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* "US program collecting a vast library of DNA from BP and HSA stops:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2552605.html

How to contact the Whitehouse: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Republicans move to repeal law that saves older Americans billions in health care costs: Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is cosponsoring a bill to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.:" https://pennsylvaniaindependent.com/politics/republicans-health-care-costs-inflation-reduction-act-repeal-scott-perry/

* "U.S. House approves legislation to deport undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/07/congress-bill-deportation-undocumented-crimes/

"Charged with" means that police can arrest anyone brown and get them deported without due process. Just getting arrested for any reason no matter how bullshit is enough.

The states suing the Feds part is expensive and dangerous.

This is scary police state stuff.

"Even though studies show that recent immigrants in the United States commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S.-born citizens, Riley’s murder became a rallying cry for conservative lawmakers to adopt stricter immigration laws."

* "Legal expert says the bipartisan Laken Riley Act is unjust, wasteful and a Trojan horse:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/11/nx-s1-5254134/legal-expert-says-the-bipartisan-laken-riley-act-is-unjust-wasteful-and-a-trojan-horse

It is going to the Senate now.

Please contact your senate critters.

For Democrats, I suggest targeting the racial profiling/due process angle and the sue the Feds if any immigrant does a crime ever angle., but you know your critters better than I do, so if you can tailor to their interests, do.

Anyone have suggestions for Republican critters? Write it up in the reblog so I can publicize it.

* Please contact your senators and ask them to reject dangerous and unqualified cabinet picks. I don't have a lot of hope at this point, but better to fight than roll belly up. I am leaving the early in the week ones in, as these are the committee hearings. They still need full senate Votes.

Usually they just log for or against. If they want a reason, I've listed some below. Use reason for Democrats. For Republicans: Stress military readiness, national security, and the integrity and morale of the military, law and order, etc..

All of these are terrible. Complain about whatever you have energy for (most important bolded):

* TUESDAY:
Pete Hegseth is one of the first ones, set for a Tuesday Hearing. (Allegedly a rapist and an alleged alcoholic who ran two small veteran's charities into the ground with alleged financial mismanagement and is on the record about purging women, queer folk and anyone with ethics from the military, and limiting soldiers of color to the lowest ranks for racist reasons.) He has less management experience than the person managing your local dairy Queen. He's dangerous and incompetent. FIGHT THIS.

(The other two are cancelled because Trump's transition didn't bother to file all their paperwork.)

* Wednesday:
Pam Bondi is an election denier and a Trump over the law loyalist who is expected to weaponize the federal justice system against anyone trump doesn't like.

Here is a Rachel Maddow piece full of disqualifying things: "Five things to know about Trump's (second) pick for attorney general:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rachel-maddow-on-pam-bondi-five-things-to-know-about-trump-s-second-pick-for-attorney-general-229011013866

Sean Duffy has massive conflicts of interests and should not be in charge of Transportation.

John Ratcliffe was in the first Trump Administration. There are questions about his qualifications and he's an extreme Trump loyalist with plans to fuck up our intelligence agencies.

Here's more: "The Rise of John Ratcliffe: A partisan loyalist with a history of politicizing intelligence will soon be running the CIA:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/01/ratcliffe-dni-cia-trump/681197/

Chris Wright is a real danger in the Energy Department. He is all in on fossil fuels, wants to destroy the environment and accelerate the climate crisis for profit. He has serious conflicts of interest.

Russell Vought is one of the authors of Project 2025.

Marco Rubio's going to sail through as people like Fetterman are backing him. Don't waste your energy.

* THURSDAY:
Scott Turner is tapped for Housing and Urban Development and is against helping the poor, which is an obvious problem.

"Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor:" https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas

Lee Zeldin, who is opposed to environmental protection and fighting the climate crisis, being in the pocket of Big Oil, will be disastrous in the Environmental Protection Agency.

"Trump’s EPA Pick Has Been Writing Op-Eds on Behalf of Secret Clients: Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who says he’ll pursue “energy dominance” at the EPA, authored paid commentaries without disclosing who paid for them:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lee-zeldin-trump-epa-op-eds-1235233073/

Doug Burgum's hearing is postponed: see Republican laziness about paperwork and opposition to even basic vetting.

Scott Bessent is normal republican terrible instead of Trump level disastrous as far as I can tell, so likely not worth the energy to fight.

* FRIDAY:

Kristi Noem is allegedly corrupt and massively mismanaged her state.

* Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr., aren't scheduled yet. This week, it's best to focus on the ones who are.

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Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Russian gas era in Europe ends as Ukraine stops transit:" https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-halts-gas-exports-europe-via-ukraine-2025-01-01/

* "South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-authorities-moving-arrest-president-yoon-yonhap-says-2025-01-02/

* "Central American troops arrive in Haiti to fight gangs:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/central-american-troops-arrive-haiti-fight-gangs-2025-01-03/

* "150 Guatemalan troops and 8 Salvadorans join multinational mission in Haiti:" https://haitiantimes.com/2025/01/06/first-guatemalan-and-salvadoran-soldiers-arrive-in-haiti/

* "What will Syria’s future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries’ recent pasts:" https://apnews.com/article/syria-future-assad-arab-spring-lessons-51635b7aabc0760bb7841829586ede7c

* "Syria to include all sectors in new government, foreign minister says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-include-all-sectors-new-government-foreign-minister-says-2025-01-03/

* "Amendments to school textbooks by Syria's new authorities draw outcry:" https://www.voanews.com/a/amendments-to-school-textbooks-by-syria-s-new-authorities-draw-outcry/7922467.html

* "Trespassing For The Common Good:" https://www.noemamag.com/trespassing-for-the-common-good/

* "Biden honors LGBTQ+ trailblazers for marriage equality contributions at Presidential Citizens Medal ceremony:" https://www.advocate.com/news/biden-mary-bonauto-evan-wolfson

* I hate using the new York Times for anything, but I have no choice as to coverage on this, and it seems important enough to do. "Death on the Night Shift at Frozen Pizza Factories in Chicago:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jobs.html

* "Republican Party messiness on full display after struggling to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-congress-speakership-mess

* "Stacey Plaskett’s moment during the House speakership vote makes waves: ‘I have a voice!’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/stacey-plaskett-house-speaker-vote-virgin-islands-rcna186183

* "Republicans release top bill priorities in rules package. The No. 1 priority? Trans people:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-release-top-bill-priorities-in-rules-package-the-no-1-priority-trans-people

* "Democrats can ‘exploit’ growing fractures in MAGA Congress, says Rep. Raskin:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/democrats-can-exploit-growing-fractures-in-maga-congress-says-rep-raskin-228457541734
This is really important right now.

* Urgent Action Item: Contact your Congress Critters about sticking together.

My experience is they mostly just log for or against whatever it is, but if it's a rare case where they want arguments, tailor them to your target critter.

Contact your Senators and make sure they stand firm against dangerous nominees like Gabbard, Hegseth, Patel, and RFK Jr.

(That goes double if, like John Fetterman, your Critter is talking about bipartisanship over what's best for constituents and the country.)

If you have a democratic senator try to convince them to hang tight as a party in opposition instead of giving ground that will hurt people or the country.

If your senator is republican give it a try anyway. Argue national security, law and order, or please don't bring back polio or the like as is appropriate.

Contact your House of Representative member and beg them to stand firm against bills such as the ones intended to gut social security and Medicare in favour of tax give aways for billionaires and corporations and anything attacking bodily autonomy. (If they are republican go hard right if you have to give an argument.)

We need our Congress Critters to did their heals in and make them fight for every inch.

* "Sen. Blunt Rochester is first Black person to serve in both chambers of Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/sen-blunt-rochester-is-first-black-person-to-serve-in-both-chambers-of-congress-228528709548

* "13 LGBTQ+ elected lawmakers join the 119th Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/119th-congress-lgbtq-members

* "History-making Sarah McBride sworn in as first out transgender member of Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-transgender-member-sworn

* "Nancy Mace’s anti-trans Capitol bathroom rules didn’t make the House rules package:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trans-bathroom-missing-house-rules

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

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* It's hard to to, but possible, which is why we need to hold off on allowing a Constitutional convention.
"Why some states are afraid Trump will literally rewrite the Constitution:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-republicans-constitution-convention-rcna185464

* Not even a tiny bit surprising. "Kyrsten Sinema accused of misusing campaign funds for lavish travel:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kyrsten-sinema-funds-misuse-complaint

* "The GOP's collective amnesia on January 6th, four years later:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/the-gop-s-collective-amnesia-on-january-6th-four-years-later-228534853896

* "'Betrayal': Fmr. Capitol police officer reacts to Trump's victory:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-betrayal-fmr-capitol-police-officer-reacts-to-trump-s-victory-228530245846

NOTE: I am moving the Trump section up the page soon, but I'm waiting until the hand over on the 20th.

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* "The leopards are eating each other’s faces and I am thrilled:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2020532.html

* "Trump, Hegseth and the Honor of the American Military:" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/trump-hegseth-military-morality.html

* "'Kill our kids': Sen. Murphy warns of deadly consequences of RFK Jr. pick:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-kill-our-kids-sen-murphy-warns-of-deadly-consequences-of-rfk-jr-pick-228457029865

* We need to stop this one too. O.o "Rachel Maddow on Billy Long: Five things to know about Trump's pick for IRS commissioner:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rachel-maddow-on-billy-long-five-things-to-know-about-trump-s-pick-for-irs-commissioner-228484677733

* "Pete Buttigieg, first out gay Cabinet secretary, to be replaced by antigay former reality star & Fox News host:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sean-duffy-pete-buttigieg

* "Apple CEO Tim Cook joins other major business leaders with $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration:" https://www.advocate.com/business/tim-cook-donates-trump-inauguration

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* "Colorado man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/28/colorado-man-trumps-america-now-00196098

* Obviously not all veterans. "U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence:" https://theintercept.com/2025/01/02/military-veterans-extremism-attack-new-orleans-vegas/

* "Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency for 15 people on death row, including 3 in Forsyth County:" https://www.wxii12.com/article/gov-roy-cooper-grants-clemency-15-people-death-row/63313709

* "Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole:" https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

* "Costco is fighting to keep its DEI program as major companies roll back initiatives:" https://qz.com/costco-dei-program-walmart-john-deere-backlash-1851730064

* CW: Sexual Assault. "What the Most Famous Book About Trauma Gets Wrong: People kept telling me to read “The Body Keeps the Score.” I was shocked at what it actually says.:" https://www.motherjones.com/media/2024/12/trauma-body-keeps-the-score-van-der-kolk-psychology-therapy-ptsd/

* "‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas.:" https://archive.ph/wdWOV#selection-472.0-472.1

* "Florida gay man shot dead in his partner's arms on New Year's after stray bullet hits him, police say:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/florida-dead-nye-shot

* "Monthly fatal injuries in the US, pre and post covid:" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1873480277064106483.html

* "Dead family, lost friends: How the coronavirus changed one small town:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/how-covid-19-pandemic-reshaped-america/77181653007/

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* "Why seas are surging:" https://archive.ph/oUq3R#selection-272.0-272.1

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* "Another Study Shows Incredible Results of Pairing Solar Panels With Agriculture: ‘Getting more from the land’:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/another-study-shows-incredible-results-of-pairing-solar-panels-with-agriculture-getting-more-from-the-land/

* "Want to get a prescription for nature access in Canada? Here's how it works:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-how-to-get-one-1.7421810?cmp=rss

* "Meta slammed for 'disturbing' AI profiles, including a fake Black queer mother:" https://www.advocate.com/news/meta-ai-profiles-black-queer-women

* "This week on the Advocates: The Cost of Deepfakes:" https://www.advocate.com/news/the-advocates-deepfakes

* "The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes:" https://archive.ph/EovD2

* "Meet the underpaid workers in Nairobi, Kenya, who power OpenAI:" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/30/meet-the-underpaid-workers-in-nairobi-kenya-who-power-openai/

* "The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905):" https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sutherland-macdonald-tattoos/

* "Letters Hidden in My Family’s Attic Reveal a 1910s Bank Con in Key West:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/key-west-bank-con-letters

* This! "The Case for Same-Sex Figure Skating.:" https://substack.com/home/post/p-154177649

* Skate at your own risk. "What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?:" https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-5

I beg of you to only use flared base toys made by reputable manufacturers and not random items from around the house.

* "Hundreds of Curious Cats Contemplated Ancient Egyptian Artifacts During a Series of ‘Meowseum Nights’ in China:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-curious-cats-contemplated-ancient-egypt-artifacts-during-a-series-of-meowseum-nights-in-china-180985612/

* I am not enjoying anything my body has done in the last two weeks, but here we are. If the pain level would even drop a couple notches everything would be a little more bearable.

I am emphatically not enjoying it looking like opaque black smoke is endlessly blowing in front of my eye or a there is a crack in a phone screen only in motion, but there is nothing to be done short of a dangerous eye operation. Once a floater happens, it's generally forever and this bastard is huge and placed in exactly the wrong place it what was my better eye, but isn't any longer. Sigh.

* "The Failure, Fear, And Frenzy around Luigi Mangione:"

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* "Comparing Every Version of Nosferatu:"

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This is extremely good analysis and her perspective is valuable. I grew up with the Murnau and have watched it countless times since I was little. I've seen the Herzog not nearly as often, but I did see it within a year of it's release and watch it periodically as well. I was a kid when the Herzog came out and didn't really appreciate it until some point in my 20's.

I don't agree with quite everything in here and I think the new Nosferatu has a lot of things to say, particularly in the way it is trying to talk about gendered violence. At the same time? I was very disappointed they lost the dance macabre like sequences from the Herzog, because those were important and I think would have been relevant to us for the reasons this commentator enumerated.

