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* Thursday's news mostly isn't on here.




* "Israeli Attack on Al Nasser Hospital Sends Displaced Families Fleeing:" https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/17/headlines/israeli_attack_on_al_nasser_hospital_sends_displaced_families_fleeing

* CW: Rape. "Israeli military chief rabbi-designate under fire over remarks on rape:" https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0ZS1Q0/

They are really making South Africa's case for them, aren't they.

* "Chaotic wave of attacks and reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war:" https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-missiles-iran-seizure-us-8112fbadd3b0689c71a92890895a9368

* "U.S. puts Yemen's Houthi rebels back on global terrorist list:" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/houthis-terrorist-organization-biden

* "Gaza death toll tops 24,000 as UN agencies call urgently for more aid:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-01-15-2024-966bd5a9375e7439dd3de5fc113a7e7d

* "Gaza Is Starving:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-is-starving

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544
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* "Netanyahu says he told the US that he opposes a Palestinian state in any postwar scenario:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-01-18-2024-73d552c6e73e0dc3783a0a11b2b5f67d

* And yet he still funds the war. "Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days:" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-tensions

* "Bernie Sanders: Netanyahu telling Biden, ‘Screw you’ on Gaza de-escalation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-sanders-netanyahu-telling-biden-screw-you-on-gaza-de-escalation-202149445947

* "US Senate rejects measure to force human rights report on Israel:" https://www.reuters.com/world/senate-rejects-measure-force-human-rights-report-israel-2024-01-17/

* To complain to your Congress Critters:
Senate: https://contactsenators.com/senator-phone-numbers/
Congress in General: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member




* "Home Office knew Rwanda was refusing LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in 2022, report claims:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/rwanda-refusing-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-home-office/

* "Labour candidate apologises for transphobia – then announces she is ‘gender critical’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/laura-pascal-labour-hackney-trans-suspension/

* "President Biden Signs Food Donation Improvement Act:" https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2023/01/president-biden-signs-food-donation-improvement-act/

* "Conservative justices seem poised to weaken power of federal agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/17/conservative-justices-seem-poised-to-weaken-power-of-federal-agencies-00136112

* "Maine court puts decision barring Trump from the state's primary ballot on hold:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1225178547/trump-appeal-maine-14th-amendment

* "Sex-positive adult toy store employees file for unionization:" https://www.advocate.com/business/adult-toy-store-employees-unionization

* The music industry is fucking over smaller artists over streaming rights. Want to help? "UMAW aims to organize music workers to fight for a more just music industry, and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society. :" https://weareumaw.org/

* "Tell your Representative to Support Rep Tlaib's Resolution for a New Streaming Royalty:" https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representative-to-support-the-resolution-for-a-new-streaming-royalty/

* Democrats are trying to block funding to the propaganda clinics that try to trick pregnant people into entering to be barraged by misinformation in the guise of medicine. "GOP tries to block proposed federal rule that restricts funds for anti-abortion centers:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-tries-to-block-proposed-federal-rule-that-restricts-funds-for-anti-abortion-centers

* "Elise Stefanik Targeted for Censure for Jan. 6 ‘Hostages’ Comment:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-rep-dan-goldman-plans-to-censure-elise-stefanik-over-hostages-comment

* "GOP Rep. Stefanik faces censure push for calling Jan. 6 rioters ‘hostages’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-rep-stefanik-faces-censure-push-for-calling-jan-6-rioters-hostages-202148933871

* 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

* "Baltimore Sun’s New Right-Wing Owner Kicks Things Off by Insulting Everyone on Staff:" https://newrepublic.com/post/178181/baltimore-sun-new-owner-smith-sinclair-insult-everyone-staff

* "Right-wing executive's media empire exemplifies dangerous bias he warns against:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/right-wing-executive-s-media-empire-exemplifies-dangerous-bias-he-warns-against-202171973898

* "MAGA's sexy beer calendar scandal cracks up the Christian right:" https://www.salon.com/2024/01/12/magas-sexy-beer-calendar-scandal-cracks-up-the-christian-right/

* "Texas theocrats are a home-grown threat to American democracy:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/dunn-wilks-paxton-texas-theocracy-democracy-18380689.php

* "Republicans Are Making ‘Dark Money’ Even Darker for 2024:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-are-making-dark-money-even-darker-for-2024

* Mysterious crypto ‘dark money’ group ramps up lobbying efforts ahead of 2024 election:" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/08/crypto-dark-money-lobbies-as-industry-aims-to-influence-2024.html

* "Ohio Republican Governor defends trans candidates who are being disqualified:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/ohio-governor-trans-candidates/

* Early voting has already started in a few places.

