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* As is custom now, Trump stuff sort is likely a little rough. I can not guarantee anything in the tariff section is up to date, because he changes it so fast and reactions from understandably furious trading partners are basically light speed at this point.

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* "Hamas says it will only release American-Israeli hostage if ceasefire deal is implemented:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-03-15-2025-b54c0c11c4d7f0ca52653edb033c70f5

* "Israel's decision to cut power to Gaza hits the strip's water supplies:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/israel-cuts-power-to-gaza-hits-water-supplies-hamas-ceasfire/105045700

* "Palestinians unearth fresh wounds as Gaza's al-Shifa hospital burials are relocated:" https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bodies-buried-temporarily-gaza-hospital-during-israeli-raids-brought-cemeteries

* "Israel’s attacks on reproductive healthcare in Gaza ‘genocidal’: UN probe:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/israels-attacks-on-reproductive-healthcare-in-gaza-genocidal-un

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* "Putin on a ceasefire in Ukraine, Western companies and gas:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-has-putin-said-about-ukraine-ceasefire-deal-2025-03-13/

* "In rare meeting without U.S. ally, Western army chiefs meet to show Ukraine unity:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rare-meeting-without-us-ally-western-army-chiefs-meet-show-ukraine-unity-2025-03-11/

* "Poland and Baltic nations welcome Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal:" https://apnews.com/article/france-nuclear-deterrent-umbrella-russia-55e91ab65d13559dfc55dfe376ba5268

So many countries gave up their nuclear weapons trusting our promises to protect them.

* "Poland's President Duda calls for U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in his nation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poland-president-duda-us-nuclear-weapons-deploy/

* "Germany debates issue of nuclear weapons:" https://www.dw.com/en/germany-debates-issue-of-nuclear-weapons/a-71924424

* This is disgusting and shameful. "'Say thank you' Rubio tells Poland amid Ukraine Starlink spat:" https://archive.ph/hVrjR

* "Trump puts U.S. at risk with increasing reliance on Musk and Starlink:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-puts-u-s-at-risk-with-increasing-reliance-on-musk-and-starlink-234049093674

* "US senator accuses Trump of weakening Ukraine's defense, dismisses Musk 'traitor' insult:" https://archive.ph/d4euZ

* "'Serious mistakes': Kelly sounds alarm on Trump handling of Ukraine; Nails Musk on 'traitor' gibe:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-serious-mistakes-kelly-sounds-alarm-on-trump-handling-of-ukraine-nails-musk-on-traitor-gibe-234047557512

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* "Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 31 killed:" https://archive.ph/bgr1S

* "Entire families killed during Syria's violence, UN says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-entire-families-killed-syria-military-operation-2025-03-11/

* "A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CONGO-SECURITY/MAPS/movaykzaava/?

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* Good! "Philippines' ex-President Rodrigo Duterte arrested at ICC's request over 'drugs war' killings:" https://archive.ph/1Ellj

* This includes commentary on the new Canadian PM, amoung other things. "Off the cuff news reactions:" https://sabotabby.dreamwidth.org/2648730.html

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* We are seriously threatening to go to war with Denmark. "NATO Chief Smacks Down Trump on Greenland Grab:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/nato-chief-smacks-down-trump-on-greenland-grab/

* "Pentagon asked for military options to access Panama Canal, officials say:" https://archive.ph/KH6eM

We are planning to invade Panama, apparently. We HAVE access to canal. What we are planning to do is invade another country and occupy it because we are too cheap to pay a perfectly reasonable toll.

* "Donald Trump, who has been on a mission to strip transgender people of all dignity, complains ‘everything is transgender’: He made the bizarre remarks in front of the Irish prime minister.:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-everything-is-transgender

* "If our neighbor Canada hates us and Trump, what does that say for the rest of the world?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/canada-world-hates-trump-vance

No one should trust us. Not even a tiny bit.

* "How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements. :" https://archive.ph/56bzU

* "Amid U.S.-Canada trade war, Trump makes some false or misleading claims to justify tariffs:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-trade-fact-check/

* "Canada and EU announce retaliatory tariffs, escalating Trump’s trade war:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/canada-and-eu-announce-retaliatory-tariffs-escalating-trumps-trade-war

* "Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump’s trade war:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-ontario-us-trump-tariffs-electricity-834dc3d9defd314923912f9bd8540e31

* "Trump Ag Secretary's Clucked-Up Advice On Eggs Has Critics Squawking: Brooke Rollins' idea to combat rising prices isn't going over very well:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brooke-rollins-eggs-backyard-chickens_n_67c676c9e4b044c440ed7fa7

Renters, especially in apartments aren't allowed to have chickens. A lot of cities and towns ban them even for home owners.

I literally know people who had to give away all their chickens when they moved into an apartment.

* It's almost like there might be consequences for starting a trade war for funsies. "Tesla, led by Elon Musk, warns of export retaliation due to new Trump tariffs:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-53947/tesla-led-by-elon-musk-warns-of-export-retaliation-due-to-new-trump-tariffs

* "‘Big mad’: Trump is ‘emotional’ and ‘annoyed’ over trade war he started:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-big-mad-trump-is-emotional-and-annoyed-over-trade-war-he-started-234383429687

* This harms everybody. "US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself:" https://www.wired.com/story/air-monitoring-beijing-state-department-halted/

* It's all illegal, of course. Republicans absolutely do not care. "Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-rubio-usaid-foreign-aid-bf442d62af67918a6fc5eee839074601

* "Judge Weighs USAID Classified Document Destruction Amid Trump Shutdown:" https://www.newsweek.com/judge-weighs-usaid-classified-document-destruction-amid-trump-shutdown-2043272

* "Court hands Trump third appellate loss in birthright citizenship battle:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-hands-trump-third-appellate-loss-birthright-citizenship-battle-2025-03-11/

* Lie Detector Tests have no validity, of course, which is why law enforcement loves them so much. "DHS administering lie detector tests to employees in effort to find leakers:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-lie-detector-tests-employees-leakers-immigration-raids/

* "The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations:" https://apnews.com/article/alien-enemies-trump-immigration-deportations-21a62ede23b8c493b60d00a9c125722f

* "Federal judge blocks Trump's plan to target 'alien enemies' for deportation:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5246028/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation

This is just the tip of the spear. If he wins here, he will keep expanding it to remove anyone he doesn't like.

Normal deportation proceedings would work, but he's trying to establish a precedent.

* "Japanese Americans react to Trump's plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/japanese-americans-react-to-trumps-plans-to-invoke-alien-enemies-act#google_vignette

* "Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-reportedly-keen-on-law-at-root-of-disgraceful-chapter-in-american-history-234498629977

* "ICE Wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay Operation as All Migrants Returned to US:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-guantanamo-bay-migrants-immigration-waste-millions-back-usa-2044018

* "Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be deported from U.S. as protesters call for his release:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/demonstrators-take-nycs-federal-plaza-mahmoud-khalil-arrested-ice-rcna195602

* "Experts say Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder, can't be deported without due process:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/experts-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil-deported-due-process/story?id=119756360

* "Federal agents are seen arresting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in a newly released video:" https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-trump-653771d9f168c490c49d6e45e37a0893

* "New Mahmoud Khalil complaint names Trump and Rubio, and alleges 'targeted, retaliatory detention':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mahmoud-khalil-complaint-names-trump-rubio-alleges-targeted-retali-rcna196378

* "White House allegedly asked for updates on arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil, his attorney says:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-allegedly-asked-updates-arrest-activist-mahmoud/story?id=119811712

* "Trump admin loses in court as judge blocks deportation of Mahmoud Khalil:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admin-loses-in-court-as-judge-blocks-deportation-of-mahmoud-khalil-234150981981

* "Exclusive: Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest:" https://archive.ph/bG3jK#selection-1373.88-1373.102

* "98 protesters arrested at Trump Tower sit-in for detained activist Mahmoud Khalil:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-protesters-stage-trump-tower-sit-calling-release/story?id=119762664

* Reminder: they arrested him without a warrant in the absence of a crime for voicing an opinion Trump doesn't like. "The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is a flagrant assault on free speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/the-detention-of-mahmoud-khalil-is-a-flagrant-assault-on-free-speech-234524741853

* "Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer: his arrest is 'test case' for how far Trump will go to repress political enemies:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/mahmoud-khalil-s-lawyer-his-arrest-is-test-case-for-how-far-trump-will-go-to-repress-political-enemies-234525253893

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* "Elissa Slotkin delivers rebuttal to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-to-congress/democrats-respond-00212952

* The extreme corruption continues. "People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

* This is discrimination and damaging. "Trump signs executive action targeting public service loan program:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program

* "Trump order denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers engaged in ‘improper’ activity:" https://apnews.com/article/public-service-student-loan-forgiveness-trump-457a24f8dba3c52dfe58f1e72ba61fa4

* "Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/g-s1-53422/judge-blocks-trump-law-firm

* "Former DOJ official blasts interim D.C. U.S. attorney’s hiring ban on Georgetown Law grads:" https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-official-slams-georgetown-ban

* "Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325959/federal-employees-court-firing

* "A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325694/maryland-court-fired-federal-employees-trump

* "Federal judges order Trump to rehire thousands of fired probationary federal employees :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-judges-order-trump-to-rehire-thousands-of-fired-probationary-federal-employees-234392133708

* "'A sham': Federal judge blasts Trump admin on improper firings of federal workers; orders rehiring:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-a-sham-federal-judge-blasts-trump-admin-on-improper-firings-of-federal-workers-orders-rehiring-234398789993

* They are ignoring the court orders to stop. "Trump poised to launch new round of layoffs despite setbacks in court:" https://archive.ph/aVPti

* "Federal workers called back to the office — or is it a shuttered Subway?:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-workers-called-back-to-the-office-or-is-it-a-shuttered-subway/ar-AA1APHKA

You know what would be easier and cheaper? Let people continue working remotely.

* "Tech 'solution' makes a fool of Trump again; Federal return to office order bungled:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tech-solution-makes-a-fool-of-trump-again-federal-return-to-office-order-bungled-234403909936

* "A Wannabe Influencer Is in Charge of Defending DOGE Cuts:" https://www.thecut.com/article/opm-mclaurine-pinover-fashion-influencer-videos-doge-cuts.html

The cheek of it to fire so many hard working productive people and to have someone like this calling them lazy and incompetent. Every Republican accusation a confession.

* "Musk And Trump Are Trying To Break The Government So Billionaires Can Take It Over - Ezra Klein:"

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* "Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing ‘unprecedented’ power and ‘unusual secrecy’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/judge-orders-doge-record-release-00223151

* "Top lawyer at IRS removed amid DOGE push for taxpayer information: Sources:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-lawyer-irs-removed-amid-doge-push-taxpayer/story?id=119769757

* "OPM to review potential risks from DOGE’s access to sensitive federal systems:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/opm-security-doge-access-00221620

* "Diverse groups opposing Trump-Musk agenda coalesce around date for nationwide protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/diverse-groups-opposing-trump-musk-agenda-coalesce-around-date-for-nationwide-protest-234497605740

* "‘The people hold the power’: Grassroots anti-Trump resistance outshines lawmakers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-people-hold-the-power-grassroots-anti-trump-resistance-outshines-lawmakers-234483781748

* "Republicans struggle to answer for Trump, Musk to alarmed constituents back home:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-struggle-to-answer-for-trump-musk-to-alarmed-constituents-back-home-234049093911

* "'I'm going': Tim Walz to hold town halls in Republican districts in wake of DOGE cuts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-m-going-tim-walz-to-hold-town-halls-in-republican-districts-in-wake-of-doge-cuts-234266693990

* "States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321864/trump-federal-employees-lawsuit-states

* "Md. Attorney General goes deeper on lawsuits against Trump administration, expects more to come:" https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/03/md-ag-brown-goes-deeper-on-lawsuits-against-trump-administration-expects-more-to-come/

* "Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $209 Billion:" https://archive.ph/dRz86

* "Musk Melts Down as Tesla Stock Price Plunges:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/musk-tesla-stock-price-plunge-1235292855/

* "Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tesla-boycott-illegal-2042647

* "Trump turns White House into Tesla showroom as Musk gets ‘government bailout’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-turns-white-house-into-tesla-showroom-as-musk-gets-government-bailout-234149957918

* "Tesla turmoil ignites political proxy war:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/tesla-trump-white-house-musk

* "Trump says violence against Tesla is domestic terrorism:" https://archive.ph/fh80a

* "As Musk’s business empire falters, Trump summons a wave of conservative support:" https://archive.ph/8JNve

* "Tesla Reportedly Stops Cybertruck Deliveries Because a Massive Part Keeps Flying Off:" https://futurism.com/tesla-stops-cybertruck-deliveries-trim

* "Rep. Larson BLASTS The GOP For Blocking Elon Musk From Testifying:"

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* "Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5316227/trump-order-dismantling-education-department

* " Linda McMahon lays out Education Department’s ‘final mission’ :" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/linda-mcmahon-education-department-final-mission-00210057

Reminder: she's never taught or administered a school and is profoundly ignorant about the damage she is doing and doesn't care to learn.

* "Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down:" https://apnews.com/article/education-department-layoffs-job-cuts-linda-mcmahon-ce9f6a8a63972aede0d8fbdf057ab788

* "What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/education-department-layoffs-students-disabilities-rcna196114

This harms students with disabilities and anyone not born rich enough to pay for college up front. Cruelty is the point.

* "US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-department-of-education-lawsuit-teacher-training-d9f84633d57f4010e1c03fcdaf003db2

* "Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-fires-1-300-at-department-of-education-programs-expected-to-suffer-with-staff-gutted-234164805699

* "Fired Education Department worker: 'We got the sense that we were disposable.':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fired-education-department-worker-sense-disposable/story?id=119732001

* "Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division: Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs

* "GOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schools:" https://archive.ph/1eNhg

This is about starving public schools which serve everyone in favor of private schools which can and do discriminate. This means concentrating the students who need the most support in schools that are having their funding cut at the same time to make it impossible to provide that support.