For the record, Goth Millennial and I really liked the new one, but the audience we saw it with reacted in a way that suggested a lot of people are deeply uncomfortable with what's on the screen and aren't willing to engage with the complexities and ambiguities. I particularly liked how the movie was both doing it's own thing, but also clearly in dialog with the other two versions, much like I experience the Herzog in relation to the Murnau.

All versions of Nosferatu have problems. Addressing one set can open up a new set. That is true here. It was true with the Herzog.

Honestly? When the commentator was discussing the ways people had trouble engaging with the Herzog when it was new, reminded me a bit of sitting in an audience where half the people were experiencing the film in a way completely different from the way i process it.

I am wondering if discomfort and debate are not things essential to doing Nosferatu right. I think it's part of why something so influential on future filmmakers rarely gets remade along with the whole antisemitism problem. (You can't remake Nosferatu without trying to decide how to handle the anti-Semitism of the original. It's a tricky, tricky thing. Same with Dracula. hundred plus year old media can be landmines.)

Anyway, this Nosferatu comparison piece is excellent and I really appreciated the perspective and context.

* "January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!:" https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/

* "Stunning Colorful Kodachrome Photos Show the Everyday Life in America during the 1940s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/colorful-kodachrome-slides-from-usa/

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

* Ethical Elephant sanctuary disaster relief: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/769847233453719552/emergency-flood-relief?source=share

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

* "My husky’s fren needs your help:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74raKUtbCKI

* Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

* Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

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* Please tell the Whitehouse anything you want them to do while there is still time: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Israel’s move into Golan Heights demilitarised zone:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SYRIA-SECURITY/MAPS/myvmbxdgwpr/#israels-move-into-golan-heights-demilitarised-zone

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* "An elaborate global system exists to prevent famine. It’s failing.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-response-overview/

* "Hundreds of arrests and mysterious beatings as Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-arrests-mysterious-beatings-georgia-cracks-down-pro-eu-protests-2024-12-11/

* "Women despair over Taliban rules, but many Afghan returnees don’t see it:" https://archive.ph/QbWSV#selection-494.0-494.1

* "Ayman: Why did it take this long for Assad’s regime in Syria to collapse?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ayman-why-did-it-take-this-long-for-assad-s-regime-in-syria-to-collapse-226786373533

* "A look at the political storm caused by South Korean president’s martial law decree:" https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-impeachment-turmoil-timeline-336b2e3defa5c4e36221ca08ae75cbc7

* "South Korea opposition leader urges president's party to back impeachment over martial law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-opposition-leader-lee-says-impeaching-yoon-best-way-restore-order-2024-12-13/

* "K-pop light sticks fire up Yoon's impeachment protests in South Korea:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/k-pop-light-sticks-fire-up-impeachment-protests-south-korea-2024-12-10/

* These are refugees. "Dominican Republic Is Deporting Haitians In Trucks With Built-in Cages In Immigration Crackdown:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dominican-republic-is-deporting-haitians-in-trucks-with-built-in-cages-in-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1vCCDL

* "Chinese espionage campaign scooped up data on thousands of US mobile phone users, sources say:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/chinese-espionage-campaign-scooped-data-thousands-us-mobile/story?id=116439853

* "The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back: In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/hawaii-monarchy-overthrow-independence/680759/

* "Ex-Judges Join Push for Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences:" https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ex-judges-join-push-for-biden-to-commute-federal-death-sentences

* As of this writing, it's not the death penalty cases yet, so now might be a good time to let Biden know. "Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/nx-s1-5226683/biden-commutations-pardons

* "Interior Sec. Deb Haaland - Honoring Native American History & Gift to Biden | The Daily Show:"

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* "FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/smirnov-bidens-plea-agreement-00194004

* "US Supreme Court may limit environmental reviews in Utah railway fight:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-examines-utah-railway-environmental-review-fight-2024-12-10/

* "US v Skrmetti is a public health disaster:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/us-v-skrmetti

* "Trans Kids Are On The Chopping Block:"

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* "BREAKING: U.S. House passes defense spending bill with anti-trans provision:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-defense-bill-advances

* "Gay Democrat is lone LGBTQ+ vote in Congress for anti-trans national defense bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-supports-transphobic-bill

* "40+ senators oppose anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion provisions in spending bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/senators-oppose-anti-lgbtq-ndaa

Remember how we spent all last year and the early part of this one fighting this sort of thing where they slip anti-bodily autonomy stuff into must pass funding bills?

Here we are again. Please, call your critters in the Senate, whether Republican or Democrat. Democrats actually had our backs through these fights in the last few years, but it's not guaranteed given the scapegoating in the press, so call Democratic critters too help stiffen their spines. Thank them if they are standing up for bodily autonomy; tell them your opinion if they aren't. Express support for trans healthcare as well as abortion

If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* Women in the Open misogyny/Women should be subordinate and have no say in anything party shocked SHOCKED that the party is misogynist and won't let them have a say in anything. "Republican women annoyed GOP Congress won't let them run committees: report:" https://www.rawstory.com/republican-women-in-congress/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHISwVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdNfhvGLyRp5kBd98UrRP1ZhVjp2l_prDktsdkOxjaKP2d0ahXu54TmElw_aem_VSofeM4qZMNmHyTXyABnRQ&sfnsn=mo

* "Ocasio-Cortez launches bid for top role on Oversight, as some Dems predict she’ll win:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/06/congress/ocasio-cortez-prepares-oversight-bid-00193010

* "Donald Trump says he won’t debate trans bathroom use affecting ‘very small number of people’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trans-bathroom-ban-donald-trump

One. One person in particular. They singled out Sarah McBride to prevent her peeing safely at work.

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

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* "North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-republican-override-veto-democrat-governor-rcna183703

* "Elections board dismisses Republican protests in close North Carolina races:" https://abc11.com/post/elections-board-dismisses-republican-protests-close-north-carolina-races/15642973/

* "Texas City Council that targeted LGBTQ+ people gets voted out — and replaced with first gay member:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-odessa-first-gay-city-council-member

* "Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-disputed-assault-claims

* "Who is Scott Presler? The gay conservative even the RNC won't employ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/who-is-scott-presler

* "Court ruling sends jolt through the core of U.S. conservatives, Fox News 'Trump staffing agency':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/court-ruling-sends-jolt-through-the-core-of-u-s-conservatives-fox-news-trump-staffing-agency-226736197803

* "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Making Government Deliver:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sen-bernie-sanders-on-making-government-deliver/id1583132133?i=1000679319133

* "Free Idea: No Democratic Votes For Loyalty-Tested Republicans:" https://www.offmessage.net/p/no-democratic-votes-for-loyalty-test-republicans

* "‘Enraging’: Hayes slams lawmakers, billionaires for submitting to Trump in advance:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-enraging-hayes-slams-lawmakers-billionaires-for-submitting-to-trump-in-advance-226951749754

* "The triumph of anti-identity-politics identity politics:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-triumph-of-anti-identity-politics-identity-politics/ar-AA1vCC9Z

* "Conservatism in the Trump 2.0 Years with McKay Coppins:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conservatism-in-the-trump-2-0-years-with-mckay-coppins/id1382983397?i=1000678257096

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* "Trump Invited Chinese President Xi Jinping And Other World Leaders To Inauguration—Here’s Why That’s Unprecedented:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/12/13/trump-invited-chinese-president-xi-jinping-and-other-world-leaders-to-inauguration-heres-why-thats-unprecedented/

* "Trump picks China hawk to be top State Department economic policy official: Jacob Helberg was a strong advocate for a bill forcing China’s ByteDance to sell its social media platform TikTok.:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/10/congress/trump-picks-china-hawk-helberg-to-be-top-state-department-economic-policy-official-00193683

* Trump continues to go after our traditional allies, presumably as part of the pivot to make us a Russian puppet state. "Trump calls Trudeau ‘governor’ of ‘the Great State of Canada’ in overnight posts:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/10/congress/trump-calls-trudeau-governor-of-the-great-state-of-canada-in-overnight-posts-00193442

* "Donald Trump Will Need a Police State to Implement His Agenda:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/biden-trump-federal-power-police-state/

* Yet he voted for him anyway. "Mitch McConnell Bashes Trump’s Entire Philosophy in New Interview:" https://newrepublic.com/post/189298/mitch-mcconnell-criticize-trump-america-first

* "Pete Hegseth really doesn’t like LGBTQ+ people in the military:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-hegseth-prefers-dadt

* "Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-politics-trump-7e26c829af224a1f9d67c27cea085e68

* "MAGA pressure on GOP senators over Trump Cabinet picks shows signs of paying off:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/maga-pressure-senators-trump-cabinet-picks-shows-early/story?id=116652141

* "Republican Says Trump Is Warning GOP: Don't Get on 'Naughty List':" https://www.newsweek.com/republican-says-trump-warning-gop-dont-get-naughty-list-2000086

* "Trump moves to steamroll Senate Republicans in bid to build 'disruptive' administration:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-moves-to-steamroll-senate-republicans-in-bid-to-build-disruptive-administration-227063365869

* "Homan tells Democrats to ‘get the hell out of the way’ on immigration:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416

* "Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools and hospitals:" https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trump-scrap-restriction-ice-arrests-churches-schools-rcna183688

* "Trump will use military for deportations up to 'maximum' legal level; pardons for J6 defendants 'in first nine minutes':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-named-time-magazines-person-year/story?id=116719244

Using the military for law enforcement on US soil is very illegal of course, but the Supreme Court officially ended rule of law and made him in essence an absolute monarch, so....

* "FBI Director Wray to resign at end of Biden administration:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/g-s1-33710/trump-fbi-wray-resigns

* "Trump's FBI pick to bring 'deep state' paranoia to organization he holds in contempt:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-fbi-pick-to-bring-deep-state-paranoia-to-organization-he-holds-in-contempt-226860101869

* "‘The bureau is in trouble’: J. Edgar Hoover biographer reacts to FBI director resigning:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-bureau-is-in-trouble-j-edgar-hoover-biographer-reacts-to-fbi-director-resigning-226840645845

* "Trump’s attempt to rewrite history of January 6 instead adds new chapter of corruption:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-attempt-to-rewrite-history-of-january-6-instead-adds-new-chapter-of-corruption-227066437752

* "Raskin reacts to Trump saying Jan. 6 committee members ‘should go to jail’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-reacts-to-trump-saying-jan-6-committee-members-should-go-to-jail-226843717556

* "Trump picks Kari Lake to lead Voice of America:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/kari-lake-to-voa-00193921

She's spent the last 4 years lying and lying in public and she's going to destroy VOA by changing it from a balanced source of fact based news into a propaganda arm.

* "Trump promises expedited permits for $1 billion US investment:" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/10/trump-expedited-permits-1-billion-environment

* "What to know about Billy Long, the ex-congressman and auctioneer Trump wants to head the IRS:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-irs-billy-long-auctioneer-congressman-werfel-what-to-know/

* "Here’s Trillions in Federal Waste the DOGE Bros Could Actually Target: Because what’s more wasteful than giant tax breaks for people who don’t need them?:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/doge-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-department-government-inefficiency-waste-federal-spending-deficit-reduction/

* This is how you get the next Great Depression. "Trump advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators, WSJ reports:" https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-advisers-seek-shrink-or-eliminate-bank-regulators-wsj-reports-2024-12-13/

* "Hayes: Trump and his billionaire friends have ‘amnesia’ about this issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-and-his-billionaire-friends-have-amnesia-about-this-issue-227057221859

* "Trump Is Starting to Walk Back His Vow to Bring Down Grocery Prices:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-walks-back-vow-grocery-prices-1235202052/

* "Trump already walking back core campaign promise on prices, inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-already-walking-back-core-campaign-promise-on-prices-inflation-226960453535

In fact, he's promised to dismantle Biden's anti-greedflation mission at the FTC and do everything possible to raise prices with his tariffs and other economic policies.

* "Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-truth-social-sec-securities-exchange-commission

* "77 Nobel Prize Winners Write Message To The Senate: Don’t Confirm RFK Jr.:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nobel-laureates-letter-senate_n_6757d39ee4b0012be3fdf074

He is going to kill so many people.

* Who knew Mitch McConnell had a limit? "McConnell decries ‘dangerous’ polio vaccine skeptics amid RFK Jr. report:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mcconnell-decries-dangerous-polio-vaccine-skeptics-amid-rfk-jr-report-227056709560

* "Exclusive: RFK Jr.'s secret push to prove CIA killed uncle:" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/rfk-jr-cia-jfk-kennedy-assassination-amaryllis-fox

* "Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund

* "Musk weighs in on Meta after Zuckerberg’s company donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/12/congress/musk-and-zuck-00194010

Remember how Trump and his cronies were reported to have pocketed more than they spent on the inauguration last time? These are essentially legal bribes.

