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* News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

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* "Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339490/israel-protests-netanyahu-hostages-gaza-war

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* "Russian strike kills 14, including six children in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine says:" https://archive.ph/YhVc3

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* "Labor accuses Dutton of copying Trump with suggestion children being ‘indoctrinated’ at school:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/01/labor-dutton-trump-comparison-doge-school-curriculum

Please don't follow us into the dark, Australia.

* "Elections watchdog warned AI presents 'high' risk in current campaign: internal documents:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ai-elections-rules-1.7499383

* "Canada election debates will see these 5 party leaders participate:" https://globalnews.ca/news/11110269/canada-election-leaders-debates-lineup-qualify/

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* "Iran wants indirect talks with US, warns regional countries over strikes against it:" https://archive.ph/YISOu

* "Rep. Balint: Trump wants to 'flex his muscles as the tough guy' with threats against Iran, Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-balint-trump-wants-to-flex-his-muscles-as-the-tough-guy-with-threats-against-iran-russia-235823685542

* "Exclusive: Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say:" https://archive.ph/8eVEY

* "See Trump’s list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html

* "US slaps 26% tariff on India amid ongoing bilateral trade talks:" https://archive.ph/7EdpD

* "China urges US to immediately lift tariffs, vows retaliation:" https://archive.ph/AIYKX

* "Trump tariffs pile stress on ailing world economy:" https://archive.ph/WTPAM

* "Dow futures tumble over 800 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war: Live updates:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html

* "US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada:" https://archive.ph/udQis

Unfortunately, Mike Johnson is blocking it in the House because that is how much Republicans hate America and how much Republicans want to destroy our economy, probably for generations because of all the trading partners (and islands entirely inhabited by penguins) we have burned.

Everyone who ever told you Republicans are good on the economy was LYING to YOU.

That was last true when Nixon was President.

Ever since Reagan, I've watched Republicans crash the economy over and over, and Democrats start to repair the damage, then have Republicans voted in and yet again crash the economy.

It's what they do. They suck money out of the pockets of ordinary people while giving tax cuts to the very richest and making decisions that harm everyone but a handful of billionaires.

This time they broke the economy, the government, and Democracy, things they've been vowing to do since I was born.

They could literally stop the Trump tariff destruction TODAY but backing the Senate on ending Trump's authority to destroy the American economy by rescinding Trump's emergency declaration that gives him the Authority to do this to us.

IF YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE in THE HOUSE, CALL THEM NOW.

Make the phones ring off the hooks. I am begging you. Every hour that passes the harder it is to fix.

Here is a script for calling Congress Critters on tariffs: https://www.tumblr.com/errorschacha/779843646911643648?source=share

* "Top Republican leads bill to reassert Congress’ tariff power amid Trump trade war:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/03/congress/top-republican-leads-bill-to-reassert-congress-tariff-power-amid-trump-trade-war-00268710

There is now one for all the Tariffs in the Senate, so call your Senator NOW!

* "Trump Goes Crazy on Trade:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-goes-crazy-on-trade

* "Trump's targets for 'reciprocal' tariffs include uninhabited islands but exclude Russia and Iran:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-targets-reciprocal-tariffs-include-uninhabited-islands-exclude/story?id=120445283

* "Launching the Economic Version of the Iraq War.:" https://fallows.substack.com/p/launching-the-economic-version-of

* "Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-careless-stupidity-kill-the

* "President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc:" https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc

* "A third global recession in 20 years looms:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-cause-recession

* "It's the end of the world's economic order as we know it:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-canada-europe-allies

* "China hits back at Trump with 34% tariff on U.S. imports:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-hits-back-trump-34-tariff-us-imports-rcna199665

* "‘This Could Get Much Uglier’: The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s Trade War:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-confusion-00267945

* "Dow plunges 2,000 as sell-off for markets slams into a scarier gear following Trump’s tariffs:" https://apnews.com/article/market-rates-trump-tariffs-d86db525c370e9da834e6dfb76e23b86

* "‘Worst case scenario’ Hayes says Trump is waterboarding the U.S. economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-worst-case-scenario-hayes-says-trump-is-waterboarding-the-u-s-economy-236286533786

* "Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: Economist:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/needless-economic-pain-from-trump-not-even-worth-it-if-his-tariff-gambit-works-economist-236488261814

* "Lack of answers from Trump on tariff game plan leaves investors uneasy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lack-of-answers-from-trump-on-tariff-game-plan-leaves-investors-uneasy-236491333583

* And for bonus stupid that explains so much... "Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/critics-suspect-trumps-weird-tariff-math-came-from-chatbots/

* "Trump is 'steering the Titanic towards the iceberg,' says CNBC reporter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-is-steering-the-titanic-towards-the-iceberg-says-cnbc-reporter-236596805514

* "The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-ridiculous-real-story-behind-the-tariff-plan-that-turned-donald-trump-into-a-global-disaster-236611653893

* "Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-amazon-bytedance-china-us-ban-19f62e2dba637a0d1a0b41102a2f351f

* Trump is openly disrespected our fallen soldiers again. "Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-skips-transfer-soldiers-killed-lithuania-liv-golf-1235310901/

* "Donald Trump blows off dignified transfer of fallen U.S. soldiers for golf events:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-blows-off-dignified-transfer-of-fallen-u-s-soldiers-for-golf-events-236615749688

* "Appeals Court clears the way for Musk, DOGE to resume cuts to USAID:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/appeals-court-usaid-ruling-doge-00259154

* Cruelty is the point "A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usaid-pregnant-denied-medical-evacuation

* "Exclusive: Trump administration is pointing spy satellites at US border:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-directs-spy-satellite-agencies-surveil-us-mexico-border-2025-03-27/

* Everything about this is gross. "Donald Trump Reveals $5m Visa Gold Card With His Face On:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-5m-visa-gold-card-his-face-2055171

* "The Trump DOJ Is Barreling Toward Contempt of Court. There’s Still One Way Out.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-doj-contempt-boasberg-salvador-prison.html

* "Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing:" https://apnews.com/article/us-institute-peace-trump-doge-mass-firing-746aa4fce9ad35fe17e8e22ce29417e3

They aren't part of the executive branch. I don't understand how any of this is legal.

* "DOGE Staffer Appointed to Lead U.S. Institute of Peace Founded Company That Sells ‘AI Workers’: Nate Cavanaugh, a 28-year-old college dropout, is steeped in the hypercapitalist ideology of Silicon Valley:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doge-us-institute-of-peace-nate-cavanaugh-1235307495/

* "Trump administration takes $500M US Institute of Peace building for free:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/us-institute-of-peace-usip-500-million-dollar-headquarters-department-of-government-efficiency-trump-administration/65-b32203f0-ec4a-410f-b128-15484a282d3c

* "'This is bananas': DOGE looks to finagle a building the federal government doesn't own:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-bananas-doge-looks-to-finagle-a-building-the-federal-government-doesn-t-own-235941445573

* "Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

* Xenophobic Lies vs. Reality: "Risk Analysis of Mass Shootings Committed by Immigrants and Native-Born Americans:" https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/risk-analysis-mass-shootings-committed-immigrants-native-born-americans#

* "Maryland father sues U.S. officials after being deported to El Salvador prison:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-father-deported-el-salvador-abrego-garcia-us-immigration/

* "Wife of man mistakenly sent to El Salvador prison says she fears for his safety: "My husband's not a criminal":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wife-man-error-deported-to-el-salvador-prison/

* "‘Horrific’: Joe Rogan blasts Trump for sending innocent people to El Salvador prison:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrific-joe-rogan-blasts-trump-for-sending-innocent-people-to-el-salvador-prison-236093509538

* Now we find out if there is even a shred of rule of law left. "Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5352448/judge-orders-the-trump-administration-to-return-man-who-was-mistakenly-deported-el-salvador

* "ICE agents detain nearly 40 employees during morning raid at Whatcom County businesst:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article303349791.html

* "Protest emerges at Ferndale facility after ICE reportedly detains Whatcom County activist:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article302806399.html

* "The Trump Administration’s War on Activists Is Escalating: ICE’s detention of a Washington state union organizer, alongside other threats to activists, raises the question of how far the Trump team will go to stifle dissent.:" https://newrepublic.com/article/193391/juarez-zeferino-ice-detention-activists

* If it is legitimate, why do it in secret and not tell the students? This prevents them getting due process, so they can be kidnapped. "Visas revoked, records terminated for more students at U of M, MSU Mankato:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/03/5-international-college-students-in-mankato-have-records-terminated-by-dhs

* "Ten Colorado international students – at least half Middle Eastern – have visas revoked:" https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/csu-cu-uccs-international-students-visas-revoked/

There were a bunch more of these as other colleges have started checking.

* "Colorado activist Jeanette Vizguerra's hearing delayed as legal team challenges deportation: "She was targeted":" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/family-legal-team-colorado-activist-jeanette-vizguerra-press-conference-hearing/

* "Judge denies Justice Department's effort to move detained Tufts student's case to Louisiana:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-detained-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-case-vermont/

* I can't cover all the protests in all the places people have been kidnapped from, but I want to thank all of you doing it. Stay noisy.

* "Students walk out at Ballou to demand release of Rümeysa Öztürk:" https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/04/students-walk-out-at-ballou-to-demand-release-of-rumeysa-ozturk

* "WATCH: Video shows Alireza Doroudi being detained by ICE officers at his apartment near the University of Alabama:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/watch-video-shows-alireza-doroudi-being-detained-by-ice-officers-at-his-apartment-near-the-university-of-alabama/

* "University of Alabama students protest to demand ICE release international student Alireza Doroudi:" https://www.wvtm13.com/article/university-alabama-protest-doroudi-student-detained-ice/64342584

* Reminder of how bullshit the claims are that they are renditioning criminals and not innocent asylum seekers: "The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/the-makeup-artist-donald-trump-deported-under-the-alien-enemies-act

* "British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-tourist-immigration-detained-2055805

* "‘Inhumane conditions’ and death at Miami’s Krome migrant detention center:" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-01/inhumane-conditions-and-death-at-miamis-krome-migrant-detention-center.html

* "Weekend protests in South Florida over Trump deportation program and Tesla:" https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-03-31/weekend-protests-south-florida-trump-deportation-program-tesla-doge

* "Protesters march through downtown Dallas for the Mega March 2025:" https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/thousands-march-through-downtown-dallas-for-the-mega-march-2025/

* I can't cover all the protests, but I like to remind people that they are out there: "Protesters in small New York village march to Trump border czar's home over family's ICE detention:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-small-new-york-village-march-trump-border-czars-home-family-rcna199867

* "United States Disappeared Tracker:" https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

* "Huger man accused of posing as ICE officer in viral video excused from court Friday:" https://abcnews4.com/news/local/huger-man-seen-posing-as-ice-officer-in-viral-video-excused-from-court-friday-wciv-abc-news-4-sean-johnson-sullivans-island-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-kidnapping

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* "Russian punk band Pussy Riot pops up at Washington Square Park to issue warnings about authoritarianism in America:" https://www.amny.com/news/pussy-riot-washington-square-park-authoritarianism/

* "Hundreds of protests planned as Trump's abuses generate wide array of grievances:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hundreds-of-protests-planned-as-trump-s-abuses-generate-wide-array-of-grievances-236612677727

* "Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

* "Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/04/05/g-s1-58479/photos-see-hands-off-protests-trump-musk

* "Anchorage demonstrators join ‘Hands Off!’ rally, part of national protests:"https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/04/05/over-1000-join-anchorages-hands-off-rally-part-of-national-protests/

* "Protesters mobilize across region for "Hands Off!" demonstrations:" https://6abc.com/post/protesters-mobilize-region-hands-off-demonstrations/16132025/

* "Demonstrators participate in "Hands Off" protests in South Florida, expressing frustrations with Trump administration:" https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-hands-off-president-trump-protest-elon-musk/

* "Big crowd for ‘Hands Off’ rally in heart of one of the most Trump supporting states in the country:" https://wvmetronews.com/2025/04/05/big-crowd-for-hands-off-rally-in-heart-of-one-of-the-most-trump-supporting-states-in-the-country/

* "See the photos as protesters gather in Eugene for the “Hands Off!” demonstration.:" https://www.registerguard.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/04/05/protesters-gather-in-eugene-for-hands-off-largest-nationwide-demonstrations-in-recent-years-over-110/82888339007/

* "Bellingham turns out for local version of national day of protest against Trump policies:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article303583746.html

* "'Bloodbath': Protesters meet Trump at every step as he butchers U.S. government agencies:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-bloodbath-protesters-meet-trump-at-every-step-as-he-butchers-u-s-government-agencies-236123717533

* "'There's no other savior or option': Resistance to Trump mobilizes as Americans have seen enough:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-there-s-no-other-savior-or-option-resistance-to-trump-mobilizes-as-americans-have-seen-enough-235933765750

* "Chris Kluwe got arrested protesting MAGA. He's still protesting because 'it's the right thing to do':" https://www.advocate.com/news/chris-kluwe-pride-flag-arrest-update

* "Trump voters got exactly what they wanted — so why are people complaining?:" https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-voters-tariffs/

* "We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy: Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.:" https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared

* "The frog of democracy is nearly boiled. We can still jump out of the pot.:" https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-dictatorship-universities-law-firms-20250323.html

* "Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Actions:" https://www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders

* "Democrats sue Trump administration over elections executive order:" https://archive.ph/Zcelw

* "Satire Won’t Save Us: Power, Masculinity, and the Cult of Trump:"

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* "Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/union-rights-federal-workers-donald-trump-00257010

* "Trump Just Pardoned … a Corporation?:" https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/

* "Several federal agencies launch a 'deferred resignation' effort to encourage workers to leave their jobs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-agencies-launch-new-deferred-resignation-effort-encourage-work-rcna199069

* "Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

* "Musk might be on his way out, but what happens to all the destruction he wrought on the federal government?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/musk-leaves-destruction

* "Protests against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-doge-protests-a07cb5f20d65d0fb4dcb3547e2b7879c

* "‘He’s a loser’: Tim Walz says Elon Musk’s ‘toxic personality’ repels voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-a-loser-tim-walz-says-elon-musk-s-toxic-personality-repels-voters-236279877905

* "The Tragedy and Comedy of Elon Musk:"

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* "Social Security: How to Prepare for Changes to Benefit Access:" https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-prepare-changes-benefit-access-2052895

* "A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year:" https://apnews.com/article/social-security-offices-closures-doge-trump-b2b1a5b2ba4fb968abc3379bf90715ff

* "Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits:" https://www.advocate.com/news/social-security-demands-activist-repay

You know how I've been expressing concerns about targeted attacks on people the administration doesn't like. Do I know it's happening here? No, but I suspect it.

* "Musk's claim Biden administration gave Social Security numbers to millions of noncitizens lacks context: The Enumeration Beyond Entry program grants Social Security numbers to successful applicants for U.S. residency, work permits and citizenship.:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/01/musk-biden-social-security-numbers/

* "Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-mills-social-security-maine-leland-dudek_n_67ed2d99e4b0b937ab8f135c

* "DOGE cuts stall Maine seafood business trying to go green:" https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/19/doge-cuts-stall-maine-seafood-business-trying-to-go-green/

* "Maine DHHS forced to end dozens of contracts due to federal cuts:" https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-dhhs-forced-to-end-dozens-of-contracts-due-to-federal-cuts-cdc-programs-president-donald-trump-doge-elon-musk

* "Children put at risk in Donald Trump's petty vendetta against the state of Maine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/children-put-at-risk-in-donald-trump-s-petty-vendetta-against-the-state-of-maine-236497989870

* "Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/waltzs-team-set-up-at-least-20-signal-group-chats-for-crises-across-the-world-00266845

* "Report: Waltz used Gmail for official work:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

* "Pentagon watchdog launches probe into Hegseth use of Signal chat ahead of Houthi airstrike:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-watchdog-launches-probe-signalgate/story?id=120458325

* "Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fresh-from-scandal-over-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-s-conduct-opens-him-to-ridicule-235934277935

* "One small part of Pete Hegseth's wardrobe is a big tell:" https://www.salon.com/2025/04/06/one-small-part-of-pete-hegseths-wardrobe-is-a-big-tell/

* He's doing another purge, this time based on a Neo-NAZI conspiracy theorist's suggestions. "Trump fires several national security officials over loyalty concerns:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/03/trump-moves-to-fire-several-nsc-officials-over-loyalty-concerns/

* "Laura Loomer Is a Warning: No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.:" https://archive.ph/jnAjK

* "‘Absurd’: Sen. Kim on MAGA conspiracist Laura Loomer's White House influence:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-absurd-sen-kim-on-maga-conspiracist-laura-loomer-s-white-house-influence-236597829503

* "Pete Hegseth Moves to Replace Military’s Lawyers for Chilling Reason:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192695/pete-hegseth-replace-military-lawyers

Yet more purges of competent and ethical people. It's extra scary because they are essential to ethical conduct of our military

* "Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions:" https://archive.ph/YIl3Z

They are having to censor the naval academy library because the diversity ban bars them from having books about MLK or Jackie Robinson.