This is on purpose. Republicans have been trying to destroy public schools longer than I've been alive as the last thing they want is quality education for people who aren't white and also wealthy.

* "Elon Musk Teases Big Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-cuts-social-security-medicaid-medicare-1235293407/

* "Social Security Backtracks on DOGE Phone Service Cuts After Media Report:" https://www.newsweek.com/doge-pushes-social-security-administration-cut-off-phone-service-report-2043708

This is why we need an independent media. This is why we need protests.

Why is this important? The Social Security Administration has a notoriously difficult website to use. It requires a special log in thing that most people do not have. (Including me.) Sometimes they will issue you one and not tell you what it is if you get it at an SSA office. They don't, say email it to you, which would be useless in any case for people who don't have internet access or have disabilities that make using the Internet extra hard, and for people who often are older than the internet and have little to no appropriate skills, or are home bound and can't get to library, or have had their local library cut and also just had the SSA office near them closed, or.... You get the idea.

Approximately 80% of people on Social security or applying for benefits use the phone service, because it actually works if you are patient, unlike the glitchy and difficult to access web site.

This cut is really about denying people who paid into the system getting access to the benefits they paid for.

It also really fucks up seniors and people with disabilities who need things like Medicaid and EBT on top of their Medicare as those programs often require a proof of income letter once or twice a year that must be issued within 1-3 months of turning in your paperwork. (Exactly details are state by state. My state is once a year up to three months. My state is super lenient because it's been unified Democratic rule for decades and it works at keeping citizens alive instead of trying to kill them off). So do a bunch of other programs for seniors and people with disabilities. I have to interact with this phone system 2-4 times a year, depending on which of my services need re-upping.

The knock on effects of the planned cuts would have been huge!

Stay noisy! Save lives!

* They are still planning more deadly cuts: "DOGE attacks on Social Security officials could have dire consequences:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-social-security-cuts-service-rcna196118

See the part above about people needing to go in person for a lot of things like starting benefits, updating after name changes, etc.? Yeah.

* "Here’s a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle, with plenty to say:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

They are basing these cuts on a debunked lie Musk and Trump keep telling because DOGE Minions are so incompetent they couldn't recognize a COBOL language error message, Cutting people off from benefits they deserve will kill them and there is significantly less than a one percent fraud/error rate.

* "Understanding Trump's War on Research Funding & The Future:" https://www.panaccindex.info/p/understanding-trumps-war-on-research

* "The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say:" https://apnews.com/article/noaa-job-cuts-weather-forecasts-trump-doge-musk-7e35e9d5d757d8fc3f0f50b2bd71c87d

These cuts are essential to preventing the prediction and monitoring of extreme weather so more people will die.

* People will die. People like me will die. "DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities:" https://www.notus.org/health-science/doge-alaska-volcano-observatory

* "The True Cost of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NASA:" https://time.com/7267889/climate-cost-of-trump-staff-cuts-noaa-nasa/

* Ignore the misleading headline. "Trump wants to use the ‘God Squad’ to increase logging, but it must follow strict rules:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-logging-endangered-species-god-squad-5ddbbd117a480cdc60f5bc5580cd72ef

They are ignoring the endangered species act so as to drive endangered species extinct looks like too.

* "EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/epa-workers-silenced-agency-cancels-hundreds-grants/story?id=119715963

* "Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups: The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations

It's not illegal to receive a government grant and there is zero evidence that any of these groups broke the law.

* "The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know:" https://archive.ph/pnaya

* "Musk Faces Complaint Over Efforts to Get FAA to Drop Verizon, Use Starlink:" https://www.pcmag.com/news/musk-faces-complaint-over-efforts-to-get-faa-to-drop-verizon-use-starlink

It is essential that Starlink loses this one.

Verizon has a contract they bid for and won fairly. Elon Musk arbitrarily cancelling it without any government authority and awarding his own company a no bid contract is illegal and corrupt on it's face in multiple ways.

This is also away to hijack our entire federal aviation system so he can hold it for hostage later, much as he did with the Ukrainian military.

* "Trump cuts environment program for low-income, minority communities:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250312-trump-cuts-environment-program-for-low-income-minority-communities

* "Trump administration issues funds to NYC housing nonprofits, with new strings attached:" https://gothamist.com/news/trump-administration-issues-funds-to-nyc-housing-nonprofits-with-new-strings-attached

* He knew that he was screwing over California, and he did it anyway for the optics and revenge. "Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from California reservoirs just got even uglier:" https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/trump-california-reservoir-dump-kaweah-success-20209496.php

* "Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees:" https://apnews.com/article/hhs-employee-buyouts-kennedy-cdc-nih-medicaid-bf5a746518b2b3fe967ab95a8e2a1a65

* So people will go hungry. Children will go hungry. "USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

* This also really hurts small farmers. "USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers:" https://apnews.com/article/school-lunch-usda-trump-c1485f824573913fe9a734bbf1273e26

* "US senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programs:" https://archive.ph/jLnN2

* Which have a lot of salt. "Sen. Deb Fischer offers up ‘canned food’ as alternate to USDA food bank cuts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/deb-fischer-canned-food-usda-food-bank-cuts-00228164

* "Donald Trump's policies are making our kids dumber, sicker, meaner, and scared:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-children-sicker-meaner-opinion

* "Harvard doctors sue Trump administration over censoring LGBTQ+ terms:" https://www.advocate.com/news/harvard-doctors-sue-trump-administration

* Transphobia harms everyone. "Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usda-scraps-study-transgender-mention

* "RFK Jr. Reportedly Had a Call With Texans Helping Distribute Unproven Measles Remedies:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/rfk-jr-measles-outbreak-texas-cod-steroids-call-seminole-mennonite-community-hhs/

You know what would be way more effective than quack medicine? Vaccinating everyone who can be vaccinated.

* Case in point: "Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak grows to 259, with just 2 among fully vaccinated people:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-cases-linked-texas-outbreak-grows-259-2/story?id=119799576

* "Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps 'not fit to have a job at this moment':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-adviser-alina-habba-says-veterans-fired-doge-are-perhaps-not-fit-rcna194721

Trump has a long standing disgust and hatred for veterans in general, but particularly ones with disabilities. This is why he appointed people who feel exactly the same to steal their jobs and their health care from them.

* "Federal judge dismantles Trump's trans military ban in explosive hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-skeptical-trans-military-ban

* I am not convinced they will follow the ruling stopping this. "Pentagon says it will start kicking transgender people out of military this month:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-military-ban-moves-ahead

* "Trump's VA rescinds policy treating transgender vets with dignity (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-veterans-policy-rescinded

* "Veteran Chains Himself Outside White House to Protest Trump and Musk:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192559/veteran-chains-white-house-protest-trump-musk

* CW: Rape. We are in a constitutional crisis now. (See also Trump administration refusing to restore funding and rehire people, as well as the Military being ordered to ignore the ruling ordering them not to discharge all the trans soldiers). "Federal officials force transgender women into men’s prisons despite judge’s ruling against Trump’s order:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-women-forced-mens-prisons

* "Pam Bondi reshapes the DOJ around Trump's priorities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/s-trumps-justice-department-now-rcna195289

* "Justice Chucks Paper Straws in Favor of Plastic Per Trump Order:" https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/justice-chucks-paper-straws-in-favor-of-plastic-per-trump-order

* CW: Domestic Violence. "DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson's gun rights:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-official-says-was-fired-opposing-restoration-mel-gibsons-gun-right-rcna195287

* "Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say:" https://archive.ph/hnuLn

The only reason you would do this is if you were planning to bribe or otherwise allow the bribing of public officials by your allies.

* They are ending the case because most of the victims are black. "Justice Dept. says ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps ‘dismantle radical DEI programs’:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-louisiana-cancer-denka-chloroprene-epa-lawsuit-89b1f870816f65370eeb75ff269e9c0e

* This only helps our enemies. "Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge:" https://archive.ph/99SjJ

* "They're Fabricating Criminal Prosecutions Now:"

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* This next batch may look small, but Trump is seizing control of the judiciary, persecuting political opposition, and removing checks that prevent Autocracy.

* He is calling openly for political prosecutions. "Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-justice-department-e9091e3721adda4d3ed39bd15119a0d4

* "The GOP aim to shutdown democracy and 'replace it with techno-state dictatorship' warns Rep. Raskin:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-gop-aim-to-shutdown-democracy-and-replace-it-with-techno-state-dictatorship-warns-rep-raskin-234523205943

* "Trump demands 'accountability' for his pursuers in Justice Department speech:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-demands-accountability-his-pursuers-justice-department-speech-2025-03-14/

* They are criminalizing non-violent political speech. "Acting U.S. attorney for D.C. opens inquiries into Democrats, alleging possible threats to DOGE, Supreme Court justices:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acting-u-s-attorney-inquiry-schumer-possible-threat-doge-supreme-court-justices/

* Luckily, push back is having an effect. "D.C. prosecutor drops bid to investigate Schumer for purported threat:" https://archive.ph/enoUV

* "D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman:" https://archive.ph/owxVo

* "Democratic senators request investigation of interim DC US attorney:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/democratic-senators-request-investigation-of-interim-dc-us-attorney/3862040/

Because what Ed Martin's doing is illegal and unethical.

* "Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-allies-bradley-bondi-control-dc-bar-association-rcna195253

They need to do this because Ed Martin is in danger of being disbarred for all the illegal and unethical things he is doing to persecute people Trump doesn't like.

* "Trump hones Justice Department as weapon of revenge; some dull edges remain:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hones-justice-department-as-weapon-of-revenge-some-dull-edges-remain-234501189653

* "‘Lawlessness’: Hayes on the ‘terrifying’ abuse of power at Trump’s EPA, FBI:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-lawlessness-hayes-on-the-terrifying-abuse-of-power-at-trump-s-epa-fbi-234483781911

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* "Supreme Court to decide whether states can protect LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-case
Conversion Therapy is torture. It has no validity, but it can lead to depression and suicide.

Republicans want to abuse children, knowing it's abuse for the pleasure of harming queer children.

* "Think Small: End Billionaires:" https://www.mind-war.com/p/think-small-end-billionaires

* "Two weak spots in Big Tech economics:" https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/06/privacy-last/

* "US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/investors-flee-equities-trump-driven-uncertainty-sparks-economic-worry-2025-03-10/

It's been suggested that doing the will he won't he with the tariffs, while extremely devastating for business, ordinary people, US Foreign Policy/trade relations, and the US Economy; would be an excellent way to manipulate the US stock market so that billionaires could buy up stocks at rock bottom prices.

I'm not saying that's what's happening, but it's the only logical reason anyone I've seen could think of to do what Trump is doing with tariffs.

I'm not suggesting Trump is bright enough to do this on his own, but I think their are a lot of very rich people who have bought their way into his inner circle who are

Again, that's speculation. I mean he could also be doing this for fun or because Putin told him to. Or all three.

* "Striking workers in WA could get unemployment insurance benefits:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/striking-workers-in-wa-could-get-unemployment-insurance-benefits/

* "Nestlé Purina workers in Pennsylvania on strike:" https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/11/koct-m11.html

* "Nestle Purina workers strike for better wages and benefits in South Whitehall Township:" https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/lehigh-county/allentown-area/nestle-purina-workers-strike-for-better-wages-and-benefits-in-south-whitehall-township/article_d28a8caa-f79b-11ef-86f9-bf0bc337c1b6.html

* Chuck Schumer betrayed us, rather than stand firm and force them to negotiate. Sigh. "Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high:" https://apnews.com/article/democrats-congress-chuck-schumer-government-funding-shutdown-43d1acea20c34ad28d848edc08ad6375

Here's who to primary:
Chuck Schumer
John Fetterman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
Catherine Cortez Masto
Jean Shaheen
Brian Schatz
Dick Durbin

Gary Peters is retiring
Angus King is a centrist independent, but caucuses Democrat.

If these are your critters, consider telling them how you feel.

* "Republicans say Medicaid is safe. But budget math says otherwise:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/1237260288/republicans-say-medicaid-is-safe-but-budget-math-says-otherwise

* "DC leaders in budget panic, saying Congress bill would financially devastate the city:" https://wtop.com/dc/2025/03/dc-leaders-in-budget-panic-saying-bill-in-congress-would-financially-devastate-the-city/

* "'Chuck Schumer's gotta go!' Dems face reckoning amid dire polls:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/-chuck-schumer-s-gotta-go-dems-face-reckoning-amid-dire-polls-234543173956

* "‘Chuck Schumer is not willing to be in the driver's seat’: Ameshia Cross on Sen. Schumer's leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-chuck-schumer-is-not-willing-to-be-in-the-driver-s-seat-ameshia-cross-on-sen-schumer-s-leadership-234544709839

* "House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump wrecking the economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-republicans-literally-alter-time-to-avoid-responsibility-for-trump-wrecking-the-economy-234171974002

* "Trump administration withdraws CDC director nomination just before Senate hearing:" https://apnews.com/article/dave-weldon-cdc-director-9a3d061832e2f0f644f2c58fbae36965

* "Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride calls out 'weird' obsession by Republicans in whose minds 'I appear to live rent-free':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-gop-weird-obsession

* "'Have you no decency?': Republican calls Sarah McBride 'mister,' but Democrats wouldn't have it:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-misgender-sarah-mcbride

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Teen targeted by homophobic school board member now running for his job:" https://www.advocate.com/news/teen-challenges-school-board-homophobe

* Wisconsin! Please don't sleep on this election. Your future chance at free and fair elections as well as so many of your rights are on the line! "The Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Is a Referendum on Elon Musk:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-brad-schimel-susan-crawford/

* "Crawford, Schimel clash over Musk, Soros money in $59 million court raceRecord spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court race reaches $59M as candidates debate outside influence from billionaire donors Musk and: Soros.:" https://www.wisn.com/article/crawford-schimel-clash-over-musk-soros-money-in-59-million-court-race/64176457

The polls are incredibly tight and a Schimel win means Democrats lose their majority and Trump-Musk style court decisions will do terrible damage.