New Hampshire votes 1/23/24.
South Carolina votes 2/3/24

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. 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.

Remember, it is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us win.

* "Biden supporters urge NH voters to embrace unusual write-in campaign:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-supporters-urge-new-hampshire-voters-embrace-writein/story?id=106198673

* "Pranksters add insult to ignominy for Republican caucus losers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/pranksters-add-insult-to-ignominy-for-republican-caucus-losers-202048581690

* "Iowa voting in popcorn buckets exposes GOP ‘election integrity’ hypocrisy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/iowa-voting-in-popcorn-buckets-exposes-gop-election-integrity-hypocrisy-202040901861

* Republicans are proudly and openly NAZI now. The people who weren't already left the party. "CBS News analysis: Most Republicans agree with "poisoning the blood" language:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-analysis-most-republicans-agree-with-poisoning-the-blood-language/

* "Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses:" https://apnews.com/article/iowa-caucus-trump-desantis-haley-takeaways-d1b8be2d9f95969fd6d62f73fa95226b

* "Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his 2024 Republican presidential bid and endorses rival Donald Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843

* "How Vivek Ramaswamy Got Richer While Pumping Millions Into Failed Presidential Campaign:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2024/01/17/how-vivek-ramaswamy-got-richer-while-pumping-millions-into-failed-presidential-campaign/?sh=1af1a0f25e78

* "Asa Hutchinson drops out of 2024 GOP presidential race after last-place finish in Iowa:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asa-hutchinson-drops-out-2024-presidential-race-iowa/

* "'Sniveling coward': Once tough-talking Republicans waste no time capitulating to Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-sniveling-coward-once-tough-talking-republicans-waste-no-time-capitulating-to-trump-202172997815

* "Trump again vows to be a day-one ‘dictator’ in Iowa town hall:" https://news.yahoo.com/trump-again-vows-day-one-035107839.html?guccounter=1

* ""Tectonic shift in power": How MAGA pastors boost Trump's campaign:" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/how-maga-pastors-boost-trump-campaign-2024

* "'A certain kind of religion': Trump's MAGA movement hijacks evangelicalism; leaves gospel behind:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-a-certain-kind-of-religion-trump-s-maga-movement-hijacks-evangelicalism-leaves-gospel-behind-202049605606

* "Trump, the ‘religious right’ and white Christian nationalism:" https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/01/05/white-christian-nationalism-rise-246538

* "Dr. Clarence Jones: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would call Donald Trump a 'moral fraud':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/dr-clarence-jones-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-would-call-donald-trump-a-moral-fraud-201916485532

* "Trump and the GOP are coming for you: Warren stresses reproductive rights at stake in 2024:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-and-the-gop-are-coming-for-you-warren-stresses-reproductive-rights-at-stake-in-2024-202169413926

* "Stephen Colbert Chews Apart Trump's Brazenly Weird New Claim:" https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/stephen-colbert-chews-apart-trumps-brazenly-weird-new-claim_uk_65a8deade4b076abd7aa6b71

* "Trump just promised an authoritarian ‘task force’ to impose Christian ideology:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-2024-christian-right-truth-social-rcna132082

* "Former Trump national security advisor gushes over QAnon in leaked footage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/14/michael-flynn-donald-trump-qanon/

* "You Could Soon Be Fined for Defamation for Calling Someone Racist in Florida:" https://newrepublic.com/post/177920/florida-bill-fine-defamation-racist-discrimination?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter

* "Erin's 2024 Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/erins-2024-anti-trans-legislative

* "It’s only January and 2024 is set to break records with vile anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in the US:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/anti-lgbtq-bills-trans-2024/

* "Missouri Republicans to consider removing trans people from state law:" https://www.ky3.com/2024/01/16/missouri-republicans-consider-carving-trans-people-out-state-law/

* "House GOP lawmakers introduce bill imposing near-total ban on abortion in Kansas:" https://kansasreflector.com/2024/01/11/house-gop-lawmakers-introduce-bill-imposing-near-total-ban-on-abortion-in-kansas/

* "Lauren Boebert claims abortions are the reason why the US birthrate is so low:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/lauren-boebert-abortions-us-birthrate/

* "Abortion foes launch campaign against abortion rights ballot initiative:" https://www.azmirror.com/2024/01/11/abortion-foes-launch-campaign-against-ballot-initiative-spread-misinformation/

* "Massachusetts governor seeks IVF coverage for veterans in same-sex relationships:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/veterans-ivf-massachusetts-maura-healey