* "Billionaires courting Trump paint picture of oligarchy to come:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/billionaires-courting-trump-paint-picture-of-oligarchy-to-come-226975813860

* "A New George Santos Just Dropped. His Name Is Massad Boulos.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/massad-boulos-trump-mideast-advisor.html

* "Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/nx-s1-5225390/trump-kimberly-guilfoyle-ambassador-greece

* "Trump’s energy secretary pick once drank bleach to defend fracking:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-energy-secretary-pick-once-drank-bleach-to-defend-fracking-226955845774

* It is so gross to use someone else's image without her permission to sell something, but Trump is notoriously against women having the right to consent. "Trump uses photo of himself with first lady Jill Biden to announce new fragrance line:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fragrance-jill-biden-fight-fight-fight-perfumes-cologne/

* "Donald Trump's lesbian niece Mary Trump slams him as 'deeply ignorant, cruel man':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mary-trump-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship

* "Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/10/bragg-trump-hush-money-verdict-election-000314

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* "FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/fbi-jan-6-undercover-agents-inspector-general-report-00194036

* "A leaked video of UnitedHealth CEO defending denial practices sparks more online backlash:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/leaked-video-unitedhealth-ceo-defending-183000779.html

* Well, fuck. "Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5224170/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion-bankruptcy-judge

* "Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’: The Massachusetts lawmaker condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but added that the visceral reaction online should be a “warning” to the industry.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-00193776

* "You Don't Need to Be Luigi Mangione to Hate United Healthcare:"

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* I remain furious about this. "Former US Marine found not guilty in fatal New York subway choking:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-marine-found-not-guilty-fatal-new-york-subway-choking-media-report-2024-12-09/
eacher suspended for LGBTQ+ books in her classroom sues school district:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-teacher-lgbtq-books-lawsuit

* "Wisconsin man who killed girlfriend for having sex with another woman will now be tried for attacking guard:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/richard-stoka-wisconsin-new-charges

* "An Oregon teacher was chastised for supporting LGBTQ+ students. She sued and won $90,000:" https://www.advocate.com/news/oregon-steacher-whistleblower-lgbtq-lawsuit

* "Virginia Republicans vote to take control of local library after losing fight to remove LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/samuels-library-front-royal-challenge

* Hint: TERFs are not feminists. They are anti-feminist racists. "JK Rowling Has Done it AGAIN!:"

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* CW: Sexual Misconduct. "PinkNews leaders Benjamin Cohen and his husband, Anthony James, accused of sexual misconduct: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pinknews-bbc-sex

* CW: Rape. "Former Texas park ranger charged with luring and sexually assaulting gay men:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/park-ranger-charged-assault

* Children will die because the UK government decided a biased TERF report biased on bad science over actual science. "U.K. bans puberty blockers for trans youth indefinitely:" https://www.advocate.com/news/uk-bans-puberty-blockers-indefinitel

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Supporting the Crick Kids:" https://chuffed.org/project/115124-supporting-the-crick-kids

* "Montana Supreme Court upholds block on gender-affirming care ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/montana-trans-care-ban-blocked

* "Judge approves settlement in landmark LGBTQ+ fertility case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-fertility-case-settlement

* "Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth—Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs:" https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/12/hospitals-gave-women-medications-during-childbirth-then-reported-them-for-using-illicit-drugs/

* "Teenagers are behind a rash of antigay crimes that have been tied to dating apps:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/antigay-crimes-sydney-australia

* "LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-parents-adopt-children-trump

* "Hate crimes skyrocket in Los Angeles, especially targeting LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/anti-lgbtq-hate-crimes-skyrocket-la

* "Mistrial declared in case of missing Black gay Ole Miss student Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jimmie-lee-murder-mistrial

* "A Washington city council cuts a pizza program for LGBTQ+ youth after concerns about turning kids transgender:" https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-community-lgbtq-youth-support

* "An Alabama city banned an LGBTQ+ Pride float from its Christmas parade. It marched anyways:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-pride-float-christmas-parade

* "Poland's first-ever LGBTQ+ museum opens: 'For you and about you':" https://www.advocate.com/world/poland-lgbtq-museum

* "Why LGBTQ+ youth have high rate of mental health struggles and how to address them:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-mental-health-tracker

* "Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV:" https://newrepublic.com/article/188772/big-pharma-greed-hiv-drugs

* "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Sioux County, Iowa:" https://www.agriculture.com/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-in-sioux-county-8758078

* "Medicare Paid Insurers Billions for Questionable Home Diagnoses, Watchdog Finds:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/medicare-paid-insurers-billions-for-questionable-home-diagnoses-watchdog-finds/ar-AA1sP5jl

* "Eat What you Kill: Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology

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* "Is climate change lighting a fuse under Iceland's volcanoes?:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-glacier-volcanoes/

* "Death by water, burial by mud. Images of Spain’s floods of the century:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-spain-valencia-photo-gallery-af444afb79ad40dd4a01e9dcfa95d2ba

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* "How a Team of Gophers Restored Mount St. Helens After Its Catastrophic Eruption With Less Than a Day of Digging:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-a-team-of-gophers-restored-mount-st-helens-after-its-catastrophic-eruption-with-less-than-a-day-of-digging-180985459/

* "Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-appeals-court-congress/

* "Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump:" https://www.wired.com/story/politics-lab-keeping-your-personal-data-safe/

* "Monarch butterfly proposed for listing under the US Endangered Species Act:" https://xerces.org/press/monarch-butterfly-proposed-for-listing-under-us-endangered-species-act

* "When Songbird Couples Split: A warming climate may cause more bird couples to break up.:" https://nautil.us/when-songbird-couples-split-1168056/?

* "Medieval Daily Life on Birchbark:" https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medieval-daily-life-on-birchbark/

* "Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative:" https://daily.jstor.org/self-publishing-black-american-narrative/?preview_id=320102

* "All about the nation's first gay rights group, the Society for Human Rights, founded 100 years ago:" https://www.advocate.com/news/first-gay-rights-group

* "Millions are reading a teen’s account of life and war. It’s from 1945.:" https://archive.ph/By0Rr#selection-476.0-476.1

* "The Soul of 1970s Harlem as Seen Through Jack Garofalo’s Camera:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/harlem-photographed-by-jack-garofalo/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Waco Primer:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waco-primer/id1762494071?i=1000676606879

* "How To Lose A Rap Battle:"

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* The fundraiser is over. I want to tank everyone has helped since September. This has been a terrible year for all of us and it means so much to me that you are here.

* Amoung the Too Many Things that maid up my Wednesday, I went to get vaccinated. Yes, I know my Doctor suggested I should wait for February after my September COVID, according to current guidelines, but I am worried that that all vaccines may be banned by that point, if the Republicans fulfill their threats. I don't want to get caught in what I suspect will be a rush for boosters in January by people who are aware of the planned vaccine ban.

Sure, it might not happen, but this is one of the areas where they can move without Congress and there isn't much stopping them, so I decided on caution. I take vaccination seriously and there is a reason I was classed group 1B during initial vaccine roll out. I'm a medically fragile person who had to mask against things like influenza before 2020. I made it four and a half years before catching it, I'd rather not catch it again, as I am still tired from my first bout in September and I'd rather not lose any more function. I'd get an RSV vaccine if they'd let me. I have all my other shots.

So I was down at the poverty clinic pharmacy chatting with the guy giving me my shot, who has been there, I think, a couple decades, so I'm a familiar face. So I mentioned my worries about the public health policy situation to see how they were taking it at Poverty clinic.

He had a lot to say, not surprisingly. They are frightened and furious. They rely on grants and are absolutely essential to the healthcare infrastructure of the city. In my opinion, they are absolutely irreplaceable. They serve the poor and other marginalized communities. They've been essential to providing healthcare to the HIV+ population since the '80's, they are a hub for trans healthcare for several counties, they are queer friendly generally and safe, they have lots of immigrant services and translators, they do a lion's share of health care and dentistry for the homeless population. Him: We save lives here. I don't know what will happen if we lose our grants and close.

Me either, Sir. Me either.

* The asshole agency started sending cleaners again the back half of November. As they only sent one person for a two hour shift, not counting the lady who lied she was going to get gloves and drove away, between early June and then (The time we needed them most), I had a fuckton of hours that go away at the end of the year. I've been scheduling them twice a week and to my absolute shock they've been sending them. O.o I had five extra hours even so, so I scheduled a couple extra Mondays because of the holidays.

One of them is amazing, so I set it up so she gets first shot at my hours. Seriously, she's a delight. She's lonely and has hinted at maybe wanting to be friends outside of work. I'd invite her to join the friend group if she could bubble, but she has kids, so it wouldn't be safe, unfortunately. (Don't worry, we both mask for her visits). I sent her home with three full boxes of food forage sent us that neither we nor the Millennials could use, two boxes of which have been in my car since inspection because we needed to take them to donate. Better they go to a single Mom I know and like, I figure.

Part of why my original standard cleaner day for Friday morning is that the forage boxes usually arrive while cleaners are there and they can haul them inside and I can offer them things like the extra eggs (Squirrel isn't allowed to have them and I can only use whites in a baking context because my body can't handle an egg white omelette even so I never need more than one carton. I am always asking visiting Millennials if they want eggs.), or vegetables we are allergic to, or canned goods we have a surplus of or can't use for medical reasons, etc.. Some take them, some don't. My feeling is people who aren't poor don't take jobs like this. Poor people have to look out for each other.

The thing is, I needed to take a Millennial to a thing to sort out an ongoing thing left over from late last summer. The place closes at five which meant between 3/12- 4 Hours sleep for me. I am exhausted, but it was worth it. I do need to take them back a couple more times, but it is actually sorted out in a satisfactory way. We stopped at the good grocery on the way back and I got good tomatoes for sandwiches, which I had been wanting to do, but was too tired last couple of days what with the HOA drama and the booster shot. As Covid vaccine goes, this wasn't too bad and is noticeably less severe than this years flu shot was. I can live with extra tired, and slightly congested. I frequently do that without any vaccines. It's certainly better than a second bout of Covid would be.

I am not looking forward to figuring out how to get my flu and Covid boosters in Canada next year if they are banned. Sigh. That is next September me's problem, though.

I also had a Firefox crash and they no longer let you have access to a "restore session" button. I spent a couple hours reconstructing, but I suspect some news was lost and it is possible I may repost news items because I can't remember if they went out already. Apologies.

* "Meanwhile... Oregon's Controversial Googly Eyes | Drain Pipe Cat | Krispy Kreme Hacked:"

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* ""TV Ate my Family": Lance Loud & America's First Reality Show:"

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* "Fashion Doesn't Matter (like it used to):"

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* "Jane Austen - Sarcasm and Subversion - Extra History:"

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* "Horror Queers: Critters (1986):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critters-1986/id1449041559?i=1000666871969

* "Hallmark Channel Targets Sad Singles:"

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* "The Anti-Holiday Rom-Com We Deserve After Surviving 2024 | The Daily Show:"

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* "A History of the Infant Christ Being Given Piggy-Back Rides in Western Art:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/a-history-of-the-infant-christ-being?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=152664256&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

* "Reelin’ In The Years – DORK TOWER 27.11.24:" http://www.dorktower.com/2024/11/27/19227/

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

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* Drowning in links and rl beaurocracy and medical stuff. I am waaay behind, Sorry.

* Please tell the White House to send everything they can to Ukraine now while there is still time: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1156716

* "Israel Defence Minister Katz: In Lebanon there will be no ceasefire, will continue to hit Hezbollah with full force:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-defence-minister-katz-lebanon-there-will-be-no-ceasefire-will-continue-2024-11-12/

* "Ireland and Unifil reject Israel’s request to remove peacekeepers from Lebanese border outpost:" https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/10/04/irish-peacekeepers-lebanon-latest-israel-invasion/

* "Netanyahu’s office confirms Israel was behind devastating pager attacks on Hezbollah:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-office-confirms-israel-was-behind-devastating-pager-attacks-on-hezbollah/

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* "Netanyahu appoints settler activist as Israel's ambassador to US:" https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-appoints-settler-activist-israel-ambassador-us

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* "‘Dishonourable’: Māori leaders furious with early introduction of Treaty Principles Bill:" https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/dishonourable-maori-leaders-furious-with-early-introduction-of-treaty-principles-bill/1ottznycj

* "Congress set to extend government shutdown deadline into Trump’s term:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/nov/11/congress-set-to-extend-government-shutdown-deadlin/

* This is a big power grab. "Trump is demanding an important change to the Senate confirmation process:" https://www.vox.com/politics/384356/trump-recess-appointments-explained-senate-confirmation-thune-scott-cornyn-cabinet

* "Maddow: Trump already consolidating power despite almost guaranteed obedience from GOP in Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-already-consolidating-power-despite-almost-guaranteed-obedience-from-gop-in-congress-224187973627

* "US Senate Republicans pick insider John Thune as their next leader:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-republicans-pick-new-leader-amid-pressure-trump-allies-2024-11-13/

* This is terrifying. "House Fast-Tracks Bill That Would Give Trump Power to Target Nonprofits:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/house-bill-trump-power-target-nonprofits-1235161151/

* "House Democrat to introduce resolution reiterating Trump can serve only two terms as president:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrat-introduce-resolution-reiterating-trump-can-only-serve-t-rcna179987

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene lays out her anti-trans plan now that the GOP will control everything:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/marjorie-taylor-greene-lays-out-her-anti-trans-plan-now-that-the-gop-will-control-everything/

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "Biden wants Americans to "bring down the temperature" — but MAGA will not let that happen:" https://www.salon.com/2024/11/12/biden-wants-americans-to-bring-down-the-temperature--but-maga-will-not-let-that-happen/

* "An Overlooked — and Increasingly Important — Clue to How People Vote:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/09/social-media-traditional-news-elections-00188548

* "A tale of two jets: The old media grapples with its new limits:" https://www.semafor.com/article/11/10/2024/a-tale-of-two-jets-the-old-media-grapples-with-its-new-limits

* "When Trump wins, so does the media:" https://www.slowboring.com/p/when-trump-wins-so-does-the-media-7b2

* "X marks the spybot:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2015825.html

* "The Crypto World's Victory Lap Begins:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-08/crypto-world-takes-victory-lap-after-big-us-election-bet-pays-off

* "These 7 House seats are still undecided, with 2024 results outstanding a week after Election Day:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-results-2024-seats-undecided/

* "LGBTQ+ candidates lose races for Florida legislature:" https://www.advocate.com/election/florida-lgbtq-candidates-lose