* "Governor Hochul Holds Roundtable with Workers Impacted by Federal Layoffs and Announces Expansion of New York’s “You’re Hired” Initiative to Recruit Impacted Workers :" https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-holds-roundtable-workers-impacted-federal-layoffs-and-announces-expansion-new

* "Protests erupt as bill allowing TN schools to refuse to enroll undocumented students moves forward:" https://www.wsmv.com/2025/03/11/protests-erupt-bill-allowing-tn-schools-refuse-enroll-undocumented-students-moves-forward/

* Texans, I beg of you to protest. Pull out the stops. "Texas Republican bill would make simply being transgender a felony:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-republicans-transgender-lives-felony

* "Protesters unveil giant Pride flag in response to Utah's new bill trying to ban it:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pride-flag-utah-protest

* "North Dakota Senate rejects resolution seeking to overturn marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/north-dakota-marriage-equality-resolution

Watch your state level politics, folks, because protests and calls can do a lot there. Don't give up hope.

* "Andy Beshear lambastes Gavin Newsom for hosting Steve Bannon on podcast:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/beshear-lambastes-newsom-bannon

* "Wisconsin conservative admits he was wrong about his anti-trans beliefs — this was all it took:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-bill-wisconsin

* "Study: Long sentences for juveniles make reentry into society more difficult:" https://phys.org/news/2025-03-sentences-juveniles-reentry-society-difficult.html

Water is wet studies are essential for making arguments in court, to policy makers, and to people who haven't made their minds up yet.

* "Multiple D.C. LGBTQ+ bars pull Jack Daniel's orders over distiller's retreat from diversity & inclusion:" https://www.advocate.com/business/lgbtq-bars-pull-jack-daniels

I am old enough to remember the Coors boycott.

* "New German, Swiss, and Austrian guidelines recommend gender-affirming care, slam Cass Review:" https://www.advocate.com/health/europeans-recommend-gender-affirming-care

* "New report finds LGBTQ+ and intersex Americans faced much discrimination in 2024:" https://www.advocate.com/news/new-report-confirms-widespread-discrimination

* "LGBTQ+ youth feel safer online than in-person — and it's not close:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-feel-safer-online

Water is wet studies are essential for making arguments in court, to policy makers, and to people who haven't made their minds up yet.

* "Who is MassResistance, the far-right group behind anti-marriage equality resolutions?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/who-is-massresistance-anti-lgbtq

* "Seven suspects charged with torture, killing of trans man Sam Nordquist appeared in court:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/seven-suspects-sam-nordquist-appear-court

* "Body of 'Julie Doe' in Florida identified as transgender woman Pamela Leigh Walton:" https://www.advocate.com/news/investigation-identifies-deceased-transgender-woman

* "Trump’s anti-trans agenda takes center stage at planned 'Detrans Awareness Day' events:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-celebrate-detrans-awareness-day

* Why are people still going on these floating plague ships? "Another norovirus outbreak on Princess Cruises ship sickens dozens of passengers and crew:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norovirus-outbreak-princess-cruises-ship-coral-princess-sickens-dozens-passengers-crew/

* "Measles cases spike to 25-year high in Europe:" https://www.politico.eu/article/measles-cases-spike-to-25-year-high-in-europe/

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* "“Cool” years are now hotter than the “warm” years of the past: tracking global temperatures through El Niño and La Niña:" https://ourworldindata.org/global-temperatures-el-nino-la-nina

* "A Mount Spurr eruption is ‘likely’ within weeks or months, scientists say:" https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/03/12/a-mount-spurr-eruption-is-likely-within-weeks-or-months-scientists-say/

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* "The Global South’s Cleantech Revolution in Five Charts:" https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/?ref=fixthenews.com

* "Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying:" https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-like-all-hdds-are-dying/

* "There’s a bizarre animal in the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean that looks like a toast rack – and it uses deadly hooks to kill its prey:" https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/harp-spnge

* "When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/10/when-an-american-town-massacred-its-chinese-immigrants

* "Dora Richter Lived:" https://epgn.com/2024/06/25/dora-richter-lived/

* "How the Boredom Epidemic ruined Hobbies:"

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* "Looking for the mysterious photographer who snapped occupied Paris and mocked the Nazis:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2024/09/09/looking-for-the-unknown-photographer-who-snapped-occupied-paris-and-mocked-the-nazis_6725386_183.html

* "Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, fierce LGBTQ+ ally & progressive champion, dies at 77:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/arizona-congressman-raul-grijalva-dies

* "Sen. Alan Simpson was way ahead of his party when it came to LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/alan-simpson-remembered

I didn't agree with everything he did, but this and his work for Internment camp survivors is incredibly admirable.

* "Felice Picano, acclaimed gay author, has died at 81:" https://www.advocate.com/news/author-felice-picano-dies

* "WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure:" https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-gare-nord-unexploded-bomb-d76871a93baee768df2a225922f12d89

* I am making progress on spinning up Killian Laptop. I downloaded a bunch of smaller programs, I finally convinced some browsers to sync. I've added some more accessibility extensions, and Saturday, I got a couple browsers set up with things so I could run some of the standard things I do everyday of him.

He's pretty fast compared to Klaus. The main problem I'm having is I can't get Waterfox to run on him. Our theory is maybe he's too old for modern iterations. I am trying earlier versions one by one, but I may be stuck with classic Waterfox, which is not supported and can't sync, so I keep having to stop to hand customize. I'll keep at it this week when I'm not in the aggregate crunch.

* In Cat News: Sunday Tavy discovered that Goth Millenial can also administer medication.

Livia also reached the end of her patience with a Thing the Emperor has been doing. The Empress is a peaceable animal by nature as long as you aren't live prey. She is more than twice his size, but she will generally give way as it's less hassle unless he pushes her too far.

Sunday, she decided she had had enough. For the last month or two, he's been peeing on everybody's favorite spot on my bed 5-6 times a week. I am a person with a clothes washer on it's last legs that can only use hot water. I can't wash multiple cat pads every night and he's also taken to running it to pee on the bed while I am getting ready for bed, so if he does it earlier, the cats are SOL for napping in the Best spot until I do the bed time laundry. Traditionally, he then gets really angry at the humans because Someone has Peed in the best spot!!!

This is Livia's favorite spot too. In fact, she sleeps there more than he does in winter as he decamps for his heated bed for most of his Night Napping.

Tavy's refusal to pee in the box has been inconveniencing her all this time. Sure, she has her second favorite spot: the bedroom window podium, which I tricked out for her in her youth, but a lot of cold seeps in on winter nights and though she is cold adapted, she would rather be a bit further from the window in the comfy spot in the elbow of the Pillow Mountain Range. She has a number of other popular spots, including the desk box, top of pillow mountain, and three other on bed locations. (She used to love sleeping on the sofa, but that is also covered in pee pads and Tavy pee by that time of night. In warmer weather there is also Living room Window box, but the emperor peed in the spare boxes, so I'm not bothering with a new one until the weather is good for window naps.)

Before you ask, yes, we tried keeping the boxes clean. He pees in the boxes to mark them after a change, then goes right back to the sofa if no one is sitting on it, and sometimes when they are. I'd have to scoop each box myself after every use, a thing I can't do with my lungs and arthritis. I miss when he used to pee in the tub or the sink. I could just run a little water after each use, but he doesn't anymore.

Anyway, Sunday night, Livia was camped in the Best Bed Spot and was Not Moving, because if she did, he'd just pee on it after a token sit to establish dominance. he tried all of the passive aggressive tactics. Which she ignored, and when he got physical, she yelled at him and wapped him a good one. He knows he can't win a physical fight, so he is asleep in his desk bed as of this writing and she is enjoying the Best Bed Spot in peace for the first time since he started the regular bed wetting.

Good on her.

* "ICE Detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Trump Tanks Stocks, Exhausts Wall Street | Erasing "Women" From The Internet | The King's Playlist:"

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* "Trump Trade War Wipes $4T Off The Stock Market | Rebrand Your Tesla | RFK Jr. On Measles:"

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* "Beer Will Cost More Under “Chaotic” Tariffs | Trump: Khalil Detention Is The First Of Many To Come:"

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* "Au Revoir, Champagne | EPA Is Abandoning The Environment | Vandalizing Teslas:"

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* "Meanwhile... Packing Peanuts Are Not Food | Banana Technology | Carolina Reaper World Record:"

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* "A room full of witnesses | Rose B. Simpson: Journeys of Clay | Exhibition Insights:"

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* "Ceaser's Camp 49BC:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P2PFY7iQNVw

* I wish I could debate some of these with him at a party. "Manic Monarchs:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hUkHg1A1W5o

* "Dashing Dolphins:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9hZRMAR3w1E

* "Charging Cavalry:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ww5_UiO09Ks

* "Ludicrous Ludwig II:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nXalZ_6m5Fg

* "True Facts: How Snakes Move:"

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* "How to play the accordion with Betsy and ‪dinosaurdinnertheatre1792‬ :"

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* "King Charles' Radio Show: An Affront To Donald Trump?:"

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* "Amazon's Deepening Relationship With The Trumps:"

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* "Is It Worth It?:"

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* "The Ballad of Tommy & Joey:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KPmAbERDy5A

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Folly of King Runas:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e5VB-DDHfk0

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Tragedy of Rudolf:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nF1Al07sQ3M

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Defiance of the Fae Queen:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JBVglBFW5GU

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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.

* "Find Non-US Alternatives: Discover alternatives to the mainstream products, services, and companies typically found in the United States and Russia, sourced from other regions.:" https://www.bankrupttrump.org/

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

* Save The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Explainer and directions here with link to government comment form: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/776960165468684288/action-item?source=share

Direct Link to Form: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

* Indigenous led organizationtrying to save endangered species that just lost Federal funding. "The Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance:" https://www.bnga.org/

* What to do if you are an adult who is losing your gender affirming care from your physician: https://www.tumblr.com/anonymousalchemist/774948824033673217

* Help Lambda Legal Continue their fight: https://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app30130a?df_id=6680&mfc_pref=T&6680.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=D3311163DF16F06EEA5520010BAF90B5&_gl=1*n53ras*_gcl_au*MTMxNDYxNjc0LjE3MzgxODExMzg.*_ga*MTY0NDY4OTM4NC4xNzM4MTgxMTM4*_ga_290ZG8GMP3*MTczODE4MTEzOC4xLjEuMTczODE4MTIwMi41OC4wLjA.

* Glad Law is fighting for trans service members. Want to help? https://givebutter.com/donatetoglad?utm_src=webheader&_gl=1*1qhxi1q*_ga*NDM3MjM0Mzk1LjE3NDEwMDk5NDA.*_ga_PCJHHSV2G7*MTc0MTAwOTk0MC4xLjAuMTc0MTAwOTk0MC4wLjAuMA..

* "Donate to the ACLU:" https://action.aclu.org/give/now

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

* "Resources for California fire victims were scattered. So I created this site to help.:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/california-disaster-recovery-resources

* "Where your donations to L.A. fire victims will do the most good:" https://www.advocate.com/news/donate-los-angeles-fire-victims

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

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

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

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

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

* Where to protest the censoring and erasure of transfolk on the Stonewal Uprising monument if you can't go in person. Select no and leave a comment.: https://www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

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

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

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

* "The Black Consumer Advisory:" https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory

* Want to help Virginia get a Democratic Governor? "Support Abigail's Campaign for Governor of Virginia!" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blu-asfg-2025-gs-dd?refcode=BLU_ASFG_DD_GS_NT_NTL_Q1_01&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt4C-BhBcEiwA8Kp0CcaXXWdWpVI1uyoauFCRFgrY9hsEMA4pbxF_TO6ZPHAdhNzOmcwHTxoC8lgQAvD_BwE

* Post Joann's fabric Resources: https://www.tumblr.com/omgthatdress/777133232259989504/quilted-twins-florida-based-quilting-shop-with-a?source=share

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* (I made a small start on the queer news, but it's tiny compared to the prepped link. Very little after that point went up. The backlog is daunting and this coming week turns out to also be a monster scheduling wise, plus the election coverage about to hit. We are in the midst of all hands on deck cleaning for an inspection, for example. See below.).

* "As unrest grips Iran’s schools, the government is going after children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/01/iran-protests-children-hijab-amini/

* "Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-human-rights-lawyers-criticise-clerical-leaders-amid-unrest-2022-11-03/

* CW: Child Murder "Children among 10 feared dead in Iran crackdown, Amnesty says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/middleeast/iran-protest-crackdown-amnesty-international-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Iranians defy crackdown with fresh protests, as president dismisses US vow to ‘free Iran’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/iranians-defy-crackdown-with-fresh-protests-as-president-dismisses-us-vow-to-free-iran

* "US and Saudi Arabia concerned that Iran may be planning attack on energy infrastructure in Middle East:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/us-saudi-arabia-iran-energy-infrastructure-middle-east/index.html

* Well, fuck! "Israel election final results: Netanyahu, Jewish far right win power, fiasco for left:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2022-11-03/ty-article/israel-election-final-results-netanyahu-jewish-far-right-win-power-fiasco-for-left/00000184-3e80-daf1-abc4-7f9a53f40000

* Re: Netanyahu

I’ve stated some form of this over the years any number of times, but in the current climate, I should reiterate it.