* "Republican who voted to ban trans healthcare now wants kids to drop out of schools to work on farms:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/joanna-king-indiana-child-labour-trans-healthcare/

* "Lawmakers in South Carolina approve ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/18/transgender-health-care-south-carolina/

* CW: Rape. "Moms For Liberty leader Bridget Ziegler still hasn’t resigned over sex scandal – and people in Florida aren’t happy:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/17/bridget-ziegler-moms-for-liberty-resign-sex-scandal/




* "Trump returns to a New York courtroom for second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/16/1224523186/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial

* CW: Sexual Assault "Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-70d4477120399373934253c7e450643e

* CW: Sexual Assault "Trump dares judge to kick him out of court: ‘I would love it’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-dares-judge-to-kick-him-out-of-court-i-would-love-it-202140741790

* CW: Sexual Assault "The Donald Trump Doom Loop:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-donald-trump-doom-loop

* "'Fantastical narrative': Trump concocts DOJ, Biden conspiracy theory in new classified docs filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-fantastical-narrative-trump-concocts-doj-biden-conspiracy-theory-in-new-classified-docs-filing-202046533884




* "Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/09/public-officials-death-threats-swatting-surge/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA0Nzc2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA2MTU4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDQ3NzY0MDAsImp0aSI6ImVhZmQ1MDgyLTMwYTYtNDg5Ni05YzA0LWE1ZWI2Y2MyNDI3YSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzAxLzA5L3B1YmxpYy1vZmZpY2lhbHMtZGVhdGgtdGhyZWF0cy1zd2F0dGluZy1zdXJnZS8ifQ.PiUCh_5cfV5fR_rdKbvfV68TcQ2d54Q7FuXeZMMbuV4

* I don't understand how this is legal. "Texas Just Took Its Border Battle With the U.S. Government Up a Notch:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-national-guard-shelby-park-eagle-pass-border-patrol-1234945639/

* "3 migrants drowned near area where Texas has denied entry to federal border agents:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-migrants-drown-near-shelby-park-eagle-pass-texas-soldiers-denied-entry-federal-border-agents/

* "Governor Says Texas Isn’t Shooting Migrants Because Biden Would ‘Charge Us With Murder’:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/greg-abbott-podcast-shooting-migrants-murder-charges_n_65a0b537e4b0fbd2bc062957

* "3 Tacoma police officers found not guilty in 2020 death of Manny Ellis:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/3-tacoma-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-2020-death-of-manny-ellis?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BOK062520&tier=&utm_id=774005&sfmc_id=133071869&sfmc_subkey=0034R0000463jY7QAI&utm_content=NL+BoK

* "There is little scrutiny of 'natural' deaths behind bars:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/02/1219667393/there-is-little-scrutiny-of-natural-deaths-behind-bars

* "She risked her job to care for an incarcerated woman’s newborn. Now she wants to start a center to help others in need.:" https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/11/roberta-bell-raised-baby-of-incarcerated-woman/#:~:text=Roberta%20Bell%2C%20a%2058-year-old%20grandmother%20who%20lives%20in,of%20a%20pregnant%20woman%20jailed%20at%20her%20workplace.

* "Things to know about Minnesota's new, non-racist state flag and seal:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/things-minnesotas-new-racist-state-flag-seal-106064631

* "IU suspends professor after Palestine Solidarity Committee event. Other faculty denounce the decision:" https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/01/iu-political-science-professor-sinno-suspended-psc-administration-palestine

* "In Texas, debate over school chaplains escalates school board culture wars:" https://religionnews.com/2023/12/14/in-texas-debate-over-school-chaplains-escalates-school-board-culture-wars/

* "Pornhub blocks access in two states after age verification laws take effect:" https://www.advocate.com/business/pornhub-access-north-carolina-montana

* CW: Domestic Abuse. "Gypsy Rose Blanchard released from prison early after serving time for the murder of her abusive mother:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-released-prison-early-serving-time-murder-abusive-rcna131423

* "Russian rapper who attended ‘almost naked’ party jailed for second time:" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/06/russian-rapper-who-attended-almost-naked-party-jailed-for-second-time

* "Leonard Leo is at the center of dark money effort to limit medication abortion:" https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/01/04/leonard-leo-is-at-the-center-of-dark-money-effort-to-limit-medication-abortion/

* "Americans Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills…Just in Case:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/abortion-pills-advance-provision-mifepristone/

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/







* When I looked outside at dawn Wednesday, there was a lot of snow, so I figured, "I'll just call when they open and cancel Friday's appointment." Bwahahaha! No. The callback option takes 3-5 days so is useless under nearly every circumstance including this one. Waiting on hold longer than fifteen minutes breaks the hold system, which means hours of calling back over and over while three days of other people try to cancel appointments at the same time as the snow comes down alarmingly fast and hard even to my East coast Snow country trained eyes. It's basically a lottery since you start at the back of the line every fifteen minutes. I still need to do another round of physio things and eat and lung, none of which I can do while on hold. Grrrr.