* "Appeals court denies Trump DOJ’s request to halt injunction on trans military ban — for now:" https://www.advocate.com/news/appeals-court-trans-military-ban

* "Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban \:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nicolas-talbott-transgender-soldier-plaintiff

* "Transgender Army officer Erica Vandal was born into military service. Now, she's suing Trump to stay in :" https://www.advocate.com/news/erica-vandal-decorated-transgender-leader

* "This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of planes to save others. He's suing Trump to serve:" https://www.advocate.com/news/clayton-mccallister-transgender-pararescue-recruit

* "Veterans, unions, top Michigan Dems gather to protest Trump VA order in Ann Arbor:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/03/29/veterans-unions-michigan-dems-protest-trump-va-order-in-ann-arbor/82721024007/

* "Thousands laid off as Kennedy and Musk take aim at health agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/kennedy-lays-off-thousands-across-the-health-bureaucracy-00262913

* "The CDC Has Been Gutted:" https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif/

* For salt in the wounds of the illegally fired: "Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead.:" https://archive.ph/DOKuM

* "Democratic-led states sue to block Trump from $11 billion health funding cut:" https://archive.ph/i9gGl

* "HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-firings-put-disabled-americans-at-risk/

* "HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/01/g-s1-57716/hhs-layoffs-seniors-disabled-liheap-acl

* "Alzheimer’s Association Sounding the Alarm Over the Threat of Elimination of Alzheimer’s Programs at HHS, CDC:" https://www.alz.org/news/2025/threat-of-elimination-of-alzheimers-programs-hhs-cdc

* "Exclusive: Trump health layoffs include staff overseeing bird flu response, source says:" https://archive.ph/PzkLw

* "Measles outbreak in west Texas continues while cuts on health agencies loom:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5343519/measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-continues-while-cuts-on-health-agencies-loom

* "50 canceled measles clinics, and other local impact from HHS cuts:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-local-officials-react-rif-impacts-public-health/

* "Another child has died::" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-rfk-death-vaccine-4e28b0edf5cab47980b40b2d47f0ec50

* "Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH:" https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/

* This will bread more antibiotic resistant strains which is bad for everyone. Infectious disease know no borders. "Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths:" https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/health/tuberculosis-impact-usaid-funding-intl-scli/index.html

* "Trump team guts AIDS-eradication programme and slashes HIV research grants:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00969-5

* "HIV Activists March in NYC to Protest “Death by 1,000 Musk Cuts”:" https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-march-nyc-protest-death-1000-musk-cuts

* Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood: The Title X funds were earmarked for birth control and other non-abortion services. "Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cuts-tens-of-millions-from-planned-parenthood-00261763

It was already illegal to use federal funds for abortion. This is intended to prevent access to birth control and cancer screenings. They are lying when they say they are "Pro-Life."

* "FDA's top tobacco official removed from post in latest blow to agency's leadership:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fdas-top-tobacco-official-removed-post-latest-blow-120366010

* "Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life: Former medical official:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-fired-the-man-who-likely-saved-his-life-former-medical-official-236335685814

* "Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177

* "Drugmakers sink after key FDA official ousted as Trump plans health overhaul:" https://archive.ph/JYyC0

* "PHOTOS: Crowd gathers to protest firings, budget cuts at CDC:" https://www.ajc.com/configsection/photos-crowd-gathers-to-protest-firings-budget-cuts-at-cdc/MUC3JE3AKVE4HNYOGESFJCEHGU/

* " In a week, RFK Jr. fat-shames the West Virginia governor, fires 10k HHS workers, and enrages Wall Street:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/rfk-jr-offends-everyone

* "Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/senate-confirmation-mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid-00270913

* "National Park Rangers rebel against queer erasure on Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/news/park-rangers-transgender-stonewall-erasure

* "K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says:" https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-school-discrimination-federal-funding-7d1025753b9bd924711ace4069fca399

* "Trump administration announces anti-trans investigations team to fight 'gender ideology' in schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-anti-transgender-investigations

* "Trump’s Latest Power Grab Threatens Free Expression and LGBTQ+ Voices in Smithsonian Institutions:" https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/trumps-latest-power-grab-threatens-free-expression-and-lgbtq-voices-in-smithsonian-institutions

* "ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services :" https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services

* "The White House press corps just caved to Trump, and that should terrify you:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/white-house-press-caves-trump

* "These universities are in Trump's crosshairs. Many don’t know why.:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/these-universities-are-trumps-crosshairs-many-dont-know-why-2025-03-27/

* "Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University:" https://apnews.com/article/princeton-trump-federal-funding-9c32a996256849ac00792ef50dbdfb0e

* "Trump administration targets billions in funding to Harvard:" https://archive.ph/EP0gd

* "Judge dismisses Eric Adams case, denying DOJ an opportunity to revive it later:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/judge-dismisses-eric-adams-case-00265683

* "The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law: Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re working.:" https://archive.ph/gvgpv

* "Another big law firm cuts a deal with White House to avoid sanctions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/law-firm-cuts-deal-avoid-sanctions-00265285

* "Over 500 law firms sign brief backing Perkins Coie suit against Trump:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/500-law-firms-sign-brief-backing-perkins-coie/story?id=120499725

* "On a scale of 1-10, how freaked out is Eric Holder about the Trump admin so far?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-freaked-out-is-eric-holder-about-the-trump-admin-so-far-236290117814

* "Truth Social filing would allow Trump's trust to sell up to $2.3 billion in stock:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-truth-social-stock

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* "Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-birthright-citizenship-0787cdf8bd36b964c7974ed032717ed4?

* "The LGBTQ+ Supreme Court cases to watch this term:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-supreme-court-cases-2025#rebelltitem1

* "What are 'Religious Freedom' laws, and how are they used against LGBTQ+ people?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/religious-freedom-vs-lgbtq-rights

* "Supreme Court wrestles with red state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/scotus-wrestles-with-red-state-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood-00266466

* "Activists rally outside Supreme Court in DC ahead of Planned Parenthood funding case:" https://wjla.com/news/local/march-for-life-rally-planned-parenthood-funding-abortion-rights-anti-abortion-supreme-court-pro-life-choose-health-medina-south-atlantic-tax-dollars-washington-dc-motherhood

The one time I was able to go to a big DC protest it was in support of Abortion Rights when there was a case before the Supreme Court (on a date!) in 1989. That time, we won.

I want to thank all of you protesting out there.

* "Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5345607/supreme-court-education-department

* "Some House Republicans voice opposition to the Senate's newly adopted budget for Trump's agenda:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-adopts-new-budget-trumps-agenda-gop-cracks-emerge-rcna199747

They are doing dramatic cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax cuts to Billionaires.

If this passes, people die.

They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.

It is essential to contact your Reps, especially if they are "Freedom Caucus."

I know this is counter intuitive, but they are challenging from the extreme right. Maybe try something like: the tax cuts are driving up the debt. IDK, I'm bad at working out how they think. You know your Congress Critter best.Seriously, call in to all republican reps. Make whatever argument works if they ask for one. For regular republicans try: cutting medicaid really hurts seniors on Medicare too, as a lot have both, or something similar.

* "Medicaid cuts would decimate Native American programs, tribal health leaders say:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-cuts-native-american-health-programs/

* We'll see, I guess. "Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick Throws President Under Bus in Confirmation Hearing:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-joint-chiefs-pick-dan-caine-calls-him-a-liar-at-confirmation-hearing/

* "A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce:" https://apnews.com/article/veterans-congress-gallego-trump-6236bbc77ff1a98f736b1cf134cab609

* "Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominee-u-s-attorney-in-d-c-ed-martin-blocked-adam-schiff/

* "Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest 'crisis' he says Trump and Musk created:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/booker-stages-senate-filibuster-protest-crisis-trump-musk/story?id=120365354

* "BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker gives marathon speech to ‘disrupt’ Senate in protest of Trump, Musk:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/sen-cory-booker-filibusters-on-senate-floor-to-disrupt-the-senate-because-our-nation-is-in-crisis-235914309998

* "Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

* "Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration:" https://time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate/

* "Cory Booker wipes away a racist's record, fires up lost Democrats, and eyes a presidential run in 2028:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/cory-booker-record-speech

* "Cory Booker Broke a Record — Now Let's Fix Democracy!:"

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* "House Democrats open probe into FCC media investigations:" https://archive.ph/DfLAR

* "Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure: 'I will fight it with everything I've got':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-launches-campaign-investigate-department-education-closure/story?id=120388078

* "Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/face-off-between-trump-diehards-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-anna-luna-gets-ugly/

* "Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/becca-balint-trans-healthcare-bill

* "‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/town-hall-backlash-doge-signalgate-00005579

* "Charges dropped against trans advocate falsely accused of assault by Nancy Mace for giving her a firm handshake:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-handshake-charges-dropped

* "Sarah McBride: Trans visibility and proximity have never been more important than now:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/sarah-mcbride-opinion-tdov

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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

* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1

* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:" https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond

* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

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

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

"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/

White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/

ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

* This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/

* "Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.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

* "ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/

* Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/

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* "Trans and wanting to run for office? Danica Roem will help lead a training for transgender candidates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/victory-institute-transgender-training

* "PSA: If you or people you know voted in North Carolina:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3612905.html

They are trying to invalidate ballots from last November to overthrow an important election. Please check and cure your ballot if it's one of the ones in the court case.

* Democracy held in Wisconsin. "Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad

* "Jill Underly reelected as Wisconsin superintendent of schools:" https://www.wpr.org/news/april-election-dpi-state-superintendent-jill-underly-reelected-kinser

This is also a relief. I want to thank all of you who voted the whole ballot.

* "GOP retains two House seats in Florida, as Democrats claim 'historic' improvement:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5348089/florida-congressional-results-gop-patronis-fine

* "Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendments championed by Republican governor:" https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-constitutional-amendments-landry-c9a48606790251bdddb84978eea382ea

* "In Tuesday election, Aurora City Council incumbents appear to stay, except alderman at-large:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/aurora-alderman-at-large-election/

* Minnesotans! Don't Forget to Vote April 8! "Referendums on the April 8 special election ballot:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/01/minnesota-special-election-referendums-april-8

* "Minnesota Governor Walz Calls Special Election for Senate District 6 :" https://www.nfib.com/news/news/minnesota-governor-walz-calls-special-election-for-senate-district-6/

* "Gay U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas announces Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-runs-us-senate

* "Can Democrats win Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate seat? Mallory McMorrow says yes. | Opinion:" https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2025/04/06/u-s-senate-mallory-mcmorrow-democrat-dnc-michigan-elissa-slotkin-gary-peters/82797095007/

* "Protester carried out after undocumented student bill passes TN committee:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/protester-carried-out-after-undocumented-student-bill-passes-committee/

* "Florida Senate pushes ahead with 'don't say gay at work' bill after seemingly brushing it aside:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-work

* "Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-bans-fluoride-public-water-rcna193917

* "Utah bans Pride flags after “cowardly” governor avoids veto:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/utah-bans-pride-flags-after-cowardly-governor-avoids-veto/

* "Prosecutors seek 7-year prison sentence for George Santos in sweeping fraud case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-sentencing-recommendation

* "FBI raids leader of gay furry hacking group that went after the organization behind Project 2025:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/project-2025-gay-furry-hackers

* "Everyone Loved a Colorado Prison’s VFW Post—Until a Popular YouTuber Heard About It:" https://www.5280.com/everyone-loved-a-colorado-prisons-vfw-post-until-a-popular-youtuber-heard-about-it/

* "a promise, a threat, and a proportional response:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2033252.html

* "Here are 11 major companies standing up for DEI :" https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-keeping-dei#rebelltitem13

* "Alabama community saves library after funding cut over LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/alabama-town-saves-library

* "Iowa State students hold 'funeral' for LGBTQ+ center shut down by anti-DEI bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/iowa-state-lgbtq-center-closes-dei

* "Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity:"

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* "Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ashley-cummins-lesbian-harassment-lawsuit

* "A Disturbing Advance in Fetal Personhood:" https://www.thecut.com/article/why-a-georgia-womans-arrest-after-miscarriage-is-disturbing.html

* "Georgia's War on Reproductive Freedom:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpN99TQPs8Y

* "If a Fetus is a Baby...:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9x0SnANrjEI

* "A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out-of-State Abortions:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/

* "Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-men-surgery-hormones-benefits

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "World Athletics to require DNA testing of athletes in women's track and field:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/world-athletics-dna-testing

* "Montana judge blocks anti-trans bathroom law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/montana-2671627321

* "Parents don’t stop fighting for their LGBTQ+ kids:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/parents-dont-stop-fighting-for-their-lgbtq-kids

* "‘World’s largest transgender flag’ unfurled at Utah State Capitol for Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/inside-utah-politics/utah-largest-trans-flag-visibility/

* "Trump signed away my identity, but forgot biology doesn't follow orders:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/gender-diversity-in-nature

* "Ervianna 'Baydee' Johnson, Black trans woman, found dead in North Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/ervianna-johnson-transgender-woman-killed

* "Meet the transgender woman arrested for using a Florida Capitol restroom (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-arrested-florida-bathroom

* "Outrage follows after Texas gay campground doubles-down on banning transgender men from property:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-men-banned-texas-campground

* "Transgender girl joins boys' track and field team in Virginia:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/transgender-girl-joins-boys-team

* "‘You picked the wrong one’: Texas transgender teacher resigns after Libs of TikTok prompts far-right harassment campaign:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-teacher-resigns-after-targeting

* "A Mississippi cafe made a discount for straight couples only. Now, other restaurants are hitting back:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-cafe-discount-straight-only

* "In Memphis, Kayla Gore is building homes — and a future — for Black trans people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/black-transgender-housing-leader-tennessee

* "Autism’s missing women:" https://aeon.co/essays/the-missing-women-of-autism-are-differently-different?

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "Bird flu could be heading north this spring with fewer federal health officials working to stop it :" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bird-flu-heading-north-spring-fewer-federal-health-officials-working-s-rcna199607

* "Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk:" https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html

* "If You're Black, You Have Every Right To Be Paranoid About Where Your Genetic Data Is Going:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/23andme-genetic-discrimination_n_67eab84ce4b0b5d66dcfeb57

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* "Air pollution kills millions every year — where does it come from?:" https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution-sources

* "Without USAID, Myanmar Is Struggling to Recover From Its Massive Earthquake: “We have the capacity to save lives, and the choice has been not to use it,” said the former head of the agency’s Myanmar mission.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-usaid-myanmar-earthquake-response-aid/

* "Myanmar images reveal scale of quake destruction as death toll climbs more than 2,700:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-images-reveal-scale-quake-destruction-death-toll-climbs-2700-rcna199005

* "Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated:" https://kfor.com/science/ap-science/ap-authorities-in-iceland-evacuate-southwestern-town-and-blue-lagoon-spa-over-fear-of-volcanic-eruption/

* "Amidst signs of possible eruption, Alaska Volcano Observatory updates Upper Valley residents on Mt. Spurr:" https://ktna.org/2025/04/amidst-signs-of-possible-eruption-alaska-volcano-observatory-updates-upper-valley-residents-on-mt-spurr/

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* "Advocates cry foul after YouTube quietly removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy:" https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection

* "The Town That Went Crazy for Crypto: In San Pedro, Argentina, 16,000 people, a fifth of the population, signed up for a cryptocurrency exchange where everyone won. Until they didn’t.:" https://archive.ph/FCrti

* "Dora Richter: Lacemaker & Trans Pioneer:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FlgQhdOrT6c

* "These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/polaroid-images-polyamory-gay-men#rebelltitem51

* "Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-trans-zine-archives

* "Actor Val Kilmer has died — a look back at his most notable roles:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/val-kilmer-death-film-role-retrospective/105129062

* "ACT UP member Nanette Kazaoka, a fierce activist for marginalized people, is dead at 83:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nanette-kazaoka-aids-activist-obituary

* Social Security call back last Monday was an obviously exhausted and beaten down sounding woman. I'm sure it's absolutely terrible over there with terrified and likely furious Seniors calling all day. I apologized for bothering her because the phone tree was gone. I was polite as it was possible to be and I also laced in appreciation for her hard work and all the hard work they do over there, sincerely meant.

At one point I gave a little cough as I was doing the thing where I slowly lower chest elevation in preparation for sleep. She started apologizing like I'd yelled. I felt terrible and told her she needn't apologize and it was just a cough. I reiterated that I new how slammed they must be and how difficult it all is. It really made me wonder how rough other callers were being with people who's livelihoods were threatened through no fault of their own, that she be so alarmed by a cough.

By the time I was thanking her for her public service and wishing her the best of luck at the end of the call there were a tiny bit of life in her voice.

It was a small thing, a tiny drop of the bucket, done in the same spirit that leads me to apologize to a customer service worker when the person ahead of me has been a dick because someone owes them a damned apology, and then crank up my politeness to eleven. Nobody deserves to be treated like that by a single asshole customer, let alone by their own government. I can't really fix that, but I can least do my best to convey that I see the other person as a human being and think they deserve better.

The treatment of government workers in this country makes me furious.

All I can do is signal boost and hope people keep fighting for them and for all of us.

* Tuesday I had one of my periodic mega torso muscle spasm things, which ate a couple hour until I could get it under control. Luckily is was after I ran a couple essential, time sensitive errands.

Wednesday I was still aftershocky, but at the minor inconvenience level. I did errands by myself as two Millennials were making their homemade lasagna on the grand scale. The lasagna was magical.

In other news, My Social Security didn't arrive. On two previous occasions when Republicans were dicking around with Social Security, it came a day or two late, but under the current circumstances it is extra concerning. Have I been declared dead? Deleted from the roles by a teenager who decided I was disabled enough? Or are payments just delayed by assholery, but not gone, gone? I actually have some hope it's just delay as I checked in with a friend on SSI who did get theirs.