My dislike of Netanyahu and his ultra-right positions is specific to Netanyahu because of his ultra-right positions, his corruption, his policies, etc.. His party and allies have policies I oppose, much in the way I oppose Trump and the Republicans, Rishi Sunak (and Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, and every Tory PM back to the much hated Thatcher which was about when I started following UK Politics in real time), Viktor Orbán, Jair Bolsanaro, and a host of other horrible extreme right wing politicians the world over to numerous to list.

This does not and should not be taken for anger at the Israeli left or Jewish people the world over who did not vote for a right wing party in the recent Israeli election. There is a reason my coverage of Israeli politics mostly originates from left leaning Israeli news sources like Haaretz.

There is far too much violent antisemitism in the world right now, far to many politicians of every stripe happy to stoke antisemitism for personal power, far too many antisemitic movements and the like. In my country one of the two political parties with any power proudly embraces it.

This I am furious about and very much wish to fight against.

Please don’t take the recent election in Israel as an excuse to do or say something that harms real people who have nothing to do with it or were actively wanting a better outcome.

It is important to separate a dislike of a particular person for political reasons from a wider attack on a large group living in many countries famously holding a wide variety of beliefs and opinions.

I try very hard to do that in this space.

* A relief! "Denmark election result keeps Social Democrats at the helm:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/denmark-election-result-keeps-social-democrats-at-the-helm

* A massive relief!!! "Brazil election: Anti-LGBTQ+ tyrant Jair Bolsonaro beaten by leftist Lula:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/30/brazil-election-lula-beats-jair-bolsonaro-lgbtq/

* "Why Bolsonaro’s stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/jair-bolsonaro-lula-brazilian-election-amazon-putin-ukraine/

* *digits cruciform* "We Might Finally Be Free From the Madness of Bolsonaro:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/opinion/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro.html

* Let’s hope things go well for democracy. "Trucks, Protesters Block Brazil Highways After Bolsonaro Rout:" https://www.barrons.com/news/trucks-protesters-block-brazil-highways-after-bolsonaro-rout-01667224207

* "Steve Bannon says Bolsonaro can't concede as he rails against Biden and CIA:" https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-bolsonaro-brazil-election-lula-1755696

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro signals cooperation with transfer of power, but does not concede election defeat :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-elections-protests-intl-latam/index.html

* "Bolsonaro backers call on Brazil military to intervene after Lula victory:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-backers-call-brazil-military-intervene-after-lula-victory-2022-11-02/

* "Rishi Sunak 'wants to gut trans rights from Equality Act':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/rishi-sunak-trans-equality-act/

* "New women's minister defends troubling voting record on women's rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/minister-for-women-maria-caulfield-abortion-clinic-vote/

* "Manston migrant centre like a zoo, says asylum seeker:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63481151

* "Dover petrol bomb attacker said he planned to ‘obliterate Muslim children’:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/02/migrant-centre-attacker-planned-to-obliterate-muslim-children-in-final-tweet

* "Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/28/russia-fsb-moldova-manipulation/

* "Russia Expected to OK Stricter 'Gay Propaganda' Law This Fall:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/17/russia-expected-ok-stricter-gay-propaganda-law-fall

* "Bi OnlyFans Creator Sentenced to Prison Over Using the Site:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/bi-onlyfans-creator-sentenced-prison-over-using-site

* "How Halloween revelry turned to disaster in South Korea:" https://graphics.reuters.com/SOUTHKOREA-STAMPEDE/CHRONOLOGY/zjvqjqmmlpx/index.html

* "North Korea fired the highest number of short-range missiles in a day, says South Korea:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/asia/north-korea-missiles-wednesday-intl-hnk

* "North Korea ICBM may have failed in flight, officials say; residents in Japan told to shelter:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-south-koreas-military-2022-11-02/

* "How Spain looked on as dozens were crushed to death at its border:" https://www.bbc.com/news/extra/z8i55dsu8w/spain-morocco-border

* "Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czechs-rally-against-rising-extremism-voice-support-ukraine-2022-10-30/

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* "'Scrabble variants' now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/health/covid-variants-dominant-bq/index.html

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* "For the first time, Iran acknowledges it sent drones to Russia:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134523148/ukraine-russia-war-iran-drones

* "Russia's hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russias-hope-for-ukraine-win-revealed-in-battle-for-bakhmut/2022/10/28/d81ceb7e-5692-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html

* "Ukraine's 58th Brigade in the Heart of the Bakhmut Mire:" https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-s-58th-brigade-in-the-heart-of-the-bakhmut-mire-/6815660.html

* "Kyiv reels as 'massive' wave of missile strikes hit Ukrainian cities; wheat prices rise as grain deal stalls:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/ukraines-forces-repel-brutal-russian-offensive-in-donetsk-wheat-prices-rise-after-grain-export-deal-stumbles.html

* "Ukraine’s War Is Leading to a Nervous Breakdown:"

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* "Lions Rescued From Ukraine Find New Home:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/17/lions-rescued-ukraine-find-new-home

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* "US Announces New Sanctions on Iran for Bounty on Rushdie:" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-announces-new-sanctions-on-iran-for-bounty-on-rushdie-/6809948.html

* "Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: 'We can't take democracy for granted any longer':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/politics/biden-speech-democracy-dc/index.html

* "Seeing danger in GOP election-deniers, Biden appeals to Americans to support democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/seeing-danger-in-gop-election-deniers-biden-appeals-to-americans-to-support-democracy-152373317527

* "Dowd: Biden realized there isn't a sane GOP holding election deniers accountable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-addressing-threats-to-democracy-particularly-from-maga-republicans-praised-as-midterms-push-152353861727

* "Rep. Raskin: ‘Joe Biden was trying to strike that tone as the leader of the whole country’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-on-attacks-and-threats-to-democracy-responded-to-by-rep-raskin-152356421932

* "Biden administration to provide over $13 billion in aid to help American families lower energy bills:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/biden-administration-to-provide-over-13-billion-in-aid-to-help-american-families-lower-energy-bills.html

* "More LGBTQ+ Spouses to Receive Survivors' Benefits, VA Announces:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/more-lgbtq-spouses-receive-survivors-benefits-va-announces

* "Rachel Levine Elected to National Academy of Medicine:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/21/rachel-levine-elected-national-academy-medicine

* "Conservatives Spew Transphobia at Already Anti-Trans Federal Agency:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/18/conservatives-spew-transphobia-already-anti-trans-federal-agency

* "Elie Mystal: Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of affirmative action didn’t exist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-weighs-race-based-college-admissions-don-t-seem-supportive-of-campus-diversity-152115269631

* "Supreme Court to Hear LGBTQ+ Rights Case Before End of Year:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/10/19/supreme-court-hear-lgbtq-rights-case-end-year

* "White House Press Secretary Sits Down for an Exclusive Interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/white-house-press-secretary-sits-down-for-an-exclusive-interview-151959621696

* I have concerns. "Fed hikes interest rates again, up 0.75 percentage points:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/02/fed-rate-hike/

* "'Ripped off': Katie Porter on how price-gouging companies are driving inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-ripped-off-katie-porter-on-how-price-gouging-companies-are-driving-inflation-152360005651

* "Living Homeless in the Desert:"

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* "What I Learned Watching a Co-Worker Get Forced Out:" https://index.medium.com/what-i-learned-watching-a-co-worker-get-forced-out-2418ca86411

* "Pennsylvania court orders election officials to not count ‘undated’ ballots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/pennsylvania-court-undated-ballots-00064549

* "Arizona, Michigan GOP ask voters to mail in ballots and use drop boxes as candidates and officials blast the practice:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-arizona-michigan-gop-encourage-mail-ballots/index.html

* "Kristina Karamo seeks court order that could impact thousands of Detroit voters:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/28/kristina-karamo-lawsuit-detroit-votes/69598090007/

* "Lawyer in Karamo lawsuit targeting Detroit yells at judge, cites debunked film:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/03/hearing-karamo-lawsuit-targeting-detroit-voters/69616706007/

* "DeSantis Voter Fraud Unit Defends Arresting Former Felons:"

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* If people like this turn up at your door, close and lock it. Do not interact. "In the hunt for voter fraud, Republican door knockers are intimidating residents: officials:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/republican-door-knockers-intimidate-voters-while-hunting-voter-fraud-say-2022-11-03/

* "Election Officials Say Efforts to Intimidate Voters Are Widening:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/politics/voting-intimidation-democracy.html

* "Voter intimidation, election worker threats part of voting climate ahead of midterms:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voter-intimidation-election-worker-threats-part-voting-climate/story?id=92505277

* "North Carolina reports possible voter intimidation, threats ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/north-carolina-reports-possible-voter-intimidation-threats-ahead-midterms-2022-11-04/

* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting for Voting Access in Georgia:" https://www.cc.com/video/2hwoe3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stacey-abrams-fighting-for-voting-access-in-georgia

* "Justice Department says 'vigilante ballot security efforts' in Arizona are likely illegal:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/arizona-voter-intimidation-doj/index.html

* "Americans face voter intimidation at the polls:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/americans-face-voter-intimidation-at-the-polls-151960645695

* "Judge limits ballot drop box monitoring in Arizona after intimidation claims:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/arizona-ballot-clean-elections-liburdi/

* If Republicans actually cared about ending voter fraud they'd stop committing it instead of stealing people's right to vote. "Milwaukee Election Commission official Kimberly Zapata could face charges accusing her of fraudulently requesting military ballots:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/03/mayor-says-milwaukee-election-worker-fired-over-ballot-fraud/69616108007/

* "Obama says democracy ‘may not survive’ in Arizona if Republicans win:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/03/obama-says-democracy-may-not-survive-if-arizona-republicans-win/

* "‘Let's not pretend’ that Republicans and Democrats share equal blame for election denial, DCCC chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/sean-maloney-democrats-republicans-elections-00064138

* "The Five Scariest Statewide Republican Candidates You Haven’t Heard of:" https://newrepublic.com/article/168373/five-scariest-republican-candidates-statewide-office

* "In 5 key battlegrounds, most GOP state legislative nominees are election deniers, report finds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/in-5-key-battlegrounds-most-gop-nominees-are-election-deniers.html

If they win, Democracy dies in those states.

Please, please, please vote the whole ticket.

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

"And this guy wants to be in charge of Arizona's elections."

* I am terrified. Literally every governor and secretary of state race we lose in this election is likely a state that will lose the right to free and fair elections, probably for a generation, possibly forever.

I am terrified because not enough Millennials and Gen z are early voting. We can't save democracy without you. We pretty much need all of you. If we don't save democracy there is zero chance of fixing any thing else in this country.

Yes, things are terrible and most democratic politicians haven't enough spine, but they are legitimately trying to fix things. Republicans are out right promising to crash the world economy if they win the house of representatives to force an end to the social safety net. They are openly promising that if they win in the states, they will fix it so republicans can never lose there again. They are promising a national abortion ban and a repeal of civil and human rights for queer folks. Kiss any attempt to stop the planet burning goodbye.

Fuckssake get out there and vote! This may be your last chance for it to count if Republicans win in your state. Vote because our lives depend on it!

* "GOP floats Medicare changes while ducking details:" https://www.axios.com/2022/11/03/gop-floats-medicare-reform

* "Yes, some Republican senators really are talking openly about Social Security cuts:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/yes-some-republican-senators-are-talking-openly-about-social-security-cuts/ar-AA13K0K4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b2fd7a3baaf5485b89016d7bbdf50c32

* "GLAAD Ads Remind LGBTQ+ Voters What's at Stake in Midterm Election:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/12/glaad-ads-remind-lgbtq-voters-whats-stake-midterm-election

* "Forward thinking, playing offense are opportunities for Democrats as midterms approach:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/forward-thinking-playing-offense-are-opportunities-for-democrats-as-midterms-approach-152243269571

* "Can Republicans fulfill their role in a multi-party democracy?:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/can-republicans-fulfill-their-role-in-a-multi-party-democracy-152370757778

* Elizabeth Warren Extended Interview:

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* "House GOP uses grade school trick to inflate pad report with 'filler and Fox News' :" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/house-gop-uses-grade-school-trick-to-inflate-pad-report-with-filler-and-fox-news-152618053708

* "Chris Hayes: If Republicans win, Trump will be the ‘shadow Speaker of the House’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-if-republicans-win-trump-will-be-the-shadow-speaker-of-the-house-152597061618

* "Judiciary Republicans hint at investigation into FBI, DOJ if they retake the House:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134449665/republicans-investigation-fbi-doj-midterms

* "3 Lies Republicans Are Using This Election| Robert Reich:"

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* "Pro-LGBTQ+ PAC Targets Pa. Republican Candidates Oz and Mastriano:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/27/pro-lgbtq-pac-targets-penn-republican-candidates-oz-and-mastriano

* "Column: A speech-impaired John Fetterman is better than a fast-talking Mehmet Oz:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-30/john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-aphasia-debate

* "Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dr-oz-jan6-john-fetterman-donald-trump-1234620315/

* He doesn't even know where Pennsylvania IS! O.o "Pennsylvania by the sea: Mehmet Oz implies state has Atlantic coastline:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/01/mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-republican-candidate

* "Doug Mastriano ally Toni Shuppe has a plan to ‘stop the steal of 2022.’ It’s full of misinformation.:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/toni-shuppe-doug-mastriano-election-steal-pennsylvania-20221030.html

* "Exclusive with Josh Shapiro: "Our fundamental freedoms are on the ballot":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/exclusive-with-josh-shapiro-our-fundamental-freedoms-are-on-the-ballot-151960645652

