congress-367935

* Let them eat cake. "New Ivanka Trump initiative tells out-of-work Americans to 'find something new':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/ivanka-trump-find-something-new-unemployment/index.html

* "Mehdi Hasan reacts to Ivanka Trump telling jobless Americans to ‘find something new’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-reacts-to-ivanka-trump-telling-jobless-americans-to-find-something-new-87716421971

* "Alabama Votes for Tommy Tuberville, and Democrats Name a Challenger in Maine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/elections/primary-runoff-alabama-maine-texas.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage#link-43d5e4a2

Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* "Disgraced homophobe Jeff Sessions is watching his political career dissipate in front of his very eyes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/jeff-sessions-alabama-republican-primary-tommy-tuberville-doug-jones-democrat/

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* "Republican convention to be scaled back due to coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/republican-national-convention-planning-florida-coronavirus/index.html

* Poll Taxes are now legal. "The Supreme Court Just Stopped 1 Million Floridians From Voting in November:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/supreme-court-florida-felons-poll-tax.html

* "New York Times: Internal CDC documents warn full reopening of schools is 'highest risk' for coronavirus spread:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/cdc-documents-warn-high-risk-schools-reopening/index.html

* "Not dangerous: DeVos defends schools reopening according to CDC guidelines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/12/betsy-devos-schools-reopen-357840

* I have no words that are fit to print. "White House: 'The science should not stand in the way' of reopening schools – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jul/16/coronavirus-us-covid-donald-trump-anthony-fauci-joe-biden-live-updates

* "Sen. Jones: Teachers in Ala. are ‘scared to death’ amid Trump push to open schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-jones-teachers-in-ala-are-scared-to-death-amid-trump-push-to-open-schools-87625797898

* "L.A. Unified will not reopen campuses for start of school year amid coronavirus spike:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/l-a-unified-will-not-reopen-campuses-start-of-school-year

* "What To Do About Part-Time School? NYC Announces Free Child Care For 100,000 Students:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/16/892043766/what-to-do-about-part-time-school-nyc-announces-free-child-care-for-100-000-stud

* "17 states, DC sue Trump administration over visa rules for college students:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/politics/trump-administration-visa-rules-lawsuit/index.html

* "Trump administration drops restrictions on online-only instruction for foreign students:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/immigration-harvard-visa-policy-online-only/index.html

* "Trump on private border wall segment: ‘It was only done to make me look bad’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/12/trump-border-wall-make-me-look-bad-357706

* "Pentagon effectively bans Confederate flags on all military property:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/17/pentagon-bans-confederate-flag-367550

* "Edward Colston's statue stood for 125 years. The Black Lives Matter statue that replaced it stood for about 25 hours:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/black-lives-matter-bristol-statue-removed-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

* "New police video reveals George Floyd’s desperate pleas before his death:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-video-reveals-george-floyds-desperate-pleas-before-his-death/2020/07/15/c81e9d3c-c6b4-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html

* "British Vogue's Black Gay Editor Says He Was Racially Profiled:" https://www.advocate.com/race/2020/7/16/british-vogues-black-gay-editor-says-he-was-racially-profiled

* "Chris Hayes: Tucker Carlson's racist writer is no surprise:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-tucker-carlson-s-racist-writer-is-no-surprise-87625797983

* TW: Pedophilia. "US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell bail in sex case:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53403270

* "Russia Begins Targeting LGBTQ+ People, Per Putin's Orders:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/7/15/russia-begins-targeting-lgbtq-people-putins-orders

* "A Poland court just annulled one of the country’s abhorrent ‘LGBT-free’ zones for turning a ‘blind eye to reality’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/poland-lgbt-free-zone-istebna-court-annulled-violation-constitution-discrimination-homophobia/

* "Not even the BBC’s Pride network knows why the broadcaster quietly dropped vital charities from its transgender support page:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/bbc-pride-transgender-support-page-editorial-policy-action-line-trans-institutional-transphobia/