Still, there is no way to fix it until my in person appointment and that will be too late for Housing auto-withdraw.

Let's all cross our fingers, shall we?

Update: Tim Walz's mom's check was late too.

Update 2: Check arrives.

* My sleep schedule is still messed up, but luckily the meds disruption was only one day. (On time is ideal, but I don't have to be the kind of strict a lot of people do. Approximate works okay with most of my stuff. That said, three hours off on an anti-nausea medication is a special kind of unpleasant.)

Saturday, we did errands in the morning, because I'm not the only one dramatically sleep disrupted. They are no longer shopping like a hurricane is coming, but the drivers are dangerous and there is a different kind of panicky going on at the grocery store, which is hard to categorize. We were at the big ethical grocery (The Employee owned one), and I noticed they had way more people on shift than is usual for even the first weekend of the month, which suggests they've adjusted to the panic buying and anticipated both in ordering staple foods and staffing how people were going to react to Trump crashing the economy this week.

I still need to hit two more stores this week for things about to be in short supply that are important and necessary. I am exhausted.

We did do a little errand each for me and Goth Millennial for which the other stayed in the car because we were exhausted. We were supposed to go downtown, but had very little left and both had groceries to put away. (Goth Millennial is being jerked around again and hasn't been paid in almost a month for aid work. Things are getting pretty gnarly here at the Cat Asylum, but nothing can be done just yet as we have to wait on things out of our hands. *gestures at Trump and Musk setting the government on fire*).

There was a big demo with thousands of people downtown proper near the courthouse/city hall, but we weren't up to it. There has been a regular Friday demonstration more central downtown for decades. We get a lot of other demonstrations on different days generally as well. This is a very left wing town. It's a small city, but we do love to demonstrate.

We did pass a small, separate demonstration on the was home, but they had hands off signs, so I waved and beeped.

I am double booked Tuesday for two time sensitive things that protect my benefits. (I tried to get wait listed. I tried to move the theoretically more moveable one. It is impossible, which doesn't surprise me. *gestures to the government being on fire* The appointments are 40 minutes apart on check in and about fifteen minutes apart for space. I am terrified I won't make it. My plan is to try to go very early for appointment one in hopes somebody cancels. I have already gathered the paperwork.

I am FUCKED if I miss either.

Then I get inspected on the 11th, a thing I am in no way prepared for, and can't get anyone to help with. *See Goth Millennial being not paid.* I have tried calling around for other help. No joy.

* "Tasers & Excited Delirium: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "MAGA Becomes TIT | Why Trump Wants A Third Term | J.D.'s Stupid Greenland Trip:"

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* "Trump's Tariff Spectacle | Good Climate Change? | Everyone Is At Risk Of Being Sent To El Salvador:"

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* "Trump Risks Historic Economic Damage | Musk Crushed In Wisconsin | Sen. Booker's Marathon Speech:"

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* "Trump Jets Off To Watch Golf After Triggering Global Market Meltdown | No Tariffs On Russia:"

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* "7 lesbian-coded characters who made history in Hollywood's pre-Code era:" https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/7-lesbian-coded-early-characters

* "A Liberation Carol:"

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* "The New Students- Woody Guthrie Cover - All You Fascists Bound To Lose:"

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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.

* "United States Disappeared Tracker:" https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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* I didn't get even half the election stuff up, but I'm losing the bottom of the post, so here we are. The air quality remains terrible and I an drowning in prepped links. Sorry.

* "'The worst is yet to come': IMF issues stark recession warning:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/economy/imf-world-economic-outlook/index.html

* "Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-journalist-who-broke-news-mahsa-amini-pays-heavy-price-2022-10-11/

* "Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's family receiving death threats, cousin says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63200649

* "Amini's first name and the devaluing of Kurdish lives :" https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-718982

* "Internet freedom activists scramble to help Iranians evade Tehran’s digital crackdown:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/internet-freedom-activists-scramble-help-iranians-evade-tehrans-digita-rcna50232

* "Lula brands Bolsonaro ‘tiny little dictator’ in Brazil TV debate:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/17/lula-brands-bolsonaro-tiny-little-dictator-in-brazil-tv-debate

* "The far-right is trying to stack school boards. Vote in your city election to make sure schools are safe for all kids:" https://www.benandjerrys.ca/en/whats-new/2022/10/vote-in-city-elections

* "Eddie Izzard officially launches Sheffield MP bid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/11/eddie-izzard-sheffield-central-mp-labour-party/

* "Scottish Greens cuts ties with Green Party of England and Wales over transphobia:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/18/scottish-greens-green-party-transphobia-england-wales/

* "Gwynedd council calls for abolition of title Prince of Wales:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/07/gwynedd-council-calls-for-abolition-of-title-prince-of-wales

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* "What comes after Omicron? New variants are emerging.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/what-comes-after-omicron-new-variants-are-emerging

* "Medium COVID Could Be the Most Dangerous COVID:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/10/covid-symptoms-medium-term-post-infection-complications/671684/

* "US clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5:" https://apnews.com/article/science-health-business-covid-daaf1a4e5223d3b1251c4606b422ee0d

* "House report alleges Trump aides blocked public health officials from providing accurate Covid-19 information during pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/politics/covid-19-report-house-democrats-trump-health-officials/index.html

* "Report reveals greater extent of Trump admin interference in CDC than previously known:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/report-reveals-greater-extent-of-trump-admin-interference-in-cdc-than-previously-known-150916165763

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* "Would Lukashenko really throw Belarus into a war Russia is losing?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/alexander-lukashenko-belarus-russia-ukraine-war-putin

* "Biden promises Ukraine 'advanced air defense systems' after Russian missile strikes:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/politics/biden-zelensky-advanced-air-defense-systems/index.html

* "Russian shelling cuts external power to Ukraine nuclear plant :" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-shelling-cuts-external-power-ukraine-nuclear-plant-kyiv-2022-10-17/

* "Ukraine says Russia has kidnapped two officials at occupied nuclear plant:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-has-kidnapped-two-officials-occupied-nuclear-plant-2022-10-18/

* "Putin warns of further retaliation as Ukraine hit by massive wave of strikes:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/explosions-kyiv-ukraine-war-russia-crimea-putin-bridge

* "30% of Ukraine's power stations destroyed by strikes; Zelenskyy urges troops to take more Russian prisoners:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/18/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Scholar: Crippling Civilian Infrastructure Has Long Been Part of Russian Generals’ Playbook:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/10/14/civilian-infrastructure-putin-russia/

* "Explosion on 12-Mile Crimea Bridge Kills 3:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/08/world/russia-ukraine-war-news

* "Ukraine says it recaptured 1,200 sq km of Kherson region in ongoing counteroffensive:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-recaptured-1200-sq-km-kherson-region-ongoing-counteroffensive-2022-10-09/

* "Russia announces Kherson evacuation, raising fears city will become frontline:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/13/russia-announces-kherson-evacuation-raising-fears-city-will-become-frontline

* "Strikes Hit Staging Ground for Troops in Russia’s Border Region:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-belgorod-donetsk.html

* "‘He joined the enemy’: a Ukraine soldier on fighting his father on Russian side:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/ukraine-soldier-confronts-father-fighting-russia-putin

* "Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/16/russian-troops-kill-ukrainian-musician-yuriy-kerpatenko-for-refusing-role-in-kherson-concert

* "Russian women run Ukraine anti-war protests despite danger:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-women-run-ukraine-anti-war-protests-danger/story?id=91378202

* "Russia’s antiwar movement goes far beyond street protests:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/18/russian-dissent-protest-ukraine-war/

* "Russia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin's war:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-lebanon-syria-87c3b6fea3f4c326003123b21aa78099

* "On the american left's love affair with failure:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1845936.html?view=6997424&posted=1#cmt6997424

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* "‘Enough is enough’: Dems rage at Saudis over oil cut, vow to block weapons sales:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/10/dems-rage-at-saudis-over-oil-cut-vow-to-block-weapons-sales-00061123

* "Biden administration to tap oil reserve again ahead of midterms:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/18/biden-spr-oil-reserve-release-fuel-prices-00062269

* "Biden acknowledges a 'slight recession' is possible, even if he doesn't think it'll happen :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/politics/recession-joe-biden-cnntv/index.html

* "Biden issues a 2023 pledge to Dems: Hold on to Congress and I’ll sign abortion rights into law:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/18/biden-to-pledge-legalizing-abortion-on-roe-anniversary-if-dems-expand-majorities-00062268

* "‘Americans need to make their voices heard’: White House Press Sec. on Biden’s midterms message:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-pledges-to-codify-abortion-protections-if-democrats-expand-house-and-senate-majorities-in-midterms-151030341670

* "Being good at your job is praxis:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/698527711939985409/being-good-at-your-job-is-praxis

* "1st lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast:" https://apnews.com/article/business-california-rhode-island-providence-pacific-ocean-45834c87281b6f13acc9783b2d84f1e2

* "The Supreme Court's conservative majority wants to gut the Voting Rights Act—again:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-alabma-racial-gerrymandering-roberts-alito/

* "Clarence Thomas could be sole justice to rule on Trump Mar-a-Lago case:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/clarence-thomas-could-be-sole-justice-to-rule-on-trump-mar-a-lago-case-150431301954

* "Prices rose again in September, ensuring more interest rate hikes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/13/fed-inflation-september-cpi/

* "Mortgage rates hit 20-year high:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/homes/mortgage-rates-october-13-2022/index.html

* "Rubio backs bill that would raise drug prices; odd move for an election year in Florida:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rubio-backs-bill-that-would-raise-drug-prices-odd-move-for-an-election-year-in-florida-150355525945

* "Republicans introduce NATIONAL "don't say gay" bill:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1846111.html

* "Dollar General Claims It’s A Discount Store. It’s Not.:" https://perfectunion.us/dollar-general-prices/

* "Perspective | They’re in federal prison, and they’re done staying quiet:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/01/federal-prisoners-speak-out-report/

* "Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-officials-invest-in-companies-their-agencies-oversee-11665489653?mod=hp_lead_pos7

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely 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.

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

* "Ron DeSantis Has Confused Floridians Arrested in Yet Another Disturbing Political Stunt:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/ron-desantis-florida-voter-fraud-arrests

* "New body cam footage sheds light on DeSantis ‘election integrity’ arrests:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-body-cam-footage-sheds-light-on-desantis-election-integrity-arrests-151026245638

* It needs to be for all or none. Making it easy to vote only in Republican counties is unfair."Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/14/ron-desantis-florida-hurricane-ian-voting-rules

* "Scholar: Challenges to Voters are Growing Before the Midterms – and Pose a Direct Threat to Voting Rights:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/10/12/challenges-to-voters-growing-before-midterms/

* "Eligibility challenged for hundreds of Cobb County, GA voters:" https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/10/06/cobb-county-georgia-voters-challenged

* "Truth Bomb From A Professor On MSNBC- "They Do Not Want Democracy. They Want White Rule.":" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/12/2128443/-Truth-Bomb-From-A-Professor-On-MSNBC-They-Do-Not-Want-Democracy-They-Want-White-Rule

* "Another way of laundering credentials and citations:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1845757.html

* "'I've gone too far to turn back': Maddow reveals threat to U.S. 'lost to history':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-i-ve-gone-too-far-to-turn-back-maddow-reveals-threat-to-u-s-lost-to-history-150349893948

* "Across time and place, authoritarians share some common features:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/across-time-and-place-authoritarians-share-some-common-features-150445125911

* "What could happen if GOP candidates refuse to concede in races across the country?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/arizona-s-kari-lake-is-just-one-of-hundreds-of-republican-election-deniers-on-the-ballot-this-fall-150907461660

* "McCarthy signals GOP-led House likely to oppose more aid to Ukraine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/18/house-republicans-ukraine-mccarthy/

* If you do not vote for Democrats in November you are voting for this. "Chris Hayes: What a Kevin McCarthy-led Congress would mean for America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-a-kevin-mccarthy-led-congress-would-mean-for-america-151025221619

* "GOP tips hand on House majority plan: cut popular programs, investigate Biden, sow chaos:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/gop-tips-hand-on-house-majority-plan-cut-popular-programs-investigate-biden-sow-chaos-151034949866

* "Warren: GOP 'loud and clear' on plan to blow up economy if they hold Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-gop-loud-and-clear-on-plan-to-blow-up-economy-if-they-hold-congress-150523461797

* "Trump, election denial, QAnon and Dan Cox: In Maryland, the GOP marginalizes itself:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/07/cox-qanon-trump-gop-maryland/

* "Calamitous GOP candidates keep control of Senate within Democratic reach through midterms:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/calamitous-gop-candidates-keep-control-of-senate-within-democratic-reach-through-midterms-150357061920

* "Some Republicans are saying ‘my Democratic opponent is demon-possessed’ during midterms push:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/election-deniers-pose-big-threat-to-midterms-as-some-republicans-accuse-democratic-opponents-of-being-demon-possessed-150615621666

* "Abortion on the ballot: here are the US states voting on the to choose:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/11/us-midterms-abortion-initiatives-california-michigan-kentucky-vermont-montana

* "‘Michigan could become Texas’ — Voters see stark choice on abortion referendum:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/17/michigan-abortion-referendum-00061952

* "Rep. Eric Swalwell premieres ad ‘Lock Her Up’ on what's at stake as abortion bans are enforced:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/abortion-bans-will-lead-to-women-s-arrest-as-depicted-in-new-ad-lock-her-up-premiered-by-rep-eric-swalwell-150897733915

* "Opinion | Republicans can’t keep getting away with racist and sexist comments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/11/republicans-racism-sexism-tuberville-bolduc/

* "From Kanye to Trump: The mainstreaming of antisemitism on the American right:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/from-kanye-to-trump-the-mainstreaming-of-antisemitism-on-the-american-right-150898757725

* "Republican authoritarianism adds familiar antisemitic accompaniment:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-authoritarianism-adds-familiar-antisemitic-accompaniment-150915653617

* "Racist 'white replacement theory' runs parallel to conservative political issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/racist-white-replacement-theory-runs-parallel-to-conservative-political-issues-151035461935

* "Midterms see Democrats pit practical, small-ball politics against GOP demagoguing racism:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/midterms-see-democrats-pit-practical-small-ball-politics-against-gop-demagoguing-racism-150913605853

* "It’s a historic year for Black women candidates from Val Demings to Stacey Abrams and many more:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/black-women-are-running-for-competitive-races-in-historic-numbers-from-val-demings-to-stacey-abrams-and-more-151031365508

* "Two Democrats could be first lesbian governors in US history:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/18/lesbian-governor-gubernatorial-election-us-tina-kotek-maura-healey/

* "Behind Oz’s Crime Attacks Is a Play for the Philly Suburbs:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/us/politics/oz-fetterman-crime-philadelphia.html

* "Dr. Oz Staged a Photo With Someone Who Lost Family Members to Gun Violence:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/10/dr-mehmet-oz-staged-encounter-with-a-victim-of-gun-violence.html

* "Bolduc raises unsubstantiated possibility of 2022 election impropriety ahead of New Hampshire Senate contest:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/politics/new-hampshire-senate-don-bolduc/index.html

* "Republican Senate Candidate Don Bolduc Calls Embryo Disposal “Disgusting Practice,” Leaves Door Open on National Ban:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/don-bolduc-calls-embryo-disposal-disgusting-practice

* "Michigan governor debate features accusations of lies, with abortion front and center:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/13/michigan-governor-abortion-debate-00061810

* "School Board Candidate Posts Nazi Rainbow Flag Online:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/22/school-board-candidate-posts-nazi-rainbow-flag-online

* "Gay Democrat & Gay Republican Face Off for Congressional Seat:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/9/22/gay-democrat-gay-republican-face-congressional-seat

* "Moore and Cox shake hands, then gloves come off in lone debate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/12/maryland-governor-debate-moore-cox/

* "Wisconsinites have a negative view of Sen. Ron Johnson. It may not hurt his reelection chances.:" https://www.wpr.org/sen-ron-johnson-wisconsin-reelection-republicans-democrats-mandela-barnes-polling

* "Blake Masters Is the Most Dangerous Candidate in America:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/blake-masters-arizona-republican-senate-nominee-is-the-most-dangerous-candidate-in-america

* "Woman says she had to press Herschel Walker to pay for abortion he wanted:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/11/herschel-walker-abortion-payment/

* "'Hypocrisy': Stacey Abrams rips Kemp response to Herschel Walker report:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-hypocrisy-stacey-abrams-rips-kemp-response-to-herschel-walker-abortion-report-150346309508

* "Walker, Warnock clash over abortion, trustworthiness at Georgia debate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/10/14/walker-warnock-debate-georgia-senate/

* "Walker and Warnock square off in Georgia Senate debate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/walker-and-warnock-square-off-in-georgia-senate-debate-150706757964

* "Stacey Abrams encourages GA voters to vote early to neutralize Kemp’s voter suppression policies:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-says-georgia-voters-must-vote-early-to-neutralize-kemp-s-voter-suppression-policies-150524997718

* "Warnock says Georgia Senate opponent Walker has a ‘problem with the truth’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/warnock-walker-georgia-senate-race-debate-sees-sparks-fly-150710853698

* "Scandals immaterial to Walker's supporters seeking Senate control:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/scandals-immaterial-to-walker-s-supporters-seeking-senate-control-150708293830