I got through twice over the next two hours. They couldn't hear me.

Squirrel lent me his phone. I've now got two phones in one hand hold crap moving in and out of sync.

Bonus: My fingers are badly burned because whoever put the turn table back in the mic last time half assed it and there was a hot spot on my plate.

* I finally got through to a live human on Squirrel's phone after 11AM. It was still snowing when i went to bed Wednesday. It was also still snowing when I went to bed Thursday. It rained some in the evening, then iced over. I am worried about squirrel who keeps having to commute in this.

Some water leaked out of the bathroom ceiling from the indoor waterfall getting inside the walls. I can see damage to the plaster over my dryer. The bucket didn't catch anything Thursday. IDK. Anyway, I reported it as a slow leak when I discovered it, saying we're low priority. I'll do an addendum if there's still no more drips tomorrow.

I am trying to get up to three sets of all 14 physio exercises at 15 reps each to be the routine. I managed it two nights in a row. It is, as usual exhausting me and chewing me up generally. The imperative remains to get as much function back before surgery as possible, since that's the ceiling.

Three cleaner cancellations in a row, but this time, it's entirely reasonable. They even called for two of them to tell me. 1. Extreme cold and expectation of snow which didn't come until this week, but everyone thought it would. Forage delivery cancelled. People were not doing unnecessary travel. I didn't expect them. 2. Cleaner called out sick. She's a good worker and knows I'm a lung patient with high infection risk. I WANT people to cancel if they are sick both for their health and mine. 3. Snow and ice. No one is travelling unless they are essential workers. Squirrel is an essential worker in the health care sector. I did not expect a cleaner to the point that I called in and scheduled Tuesday about 15 minutes before the agency called to tell me no one is coming.

I should post the aggregate, but I would like to go to bed. Decisions, decisions.

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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.

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies

* "Tell your Representative to Support Rep Tlaib's Resolution for a New Streaming Royalty:" https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representative-to-support-the-resolution-for-a-new-streaming-royalty/

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

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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

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* "BLM 'not just a fleeting moment':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-53406040

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* "One-third of COVID-19 patients who aren't hospitalized have long-term illness, CDC says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monumental-acknowledgment-cdc-reports-long-term-covid-19-patients-n1234814

* "Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/

* It’s so bad, folks. "The gravedigger’s truth: Hidden coronavirus deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53521563/the-gravedigger-s-truth-hidden-coronavirus-deaths

* "Alarm over Vietnam's first virus cases in months:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53549809

* "Iran's struggle to contain a coronavirus surge:" https://www.bbc.com/news/52959756

* This isn't what it looks like from the headline. They are saving lives and it might be a good idea for an NGO or the like to step in and do/pay for the extra training to turn them into the Indian equivalent of nurse practitioners if the government can’t or won’t. "The 'quacks' guarding villages against Covid-19:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53217323

* "Federal coronavirus "red zone" of severe outbreaks expands to 21 total states:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-coronavirus-red-zone-of-severe-outbreaks-expands-to-21-total-states/

* Oh look, it's going to be for profit, exactly as predicted if the trial goes well. "Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ as coronavirus vaccination marks milestone:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/coronavirus-covid-live-updates/#link-332RPZW5V5HQRBIEH4JNPPQV4I

* I stand by my opinion that soap and water is better if you have access to it. "FDA says at least 77 hand sanitizer products may be toxic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/hand-sanitizer-recall/

* "Hakeem Jeffries: Trump does not care about the American people. He cares about himself.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/hakeem-jeffries-trump-does-not-care-about-the-american-people-he-cares-about-himself-88358981982

* "U.S. Coronavirus Cases Soar as 18 States Set Single-Day Records This Week:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html

* "NM's 467 new cases shatters single-day record:" https://www.abqjournal.com/1479968/nm-covid-19-cases-hit-single-day-high-driven-by-detention-center-outbreak.html

* "Cleanup from Hanna spurs fear amid COVID-19 surge in Texas:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/cleanup-from-hanna-spurs-fear-amid-covid-19-surge-in-texas/2020/07/27/fa1f7288-d06a-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html

* "Hurricane makes disaster of already catastrophic COVID situation:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hurricane-makes-disaster-of-already-catastrophic-covid-situation-88368709841