* "Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price seems to think she knows more about trans people’s bodies than they do:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/14/tory-mp-jackie-doyle-price-posie-parker-trans-healthcare-jk-rowling-transphobia/

* "Colorado Bans Gay and Trans 'Panic' Defenses, Eases Access to PrEP:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/14/colorado-bans-gay-and-trans-panic-defenses-eases-access-prep

* "Maine Adds 'Nonbinary' Gender Marker on Birth Certificates:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/15/maine-adds-nonbinary-gender-marker-birth-certificates

* "A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201:"

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* "A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space:" https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/arctic-t3-murder-space.html

* "Flossie Wong-Staal, History-Making Female HIV Scientist, Died:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/15/flossie-wong-stahl-history-making-female-hiv-scientist-died

* It feels like the headlines are being written by a fuzzy logic AI trained on Onion Articles.

* Wednesday: Monday they mowed the lawn, kicking up lots of allergens, plus it's humid and no rain for a few days, plus I was outside in the allergens for a few hours. A cloth mask isn't that much help under the circumstances and I need to save the last heavy mask for emergencies. I only managed a few hours of sleep Monday anyway between AS stuff and allergens, and mowing related sinus headache. It got worse over the course of the evening to the point of things being really impossible. Like massive pain, serious lung congestion, and my throat completely fucked because lawn grass is the worst of my allergies.

I did a lung treatment, drained my sinuses, washed off the allergens, and went to bed. it's not COVID. I can tell because ten hours under filtration nearly cured my throat and cut the congestion in half. I am using maximum medication. I am washing bedding over and over. I am using all the tricks both for allergies and AS. I'm still periodically in too much pain to read, which makes be so queasy it's hard to keep the meds down.

I have to lie down a lot, often on very short notice. I could cope with either AS pain or the headache but both got to be too much, so I've given up and broken out the emergency meds. Even with that, I still had day three of pain insomnia, though the quality when I did manage to get to sleep a couple times was higher.

I have the shakes, am pasted together with more meds than I like, and I make no promises of quality. I also have a massive backlog of links ready to post. I'll see how much can get up before I have to lie down again.

* Tuesday night I had a scare when i went to take my bath. The washer Dryer area looked like a crime scene on a cat scale. Small, fresh pools of blood. Spatter. Tiny bloody paw prints. I was terrified Elder Kitty was dead or dying. I roused Squirrel from his game, by which point the pounding and yelling required to get his attention over his head phones had summoned the Elder Kitty from wherever she was.

I had heard no arguments, so I knew it hadn't been a fight. Livia and Tavy were both napping, but also woke up in the commotion. It couldn't have been Livia anyway, because the paw prints. Squirrel examined her for injuries. She'd ripped out a claw. It was an alarming amount of blood, but nothing else was wrong with her beyond the expected. She was walking about as well as she was earlier in the evening.

I'd been doing laundry, and she's recently developed an interest in the dryer, which was running at the time. Current theory is she crit failed a dex roll making a jump she couldn't handle with the stroke clumsy, panicked, and ripped the nail in the process.

By the time Squirrel examined her, it'd already stopped bleeding, and she's getting around okay on it.

It was scary as fuck, and the clean up was horrible.

* Wednesday 2:51PM: Good Girl Livia just rescued Elder Kitty.

I heard thumps at the patio door, like there used to be when Elder Kitty was angry at a stranger cat being on the patio, so I look up. No visible stranger cat and Livia is very excited about something, so I assumed it was a hummingbird. Only every time I look down she starts squeaking emphatically. Finally I look up in time to spot Elder kitty on the wrong side of the glass. she must have escaped while I was watering plants. she went and hid when I came to the door, but I coaxed her in with the promise of shreds. (I talk to them a specific way at meal times so they know to gather when I make sounds like that. I told them what good girls they were and now is shred time.

