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* "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/57929853

* "The nine-year-old who teaches in a war zone:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-56212929

* "Cuban family finds welcome, refugee status in distant Serbia:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-russia-cuba-europe-migration-fee97ad2b57816e2e15a1cb7f0e431ae

* "Dozens killed after truck packed with people crashes in Mexico:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/dozens-killed-after-truck-packed-with-migrants-crashes-in-mexico

* "Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn over Myanmar hate speech:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59558090

* "Uyghurs subjected to genocide by China, unofficial UK tribunal finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/09/uyghurs-subjected-to-genocide-by-china-unofficial-uk-tribunal-finds

* "Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-prominent-democracy/story?id=81648043

* "Why is anyone surprised at Boris weaselling his way through another scandal?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/08/boris-johnson-christmas-party-downing-street-covid/

* "Tory plot to weaken human rights law is 'unashamed power grab':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/human-rights-act-reform-dominic-raab/

“From Hillsborough, to Grenfell to the appalling mishandling of the recent COVID crisis in care homes, we have never so badly needed a means to hold the government to account and we know that the Human Rights Act does that extremely effectively."

* "'Sinister' Tory anti-refugee bill treats people seeking asylum as less than human:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/lgbt-asylum-seekers-refugee-nationality-borders-bill/

* "Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-ukraine-invasion/2021/12/03/98a3760e-546b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

* "Putin keeps West guessing with dangerous brinksmanship:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-keeps-west-guessing-with-dangerous-brinksmanship-128074821878

* "Falsifying Russia’s History Is a Step Toward More Violence:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/putins-plot-against-russias-future/620930/

* "Six ways Russia views Ukraine — and why each should worry the West:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/11/russia-ukraine-putin/

* "Putin tests U.S., allies with belligerence toward Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-tests-u-s-allies-with-belligerence-toward-ukraine-128166469888

* "Sen. Chris Murphy on foreign policy and guns:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-chris-murphy-on-foreign-policy-and-guns-128524869950

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* "Pfizer says its booster shot can protect against Omicron:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/08/pfizer-booster-omicron-523935

* "What Johnson & Johnson Can Still Teach Us:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/vaccine-durability-annual-covid-boosters/620863/

* "Data indicate omicron is milder, better at evading vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-africa-south-africa-c8d09bed79be4a25f752237c0470961b

* "Covid Omicron: Time to consider mandatory jabs, EU chief says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59497462

* "Dragged up the stairs for my hospital appointment:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-59498152

* "Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/14/omicron-us-spread/

* "Dr. Fauci on Omicron: Boosters promising in fighting off severe disease:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-fauci-on-omicron-boosters-promising-in-fighting-off-severe-disease-128838213900

* "As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/us/covid-deaths-elderly-americans.html

* "FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds amid omicron threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/09/covid-vaccine-boosters-16-17-year-old/

* "How the Air Force will handle Oklahoma Guardsmen who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/12/08/how-the-air-force-will-handle-oklahoma-guardsmen-who-refuse-covid-19-vaccinations/

* "Senate votes to repeal key Biden administration vaccine and testing policy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/08/republicans-vaccine-congress-coronavirus/

* "Will new Head Start rules on masks and COVID-19 vaccines trigger another Texas lawsuit?:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/12/13/will-new-head-start-rules-on-masks-and-covid-19-vaccines-trigger-another-texas-lawsuit/

* "The Government Asked Us Not To Release Records From The CDC’s First Failed COVID Test. Here They Are.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/covid-test-false-positive-failure-cdc-documents

* "Buzzfeed News: Covid test failure revealed in secret CDC investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/buzzfeed-news-covid-test-failure-revealed-in-secret-cdc-investigation-128358469657

* "Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

* "Three Northeast states deploy National Guard amid medical capacity crisis due to pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/us/maine-new-york-covid-national-guard/index.html

* "Florida’s governor celebrated his anti-mandate Covid laws. Now Omicron is here:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/04/covid-omicron-florida-republican-ron-desantis

* "University of Florida researchers pressured to destroy COVID-19 data, told not to criticize DeSantis: report:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/584909-university-of-florida-researchers-pressured-to-destroy-covid-19-data

* "University of Florida launches formal investigation after reports of pressure to destroy Covid-19 research data:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/us/florida-university-covid-19-data/index.html

* "More Alabama counties have high rate of COVID transmission:" https://www.wbrc.com/2021/12/03/more-alabama-counties-have-high-rate-covid-transmission/

* "Alabama has second largest COVID deaths per capita in nation, third least vaccinated:" https://www.alreporter.com/2021/12/14/alabama-has-second-largest-covid-deaths-per-capita-in-nation-third-least-vaccinated/

* "Dobbs: 'A challenging season' ahead as COVID-19 cases rise and flu kicks up in Mississippi:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/12/03/covid-19-flu-cases-rise-mississippi/8849562002/

* "‘We Can Get It Done’: How Jefferson County Became First In Mississippi For Vaccination:" https://www.mississippifreepress.org/18447/we-can-get-it-done-how-jefferson-county-became-first-in-mississippi-for-vaccination/

* "Michigan sets hospitalization record, leads nation in new coronavirus cases per capita:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/health/michigan-covid-cases-hospitalizations/index.html

* "Covid shows ominous signs as winter sets in; Omicron incidental to flare-up:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-shows-ominous-signs-as-winter-sets-in-omicron-incidental-to-flare-up-128169541802

* "Lee Norman, fired as Kansas health secretary, says he was 'Fauci'd' by COVID politics:" https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/12/03/lee-norman-fired-kansas-health-boss-says-covid-politics-crux/8852270002/

* "'Too much straight talk' on Covid forces Kansas health secretary out of office:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-too-much-straight-talk-on-covid-forces-kansas-health-secretary-out-of-office-128268357957

* "'Pretty stubborn population': Kansas health officials worry about vaccination rates as COVID worsens:" https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/12/08/kansas-covid-vaccine-rates-as-hospitalizations-cases-rise-coronavirus-updates/8891607002/

* "Missouri AG Eric Schmitt orders schools to drop COVID rules. They say he can’t do that:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article256432276.html

* "NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/mayor-vaccine-mandates-required-nyc-employers-81582082

* "Supreme Court declines to block New York vaccine mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/politics/supreme-court-new-york-vaccine-mandate/index.html

* "Tenn medical board takes virus misinformation policy offline:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tenn-medical-board-takes-virus-misinformation-policy-offline-81631746

* "‘My guy’: Trump was impressed Meadows carried Covid briefcase, book says:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-my-guy-trump-was-impressed-meadows-carried-covid-briefcase-book-says-128250949722

* 45 deliberately exposed more than 500 people than we know of to COVID when he was sick last year. "Seven days: Following Trump’s coronavirus trail:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-positive/2021/12/05/b1a55fda-544f-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html

* "The wide and dangerous gap between Trump’s covid recommendations and his treatments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/07/wide-dangerous-gap-between-trumps-covid-recommendations-his-treatments/

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* "White House announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/white-house-boycott-beijing-olympics-523817

* "UK opens door to Assange extradition to US on spying charges:" https://apnews.com/article/julian-assange-espionage-extradition-87c7f8f5acf747bbddb7cb87005fded6

* Good. Finally. "US woman accused in high-profile road crash to face UK trial:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-woman-accused-high-profile-road-crash-face-81730323

* "The history of the metal box that’s wrecking the supply chain:" https://www.vox.com/recode/22832884/shipping-containers-amazon-supply-chain

* "'The crisis we face is real': Blinken on why Biden is convening a Summit for Democracy:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/08/president-biden-hosting-democracy-summit-here-why/6418307001/

* "As Biden rallies world's democracies, U.S. political right sides with authoritarians:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-biden-rallies-world-s-democracies-u-s-political-right-sides-with-authoritarians-128269893538

* "Biden elevates democracy as a value to the chagrin of China, Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-elevates-democracy-as-a-value-to-the-chagrin-of-china-russia-128371781713

* DeJoy's at it again. "USPS suspends delivery of mail to certain countries:" https://holiday-wishes.dreamwidth.org/93123.html

* "Lesbian Fox News Host Slams Biden for Saying Women and Men Are Equal:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/12/10/lesbian-fox-news-host-slams-biden-saying-women-and-men-are-equal

* "Biden order would make US government carbon neutral by 2050:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-technology-business-environment-and-nature-caee9ef67c7274ee2a9399f5c9b1976e

* "Gay Indian-American to Become Top LGBTQ+ White House Staffer:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/10/gay-indian-american-become-top-lgbtq-white-house-staffer

* "How Reggie Greer Fights for LGBTQ+ Rights From Inside the Biden Admin:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/12/08/how-reggie-greer-fights-lgbtq-rights-inside-biden-admin

* "Biden nominee withdraws name after GOP ‘red scare’ campaign:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-nominee-withdraws-name-after-gop-red-scare-campaign-128252997939

* "Congress votes to raise the debt ceiling, punting the next fight to 2023:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064114046/congress-votes-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-punting-the-next-fight-to-2023

* "Senate sends $768B defense policy bill to Biden:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/15/senate-sends-768b-defense-policy-bill-to-biden-524734

* "McConnell secures GOP support for new debt strategy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/07/mcconnell-gop-raise-debt-limit-523878

* "Despite past objections, Senate adds filibuster exception for debt ceiling. So, what next?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-past-objections-senate-adds-filibuster-exception-for-debt-ceiling-so-what-next-128462405659

* "Manchin keeps Dems guessing on their megabill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/13/manchin-fiscal-concerns-524158