* "Chris Hayes puts the scale of coronavirus deaths in perspective:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-puts-the-scale-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-perspective-88363589991

* "Gov. Bill Lee ignores White House coronavirus expert’s recommendation:" https://www.localmemphis.com/article/opinion/gov-bill-lee-ignores-white-house-coronavirus-experts-recommendation/522-27a81bd7-6813-4c6b-9a35-801a5b432b41

* "'We’re still waiting at home for them to come back':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-53521886/coronavirus-we-re-still-waiting-at-home-for-them-to-come-back

* "A harsh lesson in the reality of COVID-19:" https://dallasvoice.com/a-harsh-lesson-in-the-reality-of-covid-19/

* "Dark money and PAC's coordinated 'reopen' push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/dark-money-pac-s-coordinated-reopen-push-are-behind-doctors-n1235100

* "Bill Nye: ‘We should all wear masks, 'cause it works both ways’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/bill-nye-we-should-all-wear-masks-cause-it-works-both-ways-88360005994

* "Trump downplays national security adviser's coronavirus diagnosis:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/national-security-adviser-robert-obrien-tests-positive-for-covid-19-382347

* They need to shut it down. "Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak won’t derail MLB’s just-opened season — at least not yet:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/26/marlins-delay-return-miami-after-apparent-coronavirus-outbreak-among-players/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_marlins-1010am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

* “Sports are a reward for a functioning society.” "Hayes on baseball’s coronavirus crisis: You can’t play catch in the middle of a fire:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-baseball-s-coronavirus-crisis-you-can-t-play-catch-in-the-middle-of-a-fire-88364101656

* "Sinclair to delay segment featuring 'Plandemic' conspiracy theory:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/25/sinclair-to-delay-segment-on-plandemic-conspiracy-theories-381454

* "Grifters started the anti-mask movement:" https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-mask-no-service/#dorr-brothers

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* Good. "German ministers decline Washington G7 summit invite: Der Spiegel:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-germany-trump/german-ministers-decline-washington-g7-summit-invite-der-spiegel-idUSKBN24A262

* "A bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/nation/bipartisan-group-secretly-gathered-game-out-contested-trump-biden-election-it-wasnt-pretty/

* "Melania Trump Compared to Marie Antoinette Over Rose Garden Renovation" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/27/melania-trump-compared-marie-antoinette-over-rose-garden-renovation

* "The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous. Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/politics/igor-danchenko-steele-dossier.html

* "Trump's pick to head Office of Personnel Management spread 'satanic' conspiracy theory, called Democrats party of 'Islam' and 'gender-bending':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/john-gibbs-opm-kfile/index.html

* "Five takeaways from Attorney General Barr’s contentious congressional hearing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/28/four-early-takeaways-attorney-general-barrs-contentious-congressional-hearing/

* "Barr clashes with Dems over DOJ’s independence:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/barr-faces-democratic-barrage-382916https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/barr-faces-democratic-barrage-382916

* "AG Barr equivocates when asked about foreign interference:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ag-barr-equivocates-when-asked-about-foreign-interference-88457797782

* "Barr, confronted on Roger Stone commutation, offers pallid response:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-confronted-on-roger-stone-commutation-offers-pallid-answer-88500293856

* "Rep. Jayapal: 'Bill Barr is the personal henchman for Donald Trump':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jayapal-bill-barr-is-the-personal-henchman-for-donald-trump-88499269639

* "Now We’ll Know What the Recession Feels Like:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/now-well-know-what-recession-feels-like/614560/

* The Republican plan is to dramatically cut unemployment insurance, but give the well off a bunch of givaways. "Senate GOP releases Covid proposal amid internal divisions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/senate-gop-coronavirus-relief-package-382502

* Republicans decided to slash all these programs to help ordinary Americans and small business because there is not enough money to keep people in there homes, but somehow we have so much money we can easily afford to throw away $1.75 billion to protect 45's person business interests. Even they can't explain why this doesn't make sense. "‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/politics/republicans-trump-fbi-building-virus-relief-bill.html

* Is it just me, or is the entire Republican Bill all poison pills? "Schumer calls GOP coronavirus rescue plan a ‘corporate lawyer wish list’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schumer-calls-gop-coronavirus-rescue-plan-a-corporate-lawyer-wish-list-88485957653

* Republicans insist we can't afford to help unemployed people with the rent, but yet we are doing this. "Kodak to produce pharmaceutical ingredients with U.S. government loan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/28/kodak-produce-pharmaceutical-ingredients/