* Thursday: My head still feels like it's a rotten pumpkin someone keeps trying to carve. The AS is also kicking my ass so I'm stiff, clumsy, and in pain. The amount of medication I need to not be in unbearable agony makes me foggy. I still need to lie down a lot.

There has been a lot of cat excitement today. Livia was on her forth pettin for the day when she got all excited, ran to the foot of the bed. and tail waving excitedly she started actually meowing in that weird high pitched voice she has instead of just squeaking. I went to look. It was Elder Kitty! In my room! Of her own volition! I kept happening as I finished Spindrift and got it together as I was getting ready to leave the bed.

She clearly wanted up, but didn't quite dare. It's Tavy turf and he can get really nasty about it when he's in a jealous mood. The bed is also really high. She knew Livia and I were up there, as we had peered over the edge, but she didn't know where he was. I know she can get down, and there's a mounting stool, so I lifted her up when I left, which seemed to please her even if she dislikes being picked up. Livia was very excited, but gave her space. I went off to do the necessary chores and start the potato I was hoping I could keep down. Each time I passed, the girls were peaceably hanging out on opposite sides of the bed.

She must have heard me going out to water the plants, as when I returned with the watering can, she was at the door all hopeful. I moved her to the sill and quick tried to put the can outside, but she darted between my legs and was gone before I could bend to grab her. See AS kicking my ass above.

There was nothing for it to get Squirrel, who was up for some reason. He did find her eventually and bring her back in. I felt terrible until he admitted she'd done the same to him when he got home from work. normally she's scared of outside and scared of Tavy attacking her on my bed. She likely tore out that claw trying to make an impossible for her jump in my bathroom and last night she tried to steal my buttered noodles. I'm thinking maybe it's the dementia advancing or stroke after effects giving her the wanders and/or making her fearless.

After lungs, I spotted her napping on my bed on the opposite side from where Livia was napping. I snuck out to take the Lily pictures, as she escaped again on my way back in and trying to get around in the bushes with a crutch and AS this bad was a nightmare, but I got her back in the end, but not without getting a bunch of micro splinters in my foot.

* Anyway, the first triffid lily of the season: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/623843173744164864/the-first-triffid-lily-of-the-season

* Elder Kitty sitting on top of a Fish Light. This is normally forbidden, but she’s very light, and also a week and a half post-stroke, so she gets to sit where she wants.: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/623860235955847168/elder-kitty-sitting-on-top-of-a-fish-light-this

* Friday: I am improving, but still needing a lot of rest and medication. It helps that there is a cooler breeze off the bay so i could tolerate a slightly longer bath, though not long enough. My plan was to get lots of sleep. Ha! No! I got up to go to the bathroom and found an extra girl in my bed. I stroked her back so she'd know that she was in fact welcome. When I returned, she'd co-opted my head pillow. I don't blame her, that thing is ridiculously comfortable. She had kindly left enough room for my head, so i settled in next to her and gave her a long pet.

At which point the Emperor turned up wanting HIS Pet, as i had all the filter on, but not the fan. He climbed onto my hip and spotted That Other Cat brazenly sleeping in the Imperial Bed, Imperial territory and the most important territory in the apartment, especially when I'm on it. He perched on my hip glaring at her, but we think the stroke damaged the part of her brain that does things like fear, so she just stared back at him. He sensibly intuited that I was kicking everyone out if they started a fight on top of me, so he was grumpily accepting a pet when Livia turned up with the clear intention of claiming her pettin. Hear head swiveled between them in alarm. I offered her a scritch, but she decided the atmosphere was way too heavy for her to want to drape herself across my torso between them, so she settled down on the other side of her favorite body pillow.

Then the phone rang. Tavy lept off, because he knows that sound means I'm about to move to grab it. Elder Kitty: ha! I win! It was the police charity scammers. I had to block a scammer a few days ago, which means ublocking a number. It looks like I'm bout to get the police/fire charity scammers out of Seattle cascade for the next week or two as I block/unblock numbers. They are relentless and call up to three times a day if they aren't blocked. Sigh.