* "Senate Dems' choice: Election reform first, or Biden's megabill?:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/14/senate-democrats-wrestle-with-two-end-of-the-year-priorities-524217

* "‘Shameless:’ Republicans tout funding that passed with zero GOP votes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shameless-republicans-tout-funding-that-passed-with-zero-gop-votes-128149573821

* "Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk: The world's richest freeloader evidently has very thin skin:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/elizabeth-warren-responds-to-elon-musk-tweeting-she-s-senator-karen-calling-him-world-s-richest-freeloader-128837189631

* "Who can still afford to live in the city?:"

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* "Starbucks workers at Buffalo store vote to unionize:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/business/starbucks-union-vote/index.html

* "‘Monumental victory’: Starbucks workers in Buffalo vote to unionize:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-monumental-victory-starbucks-workers-in-buffalo-vote-to-unionize-128357957671

* "Andrew Zimmern: We have enough food to reach people and desperately need Congress to take notice:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-exacerbating-the-food-insecurity-problem-in-this-country-discussed-by-andrew-zimmern-128450117954

* "Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid:" https://www.propublica.org/article/utahs-social-safety-net-is-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-what-does-that-mean-if-youre-not-one#1178670

* "If we made other professions ‘Dash for Cash’ like we do teachers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/dash-cash-teachers-dollar-bills-satire/

* "‘What have we come to?’: Mehdi on ‘dystopian’ contest for extra classroom funds:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-what-have-we-come-to-mehdi-on-dystopian-contest-for-extra-classroom-funds-128635973839

* "Banks slowly reconsider overdraft fees, amid public pressure:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/banks-slowly-reconsider-overdraft-fees-amid-public-pressure-81742084

* "How the Taxi Workers Won:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/taxi-driver-strike/

* "Two recent filibuster exceptions expose lie of filibuster as insurmountable hurdle:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/two-recent-filibuster-exceptions-expose-lie-of-filibuster-as-insurmountable-hurdle-128649797728

* "'These are no ordinary times': Warnock calls for action to stem erosion of democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-these-are-no-ordinary-times-warnock-calls-for-action-to-stem-erosion-of-democracy-128756293942

* "Warnock to Senate Democrats: Bipartisanship at whose expense?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warnock-to-senate-democrats-bipartisanship-at-whose-expense-128755269590

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* "New York City poised to give voting rights to noncitizens:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-new-york-new-york-city-voting-state-elections-cb6067185112b9f3aca9f3f1ae14f11b

* "Biden administration sues to block Texas redistricting maps:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/doj-sues-to-block-texas-congressional-map-523819

* "North Carolina delays 2022 primaries to give redistricting challenges more time:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/08/1062542865/north-carolina-delays-2022-primaries-to-give-redistricting-challenges-more-time

* "How Utah Republicans ‘weaponized’ redistricting:" https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/11/17/how-utah-republicans/

* "Judge allows lawsuits against Georgia’s voting law to move forward:" https://www.axios.com/federal-judge-lawsuits-georgia-restrictive-voting-law-641137a5-3d1e-49e0-9c6a-afe89483ca05.html

* "Republicans overhaul election system in Georgia, purging Democrats; Black county targeted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-overhaul-election-system-in-georgia-purging-democrats-black-county-targeted-128460358001

* "Fmr. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder discusses the 2022 midterms and the battles over redistricting:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/fmr-u-s-attorney-general-eric-holder-discusses-the-2022-midterms-and-the-battles-over-redistricting-128525893857

* "Republicans overhaul election system in Georgia, purging Democrats; Black county targeted:"https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-overhaul-election-system-in-georgia-purging-democrats-black-county-targeted-128460358001

* "Addressing Insider Threats in Elections:" https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/addressing-insider-threats-elections

* "Trump, supporters not willing to risk 2024 outcome with a fair election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-supporters-not-willing-to-risk-2024-outcome-with-a-fair-election-128081477557

* "Rep. Schiff: GOP seems to be putting in place apparatus for overturning 2024 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/house-voting-on-mark-meadows-contempt-referral-discussed-by-rep-adam-schiff-128740933783

* CW: Death threats, Lynching. "Two election workers break silence after enduring Trump backers' threats:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-two-election-workers-break-silence-after-enduring-trump-backers-2021-12-10/

* "Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges:" https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/kanye-west-publicist-pressed-georgia-election-worker-confess-bogus-fraud-charges-2021-12-10/

* "Details of intimidation of Georgia election workers puts new scrutiny on Trump campaign:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/details-of-intimidation-of-georgia-election-workers-puts-new-scrutiny-on-trump-campaign-128459845849

* "Election worker received threats, had to change appearance after being falsely accused by Trump of rigging votes:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-falsely-accusing-georgia-election-worker-ruby-freeman-of-rigging-votes-leads-to-threats-against-her-128451141544

* "Residents of Trump-Loving Retirement Community Arrested for Allegedly Voting Twice in 2020 Election:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/florida-three-arrested-vote-twice-the-villages-1271574/

* "Election officials gain defenders against Trump Republicans bent on corrupting democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/election-officials-gain-defenders-against-trump-republicans-bent-on-corrupting-democracy-128851013580

* "Republican rips colleagues for damaging, wasteful election spectacle:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-rips-colleagues-for-damaging-wasteful-election-spectacle-128848453845

* "Retired Army colonel who circulated election-denying PowerPoint speaks to Louisiana election commission:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/retired-army-colonel-circulated-election-220900873.html

* "Sidney Powell group raised more than $14 million spreading election falsehoods:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/sidney-powell-defending-republic-donations/2021/12/06/61bdb004-53ef-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

* "Joy Reid critiques shadowy Utah Voter Verification Project going door-to-door looking for nonexistent voter fraud:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/utah-voter-verification-project-going-door-to-door-looking-for-nonexistent-voter-fraud-critiqued-by-joy-reid-128152133986

* "Republicans lay the groundwork to subvert the 2024 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/republicans-lay-the-groundwork-to-subvert-the-2024-election-128525893895

* "The Terrifying Future of the American Right:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/scary-future-american-right-national-conservatism-conference/620746/

* "Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/

* "Dana Milbank: Reporters should be partisan when it comes to democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-loyalists-leading-america-toward-authoritarianism-128069701544

* "Trump's 'propaganda ecosystem' priming supporters for violence: Gellman:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-propaganda-ecosystem-priming-supporters-for-violence-gellman-128078917725

* "Wherein Matt Lewis is madly ahistorical:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1812100.html

* "Joy Reid: The party of open hostility to democracy is the Republican Party:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-kick-off-first-summit-for-democracy-as-gop-voter-suppression-ploys-advance-128358469955

* "How Trump pushed Perdue into the Georgia governor's race, kicking off a bitter GOP fight:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-official-perdue-to-challenge-kemp-for-ga-governor-ensuring-divisive-gop-primary/2021/12/06/7f5fd94c-56a7-11ec-a808-3197a22b19fa_story.html

* "Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue will announce primary bid against Georgia governor this week:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/05/perdue-georgia-governor-kemp-primary-523772

* "Chris Hayes: David Perdue’s governor bid is about one thing and one thing only:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-david-perdue-s-governor-bid-is-about-one-thing-and-one-thing-only-128063045727

* "What the GOP Does to Its Own Dissenters:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/peter-meijer-freshman-republican-impeach/620844/

* "Lisa Middleton Becomes First Trans Mayor in California:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/09/lisa-middleton-becomes-first-trans-mayor-california

* "Liliana Bakhtiari Is First Nonbinary Member of Atlanta City Council:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/06/liliana-bakhtiari-first-nonbinary-member-atlanta-city-council

* "Rep. Omar on calls for ‘condemnation and punishment’ for Lauren Boebert’s racist, anti-Muslim comments:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/lauren-boebert-s-racist-anti-muslim-comments-condemned-by-rep-ilhan-omar-128151109982

* "Trump shell company faces SEC investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/trump-spac-sec-investigation-523795

* "In odd career move, Devin Nunes announces abrupt departure from Congress :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/devin-nunes-announces-abrupt-departure-from-congress-in-odd-career-move-128076869653

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Devin Nunes to Lead Donald Trump's Media Company:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/07/anti-lgbtq-rep-devin-nunes-lead-donald-trumps-media-company-trump-media-technology-group

* "Trump appeals judge’s ruling that tax records can be released by Treasury Department to Congress:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/14/trump-tax-records-treasury-release/

* "Trump inadvertently admits to obstruction of justice in new Fox News interview:" https://www.salon.com/2021/12/07/inadvertently-admits-to-obstruction-of-justice-in-new-fox-news-interview_partner/

* "Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro refuses to provide documents subpoenaed in House Covid-19 probe:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/politics/peter-navarro-documents-covid-19-probe/index.html

* "New York attorney general seeks Trump’s deposition as part of civil fraud investigation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-letitia-james-deposition/2021/12/09/01b10140-587f-11ec-a219-9b4ae96da3b7_story.html

* "Parallel criminal and civil cases put Trump in a legal bind:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parallel-criminal-and-civil-cases-put-trump-in-a-legal-bind-128370245760

* "Tim O’Brien: NY attorney general seeking Trump deposition signals investigation’s end is near:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-sought-for-deposition-by-new-york-attorney-general-tish-james-128360005830

* "New Evidence: Trump White House May Have Worked With DOJ Official in Scheme to Overturn the Election:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jeffrey-clark-white-house-overturn-georgia-election-1267012/

* "House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress over Jan. 6 probe dispute:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-house-expected-hold-mark-meadows-contempt-congress/story?id=81745730