* The eviction crisis that happens if Republicans get their way: https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1287828927378001922

* "Bernie rips GOP coronavirus relief proposal: ‘Pathetic would be too mild a word’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-rips-gop-coronavirus-relief-proposal-pathetic-would-be-too-mild-a-word-88364101556

* "Rep. Bass: Hoping U.S. can hang on until Biden wins presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-bass-hoping-u-s-can-hang-on-until-biden-wins-presidency-88368197750

* "Chris Murphy: GOP coronavirus bill introduced ‘was not a serious bill’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/chris-murphy-gop-coronavirus-bill-introduced-was-not-a-serious-bill-88465477638

* "Stacey Abrams: Republicans intend to use voter suppression in the upcoming election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-republicans-intend-to-use-voter-suppression-in-the-upcoming-election-88361029656

* "Teachers Union OKs Strikes If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures In Place:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/28/896265783/teachers-union-oks-strikes-if-schools-reopen-without-safety-measures-in-place

* "Trump shares GOP tweets of support for defense bill he has threatened to veto:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shares-gop-tweets-of-support-for-defense-bill-he-has-threatened-to-veto/2020/07/27/922948d0-d014-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

* "National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/national-guard-white-house-lafayette-protest-382790

* "National Guard officer says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used ‘excessive force’ before Trump visit:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/national-guard-commander-says-police-suddenly-moved-lafayette-square-protesters-used-excessive-force-clear-path-trump/

* "Barr claimed 200 FBI arrests in 2 weeks in Kansas City. He was only off by 199.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/23/barr-claimed-200-fbi-arrests-kansas-city-we-just-saw-our-first/

* "Mayors urge Congress to pass legislation barring the deployment of federal troops to cities:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/509214-mayors-urge-congress-to-pass-legislation-against-deployment-of-federal

* "Judge blocks Seattle's ban on tear gas, other crowd control weapons:" https://crosscut.com/2020/07/judge-blocks-seattles-ban-tear-gas-other-crowd-control-weapons

* "More federal agents dispatched to Portland as protests rise in other cities:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-federal-agents-dispatched-to-portland-as-protests-rise-in-other-cities/2020/07/27/20a717be-d03c-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* "Riot declared in Seattle as protests continue:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/riot-declared-in-seattle-as-protests-continue/

* "Seattle mayor: Looks like Trump is rehearsing for martial law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/seattle-mayor-looks-like-trump-is-rehearsing-for-martial-law-88367685828

* "Federal encroachment on local police raises mission creep concern:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-encroachment-on-local-police-raises-mission-creep-concern-88501317542

* "'That’s an illegal order': veterans challenge Trump's officers in Portland:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/24/portland-trump-order-federal-officers-veterans-protests

* "RS Reports: Progressive City, Brutal Police:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/portand-oregon-police-brutality-history-1027677/

* "Elijah McClain's death puts focus on ketamine injections during police calls:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elijah-mcclain-was-injected-ketamine-while-handcuffed-some-medical-experts-n1232697

So not only was the man they murdered completely innocent and there was zero reason to suspect him of any crimes before they brutally attacked and choked him to unconsciousness even though he wasn't resisting as he plead for his life, the paramedics agreed with the police that him telling them he couldn't breath constituted agitation, so even though he'd been choked they injected him with a dangerously massive dose of anesthetic despite him being in no condition to resist and had shown no signs of doing so up until that point.

They gave him a lethal injection to punish him for walking home from a store while black.

No reason to charge anyone my ass.

* "Police investigate shooting at Austin protest:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53548415

* "Opposing armed militias converge in Louisville, escalating tensions but avoiding violence:" https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/25/louisville-protests-nfac-three-percenters-expected-demonstrate/3288198001/

* "‘Men’s rights’ lawyer eyed in shooting of NJ judge’s family:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/son-of-us-district-judge-esther-salas-killed-husband-shot/

* "Minn. protest ‘Umbrella Man’ was white supremacist trying to incite riots, police say:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/minn-protest-umbrella-man-was-white-supremacist-trying-to-incite-riots-police-say-88491077920

* "‘Disgraceful, plain and simple’: Couple wearing Nazi flag masks at Walmart filmed in viral clash:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/walmart-mask-nazi-minnesota/

* "Open Letter from the Staff of the Seattle Children’s Museum to Our Community::" https://medium.com/@seattlechildrensmuseumstaff/open-letter-from-the-staff-of-the-seattle-childrens-museum-to-our-community-d3221aa61961

* "The Biases We Hold Against the Way People Speak:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/books/review/how-you-say-it-katherine-kinzler.html