* "Joy Reid on why Herschel Walker is the 'perfect Black candidate' for Trump Republicans:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/joy-reid-on-why-herschel-walker-is-the-perfect-black-candidate-for-trump-republicans-150708805946

* "7 Times GOP Sen. Josh Hawley Has Been the Worst:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/9/26/7-times-gop-sen-josh-hawley-has-been-worst#media-gallery-media-1

* "Chris Jones running to be governor of Arkansas:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/chris-jones-running-to-be-governor-of-arkansas-150778437919

* "Ex-Republican congressman Riggleman appears in ad supporting Spanberger:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/10/spanberger-riggleman-campaign-ad/

* "Can Cheri Beasley build a winning coalition in North Carolina?:" https://19thnews.org/2022/10/cheri-beasley-north-carolina-senate-race-voter-coalition/

* "Five takeaways from the second Ohio Senate debate:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/politics/ohio-senate-debate-takeaways-tim-ryan-jd-vance/index.html

* "J.D. Vance Defends Texas Abortion Ban, Calls Rape ‘Inconvenient’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-defends-texas-abortion-ban-calls-rape-inconvenient

* "Ohio Senate debate with Ryan, Vance descends into attacks:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ohio-donald-trump-rob-portman-cleveland-4e6027437b2632eb244c805de200dda6

* "Ohio U.S. Senate nominee Tim Ryan: J. D. Vance is an absolute fraud wearing a tin foil hat:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ohio-u-s-senate-race-democratic-nominee-tim-ryan-calls-out-gop-opponent-j-d-vance-as-absolute-fraud-150437957883

* "Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race:" https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/fourteen-members-of-laxalt-family-endorse-democratic-rival-cortez-masto-in-senate-race

* "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home to avoid being served with subpoena, court record says:" https://www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1126453612/in-utah-trump-backed-independent-evan-mcmullin-challenges-incumbent-sen-mike-lee

* " Ken Paxton is America’s worst attorney general. He’ll win anyway.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/11/ken-paxton-worst-attorney-general-texas/

* "Texas AG Ken Paxton's legal troubles are a campaign issue. What's behind them?:" https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/17/ken-paxton-legal-troubles-are-a-campaign-issue-in-2022-election/69547902007/

* "Tuberville, Greene slammed for racist rhetoric at Trump rallies:" https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/10/10/tommy-tuberville--marjorie-taylor-greene-push-racist-rhetoric-at-trump-rallies

* "Democrats call Sen. Tuberville’s comments about crime and reparations racist:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/tuberville-reparations-crime-black-americans/

* "“I’m Not Going To Say He’s Being Racist”: Fellow Republican Defends Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s Reparations Remarks:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/fellow-republican-defends-sen-tommy-tubervilles-reparations-remarks

* "Tuberville, Greene slammed for racist rhetoric at Trump rallies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/11/republican-states-crime-rates-tuberville/

* "Mehdi: Openly racist Republicans like Tuberville face no backlash from GOP :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-openly-racist-republicans-like-tuberville-face-no-backlash-from-gop-150341701876

* "5 Takeaways From the Utah Senate Debate:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/us/politics/utah-senate-debate-lee-mcmullin.html

* "Fact check: Mike Lee's own texts contradict his debate claims about his effort to overturn the 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/18/politics/fact-check-mike-lee-january-6-texts/index.html

* "The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/magazine/marjorie-taylor-greene.html

* "Analysis | Welcome home, Marjorie Taylor Greene:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/greene-mccarthy-house-republicans-trump/

* "Los Angeles Confronts Racial Divide Anew After Leak of Racist Comments:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/us/los-angeles-city-council-race.html

* "Kyrsten Sinema Touts Friendship With McConnell as Popularity Dips:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/9/26/kyrsten-sinema-touts-friendship-mcconnell-popularity-dips

* "Governor voids territorial orders targeting Native Americans:" https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-native-americans-michelle-lujan-grisham-11b5023cc1557bae38a565d0b27fea6d

* "Trump's conspiracy theory collides with reality in another embarrassing Durham failure:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-conspiracy-theory-collides-with-reality-in-another-embarrassing-durham-failure-151034437792

* "Trump's Durham probe backfires, also damages national security:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-durham-probe-backfires-also-damages-national-security-151036485592

* "House inquiry: Trump charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates for hotel stays:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-inquiry-trump-charged-secret-service-exorbitant-rates-for-hotel-stays-150898245756

* "DOJ has witness who says Trump ordered moving of Mar-a-Lago boxes:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/doj-has-witness-who-says-trump-ordered-moving-of-mar-a-lago-boxes-150530629669

* "Report of Trump's hand in moving documents 'a game changer':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/report-of-trump-s-hand-in-moving-documents-a-game-changer-150530117931

* "Expert: Reported Trump worker account on Mar-a-Lago boxes could mean obstruction of justice charge:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-worker-allegedly-told-fbi-mar-a-lago-documents-boxes-were-moved-on-former-president-s-orders-washington-post-reports-150524997867

* "Investigators concerned Trump took documents on trips to New York, New Jersey:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/investigators-concerned-trump-took-documents-on-trips-to-new-york-new-jersey-wsj-150716485621

* "Mehdi: Kevin McCarthy among most ‘cowardly, duplicitous, hypocritical’ politicians:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-kevin-mccarthy-among-most-cowardly-duplicitous-hypocritical-politicians-150435397557

* "'Oh, wow!': Brian Sicknick's brother reacts to Trump subpoena by January 6 Committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-oh-wow-brian-sicknick-s-brother-reacts-to-trump-subpoena-by-january-6-committee-150622790002

* "Jan. 6 Committee raises specter of criminal referrals including for Secret Service members:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jan-6-committee-raises-specter-of-criminal-referrals-including-for-secret-service-members-150624325778

* "Security or something else? Questions linger about Secret Service intentions toward Pence:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/security-or-something-else-questions-linger-about-secret-service-intentions-toward-pence-150626885610

* "Alex Jones ordered to pay almost $1 billion in damages after trial exposes his depravity:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-almost-1-billion-in-damages-after-trial-exposes-his-depravity-150531141888

* "At Least 5 Killed, Including Off-Duty Police Officer, in Raleigh Shooting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/us/raleigh-shooting.html

* "Kansas City Police Called Reports of Serial Killer Targeting Black Women 'Unfounded.' Then a Woman Escaped.:" https://jezebel.com/kansas-city-police-called-reports-of-serial-killer-targ-1849664650

* "Half of US broadcast network dramas are about cops:" https://qz.com/1872176/half-of-us-network-tv-dramas-are-about-cops/

* "Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-americans-recall-torture-hatred-boarding-schools-rcna52470

* "Coiner of the term "critical race theory" brings banned books to voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/coiner-of-the-term-critical-race-theory-brings-banned-books-to-voters-150778949852

* CW: Abuse, Disordered Eating, Hate Speech. "The Bizarre Cult Who Mummified Their "God":"

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* CW: Rape. "Gay Comedian Reveals He Was Raped in a Sauna:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/20/gay-comedian-adam-kay-reveals-he-was-raped-new-zealand-sauna

* "New York judge rules in favor of polyamorous relationships:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/new-york-judge-rules-favor-polyamorous-relationships/

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* "Football boss quits over shameful ties to anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion church:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/04/essendon-football-club-ceo-andrew-thorburn-church-homosexuality/

* "Tokyo edges towards marriage equality – but LGBTQ+ campaigners aren’t happy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/11/tokyo-same-sex-partnership-scheme/

* "Gay former monk has dream wedding after being forced to quit Catholic church:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/10/gay-former-monk-wedding-catholic-church/

* "Top surgery improves quality of life for trans people, according to science:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/30/top-surgery-trans-young-people-study/

* "Trans people share moving stories of how chest binding helped them find joy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/30/what-is-chest-binding-trans-mermaids/

* "Trans women must sign up for US military draft under 'irrational' rule:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/11/selective-service-system-trans-women-us-military/

* "Christian teacher fired after hate campaign against queer 'propaganda':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/11/christian-teacher-fired-objecting-same-sex-parents-childrens-book/

* "Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2022/9/21/southern-baptists-votes-expel-lgbtq-affirming-church

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* "‘Everything is saturated’: what’s driving the latest floods in eastern Australia:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/18/everything-is-saturated-whats-driving-the-latest-floods-in-eastern-australia

* "Homes inundated by swollen rivers in Australian floods:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/flood-warnings-as-southeast-australia-lashed-by-heavy-rain/2022/10/13/9b139a5c-4aad-11ed-8153-96ee97b218d2_story.html

A friend of mine who lives (luckily on high ground) in the area suggests donations if to this homeless shelter if you are moved to help. They can always use money and they are about to be even more necessary in the immediate aftermath: https://www.mcm.org.au/donate-now

* "Venezuelan rescuers search for missing as flood death toll grows:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-rescuers-search-52-missing-after-deadly-floods-2022-10-10/

* "Hundreds of homes are already underwater, and this river is expected to stay flooded through Thanksgiving:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/weather/florida-flooding-st-johns-hurricane-ian-climate/index.html

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* "This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage:" https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/02/us/solar-babcock-ranch-florida-hurricane-ian-climate/index.html

* "Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96:" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63221326

* "Let’s not forget what Angela Lansbury did during the worst years of the AIDS epidemic:" https://www.queerty.com/lets-not-forget-angela-lansbury-worst-years-aids-epidemic-20221012

* Please don’t do this. It hurts real people. "Jeffrey Dahmer victim's mum heartbroken over people dressing as him for Halloween:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/17/jeffrey-dahmer-halloween-costume-victim-tony-hughes-netflix/

* "Crime Reporting:"

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* "Putin's Bridge Of Dreams Blown Up | Fox Backpedals On Kanye | Dr. Oz Poses With Hitler's Car:"

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* "Transgender Rights II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Vlad Gone Mad - Hackers Target U.S. Airport Websites:" https://www.cc.com/video/yf4h9b/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-vlad-gone-mad-hackers-target-u-s-airport-websites

* "The Amazing Racism - Tommy Tuberville, Kanye West & More:" https://www.cc.com/video/4srygd/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-amazing-racism-tommy-tuberville-kanye-west-more

* "Votedemic 2022 - Our Crumbling Election Infrastructure:" https://www.cc.com/video/oxtq48/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-our-crumbling-election-infrastructure

* "Gig Economy Upended, Votedemic 2022 & Fat Bear Scandal:" https://www.cc.com/video/j2opaq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-gig-economy-upended-votedemic-2022-fat-bear-scandal

* "So Much News, So Little Time - Alex Jones Verdict & More:" https://www.cc.com/video/ntyah0/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-so-much-news-so-little-time-alex-jones-verdict-more

* "Trump's Truth Social Problems & Herschel Walker Prop Badge:" https://www.cc.com/video/dlr0ot/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-trump-s-truth-social-problems-herschel-walker-prop-badge

* "TikTok for Grownups & Wild Political Ads:" https://www.cc.com/video/3jgv8v/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-tiktok-for-grownups-wild-political-ads

* "Women's Charity - SNL:"

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* "We Got Brought - SNL:"

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* "Kim Jong Un Is Flexing His Fashion:"

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* "Fat Bear Week Scandal | Russia Launches Cyberattacks Against U.S. Targets:"

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* "Alex Jones Is Out A Billion | Walker Changes The Subject | Zuck Bets Legs Will Save His Metaverse:"

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* Monday morning over a week, the apartment smelt like a forest fire. I was really exhausted and struggling with lungs and sinuses all day. After midnight, the long absent breeze blew in from Alaska to clear the smoke away. Tuesday was much better.

* Wednesday, I collected Head Millennial and Techie Millennial downtown. We did errands and after techie Millennial worked on outside decoration while head Millennial dis assorted other things. This was a lot of excitement for Tavy, but also a confusion for both cats. Livia kept hearing it was quiet and coming out to see if they'd gone only to find one or more still there. The horror! Tavy did not know which of the three of us to follow around.

At one point Head Millennial went off to a local shop on break while techie and I were working on patio decoration. From Tavy's perspective, we all three went out the patio door and were doing something interesting, only Head Millennial had disappeared. He kept escaping to try to check the bushes. He was so concerned, Livia came out and was peering worriedly over his shoulder to try to work out what was upsetting him. we still have a bunch of interior stuff to finish, but most of the boxes are back in their closets, and at this point, exterior stuff is the priority, since the interior stuff stays up until the first week of January.

REMINDER: We are doing my Birthday party Saturday. an out of town friend arrives for it Friday intending to spend the weekend. I am going to be terribly busy and this will effect posting.

NOTE: I am super behind on the aggregate as the air quality issue is messing me up. This means news is going to me sporadic and often late. Apologies.

* I had hoped to post the aggregate before going offline for several days. Obviously, that didn't happen. I'm also dealing with terrible air quality and a massive amount of pain, and I just kept needing to go to bed early. I am doing my best to catch up on all the stuff that didn't get done here and elsewhere. Bare with.

Oldest Continuous friend, aka the Pseudo-Sibling, arrived safe Friday and we hung out all afternoon and Evening. Saturday's party was excellent. (Everyone vaccinated. Four of us Omicron boosted, the others careful maskers). Sunday, Head Millennial made Lasagnas and the three of us had a really nice dinner. I picked up the Pseudo-Sibling after my morning appointment and we hung out until it was time for them to go. A grand time was had by all except Livia, who gave up and decided to pretend the guest wasn't here as there was important cat business she was putting off.

Testing went as expected for the most part, but yielded interesting new data regarding the Cantaloupe incident. I am wildly, wildly allergic to grass. I was mildly allergic as a kid, but it was mostly a matter of itching when forced to sit on it, but living for years in Eugene surrounded by grass farmers and burn clouds, I started really getting sick. This is no surprise. Two previous allergists treated me for grass, weed, and tree allergies, but after my mother died there was no way to cover the copay, so I stopped getting treatment. Modern Medicare covers it free, so here I am.

Apparently, in a tiny percentage of adults allergic to the two types of grass I am wildly allergic two (as opposed to somewhat or mildly allergic to), the pollen can bind to the proteins in certain fruits and vegetables anfd one can get a very bad reaction. The most common of these sets of fruit and vegetables this can happen with in the case of my worst grass species is cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, and cucumber. My instinct not to test honeydew and watermelon was the correct one. The cantaloupe that nearly set me to the hospital was from the height of grass season, thus the very worst time to eat one. The good news is there's a chance I'll get melons and cucumber back if I eat them early in the season and the treatments are successful, as I'm not actually allergic to the foods themselves. It was the equivalent of me swallowing fistfuls of grass.

It is so like me to have a rare reaction.

In other allergy news, we knocked out the tree I was allergic to last go round, which just leaves grasses and a couple of weeds. I am still not allergic to cats, dogs, and mites. I am never allergic to indoor anything, which allergist usually never believe and insist on retesting. This doctor believed me and the results of testing. I am so allergic to perennial rye that the big raised ball of rash was still driving me crazy at bedtime even with all the meds. It was dramatically worse than the positive control and the other really bad grass, which barely itched by that point.

Weird thing that came out of it. My previous allergic apparently moved and now shares a practice with current allergist, but all the old records are lost. O.o

When I went out for my free birthday pumpkin chai, it looked almost like the Dustbowl from wildfire particulates. I had to go inside because they closed the drive thru for air quality. It was that bad. Seriously do you know how bad it has to be out there for Starbucks to start caring about health and safety? It's hard not to stare at the sun when it's that shade of red. It's mesmerizing.

In other news, I'm still behind on bills, but I do have money to sort out the car for winter. It will be tight, but I have hopes of November working out.

* My oldest continuous friend is running this. They are an amazing GM and it's an excellent premis. Trust me, it will be worth your time: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cl8z5uk6t000n09l885zn2z4f?fbclid=IwAR1AYySxY3q0rqYki_z3C3myk_PitoKzPxEkbeDSJKjGesUQeo67Ax2fkJs

* "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex:" https://www.tor.com/2020/07/29/the-mysterious-study-of-dr-sex-tamsyn-muir/

* Humans and Aliens vs Food: https://iodhadh.tumblr.com/post/161207695888/repost-of-my-humans-as-aliens-story-snippet

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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.

* "Plan Your Vote: 2022 Elections:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-2022-elections/index.html?language=english&state=WA

* "How to help Pakistan’s flood victims:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-to-help-pakistans-flood-victims

* "How to help victims of Hurricane Ian in Florida:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-to-help-victims-of-hurricane-ian-in-florida

* "A List of UK Trans Charities:" https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/a-list-of-uk-trans-charities-2e26fb4032fd

* How to help Puerto Rico: https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/695979319094394880

* Important 2022 Senate Races and how to donate: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/694338688722796544

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

* Fundraiser for final costs for a long time internet friend's mother: https://www.gofundme.com/f/annemarie-kergis

* Person in severe economic crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-cover-bills-and-pay-down-debts?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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* I have been in terrible pain for most of this week. I am doing my best, but it's kind of a mess.