* "Mehmet Oz’s medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/01/oz-senate-doctor-research/

* "Oprah says if she lived in Pennsylvania, she’d vote for Fetterman over Oz in U.S. Senate race:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/oprah-winfrey-john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-pa-senate-race-20221103.html

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

* "How Democracy Is on the Line in 2022 & Beyond:"

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* CW: Rape "GOP candidate wants ‘community-level review’ on if rape victims can get abortions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-candidate-wants-community-level-review-on-if-rape-victims-can-get-abortions-152599109733

* "How Doug Mastriano ended up in a Holocaust film that troubles scholars:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/doug-mastriano-holocaust-film-agenda/

* "Endorsement: Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert:" https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/29/opinion-lauren-boebert-vote/

* "Lauren Boebert posts particularly vile Tweet and the backlash is brutal:" https://www.queerty.com/lauren-boebert-posts-particularly-vile-tweet-backlash-brutal-20221103

* "Indiana's Democratic Candidates Sign Contract to Protect Abortion Rights:" https://advocatechannel.com/indianas-democratic-candidates-sign-contract-to-protect-abortion-rights

* "Republican says party ‘will never lose another election’ in Wisconsin if he wins:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/wisconsin-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-tim-michels

* "Editorial: Vote for Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes to defend our democracy. Here's why.:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2022/11/02/wisconsin-vote-for-mandela-barnes-and-tony-evers-to-defend-democracy/69588162007/

* "Ron DeSantis uses 'non-binary student' photo to push pathetic election campaign:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/03/ron-desantis-anti-lgbtq-non-binary-stock-photo/

* "Rep. Val Demings: Marco Rubio only likes to talk about crime when it is politically advantageous:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-u-s-senate-candidate-rep-val-demings-demolishes-marco-rubio-s-attempts-to-campaign-on-crime-152489541804

* "Midterms candidates Chris Jones in Arkansas, Charles Booker in Kentucky have impressive ground game:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/midterms-candidates-chris-jones-in-arkansas-charles-booker-in-kentucky-winning-voters-by-focusing-on-forgotten-152605765559

* "Charles Booker touts abortion rights in Kentucky Senate bid:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/charles-booker-touts-abortion-rights-kentucky-senate-bid-92607940

* "Leading election denier is on the verge of leading Nevada's election system:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/trump-aligned-jim-marchant-midterm-election-00064357

* "Nevada's MAGA secretary of state candidate appears to be blatantly ignoring campaign finance law:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/jim-marchant-nevada-secretary-state-maga-trump-citizens-united-campaign-finance/

* "This Bisexual Kansas Legislator Wants to Get Stuff Done:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/18/bisexual-kansas-legislator-wants-get-stuff-done

* "‘Emasculating Vance Is Actually Part of Tim’s Effectiveness’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/03/tim-ryan-senate-ohio-00064670

* "Tim Ryan on finding "gettable voters" in his quest for a Senate seat:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/tim-ryan-on-finding-gettable-voters-in-his-quest-for-a-senate-seat-152240709776

* "Abortion Is on the Ballot. Will It Help the Dems?:"

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* "Chris Hayes: The stakes of the New York governor's race between Zeldin and Hochul:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-stakes-of-the-new-york-governor-s-race-between-zeldin-and-hochul-152107077663

* "Raphael Warnock - The Georgia Senator on His Midterm Race:" https://www.cc.com/video/8rlhtb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-raphael-warnock-the-georgia-senator-on-his-midterm-race

* "What makes Virginia’s most competitive congressional race so close?:" https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/11/what-makes-virginias-most-competitive-race-so-competitive/

* "Luria makes final case for democracy, vies for Black voters:" https://apnews.com/article/elaine-luria-2022-midterms-strategy-a36ffe96b8d1ec2654ed67cb93639a16

* "Democratic star Katie Porter fights against a conservative resurgence in O.C.:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-01/katie-porter-scott-baugh-california-congress-midterm-elections

* "Election Conspiracies Are Disrupting the Midterms:"

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* "N.J. Democrat once thought safe now in a close congressional race at campaign’s final week:" https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/11/nj-democrat-once-thought-safe-now-in-a-competitive-congressional-race-at-campaigns-final-week.html

* "GOP Candidate Said Elites Drink Blood, Sell ‘Baby Body Parts’ After Abortion:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzkdp/kristina-karamo-qanon-blood-body-parts

* "GOP rejection of democracy leaves force and violence as remaining governing option:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-rejection-of-democracy-leaves-force-and-violence-as-remaining-governing-option-152124997513

* "Paul Pelosi's alleged attacker charged with attempted kidnapping:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/justice-department-charges-depape-following-paul-pelosi-assault-00064282

* "Fears of Political Violence Following Attack on Paul Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/fears-of-political-violence-following-attack-on-paul-pelosi-151959621741

* "What we know about David DePape, the man accused in the Pelosi home invasion, attack:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/what-we-know-about-david-depape-the-man-accused-in-the-pelosi-home-invasion-attack.html

* An elderly man was beaten with a hammer in an act of political terrorism. They are LYING when they say they are Law and Order candidates. Cruelty is the point. "Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/arizona-gop-nominee-kari-lake-mocks-attack-paul-pelosi-campaign-event-rcna54960

* "Capitol Police cameras caught break-in at Pelosi home, but no one was watching:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01/capitol-police-cameras-caught-break-in-pelosi-home-no-one-was-watching/

* "Fresh finger-pointing over Capitol Police's future after Pelosi home invasion:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/04/fresh-finger-pointing-over-capitol-polices-future-after-pelosi-home-invasion-00065064

* "Swalwell: Pelosi suspect’s social media looks like that of Ted Cruz, MTG:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-pelosi-suspect-s-social-media-looks-like-that-of-ted-cruz-mtg-152105029931

* "The Facts About the Attack on Paul Pelosi, According to Prosecutors:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/pelosi-paul-nancy-attack-facts.html

* "Joy Reid: There’s a long history of gaslighting and toxic politics regarding Speaker Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/paul-pelosi-assault-spawning-far-right-conspiracies-about-attack-decried-as-deplorable-152113733729

* "‘This is not normal, moral, human behavior’: Psaki on GOP response to Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-normal-moral-human-behavior-psaki-on-gop-response-to-pelosi-attack-152228933737

* "Right-wing resists facts about extremist violence to preserve identity of victimhood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-resists-facts-about-extremist-violence-to-preserve-identity-of-victimhood-152128069582

* "Trump joins growing GOP effort to whitewash, lie about Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-joins-growing-gop-effort-to-whitewash-lie-about-pelosi-attack-152227909623

* "Elon Musk tweets anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/elon-musk-paul-pelosi-conspiracy-theory-gay-lgbtq/

* "Hate speech increased on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, study finds:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hate-speech-increased-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-study/story?id=92445797

* "Twitter reportedly limits content moderation ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/twitter-reportedly-limits-content-moderation-ahead-of-midterm-elections-152243269649

* Do not trust twitter. "Elon Musk appears in over his head with purchase of Twitter:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/elon-musk-appears-in-over-his-head-with-purchase-of-twitter-152617541762

* "Musk's attempt at trolling AOC backfires | Boing Boing:" https://boingboing.net/2022/11/03/musks-attempt-at-trolling-aoc-backfires.html

* "Elon Musk to the Rescue: Big Lie Fanatic Escapes Twitter Ban:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-election-denier-mark-finchem-credits-elon-musk-for-overturning-twitter-ban

* "What changes has Elon Musk made at Twitter and what might he do next?:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/04/mass-sackings-monetisation-elon-musk-twitter-changing

* "Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and staffers:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/swalwell-threat-plea/index.html

* "Adams County investigates white powder found on ballot as officials reassure voters the election is safe:" https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/adams-county-investigates-white-powder-found-on-ballot-as-officials-reassure-voters-the-election-is-safe

* "Barrack acquittal another blow to DOJ’s foreign influence crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2022/11/04/barrack-acquittal-another-blow-to-dojs-foreign-influence-crackdown-00065258

* "Supreme Court Rules That Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Inquiry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lindsey-graham-georgia.html

* "Trump files a suit against New York attorney general, and against advice:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-files-a-suit-against-new-york-attorney-general-and-against-advice/

* "Judge rules in favor of assigning monitor to oversee Trump Organization:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/03/judge-rules-favor-assigning-monitor-oversee-trump-organization/

* "Key Trump insider given immunity to testify in Mar-a-Lago documents investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/key-trump-insider-given-immunity-to-testify-in-mar-a-lago-documents-investigation-152373829657

* "Litany of Trump legal entanglements grows ever longer as Trump Org criminal trial begins:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/litany-of-trump-legal-entanglements-grows-ever-longer-as-trump-org-criminal-trial-begins-152127557527

* "Trump asks Supreme Court to stop IRS from turning over his tax returns to the House:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/trump-supreme-court-appeal/index.html

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-only-chance-to-stop-2020-election-certification-00064592

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as ‘key’ to post-election plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/emails-trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-key-to-post-election-plan-152356421588

* "Trump loyalist Kash Patel questioned before Mar-a-Lago grand jury:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/03/kash-patel-grand-jury-trump/

* "Despite Eastman appeal, Jan. 6 committee accesses 8 disputed emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/eastman-appeals-jan6-committee-disputed-00064166

* "House January 6 committee gives Trump more time to turn over subpoenaed documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/trump-january-6-subpoena-deadline/index.html

* "Capitol Police officer disputes claims that Oath Keepers were seen protecting him during Jan. 6 attack:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-police-officer-disputes-claims-oath-keepers-protecting/story?id=92432188

* "Oath Keepers spent over $400 at post-US Capitol riot feast at the Olive Garden, prosecutors say:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/oath-keepers-olive-garden-january-6/index.html

* "New Report Sheds Light on Gun Violence in LGBTQ+ Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/11/new-report-sheds-light-gun-violence-lgbtq-lives

* "Chris Hayes: The myth of crime as a big-city, blue-state problem:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-myth-of-crime-as-a-big-city-blue-state-problem-152230981820

* "Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/polly-klaas-sisters-criminal-justice-mass-incarceration

* "Detectives in Breonna Taylor Killing Confess to Falsifying Warrant Evidence:" https://advocatechannel.com/detectives-in-breonna-taylor-killing-admit-to-falsifying-warrant-evidence-based-on-gut-feeling

* "Police Killed a Boy. His Friend Was Charged With Murder:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjFze39Dcc

* "Video Shows Sheriffs Choking, Tasing Unarmed Transgender Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/24/video-shows-sheriffs-choking-tasing-unarmed-transgender-woman

* "Comedian Eric André Files Lawsuit Against Atlanta Airport Police:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/20/two-black-comedians-file-lawsuit-against-atlanta-airport-police

* "I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers.:" https://mailchi.mp/themarshallproject/i-spent-over-40-years-working-in-corrections-i-wasnt-ready-for-rikers

* "Ezra Miller Pleads Not Guilty to Burglary Charges in Vermont:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/17/ezra-miller-pleads-not-guilty-burglary-charges-vermont

* "Bi Actor Andy Dick Arrested on Felony Burglary Charge:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/21/bi-actor-andy-dick-arrested-felony-burglary-charge

* "Sheriff's office says antisemitic messages in Jacksonville were not crimes:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/us/florida-georgia-game-kanye-west/index.html

* "Pa. School District Allegedly Discriminated Against LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/09/penn-school-district-allegedly-discriminated-against-lgbtq-students

* "How The “No Child Left Behind” Act Failed on Every Level:"

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When this was passed teachers called it things like “children Left behind” because we could see it was designed to starve neighborhood schools so Republicans could close them, forcing busing to other schools and shifting funding even further away from the schools that need it into charter schools that can bar students who are poor, or not white, or who have limited English, or who have special needs.

This is about de facto segregation. It’s about starving public schools of funds. it’s about excuses to deprive the students with the biggest needs of an education.

All “Back to Basics” school “reforms” are about defending music, art, social studies, and sciences, because Republicans hate anything that keeps children from dropping out and/or teaches critical thinking. Science and social studies teach things like applying logic to real world problems, evaluating evidence, and thinking for yourself. The last thing they want is accurate history or modern science taught to children.

All Republicans want is to create an ignorant easily manipulable permanent underclass that votes for them. Quality Public education in anathema to them.

Republicans keep saying, “you can’t just through money at the problem,” yet never once in the history of this country have we tried funding the schools for the poor at the level we fund schools for the well off. we know objectively that 15-18 students is the sweet spot for class size at all grades. why not for once try paying teachers a living wage and hire enough of them to give every class room the same student/teacher ratios private schools have. How about instead of pennies per student per day we actually buy enough equipment and supplies so that all students get to do hands on science instead of only students who already have all the advantages? How about paying for proper maintenance on schools so the heating works and the pipes don’t bang and the roof doesn’t leak? How about money for computers and library books? How about desks and chairs so every student in every class gets one as well as a locker that closes and locks?

Can’t we try that just once?

Teaching pays about as well as Burger King and teachers owe student loans and need to pay for continuing ed and certification re-upping. They need supplies for themselves and students and a professional wardrobe and money for transportation and to pay off massive student loans, plus food, housing, medical stuff, etc.. out of what amounts to minimum wage.

Nobody goes into teaching expecting to get rich; they do it because they want to teach. Punishing them because the schools are falling apart and the textbooks are as old as they are is counter-productive. Actually funding the schools properly would let them do their jobs.

But no one ever ask teachers when they do “school reform.” It is nearly always imposed by people who’ve never taught based on ignorance and a deep refusal to look at the research.

* CW: Rape, Human Trafficking "Smooth Like Butter: The Slippery Underbelly of the Kpop Industry:"

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* "LGBTQ+ World Cup fans told hand-holding fine – but don't kiss:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/28/holding-hands-world-cup-no-public-affection-qatar-ambassador/

The World Cup should never have been held here. A whole lot of mostly guest workers literally died building that stadium, worked to death in the heat.