* "Poland pulls out of international treaty on ending violence against women, claiming it ‘justifies gay ideology’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/27/poland-treaty-violence-women-gay-ideology-istanbul-convention-homophobia-zbigniew-ziobro/

* "Couple bruised and battered in ‘transphobic, homophobic’ attack for the simple crime of going out to dinner:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/28/york-transphobic-homophobic-attack-hate-crime-couple-st-denys-dennis-road/

* "Convicted drug lord jailed after beating ‘petrified’ Grindr date and threatening to set him on fire:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/grindr-attack-liverpool-kirby-james-inglesby-death-threat-fire-shoot-drugs/

* "Trump administration memo explains how to spot a transgender woman:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/07/trump-administration-memo-explains-spot-transgender-woman/

* "Vile homophobes attempted to burn down a historic 62-year-old queer bar in a botched Molotov cocktail attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/28/main-street-bar-california-homophobia-molotov-cocktail-attack-police-wendy-nelson-lgbt/

* "25 Years After Returning, Yellowstone’s Wolves Are the Most Studied but Misunderstood Good Boys:" https://earther.gizmodo.com/25-years-after-returning-yellowstone-s-wolves-are-the-1844485767

* "Tech-enabled 'terror capitalism' is spreading worldwide. The surveillance regimes must be stopped:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/24/surveillance-tech-facial-recognition-terror-capitalism

* "Special Report: Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-riteaid-software-specialreport/special-report-rite-aid-deployed-facial-recognition-systems-in-hundreds-of-u-s-stores-idUSKCN24T1HL

* "The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History #47:"

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* "Beloved gay doctor dies from coronavirus in his husband’s arms after months of battling the pandemic on the front line:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/28/gay-baltimore-doctor-joseph-costa-covid-19-coronavirus-death-tribute-mercy-medical-center/

* "Washington bids farewell to civil rights icon John Lewis:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/john-lewis-capitol-washington-arrival-382860

* "Tumblr's Failed Convention: The Story of Dashcon:"

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* "The Washington R*dsk*ns Drop Their Name & Trump Frees Roger Stone:"

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* "U.S. Coronavirus Cases Soar, Trump Dons a Mask & The White House Attacks Anthony Fauci:"

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* It's up and down with the arm thing. Typing really hurts, which is messing with my work flow in expected ways. Being able to isolate that as a co-factor with things like sleeping is helpful, as it means I can experiment with mitigation methods.

I was up at the right time to go for Library curbside pick up Monday, but it took a ridiculously long time to get my arm functional, and by the time I got medicated and dressed I'd missed my window. I did go Tuesday, despite it being almost as bad.

On the way home I had to go to the Dollar Store. There was nothing for it. Millenials could not find a substitute in the places they go and I haven't worked out a work around. I have been dreading this for weeks, having heard horror stories from other cities. It was surprisingly good. They had a sign up requiring masks. The employees were all wearing theirs correctly (I've heard reports from a locals that in a number of places grocery workers were rendering theirs useless by not covering their noses) as were the people I saw shopping. They were all keeping their distance and obeying the spacers. Checkout had the floor markers and a much bigger clear screen to protect the worker. I was in and out fast, since I know where they keep the thing I needed and no fucking way was I staying longer than I had to.

That's two high risk activities this week. I've mostly been able to avoid such since March, but here we are.

The pain was so bad just from this trip I lay on the sofa crying for half an hour before I could get it together to get water and emergency pain meds. (Note: My regular meds are safe to drive on; emergency meds aren't, hence me not taking them before i left. I don't want you thinking I drive on the PRNs.)

See, I need one arm for walking, which means carrying books and purchase in the other. This is no win when the arm is so damaged I spend half my evenings using that crappy emergency child sized sling that was the only one in stock several years ago when I needed one right then. I don't need the immobilization, but i do need the support, so I'm sticking my arm through crosswise to protect the shoulder. It hurts my other shoulder and is not comfortable for the arm, but it helps for the non-typing intensive things I do, like reading and link work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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* "Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution:" https://www.apnews.com/072580b5f24b4f8ea2402221d530257e

* "‘I Had No Options’: The Rohingya Man Who Smuggled Himself:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/02/rohingya-man-smuggled-himself-myanmar/581806/

* "Swiss Mystery Company Is at the Heart of a Mueller Puzzle:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/swiss-mystery-company-is-at-the-heart-of-a-mueller-puzzle

* "GOP livid with Trump over ignored Khashoggi report:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/gop-trump-ignored-khashoggi-report-1164487