* "WHO slams 'unimaginable cruelty' inflicted on Tigray:" https://news.yahoo.com/slams-unimaginable-cruelty-inflicted-tigray-161331782.html

* "I Smuggled My Laptop Past the Taliban So I Could Write This Story:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/afghanistan-evacuation-sisters-fall-of-kabul-taliban/670602/

* "‘They robbed me of my children’: Yemen’s war victims tell their stories:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/aug/25/yemen-war-victims-stories-they-robbed-me-of-my-children

* "‘Explosion of violence’: Sierra Leone picks up the pieces after protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/21/sierra-leone-protests-inflation-cost-of-living

* "Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan charged under anti-terror law:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/imran-khan-pakistan-former-pm-charged-under-anti-terror-law

* "Latvia brings down Soviet-era monument's obelisk in capital:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-soviet-union-denmark-riga-6b841105e8fb8bc8310b053ae1d9f40a

* "The Question Menacing Brazil’s Elections: Coup or No Coup?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/world/americas/brazil-election-bolsonaro-coup.html

* "Ex-Tory ministers slam Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak for 'pandering to bigots':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/26/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-lgbtq/

* "An Islamic State member is sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of hostages:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/19/1118508089/islamic-state-isis-beatles-life-sentence-hostage-deaths

* CW: Child Murder "Second man arrested on suspicion of murdering Liverpool girl Olivia Pratt-Korbell:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/26/man-arrested-in-connection-with-killing-of-liverpool-girl-olivia-pratt-korbel

* "UK sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Rushdie stabbing:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/23/uk-sales-of-the-satanic-verses-surge-after-rushdie-stabbing

* "Missing nurse Owami Davies found safe and well, say police:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/23/owami-davies-found-safe-well-police-say

* Of course the best solution would be to pay worker's fairly. "Edinburgh faces rat surge due to refuse workers’ strike, warn heritage leaders:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/23/edinburgh-faces-rat-surge-due-to-refuse-workers-strike-warn-heritage-leaders

* "Sturgeon accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over bin strike:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/26/nicola-sturgeon-bin-strike-pay-dispute-schools-scottish-tories

* The pay structure is appalling. They aren't paid until the case is over even if they spent a couple years on it. The government offer means all the cases people have been working on are paid at the old, wildly indicate rate in the face of the cost of living crisis. "It tears barristers like me apart to strike, but the government has left us no choice:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/22/barristers-government-england-and-wales-criminal-justice-system

* "From barristers to refuse collectors, Britons strike en masse:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/26/economic-uncertainty-in-the-uk-lead-to-a-watershed-of-strikes

* "The gathering crisis:" https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/08/the-gathering-crisis.html

* "From barristers to refuse collectors, Britons strike en masse:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/26/economic-uncertainty-in-the-uk-lead-to-a-watershed-of-strikes

* It would be nice if something more than lip servic, but I trust Macron not at all. "Macron in Algeria announces new historians body to study colonial past:" https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/26/macron-announces-france-algeria-historians-commission-to-study-painful-colonial-past

* "Life Under “The Ghetto Law”:" https://thenib.com/life-under-the-ghetto-law/

* "Go-karting for French prisoners a mistake, admits Fresnes governor:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62659179

* "A toxic chemical was found in the bodies of 21 teens who died in a South Africa tavern:" https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112310405/south-africa-teens-methanol-bar-deaths

* "In converted buses and tin-roof sheds, migrant students get a lesson in hope:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118858805/mexico-migrants-education-school-tijuana-children

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* "Hospitalization, multiple symptoms linked to long covid in children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/23/children-long-covid/

* "Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7

* These are the new booster that targets Omicron variants, and I'm really excited for it. "Biden Administration Plans for New Booster Campaign Soon After Labor Day:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/us/politics/covid-booster-shots-biden.html

* "Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-technology-health-public-italy-9c2d261c7d73e0ba5dbb5c8adb50eefc

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* "Russian Orthodox patriarch to skip conference where he was to meet with Pope Francis:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-08-25/russian-patriarch-skips-meeting-meet-pope

* "Armed Forces of Ukraine force Russian troops to retreat on Bakhmut front General Staff report:" https://news.yahoo.com/armed-forces-ukraine-force-russian-041127794.html

* "Ukraine strikes administration headquarters in Donetsk, Russia-installed separatists say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-strikes-administration-headquarters-donetsk-russia-installed-separatists-2022-08-23/

* "'It's like sitting on a powder keg', say people near Ukraine nuclear plant:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/its-like-sitting-powder-keg-say-people-near-ukraine-nuclear-plant-2022-08-22/

* "Vast nuclear plant held by Russia disconnects from Ukraine's grid:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/both-working-reactors-occupied-ukrainian-nuclear-plant-shut-down-after-nearby-2022-08-25/

* "Ukraine’s independence day was always important. Now it is a matter of life and death:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/24/ukraine-independence-day-kyiv-russia-war

* "Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/world/europe/odesa-ukraine-putin-russia.html

* "Doctors stay in Ukraine's war-hit towns: 'People need us':" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-41582c3f96e162de962b865752c62a6a

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* "Biden is canceling up to $10K in student loans, $20K for Pell Grant recipients:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118879917/student-loan-forgiveness-biden

* "'Bring it on!': Warren unbowed by GOP attacks on widely popular student loan debt relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-bring-it-on-warren-unbowed-by-gop-attacks-on-widely-popular-student-loan-debt-relief-146946629983

* "Black women, a key Biden constituency, carry highest student loan burden:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/black-women-a-key-biden-constituency-carry-highest-student-loan-burden-146950725606

* "White House points to growth in manufacturing jobs in tandem with student debt relief plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/white-house-points-to-growth-in-manufacturing-jobs-in-tandem-with-student-debt-relief-plan-147034181779

* "Not the White House Twitter account clapping back at hypocritical Republicans!:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/not-the-white-house-twitter-account-clapping-back-at-hypocritical-republicans-147108421881

* "IRS initiates safety probe after threats to workers:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-misinformation-health-care-reform-internal-revenue-service-fb835c1099dad4cca5ff893bfd07d466

* "Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert:" https://apnews.com/article/anthony-fauci-announces-retirement-7efdacac6a9ff7aa6e2f870b551fe508

* "Climate Law Gives Clean Air Act a Legal Boost After Court Rebuke:" https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/climate-law-gives-clean-air-act-a-legal-boost-after-court-rebuke

* "Electric Utilities Shut Off Power 3.6 Million Times While Increasing Payouts to Shareholders, Executives:" https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/report-electric-utilities-shut-off-power-36-million-times-while-increasing-payouts-to-shareholders-executives-2022-05-02/#:~:text=In%20September%202021%20the%20Center,year%20of%20the%20Covid%2D19

* "State Laws on Voting Rights/Time Off to Vote:" https://www.workplacefairness.org/voting-rights-time-off-work?state=TN

* "Women lead surge in new voter registrations since Roe overturned:" https://www.newsweek.com/women-lead-surge-new-voter-registrations-since-roe-overturned-1735346

* "Abortion rights motivates women voters as state restrictions spread:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/abortion-rights-motivates-women-voters-as-state-restrictions-spread-146951749944

* "Abortion rights concerns galvanize women voters christening 2022 the new 'Year of the Woman':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/abortion-rights-concerns-motivate-women-to-register-to-vote-boosts-democratic-candidates-147031621567

* "Tuesday brought more evidence abortion rights could help Democrats in November" https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/08/24/1119243085/abortion-pat-ryan-new-york-florida-primary-takeaways

* "Seven takeaways from primaries in Florida, New York and Oklahoma runoffs:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/politics/florida-new-york-oklahoma-election-takeaways/index.html

* "First openly gay Black congressman loses seat to multimillionaire Levi heir:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/25/mondaire-jones-loses-seat-daniel-goldman-democratic-primary/

* "Nadler topples Maloney, ending fellow House Democrat’s 30-year tenure:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/23/nadler-maloney-new-york-primary-00053435

* "Democrat Pat Ryan wins bellwether special election in New York’s Hudson Valley:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/pat-ryan-molinaro-new-york-special-00053458

* "The message that helped deliver this key election for Democrat Pat Ryan:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/the-message-that-helped-deliver-this-key-election-for-democrat-pat-ryan-146952261733

* "Special election results show voters increasingly rejecting GOP extremism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/special-election-results-show-voters-increasingly-rejecting-gop-extremism-146941509899

* "Republican Who Praised Hitler Somehow Loses Congressional Primary:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/carl-paladino-loses-new-york-republican-congressional-primary-1234580459/

* This is why I beg people to vote in every single race. Education is at stake here, the future of our country. "DeSantis flexes influence with ‘anti-woke’ school board victories:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/24/florida-desantis-schools-election/

* "It's marketed as the nation's 'only Christian conservative wireless provider.' Now it's taking over school boards.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-christian-cell-company-patriot-mobile-took-four-texas-school-boards-rcna44583

* "Mobile phone company makes mission of Christian nationalism in schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/mobile-phone-company-makes-mission-of-christian-nationalism-in-schools-147032645586

* "Christian nationalists target school boards to advance agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/christian-nationalist-target-school-boards-to-advance-agenda-147033157895

* He is under investigation for sex trafficking under age girls. "Rep. Matt Gaetz beats primary challenger who suggested he was 'informant' in Mar-a-Lago raid:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/23/matt-gaetz-beats-primary-foe-who-called-him-informant-in-trump-mar-a-lago-raid.html

* "Democrat Charlie Crist to face Ron DeSantis in Florida race for governor:" https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/08/23/1119042390/florida-governor-primary-election-results-democrat-crist-desantis-republican

* "Representative Val Demings wins Democratic primary to run for U.S. Senate in Florida:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/representative-val-demings-wins-democratic-primary-run-us-senate-florida-2022-08-24/

* "After being compared to screen legend Pam Grier, Rep. Val Demings and the iconic actress talk politics:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-val-demings-democratic-candidate-for-u-s-senate-for-florida-and-iconic-actress-pam-grier-on-voter-motivation-146948165940

* "Gen Z candidate will win Democratic nomination in Florida's 10th District, CNN projects:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/politics/gen-z-maxwell-frost-florida-democrat/index.html

* "Florida congressional nominee Maxwell Frost could be first Gen Z member of Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maxwell-frost-could-be-first-gen-z-member-of-congress-as-democratic-nominee-for-florida-s-tenth-congressional-district-147030597877

* "Maxwell Frost: The new youngest member of Congress vs. the last one:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maxwell-frost-the-new-youngest-member-of-congress-vs-the-last-one-146943557884

* "J.D. Vance appeared with podcaster who once said "feminists need rape":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/jd-vance-appeared-with-podcaster-jack-murphy-who-said-feminists-need-rape/

* "Tim Ryan to JD Vance: 'Screw you, we’re not giving up on the industrial Midwest':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/tim-ryan-to-jd-vance-screw-you-we-re-not-giving-up-on-the-industrial-midwest-147026501731

* "Beto O’Rourke intensifies campaign on abortion rights as trigger law goes into effect:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/25/beto-orourke-abortion-texas/

* "O'Rourke says Abbott is ‘more beholden to NRA, gun manufacturers’ than those he is meant to serve:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/beto-o-rourke-democratic-nominee-for-texas-governor-on-the-failures-of-the-abott-administration-146859077558

* "Md. GOP nominee Cox deletes account on Gab, site known for hate speech:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/24/gab-dan-cox-maryland-governor/

* "Michigan's GOP Nominee for Governor: Giving Birth After Rape Is 'Healing' for a 14-Year-Old:" https://jezebel.com/michigans-gop-nominee-for-governor-giving-birth-after-1849438097

* "Arizona GOP Senate candidate attempts to soften anti-abortion stance in pivot to general election:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/politics/blake-masters-abortion-arizona-senate/index.html

* "Sen. Warren bullish on Democrats holding the Senate; cites litany of accomplishments:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/sen-warren-bullish-on-democrats-holding-the-senate-cites-litany-of-accomplishments-146947653598

* "The Q Queen's Crusade of Hatred: Marjorie Taylor Greene:"

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* You can tell what crimes Republicans are committing by what lying accusations they make against others. "Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/08/22/election-system-copied-files-trump/

* "Right-wing dark money gets $1.6 billion donation from one donor :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-wing-dark-money-gets-1-6-billion-donation-from-one-donor-146773061891

* "Trump Interior Secretary Zinke lied during casino investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/interior-inspector-general-finds-zinke-lied-during-casino-investigation-00053556

* "2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-new-york-government-and-politics-43eb5a9845aa633aa4e5ade7d16cb735

* "The DOJ under Barr wrongly withheld parts of a Russia probe memo, a court rules:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1118625157/doj-barr-trump-russia-investigation-memo

* "Bill Barr lied about considering charging Trump with obstruction of Mueller, court says:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/bill-barr-lied-about-considering-charging-trump-with-obstruction-of-mueller-court-says-146781253791

* "Trump White House exerted pressure on FDA for Covid-19 emergency use authorizations, House report finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/trump-white-house-exerted-pressure-on-fda-for-covid-19-emergency-use-authorizations-house-report-finds-00053428

* "The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/us/politics/trump-fbi-search.html

* "Feds Recovered 300 Classified Docs in 3 Batches From Mar-a-Lago: NYT:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-agents-recovered-300-classified-documents-from-donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-estate-report-says

* "Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago were among government's most classified, letter shows:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/23/national-archives-letter-trump-security-00053250

* "Mention of 'obstruction' in Mar-a-Lago search affidavit compounds Trump's legal peril:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/mention-of-obstruction-in-mar-a-lago-search-affidavit-compounds-trump-s-legal-peril-147115589809

* "Is that everything? Questions linger after Trump's brazen lying about returning documents :" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/is-that-everything-questions-linger-after-trump-s-brazen-lying-about-returning-documents-147115589864

* "Human intelligence sources included in classifications of documents sought from Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/human-intelligence-sources-included-in-classifications-of-documents-sought-from-trump-147118661832

* "DOJ memo: Witness intimidation concerns ‘not hypothetical’ in Mar-a-Lago case:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/doj-memo-witness-intimidation-concerns-not-hypothetical-in-mar-a-lago-case-147107397658

* "Trump, Without the Presidency’s Protections, Struggles for a Strategy:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/us/politics/trump-investigation-strategy.html

* They aren’t his. "Trump Tells His Lawyers: Get 'My' Top Secret Documents Back:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-tells-lawyers-get-my-top-secrets-documents-back-1234580501/

* "FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search followed months of resistance, delay by Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/23/trump-records-mar-a-lago-fbi/

* "Judge says FBI’s evidence for searching Mar-a-Lago is ‘reliable’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/22/judge-fbi-evidence-mar-a-lago-reliable-00053074

* "Trump's Bad Defenses and Bad Lawyering:"

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* "Gang of 8 wants to see Trump Mar-a-Lago search docs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/22/gang-of-8-trump-mar-a-lago-search-00053118

* "They'll Let Just Anybody into Mar-a-Lago These Days:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41003284/mar-a-lago-rothschild-imposter/

* "Accused scammer's access to Mar-a-Lago highlights club's lax security:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/accused-scammer-s-access-to-mar-a-lago-highlights-club-s-lax-security-147116613981

* "Report: Woman posed as heiress to infiltrate Mar-a-Lago, Trump inner circle:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-woman-posed-as-heiress-to-infiltrate-mar-a-lago-trump-inner-circle-147108421797

* "Trump files suit demanding special master in Mar-a-Lago search case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/22/trump-files-suit-special-master-mar-a-lago-search-00053196

* "Trump special master filing merely a ‘PR document,’ says fmr. federal judge:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-special-master-filing-merely-a-pr-document-says-fmr-federal-judge-146852933818

* "'It's just insanity': ATF now needs 2 weeks to perform a routine gun trace:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/s-just-insanity-atf-now-needs-2-weeks-perform-routine-gun-trace-rcna39606

* "Ron DeSantis suspends 4 Broward County School Board members after a grand jury investigation prompted by Parkland massacre:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/us/florida-desantis-broward-school-board-suspensions/index.html

* "Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/us/uvalde-school-police-pete-arredondo/index.html

* "Hundreds of kids witness parents shot to death. This is what it does to them.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/kids-witness-parents-shot-killed/

* "2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer:" https://apnews.com/article/elections-presidential-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-9ad8f100d32e7d5883b1be9d6c4cb8d5

* "Ex-Louisville police officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-louisville-officer-plead-guilty-breonna-taylor-cover-up-2022-08-23/

* "Officers won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting:" https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-officer-no-charges-910f8d1812fc7775d621242aaccbad9d

* "3 charged with killing Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in 2018:" https://apnews.com/article/whitey-bulger-killing-men-charged-11072fae9deaad36a929080798802804

* "After the Zodiac Killer's '340' Cipher Stumped the FBI, Three Amateurs Made a Breakthrough:" https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a40601672/zodiac-killer-340-cipher-solution-fbi/

* "The Shortage Pushing Legal Systems to the Brink:"

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* This is some bullshit."Loved ones of prisoners banned from wearing #visitsmatter T-shirts:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-visits-matter-prison-t-shirts-ban-directive-fdoc-20220813-jsf7xj6ycfbiln6nb5ht7526ka-story.html

* "Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy:" https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/caste-california-tech-giants-confront-ancient-indian-hierarchy-2022-08-15/

* "A Texas school district approved limits on books, critical race theory and gender identity:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/us/texas-grapevine-colleyville-school-district-policies-reaj/index.html

* "Texas school district reinstates an adaptation of Anne Frank's diary amid firestorm of controversy :" https://www.jta.org/2022/08/23/united-states/texas-school-district-reinstates-an-adaptation-of-anne-franks-diary-it-previously-removed-amid-firestorm-of-controversy

* "What does the new Grapevine-Colleyville schools policy mean for LGBTQ kids?:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/08/23/what-does-the-new-grapevine-colleyville-schools-policy-mean-for-lgbt-kids/