Their human rights record with LGBTQIA+ people is horrific and should be disqualifying.

* "Qatar journalist says LGBTQ+ people are ‘abnormal’ ahead of World Cup:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/qatar-journalist-lgbtq-abnormal-world-cup/

* "Wales footballers won’t be silenced when it comes to Qatar’s LGBTQ+ atrocities:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/wales-footballers-wont-be-banned-from-addressing-qatars-lgbtq-rights-record-officials-confirm/

* "Gay Qatari man won't let World Cup 'bury' LGBTQ+ atrocities 'in the shadows':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/05/qatar-gay-nas-mohamed-world-cup/

* "Gay men shot outside LGBTQ+ bar laid to rest as thousands take to streets:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/gay-men-shot-outside-slovakian-lgbtq-bar-laid-to-rest-as-thousands-take-to-streets-in-protest/

* "Czech MP comes out as gay after horrific Slovakia LGBTQ+ bar shooting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/czech-mp-gay-jiri-navratil/

* "Malaysia police detain 20 people at LGBTQ+ Halloween party for 'cross-dressing':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/malaysia-halloween-party-raid-religious-police-sharia-law/

* "Irish law protecting trans people from hate crime 'too little too late':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/ireland-trans-hate-crime-violence-law/

* "Gay Palestinian Man Beheaded After Receiving Death Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/07/gay-palestinian-man-beheaded-after-receiving-death-threats

* "Mexico celebrates as same-sex marriage becomes law of the land:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/same-sex-marriage-legalised-mexico/

* "Trevor Project Launches Services in Mexico:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/10/11/trevor-project-launches-services-mexico

* "Former Cop Reveals Horrific Gay Bashings by Police:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/05/former-cop-reveals-horrific-gay-bashings-police

* "Gender law reforms pass first vote in Scotland with 'overwhelming' support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/scotland-trans-gender-recognition-reform-vote/

* "Conversion therapy ban delayed by equalities minister Kemi Badenoch:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/conversion-therapy-ban-kemi-badenoch/

* "Grindr Faces Boycott After Gay CEO's Right-Wing Tweets Are Revealed:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/grindr-faces-boycott-after-gay-ceos-right-wing-tweets-are-revealed

* "Social Security Will Allow Users to Select Own Gender Marker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/social-security-will-allow-users-select-own-gender-marker

* "South Carolina governor says he wants a statewide ban on same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/29/south-carolina-henry-mcmaster-same-sex-marriage-ban-supreme-court/

* "Men who violently attacked gay couple escape jail thanks to kindness of victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/miami-homophobic-attack-avoid-jail/

* "2022 U.S. Trans Survey:" https://www.ustranssurvey.org/

* Why you should fill it out "The biggest transgender survey in the US is underway. Here's why it's important:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/us/us-trans-survey-2022-cec/index.html

* "If I say "the queer community", I am referring to the community of self identified queers. If you're not a self identified queer, then I wasn't talking about you!:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/699776198583238656

* Rightly so!!! CW: Rape, Murder, Cannibalism "Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes banned by LGBTQ+ bars:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/jeffrey-dahmer-halloween-costumes-lgbtq-bars-wisconsin/

* "Heartstopper fans react to star Kit Connor being forced to come out as bisexual:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/kit-connor-bisexual-coming-out-fan-reaction/

It is wrong to bully people. It is extra wrong to bully teenagers.

No one owes you their coming out. People deserve to work stuff out without pressure.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

This isn’t a closeted anti-queer politician out to hurt us. This is a literal teenager who is just trying to live his life.

* "Kit Connor's coming out proves bi-erasure is rife even in LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/kit-connor-biphobia-bi-erasure-bisexual/

* "The Outing of Kit Connor:"

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* "Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/11/watching-the-sun-not-the-clock-sleep-body-clocks-daylight-saving-time

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* "Philippine death toll from storm Nalgae rises to 98, disaster agency says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/asia/philippines-tropical-storm-nalgae-paeng-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Photos: The aftermath of tropical storm Nalgae in Philippines:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/11/1/photos-the-aftermath-of-tropical-storm-nalgae-in-philippines

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* "Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-dozens-missing-after-boat-carrying-migrants-sinks/2022/11/01/52543176-59b9-11ed-bc40-b5a130f95ee7_story.html

* "What we know about India's deadly bridge collapse:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/india/india-gujarat-morbi-bridge-collapse-explainer-intl-hnk

* "We Need To Talk About The Latest SHEIN Scandal:"

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* "First wild bison born in UK for millennia after surprise pregnancy:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/21/first-wild-bison-born-in-uk-for-millennia-after-surprise-pregnancy

* "The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting:"

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* "Ghosts Are Legally Real:"

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* "Recalling LGBTQ+ Stories in Hispanic Heritage Month:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/2022/10/14/recalling-lgbtq-stories-hispanic-heritage-month

* "Pioneering singer who recorded first gay country songs dies aged 78:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/patrick-haggerty-gay-country-singer-dies-aged-78/

* "Proud to be a Gay Icon: Angela Lansbury's Life & Legacy:"

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* "Bail Reform:"

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* "Stephen's Message To Young Voters | Dick Bigger, Jr. Is The Breakout Star Of This Election Season:"

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* "Dr. Oz Surfs PA's Coast | Taylor Swift Dominates The Charts | Elon Negotiates With Stephen King:"

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* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 1:" https://www.cc.com/video/q0462s/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-1

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 2 :" https://www.cc.com/video/rsdbd4/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-2

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 3:" https://www.cc.com/video/9udze9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-3

* "Kosta La Vista Baby - Atlanta:" https://www.cc.com/video/3yu223/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-kosta-la-vista-baby-atlanta

* "Is Atlanta the Real-Life Wakanda?:" https://www.cc.com/video/ap288q/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-is-atlanta-the-real-life-wakanda

* CW: Self Harm, Eating Disorders. "The Harmful Drive for Queer Perfection:"

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* "DefunctTV: The History of the First Muppet Show, Sam and Friends:"

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* "5 Spooky Musicals That Are Totally UNHINGED:"

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* "Dr. Oz Is Surfin' PA:"

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* "Olive Garden Is The Perfect Place To Subvert Democracy:"

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* "This Is How Kari Lake's Comments Would Sound If They Were Actually Creatively Edited:"

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* "President Biden Midterms Address Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Tammy the Trucker on Gas Prices and Definitely Not Abortion - SNL:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula. Epic Rap Battles of History:"

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* More attempts at Gothmas Phase II pictures: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699602590803083264

* The emperor has been trying to break into one of the presents since it arrived, including an attempt to unwrap it the second I pulled it from the box. Turned out it was a massive bag of hand dried catnip. https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699682102668673024/gothmashalloween-2022-the-emperor-has-been-tryingfr.

* Since the Pandemic started, I put out bowls of candy. each bowl has a handful of things. Adults are welcome too, and I usually give out a lot of candy. This year one person stole the bowl itself, and no one else came. I think the three families with kids have moved out, since i haven't seen or heard them playing since summer. I've noticed that the other people that usually decorate in the complex didn't this year. It's sad.

I did get reverse trick or treated and Squirrel and I split the loot. Weirdly, it was not the bowl thief.

* October is always really hard on my body and particularly so in the back half. Halloween week takes everything I have really. Samhein is the most important holiday of my year and it takes everything.

Wednesday my body hard vetoed Wednesday errands. I called Head Millennial in time for them to get public transport and make evening arrangements. I could barely walk and had the pain shakes. One days like this, it's best to just take ones meds and go back to sleep and home a nap will reset things. This was correct. When I tried again later, I was a functional level of awful. We managed to take in the Halloween specific exterior stuff and box it all up. I'll need to tweek the "Harvest Display" and do a day time sweep to be sure we got everything before boxes go back into storage. Halloweentown is in chaos, but that's another day's problem.

Head Millennial went above and beyond today. I love how fundamentally kind and trustworthy they are. we had dinner together and watched a movie we'd started a week ago, geeking out together about the high quality lighting design and mourning the death of banter in modern romcoms as well as how few productions are willing to pay for really artistic lighting. (I sited Black Sails as proof the art isn't lost, even though we might think it was looking at the newest Halloween and Got/house of the dragon. Head Millennial is very grumpy about Halloween franchise in particular.)

It sounds like Visiting Millennial has decided to move up here, so at some point in the future they will be Newest Millennial. There is much rejoicing.

NOTE for newer readers: I like to use sobriquets to prevent people chain tracking through blogs. It was always my instinct and I got stricter after that reporter found me through the blog of a friend who wasn't as careful after Skye was murdered. It was fine. She was nice and professional and my friend changed the post in case of future accident. My point is that a determined swatter could find me, but I like to make them work for it if they want my friends.

* Another disabled Elder Goth friend suggested there should be a "Retired Goth Bat sanctuary" for people like us. This delights me.

There is talk of Tee shirts.

Possibly next week.

I already want one.

* Thursday was the blue beast's mechanic appointment. They are always booked for weeks out this time of year. This meant very little sleep, but the coolant situation is sorted and I should be okay on the engine not melting for a while. *Knock wood*

Friday I just wanted sleep, but of they woke me up trying to strong arm me into a home health assessment. Thing is, it's an excellent service and an important one. My mother used them in her last year of life when her health was failing. They assess the person; they assess the needs; they help organize complex meds schedules; they hook people up with services. I support the program and said so to the lady, but I do not want one.

Why? She wanted to know. I do not need what they are offering and I don't like strangers in my home it's invasive. I don't need a dementia test. I have a home health aid. My meds schedule is, indeed, complex, but it's logical. (Think of it as a logic puzzle. Pills needing to be taken on an empty stomach need to go first thing in the morning. Ppills needing to be taken with food need to be at least an hour after empty stomach pills, and need to work with meal scheduling. Some pills can't be taken within two hours of each other, etc.. Some pills need to be taken multiple times a day. For a while I had a pill that needed to go four times a day, at least two hours after eating and an hour before eating. It was a nightmare, but I did it.) I do not want people tampering with the schedule, because every adjustment is a hassle and a half, and I have it down. The point is, it's my body deteriorating, not my mind, and I handle things just fine within my physical limits and I hate all the invasive monitoring that comes with living in this complex and that comes with being disabled. I minimize it where I can.

So I go to the bathroom, give Livia a come for pettins offer, reset my pillow prop system, and settle back in to try to sleep.

The phone rings. It's the system that pay for my caregiver. Mandatory home inspection. *deep sigh* I managed to wiggle out of this one so far because of the pandemic. It's so intrusive and I fucking hate that I don't get to have privacy because I'm disabled. I can't manage without Head Millennial, so I guess we're doing that Monday, plus the already scheduled social worker call Tuesday.

* "Here are the Spookiest Cities in America:" https://www.outtraveler.com/best-travel/2022/10/21/spookiest-cities-america

* "America's 15 Most Haunted Hotels:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/22/americas-15-most-haunted-hotels#media-gallery-media-16

* Events towards the end of Dracula from the viewpoint of the locals: https://uri59.tumblr.com/post/699674996605403136/random-sailor-at-the-sereth-river-this-night-is

* Ed as Blackbeard: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699813146114818048/ok-i-just-have-to-ask-did-you-notice-ed-as

* Arden Powell at the The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1585317897785647105

* Clive Barker vs JK Rowling at The Midnight Society : https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1586397640186466304

* Goblin detecting sword: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699816725716287488

* I feel this in my bones: https://xkcd.com/2692/

* "You’ve been sentenced to 400 years for multiple murders. It’s been 399 years and your jailers are starting to get nervous.:" https://www.tumblr.com/elidyce/688193708499320832/writing-prompt-s-youve-been-sentenced-to-400

* "God of Arepo:" https://gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com/post/699776328566800384

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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* "Ukraine is hit by a massive cyberattack that targeted government websites:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/14/1073001754/ukraine-cyber-attack-government-websites-russia

* "Ruth Davidson blasts Boris Johnson over 'indefensible' lockdown party:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/ruth-davidson-boris-johnson-downing-street-party/

* "'Pathetic' Boris Johnson accused of 'lies and corruption' by furious LGBT+ MPs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/14/boris-johnson-lockdown-party-resignation-lgbt/

* "South African parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism offences:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/south-african-parliament-fire-suspect-charged-with-terrorism-offences

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* "WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19:" https://www.who.int/news/item/14-01-2022-who-recommends-two-new-drugs-to-treat-covid-19

* "Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/14/india-hindus-holy-dip-makar-sankranti-covid-surge

* "Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-eb5899ae1fe5b62b6f4d51f54a3cd375

* "White House promises to provide schools 10 million free coronavirus tests per month:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/12/biden-covid-tests-schools-antigen/

* "19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "Lab Sued Over Covid Test Fees By Another Blue Cross, Blue Shield Insurer:" https://khn.org/morning-breakout/lab-sued-over-covid-test-fees-by-another-blue-cross-blue-shield-insurer/

* "FEMA administrator to announce expanded flexibility for National Guard to help support hospitals:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politics/fema-national-guard-support/index.html

* "Crush of Covid on U.S. hospitals calls for 'thinking outside of dogma' for solutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/crush-of-covid-on-u-s-hospitals-calls-for-thinking-outside-of-dogma-for-solutions-130934853930

* "Dr. Fauci on why he ‘called out’ GOP Sen. Rand Paul: ‘Pure ad hominem’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-fauci-on-why-he-called-out-gop-sen-rand-paul-pure-ad-hominem-130647621751

* "Fox News' Tucker Carlson pushes Viagra as a COVID-19 cure, because of course:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/tucker-carlson-viagra-covid-19-treatment/