* "Big businesses promised wage hikes from Trump's tax cuts. What actually happened? – Center for Public Integrity:" https://publicintegrity.org/business/taxes/trumps-tax-cuts/last-year-some-bonuses-some-pay-raises-this-year-not-so-much/

* "Shameless Trump favor for donor threatens to normalize corruption:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shameless-trump-favor-for-donor-threatens-to-normalize-corruption-1441721411695

* "BBC cameraman shoved and abused at Trump rally in El Paso:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/12/bbc-cameraman-shoved-and-abused-at-trump-rally-in-el-paso

* "Senate Intel chair slams Trump fixer Michael Cohen, as House Democrats staff up probes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-judiciary-adds-two-high-profile-consultants-for-trump-probes/2019/02/12/dfffb8e6-2eda-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.50d9caf7d9a9

* "Top Leader at Interior Dept. Pushes a Policy Favoring His Former Client:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/climate/david-bernhardt-endangered-species.html

* "Ex-White House aide sues Trump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/cliff-sims-sues-trump-1164558

* "This grievance board for federal workers has one person left — and he’s about to leave:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-grievance-board-for-federal-workers-has-one-person-left--and-hes-about-to-leave/2019/02/12/c573e446-296e-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b2fbe600d7f6

* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes The Dark Side Of Politics In 5 Incredible Minutes:" https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-campaign-finance_us_5c5d246be4b03afe8d6637ff?utm_hp_ref=ca-us-politics

* "McConnell: Senate will vote on the Green New Deal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/green-new-deal-senate-vote-1166290

* "FAMILY Act: Gillibrand renews push for national paid leave program:" https://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/family-act-gillibrand-renews-push-for-national-paid-leave-program/article_375e1254-4a91-57e4-8dcc-4e47e1866bf4.html

* "Gillibrand: Women running for president 'breaks down bias':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gillibrand-women-running-for-president-breaks-down-bias-1441625667923

* "Booker brings unique energy, optimism to 2020 race:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-brings-unique-energy-optimism-to-2020-race-1441692227711

* "Booker sees path to getting things done despite D.C. cynicism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-sees-path-to-getting-things-done-despite-d-c-cynicism-1441695811877

* "Booker calls out broken U.S. criminal justice system:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-calls-out-broken-u-s-criminal-justice-system-1441696323541

* "Gardner Snarls At Women Who Cheered During Trump Speech:" https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2019/02/gardner-snarls-at-women-who-cheered-during-trump-speech/13614/

* "Negotiators reach deal ‘in principle’ to avert shutdown:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/shutdown-congress-border-security-1163824

* "‘It will create a firestorm’: Mulvaney’s border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/mick-mulvaney-border-wall-funds-1163996

* "Trump administration still separating families at border, advocates say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/trump-el-paso-family-separations-migrants-immigration

* "Shoot Someone In A Major US City, And Odds Are You’ll Get Away With It:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahryley/police-unsolved-shootings

* TW: Sexual Harassment "If He's Sexually Aggressive In Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/03/03/285307535/mens-drinking-isnt-the-driver-of-sexual-aggression-in-bars

* TW: Sexual Assault. "A Florida politician allegedly made a habit of licking men’s faces. She has now resigned.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/07/florida-politician-allegedly-made-habit-licking-mens-faces-now-shes-resigned/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.774246f26651

* TW: Suicide. "The parking lot suicides:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2019/02/07/feature/the-parking-lot-suicides/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.acb32f7f3a08

* "If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/04/689747637/if-youre-often-angry-or-irritable-you-may-be-depressed

* "Growing opioid crisis adds to Puerto Rico's problems:" https://www.apnews.com/2636642b00e14f8b84f7e6e71a9ee1f7

* "6 Epidemics That Changed History:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/570491/epidemics-that-changed-history

* "Did Black Rebellion Win the Civil War?:" https://daily.jstor.org/did-black-rebellion-win-the-civil-war/?utm_term=Did%20Black%20Rebellion%20Win%20the%20Civil%20War&utm_campaign=jstordaily_02072019&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email

* "President Trump and Beto O'Rourke's Dueling Rallies:"

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* "F**k These Animals - Polar Bears Invade Russia & Pablo Escobar's Hippos Overrun Colombian Villages:"

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* I'm basically snowed in, in that it's too dangerous for me to leave the house. Squirrel has work of course, and his truck is dead again and so needs to go to the shop. Which means he's using mine. I just won back parking Friday, and I desperately need it just now because of the fall risk if I do go out. Each time he leaves the house is a gamble with his safety on these roads. It's a gamble with the only working vehicle we have. He has to go because of the nature of his job whatever the weather.

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

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

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