* "Meadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case:" https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/meadows-sues-as-jan-6-panel-proceeds-with-contempt-case/KAP2FTXTDVC5VC77MVS2IRFCR4/?outputType=amp

* "Meadows Jan. 5 email indicated Guard on standby to ‘protect pro Trump people,’ investigators say:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/12/meadows-jan-6-national-guard-trump-524133

* "New details show depth of Mark Meadows' role in effort to overturn Trump's 2020 loss:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-details-show-depth-of-mark-meadows-role-in-effort-to-overturn-trump-s-2020-loss-128271429559

* "New Meadows texts further implicate members of Congress in Trump plot to overturn election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-meadows-texts-further-implicate-members-of-congress-in-trump-plot-to-overturn-election-128754757912

* "Meadows and the Band of Loyalists: How They Fought to Keep Trump in Power:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/trump-meadows-republicans-congress-jan-6.html

* "Contents of texts to Meadows from Fox News hosts, Congress members revealed at 1/6 hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/contents-of-texts-to-meadows-from-fox-news-hosts-congress-members-revealed-at-1-6-hearing-128646725898

* "Meadows evidence appears to implicate members of Congress in plots to flip state elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/meadows-evidence-appears-to-implicate-members-of-congress-in-plots-to-flip-state-elections-128649797535

* "Potential crimes by Donald Trump seen as a focus for January 6th Committee at hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/potential-crimes-by-donald-trump-seen-as-a-focus-for-january-6th-committee-at-hearing-128648773600

* "Jan. 6 panel: Fox News hosts texted Meadows amid riot, urged intervention:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jan-6-panel-fox-news-hosts-texted-meadows-amid-riot-urged-intervention-128633925722

* "Fox hosts, Don Jr. texts reveal everyone was horrified by riot—except Trump :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-hosts-don-jr-texts-reveal-everyone-was-horrified-by-riot-except-trump-128738373993

* "Mary Trump: Trumpism has moved beyond Donald, is about undoing our democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-supporters-including-mark-meadows-kevin-mccarthy-scrutinized-by-mary-trump-128837701791

* "House committee subpoenas six people linked to Jan. 6 rally, including Trump-backed Ohio congressional candidate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/10/house-committee-subpoenas-six-individuals-linked-jan-6-rally-including-trump-backed-ohio-congressional-candidate/

* "January 6th Committee reveals what we already knew - it wasn't a group of rowdy tourists:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/january-6th-committee-reveals-what-we-already-knew-it-wasn-t-a-group-of-rowdy-tourists-128525381957

* "Top Pence aide cooperating with January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/marc-short-pence-aide-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/trump-documents/index.html

* "Another Trump loss: Court affirms legitimacy of 1/6 investigation; fallout for Bannon?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/another-trump-loss-court-affirms-legitimacy-of-1-6-investigation-fallout-for-bannon-128370757686

* "Judge sets July 18 for Bannon ‘contempt of Congress’ trial:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/07/july-18-bannon-contempt-of-congress-trial-523885

* "'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

* "Ex-D.C. guard official: Michael Flynn’s brother lied to Congress about Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ex-d-c-guard-official-michael-flynn-s-brother-lied-to-congress-about-jan-6-128064069660

* "D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/racine-jan-6-lawsuit/2021/12/14/4e581d00-5c51-11ec-bda6-25c1f558dd09_story.html

* "Army awards Purple Hearts to soldiers whose injuries were minimized by Donald Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/army-awards-purple-hearts-to-soldiers-whose-injuries-were-minimized-by-donald-trump-128268357931

* "Florida district to pay $26 million to shooting victims:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/florida-district-pay-26-million-shooting-victims-81767791

* "California governor says he will use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun control:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/us/california-gun-control-texas-abortion-legal-tactics/index.html

* "Joy Reid slams Republicans who seem to lionize gun worshippers and lethal shooters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/deadly-shootings-getting-the-rightwing-spin-treatment-slammed-by-joy-reid-128070725508

* "Are the Crumbley Parents Responsible?:"

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* "'No one is solvent': Coffee crisis in Central America fuels record exodus north:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/no-one-solvent-coffee-crisis-central-america-fuels-record-exodus-north-rcna8023

* "Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death:" https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-minneapolis-race-and-ethnicity-st-paul-a8b12b1e3e0fedc1270c659e3428134e

* "Exonerated after 43 years in jail despite his innocence, Kevin Strickland opens up to Joy Reid:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-strickland-after-43-years-in-jail-via-wrongful-conviction-by-an-all-white-jury-is-exonerated-freed-128257093649

* "Police Trading Homophobic, Racist Texts Jeopardize Hundreds of Cases:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/09/police-trading-homophobic-racist-texts-jeopardize-hundreds-cases

* "The Police Killings Were Years Ago. New Prosecutors Are Reopening Cases.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/us/prosecutors-investigating-police-killings.html

* CW: Lynching "No new charges as Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/emmett-till-investigation-closed-justice-department-523825

* "Keechant Sewell to be 1st woman, 3rd Black person to lead New York City police:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-15/new-york-police-sewell

* CW: Suicide "Family of Georgia Trans Inmate Wins $2.2M Wrongful-Death Settlement:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/08/family-georgia-trans-inmate-wins-record-two-million-dollar-wrongful-death-settlement

* "Violence & Protest | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "White Supremacy, 4 Years After Charlottesville:"

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* "How do you deradicalise an incel?:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-do-you-deradicalise-an-incel

* "Jussie Smollett was found guilty on 5 felony counts. Here's what comes next:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/us/jussie-smollett-trial-guilty-next-steps/index.html

* "‘Terrifying’ Nashville statue of Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest is removed:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/07/nashville-forrest-confederate-statue-removed/

* "Fall of 'heinously ugly' racist statue marks another step in slow march of progress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fall-of-heinously-ugly-racist-statue-marks-another-step-in-slow-march-of-progress-128167493824

* "A Confederate General's Remains Are Being Moved Out Of Memphis:" https://www.npr.org/2021/06/19/1008371491/confederate-general-remains-memphis-moved

* "Virginia to begin removal process of Robert E. Lee statue pedestal in Richmond, governor says:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/virginia-robert-e-lee-statue-pedestal-removal/index.html

* "The Mantra of White Supremacy:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/white-supremacy-mantra-anti-racism/620832/

* Spoiler: He's also super racist. "Rod Liddle 'transphobia' row proves students are being sacrificed for speech:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/durham-university-rod-liddle-transphobia-student/

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Little Elm families want accountability after protest that led to clash between students and police:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/12/01/little-elm-families-want-accountability-after-protest-that-led-to-clash-between-students-and-police/

* CW: Pedophilia. "John Kricfalusi's Disgusting Behavior With Work and Minors | Corporate Casket:"

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* CW: Sex Trafficking. "The prosecution rests its case in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1063224243/the-prosecution-rests-its-case-in-ghislaine-maxwells-sex-trafficking-trial

* CW: Pedophilia. "Reality TV’s Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession:" https://apnews.com/article/josh-duggar-convicted-child-pornography-26436604345361733003627af33bda78

* "The Great (Fake) Child-Sex-Trafficking Epidemic:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/children-sex-trafficking-conspiracy-epidemic/620845/

* "US groups behind bid to outlaw abortion linked to global attacks on human rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/07/homophobic-groups-fund-abortion-case-us/

* "SCOTUS allows clinics’ challenge to Texas abortion ban to proceed:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/10/supreme-court-allows-clinics-challenge-to-texas-abortion-ban-to-proceed-rebuffs-biden-admin-524083

* "LGBTQ+ Groups: SCOTUS Should Have Blocked Texas Abortion Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/10/lgbtq-groups-scotus-should-have-blocked-texas-abortion-law

* "Anti-abortion Supreme Court justices risk slippery slope with ruling on Texas abortion law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/anti-abortion-supreme-court-justices-risk-slippery-slope-with-ruling-on-texas-abortion-law-128460869959

* "Jennifer Rubin: Women are on their own throughout pregnancy and childbirth in Mississippi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mississippi-governor-defends-anti-abortion-stance-as-his-state-is-ranked-50th-for-child-welfare-128068165812

* "Priest jailed after stealing £85k from church to fund drug-fuelled orgies:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/10/priest-stole-church-gay-sex-orgies-drugs/

* "Chile's Congress Approves Marriage Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/12/08/chiles-congress-approves-marriage-equality

* "Tokyo Plans to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships Next Year:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/12/08/tokyo-plans-recognize-same-sex-partnerships-next-year

* "Here's The Current List of Countries That Recognize Marriage Equality:" https://www.outtraveler.com/best-travel/2021/12/08/heres-current-list-countries-recognize-marriage-equality#media-gallery-media-1

* "LGBTQ+ Iranians Are Suffering and Dying While the World Yawns:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/12/10/lgbtq-iranians-are-suffering-and-dying-while-world-yawns

* "Barbados can 'wipe the slate' on LGBT+ rights as a republic, campaigners say:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/barbados-lgbt-rights-republic-colonial-laws/

* "Presbyterian Church goes after reverend for 'endorsing gay relationship':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/10/presbyterian-church-gay/

* "Police failings in case of evil Grindr killer Stephen Port 'probably' led to more deaths:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/10/stephen-port-inquest-jury-police/

* CW: Rape "BBC Transphobia? Or Just Terrible Journalism? (Or Both?!):"

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* CW: Rape. "J.K. Rowling Casts Transphobic Tweets Again:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/13/jk-rowling-casts-transphobic-tweets-again

* "JK Rowling (Again) Pushes Trans Women Predator Narrative:"

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* "JK Rowling Promotes Anti-Trans Doxers to Condemn Doxing:"