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* "Joy Reid: The fact that Guantanamo is still open after 20 years is a national embarrassment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/guantanamo-bay-received-its-first-prisoners-20-years-ago-this-week-130651717878

* "States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/27/1049811327/states-send-kids-to-foster-care-and-their-parents-the-bill-often-one-too-big-to-

* CW: Child Abuse. "“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System:" https://www.propublica.org/article/they-took-us-away-from-each-other-lost-inside-americas-shadow-foster-system

* "Kyrsten Sinema preempts Biden, dashing Democrats’ illogical hopes she would move on the filibuster:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/14/kyrsten-sinema-filibuster/

* "How Biden swung for filibuster reform — and missed with Manchin and Sinema:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/13/manchin-sinema-sink-filibuster-reform-527082

* "Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: The Dagger at the Throat of Democracy:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/14/sen-kyrsten-sinema-dagger-throat-democracy

* "Blurring Party Lines: The Democrats in Name Only:"

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* "Schumer says Senate will take up voting rights Tuesday as Democrats face grim odds:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/biden-voting-rights-senate-democrats/index.html

* "Biden calls on Senate to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills in forceful speech: 'I'm tired of being quiet':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/biden-atlanta-voting-rights-speech/index.html

* "Joy Reid: What leverage does Biden have to get voting rights bills passed now?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/voting-rights-legislation-passing-in-senate-promoted-by-biden-as-many-demand-plan-of-action-130653253541

* "McConnell makes racist argument to defend blocking voting rights Elie Mystal says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mcconnell-blasts-biden-for-saying-senate-gop-could-be-on-wrong-side-of-history-on-voting-rights-130743877806

* "Warren: We can launch voting rights bill, but don’t yet have landing gear:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-we-can-launch-voting-rights-bill-but-don-t-yet-have-landing-gear-130741317573

* "Voting rights is a democracy issue, not a niche issue for Black people Sherrilyn Ifill says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-challenging-senators-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-discussed-by-sherrilyn-ifill-130651205836

* "Democrats work to convince Manchin, Sinema of the 'changed circumstance' needing new rules:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-work-to-convince-manchin-sinema-of-the-changed-circumstance-needing-new-rules-130666565860

* "Voting rights expert: GOP plotting next coup as Sinema, Manchin say they won’t stop it:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kyrsten-sinema-confirmed-opposition-to-changing-filibuster-despite-co-sponsoring-voting-rights-bill-named-after-john-lewis-130839621890

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

* "Top Ohio court strikes down state's gerrymandered congressional map:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/14/ohio-congressional-map-struck-down-527116

* Bock, Bock, Bock! "RNC feud with presidential debate commission escalates with boycott threat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/13/rnc-threatens-to-bar-candidates-from-presidential-debates-527037

* "The party of sabotage commits sabotage because it works:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1819401.html

* "Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/michigan-ag-asks-feds-investigate-fake-gop-electors-82263515

* Why haven't they been arrested yet? "Similarities suggest coordination in fake elector letters from Republicans in five states:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/similarities-suggest-coordination-in-fake-elector-letters-from-republicans-in-five-states-130662469836

* "Fake elector struggles to explain role in scheme to submit false election papers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fake-elector-struggles-to-explain-role-in-scheme-to-submit-false-election-papers-130755653627

* "January 6th Committee documents suggest Meadows involvement in fake elector scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/january-6th-committee-documents-suggest-meadows-involvement-in-fake-elector-scheme-130753093989

* "Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick will win Florida special election to replace the late Alcee Hastings, CNN projects:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/florida-special-election-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick/index.html

* "Clay Aiken decided on Congress run after Republican's homophobic rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/clay-aiken-congress-north-carolina-homophobic-rant/

* "Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker promoted a ‘mist’ that he claimed would ‘kill any covid on your body’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-senate-candidate-herschel-walker-promoted-a-mist-that-he-claimed-would-kill-any-covid-on-your-body/2022/01/12/230ec9a8-73b9-11ec-bc13-18891499c514_story.html

* "Another cringey performance calls into question competence of favored Georgia Republican:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/another-cringey-performance-calls-into-question-competence-of-favored-georgia-republican-130753605896

* "Andrea Jenkins Is Nation's First Trans City Council President:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/1/11/andrea-jenkins-nations-first-trans-city-council-president

* "Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072176709/transcript-full-npr-interview-former-president-donald-trump

* "Donald Trump continuing to inspire GOP cult of personality critiqued by Joy Reid:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-cult-of-personality-in-gop-slammed-by-joy-reid-in-the-absolute-worst-130840645705

* "Capitol attack panel subpoenas Google, Facebook and Twitter for digital records:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/13/capitol-attack-subpoenas-google-facebook-twitter-reddit-january-6

* "GOP leader McCarthy says he won't cooperate with 1/6 panel:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-mark-meadows-bennie-thompson-congress-92d310c0bb0232afc0c3d0a6b179874a

* "Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump Jr. advisers, Trump speechwriter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/11/jan-6-panel-subpoenas-trump-jr-aides-trump-speechwriter-526916

* "Ted Cruz pushes far-right’s favorite Jan. 6 conspiracy theory to prove loyalty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ted-cruz-pushes-far-right-s-favorite-jan-6-conspiracy-theory-to-prove-loyalty-130835013790

* "A year after Jan. 6, FBI still hunting for pipe bomber and other insurrection suspects:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-year-after-jan-6-fbi-still-hunting-for-pipe-bomber-and-other-insurrection-suspects

* "Justice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism:" https://apnews.com/article/united-states-national-security-terrorism-899caf47624dd8741d04f73e65659e68

* "Seditious conspiracy: 11 Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 riot:" https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-arrested-oath-keepers-jan-6-insurrection-70019e1007132e8df786aaf77215a110

* "'Seditious conspiracy' is tough to prosecute but couldn't be a more fitting case: McQuade:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-seditious-conspiracy-is-tough-to-prosecute-but-couldn-t-be-a-more-fitting-case-mcquade-130934853736

* "'Big deal': First ‘seditious conspiracy’ charge handed down to Jan. 6 suspect:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-big-deal-first-seditious-conspiracy-charge-handed-down-to-jan-6-suspect-130837061725

* "Joy Reid: Oath Keepers went from anti-government to pro-government with Trump’s election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-charged-with-seditious-conspiracy-130925637913

* "New Braunfels police investigating after shovel-wielding woman smashes door of Democrats HQ:" https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/article_486ed54c-73d9-11ec-978a-db95131a66c7.html

* "All hostages out and safe at Texas synagogue, governor says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/us/colleyville-texas-hostage-situation/index.html

* "The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America’s Murder Spike:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/gun-sales-murder-spike/621196/

* "Queer Couple Flee After Being Charged With Murdering Young Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/11/queer-couple-flee-after-being-charged-murdering-young-woman-dallas-marisela-botello-valadez

* "Man free after 37 years due to 'sex for lies' false witness:" https://apnews.com/article/business-philadelphia-0f7a11db87d71a64f4acf07046b9e8be

* "Colston statue verdict ‘landmark’ in Britain's slave history:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-59892211

* "Path of resistance: a timeline of protest against Edward Colston:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/colston-timeline-of-protest-against-one-slave-trader

* "Homer Plessy, US civil rights pioneer, receives pardon 130 years on:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/homer-plessy-supreme-court-pardon-louisiana-new-orleans

* CW: Pedophilia. ""Christian Values": The Twisted Truths of the Duggar Family :"

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* CW: Sexual Assault "Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59987935

* "Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testifies before grand jury investigating the Florida congressman:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/matt-gaetz-grand-jury/index.html

* "McCarthy facing another possible Republican indictment as Gaetz case develops:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mccarthy-facing-another-possible-republican-indictment-as-gaetz-case-develops-130753605517

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers call for retrial over juror comments:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59884806

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Prosecutors willing to drop Ghislaine Maxwell perjury charge if no retrial:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/10/ghislaine-maxwell-retrial-perjury-latest

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Why Ghislaine Maxwell Was Convicted (And How A Juror Might Undo It):"

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* CW: Sexual Abuse. "I Will Not Be Silenced by the Army or My Alma Mater:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/12/18/i-will-not-be-silenced-army-or-my-alma-mater

* "Ashley Madison's Affair with User Data and Shady Practices:"

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* "Priest charged with hate speech for homophobic rant about murder suspect:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/malta-david-muscat-hate-speech/

* "Sejm passes horrific anti-LGBT+ bill in Poland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/15/poland-sejm-lgbt-propaganda-lex-czarnek/

* "South Korea rejects gay couple's lawsuit for equal healthcare benefits:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/south-korea-court-equal-healthcare-benefits/

* "Senegal rejects chilling bill targeting LGBT+ people and allies:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/senegal-lgbt-bill-homosexuality/

* "Judge tells gay man he can adopt his husband’s child in historic step for Taiwan:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/taiwan-same-sex-lgbt-adoption-gay-couple/

* "'Warrior' trans rights activist Thalía Rodríguez shot dead on her doorstep:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/honduras-trans-thalia-rodriguez-murder/

* "Man stabbed, beaten and called ‘batty boy’ by group of boys who suspected him of being gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/ghana-man-stabbed-suspected-gay-tema/

* "Tory plot to gut human rights law should horrify LGBT+ Brits, law professor warns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/tory-human-rights-act-lgbt/

* "6 reasons 'prime minister Liz Truss' is a terrifying concept for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/10/liz-truss-prime-minister-lgbt/

* "Unelected Tory peer wants to force trans people into the wrong prisons:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/house-of-lords-trans-prison-lord-blencathra/

* "Biphobic boy stabbed woman in attack that has 'scarred victim for life':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/jack-green-bisexual-canterbury-england/

* "Trans man refused haircut by bigoted barber left feeling 'disgusted and ashamed':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/trans-man-barber-bolton/

* "Canada's armed forces to 'eliminate binary uniform' so all members feel 'safe':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/canada-armed-forces-gendered-uniforms/

* "Bid to outlaw forced genital surgeries on intersex children in California pulled:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/intersex-forced-genital-surgeries-children-california-scott-weiner-sb225/

* "Republican lawmaker rings in the new year with 'hateful' attack on trans kids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/03/arizona-republican-wendy-rogers-trans-bills-2022/

* "Black Trans Woman Duval Princess Shot and Killed in Jacksonville:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/14/black-trans-woman-duval-princess-shot-and-killed-jacksonville-florida

* There are straight women's lacrosse coaches? "Monks Sever Ties With School Months After It Hires Lesbian Coach:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/05/monks-sever-ties-catholic-school-months-after-it-hires-lesbian-coach

* "Students take the gay out of Gay-Straight Alliance after parents' furious protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/gay-straight-alliance-tennessee-lakeland-gsa-school-board/

* "Examining Chick-Fil-A's Strict Anti LGBTQ+ Practices:"

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* "Officials urged to throw out queer blood ban amid 'national blood crisis':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/14/queer-blood-ban-crisis-usa-officials-fda/

* "France Just Lifted Homophobic Blood Ban on Men Who Have Sex With Men:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/12/france-lifted-homophobic-blood-ban-men-who-have-sex-men-queer

* "Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/28/1064096741/black-owned-hospice-seeks-to-bring-greater-ease-in-dying-to-black-families

* "Psychiatrists are uncovering connections between viruses and mental health. They’re surprising.:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22783685/covid-19-depression-mental-health-risks-immunology

* "Can COVID-19 alter your personality? Here's what brain research shows.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/can-covid-19-alter-your-personality-heres-what-brain-research-shows

* "The Weight Game: How Body-Size Bias Can Hold Back Health Science:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weight-game-how-body-size-bias-can-hold-back-health-science/

* "‘It’s devastating’: how fentanyl is unfolding as one of America’s greatest tragedies:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/fentanyl-deaths-spike-us-tragedy

* "This Disability Activist Died After an Airline Broke Her Wheelchair:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/1/14/disability-activist-died-after-airline-broke-her-wheelchair

* "Sometimes, Life Stinks. So He Invented the Nasal Ranger.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/climate/nasal-ranger-chuck-mcginley.html

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* "EU scientists say 2021 was world's fifth-hottest year on record:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/eu-scientists-call-action-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-high-2021-2022-01-10/

* "Nearly quarter of world’s population had record hot year in 2021, data shows:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/13/hot-year-temperatures-climate-crisis-2021

* "Beekeepers protest as Chile megadrought hits honey production:" https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/beekeepers-chile-megadrought-climate-crisis-b1986391.html

* "Saving History With Sandbags: Climate Change Threatens the Smithsonian:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/climate/smithsonian-museum-flooding.html

* "Philadelphia house fire:" https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/philadelphia-house-fire-01-05-22/index.html

* "'Readiness and courage': Coast Guard rescuers pull body from car near edge of Niagara Falls:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/08/us-coast-guard-diver-body-car-niagara-falls/6437706001/

* "How Humans Are Changing the Oceans:"

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* "Hurricane Ida Recovery Reveals Climate Change Inequalities to Come:"

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* "The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-trap-carbon-in-stone-and-beat-climate-change/

* "These scientists want to solve the solar e-waste crisis:" https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22857157/solar-recycling-new-better-method

* "First space station tourist in ten years docks at ISS:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/tech/space-tourism-maezawa-soyuz-scn/index.html

* "This $10 billion high-tech detective will reveal the secrets of the universe:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/world/james-webb-space-telescope-infrared-scn/index.html

* Nope! Nopenopenope! Do not Want! "Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/taste-the-tv-japan-invents-lickable-screen-to-imitate-food-flavours

* "Hierotopia:" https://www.kierandodds.com/work/hierotopia/

* "World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/30/worlds-vast-networks-of-underground-fungi-to-be-mapped-for-first-time