* "Meet the Democrat who beat MAGA Republican Kari Lake to replace bi lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema in the U.S. Senate:" https://www.advocate.com/election/ruben-gallego-defeats-kari-lake

* "Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins reelection to U.S. House in New York’s 14th Congressional District:" https://apnews.com/article/race-call-ocasio-cortez-wins-new-york-u-s-house-district-35cb24bf92b34001b35214abd337b479

* "Thousands of previously unreported votes change some apparent winners in Michigan:" https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/11/thousands-of-previously-unreported-votes-change-some-apparent-winners-in-michigan.html

* "Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr wins reelection, will return to House floor after sanction:" https://www.advocate.com/election/montana-zooey-zephyr-reelection-sanction

* "Emily Randall makes history as first LGBTQ+ Latina in Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/election/emily-randall-latina-lesbian-congress

* "Julie Johnson just made history as the first LGBTQ+ person ever elected to Congress from the South:" https://www.advocate.com/election/lesbian-julie-johnson-elected-congress

* "Kentucky elects its first-ever LGBTQ+ woman state senator:" https://www.advocate.com/election/kentucky-lgbtq-senator-keturah-hurron

* "Josh Stein beats 'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor:" https://www.advocate.com/election/mark-robinson-loses-josh-stein-north-carolina-governor

* "7 things to know about Michigan’s extra 26,662 votes that had been unreported:" https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/11/7-things-to-know-about-michigans-extra-26662-votes-that-had-been-unreported.html

* "Democrat Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat, defeating Republican Curtis Bashaw:" https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-new-jersey-senate-kim-bashaw-42b8fe654b8cf03c7f50d030ab3374db

* "Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear: Democrats don't have to abandon LGBTQ+ people to win:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/beshear-democrats-keep-supporting-lgbtq

* "What will happen to Tim Walz after Donald Trump's presidential election win?:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/what-will-happen-to-tim-walz-after-donald-trump-presidential-win/

* "Joe, Mika, and their ilk are endangering the lives of transgender human beings:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/morning-joe-transphobia-trump-election

* "Democrats play the blame game, scapegoat minority groups after Trump's win:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/democrats-play-the-blame-game-scapegoat-minority-groups-after-trump-s-win-224040005653

* "Is Bernie Sanders right that Democrats have 'abandoned' the working class?:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/is-bernie-sanders-right-that-democrats-have-abandoned-the-working-class-224085573655

* "'People feel extremely betrayed': Dearborn Mayor explains the role Gaza played in Kamala Harris loss:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/-people-feel-extremely-betrayed-dearborn-mayor-explains-the-role-gaza-played-in-kamala-harris-loss-224086085855

* "Why Did Trump Win? These Dems Have Discovered a Very Disturbing Answer:" https://newrepublic.com/article/188238/trump-won-voter-perception-2024

* I keep thinking about the person on tumblr who went after me hard and at length because I expressed concern about us being too close in the swing states because I was clearly an ignorant rube who knew nothing about polling or politics. *side eye* I wonder how they are feeling now, whoever they were.

* "‘Woke Teen’ Dean Withers Debated 20 Trump Voters at Once. Now He Has a Message for Liberals:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/woke-teen-dean-witherslinkedindebated-20-trump-voters-at-once-now-he-has-a-message-for-liberals/ar-AA1u1bS8

* "America's political discordance: The Trump voters who want progressivism:" https://www.salon.com/2024/11/08/americas-political-discordance-the-want-progressivism/

* "Texas law targets transgender people with $500 fines, $10k civil suits for using the bathroom:" https://www.advocate.com/news/tx-city-transgender-bathroom-fines

This is a way to force trans people out of public life. If you can't safety use a bathroom, you can't go to school, or hold a job, or go to a restaurant, or go shopping for longer than a couple of hours.

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

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* "Iran ordered an operative to assassinate Trump before the election, federal prosecutors say:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/08/donald-trump-iran-assassination-plot-00188498

* Taliban and Russia congratulate Trump: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-11-2024

* If I were in charge of intelligence for any of our allies, I wouldn't share a damned thing with us anymore. "Trump, Who Was Charged with Mishandling Secrets, Will Get Classified Briefings Again:" https://time.com/7174648/donald-trump-classified-documents/

* "There’s already a snag in Trump’s transition with the Biden administration:" https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-transition-planning-ethics-agreements-biden-rcna179452

* "Americans Didn’t Vote for What Donald Trump Is About to Give Them:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-americans-vote-plutocrats-taxes-1235161296/

* "'Radioactive': Why Trump’s win isn’t a ‘mandate’ for the unpopular MAGA agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-trump-s-win-isn-t-a-mandate-for-the-unpopular-maga-agenda-224284229820

* "What America Voted For:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2014339.html

* "Trump says Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head a new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-says-elon-musk-will-lead-department-government-efficiency-vivek-rcna179899

* "Elon Musk says Trump will crash the economy, and he thinks that’s good.:" https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/10/30/elon-musk-says-trump-will-crash-the-economy-he-thinks-thats-good/

* "Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major U.S. cities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/incoming-trump-admin-eyeing-new-immigrant-detention-centers-major-us-c-rcna179843

* "Trump picks a pair of experienced advisers motivated to carry out his immigration crackdown:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportation-homan-miller-trump-border-abb1a75497d11c978c369cb20016eecb

* "Ramaswamy backs Trump’s mass deportations as ‘pragmatic’ approach:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/ramaswamy-trump-mass-deportation-pragmatic-00188621

* "Private Prison Companies Call Trump’s Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-deportation-plans-private-prisons-opportunity_n_672d3faae4b01e5999fc97c0

* "tariffs, mass deportation – the pieces fit together:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2015626.html

* "President-elect Trump nominates Marco Rubio for secretary of state:" https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/nx-s1-5187110/donald-trump-marco-rubio-secretary-of-state

* "Trump Asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China Hawk, To Be His National Security Adviser:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-national-security-adviser_n_6732a44ee4b07ebab7421b59

* "Stephen Miller set to play major role in next Trump administration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/11/stephen-miller-trump-administration-role-00188813

* "Who is Stephen Miller, the anti-LGBTQ+ white supremacist Trump picked to be a deputy WH chief of staff?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/stephen-miller-trump-white-house

* "Who is Susie Wiles, Donald Trump's pick for White House chief of staff?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/susie-wiles-trump-chief-staff

* Regulations are written in blood. Deregulation of clean air, water, etc. standards will kill. "Trump picks former Rep. Lee Zeldin to be his EPA administrator:" https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/nx-s1-5187039/trump-lee-zeldin-epa-environment

* "Pete Hegseth Was Removed from Biden's Inauguration, Labeled 'Extremist':" https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-was-removed-bidens-inauguration-labelled-extremist-1984882

* "Flashback: Hegseth leads Republican push to privatize veterans' health care:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flashback-hegseth-leads-republican-push-to-privatize-veterans-health-care-224380997664

* "Trump nominates hardliner Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel:" https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-nominates-hardliner-mike-huckabee-ambassador-israel

* "Donald Trump names former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence:" https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/nx-s1-5189603/trump-tulsi-gabbard-director-of-national-intelligence

* "Trump picks anti-LGBTQ+ former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/tulsi-gabbard-nominated-intelligence-director

* "Trump cabinet picks point to continuation of first term's scandals and disgrace:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-cabinet-picks-point-to-continuation-of-first-term-s-scandals-and-disgrace-224187461835

* "'Sycophant Olympics': Trump prioritizes pliancy over competence in assembling new Cabinet:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-sycophant-olympics-trump-prioritizes-pliancy-over-competence-in-assembling-new-cabinet-224302661538

* "Trump names longtime election attorney Bill McGinley as his White House counsel:" https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/nx-s1-5188650/trump-bill-mcginley-white-house-counsel

* "Trump picks House ally Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/11/elise-stefanik-un-ambassador-trump-00188681

* "Trump picks John Ratcliffe for CIA director. Here’s what to know:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-picks-john-ratcliffe-for-cia-director-heres-what-to-know

* "Trump picks real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff for Mideast envoy:" https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-picks-real-estate-tycoon-steven-witkoff-mideast-envoy-2024-11-12/

* CW: Sex Trafficking "Matt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b

* "Gaetz resigns from Congress — possibly skirting long-awaited Ethics report:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/13/matt-gaetz-resigns-congress-00189488

* "Trump shocks with ‘unanimously loathed’ Matt Gaetz as attorney general pick:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-shocks-with-unanimously-loathed-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general-pick-224409157728

* "Gaetz pick is like Trump’s ‘fraternity hazing ritual’ for Senate GOP, says Hayes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gaetz-pick-is-like-trump-s-fraternity-hazing-ritual-for-senate-gop-says-hayes-224514117645

* "RFK Jr. Suggests Replacing Hundreds of Federal Health Employees:" https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-replace-hundreds-federal-health-workers-nih-1984114

The plan is to fire anyone who believes in facts and science, so that they can kill lots of people with quack conspiracy theory based policy.

* Remember how he killed all those kids in Samoa? He is going to use his power to kill even more people.
"Trump Taps RFK Jr. As Secretary Of Health And Human Services: Here Are All The Conspiracies He’s Promoted:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/14/rfk-jr-launches-independent-2024-run-here-are-all-the-conspiracies-he-promotes-from-vaccines-to-mass-shootings/

* "With pick of RFK Jr., Trump threatens not just public health but federal credibility on health:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/with-pick-of-rfk-jr-trump-threatens-not-just-public-health-but-federal-credibility-on-health-224540741528

* "Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/06/trump-retribution-enemy-list-00187725?cid=apn

* "Many in government are worried about Trump’s return. At DOJ, they’re terrified.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/trump-return-justice-department-00188623

* "'Grim and glum': Trump malice toward federal institutions felt most acutely at DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-grim-and-glum-trump-malice-toward-federal-institutions-felt-most-acutely-at-doj-224292421817

* "Trump’s First Executive Order May Be a Military Purge:" https://newrepublic.com/post/188338/trump-executive-order-military-board-purge

* "Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows' appeal in Georgia election interference case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-mark-meadows-appeal-georgia-election-interferenc-rcna178727

* "Trump’s lawyers ask judge to throw out his hush money case in light of his election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/trump-lawyers-ask-judge-dismiss-hush-money-case-00188992

* "Special counsel Jack Smith and his team to resign before Trump takes office:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-jack-smith-team-resign-trump-takes-office-rcna179928

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* "Somerville drag story hour is latest to be targeted by the far right, and organizers say they’re getting bolder:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/somerville-drag-story-hour-is-latest-to-be-targeted-by-the-far-right-and-organizers-say-they-re-getting-bolder/ar-AA1tgIvt

* This is perfect. "The Onion buys InfoWars in bankruptcy auction:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/onion-buys-infowars-bankruptcy-auction/story?id=115858794

* "Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’:" https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

* "'Bonus karmic justice': The Onion purchases Infowars assets with help from Sandy Hook families:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-bonus-karmic-justice-the-onion-purchases-infowars-assets-with-help-from-sandy-hook-families-224529477676

* "Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported:" https://apnews.com/article/adoption-citizenship-congress-immigration-a1ec84a94f2442e3dc4b7a31cad27d21#:~:text=Decades%20later%2C%20they%20risk%20being%20deported,-The%20outfit%20Leah&text=The%20United%20States%20has%20brought,%2C%20and%20hasn't%20fixed.

* "‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy scandal mastermind, sentenced to 15 years:" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/11/05/fat-leonard-navy-scandal-mastermind-sentenced-to-15-years/

* "Over a quarter of college applicants are rejecting schools over their states' politics: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/college-applicants-reject-state-politics

* "U.S. public schools lost $3.2 billion fighting conservative culture wars: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/public-schools-billions-lost-culture-wars

* "You don’t need to be her: why the "clean girl" aesthetic is problematic:"

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* CW: Sex Trafficking "Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries and partner arrested on sex trafficking charges:" https://www.advocate.com/news/abercrombie-fitch-ceo-mike-jeffries-arrested-sex-trafficking

* "Why are British teenage girls so unhappy? Here’s the answer:" https://www.thetimes.com/article/f38e2a2b-dcf3-498c-80ff-7ab94383d270

* Radfems and "Benevolent" Sexism: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/767208507760115712?source=share

* "The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School: Jaisalmer, India:" https://citta.org/gyaancenter/

* "What is the 4B movement? And why is it rising after Donald Trump's 2024 election win?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/4b-movement-feminism-protest-2024-election-results-explainer

* "Transgender youth satisfied with gender-affirming care 6-10 years later, according to a new study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/trans-youth-satisfied-years-later

* "Federal judge refuses to toss anti-transgender athlete lawsuit in Connecticut:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-refuses-to-toss-anti-trans-athlete-lawsuit-connecticut

* "Judge rules the military must cover gender-affirming surgery for members' dependents:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-military-dependents-surgery-coverage

* "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues second doctor over gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ken-paxton-sues-transition-care

* "Searches for Birth Control, Abortion Pills Are Spiking. Here’s What You Need to Know.:" https://www.jezebel.com/searches-for-birth-control-abortion-pills-are-spiking-heres-what-you-need-to-know

* "Ohio's six-week abortion ban permanently struck down as judge upholds referendum:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-six-week-abortion-ban-overturned

* "Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics:" https://www.404media.co/inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/

* "A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital:" https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban

* "Historic Vatican gathering punts on LGBTQ+ issues:" https://www.advocate.com/news/vatican-catholic-lgbtq-synod

* "Police raid multiple bars, detaining over 50 people in Russian anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown:" https://www.advocate.com/50-lgbtq-people-detained-russia

* "Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth: Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?:" https://albertalawreview.com/index.php/ALR/article/view/2797

* "Poland’s dark history with far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ government should be a warning to Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/election/poland-model-trump-government