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* "More Than 20 Million Americans Identify as LGBTQ+, According to Report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/15/more-20-million-americans-identify-lgbtq-according-report

* "Here Are the 50 Trans Americans Killed in 2021 So Far:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/10/20/all-trans-people-killed-murdered-violence-2021-record-statistics

* "Florida Removes LGBTQ-Inclusive Antibullying Info From State Website:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/06/florida-removes-lgbtq-inclusive-antibullying-info-state-website

* "Catholic Diocese Says LGBTQ+ People Are Not Allowed Sacraments:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/12/10/michigan-catholic-diocese-says-lgbtq-people-are-not-allowed-sacraments

* Suspect Arrested After Gay Man Was Beaten with Metal Pole":" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/13/suspect-arrested-after-gay-man-was-beaten-metal-pole

* "Man Threatened to Attack NYC Pride, Eclipsing Pulse Massacre:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/07/man-threatened-attack-nyc-pride-eclipsing-pulse-massacre

* "Trans Woman Nikai David Killed in Oakland in Deadliest Year on Record:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/06/trans-woman-nikai-david-killed-oakland-california-deadliest-year-record

* CW: Suicide. "12-YO Dies by Suicide After Bullies Say He’d Go to Hell for Being Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/07/12-year-old-boy-kills-self-after-bullies-say-hed-go-hell-being-gay

* "Minnesota Town Rallies Around Outed Trans Child:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/07/minnesota-town-rallies-around-outed-trans-child

* "Trans Woman Wins Settlement in Suit Against California Gym:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/09/trans-woman-wins-settlement-suit-against-california-gym

* CW: Suicide "Study: Hormone Therapy Connected to Lower Suicide Risk in Trans Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/14/study-hormone-therapy-connected-lower-suicide-risk-trans-youth

* "These People Think Bleach Will Cure Autism:"

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* CW: Torture, Child Abuse "How Can Infrastructure Help Us Stop Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #12:"

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* "The Horrors of Autism Speaks:"

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* CW: Child Abuse, Torture. " Autism Speaks' Electrifying Past :"

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* CW: Child Abuse "Is NEXT For Autism Just Autism Speaks Jr?:"

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* "What Is Outbreak Culture? Crash Course Outbreak Science #13:"

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* "4 Dead Infants, a Convicted Mother, and a Genetic Mystery:" https://www.wired.com/story/kathleen-folbigg-sudden-infant-death-mystery/

* "‘I’m blind but technology helps me animate’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-59429216

* "Supervised injection sites have reversed 9 overdoses since opening in NYC: Mayor de Blasio:" https://abc7ny.com/mayor-de-blasio-supervised-injection-needle-exchange-drug-addiction/11300973/

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* "Postcards From a World on Fire:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/opinion/climate-change-effects-countries.html

* "Conservatives Have a New Bogeyman: Critical Energy Theory:" https://newrepublic.com/article/164641/conservatives-new-bogeyman-critical-energy-theory

* "‘Critical energy theory’: Right wing declares war on ‘woke’ climate policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-critical-energy-theory-right-wing-declares-war-on-woke-climate-policy-128253509763

* "‘So Many Dimensions’: A Drought Study Underlines the Complexity of Climate:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/climate/climate-change-madagascar-drought.html

* "The drought ravaging East African wildlife and livestock:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-59513118

* "The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here's why:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/13/1063676832/the-exact-link-between-tornadoes-and-climate-change-is-hard-to-draw-heres-why

* "More than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern US:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/weather/severe-weather-tornadoes-saturday/index.html

* "The full extent of weekend tornado damage might not be known for days, officials say:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/12/1063522811/emergency-response-continues-in-kentucky-after-deadly-tornadoes-in-south-and-mid

* "Candle factory had been 'going 24/7' to meet Christmastime demand. Then the storm hit:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/us/candle-factory-mayfield-ky-tornado/index.html

* "Kentucky candle factory: questions arise over why staff worked during tornadoes:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/kentucky-tornadoes-candle-factory-search-survivors

* "Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/crews-search-rubble-after-6-die-at-illinois-amazon-facility/2021/12/12/5832affa-5b72-11ec-b1ef-cb78be717f0e_story.html

* "Survivors of deadly tornadoes may go weeks without heat, water, electricity, Kentucky officials say:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tornado-kentucky-storm-dec13-2021-1.6283500

* "Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-tornado-factory-workers-threatened-firing-left-tornado-employ-rcna8581

* "The U.S. Government Is Wasting Billions on Ineffective Wildfire Policy:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/fire-industrial-complex-wildfire-policy-suppression.html

* CW: Child Death. "Storm Drains Keep Swallowing People During Floods:" https://www.propublica.org/article/storm-drains-keep-swallowing-people-during-floods

* "British waste dumped in Romania:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-59557493

* "Urban garden in Rio feeds hundreds of families in former ‘crackland’:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/urban-garden-rio-feeds-hundreds-families-former-crackland-2021-12-05/

* "California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade:" https://www.yahoo.com/now/california-goes-war-food-waste-130026484.html

* "The ingenious living bridges of India:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211117-how-indias-living-bridges-could-transform-architecture

* "Pansexual Furry to Become 1st Out LGBTQ+ Person in Space This Weekend:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/10/pansexual-furry-become-1st-out-lgbtq-person-space-weekend

* "Every Night, Hordes of Sea Creatures Rise From the Deep:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/why-sea-creatures-migrate-surface-every-night/620979/

* "Museum Showcases Queer Relationships in the Animal Kingdom:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/10/museum-showcases-same-sex-queer-relationships-animal-kingdom

* "Watch a stunning MIT video of butterfly scales forming inside a chrysalis:" https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-a-stunning-mit-video-of-butterfly-scales-forming-inside-a-chrysalis/

* "Reindeer’s Eyes Change Color With Seasons:" https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/10/reindeers-eyes-change-color-with-seasons.html

* CW: Animal Abuse, Dead Animals "Discussing the History of Animal Abuse in Hollywood | Prism of the Past:"

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* "Akhenaten - A Pharaoh Obsessed - Extra History:"

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* "Thermopylae:"

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* "King Herod: Mad Tyrant or Misunderstood Hero?:"

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* "Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/pompeii-still-has-buried-secrets

* "Creepy Archaeological Discoveries:"

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* " More Creepy Archaeological Discoveries :"

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* "Subutai: Genghis Khan’s Demon Dog of War:"

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* "Machu Picchu: The Lost City of the Incas:"

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* "Frederick the Great: Prussia’s Fabulous King:"

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* "A Day in the Life of an Enslaved Lady's Maid:"

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* "Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer:"

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* "Mary Seacole:"

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* "What Were Halloween Parties Like in the Early 1900s?:"

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* "That Time When a Shortage of Sausage and Beer Killed 1,000 People and Toppled an Empire:"

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* "Sleeping Sickness: The Terrifying Disease that Everyone Forgot:"

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* "Rhinelander v Rhinelander: The 1920s Race & Sex Scandal You've Never Head Of:"

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* " Political Thought in the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Black American History #27 :" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HY8d4ABHQA

* "The Great Depression: Crash Course Black American History #28:"

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* "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run:"

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* "What was Life Like for Women in the USSR?:"

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* "Magora Kennedy: Meet The 83-Year-Old Reverend And Stonewall Veteran:" https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/2021/12/13/magora-kennedy-meet-reverend-stonewall

* "Rita Moreno vs Hollywood: The Other "West Side Story" Rumble:"

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* "The Overlooked History of Berlin's Black Community:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-black-community-germany

* "Jay Toole: The Stonewall Veteran Reflects On 25 Years of Homelessness:" https://www.advocate.com/women/2021/12/07/jay-toole-stonewall-veteran-reflects-25-years-homelessness

* "Looking at the Cause of the Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse of 1981:"

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* "Why Aren’t We Taking to the Streets for Canadian Women and Girls?:" https://www.flare.com/news/canadian-activism/

* "Vozrozhdeniya "Rebirth" Island: The Soviet Union's Bio Weapons Lab:"

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* "Don Decker: The Rain Man:"

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* "Legendary author bell hooks, who believed 'feminism is for everyone', dies aged 69:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/15/bell-hooks-death-tributes-author-feminism/

* "Steve Bronski, co-founder of pioneering gay band Bronski Beat, dies aged 61:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/09/steve-bronski-beat-dead/

That Smalltown Boy video meant so damned much when it was new. It was a promise that if you could hold on and survive, you could get out and it would be better.