* "This subterranean creature has 1,306 legs. Yes, that's a record.:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/this-subterranean-creature-has-1306-legs-yes-thats-record-2021-12-16/

* "An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1065759563/extinct-millipede-car-northern-england-arthropleura

* "Saving Kyrgyzstan's deer from brink of extinction:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-59731003

* "A Gene-Tweaked Jellyfish Offers a Glimpse of Other Minds:" https://www.wired.com/story/gene-tweaked-jellyfish-neurology/

* "Impeccably preserved dinosaur embryo looks as if it 'died yesterday':" https://www.livescience.com/dinosaur-embryo-fossil-egg-discovered

* "Lion Bones Are Popping Up in Some Very Unexpected Places:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/archaeologists-find-lion-bones-europe/621201/

* "The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire:" https://narratively.com/the-one-eyed-african-queen-who-defeated-the-roman-empire/

* "Gold rings, ancient coins and early Christian art found in shipwrecks off Israel's coast:" https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/gold-rings-coins-and-early-christian-art-found-in-shipwrecks-off-israel-s-coast-1.10485635

* "Why was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages?:"

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* "Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orléans:"

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* "Gilles de Rais: Serial Killer or Victim of an Unjust System | Prism of the Past:"

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* CW: All the Things "The Real Story of Elizabeth Bathory:"

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* "Stede Bonnet: The Gentleman Pirate:"

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* CW: War Crimes "Henry Wirz: The Only Confederate Officer to Be Executed for War Crimes After the American Civil War:"

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* "An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were revealed in time capsule discovered in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/virginia-lee-time-capsule-open-trnd/index.html

* "Chopin's last piano gets its 19th-century features back:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-arts-and-entertainment-poland-paris-warsaw-90d18cca1a8467a453ca880d26ce5068

* "The Disappearance of Japan’s “Third Gender”:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-disappearance-of-japans-third-gender/?preview_id=280817

* "The Completely Bonkers History of the Bathroom Scale:" https://elemental.medium.com/the-completely-bonkers-history-of-the-bathroom-scale-35ba54e04805

* "Harlem Hellfighters: Rare photographs of the African American regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice, 1917-1918:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/harlem-hellfighters-photographs/

* CW: Antisemitism, Racism "H.P. Lovecraft: A Titan of Terror:"

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* "The Fearless Mother-Daughter Duo Who Tamed Lions to Save the Circus:" https://narratively.com/the-fearless-mother-daughter-duo-who-tamed-lions-to-save-the-circus/

* CW: Animal Cruelty, Child endangerment. "Inside California Alligator Farm where kids could ride and play with alligators, 1920s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/california-alligator-park-photographs/

* "The First Soviet Five Year Plan:"

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* "These Forgotten Essays Reveal the Secrets and Dreams of Jewish Teens As Hitler Drew Near:" https://narratively.com/these-forgotten-essays-reveal-the-secrets-and-dreams-of-jewish-teens-as-hitler-drew-near/

* "These Photos Capture the Lives of African American Soldiers Who Served During World War II:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/african-american-soldiers-served-during-world-war-ii-180974962/

* "He Bombed the Nazis, Outwitted the Soviets and Modernized Christmas:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/nyregion/bomber-pilot-christmas-trees.html

* "That Time the British Tried to Save Its Empire with Peanuts (And the Hilarity that Ensued):"

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* "The Somerton Man: Australia's Greatest Crime Mystery:"

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* "Did Anyone Escape Alcatraz?:"

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* "Wascally Wabbits: The Rabbit-Proof Fence That's Sealing Off Australia:"

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* "The Villisca Axe Massacre:"

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* CW: Pedophilia "One of the Most Disgusting Priests: Joseph Maskell :"

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* "Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened:" https://gizmodo.com/vacuum-sealed-container-from-1972-moon-landing-will-fin-1848234198

* "The Troubling and Disgusting Case of Luka Magnotta:"

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* "The Unfortunate Case of Otto Warmbier :"

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* "Pioneering chemsex activist and campaigner dies suddenly: 'We owe him a huge debt':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/david-stuart-chemsex-56-dean-street-hiv/

* "Naughty Children Get… EATEN? The Creepy History of Europe’s Christmas Folk Villains:"

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* "A Black People's History of Christmas:"

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* "Why Celebrities Are Getting Sued for Posting Photos of Themselves:"

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* "The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ordinalia-play-revitalize-cornish

* "Kidnapped as a Boy, This Man’s Hand-Drawn Map of Home Helped Him Find His Mom:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvkze/mans-hand-drawn-map-helped-find-mom

* "Real-life Ammonite fossil hunter to finally be honoured, 'righting historic wrong':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/ammonite-fossil-hunter-mary-anning-kate-winslet-lyme-regis/

* "Covering Up Hate:" https://thenib.com/covering-up-hate/

* "Maryland homeowner uses smoke to battle snakes, burns down house:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/03/snake-infested-house-fire/

* "11-year-old honored for saving fellow student from choking and woman from house fire all in one day:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/student-saves-two-people-davyon-johnson-trnd/index.html

* "Cat stuck inside chair that was donated to thrift store reunited with owners:" https://www.newsweek.com/cat-stuck-inside-chair-that-was-donated-thrift-store-reunited-owners-1666464

* "Woman reportedly breastfed her cat on flight to Atlanta:" https://www.nbc12.com/2021/12/06/woman-reportedly-breastfed-her-cat-flight-atlanta/

* "The Strangest Legal Defenses (That Worked!):"

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* ""Dressed Like A Man" aka The History Of Masculine Style In Women's Fashion:"

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* "The Problem With Asexual Representation:"

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* I'm not one hundred percent in agreement (call it 95%), but this captures the complexity of my thought in this area. "Why We Keep Retelling Persephone's Story:"

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* It’s funny, I used to teach this book as part of the middle School Curriculum here. It never once occurred to me it might not be intentional because the politics of it was so clear and thematic. "Holes & The Prison-Industrial Complex:"

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* "Ranking Every 2021 Costume Drama on Historical Accuracy || The 19th Century:"

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* "Freaks Isn't a Horror Film:"

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* "The Darkest Fairytale Ever Written:"

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* "Ben Shapiro's School Shooter Movie That No One Wanted:"

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* "When Gomer Pyle Married Rock Hudson: The Secret Life Jim Nabors:"

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* "The Right Still Can't Meme:"

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* "I've Got an Ace up My Sleeves | Asexual Memes:"

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* "Patton Oswalt - Christmas Shoes:"

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* "Jurassic Park but with a Cat:"

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* "All JASKIER Songs With Lyrics | The Witcher Season 2:"

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* Wednesday: Squirrel got his booster too late, looks like. (They take two weeks for full coverage). He gets tested at work and had yesterday off, so 2-3 days since infection. We resigned ourselves to the inevitability of infection when they informed him he'd be working with COVID patients. They've been taking all precautions, but Omicron is so terribly infectious.

He is staying entirely in his room; the cats and I are staying out here. I'm bringing him provisions and the like, and the plan is for us not to interact directly, but we must assume my exposure, given how terribly infectious omicron is. I was boosted in early December, so the risk to me is not that great. Either I'm in the unlucky 10% or I'm not. I must hope Pfiser will protect me. I told the Millennials to stay away, lest we infect them, because that is the far greater risk.

* Thursday I masked up with the best mask I had left and went out for provisions to tide Squirrel over in his room for quarantine, since someone had to go, and better me than him. Once I returned, I considered myself in quarantine too. This took all the Thursday spoons and likely some of Friday's.

Friday, I dealt with phone stuff and scheduled a Covid test for Tuesday. I dragged in forage delivery from the patio and sorted and put it away. I did the usual essential things. I am exhausted, but I would be in any case. I have a chronic sinus infection that comes in waves so is that mild stuffiness COVID or the usual? My lungs are in the normal range for this time of year and weather, though on the slightly goopier end of normal. COVId or just my CF Carrier/Allegries/COPD?

Squirrel was still recovering from the booster when he got COVID. We both are pretty sure his symptoms are all or mostly booster recovery, since his arc is pretty much the same one I experienced early December. He is noticeably better every day, but the other shoe could drop and he's higher risk than me.

Tavy can't understand any of this and is extra bitey. He doesn't understand why there are no Millennials. he can't understand why squirrel doesn't pet him. he can't understand why I won't crack the door so he can see what Squirrel is doing and maybe hang out with him. All the routines are in tatters. He gratuitously bit me so hard during lung time Thursday night that he left a dark bruise on my wrist. (The arm was innocently lying across my stomach a couple inches away. I was still. It was definitely nothing I did.) Livia is subtly unsettled and clearly missing his butt pets, but she is very much my cat, if you follow, and more cat social oriented than a people cat. This is so much harder on the emperor who is very much an extrovert.

* Not surprisingly, me having been a 14th century specialist before my break with academia and having been interested in yersina pestis since before even that other major plague struck like lightening and burned through the most vital and creative of two generations, I have thought about the Great Pestilence a lot in the past two years. I have written about that and the Great Plague of Athens in this space and others off and on.

What I haven't written of much or possibly at all is how much I've been thinking about wars. About all the soldiers marching into or later airlifted into meat grinders in places like the Somme or Galipoli or Gettysburg or Omaha Beach or Dien bien Phu. Really all of the Crimean War, or our American Civil War or WWI, and big chunks of all the wars after, once the gun tech reached a certain level.

I think about this when it comes to medical workers in the current Covid crisis. I think about two years of Doctors, nurses, and paramedics, exhausted beyond weeping begging over and over for people to where their masks and stay inside. I think of wave after wave grinding them down to burnt out nubs. I think of men baaing like sheep as they leave their troop transports because that was the only protest they were allowed as they were marched towards the meat grinder battles of WWI, most to come back badly damaged or not at all. You generally can't see neurological and cardiac damage the way you can see missing limbs or a ruined face, but oh the scars are their and so is the PTSD by whatever name an era chooses to call it.

In my highly vaccinated area, in the gap between the Delta spike and the Omicron wave that is drowning us now, the hospital sucked up 130+ nurses out of surrounding nursing home to fill the holes left by those leaving one way or another. (Burnt out, damaged irreparably, psychological damage, and those who don't care enough about other people that infecting and killing people for the Republican political cause made them no longer suitable for a profession that is fundamentally about empathy when practiced well). I kept thinking of the terrible stage in war where the old men and children are the only ones left to call up as a last defense. The healthy nurses went over the top long ago and the people left are people like Squirrel in the most vulnerable categories still able to work. Those nursing homes are now killing fields staffed by a skeleton crew.

Those people lost to death and disability and physical and emotional fatigue... We aren't getting them back. All that skill and intelligence and experience, they have moved on one way or another. The best case scenario here is things like private practice and medical bureaucracy. Far too many are gone for good. The first health care worker to die in NYC's first wave was a gay man. So many followed him.

The first wave could have been less deadly if people like 45 and Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsanaro weren't entirely devoid of ethics and empathy, but a lot of the early part couldn't be helped. It was better in places like the one where I live with responsible leaders who saw saving lives as the goal; it was a nightmare in most Republican controlled areas where killing as many people as possible for capitalism is a linchpin of the "pro-life" agenda. After that first wave though? That's all pretty much on purpose. Selfishness from the International down to the individual level.

Healthcare workers are being endlessly pushed into the meat grinder, and it is inexcusable and irreparable. We'll be lucky if the system recovers in a generation and that's an optimistic view. The people? So many of the people won't, and there's not really a token attempt anymore at saving them.

* "Stonehenge: History and Restoration through old photographs, 1880-1960:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/stonehenge-history-restoration-old-photographs/

* A Romance Writer Asks a Doctor: https://twitter.com/sarahmaclean/status/1481757763999043586

* Iphegenia: https://twitter.com/mayadeanewriter/status/1472951601656700930

* Draculas: https://gothiccharmschool.tumblr.com/post/673494941662576640/cognitiveinequality-zooophagous-obsle

* Evaporated Milk: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/673391664499507200/can-someone-please-explain-to-me-what-evaporated

* Is Cum faery Food? https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/673219413102804992/thewinterotter-constant-instigator-audsbot

* "First Of All, There's Nothing Charlotte of "Charlotte's Web" Says About Wilbur That Isn't Also True Of The Virgin Mary:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/first-of-all-theres-nothing-charlotte?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzAxMjkwNSwiXyI6IkhrV0dsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyMDQxMTU0LCJleHAiOjE2NDIwNDQ3NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.DFCo-zkCeHRvC2DQl2OdZhMQ25ja5J6WVTzlb-KnerM

* "Street Photographer Captures the Magical Moments That Happen When We’re Not Looking:" https://mymodernmet.com/eric-kogan-magical-street-photos/

* "'It broke something inside me,' writer says of bizarre meal at Michelin-starred restaurant:" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-friday-edition-1.6281437/it-broke-something-inside-me-writer-says-of-bizarre-meal-at-michelin-starred-restaurant-1.6281479

* "A Food Critic Reviews the Swedish Chef’s New Restaurant:" https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-food-critic-reviews-the-swedish-chefs-new-restaurant

* "Making The News A Little More Fun:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/making-the-news-a-little-more-fun?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTYzODYwOSwiXyI6Ilprb2d4IiwiaWF0IjoxNjM5ODA0MTM0LCJleHAiOjE2Mzk4MDc3MzQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.o9H7Sde1BoppRGR4nDVt2Yw-7nEq7OoAaHGM2T9YxgY

* "The Great Sphinx of Giza through vintage photographs, 1850-1940:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/great-sphinx-giza-old-photographs/

* "The 14 Best Moments In Willow, Ranked:" https://www.slashfilm.com/709595/the-best-moments-in-willow-ranked/

*****
* 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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* "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

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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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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