* "With a Trump victory, America now has a permission structure to vilify the LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-win-america-vilify-lgbtq

* "In this new age of Trump, who's hiding hate behind their smile?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trans-in-trump-s-america

* "This was always going to be a generational fight for transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/generational-fight-transgender-people

* "7 steps for transgender people preparing for federal crackdowns under Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-people-crackdowns-under-trump

* CW: Child Abuse, Lynching "Man accused of placing a noose on the neck of 14-year-old boy who revealed he’s gay:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/man-arrested-noose-gay-youth

* "12 Maryland college students arrested in alleged Grindr hate crime video attack:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/salisbury-students-arrested-grindr-attack

* "Two Texas trans women were kidnapped and assaulted. Their accused attacker faces six felonies:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-women-kidnapped-texas-indictment

* "Two gay men, a DJ and a model, were assaulted in D.C. on the same night. Police need info (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-men-assaulted-dc-model-dj

* This wouldn't have happened a decade ago at that school. "Washington transgender high school student assaulted in possible hate crime that was caught on video:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/washington-transgender-student-assaulted

* "Transgender woman sues Hooters for discrimination, says workers denied her a job and harassed her:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-hooters-discrimination-lawsuit

* "Lawsuit claims Culver's fast-food chain retaliated against trans manager and workers who reported transphobia:" https://www.advocate.com/news/culvers-lawsuit-transphobia

* "Texas anti-marriage equality judge refuses to drop suit against state commission:" https://www.advocate.com/texas-anti-marriage-equality-judge-refuses-to-drop-suit-against-state-commission

* "Years after DADT's end, class action lawsuit seek to restore benefits for thousands of discharged military:" https://www.advocate.com/news/dadt-discharges-class-action-lawsuit

* "Intersex youth have worse mental health, and 'harmful' nonconsensual surgeries may play a part (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/health/intersex-youth-suicide-surgeries-report

* "Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again:" https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-500000-medical-records-links-viruses-with-alzheimers-again-and-again

* "Is the hybrid COVID variant XEC in the US? What to know about the new strain that's more contagious:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/09/21/covid-xec-variant/75303152007/

* "Egypt declared malaria-free after century of work to defeat disease:" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/21/2024/egypt-declared-malaria-free-after-century-of-work-to-defeat-disease

* "Her Job Was Talking on the Radio. Then Suddenly, Words Wouldn’t Come.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/nyregion/alison-stewart-brain-surgery.html?

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* "Black holes that form in 'reverse Big Bang replays' could account for dark energy:" https://www.space.com/dark-energy-black-hole-connection

* "Scientists Uncover Auditory ‘Sixth Sense’ in Geckos:" https://www.audiology.org/scientists-uncover-auditory-sixth-sense-in-geckos/

* "43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious danger:" https://apnews.com/article/monkeys-escape-alpha-genesis-south-carolina-66a78279a7abe57c5f8fd0953359368a

* "Giant rats could soon help sniff out illegally smuggled goods:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/giant-rats-sniff-smuggled-goods

* "Visigoth to Goth : How alt fashion history grew through gothic literature, music, and style:"

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* "The Misunderstood History of Alchemy:"

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* "What Did Cromwell Do to Deserve This?:"

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* "Why Is The Colour Purple Gay?:"

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* "After the 2024 election, we can be inspired by these historical LGBTQ+ movements against oppression:" https://www.advocate.com/news/historical-resistance-inspires-post-election

* "Tony Todd, ‘Candyman’ and ‘Final Destination’ Star, Dies at 69:" https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/tony-todd-dead-candyman-final-destination-kurn-star-trek-1236205445/

* "Tony Todd Made One of Deep Space Nine‘s Greatest Episodes Shine :" https://gizmodo.com/tony-todd-star-trek-deep-space-nine-the-visitor-jake-sisko-2000523217

* Chuck Tingle on the Tony Todd and night of the Living Dead: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/766991265335230464?source=share

* Photos of my cats: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/766726651259256832/the-emperor-and-empress?source=share

* The Millennials worked fingers to the bone the last two weeks getting the apartment ready for the inspection. They are superheroes.

* Summary of why we are fundraising:  On Monday September 16th, HOA announced an emergency meeting that members weren't allowed to vote or participate in.  That Thursday they rammed through a special assessment for $4416 and change due in 90 days.  This is on top of the $141 and change they raised us starting every month in August.  I am currently spending nearly everything on housing and bills.

The rate hike was legal as it was voted through properly: Reasonable notice. People allowed to vote. The second very likely was not, but that likely won't make a difference, as it would require a class action lawsuit by 51% of the people in the complex to stop it.

To give you an idea of the scale of the catastrophe, the entire special assessment is just under 5 months' entire income for me. Squirrel originally thought they could save a month's wages, but due to COVID and the extra high bill, they can only kick in about $1000. They think.

Update 10/27/24:

Squirrel got hit with another extra large bill that wiped them out. I need to revise again. I'm sorry. I will leave their $400 pledge from them for now, but I may need to revise again.

I want to thank all the generous benefactors who have helped.

4416 needed.

Squirrel's pledge: 400.00

Me: 2654.00

Total Raised 3054.00

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* "Trump’s Reelection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Jon Stewart On What Went Wrong For Democrats | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Adds Noem, Rubio, Stefanik to Cabinet, With Elon on Watch | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Acts Cordial With Biden While Gaetz, Gabbard, and Hegseth Score Nominations | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Nominates RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz In Latest Shock Moves | The Daily Show:"

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* "Dulcé Sloan Makes a Time Capsule of American Art & Culture Before Trump Bans It All | The Daily Show:"

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* "Wild Fires | Wicked Web Links | Meet Susie Wiles | Monkey Update:"

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* "Trump Taps Rubio, Noem For Cabinet | Rudy's Tough Times | How To Move To Canada | A Round Of Sausage:"

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* "The Heathcliff Question:"

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* "How Interview with the Vampire Got Racebending (Mostly) Right:"

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* "Night of the Demons (1988):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/night-of-the-demons-1988/id1449041559?i=1000674118257

* "Escape The News On Carnival's New Cruise:"

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* "Sunday Sweets: Jen Gets Girly:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-jen-gets-girly-2024

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* How to order free COVID Tests: https://special.usps.com/testkits

* Trans support organization: https://www.pointofpride.org/

* Florida Abortion Funds: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/766419765318270976?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* Doctors without borders, Bangladesh: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/bangladesh

* Doctors without Borders, Sudan: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-crisis-response

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* "The Haberdasheress Operating Costs:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-haberdasheress-operating-costs?attribution_id=sl:5d760bcc-6861-4258-a13f-b1c1b30ccf2c&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_ft&utm_content=amp8_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

* This is a friend of a friend. The situation is pretty terrible. Meghan 19 Road to Recovery: https://www.gofundme.com/f/meghan-19-blinded-by-attack

* Embroidery/historical costume Kickstarter for a very cool person trying to start a business.: https://staranise.dreamwidth.org/685972.html

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* "If you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to Palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

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* "Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/29/russia-ukraine-offensive-00165926

* "Russian air strike kills five in Dnipro, Ukraine says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-ukraines-dnipro-kills-least-four-wounds-27-more-governor-says-2024-07-03/

* "Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-energy-sumy-donetsk-b1e5557bde942ce74e68f33bdc8ba071

* "Missing Ukrainian journalist found dead in Kharkiv:" https://kyivindependent.com/missing-ukrainian-journalist-found-dead-in-kharkiv/

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* "Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too?:" https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america

* "Starmer pledges to stabilise UK as Labour win huge majority:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-win-massive-election-majority-exit-poll-shows-2024-07-04/

* "novelty political candidates:" https://www.huckmag.com/article/inside-the-wild-world-of-novelty-political-candidates-binface-buckethead-monster-raving-loony-party-elmo-protest-vote

* "Who are the LGBTQ+ allies in Keir Starmer’s new cabinet?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/06/labour-keir-starmer-cabinet-lgbtq-allies/

* "Gay Labour MP Wes Streeting becomes health secretary:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/gay-mp-wes-streeting-labour-health-secretary/

* "These inspiring trans and non-binary candidates stood for election – here’s how they fared:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/general-election-trans-non-binary-candidates/#page/10

* "50 LGBTQ+ organisations urge Keir Starmer to ban conversion therapy as he becomes prime minister:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/keir-starmer-conversion-therapy-letter-lgbtq-organisations/

* "Five things Keir Starmer’s Labour government must urgently do to help LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/five-things-keir-starmers-labour-government-must-urgently-do-to-help-lgbtq-people/

* "Ex-prime minister Liz Truss loses seat to Labour in humiliating election defeat:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/ex-prime-minister-liz-truss-loses-seat-to-labour-in-humiloating-election-defeat/

* "‘Gender-critical’ SNP politician Joanna Cherry loses seat to Labour:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/gender-critical-snp-joanna-cherry-loses-seat-to-labour/

* "Anti-trans Tory Miriam Cates loses seat to Labour candidate who champions equality:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/anti-trans-conservative-miriam-cates-loses-seat-to-labour-candidate-who-champions-equality/

* "Nigel Farage’s victory rally ‘thrown into chaos’ by hecklers accusing Reform of bigotry and racism:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/nigel-farage-press-conference-reform-uk-heckled/

* "Posie Parker’s Party of Women receives fewer votes than the Monster Raving Loony Party:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/posie-parker-count-binface-monster-raving-loony-party/

* "Kemi Badenoch wins North West Essex seat for the Conservatives:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/kemi-badenoch-north-west-essex-general-election/

* "Nigel Farage becomes MP at eighth attempt after winning Clacton seat for Reform UK:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/nigel-farage-reform-uk-2024-general-election/

* "Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist after record low turnout:" https://apnews.com/article/iran-presidential-election-runoff-jalili-pezeshkian-raisi-results-89bdb24e9074afaa9aa9b7556bf80983

* "Here are key takeaways from France's election round 1, where the far right prevails:" https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5025215/france-elections-2024-analysis

* "Massive anti-fascist protests erupt in Paris after far-right party’s election victory:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/01/massive-anti-fascist-protests-erupt-in-paris-after-far-right-partys-election-victory/

* "Go vote, parties tell French voters ahead of cliffhanger runoff:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/national-rally-fall-short-absolute-majority-french-parliamentary-elections-poll-2024-07-05/

* "France's election stokes far-right linked violence:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-election-stokes-far-right-linked-violence-2024-06-28/

* "In France, three-way election battles could bring more far-right MPs:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-three-way-election-battles-could-bring-more-far-right-mps-2024-07-05/

* "Maduro’s dirty playbook: How he’s rigging Venezuela’s election before votes are cast:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article289715814.html

* "Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement. Their future is unclear:" https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-refugees-sudan-immigration-detention-center-b0bc00d0def8c3544c9251eef5a45a4f

* "White House statement on transgender minors’ health care sparks outrage by LGBTQ+ rights groups:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender-care-white-house-outrage

* "Justices send Florida, Texas social media laws back to lower courts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/01/justices-send-florida-texas-social-media-laws-back-to-lower-courts-00166030

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* The Death of the Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy in the United States Occurred on 7/1/24

With a stroke of the pen, five unellected judges killed the rule of law. As of today, we are officially an autocracy in which it is legal for the president to order the arrest of not only all political rivals, but to order their assassination. It is now completely legal for the president to overthrow the government and do anything he likes to anyone in the country as no laws apply anymore to the leader.

The Republicans are Neo-NAZIs who've been pushing for a fascist dictatorship for most of a decade. The only thing preventing them is them not holding the Presidency. If they over hold it again, it's over. We will have lost, likely forever.

* People being far more systematic and clear about just how bad this is than I can be right now and also saying what we need to do about it: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/754896037362171904/take-it-from-me-someone-who-has-disliked-biden?source=share

* "Trump Is Immune:"

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* "Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Destroys Independent Justice Department:" https://newrepublic.com/post/183331/john-roberts-supreme-court-obliterates-independent-justice-department

* "Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/supreme-court-john-roberts-opinion-trump-immunity-nightmare.html

* "The Most Chilling Line in Supreme Court’s Trump Immunity Ruling:" https://newrepublic.com/post/183332/chilling-line-supreme-court-trump-immunity-ruling

* "The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immunity-supreme-court/

* "“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/sotomayor-jackson-blistering-dissents-trump-immunity-case/

* "Liberal justices say Trump immunity decision 'will have disastrous consequences' for the U.S.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/liberal-justices-say-trump-immunity-decision-will-disastrous-consequen-rcna159755

* ""Treasonous acts": Liberal justices say SCOTUS Trump immunity ruling a "mockery" of the Constitution:" https://www.salon.com/2024/07/01/treasonous-acts-liberal-justices-say-scotus-immunity-ruling-a-mockery-of-the-constitution/

* "Lessons from American history in the wake of the Supreme Court immunity ruling:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/lessons-from-american-history-in-the-wake-of-the-supreme-court-immunity-ruling-214318661775

* "The Supreme Court Gave Trump a Stunning Gift — and Rewrote the Constitution:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/02/jan-6-trump-supreme-court-00166130

* "Now what? Here are the next moves for all the key players after the Trump immunity ruling.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/01/trump-federal-election-subversion-case-future-00166156

* "Biden says Supreme Court's immunity ruling 'undermines the rule of law':" https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5025769/biden-scotus

* "Biden Campaign Brushes Off Idea of Reforming the Supreme Court:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/biden-supreme-court-reform-trump-immunity-1235051044/

* "Wake up, Democrats, and fight back against SCOTUS by stacking the court:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/democrats-wake-up-fight-scotus

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* "New York City promised to build a shelter for trans people. Activists are demanding it follow through:" https://www.advocate.com/news/new-york-city-trans-homeless-shelter