* "Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy:"

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* "Anne Rice, best-selling novelist who helped launch a vampire revival, dies at 80:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/13/anne-rice-dead/

* "Anne Rice, Noted for Supernatural and Homoerotic Novels, Dies at 80:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/12/12/anne-rice-noted-supernatural-and-homoerotic-novels-dies-80

* "Michael Nesmith, Monkees Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 78:" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/

* "Yemen: The woman saving a crumbling heritage:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59262086

* "The Tomb Raiders of the Upper East Side:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/bogdanos-antiquities-new-york/620525/

* "Negro League baseball players earn spots in the National Baseball Hall of Fame:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/negro-league-players-baseball-hall-of-fame/index.html

* "The secret history of Sesame Street: ‘It was utopian – it’s part of who we all are’:" https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/11/found-photographs-sesame-street-season-one-utopian

* "Cream cheese shortage hits NYC bagel shops amid supply chain issues:" https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/12/05/cream-cheese-shortage-hits-nyc-bagel-shops-amid-supply-chain-issues

* "Italian bishop apologizes for telling children Santa doesn't exist:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/europe/christmas-santa-claus-italy-bishop-apology-scli-intl/index.html

* "SCOTUS: Where Reproductive Rights Go to Die:"

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* "The Dangers of the Supreme Court Shadow Docket:"

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* "How Our Culture of “Fast and Free Returns!” is Not So Free:"

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* "Mark Meadows is Having a VERY Bad Week:"

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* "If You Don’t Know, Now You Know - U.S. Housing Demand Soars:" https://www.cc.com/video/kk62bw/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-u-s-housing-demand-soars

* "Fringe-Watching - Lauren Boebert :" https://www.cc.com/video/l6mrai/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-fringe-watching-lauren-boebert

* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Anti-Vaccination in SoCal:" https://www.cc.com/video/i0hd3o/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-anti-vaccination-in-socal

* "Boris Johnson Party Scandal & Hillary Clinton Victory Speech:" https://www.cc.com/video/5ax2mr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-boris-johnson-party-scandal-hillary-clinton-victory-speech

* "Elon Musk's TIME Feature & Gavin Newsom's Gun Law Gambit:" https://www.cc.com/video/1i23gl/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-elon-musk-s-time-feature-gavin-newsom-s-gun-law-gambit

* "Queerbaiting: Manipulating the LGBTQ+ Into False Representation:"

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* CW: Suicide "What Went Wrong with Dear Evan Hansen:"

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* "Richard Hunt: The Gay Man Behind the Muppets:"

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* "1000 Years of Hanukkah in Jewish historical costume! Celebrating the history of Hanukkah traditions:"

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* "500 Years of Correcting “Historical” Halloween Costumes:"

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* " Redesigning "Historical" Halloween Costumes According to Actual Historical Evidence: Men's Edition :"

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* "Landlords, Class Disparity & The People Under the Stairs:"

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* "How Adam West's Batman Lit the Way for the Dark Knight:"

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* "How Did the Whole Stan Lee Cameo Thing Start? (And the Hilariously Awkward Way He Met His Wife):"

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* "One Villainous Scene - Demona is Alone:"

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* "The World's Most Dangerous Musical: The Chaotic History of Spider-Man on Broadway:"

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* I wrote this in response to someone's post about a Christmas Carol. (Mildly Edited.)

My Father was Marley every year from when I was a few months old until the year before he died. (He missed the last pageant because he was literally on his death bed, dying Christmas Eve.) He loved doing it the way he loved being a ghoul every Halloween to give out candy. The make up was rather similar and he spent years perfecting and aging both costumes. This was a man who owned his own chains, real steel so the rattle would carry. (The School chapel had excellent acoustics. It was a theater in the round situation, with the whole school assembled on three sides. The building had a sort of raised stage in the center of the cross. (4th side had choir, organ, robing room, storage, offices). The acoustics were designed so an unamplified would carry beautifully from the center stage.

You say "Marley" and I see my Father in his dingy shroud and the make up designed to make him look haggard and dead, raising his chains, and his booming voice wailing the monologue that started, "These are the chains I forged in life," punctuated by rattling chains to which they had attached the coffers of greed. He somehow honed a combination of real soul torment and skin chilling warning.

This will always be the Christmas Carol in my head. It was truly Haunting and very much drawn from the original story in tone and design.

* I used all the bill money to fix my brakes, plus the donations. I need about 250.00-300 to cover bills for the month. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* I'm having a lot of extreme pain which is why posting is so irregular. Apologies.

* "Goofy 18th-Century Self-Portraits by Joseph Ducreux:" https://kottke.org/21/11/goofy-18th-century-self-portraits-by-joseph-ducreux

* "11 Profoundly Useless Educational Films From the 1940s-1960s:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/653019/profoundly-useless-educational-films

* "8 Helpful Tips for Keeping Pets Out of Christmas Trees:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/653446/how-to-keep-pets-out-of-christmas-trees?utm_content=infinitescroll2

* "Timey-Wimey Sweets:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/12/5/timey-wimey-sweets

* "Sunday Sweets: Polar Opposites:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/12/12/sunday-sweets-polar-opposites

* "A Comprehensive Account Of Every Feeling I Have Ever Had At A Medieval Times:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/a-comprehensive-account-of-every?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTUzMDk0MSwiXyI6Ik1EdnZtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM5NjU1ODAyLCJleHAiOjE2Mzk2NTk0MDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.qFhrRLsLTBEyBfMnIOzGkKrcPUIfuoPwNyBhu4NrTqY

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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.

* "Help Kevin Strickland After Wrongful Conviction:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kevin-strickland-after-wrongful-conviction

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

* 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

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

* I used all the bill money to fix my brakes. I need about 250.00-300 to cover bills for the month. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* How stupid is 45? This stupid, apparently. "U.S. says it won’t join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-vaccine-trump/2020/09/01/b44b42be-e965-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/1/20 are 6,065,000. The death toll is 185,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* Republicans now want to kill 2.3 million Americans rather than lift a finger to stop COVID-19. I feel like it needs to be said in those terms, because that's what the new "herd immunity" COVID-19 plan requires.

* "Advisers See No Data Favoring Trump-Touted Plasma Therapy:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/nih-advisers-say-data-fails-to-back-trump-backed-plasma-therapy?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Twitter removes QAnon supporter's false claim about coronavirus death statistics that Trump had retweeted:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/politics/twitter-coronavirus-deaths-false-claim-qanon-trump/index.html

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* 45 announced out of the blue that he didn't have a bunch of mini strokes, much the way a toddler covered in cookie crumbs announces ze didn't eat any cookies before anyone asks.

* "Pence was on standby to 'take over' during Trump's unannounced Walter Reed visit, new book reports:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit-pence/index.html

* "Court temporarily blocks enforcement of subpoena for Trump’s tax records:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-tax-returns-subpoena/2020/09/01/a865b026-eb98-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar

* "Washington Post: Justice Department preparing to charge former Trump inaugural fundraiser Elliot Broidy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/elliot-broidy-charges-justice-department/index.html

* This isn't a reform. It's designed to let Bill Barr stop investigation of wrong doing. "Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates and advisers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/william-barr-surveillance-trump-campaign/2020/09/01/eacbe088-ec57-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html

* The goal is to make the older, dirtier coal plants competitive with renewable energy by allowing them to pollute pretty much at will. Deregulation is always about helping corporations harm ordinary people in this country. "E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/climate/trump-coal-plants.html

* "Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/congressional-investigation-finds-over-1-billion-ppp-fraud-n1239001

* They are still treating it like a PR problem. "HHS bids $250 million contract meant to 'defeat despair and inspire hope' on coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/hhs-contract-coronavirus-despair-hope-406361

* "Trump's Press Secretary Repeats Lie That He's Pro-LGBTQ+:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/31/trumps-press-secretary-repeats-lie-hes-pro-lgbtq

* They removed the career official who among other things is in charge of cyber security against foreign threats to the election and put in a political appointee with zero cybersecurity experience. "Barr reportedly removes national security official ahead of elections:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/31/william-barr-us-justice-department-elections

* "Facebook takes down Russian operation that recruited U.S. journalists, amid rising concerns about election misinformation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/01/facebook-disinformation-takedown/

* "New York City delays first day of school amid teachers' concerns:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/us/new-york-city-school-delayed/index.html

* "FEMA Says It Will Stop Paying For Cloth Face Masks For Schools:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/01/908413181/fema-says-it-will-stop-paying-for-cloth-face-masks-for-schools

* "2 Colorado Springs elementary schools quarantine classes over COVID-19 concerns:" https://gazette.com/news/2-colorado-springs-elementary-schools-quarantine-classes-over-covid-19-concerns/article_443882f2-ebb8-11ea-b5a6-bbfaa913b524.html

* "Colleges With Covid Outbreaks Advised to Keep Students on Campus:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/colleges-with-covid-outbreaks-advised-to-keep-students-on-campus

* "Coronavirus update: Infections rise to more than 1,000 on University of Alabama campus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/29/coronavirus-covid-updates/

* The University’s goal is to spread it to as many households as possible, presumably in hopes of killing members the extended families of their students and spreading it to as many communities as possible, because why else would you do this knowing the consequences. "Emails Show Chaos and Confusion at Ole Miss Over Coronavirus Exposure:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-exposure-sends-university-of-mississippi-ole-miss-into-chaos-emails-show

* "Texas colleges see surge in COVID cases as students return:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Surge-in-COVID-19-cases-at-Baylor-prompts-15528173.php

* "Colorado College switches to remote learning, most students will have to leave campus:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/coronavirus/colorado-college-switches-to-remote-learning-most-students-will-have-to-leave-campus

* "Dozens of students suspended as coronavirus outbreak emerges at New York college, chancellor says:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-31-20-intl/h_9ab6b9dd910c900a9c0a26fa178d70f8

* "University of Notre Dame changes 'battle plan' after rise in COVID-19 cases:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-notre-dame-battle-plan-rise-covid-19/story?id=72576408

* "University responds to more than 200 reports of COVID-19 violations:" https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/08/31/university-responds-to-more-than-200-reports-of-covid-19-violations/

* "We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.:" https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391

* "Trump delivers law-and-order message in Kenosha, Wis.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/09/01/election-2020-live-updates-trump-view-property-damage-talk-about-safety-during-visit-kenosha-wis/

* Let's call lies lies. He keeps claiming that if he fantasizes about something it becomes true. "Trump blames people in ‘dark shadows’ for protest violence, cites mysterious plane full of ‘thugs’ in black:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/01/trump-laura-ingraham-conspiracy-theory/

* So for Republicans, law and order means endorsing right wing terrorism against innocent Americans. "Trump defends accused Kenosha gunman, declines to condemn violence from his supporters:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-trump-idUSKBN25R2R1

* "Trump compares police brutality to golfers who ‘miss a 3-foot putt’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/01/trump-police-brutality-golfers-406802

* "DHS Chief Tells Tucker the Feds Are ‘Working On’ Conspiracy Charges Against BLM Leaders:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-chief-chad-wolf-tells-tucker-carlson-the-feds-are-working-on-corruption-charges-against-blm-leaders

* "A woman died in solitary confinement because she was trans. Her family was just awarded $6 million:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/01/layleen-cubilette-polanco-rikers-settlement-new-york-trans-woman/

* I am furious about this. "Drunk teens attack trans woman and friends on Manchester Pride weekend because she wouldn't give them a hug:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/manchester-pride-canal-street-transphobia-anti-lgbt-attack-adam-ali-jack-weir-police/

* "Who's Afraid of the Experts?:"

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* RNC 2020 & Kenosha":"

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* "Episode 7 – The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and His Sons:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/episode-7-the-saga-of-ragnar-lothbrok-and-his-sons/

* This is where I ended up on Blood Eagles back in the day for the same reasons. "Saga Brief 1: The Blood-Eagle:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/saga-brief-1-the-blood-eagle/

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

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* Re: Justin Trudeau.