* "Grapevine High School students walk out to protest district’s policies on gender, pronouns:" https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article264958244.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Actor Gary Busey faces sex offense charges at Monster Mania Convention in New Jersey:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/entertainment/gary-busey-sex-offense-charge/index.html

* "Kevin Spacey Ordered to Pay Almost $31M to 'House of Cards' Company:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/8/10/kevin-spacey-ordered-pay-almost-31m-house-cards-company

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* "The Reason Anti-Abortion Activists Just Won’t Stop:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/why-anti-abortion-activists-want-fetal-personhood.html

* "Leonard Leo, the most powerful person in America you’ve never heard of :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/leonard-leo-the-most-powerful-person-in-america-you-ve-never-heard-of-146772037944

* People will die. "Biden administration can’t force Texas hospitals to provide emergency abortions, judge rules:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/emergency-abortions-joe-biden-ken-paxton/

* "Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/25/texas-trigger-law-abortion/

* It’s only a partial stay, but better than nothing. "Judge blocks enforcement of Idaho's abortion ban in medical emergencies day before it was set to take effect:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/politics/idaho-abortion-ban-doj/index.html

* "Michigan appeals court stops Legislature's legal effort to overturn abortion order:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/24/michigan-abortion-order-court-appeals/65418435007/

* "A South Carolina Republican’s sad awakening on abortion:" https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article264911724.html

* "Louisiana woman faces ‘horrifically cruel’ abortion choice over fetus missing skull:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/20/louisiana-abortion-woman-nancy-davis-benjamin-crump

* "‘Predatory’ and ‘dangerous’ anti-abortion clinics will expand in Indiana:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/08/22/indiana-abortion-law-crisis-pregnancy-centers-look-to-expand/65392111007/

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* "Explaining Hunter Schafer's Transmedicalism (& Why It’s a Problem):"

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* "Being Trans Is Not a Craze Among Youth, Study Finds:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/8/11/being-trans-not-craze-among-youth-study-finds

* Rightly so. "LGB Alliance Ireland labelled 'far right hate group' in new extremism report:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/23/lgb-alliance-far-right-extremist-group-gpahe/

* "'Don't Say Gay' Law Fuels Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry Online: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/10/twitter-and-facebook-fail-enforce-anti-lgbtq-bigotry-rules-report

* "Students Return to Florida Schools Now Under 'Don't Say Gay' Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/13/students-return-florida-schools-now-under-dont-say-gay-law

* "LGBTQ+ Books Given Warning Labels in Florida School District:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/09/lgbtq-books-given-warning-labels-florida-school-district

* "Anti-Trans Policy on Bathroom Access Considered by Va. School Board:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/8/10/anti-trans-policy-bathroom-access-considered-va-school-board

* "Wisconsin school board votes in favor of banning teachers from displaying pride flag and listing preferred pronouns:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-school-board-votes-in-favor-of-pride-flag-preferred-pronoun-ban/

* "A Mich. library refused to remove an LGBTQ book. The town defunded it.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/24/michigan-library-defunded-gender-queer/

* "Gender dysphoria is covered by disability law, federal court rules:" https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/gender-dysphoria-covered-disability-law-federal-court-rules-rcna44781

* "Judge tells Arkansas it can't block trans youth from life-saving healthcare:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/26/arkansas-judge-block-trans-youth-healthcare/

* "Pennsylvania Governor Signs Anti-Conversion Therapy Order:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/16/pennsylvania-governor-wolf-signs-anti-conversion-therapy-order

* "Texas Realtor Helps At-Risk LGBTQ+ Homeowners Flee Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/11/texas-realtor-helps-risk-lgbtq-homeowners-flee-texas

* "Gay Couple Violently Attacked and Called Monkeypox Slur in D.C.:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/8/09/gay-couple-violently-attacked-and-called-monkeypox-slur-dc

* "Monkeypox Can Be Asymptomatic, Two Studies Suggest:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/8/16/monkeypox-can-be-asymptomatic-two-studies-suggest

* "Experts Try to Understand Rare Cases of Monkeypox Deaths:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/8/15/experts-try-understand-rare-cases-monkeypox-deaths

* " Everything Monkeypox with Gay Doc - Doctor Carlton :"

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* CW: Eating Disorders "What Caused the Toxic Rebrand of Weight Watchers:"

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* "Proactiv to MLM: The Rodan + Fields Story :"

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* "The Most Prevalent Illness You’ve Never Heard Of! // Severe ME/CFS:"

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* "The Forgotten Virus: Zika Families and Researchers Struggle for Support:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/health/zika-children-research.html

* "US doctor issues warning of many undiagnosed polio cases:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62469534

* "More polio virus detected in upstate New York wastewater:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/polio-virus-detected-upstate-york-wastewater-88905004

* "London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found:" https://apnews.com/article/health-london-473e92cf88201d7e7a92e6445498500f

* CW: Child Death. "Nebraska child dies from rare infection caused by brain-eating amoeba:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/19/nebraska-brain-eating-amoeba-child-dies

* "58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/58-of-human-infectious-diseases-can-be-worsened-by-climate-change/

* "USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products:" https://apnews.com/article/health-iowa-agriculture-food-safety-93664bd92422447542090e51f74101d7

* "Pigs Can Breathe Through Their Buttholes and So Could You, Scientists Say:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzxj4/pig-breathe-through-anus-study

* "The pigs had been dead for an hour. Scientists made their hearts beat again.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/08/04/yale-organex-dead-pigs-revived/

* "First Heart Transplant Performed Between HIV-Positive Donor, Recipient:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/8/01/first-heart-transplant-performed-between-hiv-positive-donor-recipient

* "To save children with cancer, doctors turn to new weapons:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/05/childrens-cancer-research-gains/

* "A Very Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant Is Getting Even Scarier:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-04/texas-pregnancy-care-worsens-as-maternity-wards-close

* "Camhs deaths expose child mental health unit pressures:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62294650

* "'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/magic-mushroom-psychedelic-heavy-drinkers-quit-88795414

* This is a terrible idea. "Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/japan-tax-alcohol-competition-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Cigarette advertising aggressively targets kids in low- and middle-income countries, a new study finds:" https://theconversation.com/cigarette-advertising-aggressively-targets-kids-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-new-study-finds-186628

* I have concerns. "South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/skorea-develops-nanotech-tattoo-health-monitoring-device-2022-08-02/

* "Conjoined twins separated with the help of virtual reality:" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62378452

* "The Curious Afterlife of a Brain Trauma Survivor:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-curious-afterlife-of-a-brain-trauma-survivor/

* "Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US:" https://apnews.com/article/science-health-government-and-politics-9fba21c0cd4c417e14544e6966b5a298

* "Ugandan online TV bridges information gap for the deaf:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandan-online-tv-bridges-information-gap-deaf-2022-08-04/

* "New glasses for the deaf and hard of hearing display subtitles while people speak:" https://abc17news.com/news/2022/08/01/new-glasses-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-display-subtitles-while-people-speak/

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* "Thunderstorms are moving East with climate change:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/thunderstorms-are-moving-east-with-climate-change

* "Tibetan Glacial Melt Threatens Billions:" https://www.voanews.com/a/melting-tibet-could-threaten-billions-of-people/3075426.html

* "How climate change drives inland floods:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115384628/how-climate-change-drives-inland-floods

* "Mapping the Coolest Spots Inside the World’s Sweltering Cities:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-city-heatwave-adaptations/

* "We built a fake metropolis to show how extreme heat could wreck cities:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/heat-infrastructure-transportation/

* "A new 'extreme heat belt' with 125 degree temps could cut through U.S.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/us-see-new-extreme-heat-belt-2053-rcna42486

* "A ‘megaflood’ in California could drop 100 inches of rain, scientists warn:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/12/megaflood-california-flood-rain-climate/

* "As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/

* "Five 1,000-year rain events have struck the U.S. in five weeks. Why?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/flood-united-states-climate-explainer/

* "The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, new research shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/us/arctic-rapid-warming-climate/index.html

* "How are floods and droughts happening at the same time?:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23297362/kentucky-flood-lake-mead-california-arizona-drought

* "Record-breaking heat wave in Europe will be the norm by 2035, analysis shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/europe/record-heat-climate-analysis-summer-2035-intl-scli/index.html

* "Forest fires burn twice as many trees as two decades ago, report finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/24/forest-fires-trees-burn/

* "Wildfires rage as China's Chongqing suffers unrelenting record heat wave:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/china/china-heat-wave-chongqing-wildfires-intl-hnk/index.html

* "China’s summer heat wave is breaking all records:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/24/china-drought-heat-wave-climate-change/

* "Firefighters battle the East Fire northeast of Glendora, California:" https://wildfiretoday.com/2022/08/25/firefighters-battle-the-east-fire-northeast-of-glendora-california/

* "The world has never seen a heat wave quite like China's 70-day streak:" https://www.axios.com/2022/08/22/china-heat-wave-drought-unprecedented

* "Pakistan Hit by Deadly Floods of ‘Epic Proportions’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/pakistan-flood.html

* "Wildlife under stress as dry spell shrinks rivers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62465805

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* It looks like it wasn't a murder after all. Seriously, folks, be careful when out in nature. Just because it's pretty doesn't mean it's safe. "Human foot found in Yellowstone hot spring may be linked to July death:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/08/20/foot-yellowstone-hot-spring/

* "The Bigger This Fungus Gets, the Worse We’re Doing:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/08/humongous-fungus-climate-change-biggest-organism/671109/

* "Rising seas threaten the Gullah Geechee culture. Here's how they're fighting back.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/rising-seas-threaten-the-gullah-geechee-culture-heres-how-theyre-fighting-back

* "Eastern Kentucky's people looked for a fresh start after coal. Then came the floods:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/1116036174/eastern-kentucky-floods-recovery-efforts

* "Infrastructure damage hampers flood recovery in Kentucky:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-kentucky-weather-emergency-management-6971f52cd2cc0cc79da8553dbc5d38f4

* "Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming:" https://www.propublica.org/article/mia-mottley-barbados-imf-climate-change#1376580

* "America’s biggest financial threat isn’t government spending. It’s the cost of climate change:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90778129/americas-biggest-financial-threat-isnt-government-spending-its-the-cost-of-climate-change

* "These communities are trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/08/these-communities-are-trapped-in-harms-way-as-climate-disasters-mount/

* "California air agency to ban sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2035:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/california-air-agency-to-ban-sales-of-gasoline-powered-cars-by-2035-00053547

* "We used to force oil companies to clean up their messes. Why is climate change different?:" https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3597154-we-used-to-force-oil-companies-to-clean-up-their-messes-why-is-climate-change-different/

* "Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-science-united-states-pollution-climate-and-environment-2f4438895e15c8292aa37a987758d0e0

* "US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-fires-forests-trees-plants-de0505c965c198a081a4b48084b0e903

* "Saving the sequoias:" https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-WILDFIRES/YOSEMITE/zjvqkbqodvx/index.html

* "The race to reclaim the dark:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220614-the-crusade-for-darker-night-skies

* "How The Thames, Once a 'Zombie River,' Was Brought Back to Life:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/zombie-river-thames

* "Mexican Farmers and Scientists Share a Mission: Saving a Wetland:" https://undark.org/2022/08/01/mexican-farmers-and-scientists-share-a-mission-saving-a-wetland/

* "How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia:" https://hakaimagazine.com/news/how-indigenous-sea-gardens-produced-massive-amounts-of-food-for-millennia/

* "What's in a name? Illinois hopes to make invasive carp fish more palatable:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whats-name-illinois-hopes-make-invasive-carp-fish-more-palatable-2022-08-10/

* "A sacred area for native Hawaiians is filling up with trash. Crews are 'fighting the onslaught.':" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/07/hawaii-papahanaumokuakea-marine-national-monument-debris-cleanup/10248143002/?gnt-cfr=1

* "Voyage of the Gross:" https://www.curbed.com/2022/08/nyc-trash-landfill-incineration-recycling-compost-voyage-gross.html

* "'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-forests-myanmar-75df22e8d7431a6757ea4a426fbde94c

* "‘The Sun has changed my life’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-62482251

* "How Los Angeles is Restoring its Ancient River System into an Urban Green Oasis:"

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* "A former employee accuses Twitter of big security lapses in a whistleblower complaint:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1119071586/twitter-whistleblower-complaint-elon-musk-security-bots-fake-users

* "Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue decline in history:" https://apnews.com/article/meta-first-ever-revenue-decline-a7632a8ef1a970dc69753980e03c026b

* "Facebook misses misinformation in Brazilian election ads:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/facebook-misses-misinformation-in-brazilian-election-ads

* "Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain:" https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-science-technology-cultures-mauna-kea-545c06092561df27421b6fe48d2985dd

* "Why We Need to Study Nothing:" https://nautil.us/why-we-need-to-study-nothing-22553/

* "Breathtaking New Photos Show Jupiter's Hypnotic Swirling Storms, And How Is This Real?:" https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-storm-vortices-swirl-at-the-north-pole-of-jupiter-in-new-juno-pic

* "The Coziest Spot on the Moon:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/moon-lunar-pits-comfortable-temperature/670991/

* "Scientists discover "first of its kind" triple star system:" https://www.axios.com/2022/07/30/space-triple-star-system-astronomy

* "‘They said it was impossible’: how medieval carpenters are rebuilding Notre Dame:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/20/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-rebuild-medieval-carpenters-guledon

* "The Social, The History Of Women’s Body Hair Removal:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083x6t8

* "Hershey says it won't be able to meet Halloween demand this year:" https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/28/business/hershey-halloween/index.html

* Friday I discovered that I am now dangerously allergic to Cantaloupe. My throat didn't close all the way, so I didn't die, but the swelling in my mouth was scary and bad things happened in my throat. I appear to be also reactive to honeydew and cucumber, though not to that extent. Sigh. More beloved foods lost forever. I spent the weekend trying to recover. There is still a bad patch at the back of my mouth and I'm still tired and generally ick, butt this is nuisance level from a chronic pain perspective.

Monday was disability assessment, which I had completely forgotten. Luckily I had just gotten back from the bathroom as it's super long. Normally I like to be at my desk where I have better access for things like checking my meds, since I have the bottles there for the dailies instead of just presort med trays and emergency PRN bottles.

Tuesday, I spent a stupid amount of time at the Seelie dentist. We have a good mold, and they sealed my tooth, and replaced my temp with a preliminary. It is the same amount of be super careful what and how one eats, but now if I fuck up I don't get a second root canal (not covered), I just get pain and have to go in for a replacement preliminary. I'm going to try not to fuck up, but the stakes being lower is a huge fucking help. They kept remarking on what a good/easy patient I am. I have no anxiety and mostly just meditate unless they need me to do something.

Did I mention Seelie Dentist’s intake form had a section right under legal name for preferred name and pronouns and they were all super polite and seemed really competent. 10/10 would recommend and I’d make them my regular dentist if I weren’t already a patient at poverty clinic, where they also are super good with trans patients.
I got back just in time to see if Head Millennial wanted pick up. (I usually collect them downtown and we do errands on Wednesdays, but he was meant to take the bus as I had no clue how long crown preliminary would take). It was cool in the morning, but melting hot in the late afternoon, and we were dishrags by the time we got back to the air conditioning, so I told them to do bare minimum after their break and took them home.

* Techie Millennial and I hung out Thursday, which is something we haven't done much lately between assorted things going on in both our lives. We had a great time and got a lot of stuff done.

* A trans friend of a friend in Florida needs money for a few months while she deals with the bureaucracy to move in with relatives in Canada, and she are happy to move literally anywhere in the United states.

She has found temporary housing, but needs money for the move:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-girl-needs-a-new-home?member=21261213&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

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

* "The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman ruthlessly hits back at troll's moaning:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/24/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-woke-twitter-reply/

* "Go behind the scenes of "A League of Their Own" with trans actor Lea Robinson:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/go-behind-the-scenes-of-a-league-of-their-own-with-trans-actor-lea-robinson/ar-AA10wVUR

* "ALOTO's Lea Robinson on Queer Family and What Connects Us:" https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alotos-lea-robinson-queer-family-164042937.html

* I hope this show sinks like a stone. "Stunt workers' fury over Lord of the Rings injuries:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stunt-workers-fury-over-lord-of-the-rings-injuries/2IGAURQ4XGCS3FCBB2IGUI4WVU/

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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.

* A trans friend of a friend in Florida needs money for a few months while she deals with the bureaucracy to move in with relatives in Canada, and she is happy to move literally anywhere in the United states.