* "Workers at two Atlanta-area Starbucks stores file for union vote:" https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/workers-at-two-atlanta-area-starbucks-stores-file-for-union-vote/3GZXOPMPWBGI7CHSCGB5J77MDY/

* "Pete Buttigieg once again leaves Republicans flustered by citing facts:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-ev-republicans

* Stop the government censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet in the US : https://www.stopkosa.com/

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "The Texas GOP's Bonkers Attack On Democracy: How'd you like to win an election with just 2% of the vote?:" https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on

* "Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump’s 2020 election loss:" https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-new-york-disbarred-81b327f9ab1f98548cb888f8e652c9a8

* "THE MAN WHO MADE JANUARY 6 POSSIBLE:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/trump-johnny-mcentee-january-6-betrayal/620646/

* "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson just mixed two big lies together:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mike-johnson-election-integrity-rcna147636

* "‘Start the Steal’: Trump Once Again Planning to Overturn an Election:" https://www.thebulwark.com/p/start-the-steal-trump-november-2024

* "Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning To Disrupt the Election:" https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-groups-november-2024/

* "Trump campaign says it will deploy thousands of election workers to monitor poll sites:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/trump-campaign-election-monitoring-00153217

* "‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’: Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/

* "‘Lawyers, Judges, Technology’: Roger Stone Touts Plan for Trump Win in Secret Recording:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/roger-stone-plan-trump-win-lawyers-judges-technology-1235041650/

* "Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-allies-are-laying-groundwork-contest-potential-election-loss-2024-05-16/

* "Abortion measures could be on Arizona and Nebraska ballots after organizers submit signatures:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-ballot-petitions-83cb053919be342d7bbb60217129fe49

* "Raising the alarm about Nevada’s extremist anti-LGBTQ+ Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sam-brown-lgbtq-danger-nevada

* "SC voters poised to send a second Republican woman to Congress. She's pledged to Trump.:" https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sheri-biggs-trump-sc-congress-election/article_5b858592-33c9-11ef-98f2-2b7b5fc40d82.html

* "All Republican women in the South Carolina Senate lost their primaries — Here's why:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-women-south-carolina-senate

* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries!!!

NOTE: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket. Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state. This is how you push the party and the government left.

Tennessee (Congress): 8/1/24

Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Washington: 8/6/24

Hawaii: 8/10/24

Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin: 8/13/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* CW: Sexual Assault. "RFK Jr. Doesn’t Deny Alleged Sexual Assault of Babysitter: ‘I Am Not a Church Boy’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-sexual-assault-babysitter-response-1235052376/

* "Many Democrats panic after Biden-Trump debate highlights both candidates’ weaknesses:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/cnn-debate-trump-biden-panic

* "On Ageism:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/763438.html

* "Democratic Party turbulence calls to mind 1968, with important differences:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/democratic-party-turbulence-calls-to-mind-1968-with-important-differences-214203461925

* "Putin Is Banking On a Trump Win for His New World Order:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/putin-trump-yalta

* "Russian propagandists' hopes for America:" https://snyder.substack.com/p/in-their-own-words

* "Conservatives Plan to Ban Abortion and Cut LGBT Rights Starting Next January:" https://newrepublic.com/article/178848/ban-abortion-trump-lgbtq-project-2025

* "Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:" https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/

* "Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-world-panicking-as-project-2025-gets-on-the-radar-of-voters-214312005740

* "Project 2025’s ‘unhinged’ wish list: Criminalize porn, ban birth control:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/project-2025-s-unhinged-wish-list-criminalize-porn-ban-birth-control-214191685661

* "Every single one of you with Trumpy family or friends has to get through to them now:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1980918.html

* "GOP Heritage Foundation: Democrats must step in line with MAGA — or expect blood (video):" https://boingboing.net/2024/07/03/gop-heritage-foundation-democrats-must-step-in-line-with-maga-or-expect-blood-video.html

* "Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/trump-christian-right-abortion-prayer/

* "Donald Trump shares stage with rightwing activist who’s discussing stoning gay people to death:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/donald-trump-shares-stage-with-rightwing-activist-whos-discussing-stoning-gay-people-to-death/

* "Trump vows to be ‘side by side’ with group that wants abortion ‘eradicated’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/10/trump-speech-danbury-institute-abortion/

* "Disturbing New Info Suggests Trump-MAGA Will Restrict Contraception:" https://newrepublic.com/article/182061/inside-secretive-trump-maga-plot-take-away-birth-control

* "Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-president-project-2025-33d3fc2999a74f4aa424f1128dca2d16

* "‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’:" https://www.thebulwark.com/p/i-want-to-see-lists-of-which-democrats

And remember SCOTUS just gave Trump unlimited power to imprison or murder anyone he feels like, if trump gets into power again.

I do not know how to convey to you that it's absolutely the end for us if Republicans get into power again.

* "Trump says Biden will 'pay a very big price' for 'weaponization' of justice system as Bannon heads to prison:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-biden-pay-big-price-weaponization-justice-system/story?id=111596240

* "Trump’s covid response was even worse than you remember: In a sane country, it would disqualify him from ever again holding office.:" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-covid-response-revisited

* "LGBTQ leaders to Americans: Take a stand for gay rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/lgbtq-leaders-to-americans-take-a-stand-for-gay-rights-213978181650

* "Mississippi Passes Bill Allowing Cis People To Sue Over Trans Bathroom Usage:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/mississippi-passes-bill-allowing

* "Idaho Created A Book Ban Bounty. Now A Library Is Adults Only:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2024/05/23/idaho-created-a-book-ban-bounty-now-a-library-is-adults-only/

* "Oklahoma official Ryan Walters institutes Christian indoctrination in public schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-bible-indoctrination

* "Michigan set to become 20th state outlawing ‘gay panic’ defense:" https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/07/michigan-set-to-become-20th-state-outlawing-gay-panic-defense.html

* "Several Pa. House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/06/pennsylvania-house-republicans-capitol-walkout/

* "The ‘Profound Influence’ of Christian Extremists on Mike Johnson:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-profound-influence-of-christian-extremists-on-mike-johnson

* "Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets:" https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-consumer-protection-laws-political-targets

* "She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/anna-wolfe-pulitzer-mississippi-welfare-scandal-phil-bryant-rcna159936

* "'The rabbit has the gun': Reporter who exposed welfare scandal now risks jail:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-rabbit-has-the-gun-reporter-who-exposed-welfare-scandal-now-risks-jail-214192709865

* "Donald Trump Jr. weirdly claims that Hurricane Beryl is nonbinary name:" https://www.advocate.com/news/donald-trump-jr-beryl-nonbinary

* "Biden Convicted! (Hunter Biden, Sorry):"

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* "Supreme Court's immunity ruling will delay Trump's Jan. 6 case until after the election:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/supreme-courts-immunity-ruling-will-delay-trumps-jan-6-case-election-rcna159764

* "Former President Trump's criminal sentencing in New York is delayed:" https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/g-s1-7860/former-president-trumps-criminal-sentencing-in-new-york-delayed

* "‘It’s Like Christmas’: Team Trump Stunned by Massive Supreme Court Immunity Win:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-team-stunned-supreme-court-immunity-christmas-1235051244/

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* "Alex Jones Loses His Personal Fortune In Bankruptcy:"

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* "A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/nx-s1-5015030/linda-tirado-journalist-shot-police-2020-george-floyd-protests-hospice-care?

* "As governments demonize LGBTQ+ rights, children lose the most:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/governments-demonize-lgbtq-people

* "21 U.S. Reps. condemn Uganda's 'draconian' anti-LGBTQ+ law: 'State-sponsored violence':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/uganda-us-representatives-resolution-lgbtq

* "Georgia Parliament passes package of ‘unbearable’ anti-LGBTQ+ laws:" https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-parliament-anti-lgbtq-laws

* "Lesbian couple beaten by group of men after birthday night out:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/02/emma-maclean-same-sex-couple-assault-birthday-celebration-canada/

* "LGBTQ+ leaders explain why Pride in London is ‘more important than ever’ amid UK culture war:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/29/pride-in-london-culture-war-activists/

* "Accused neo-Nazi describes killing gay Jewish college student Blaze Bernstein in disturbing testimony:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/alleged-neo-nazi-describes-killing-gay-student

* "Body of trans activist and DJ discovered wrapped in bloody sheets in car after crash:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/01/trans-liara-tsai-murder-charged-iowa/

* "53 people arrested amid chaotic scenes following Chicago Pride parade:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/02/chicago-pride-parade-arrests/

* "Religious groups are protecting Pride events — upending the LGBTQ+ vs. faith narrative:" https://19thnews.org/2024/06/religious-groups-protecting-pride-lgbtq-events/

* "70 photos of NYC Pride 2024 that show New Yorkers know how celebrate queer joy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nyc-pride-2024-gallery#rebelltitem1

* "Poland’s first queer museum to open in Warsaw with support of city hall:" https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/06/29/polands-first-queer-museum-to-open-in-warsaw-with-support-of-city-hall/

* "From protest to progress in the global response to HIV/AIDS:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/winnie-byanyima-unaids

* "New Analysis Reveals Many Excess Deaths Attributed to Natural Causes Are Actually Uncounted COVID-19 Deaths:" https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/new-analysis-reveals-many-excess-deaths-attributed-to-natural-causes-are-actually-uncounted-covid-19-deaths/

* "The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/magazine/parkinsons-smell-disease-detection.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U0.Uik8.mfCRKOiBH2ib&smid=url-share

* "Strengthen mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth through public-private partnerships:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/beth-pausic-mental-health

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* "25 years of research shows how to restore damaged rainforest:" https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/247220?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/247220

* "Circular food systems found to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, require much less agricultural land:" https://phys.org/news/2024-06-circular-food-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

* "Peru puts endemic fog oasis under protection:" https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/peru-puts-endemic-fog-oasis-under-protection/

* "Indigenous people in the Amazon are helping to build bridges & save primates:" https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/indigenous-people-in-the-amazon-are-helping-to-build-bridges-save-primates/

* "Audubon and Grassroots Carbon Announce First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Reward Landowners for Improving Habitats for Birds while Building Healthy Soils:" https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-and-grassroots-carbon-announce-first-its-kind-partnership-reward-landowners-improving

* "COULD TREATING INJURED RAPTORS HELP LIFT A POPULATION?:" https://wildlife.org/could-treating-injured-raptors-help-lift-a-population/

* "Iberian lynx rebounds from 'endangered' status:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/liberian-lynx-rebounds-endangered-status/story?id=111305152

* "What Does a Solarpunk City Look Like?:"

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* "We're Bringing Back Europe's Lost Butterfly Meadows:"

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* I'm not sure I agree with everything in here, but it's worth pondering. "Internet Loneliness and Loss of Community:"

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* "Elon Musk Didn’t Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is.:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-didnt-want-his-latest-deposition-released-here-it-is_n_66133d2ce4b0d81853f9a766

* "Discovery of 4,000-Year-Old Structure in Greece Stumps Archaeologists and Threatens Major Airport Construction:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-of-4000-year-old-structure-in-greece-stumps-archaeologists-and-threatens-major-airport-construction-180984536/?utm_source=history&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49872259&spUserID=MTMwNjUzNTc2OTA0MwS2&spJobID=2721986868&spReportId=MjcyMTk4Njg2OAS2

* "In 1964, the Klan killed three young activists and shocked the nation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2024/mississippi-klan-killings-1964-impact-history/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE5MDI4ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzIwNDExMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTkwMjg4MDAsImp0aSI6IjZjMmRjZDQwLWE5YmYtNDdjMy04M2IyLTZhMDk0NmY4ZjRlNCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb24vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC9taXNzaXNzaXBwaS1rbGFuLWtpbGxpbmdzLTE5NjQtaW1wYWN0LWhpc3RvcnkvIn0.IzMJQjC7pIiqQjY4grYrlwtPMQNVwwzkw0twzkBDmRA&itid=gfta

* "In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theatre:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/greece-prison-theatre/

* "Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba:" https://apnews.com/article/cuba-religion-diversity-communist-catholic-santeria-1a471b0c0100140d2f74c0ce1f6e03ac

* "France's own Excalibur-like legendary sword disappears after 1,300 years wedged in a high rock wall:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-excalibur-like-sword-durandal-disappears-after-1300-years/

* 7/4/24: I took Goth Millennial to the good (Cheap, employee owned) grocery store. We generally shop together and we both needed a lot of things. I need to restock a whole lot of stuff thrown out or given away in the Great Refrigerator disaster. So I'm zooping along in the riding cart because my hip joints hate me and my broken toe is healing extra slow and we kept having this thing where I was like, "Oh! We need to grab X." GM: but we HAVE X. Me: It was old and nearly empty, so I threw it out when we emptied the freezer. Them: sad face

The new refrigerator is a lot smaller and less disability friendly, It does, however, WORK and it's mechanisms are simpler so let's hope it doesn't break once every 1-2 years like the old one. A kind friend got me a new britta as we gave away our sink attachment, filter tank, and emergency jug when we moved here. The water is so cold and delicious, far better than the old fridge water. Finding anything in it is a drama, though, especially with the freezer. I was trying to get cheese for meds snack and spent ten minutes searching. I thought we'd saved emergency frozen broccoli for yesterday's dinner from the Great Fridge Disaster, but if we did, it was buried in my hurried restock, probably amongst the frozen fruit for smoothies. Sigh.