What he did was clearly racist and definitely widely known to be not okay in the early oughts. He is slightly younger than me, and I definitely knew better in the 80's. I was teaching when the incident happened too, and the local public school districts here explicitly banned black face, brown face, etc.. If a kid had come to school looking like that, they'd have been at minimum been stopped on the way in and given a choice of washing their face or going back home. I can't imagine a teacher doing it. Diversity and anti racism training existed in the '90's. So I call bull shit on any claims he didn't know better. He grew up in a political family.

He had to know the likelihood of this being a problem later if he went into politics. I at sixteen knew that a bunch of the sexual decisions I was making meant I could ever run for office and this was the age before the Internet. I knew for sure I was closing a lot of future doors when I started posing nude at eighteen. And these things aren't even wrong. The fact that he did something as wrong as wearing black face in the 21st century as a grown ass man and somehow couldn't predict obvious future consequences raises serious questions about his judgement.

At the same time, I'm going to reiterate what I always say on these occasions: The deciding vote needs to be with the people in the communities he's harmed.

When it is an offense to one of the communities ibelong to, I use the formula: quality of apology + words and actions over time. A. Is the apology sincere? Does it demonstrate a real understanding if the type and magnitude of the harm done? Does it show real understanding of and empathy for the community harmed? B. Has the person not only amended their behavior, but taken positive action to help the community harmed? how well are they listening to criticisms and advise from the community over time?

A non-apology or a half assed apology isn't enough. I need you to prove to me I can trust you and that you aren't doing a quick burst of cheap activism to make it look like you changed before falling back into old patterns.

Every person has to draw their own conclusions about what constitutes enough proof of change. If no one is ever forgiven, then there is no incentive for people to learn and improve. We all fuck up, now and then. I know I do, despite the amount of time and effort I put into reeducating myself and listening o the voices of a variety of communities. At the same time? No fucking way am I going to sit on my hands and let people like Mel Gibson or Gloria Steinem get away with their bullshit without showing any real remorse or amendment. I reserve the right NOT to forgive, just as I reserve the right to forgive people like David Levine and Joy Reid, who fit the above criteria. I get to decide how I feel about stuff that hurts people like me. It's my job to listen when people in a different community are harmed.

Justin Trudeau has not been a good leader of his country. There are a whole host of issues on which he is all talk and no action. He is actively terrible on things like indigenous right and environmental justice. There is reason to think he's somewhat corrupt based on a recent scandal.

At the same time, people of colour in Canada are faced with a similar issue that Governor Northam's constituents in the states were faced with. They need to decide if the alternatives are enough worse to stick with Trudeau, and whether his apology + record on issues that effect their communities cancel out the previous behavior.

That's not my job to decide. I'm not Canadian and I'm pretty fucking pasty. My job is to listen to what people of colour in Canada are saying. So that's what I'm doing.

* "Snakebite 'like hammer smashing my hand':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48281557

* "Growing up in Kosovo: I’ve never met a Serb:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-49727501/albanians-and-serbs-remain-divided-after-the-war

* "China, Solomon Islands establish diplomatic relations:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/china-solomon-islands-establish-diplomatic-relations-190921111348417.html

* "As Amazon Smolders, Indonesia Fires Choke the Other Side of the World:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/world/asia/indonesia-fires-photos.html

* "Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/climate/global-climate-strike.html

* "Africa’s cities face the harshest outcomes of climate change and its young people know it:" https://qz.com/africa/1712980/climate-strike-protests-in-africa-nairobi-cape-town-lagos/

* "Global climate strike: Greta Thunberg and school students lead climate crisis protest – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2019/sep/20/climate-strike-global-change-protest-sydney-melbourne-london-new-york-nyc-school-student-protest-greta-thunberg-rally-live-news-latest-updates

* "Students taking lead on protesting climate crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/students-taking-lead-on-protesting-climate-crisis-69533765787

* "Climate strike brings millions around the world into the streets:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/climate-strike-brings-millions-around-the-world-into-the-streets-69538373607

* "Al Roker sees ‘devastating’ effects of climate change in Greenland:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/al-roker-sees-devastating-effects-of-climate-change-in-greenland-69533253647

* "Trump sending troops to Saudi Arabia; military funds sent to wall:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sending-troops-to-saudi-arabia-military-funds-sent-to-wall-69538373534

* 45 is threatening genocide against civilians. "Trump says he could end Afghanistan war quickly but ‘tens of millions’ of people would die:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-could-end-afghanistan-war-quickly-but-tens-of-millions-of-people-would-die/2019/09/20/016fdd9c-dbcb-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html

* "Trump Announces Sanctions on Iran Central Bank for Saudi Attack:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-20/trump-says-u-s-sanctioned-iran-s-national-bank-for-attack

* "Trump administration reaches deal to send asylum seekers to El Salvador in an effort to deter migrants from entering the United States:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-reaches-deal-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-el-salvador-in-an-effort-to-deter-migrants-from-entering-the-united-states/2019/09/20/17350a16-dbbd-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html

* "Trump admin ignored evidence of climate change's impact on migration:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-ignored-its-own-evidence-climate-change-s-impact-n1056381

* "Trump admin. ignored own report on climate impact on Guatemalan migration:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admin-ignored-own-report-on-climate-impact-on-guatemalan-migration-69531205621

* "Whistleblower complaint about President Trump involves Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/whistleblower-complaint-about-president-trump-involves-ukraine-according-to-two-people-familiar-with-the-matter/2019/09/19/07e33f0a-daf6-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html

* "Ukrainian Official: Trump Looking for Dirt ‘To Discredit Biden’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-is-ready-to-investigate-bidens-sonbut-only-if-theres-an-official-us-request

* "Giuliani denies asking Ukraine to investigate Biden -- before admitting it:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/rudy-giuliani-joe-biden-ukraine-cnntv/

* "Trump pressured Ukrainian president to investigate Biden's son, reports say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/20/trump-ukraine-biden-election-help-hillary-clinton-claims

* "New details emerge as Trump fights to quash whistleblower report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-details-emerge-as-trump-fights-to-quash-whistleblower-report-69440581783

* "Schiff slams DOJ for isolating intel community whistleblower:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-slams-doj-for-isolating-intel-community-whistleblower-69431365984

* "Trump corruption mars U.S. relationship with Ukraine: McFaul:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-corruption-mars-u-s-relationship-with-ukraine-mcfaul-69540933808

* "Whistleblower process breaks down against covering for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/whistleblower-process-breaks-down-against-covering-for-trump-69540421782

* "Former CIA chief of disguise weighs in on whistleblower case:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/new-details-on-whistleblower-complaint-against-trump-69568581805

* "Legal expert says probe needed into Pence on Ukraine allegations:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/pence-possibly-implicated-in-trump-ukraine-allegations-69570117975

* "Pelosi backs changing the law to allow a sitting president to be indicted:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/20/pelosi-president-indicted-trump-1506664

* "Hayes presses top Dem on White House delight in impeachment woes:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-presses-top-dem-on-white-house-delight-in-impeachment-woes-69316677781

* Seriously, this is scary autocrat stuff. "Trump lawyers argue Trump can't be investigated or prosecuted:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyers-argue-trump-can-t-be-investigated-or-prosecuted-69439557815

* "12-year-old activist: science-based climate plan needed:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/12-year-old-activist-science-based-climate-plan-needed-69532741955

* "Climate crisis affecting young people:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/climate-crisis-affecting-young-people-69532741995

* "Zero Hours left to address climate crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/zero-hours-left-to-address-climate-crisis-69533253707

* "Work on climate change can lead to abundant future:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/work-on-climate-change-can-lead-to-abundant-future-69532229934

* "White House to withdraw Trump's nominee to head FEMA:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/politics/jeff-byard-fema-nominee-withdraw/index.html

* "California and 23 other states sue Trump to stop ban on auto emissions standards:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/20/california-and-23-other-states-sue-trump-to-stop-ban-on-auto-emissions-standards

* "Trump admin. sabotages California and automakers’ efforts to reduce emissions:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admin-sabotages-california-and-automakers-efforts-to-reduce-emissions-69530693811

* "Exxon knew about climate change long ago:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-long-ago-69425221832

* "Al Gore: Changing light bulbs is important, but not as important as changing laws:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/al-gore-changing-light-bulbs-is-important-but-not-as-important-as-changing-laws-69426757781