I settle back down, lure Tavy back on, and he decides, Fuck it, he wants the full curl up on my tummy for a long cuddle pet even if That Other Cat is pressed up against my head. I'd just started petting him, when the phone rang. Moherfucker! Everyone left. It was an autodialer. And i can't block the ring and run autodialers, because sometimes it's Medicare or Medicare advantage. I drink some water and roll offer, headache blooming.

I start to drift off anyway; the phone rings. Of curse it did. Medicare advantage calling to inform me I hadn't used any of my behavioral heath coverage. Which of course I can't even if I needed it because trauma. I'm really the fuck good at dealing which my own shit and have spent a lifetime quietly dismantling triggers and healing myself, and am honestly one of the most stable people I know. I'm highly adaptive and good at things like coping with lockdown etc.. I am extremely disciplined about working through trauma. I have to be: see long history of incredibly abusive child psychology.

What I actually say is: "I'm fine. Yes, I know the benefit exists, but I don't need it." Which is true. Would I rather we didn't have a monster in charge of our government who is deliberately trying to infect and kill as many people as possible? Yes, but I am dealing with my responses to that as I need to. At which point she tries to hard sell me, and I get it. There is a global mental health crisis and this plan is for disabled and/or elderly people in extreme poverty, a group that is particularly vulnerable and isolated right now. I know she meant well and bullying boomers into behavioral health could save lives. Except I'm an Xer and not isolated and I have a particular set of psychological tools that work pretty damned well in this emergency. Me: "I'm fine and I'd rather save those slots for people who need help. There's a global mental health crisis on a limited resources." She reiterated that the benefit is there if I need it.

I am now far to awake to sleep. This is just way to much disruption. I reach for my book. The phone rings. %#$&! It's the lung people wanting to arrange a shipment of ampules. Which is a long conversation in itself. This is why I can't turn off the phone when I sleep. Medicare, Medicare advantage, doctors, dentists, the lung people, and my regular pharmacy like to call when I'm sleeping and it's way better to just answer the thing and deal with whatever it is they want than play daytime phone tag with them.

So sleep was done, despite me rather needing another 2-3 hours of it. Oh well. I finished the nice queer fantasy/sf anthology I'd been reading (Tangle) and petted cats all day. Elder kitty returned to what is now her pillow. The Imperial couple periodically cadged pets. At one point Elder Kitty was wrapped around my head the way hector used to like, Tavy was crashed out on my hip, and Baby Girl was stretched on her favorite body pillow next to me while they all had a good nap. Livia's idea of a really good day involves loves from her personal human, hanging out peaceably with the clowder, and bird and/or fish TV. This may be Livia's best day ever.

At one point I heard squirrel moving around, and I had a suspicion he was worried about his cat. Given her age and state of health.... Yeah. And she usuall spends some of her day sleeping with him in his bed. He saw my light and called my name. I didn't wait for the question. "I have her in hear. She's fine." I was under the sheet and he peeked in and checked, relief in his voice. I explained she'd been there all day. We talked a bit about her and he went off relieved.

When I came out, Tavy had pissed on the sofa and the floor in front of it, the puddle soaking two other layers. I don't blame him, really. He had to take out his feelings somehow and starting a fight in bed just wasn't on.

* "Rocky Horror Hamilton:" https://soundcloud.com/jason-specland/rocky-horror-hamilton?fbclid=IwAR38G_eCYlre9eJgJuCiwJhYmt_9FkMPnovXEVzaYeiCIvHo1WY9VjU8cUg

* A thing on why malachite makes a bad dildo and the Flint water crisis: https://butlerbookbinding.tumblr.com/post/623839456966868992/ahgoodthesea-astolat

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

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

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

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

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

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

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

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

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

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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