Related note: I searched every stir fry veggie pouch in the freezer section of the good grocery store and all of the mixed pouches had onions and/or carrots and/or cauliflower. Sigh. I do not like cauliflower except in a tiny number of things, stir fry emphatically not amoung them. I like carrots fresh in salads and in certain soups and restaurant dishes, but not homemade emergency from frozen sir fry. I can no longer digest onions properly and I don't like them enough to go through the unpleasantness unless it's something special like the good cheese and chives bakery bread or restaurant stir fry, and even then, less is more. (I cook with freeze dried or dried and powdered garlic which I'm fine with and frozen garlic i can digest, but normal onions are right out, even frozen. I can handle a small amount of powdered or freeze dried). I don't make the rules. My body does. So I guess I can no longer buy a frozen stir fry packet for emergencies. Sigh.

Somehow my Bay leaf is missing and I forgot to restock, dammit. Also, I've not had safe for me salsa since the fridge killed the last mostly used container, and I still haven't been to that store for that, safe cup of soups, cheese, and dried mango, which are staples. Fuck! There are too many things I can't enjoy without salsa, so it's either no emergency too sick to make food soups, or no dried fruit for a month. (I'm an old and mango is both vitamin rich and something I am always willing to eat and at my age… a little fruit is a good idea every day.

I have a bunch of good things for now. bagels and cream cheese, fresh fruit, mushrooms, etc.. My fridge is restocked. I do have some cheese that survived the disaster, but half of it is messed up from it's sojourn in Squirrel's little chest freezer (I feel like if I say chest freezer, people imagine something you can hide an adult body in, whereas this was a freezer I bought when we lived in the previous apartment because storing my stuff and Squirrel meat in the tiny apartment freezer won't work. I now rather wish it WERE hide the body size, but where the fuck would we put it in this over crowded postage stamp apartment?), which means it crumbles and doesn't melt properly. (We were very lucky. Usually squirrel's meat freezer is PACKED, but it had a third empty when disaster struck, which saved the ice cream and the more expensive stuff I had like assorted vegetarian burger meats, frozen fruit, and cheese. It also meant ice.) I thought I had swiss, but maybe we used it up fast early in the disaster before it could go over.

It keeps going like this. I burned the OTC mostly on medicine, but also some fresh fruit and veg. I'm still pissed they cut OTC nearly in half this year. I'm also angry about the paternalistic "Healthy Food" requirement, which is nonsensical because bagels aren't classed as "healthy food," but cream cheese, Count Chocula cereal, and frozen pizza is, which seems kind of bullshit to me. Goth Millennial thinks it has to do with FDA subsidies and not nutrition at all, which sounds likely to me. I am ALSO pissed that the OTC is designed as a subsidy for large chain grocery store and pharmacies and also I have to pay tax on it. Fucking capitalism. It didn't used to be. It used to be at cost, so more valuable. Instead of doing the food portion like EBT, so I could buy at farmer's markets and also get seeds and starts, I have to go to the second most expensive grocery store in town and have to buy from their limited "healthy foods" list which does not involve starts and seeds. side eye

So I'm likely fucked for paying bills because of the refrigerator, and will need to wait 'til next month to get the rest of the food, and all the fresh fruit and the best vegetables are coming into season, tempting me to burn toilet paper on money on what I KNOW, are luxuries. I live a block away from a market garden that gets fresh fruit and sundries shipped fresh each morning from other local family farms and they have fruit so fresh and good nothing that nothing I've ever tasted can touch the quality. I am sleeping on sheets so torn I struggle not to put my legs through the holes and the visit to a friend in another town I'd hoped to do this month is postponed, possible cancelled.

I know, I know, this is one lost Summer for me while people are literally dying of starvation in Gaza. I'm just exhausted from the heat and the physio and the constant barrage of disasters hitting my friends one after the other. Some friends caught COVID. Goth Millennial is still fighting the unjust firing and the same employer is threatening another of my Millennials over the same bullshit. Us: "You need to tell the Union. " And the housing department is foot dragging and there this whole thing going on with a bunch of other bureaucracy stuff, and, and, and….

I still have not heard back on them raising the housing rate in August, so I can't even plan properly. Did they not get quorum? Did the protest work? Who knows? It's weird they've sent no email, right?

* "How Does Art Tell Stories?: Crash Course Art History #7:"

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* "Why We Fall for Monsters:"

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* An in depth thing I wrote. "Interview with the Vampire: We Need to talk about the design of the so Called Rock Garden (Contains Spoilers through the Finale):"

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Seriously, I am this close to going absolutely feral over this show the way I did for Black Sails and for the same fucking reason.

* Two missed Red Flags on the road to the tragedy of claudia the Vampire: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/754979530732666880/there-is-a-moment-in-the-scene-with-armand-and?source=share

* "Emma:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/emma?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=146164251&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

* Hardware and craft store ecosystems (The Lore has been updated): https://www.tumblr.com/cleolinda/754845688540626944/onbearfeet-greatatuintheworldturtle?source=share

* "It always gets me that the name "Gandalf" literally just means "Wand-Elf" or "Stick-Elf". I'm imagining old Gondorians just being like::" https://www.tumblr.com/gallusrostromegalus/755052307040829440?source=share

* "Sunday Sweets For Summer Weddings:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-for-summer-weddings-2024

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Support a Global Plastics Treaty:" https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/support-global-plastics-treaty

* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta

* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/

* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

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* I did several days of work on this before I got too sick to continue. I'm not going through to delete stuff except for a few Trump Trial things. I'm just going to plow forward.

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* "An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/27/nx-s1-4982690/rafah-encampment-israeli-airstrike-hamas

* "No Gaza Aid Delivered Through U.S.-Built Pier Has Been Distributed, Pentagon Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-pier-food.html

* "Pentagon Admits Biden’s Pathetic Gaza Pier Is Dead:" https://newrepublic.com/post/182101/pentagon-biden-gaza-pier-dead-israel-palestine

* "‘Apocalyptic’: American surgeon on his two weeks inside Gaza’s ruined hospitals :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-apocalyptic-american-surgeon-on-his-two-weeks-inside-gaza-s-ruined-hospitals-211566661657

* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to Palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

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* "Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine:" https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

* "International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders:" https://www.politico.eu/article/international-criminal-court-seeks-arrest-warrants-for-benjamin-netanyahu-and-hamas-leaders/

* "Spain, Norway and Ireland say they will recognize a Palestinian state:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/22/1252657692/spain-norway-ireland-recognize-palestian-state

* "Egypt Faces Hard Choices After Israeli Seizure of Gaza’s Southern Border:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/world/middleeast/egypt-gaza-corridor-israel.html

* "Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP:" https://apnews.com/article/live-transmission-israel-associated-press-57e8f662907334ba3599156276381190

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* "Ukraine’s army chief says Russia is augmenting its troops presence in the Kharkiv region:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kharkiv-attacks-5023c3e67af30fc95b954a6f044112dc

* "Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/biden-ukraine-weapons-strike-russia-00160731

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* "UN Security Council rejects Russia-backed resolution on banning weapons in space:" https://apnews.com/article/un-russia-nuclear-weapons-space-9a5665953505f53e44d646488fd80fa1

* "Parisians Vow to Defecate in Seine as Macron Takes Dip Ahead of Olympics:" https://www.newsweek.com/france-seine-river-olympics-protest-1905342

* "Will France ban fast fashion?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/will-france-ban-fast-fashion/

* "German far-right party bans its top European election candidate from campaigning after Nazi remark:" https://apnews.com/article/germany-afd-krah-nazi-2c3b1537d02622a9948933c18c14dd51

* "Italy among nine EU states not signing LGBTQ+ rights bill:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/20/italy-lgbtq-bill-eu/

* "Rishi Sunak calls UK national election for July 4:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/rishi-sunak-calls-uk-national-election-july-4-2024-05-22/

* "Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s views on trans rights: What’s the difference?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/22/rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-trans-rights-scotland-gender-bill/

* "Can Labour’s Keir Starmer be trusted on trans rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/24/can-keir-starmer-be-trusted-on-trans-rights/

* "Where do the Liberal Democrats stand on trans rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/23/where-do-the-liberal-democrats-stand-on-trans-rights/

* "Where does the Green Party stand on trans rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/23/general-election-2024-green-party-trans-rights-policy/

* "Where does Reform UK stand on trans rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/general-election-2024-reform-uk-trans-rights-policy/

* "Where do the UK’s political parties stand on self-ID for trans people?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/uk-political-parties-trans-self-id/

* "All the LGBTQ+ MPs standing down at the 2024 general election:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/lgbtq-mps-standing-down-2024-general-election/

* "Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch takes aim at equality initiatives – yes, really:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/20/kemi-badenoch-equality-intiatives-business/

* "Kanaky New Caledonia: French authorities must uphold rights of the Indigenous Kanak people amid unrest:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/05/kanaky-new-caledonia-french-authorities-must-uphold-rights-of-the-indigenous-kanak-people-amid-unrest/

* "Declaration by the Kanak Indigenous People:" https://miningwatch.ca/blog/2002/8/23/declaration-kanak-indigenous-people

* "Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-student-loan-cancellation-debt-forgiveness-60ffeaec17737d6317b4aee188893cc4

* "Government sues Ticketmaster owner and asks court to break up company’s monopoly on live events:" https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-lawsuit-df9b552d127e1494db13e3cd625787a8

* "National Park Service cracks down on Pride leaving LGBTQ+ rangers feeling betrayed:" https://www.advocate.com/news/national-park-service-reinstates-pride

* "The White House is in a race against the clock to confirm more judges than Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/22/biden-judges-trump-election-00159358

* "Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing:" https://apnews.com/article/schumer-democrats-big-oil-price-fixing-collusion-07a8583a2b12e645d2860608c626cc7c

* "Supreme Court rules in South Carolina gerrymandering case:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

* "'Repeal the 20th century': Gerrymandering ruling shows Supreme Court conservatives' long term goal:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-repeal-the-20th-century-gerrymandering-ruling-shows-supreme-court-conservatives-long-term-goal-211551813881

* "Samuel Alito Dumped Bud Light Stock at Quite a Suspicious Time:" https://newrepublic.com/post/181736/samuel-alito-sold-bud-light-stock

* "A Christian Nationalist Battle Flag Flew at Justice Alito’s Vacation Home:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-alito-christian-nationalist-battle-flag-vacation-home-1235025962/

* "Evidence Is Building That Samuel Alito’s Brain Is Filled to the Brim With Right-Wing Internet Chum:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/samuel-alito-bud-light-flag-upside-down-transgender.html

* "Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies:" https://apnews.com/article/alito-flag-supreme-court-roberts-justice-senate-e53c1d1fef7b81f9dc87fa31b1622c4c

* "Opinion The strange case of Alito v. Alito:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/29/alito-flag-jan6-supreme-court-ethics-recusal/

* "Justice Alito’s Upside-Down Flag Claim Dismantled by Police, Neighbors: Report:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-alito-upside-down-flag-wife-neighbors-1235028846/

* "'A lot of MAGA in the room': Rep. Crockett slams Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-a-lot-of-maga-in-the-room-rep-crockett-slams-supreme-court-211646533845

* "What’s most ‘disturbing’ about Justice Alito’s flags:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-s-most-disturbing-about-justice-alito-s-flags-211537477648

* "Supreme Court chief justice declines meeting with Dems amid Alito ethics flap:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/30/congress/roberts-writes-back-00160692

* "'Bewildering': Chief Justice Roberts urged to act as scandals mount:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-bewildering-chief-justice-roberts-urged-to-act-as-scandals-mount-211900485718

* "US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor admits she ‘cries’ after some cases: ‘I feel desperation’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/30/us-supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-admits-she-cries-after-some-cases/

* "Social Security Administration to remove food assistance as barrier to accessing certain benefits:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/social-security-remove-food-assistance-barrier-accessing-some-benefits-rcna145550?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&_branch_match_id=1303173645754189967&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=NBC%20News&utm_medium=social&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9Yvdw8y8HKsciv0TLJPS0rOyUyx9Sx3DDKId8kzDPBIS86I8HcxrywJtIhysUj3SU8vMwootXCLrMzPSMwu9fb38zR0t8zNDqpKDypJSvMPDAUApEj8P2kAAAA%3D

* "Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First:" https://www.newsweek.com/richest-americans-pay-less-tax-working-class-1897047

* "The Price We Pay for Bezos and Gates? Less Moral Societies:" https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/bezos-gates-less-moral-societies

* "‘Facing 88 felony counts’: Dem's comments on Trump trial prompt faceoff on House floor:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/22/congress/house-floor-fight-over-trump-00159473

* "Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-pass-law-jail-1235027139/

* "'They always manage to sink lower': Trump degrades GOP with demands for legal protection:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-they-always-manage-to-sink-lower-trump-degrades-gop-with-demands-for-legal-protection-211629125604

* "Senate Democrats will force Republicans to vote on federal contraception protections:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-will-force-republicans-vote-federal-contraception-pro-rcna153523

* "The big week for American reproductive rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-big-week-for-american-reproductive-rights-211662917882

* Stop the government censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet in the US: https://www.stopkosa.com/

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "Trump allies plead not guilty in Arizona 'fake electors' case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-allies-plead-not-guilty-arizona-fake-electors-case-rcna153264

* "RNC’s MAGA “Election Integrity” Lawyer Enters Reality:" https://newrepublic.com/post/181791/rnc-election-integrity-lawyer-christina-bobb-mugshot

* "10 Republican 'hate squad' lawmakers targeted by pro-LGBTQ+ Agenda PAC:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/agenda-pac-republican-hate-squad

* "Inside the plan to double the number of LGBTQ+ members of Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/equality-pac-lgbtq

* "Meet the gay man who will be Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/tennessee-school-board-lgbtq-zach-young

* "Months after election, gay House candidate Evan Low will be on November ballot. Here's what happened:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/evan-low-california-congressional-race

* "Don't be 'weak and gay,' Missouri Republican candidate says in campaign video:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-valentina-gomez-gay-weak

* "Abortion rights amendments qualify for the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/abortion-rights-ballot-measure-south-dakota-rcna152746

* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries, not just presidential!!!