* "Al Gore on bringing honesty and determination to the climate fight:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/al-gore-on-bringing-honesty-and-determination-to-the-climate-fight-69427269865

* "Sen. Schatz: ‘We just have to beat” Republicans in 2020 to fix the climate:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-schatz-we-just-have-to-beat-republicans-in-2020-to-fix-the-climate-69317189651

* "2020 candidates take action on the climate crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/2020-candidates-take-action-on-the-climate-crisis-69424197633

* "Bernie on climate crisis: ‘I would use all the executive powers that we have’:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-on-climate-crisis-i-would-use-all-the-executive-powers-that-we-have-69425221673

* "LGBTQ Presidential Forum: Where the 10 Candidates Stand:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/19/lgbtq-presidential-forum-where-10-candidates-stand#media-gallery-media-11

* "The Advocate's LGBTQ Presidential Forum: Top 10 Moments:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/20/advocates-lgbtq-presidential-forum-top-10-moments#media-gallery-media-11

* "Joe Biden Denies 1994 Crime Bill Increased Incarceration Rates:"https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/20/joe-biden-denies-1994-crime-bill-increased-incarceration-rates

* "Joe Biden called out at LGBT forum for saying Mike Pence is a “decent guy”:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/21/joe-biden-lgbt-forum-mike-pence-decent-democratic-candidates-2020/

* "Why Bill de Blasio’s Campaign Failed (Hint: Nobody Liked Him):" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-bill-de-blasios-campaign-failed-hint-nobody-liked-him/

* "Meet the queer pro-gun veteran who’s running for Congress:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/19/janessa-goldbeck-pro-gun-queer-military-veteran-congress-california/

* "In reversal, McConnell backs new money for election security:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/in-reversal-mcconnell-backs-new-money-for-election-security-69439045949

* "Trump admin reverses course on deporting ailing immigrant kids:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-reverses-course-on-deporting-ailing-immigrant-kids-69439045935

* "Gay Cuban Journalist Granted Asylum in U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/9/20/openly-gay-cuban-journalist-granted-asylum-us

* "Jackie Kay on growing up gay in 1960s Scotland: ‘I really did think I might be the only black lesbian in the world’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/19/jackie-kay-scotland-poet-laureate-black-lesbian-coming-out/

* "Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey - "She Said" & Breaking the Harvey Weinstein Story - Extended Interview:"

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* "'He might go on to hurt someone else':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-he-might-go-on-to-hurt-someone-else-69443141804

* "Rigorous journalism stopped Harvey Weinstein, started a movement:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rigorous-journalism-stopped-harvey-weinstein-started-a-movement-69443141844

* They need to fire a whole lot of people starting at the top. "‘How can you be lesbian and Christian?’ Home Office using religion against LGBT asylum seekers, says report:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/20/home-office-asylum-lgbt-religion-study-metropolitan-community-church-london/

* "Indonesia’s ‘gay sex ban’ is a ‘human rights disaster’ for LGBT people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/20/gay-sex-ban-indonesia-human-rights-disaster-lgbt-joko-widodo/

* "Hospital receptionist refused to acknowledge woman's same-sex partner: 'I'll just put friend':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/20/healthcare-lgbt-women-barriers-report/

* "Gay couple had the absolute best response to religious protesters who targeted Rocky Horror Show:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/19/gay-couple-rocky-horror-show-religious-protesters/

* "‘You f**king queer p**fs’: Gay bakers sent hate-filled homophobic letter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/21/you-fking-queer-pfs-gay-bakers-sent-hate-filled-homophobic-letter/

* "Man fired and made homeless for being gay in South Korea:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/21/south-korea-gay-man-abuse-mother-fired-homeless/

* "Betsy DeVos to promote school that bans trans students and gay teachers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/19/betsy-devos-education-secretary-trump-harrisburg-catholic-school-anti-trans-gay/

* "Antigay Florida Church Can Be Labeled 'Hate Group,' Judge Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/9/20/antigay-florida-church-can-be-labeled-hate-group-judge-rules

* "Duke University Rejects Student Group Over Homophobic Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/9/20/duke-university-rejects-student-group-over-homophobic-policy

* "We Are Not Being Sensitive, You're Being Obtuse .:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/09/we-are-not-being-sensitive-youre-being.html

* "High school students staged a walk-out protest over trans-inclusive bathroom policy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/20/bathroom-policy-trans-north-buncombe-high-school-protest-north-carolina/

* "We’re Fighting a New 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' All Over Again:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/9/20/were-fighting-new-dont-ask-dont-tell-all-over-again

* "Why industry is going green on the quiet:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/08/producers-keep-sustainable-practices-secret

* "Historic Midwest floods expose fragile ecosystem:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/historic-midwest-floods-expose-fragile-ecosystem-69534789763

* "US and Canada lose 3bn birds in 50 years:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49744435

* "North American bird population down billions over 50 years: study:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/north-american-bird-population-down-billions-over-50-years-study-69541445777

* "Sold for a song:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/sold_for_a_song

* "Two years on: a photographic tribute to Standing Rock:" https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/two-years-on-a-photographic-tribute-to-standing-rock/

* "Trump's Border Wall Visit, Dirty Drinking Water on Planes & A Government Admission About UFOs:"

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* "Justin Trudeau's Blackface Scandal:"

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* "Tensions Flare Over the Saudi Oil Attack:"

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* "We've Got Your Back-2-Congress Supplies:"

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* I forgot to set an alarm, but still made it outside in time to forage Friday. Go me!

I owe my Dreamwidth readers an apology. I'm going through one of those periodic things where I get too tired to continue all at once. I spend all night prepping these and I keep reaching point where there's a huge link backlog, the browser is slowing to a crawl, and my eyelids keep flipping inside out. I need to reboot and I know by the time I have I won't have energy to close out a posting properly. It'll pass, but until then, I'll keep missing days and ending up with massive multi-day posts.

* We have about a week of prescription goosh left. High quality wet food that fits her veterinarian's specification in necessary to Livia staying healthy. Interested in helping with Livia's new Goosh?
I'm looking at Natural Balance Ultra Premium Turkey & Giblets Formula Canned Cat Food, since it's cheaper than prescription, but within specs: https://www.chewy.com/natural-balance-ultra-premium-turkey/dp/33214?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=f&utm_content=Natural%20Balance&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uXqwqPK5AIVB9tkCh3a2wZmEAQYASABEgJuZvD_BwE

or Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion It's 47.00 with shipping looks like.

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

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Master Post For the summer of resistance: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108368.html

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat things we need most are:
https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-Deterrent-Activated-Repellent-Environmentally/dp/B0721735K9

And: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J669H65/?coliid=I1EUR00IM1I3P&colid=1EVWGXWUM3YU7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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

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

* "Desperation in the Bahamas as death toll continues to rise:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desperation-in-the-bahamas-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise-68406853774

* "Dominic Raab says law blocking no-deal Brexit may be tested in court:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/08/dominic-raab-law-blocking-no-deal-brexit-tested-court-amber-rudd

* "Still no deal for Britain to leave E.U. as Oct. 31 deadline looms:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/u-k-parliament-passes-law-forcing-prime-minister-to-ask-for-brexit-delay-68473413921

* "Chris Hayes on what to do when democracies make mistakes:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-what-to-do-when-democracies-make-mistakes-68396101708

* "Is Trump revealing meeting with Taliban under enough media scrutiny?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/media-responses-to-trump-meeting-with-taliban-leaders-at-camp-david-68474437633

* "Trump tweets on canceled Taliban meeting cause massive controversy:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-cancelling-taliban-meeting-raises-questions-on-ending-war-in-afghanistan-68473925995

* "Trump tweets on meeting with Taliban madden foreign policy experts:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-calls-off-u-s-afghan-peace-talks-amid-backlash-after-tweets-68472901977

* "This Team is Still Searching for Missing American Soldiers Decades After the Korean War:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwjq5/this-team-is-still-searching-for-missing-american-soldiers-decades-after-the-korean-war

* "House probes military travel to troubled Trump resort: Politico:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/odd-military-stop-at-trump-resort-draws-house-scrutiny-politico-68400197731

* "Report alleges Air National Guard crew used Trump golf resort:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-scottish-resort-spotlight-of-house-oversight-investigation-68433989879

* 45 is holding military aid our congress voted Ukraine against Russian invaders hostage in order to illegally force them to interfere in out Presidential election. "Trump tries to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/is-trump-strong-arming-ukraines-new-president-for-political-gain/2019/09/05/4eb239b0-cffa-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Trump leveraging Ukraine military aid for dirt on Biden:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wapo-trump-leveraging-ukraine-military-aid-for-dirt-on-biden-68407365909

* "Trump drags his Alabama hurricane claims into 6th day:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/06/trump-hurricane-dorian-tweets-1483586

* "FDIC approves Volcker revamp, in latest move to roll back bank rules:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/20/volcker-rule-joseph-otting-banks-1672620

* "Health care, climate change or income inequality: What should Democrats tackle first?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/there-can-be-only-one-number-one-68395077854

* "Cory Booker: War on drugs has to end once and for all:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/booker-on-criminal-justice-reform-at-new-hampshire-dem-convention-68432965564

* "Fears voting machines will not be secure for 2020 election:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/voting-machine-irregularity-reported-in-mississippi-election-68438085650

* "Fewer U.S. Households Are Going Hungry. But Cuts In Food Aid Loom:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/09/04/757571677/fewer-u-s-households-are-going-hungry-but-cuts-in-food-aid-loom

Angry at 45 for his plan to steal food from 3.1 million people who need it including stealing lunch from 500,000 children? Here is a big activism resource for fighting back. "USDA SNAP Rule Opposition Campaign - Comments Due September 23, 2019!:" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGBajjsAwdueJFfXospFnUo89wAWR2HHPxNt8heUUIE/edit?fbclid=IwAR0GoYF521ASlr9Nwm6xfTxBsPVhyqLmVlkjbOjLCjnJ4Iblv6OI8Kzufao

* "The New American Homeless:" https://newrepublic.com/article/154618/new-american-homeless-housing-insecurity-richest-cities

* "David Hogg on fight for gun reform: 'The table is about to flip':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/david-hogg-on-the-changing-gun-debate-68393029936

* "Trump Administration Considers a Drastic Cut in Refugees Allowed to Enter U.S.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/us/politics/trump-refugees-united-states.html

* "Pentagon takes money from military schools, more for border wall:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-admin-diverts-3-6b-in-military-funding-to-border-wall-68438085927

* "The myth of the free speech crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis

"A moral right to express unpopular opinions is not a moral right to express those opinions in a way that silences the voices of others, or puts them in danger of violence. There are those who abuse free speech, who wish others harm, and who roll back efforts to ensure that all citizens are treated with respect. These are facts – and free-speech-crisis mythology is preventing us from confronting them."