She has found temporary housing, but needs money for the move:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-girl-needs-a-new-home?member=21261213&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

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

* Fundraiser for a librarian under threat for Fighting Censorship: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-librarian-amanda-jones

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* Headline Writer correctly anticipated my reaction. I'd love if there were progress, but I don't trust easily at this point. "Good news from Yemen! (Seriously.):" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/06/09/good-news-from-yemen-seriously-00037083

* "In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-middle-east-sanaa-houthis-religion-5e62561f8070441412ed52d222c950e3

* "Brazil police: Items owned by missing men found in Amazon:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/backpack-laptop-found-pair-missing-amazon-85348983

* "Brazil: Suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon:" https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-brazil-arrests-e0ea11382304677fa152d2e40268a49b

* "A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105997564/british-journalist-remains-found-brazil-amazon

* "Nigerian Officials Say Terror Group ISWAP Behind Church Massacre:" https://www.voanews.com/a/nigerian-authorities-say-terror-group-iswap-responsible-for-church-massacre-/6612480.html

* "French far-left firebrand puts Macron’s majority on the line in parliamentary vote:" https://www.politico.eu/article/gains-for-france-hard-left-in-parliamentary-election-first-round/

* "Colombia's police on highest alert over election violence:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-police-highest-alert-over-election-violence-2022-06-15/

* "UK govt orders Julian Assange's extradition; appeal planned:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uk-govt-approves-extradition-of-assange-appeal-possible/2022/06/17/68f518c4-ee1f-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "U.K. vows more Rwanda deportation flights after legal setback:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105161913/u-k-cancels-first-flight-to-deport-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda

* "Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-africa-rwanda-uganda-e367c565d85e855f0b65d511c7bc8352

* "Congolese soldier killed in Rwanda, fighting with rebels picks up:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-soldier-shot-dead-rwanda-anger-flares-body-returned-2022-06-17/

* "Scraps of stale bread are keeping Afghans alive:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61805862

* "Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/danish-canadian-deal-ends-49-year-old-feud-over-arctic-isle/2022/06/14/96921d18-ebc7-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "China Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Racism Amid Malawi Fallout:" https://www.voanews.com/a/china-says-it-has-zero-tolerance-for-racism-amid-malawi-fallout-/6620798.html

* "How North Korea Cheats Their Sanctions for Absurd Profit:"

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* "Beijing warns of 'explosive' COVID outbreak, Shanghai conducts mass testing:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-new-210-covid-cases-june-10-vs-151-day-earlier-2022-06-11/

* "The FDA authorizes COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105983004/fda-children-infants-covid-vaccine

* Sigh. "Florida only state not preordering toddler COVID-19 vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-florida-karine-jean-pierre-6b3272b50364855a58a5503aaf932b19

* "Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-science-health-infectious-diseases-c7773126776fe1ecaec8fb4a347544e7

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* "Leaders pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit:" https://apnews.com/article/eu-leaders-visit-ukraine-515075496ed9d6cfe3e4acde23b52f8e

* "Sanctions are hitting hard enough to hurt Russia, if not stop it:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/sanctions-are-hitting-hard-enough-to-hurt-russia-if-not-stop-it

* "Pope blasts Russian 'cruelty,' lauds Ukrainian 'heroism':" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pope-francis-religion-nato-6e7e47890b64884ce5330bbfa39e8aea

* "Tough Questions for West as Ukraine Cities Teeter:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-eu.html

* "Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/europe/severodonetsk-control-mariupol-deaths-russia-ukraine-intl/index.html

* "Russia likely to seize all of Luhansk in coming weeks, U.S. official says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/11/ukraine-war-russia-luhansk/

* "Lysychansk bombarded by Russian artillery:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61774948

* "Zelenskiy says the battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a ‘terrifying’ toll on Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jun/13/russia-ukraine-war-russia-committed-war-crimes-in-kharkiv-amnesty-alleges-evacuation-routes-destroyed-in-sievierodonetsk-live

* "Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to key city Severodonetsk destroyed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61786949

* "Ukraine war: Thousands of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61816749

* "Lysychansk: Russia erasing history in Ukraine's 'dead city':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61785806

* "Air strike kills four civilians in Ukraine's Lysychansk, more feared trapped- governor:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/air-strike-kills-four-civilians-ukraines-lysychansk-more-feared-trapped-governor-2022-06-16/

* "Russia makes ‘marginal gains’ near Severodonetsk:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/18/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/

* "Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-unicorn-lgbtq-soldiers-head-war-2022-05-31/

* "On the edge of embattled twin cities, an uncovered mass grave for civilians grows.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/world/europe/lysychansk-sievierodonetsk-ukraine-civilian-deaths.html

* "Russian army ramps up recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/16/russia-military-army-soldiers-recruitment/

* "What Relatives of Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine Think About the “Special Military Operation”:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/russian-soldiers-ukraine-families.html

* "Kremlin crackdown on dissent targets the Russians protesting Ukraine war:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-opposed-war-ukraine-face-battle-kremlins-crackdown-anti-war-p-rcna29981

* "Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell':" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-besieged-farmers-fear-war-time-harvest-hell-2022-06-14/

* "Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/30/we-need-to-lift-the-blockade-ukraine-farmers-unable-to-export-grain

* "War isn't funny but humor helps Ukrainians cope with trauma:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-comedy-clubs-6c9ccdf5ee098cd22eaeffe7c811da69

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* "US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen human rights abuses, watchdog finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-yemen-human-rights-abuses-gao-watchdog

* "Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-travel-caribbean-2e5f32f8781a06e74ef7ea7ec639785f

* "Biden seeks to counter 'legislative attacks' on LGBTQ rights:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-congress-government-and-politics-gender-identity-82982ffff0c91415e29f1bb08a5c2f8c

* "Joe Biden applauded for finally taking action on anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/16/joe-biden-lgbtq-executive-order-2/

* "Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that weed killer safe:" https://apnews.com/article/health-climate-and-environment-government-politics-cancer-e1d47c554bc97537880f22c26c2eb229

* "Recession fears grow as Dow closes below 30,000 and mortgage rates spike:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/16/stocks-today-fed-rate-hike/

* Don't hold your breath. "Expert reveals what President Biden and the Democrats can do about gas prices:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-and-the-democrats-attempt-to-address-rising-gas-prices-142213189558

* "This CNN Hero solves an often invisible problem by providing 'Undies for Everyone':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/texas-rabbi-underwear-dignity-cnnheroes/index.html

* "The Self Made Myth: Why You’ll Never Be a Billionaire:"

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* "Inside the Blockade of Joe Manchin's Coal Profits:"

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* "Mehdi Hasan: How on Earth is Ted Cruz still in the Senate?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-how-on-earth-is-ted-cruz-still-in-the-senate-142372421586

* "Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam:" https://apnews.com/article/gun-laws-senate-bipartisan-agreement-59d553f3d1e35fdbe4930e4341e74efb

* ""If any measure can be taken to save one more life, isn't it worth it?":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/-if-any-measure-can-be-taken-to-save-one-more-life-isn-t-it-worth-it-141967941808

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely 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.

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

* "Competitive congressional districts are on the decline. New Hampshire bucks the trend:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104025539/new-hampshire-redistricting-competitive-districts-sununu

* "Court blocks Louisiana congressional map saying it suppresses Black voters:" https://www.axios.com/2022/06/06/louisiana-redistricting-map-voting-black

* "The Texas Plan:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837932.html

* "Election standoff ends in New Mexico county after false fraud claims threw primary certification into question:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/new-mexico-primary-results-otero-county-certification/index.html

* "New Mexico county commissioner who refuses to certify recent election results sentenced for role in January 6 attack:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/couy-griffin-capitol-riot-new-mexico-plea/index.html

* "El Paso County coroner race: Candidates lay out priorities, experience:" https://gazette.com/elections/el-paso-county-coroner-race-candidates-lay-out-priorities-experience/article_d73ce9fe-dc56-11ec-8135-373c1a8f3b89.html

* "Election Deniers Are Everywhere — Including Your Local Races:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k9SsCxcLEE

* "Game Over for the Log Cabin Republicans:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837738.html

* "Lesser-known candidates struggle for spotlight in Missouri Senate primaries • Missouri Independent:" https://missouriindependent.com/2022/06/13/lesser-know-candidates-struggle-for-spotlight-in-missouri-senate-primaries/

* "Rep. Karen Bass joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss L.A. mayoral race:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-karen-bass-joins-jonathan-capehart-to-discuss-l-a-mayoral-race-141968965651

* "Florida GOP Candidate’s Bisexual Daughter Slams Mom in Viral Video:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/florida-gop-candidates-bisexual-daughter-slams-mom-viral-video

* "Mike Lee weathers intraparty attacks at Utah GOP debate:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-utah-mike-lee-mitt-romney-d6ec17c00386377e8cb416df492ca863

* "'Far too late': Judge dismisses Brnovich's complaint against Hobbs over Arizona elections manual:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/06/17/arizona-judge-rules-secretary-state-katie-hobbs-over-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-elections-manual/7666518001/

* I had a fascinating poll Saturday. My best guess is it was Republican funded for the August primary by the party rather than a particular candidate. From the questions, they were clearly trying to figure out how much sway Drumpf still has, and what part of him still appeals if any. This being a blue state, where they are running against a Democratic Incumbent, there are four republicans representing a wide range. (We have two non-November elections: the smaller one I voted in months ago, and the August one. They are open Primaries and the too two go on the November ballot. It's all mail in and not a hassle). They had a whole section that seemed to be gauging the popularity of pro-Russian invasion extremist candidates vs. more moderate ones.

It was the most interesting poll I've taken in years and was worth Tavy and I being startled awake for.

* "Trumpism and election lies are spreading, plus 2 more takeaways from Tuesday's races:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105201132/nevada-south-carolina-primaries-takeaways-trump-laxalt-rice-mace-marchant

* "5 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/nevada-south-carolina-primary-takeaways/index.html

* "Black Gay Candidates Make History With Primary Wins in Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/black-gay-candidates-make-history-primary-wins-texas

* "Lesbian Jamie McLeod-Skinner Wins Congressional Primary in Oregon:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/27/lesbian-jamie-mcleod-skinner-wins-congressional-primary-oregon

* "Trump gets a split decision in South Carolina as Rice is beaten, while Mace survives:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1105009105/south-carolina-rice-fry-mace-arrington-trump-endorsements

* "Democrats are voting in GOP primaries. Did they sink Madison Cawthorn?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/democrats-republicans-primaries-georgia-colorado-voting/

* "America’s Coming Age of Instability:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-01-20/americas-coming-age-instability

* "The Road to Trump Began With Reaganomics & the Loss of the Middle Class, Economist Says:" https://today.duke.edu/2019/01/road-trump-began-reaganomics-loss-middle-class-economist-says

* "The definition of truth:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837157.html

* "Sen. Warnock asks ‘all remain vigilant’ as America grapples with Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-and-his-new-book-discussed-by-sen-raphael-warnock-142297669985

* "Donald Trump to testify in New York investigation into his business practices:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/08/donald-trump-testify-investigation-children-new-york-ag

* "Key Trump lawyer sought presidential pardon after effort to overturn election failed:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-trump-pressure-campaign-pence-00039996

* "DOJ criminally investigating plan for alternate Trump electors with focus on lawyers, report says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/16/doj-criminally-investigating-plan-for-alternate-trump-electors-.html

* "New email reinforces Trump team saw ‘wild’ Jan. 6 unrest as leverage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/eastman-chesebro-emails-january-6/

* "Panel sharpens focus on Trump's 'crazy' Jan. 6 plan:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-crime-presidential-elections-cdc64a3de7950e6f3291851b3c5d9b1a

* "It seems Eastman knew his plan was unconstitutional, illegal, unprecedented:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/testimony-confirms-eastman-plan-to-reject-election-results-was-unconstitutional-142298181811

* "There were no heroes in the Trump administration on Jan. 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/no-heroes-trump-administration-january-6/

* "Rep. Loudermilk should be ‘affirmatively sharing all the information he can’ expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-committee-tells-rep-loudermilk-man-he-gave-house-office-buildings-tour-to-threatened-democratic-lawmakers-142212165761

* "Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-leaders-prepare-to-call-ginni-thomas-00040208

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to call for Justice Thomas’ impeachment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-continues-to-call-for-justice-thomas-impeachment-142369861975

* "Chris Hayes: How ‘Team Normal’ enabled Trump and his Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-team-normal-enabled-trump-and-his-big-lie-142126661873

* "Rep. Raskin on William Barr: Just telling the truth doesn't make you a hero:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-hearings-with-top-trump-aides-allies-providing-damning-evidence-discussed-by-rep-raskin-142132293914

* "Legal expert on why he believes Trump understood his actions were ‘illegal and corrupt’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-reportedly-pushing-doj-to-support-false-claims-election-was-stolen-discussed-by-legal-politics-experts-142133829675

* "Proud Boys document shows detailed Jan. 6 plan to occupy government buildings:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/proud-boys-document-shows-detailed-jan-6-plan-to-occupy-government-buildings-142205509603

* "Anti-vaccine doctor sentenced to prison for Jan. 6 trespassing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/16/simone-gold-sentenced/

* "Patriot Front Member’s Mom: ‘Pack Your Stuff and Get Out’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pack-your-stuff-and-get-out-of-my-house-says-patriot-front-members-mom

* "'Enough is enough': Thousands demand new gun safety laws:" https://apnews.com/article/congress-parkland-florida-school-shooting-gun-violence-shootings-public-opinion-06cd760edf8977716dba0c2b157a1a91

* This is a terrible idea. "Ohio’s new concealed carry law takes effect this week: What both sides are saying:" https://www.daytondailynews.com/crime/ohios-new-concealed-carry-law-takes-effect-this-week-what-both-sides-are-saying/WI6ERBQ3WZFNXK4Y7SGFKXODR4/

* "How We Can Stop Racist, Anti-LGBTQ+ White Supremacist Rage:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/24/how-we-can-stop-racist-anti-lgbtq-white-supremacist-rage

* "Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man at Duncanville Field House; Campers Unharmed:" https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/watch-gunfire-reported-outside-duncanville-field-house-campers-moved-to-rec-center/2990942/

* "Church shooting suspect was warned by ATF about missing guns:" https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/church-shooting-suspect-was-licensed-gun-dealer-warned-by-federal-agents-about-missing-guns.html

* "A Woman Who Spent Years Telling Sandy Hook Parents Their Kids Were Never Killed Explains Why She Did It:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/06/shooting-school-texas-uvalde-sandy-hook-conspiracy.html

* "Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole:" https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-investigation-legal-loophole-68215709d6ee722466d225b7013cdec1

* "Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/why-black-people-are-afraid-of-crazy-white-people-141968453716

* "Buffalo Is Still Reeling From Racist Massacre:"

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* "Supreme Court rejects AG Brnovich's effort to restore Trump-era 'green-card' rule:" https://tucson.com/news/government-and-politics/supreme-court-rejects-ag-brnovichs-effort-to-restore-trump-era-green-card-rule/article_aa194a8a-ecc3-11ec-9b30-47e55b72c8ed.html

* CW: Suicide "Entertainment Media's History of Mistreating Young Women:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "If I go back to Iran, my husband will kill me:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61722849

* CW: Rape. "Former Myers Park HS student sues district for failing to prevent her sex assault:" https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/former-myers-park-hs-student-sues-district-failing-prevent-her-sex-assault/IA7WMO3CTNEGFM4AFH5M32NS5E/

* CW: Sexual Assault "Inside the Alleged Sexual Assault Cover Up in Charlotte Schools:"

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* CW: Rape. "New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article262549262.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "His lawyer says Kevin Spacey strenuously denies sex charges:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105458176/kevin-spacey-denies-sex-charges-bail

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein faces two indecent assault charges in UK:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/uk/uk-cps-harvey-weinstein-charged-intl-gbr/index.html

* I support the right of women to wear whatever the fuck they want. "French burkini ban challenged by Grenoble in top court:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61796421

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* "Lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches suggesting ‘fake clinics’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/18/google-abortion-clinic-searches-fake/

* "Abortion rights advocates blockade intersections near Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/13/abortion-rights-protest-supreme-court/

* "Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-abortion-ban-violates-jews-religious-freedom-lawsuit-says-2022-06-14/

* "Wyoming authorities search for a suspect believed to have set an abortion clinic on fire :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/us/casper-wyoming-abortion-clinic-arson/index.html

* "Supreme Court: Rifts divide abortion views in Mississippi:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61803062

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* "Gay man stabbed to death because he wanted to use the men's bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/gay-man-killed-south-africa-bathroom-emmanuel-mouers/

* "Lesbian Murdered & Her Body Mutilated in Alleged Hate Crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/31/lesbian-murdered-her-body-mutilated-alleged-hate-crime

* CW: Child Abuse "Teen Savagely Beaten by Uncle for Wearing Rainbow Bandanna:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/23/teen-savagely-beaten-uncle-wearing-rainbow-bandana

* "Labour and Tory MPs unite to demand trans conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/13/trans-conversion-therapy-ban-debate/

* "Indian royal knows exactly what he'd say to Liz Truss about conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/15/indian-royal-amar-singh-conversion-therapy-liz-truss/

* "Gay Couple Attacked & Beaten for Cuddling Are Now Afraid to Leave Home:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/20/gay-couple-attacked-beaten-cuddling-are-now-afraid-leave-home

* "Children: The Victims of Broken, Bigoted, and Useless Laws and Rulings:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/25/children-victims-broken-bigoted-and-useless-laws-and-rulings

* "Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/26/oklahoma-governor-signs-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-law

* "Arizona Dept. of Education Attacked Over Resources for LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/arizona-dept-education-attacked-over-resources-lgbtq-students

* "Right-wing extremists ramp up anti-LGBTQ hate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-wing-extremists-ramp-up-anti-lgbtq-hate-142206533870

* "How ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Diminishes Same-Sex Parents and Their Children:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/learning/dont-say-gay-parents-children.html

* "Ron DeSantis’s drag show comments foretell a vile trend:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/13/ron-desantis-weaponize-child-protective-services-over-drag-shows/

* "Lesbian Mom Removed From Child's Birth Certificate Fights Ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/23/lesbian-mom-oklahoma-removed-childs-birth-certificate-fights-ruling