NOTE: There is a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The pressure from all the different types of protests do seem to be working, if far slower than we'd like.

NOTE 2: There is a similar protest against Trump where people vote for a candidate who isn't running. Check your state to see who people are promoting.

NOTE 3: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Vote the whole ballot!

Iowa (House Primary), District of Columbia (Democrats), Montana (General Primary, Important!), New Jersey (General Primary, Important), New Mexico (General Primary, Important!), South Dakota: 6/4/24

Guam (Democrats), Virgin Islands (Democrats): 6/8/24

Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina (All these are congressional, some down ticket. Important!!!): 6/11/24

Georgia (State Primary Run off), Oklahoma (Congressional), Virginia (Congressional): 6/18/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "Presidential candidate Joe Exotic’s campaign website is a unintentionally hilarious hot mess:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/26/joe-exotic-2024/

* "A guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda for the next Republican administration:" https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration

* "Trump posted a video on Truth Social calling the country a 'unified reich' if he wins:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1252653231/trump-unified-reich-antisemitism-truth-social

* "MAGA extremists self-radicalize as irony slips away from 'owning the libs':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/maga-extremists-self-radicalize-as-irony-slips-away-from-owning-the-libs-211372613936

* "There Is Literally Nothing Trump Can Say That Will Stop Republicans from Voting for Him:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/there-is-literally-nothing-trump-can-say-that-will-stop-republicans-from-voting-for-him

* "Imprisoned ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro predicts Fed Chair’s ouster and ‘mass deportations’ in a second presidential term:" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/21/2024/imprisoned-ex-trump-aide-peter-navarro-predicts-ouster-of-fed-chair-jay-powell

* "Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/

* "Comey: Trump is coming for the FBI, DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/comey-trump-is-coming-for-the-fbi-doj-211373637685

* "Why a GOP governor’s pardon of a far-right murderer is so chilling:" https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/5/17/24159084/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-samuel-alito-flag

* "How Trump's rhetoric dishonors the fallen on Memorial Day:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/how-trump-s-rhetoric-dishonors-the-fallen-on-memorial-day-211670597590

* "Trump weighs possible advisory role for Elon Musk, WSJ reports:" https://www.axios.com/2024/05/29/trump-elon-musk-adviser-president

* "Trump says he's 'looking at' restricting birth control access:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-says-he-s-looking-at-restricting-birth-control-access-211503685938

* "Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/23/trump-oil-industry-pipelines-campaign-money/

* "Quiet part out loud: Trump sells the presidency to Big Oil:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/quiet-part-out-loud-trump-sells-the-presidency-to-big-oil-211631173552

* "Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-booed-heckled-by-raucous-crowd-libertarian-convention-2024-05-26/

* "‘He’s broke’: AOC roasts Trump for hosting a campaign rally in the Bronx:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-broke-aoc-roasts-trump-for-hosting-a-campaign-rally-in-the-bronx-211451461594

* "AOC on the real story behind that Marjorie Taylor Greene exchange:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/aoc-on-the-real-story-behind-that-marjorie-taylor-greene-exchange-211451461727

* "Louisiana poised to introduce its own ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/louisiana-dont-say-gay-law/

* "Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-louisiana-legislature-controlled-substance-06ea3e8df86b72b473efe8fc71054ddf

* "Louisiana Republicans classify abortion pills as dangerous substances:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/louisiana-republicans-classify-abortion-pills-as-dangerous-substances-211630149668

* "Mississippi governor signs transgender bathroom ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-transgenger-bathroom-ban

* "South Carolina enacts ‘extreme’ restrictions on trans healthcare for adults:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/23/south-carolina-enacts-extreme-restrictions-on-trans-healthcare-for-adults/

* "Menendez bribery trial: Testimony focuses on his wife having help avoiding foreclosure on NJ home:" https://newjersey.news12.com/menendez-bribery-trial-testimony-focuses-on-his-wife-having-help-avoiding-foreclosure-on-nj-home

* "Rudy Giuliani served Arizona indictment same day as his 80th birthday party:" https://www.axios.com/2024/05/18/rudy-giuliani-indicted-arizona-election-trump

* "Lauren Boebert turns up at Trump’s trial – but not son’s court appearance: ‘Mother of the year’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/17/lauren-boebert-turns-up-at-trumps-trial-but-not-her-own-sons-mother-of-the-year/

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* "Lawyers found classified docs in Trump’s bedroom 4 months after Mar-a-Lago search:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-classified-documents-bedroom-00159182

* "Trump falsely claims Biden, FBI had plan to assassinate him during Mar-a-Lago search:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-falsely-claims-biden-fbi-plan-assassinate-mar/story?id=110466084

After all they used a standard search warrant and deliberately searched when he wasn't home.

* "Judge Cannon rebukes Trump prosecutors over gag order request:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/judge-cannon-trump-prosecutors-gag-order-00160167

* "How Judge Cannon Killed The Documents Case ft. Liz Dye:"

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* "Fani Willis blasts 'clown' Jim Jordan and MAGA followers for trying to interfere in Trump case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fani-willis-blasts-clown-jim-jordan-and-maga-followers-for-trying-to-interfere-in-trump-case-211288645701

* "Republican efforts to sabotage Georgia prosecution of Trump hit brick wall in Fani Willis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-efforts-to-sabotage-georgia-prosecution-of-trump-hit-brick-wall-in-fani-willis-211293253514

* "Trump trial updates: Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case:" https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-trial-hush-money-live-updates

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* "Trump-appointed Alabama judge threatens to jail LGBTQ+ rights lawyers; attorneys fight back:" https://www.advocate.com/news/alabama-judge-threatens-lgbtq-lawyers

* "Narinder Kaur breaks silence on Laurence Fox upskirt photo ordeal: ‘Like being assaulted every day’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/23/narinder-kaur-laurence-fox-upskirt-twiter/

* "Butker commencement speech spotlights religious war on women's freedom, even Taylor Swift's:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/butker-commencement-speech-spotlights-religious-war-on-women-s-freedom-even-taylor-swift-s-211178565662

* "UK government bans private puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/30/uk-government-puberty-blockers-restrictions-trans/

* "When laws fail to protect trans people, harmful medicalized norms creep in:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/medicalization-transgender-people-harm

* "How Florida’s abortion law is affecting East Coast abortion clinics:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/24/abortion-clinics-wait-time-florida-law/

* "I Read The Most Misunderstood Philosopher in the World:"

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* "IDAHOBIT 2024: Microaggressions harm LGBTQ+ people – here’s how to spot and prevent them:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/17/idahobit-2024-microaggressions-harm-lgbtq-people-heres-how-to-spot-and-prevent-them/

* "A third of LGBTQ staff feel their identity has negatively impacted career:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/27/lgbtq-staff-work-discrimination/

* "Beatings, arrests, fear and broken dreams: Uganda’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act one year on:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/30/uganda-gay-law-anti-homosexuality-bill/

* "Indonesia proposes ‘dangerous’ ban on LGBTQ+ media and investigative journalism:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/indonesia-proposes-ban-on-lgbtq-media-and-investigative-journalism/

* "Transgender 18-year-old Jazlynn Johnson shot to death in Las Vegas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/trans-teen-jazlynn-johnson-killed

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* 5/20/24: It is pretty clear that Tavy pushing my damaged arm behind me and pinning it there is the main issue with the shoulder joint. I keep not being able to manage many reps on the new exercises. Sigh. I hate being this weak and these exercises are the ones meant to be rebuilding the strength to independently raise that arm, but they are too dangerous to force, so i must give way to nature. I am not enjoying the resulting shakes either, but nothing can be done.

I was good and got the replacement vaccine today. It will likely lay me up 2-3 days, the side effect list being as dire as for a COVID vaccine. I will have to go back for a second dose in the back half of July. I could already feel mild effects by the time I got home. Sigh.

It will be worth it though. I absolutely do NOT want shingles and the old vaccine is nearly useless at this point.

* 5/22/24: So not only did the vaccine side effect ramp up on me, but Squirrel brought a cold home from work. It was a really unpleasant night Tuesday. I called in on physio on account of infection which was absolutely the correct call. I was in terrible shape until afternoon, when i passed the 48 hour mark on the shot amnd over the course of an hour I gradully started feeling better. It didn't solve the cold and i went back to the same background ick from the first 24, but this is so much more manageable. (It's not COVID. We checked).

I'm plateaued on the arm anyway. I still can't do the new hard excercise and I go back and forth on how any reps of the upgraded one I can do. Part of this is partially the Emperor's fault for repeatedly edgingg my arm into a stress position behind my back and pinning it there while I'm asleep. The pain eventually wakes me, but the damage is done. The issue is he wants to sleep in the crook of my arm, which is fine wehen I'm niot this attrophied and damaged from surgury. it's not malicious. He's just stressed out and wants cuddle naps.

Bonus: I realized Tuesday night I was so focused on the new excercise and the upgrade I forgot to to the hardest of the old excercise for an entire week. *facepalm* Seriously, giving me another week to get my shit together and not infecting a waiting room of fragile elderly people and physio staff with the ick was the way to go.

I spent the day masked up to help a friend get existential threat level bureaucracy partially sorted. (We managed the hardest, most time consuming part that need fixing before the other things could be fixed).

I feel really good about the work we did and just hope it all works out.

It is 9:58 as of this writing and I've done almost none of the essential things on my own behalf except physio and feeding myself. Yes, I remembered that one excercise. No I didn't even try the new super hard one today as my arm was Done and the pain situation is not great.

* 5/27/24 AM: I thought I was getting better, but I think it was the last of the vaccination side effects passing. Thursday evening the pathogen Squirrel brought home from the hospital escalated on me. Friday evening (too late to call the Doctor) the secondary infections started in, which is a thing that happens to me. The ear infection I fight each evening using old fashioned methods. Every day when I do what currently passes for sleeping, it resurges with no one to fight it every few hours. My lungs are not great and it's possible I've picked up a secondary infection there too, though smart money is on my sinuses sending things there that don't belong. I need to spend a stupid amount of time in bed, too ill to sleep and to tired to read.

Sunday evening, something went terribly wrong with my eyes. I tried cold compresses and my perscription allergy drops. Only temporary relief. Conjunctiveitis? COVID eyes? Some fresh hell?

It is memorial day tomorrow, so I can't even get an emergancy lung clinic appointment until Tuesday if I am extremely luckly, though probably wednesday of Thursday.

We checked multiple times for COVID, but I don't trust the tests to pick up new weird variants, so I can't really trust the negative tests. Squirrel thinks not, though and it's some random brutal respiratory thing they picked up at the hospital. Goth Millenial has come down with it. Luckily, I was able to ward off the other Millenials.

It's bad folks. I don't know what to tell you. we did everything right as far as masking and hand-washing, but his work will always be high risk.

* 5/28/24: So Tuesday Morning I called my pharmacy to ask them to please do my antibiotics up so I could come get them right away, since I'd already missed a dose.

Turns out the hospital lied about calling my two antibiotics in. Because of course they did. So now I am calling around trying to sort ity and the denial of coverages from the surgery and the physio reschedule, so that's super extra fun.

Test results in: It really isn't COVID. It's also noy strep or influenza, and given that my lungs are responding to the anti-biotic, but not my throat, my bet is the lung infection may be a secondary bacterial like the ears and eyes.

This sort oif thing happens when your immune system can't fight it's way out of a wet paper bag.

Update: 5 hours after second dose of the antibiotic and aplication of antibiotic ointment and things are noticeably better. I am still itchy and my hearing is still is fucked up, but I'm barely coughing, my ear and throat barely hurt, and I'm not struggling to read. Progress!

* 5/30/24: I spent all of Tuesday from 8AM to about 4PM doing phone bureaucracy with a break for Doctor/meds/food in the middle. I which people would let me rest, but I now don't owe a surprise 1700+ for the operation that I was not supposed to owe, amoung other things. Being sick is now officially a full time job. Um, thanks?

Tuesday night I had a perfect storm of chronic stuff and contagion stuff ganging up on me, so that was six hours of hell followed by several hours of mitigation when I should have been sleeping. Unfortunately neither chronic illness more surgical recovery go away just because one gets horribly sick. Wednesday I was well enough to ne all the physio except the one that's been too hard. Thursday I actually did all of them for the first time.

I also discovered I wasn't dosing my eyes often enough. In my defense, I was still having trouble reading when I read the directions Tuesday. Sigh. It does explain why my lungs are improving dramatically faster than my eyes. I am still struggling with hearing and sinuses, but am generally so much better. Amoxicillin FTW!

* "Mayor Eric Adams: Philosopher King of New York | The Daily Show Showography:"

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* "Jane Austen's Persuasion, Part III:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/jane-austens-persuasion-part-iii?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=144807532&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

* The Importance of Lucy (Contains Dracula Spoilers): https://www.tumblr.com/hismercytomyjustice/751473553394827264/im-getting-caught-back-up-on-dracula-daily-and?source=share

* Selfishness vs unselfishness in Dracula (Contains Dracula Spoilers): https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/751591440467034112/seward-describing-renfield-i-like-how-he-touches?source=share

* Discworld LotR Crossover: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/751628515096576000/mikkeneko-thebibliosphere-teapotdragon?source=share

* Amusing new material added to the Igor and Igorinas Gender Confirmation post: https://www.tumblr.com/thewynne/751091922076090368?source=share

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Rainbows & Love:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-celebrates-rainbows-amp-love-2024

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Gender Census:" https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCensus2024

* "Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards:" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601

* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta

* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/

* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

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