* "Kaepernick still free agent as Jay-Z/NFL social justice initiative fumbles:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/jay-z-nfl-social-justice-initiative-awards-grant-to-controversial-group-68474949841

* "The personal details of more than 2,000 transgender patients have been leaked by mistake:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/06/personal-details-more-than-2000-transgender-patients-leaked-mistake-gender-identity-clinic/

“Like, none of us affected will see anything from this, but my appointment could be delayed if they have to lay off staff over a fine.”

* "Same-sex marriage will be ‘the law of the land’ in Northern Ireland by 2020:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/08/same-sex-marriage-law-of-the-land-northern-ireland-2020/

* "Republican politician faces civil rights complaint after banning drag show:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/07/republican-politician-civil-rights-complaint-banning-drag-troupe-performance/

* "Uber driver filmed kicking couple out ‘because they’re gay’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/08/uber-driver-filmed-kicking-couple-out-because-theyre-gay/

* "Trans woman whose body was found in a burned car 'victim of targeted attack':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/06/trans-woman-burned-car-hendry-country-florida/

* "One nation under God, even if you don’t want to be:" https://theoutline.com/post/7882/christian-dominionist-movement-trump-administration?zd=1&zi=qa7kjikk

* "Who's Burning the Amazon? Rampant Capitalism:" https://www.wired.com/story/whos-burning-the-amazon-rampant-capitalism/

* "Bill Nye doesn't love the paper straws either... but it's okay:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bill-nye-and-the-climate-crisis-68395077769

* I luckily remembered that I had no car in time to warn my friend not to come today. I've been alternating cleaning and doing catch up stuff on m sites. I think it will be okay. I went through my paperwork again just in case and I really do have everything except the two pieces of paper that haven't arrived yet.

I have discovered all the cats hate the smell of the odoban. I now preemptively spray the pee covers and scoop the sofa box every day. He's using it. I know he'll pee there anyway if I don't put the box there and spray everywhere else, but at least it's holding for now, which I need in advance of inspection.

They are upgrading us to mandatory real ID driver's licenses. Which costs $54.00. Sigh. To help Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* This doesn't mention the racism in the duology, unfortunately. "'It Chapter 2' Bites Off More Than Pennywise Can Chew:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/it-chapter-2-bites-off-more-than-pennywise-can-chew/

* "Sunday Sweets is SICK:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/9/8/sunday-sweets-is-sick

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

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

* Angry at 45 for his plan to steal food from 3.1 million people who need it including stealing lunch from 500,000 children? Here is a big activism resource for fighting back. "USDA SNAP Rule Opposition Campaign - Comments Due September 23, 2019!:" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGBajjsAwdueJFfXospFnUo89wAWR2HHPxNt8heUUIE/edit?fbclid=IwAR0GoYF521ASlr9Nwm6xfTxBsPVhyqLmVlkjbOjLCjnJ4Iblv6OI8Kzufao

* Master Post For the summer of resistance: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108368.html

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat things we need most are:
https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-Deterrent-Activated-Repellent-Environmentally/dp/B0721735K9

And: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J669H65/?coliid=I1EUR00IM1I3P&colid=1EVWGXWUM3YU7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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

* "Russia launches 'floating Chernobyl' plant across Arctic:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/23/europe/russia-arctic-floating-nuclear-power-station-launch-intl/index.html

* "Russia invites more nuclear risk with 'floating nuclear reactor':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-invites-more-nuclear-risk-with-floating-nuclear-reactor-67515973810

* "Macron slams Bolsonaro for 'disrespectful comments' about his wife:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/europe/macron-bolsonaro-brigitte-macron-intl/index.html

* "Bolivia: catastrophic wildfires devastate forest in echo of Brazil's Amazon crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/bolivia-wildfires-brazil-amazon

* "Sudan's sovereign council declares state of emergency in Port Sudan:" https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/26/sudan-s-sovereign-council-declares-state-of-emergency-in-port-sudan/

* "'He was outsmarted': Trump mocks Obama on world stage9:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/trump-putin-obama-g7-1475439

* "White House clarifies that Melania Trump has not met Kim Jong Un:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/white-house-melania-trump-kim-jong-un-1475726

* China says the phone call was imaginary. "Trump claims China asked for renewed trade talks:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/trump-china-renewed-trade-talks-1475224

* "G7: Trump skips talks on climate crisis and Amazon fires:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/donald-trump-skips-g7-talks-on-climate-crisis-and-amazon-fires

* "Trump an incoherent spectacle at G7; W.H. struggles to clean up:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-an-incoherent-spectacle-at-g7-w-h-struggles-to-clean-up-67515973875

* "Sen. Murphy: Trump antics seriously damaging US world standing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-murphy-trump-antics-seriously-damaging-us-world-standing-67516997770

* "Near the airport, ample parking: Why Trump says his Florida golf club should host the next G-7:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sings-the-praises-of-his-resort-in-florida-as-g-7-host-for-2020/2019/08/26/17409c1e-c7ea-11e9-8067-196d9f17af68_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Hayes on Trump's repeat call for Russia to be readmitted to the G7:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-trump-s-repeat-call-for-russia-to-be-readmitted-to-the-g7-67505733707

* "Trump’s company could save millions if interest rates fall as he demands:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-company-could-save-millions-if-interest-rates-fall-as-he-demands/2019/08/24/5e5df684-c5a9-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/us/politics/trump-allies-news-media.html

* "Axios: Trump floated the idea of using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes headed for US:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/politics/donald-trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes/index.html

* "House Judiciary Committee subpoenas ex-White House aide Rob Porter:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/house-judiciary-committee-subpoena-rob-porter-1469634

* "GOP appointee resigns from Federal Election Commission, leaving it without a quorum:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-appointee-resigns-from-federal-election-commission-leaving-it-without-a-quorum/2019/08/26/d05b9cb6-c822-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?noredirect=on

* "FEC hobbled by resignations going into 2020 campaign season:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fec-hobbled-by-resignations-going-into-2020-campaign-season-67515973913

* "Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-election-exclusive/exclusive-us-officials-fear-ransomware-attack-against-2020-election-idUSKCN1VG222

* "Potential for ransomware attack on 2020 elections causes concern:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/potential-for-ransomware-attack-on-2020-elections-causes-concern-67517509537

* "Shock Corridor:" https://newrepublic.com/article/154616/immigration-customs-enforcement-krome-miami-mental-health-facility-investigation

* "Not a single mile of Trump's border wall has been built where no barrier previously existed:" https://www.axios.com/trump-border-wall-new-construction-3b7ad3a4-e50c-4330-86bc-193df9e27405.html

* "It Took a Protest at the Husband’s House to Get a Jewish Woman Her Divorce:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa7bv7/it-took-a-protest-at-the-husbands-house-to-get-this-jewish-woman-her-divorce

* "Anti-trans protestors march in front of Manchester Pride parade, leaving trans women 'worried about safety':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/anti-trans-protestors-march-in-front-of-manchester-pride-parade-leaving-trans-women-worried-about-safety/

* "Passengers shut down woman’s vile ‘homophobic’ rant on bus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/manchester-pride-homophobic-rant-bus/

* "Patients will be able to speak to gender identity clinic over Skype in radical plan to meet demand:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/nhs-gender-identity-development-service-gids-skype/

* "Trans woman shows airport security her genitals to be allowed on plane:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/transgender-woman-airport-security-show-genitals-allowed-to-fly/

* "Trump admin fails to use pronouns for trans woman in Supreme Court brief:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/trump-admin-pronouns-transgender-woman-supreme-court-brief/

* "San Francisco police chief apologises to LGBT community for historic mistreatment and violence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/27/san-francisco-police-chief-apologises-lgbt-community/

* "Antigay Crusader Kim Davis Wins One Court Battle, But Another Looms:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/8/26/antigay-crusader-kim-davis-wins-one-court-battle-another-looms

* "How Trump's Title X Rule May Worsen the HIV Epidemic:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/8/27/how-trumps-title-x-rule-may-worsen-hiv-epidemic

* "Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Landmark Opioid Trial:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/health/oklahoma-opioids-johnson-and-johnson.html

* "Johnson & Johnson penalized $572 million in Oklahoma opioid case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/johnson-johnson-penalized-572-million-in-oklahoma-opioid-case-67515461908

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

* Master Post For the summer of resistance: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108368.html

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

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