* "Mass. Senate Passes Bill Benefiting Victims of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/massachusetts-state-senate-passes-bill-benefiting-victims-dont-ask-dont-tell

* "Judge: Tennessee Can't Require Warnings on Trans-Inclusive Restrooms:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/19/judge-tennessee-cant-require-warnings-trans-inclusive-restrooms

* "Same-Sex Marriage Is Supported by More Americans Than Ever Before:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/01/same-sex-marriage-supported-more-americans-ever

* How to help Queer a youth center bigots burned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/warehouse-505-rebuild-after-fire-damage

* "Drag Queen Story Hour Isn't Going Anywhere -- But It's Getting Serious About Safety:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/drag-queen-story-hour-proud-boy-safety-1368900/

* "Ellensburg High School takes precaution against threats towards LGBTQ+ students:" https://cwuobserver.com/22140/news/ellensburg-high-school-takes-precaution-against-threats-towards-lgbtq-students/

* "A Gay Oral Roberts University Graduate's Painful Story:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/26/gay-oral-roberts-university-graduates-painful-story

* The Christians are calling for genocide again. "Pastor Who Wants Death Penalty for Gays Rails Against Pride Month:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/5/27/texas-pastor-jonathan-shelley-who-wants-death-penalty-gays-rails-against-pride-month

* "Trans cyclist Emily Bridges speaks out after new rules bar her from racing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/emily-bridges-trans-cycling-rules/

* "Meet Our 50+ Champions of Pride From Around the U.S. for 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/6/02/meet-our-50-champions-pride-around-us-2022

* We weren't imaging it. "Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity:" https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/

* CW: Disordered Eating "Optavia: The Truth About the MLM Diet That's Dangerous:"

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* "Authors Behaving badly: Baycon edition:" http://shelfreflections.com/authors-behaving-badly-baycon-edition/?fbclid=IwAR0Vv9cwD5BGD0TGv6T_GqGekflNbAZsJWjmsCy8t05gCDc0XPptaacLFSI

* "Dolly Parton donated $1 million to help fund the fight against infectious diseases in children:" https://abc11.com/dolly-parton-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-disease-research-covid-vaccine/11961832/

* "Covid is making flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/

* CW: Suicide. "Africa Daily, Does Kenya’s police force have a problem with suicide?:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cbps6s

* "Falklands War: 'I thought I was the only one like this':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61787269

* "Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs:" https://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/

* I am angry and have a lot of questions. "Parents say calls came too late after children drank floor sealant at Juneau summer school:" https://www.ktoo.org/2022/06/15/juneau-summer-school-floor-sealant-parent-calls/

* "A 3D printed human ear has been successfully transplanted in a world-first:" https://interestingengineering.com/3d-printed-human-ear-transplanted

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* "Spain and southern France hit by second extreme heat event of year:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/spain-and-southern-france-hit-by-second-extreme-heat-event-of-year

* "India Isn’t Ready for a Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity:" https://www.wired.com/story/india-deadly-combination-heat-humidity/

* "Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-chicago-heat-waves-climate-and-environment-a654df09a9598220bd5978e4f6dce4cb

* "Qatar accused of under-reporting heat deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61711468

* "Spain battles wildfires as it swelters in heatwave:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-battles-wildfires-it-swelters-heatwave-2022-06-18/

* "Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations, steadily grows:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/flagstaff-wildfire-forces-evacuations-steadily-grows-85350021

* "Record flooding and mudslides force closure of Yellowstone national park:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/yellowstone-national-park-closure-flooding-mudslides

* "Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-travel-montana-obituaries-evacuations-3753caa39435d9f3f45d8b582381a0c6

* "New satellite imagery shows flooding in Yellowstone altered the river's course:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/weather/yellowstone-flood-satellite-before-and-after/index.html

* "From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119512

* "'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-africa-84b52bd508b9aa7a01a7976423d67a27

* "Key US baby formula plant closes again as ‘torrential storms’ cause flooding:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/16/us-baby-formula-plant-closes-again-flooding-abbott

* "Global food crisis looms as fertilizer supplies dwindle:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/global-food-crisis-looms-as-fertilizer-supplies-dwindle

* "The U.S. Drought Situation Is Getting Increasingly Desperate:" https://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-drought-situation-is-getting-increasingly-desp-1849022991

* "A drought so bad it exposed a long-ago homicide. Getting the water back will be harder than ever:" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-05-06/climate-change-makes-it-harder-to-get-water-needed-to-end-california-megadrought

* "As California's big cities fail to rein in their water use, rural communities are already tapped out:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/us/california-rural-groundwater-crisis-climate/index.html

* "Drought-stricken US warned of looming 'dead pool':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61669233

* "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html

* "Joshua Tree park closes trail so bighorn sheep can get water:" https://apnews.com/article/travel-trees-national-parks-9dd197db1ae2876ec1783535864e3696

* "UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-politics-health-db55f62bceef70e7cb06f5395563f7be

* "The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/19/banks-collapsed-in-2008-food-system-same-producers-regulators

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* "Energy Crisis Makes Green Transition an ‘Unprecedented Challenge’:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/energy-crisis-makes-transition-an-unprecedented-challenge

* "Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/single-use-plastic-chemical-recycling-disposal/661141/

* "How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?:" https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-per-energy-source

* "Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow?:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/07/slow-water-urban-floods-drought-china-sponge-cities

* "Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/10/foaming-at-the-mouth-the-superworms-making-a-meal-of-polystyrene-waste

* "Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia:"

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* "When Cars Kill:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/when-cars-kill-pedestrians

* "Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse:" https://apnews.com/article/miami-florida-surfside-building-collapse-8a963a33562a041e011baf0da7fe871c

* "Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media ‘censorship’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-censorship-scotus-00036146

* "The U.S. Army’s Best Recruitment Tool Was a Video Game:"

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* "Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions:" https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request

* "Regulators receive more than 750 complaints of faulty braking in Teslas:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/regulators-receive-more-than-750-complaints-of-faulty-braking-in-teslas

* "Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/facebook-fails-detect-hate-speech-ads-85282119

* "EU lawmakers endorse ban on combustion-engine cars in 2035:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-european-parliament-union-and-environment-336524fead81e58eb755ba004880f201

* "One plug and done: E.U. to require common way to charge phones:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/one-plug-done-eu-require-common-way-charge-phones-rcna32282

* "India's mysterious gateway to the stars:" https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220530-jantar-mantar-indias-mysterious-gateway-to-the-stars

* "European star survey reveals celestial treasure trove:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-3bf3e0a3e0c18cfd18397a8dc22b50cd

* "Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/reshuffled-rivers-bolster-the-amazons-hyper-biodiversity-20220607/

* "Plants Appear to Be Breaking Biochemistry Rules by Making 'Secret Decisions':" https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-are-making-decisions-about-how-much-carbon-to-release-breaking-biochemistry-rules

* "World's largest plant is a vast seagrass meadow in Australia:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/worlds-largest-plant-vast-seagrass-meadow-australia-85112313

* "San Diego Zoo welcomes 1st aardvark birth in years:" https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/san-diego-zoo-welcomes-1st-aardvark-birth-years-85442458

* "New restrictions on ships to protect whales coming soon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-restrictions-on-ships-to-protect-whales-coming-soon/2022/06/10/53ef57f6-e8c9-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html

* "How Animals Perceive the World:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/light-noise-pollution-animal-sensory-impact/638446/

* "Cockroach Reproduction Has Taken a Strange Turn:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/science/cockroach-sugar-sex.html

* "Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules:" https://apnews.com/article/happy-the-elephant-personhood-ruling-e87eacdfa08ed4057255bf4b7623aaf4

* "Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-displays-trove-newly-discovered-ancient-artifacts-rcna31091

* "A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River:" https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/

* "Miscellaneous Myths: Medea:"

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* "The Stargazers:" https://www.science.org/content/article/what-did-ancient-maya-see-in-stars-their-descendants-team-with-scientists-find-out

* "The Truth Behind Spain’s Mad Queen | Juana la Loca:"

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* "Renaissance synagogues being restored in Venice's ghetto:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-travel-italy-museums-religion-30e8f2f78572c62a6cdb6bebd837133d

* "The Social Contract:"

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* "The Life and Death of Julie D'Aubigny:"

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* "The former slave who became the world's first drag queen:"

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* "This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1098786259/hugh-ryan-queer-history-womens-house-of-detention?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews

* "Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina:" https://gazette.com/ap/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-in-north-carolina/article_b33c4c3c-90a3-52da-b64f-a805c8390206.html

* "Politics and the Star Persona of Katharine Hepburn:"

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* "The History of Kink and Pride:" https://thequeer-menace.tumblr.com/post/687150049100185600/the-history-of-kink-and-pride

* "Tech Monopolies:"

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* "January 6th Hearings Episode 2 Recap:"

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* "Sam’s Take: Rudy! A Documusical:"

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* "The Hell and Horror of Giving Birth While Black:"

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* "Meanwhile... Will iPhone Switch To USB-C? | Diners Lick A Restaurant Wall In Arizona:"

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* "Proud Boys Face Prison Time For Sedition:"

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* "January 6 Hearings: Investigating the Thing We All Saw:" https://www.cc.com/video/mhqgqh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-january-6-hearings-investigating-the-thing-we-all-saw

* "Stocks Enter Bear Market & Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60K Speech:" https://www.cc.com/video/udg35v/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stocks-enter-bear-market-kimberly-guilfoyle-s-usd60k-speech

* "The Daily Showography of Rudy Giuliani:" https://www.cc.com/video/pujuhd/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-daily-showography-of-rudy-giuliani

* This movie fascinates me and the talk of body horror and illness in there was particularly evocative to be given the recent medical stuff. "Annihilation - I'm So Sorry That You Have to Have a Body:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZKsltnGcZE

* "Vintage Sex Ed is CRINGE (but so are we):"

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* "Trope Talk: Space Horror:"

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* "The Robbers to go (Schiller in 10 minutes, English version):"

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* "CBS Has A New Smash Hit Sitcom: The Insurrectionists:"

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* "Timon And Pumbaa Know You Don't Need Assault Rifles:"

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* "The Muppets Introduce "The Jan. 6th Show":"

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* "Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg – Iguana vs. Snakes:"

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* "Gay Bar (an OFMD fanvid):"

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* Tuesday was wild an exhausting. I got about two hours sleep. It was worth it though because they did the covered by Medicare stop gap filling replacement. This does not solve the I still need an expensive out of pocket root canal issue, but it buys a little time, and also lets me chew more things. Like a lot of things I still can't eat at all and others I have to chew carefully with only the other side of my mouth, but it means every meal isn't a game of pain roulette in which I am always the loser with a bonus chance of permanent damage that could eventually kill the tooth. Seriously, this is a win.

My social worker is calling around to see if there is a specialist who takes Medicare within the range of travel my car can handle, which just manages to include another town big enough for a decent hospital and similar amenities. I do not like risking taking it so far, as there is always a risk that it will be one trip too many for the elderly beast, but I also need that tooth.

I am not sanguine she will succeed in her mission. Still no word back from the local specialists about cost, sliding scale, and payment plans. It is likely going to be significantly more expensive than the oven if sliding scale isn't an option.

In other Tuesday news, I am healed enough from the surgery to safely bathe. I can not express how happy I am to be truly properly clean. It's another three weeks before I can restart physio or lift things much heavier than the tiny terror, but not having a dangerous infection and being able to do hydrotherapy for the pain is a big quality of life improvement.

Last Friday, the management sent a packet with revised complex rules, some of which were clearly aimed specifically at me. Sigh. The most prominent of these was a total flag ban. If they are willing to ban American Flags for Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and July 4th, they can pretend they aren't singling me out for my Pride Flags. I hadn't hung them this year because of all the medical stuff. I was barely managing oatmeal making by the beginning of June. I think I will wait 'til next year to play Pride Flag chicken with Management, since I'm still not managing or barely managing a lot of basic things.

I am determined to test their resolve next year though, and I plan to take a flag spotting tour around the complex at the beginning of July this year with Head Millennial to take pictures.

Wednesday, we did the usual Wednesday errands, plus went to the... Okay, it's like a farmer's market, except it's a store without walls and some of it open air run by hippies that sells mostly local produce from small farmers, plus some stuff from small farms further south that don't grow up here and the like. Anyway, they sell a lot of plants and plant starts in their open air section. Also I rechecked the Co-op garden section in hopes of finding the three plants I haven't seen yet this summer that I like.

Because of the new rules, Head Millennial needed to take down some things he put up to make Gothmas season lighting easier to install that are now outlawed. He also needed to plant some starts we bought, and the thing about container gardening is, you move stuff around a lot depending on which things need more or less light and moisture, which things are in producing right now, etc.. I can't lift the planters without risking another trip to the surgeon, so he has to be the one doing it. Since he was moving stuff anyway.... The patio looks great. I did not get as much weeding done as I hoped, but that is clearly another day's problem.

According to my Social Worker 70-80% of the people in my small city who are cleared for an aid don't have one or don't have all their hours covered. I knew there is a serious world wide aid shortage, but wow! I'd probably feel guiltier, but I literally have no idea how I'd have managed the last couple weeks before surgery plus the week after at all without him. I'd likely have been subsisting on crackers, for example. Also, the reason my hours were immediately filled was because I hired out of my friend group. He wouldn't be working as an aid if I hadn't offered him a job, and he very much likes working here. He is thinking about maybe signing up for another client in addition, but I'm not stealing an existing aid from someone who otherwise wouldn't have one.

If you are reasonably able bodied and need a job, I'm willing to bet wherever you live there is a shortage too. Just saying. Some of these jobs are harder than others, but given how tight the labour market is, you can likely set firm conditions about commute distance, hours, and what level of care you are able to give. (Care giving jobs have a really wide range as far as how demanding they are physically.) Just make sure you stand firm on limits and boundaries. Don't get talked into an hour each way bus commute, for example.

Anyway, we are still playing catch up on all the things that didn't get done when I was so ill, because a whole bunch of extra things got added and I was able to do so little for myself, but the progress is visible.

* I apparently need a root canal if I want to save a middle molar I need for chewing on the more functional side of my mouth so that has to go ahead of the oven fundraising wise. I've no idea how much that will cost until the specialists can get back to me. We are still trying to save for a working oven, but it's less important than being able to chew. I don't know how much I actually need there as the price fluctuates. we were $5-600 short when it was on sale. I am disabled and medically fragile. Not having a working oven is messing with my nutrition, but again being able to use that side of my mouth is worse:

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* A word about Becoming Elizabeth, because there are things you probably ought to know before you decide to watch it. I'm too angry to watch a second episode, and here's why.

CW for a discussion of pedophilia, history, and why what STARZ decided to do here is incredibly disgusting

I was excited at the idea of a show that started with the reign of Edward VI, because most Elizabeth centric things start with the reign of her half sister Mary, and there is a lot of really interesting stuff in that bit of history that could make a cool show in the right hands. At the same time, I was wary because there are so many ways to really screw up an Elizabeth narrative and I get shirty the way I do about things like the movie Troy, and Braveheart. Like really, I have rants.

I was particularly wary, because a narrative starting here requires the writers to make some difficult decisions as to how they handle Thomas Seymour's behavior to Elizabeth. There are things we are fairly certain of and things we simply can't know for sure.

( Cut for RL Thomas Seymour's Molestation Situation: )

Yeah, so I won't be watching anymore of this pro-pedophile propaganda. I'm disgusted that I got tricked into watching it at all. If the casting had been age accurate it would have been obvious to everyone how gross this is.

* Friday I had a massive sinus headache. There were hardly any spoons to start with, plus it was forage delivery day. I managed to spill a whole glass of lemonade everywhere. while cleaning it up a jabbed a hard pointy corner into my wound. This was one extreme pain too many. I gave up an took a tramadol. No hallucinations, luckily, just normal opioid nastiness.

* The white nectarines we got Wednesday started to ripen and the first two were heavenly.

* "Unlearning the Ableism of Cookbooks and Kitchen Wisdom:" https://catapult.co/stories/gabrielle-drolet-minced-words-unlearning-ableism-cookbooks-kitchen-wisdom-cooking-accessibility-disability

* "Five Gay Picture-Book Prodigies and the Difference They’ve Made:" https://www.hbook.com/story/five-gay-picture-book-prodigies-and-the-difference-theyve-made

* "“I bet most of the people flipping out about drag queens and kids have no idea that their favorite classic children’s books were written by queer people 🧵”:" https://twitter.com/lindzamer/status/1534557941248020481

* "The 5 Weirdest Changes Demanded by Comic Book Editors:" https://www.fromsuperheroes.com/post/the-5-weirdest-changes-demanded-by-comic-book-editors

* Stede and the Thanatos Drive: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/687082851766845440

* Can hobbits declare Bilbo Baggins dead twice: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/686901664138051584/prokopetz-silver-tongues-blog

* "We Need A Third Size For Vitamins:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/we-need-a-third-size-for-vitamins

* "What We're Allowed To Say We Know About Venus Figurines:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/what-were-allowed-to-say-we-know?s=r

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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.

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* How to Support the Women's Reproduction Protection Act: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/684465183144476672/womens-health-protection-act

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Donate to Abortion funds: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/685542978922692608/seacollectsrivers-theegoldfinch-theegoldfinch

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Want to help Charles Booker beat Rand Paul? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_charles_booker_only

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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