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* "Guatemala presidential election: Unraveling the final candidates’ platforms:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/14/guatemala-presidential-election-unraveling-the-final-candidates-platforms

* "Guatemala presidential frontrunner to keep same-sex marriage illegal and run country with ‘fear of God’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/guatemalan-presidential-campaign-candidate-sandra-torres/

* "Let's talk about 2 things falling in Russia....:"

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* "Asylum seeker explains why ‘inhumane’ rhetoric is so hurtful: ‘See the person behind the story’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/asylum-seeker-refugee-rishi-sunak-lee-anderson-bisexual/

* "How the ECHR has transformed LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, as Tories consider leaving it:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/echr-rwanda-lgbtq-rights/

* Doesn't undo the trauma of the police brutalizing her though. "Autistic girl arrested over ‘lesbian nanna’ comment to face no further action, police say:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/autistic-girl-arrest-west-yorkshire-police/

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* "Ukraine says two killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-two-killed-russian-shelling-kharkiv-zaporizhzhia-regions-2023-08-12/

* "Ukraine briefing: Russian shelling kills 7, including infant, in Kherson; cargo ship fired on in Black Sea:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/13/russia-ukraine-war-news/

* "Crimea Bridge Strikes 'Continue To Disrupt' Russian Logistics: ISW:" https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-crimea-bridge-chonhar-kerch-strait-logistics-1819386

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* "Student Loan Bills Are Higher Than Mortgage Payments for Some Borrowers:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/student-loan-payments-restart-borrowers-will-pay-more-than-their-mortgage?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "More than 800,000 student loan borrowers are getting billions of dollars in debt forgiveness this week:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-income-driven-repayment-plans-president-biden/

* "Fed officials see ‘upside risks’ to inflation possibly leading to more rate hikes, minutes show:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/fed-meeting-minutes-signal-coming-rate-moves.html

* "U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-mortgage-interest-rates-jump-716-highest-since-2001-2022-10-26/

* "Let's talk about Colorado, Alabama, and a General's house....:"

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* "Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blasts GOP senator's blockade of military promotions as 'unnecessary' and 'unsafe':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-blasts-gop-senators-blockade-military-p-rcna99759

* "LGBTQ+ Community Centers: Invaluable, Imperiled:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/republicans-target-lgbtq-community-centers

* "Number of Homeless Americans Rises at Record Rate:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/number-of-homeless-americans-rises-at-record-rate-wsj

* "Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty:" https://apnews.com/article/houston-homeless-feeding-food-not-bombs-not-guilty-530a5e5931fc6db8f0ab7d51b2331492

* "Let's talk about Texas, definitions, and people....:"

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* "Grindr Accused of Union Busting: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/business/grindr-union-busting-accusations

* "Marvel VFX Artists Will Vote to Unionize:" https://www.wired.com/story/marvel-vfx-unionization-big-deal/

* "Unionizing the Skies with Sara Nelson:"

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* "Democrat-turned-Republican who's now pushing for a Biden impeachment inquiry once opposed doing the same for Trump because it lacked 'bipartisan support' and would 'divide the country':" https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-van-drew-democrat-republican-impeachment-inquiry-bipartisan-support-2023-8

* "Democrats call for hearing to ‘investigate attacks on democracy’ after DeSantis suspension of state attorney:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4148046-democrats-call-for-hearing-investigate-attacks-on-democracy-after-desantis-suspension-of-state-attorney/

* "Trans military bans undermine ‘very essence of the American Dream’, says Marine vet:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/marine-corps-veteran-lgbtq-trans-inclusion-military-ban/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups Back New Kids Online Safety Act: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/law/kosa-anti-lgbtq-groups

* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

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

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

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

* "Judge calls new Texas election law unconstitutional but state says it will appeal ruling:" https://apnews.com/article/voting-texas-elections-harris-county-unconstitutional-2f0ee4a3a4bee1b673782544c39e36a9

* "Let's talk about the GOP trying again in Ohio....:"

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* "Let's talk about a GOP constitutional amendment....:"

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* This is terrorism. "Violent threats against public officials are rising. Here's why:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/12/1193463117/violent-threats-against-public-officials-are-rising-heres-why

* "The President touts "Bidenomics" as administration tries to sell economic message:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-president-touts-bidenomics-as-administration-tries-to-sell-economic-message-190735941627

* "Vivek Ramaswamy: LGBTQ+ People Created 'Tyranny of the Minority':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-lgbtq-people-tyranny

* "Mike Pence Runs Out of Gas:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/mike-pence-out-gas

* "Asa Hutchinson: I will prosecute Trump at the debate—whether he's there or not:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/asa-hutchinson-i-will-prosecute-trump-at-the-debate-whether-he-s-there-or-not-191148613887

* "Orlando Magic Donates $50K to Ron DeSantis Super PAC:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis-orlando-magic

* "DeSantis replaces campaign manager as he struggles to catch up to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/ron-desantis-replaces-campaign-manager-00110253

* "‘This belongs in the Smithsonian’: Inside the meme video operation that swallowed Ron DeSantis’ campaign:" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/31/2023/desantis-meme-factory

* "DeSantis’ leaked debate memo leads us to ask: Is this guy for real?

* "Ron DeSantis Instructed to ‘Show Emotion’ at GOP Debate: Leaked Memo:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis-debate-memo

* "How Should DeSantis Handle Trump? Strategists Suggest Dropping Out or Becoming a Different Person.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/desantis-trump-campaign-primary-political-operatives-advice.html

* "How a weird McConnell video may explain the embarrassing leak of DeSantis' debate strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-a-weird-mcconnell-video-may-explain-the-embarrassing-leak-of-desantis-debate-strategy-191079493824

* "McConnell's Legacy in Flames as Trump Crime Show Swamps GOP:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/mcconnell-legacy-trump-crime-show

* "Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/donald-trump-legal-bills-campaign.html

* "Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis is crowdfunding her Georgia indictment defense fees:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194133648/former-trump-attorney-jenna-ellis-is-crowdfunding-her-georgia-indictment-defense

* "Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak':" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evangelicals-2663078391/

* "DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ bills are costing Florida millions of dollars in business:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/economy/florida-convention-business-cancellations/index.html

* Republican Matt Gaetz is openly calling for Republicans to violently overthrow the government so a Republican fascist dictatorship can put an end to the rule of law. They aren't even pretending that's not the goal any more. "Congressman Matt Gaetz declares only “force” can bring change in Washington as he defends Trump in Iowa:" https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/congressman-matt-gaetz-declares-only-force-can-bring-change-in-washington-as-he-defends-trump-in-iowa-190749765584

* "Florida Republican chairman wants ‘perverted’ parents of LGBTQ+ youth to leave the state:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/florida-republicans-ron-desantis-christian-ziegler/

* "Republican Reportedly Called Child 'F*g' Then Sued News Outlet for Covering It:" https://www.advocate.com/media/wisconsin-lawsuit-republican-antigay-slurs

* "Texas Republican Sarah Davis explains how she became a trans ally: ‘It was very simple’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/texas-republican-sarah-davis-trans-lgbtq-campaign/

* "A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft:" https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-fundraiser-indicted-congress-new-york-565b0a82e6ca2ceb6c69d1978254ac5b

* "Tennessee Republican with Anti-LGBTQ+ History Sentenced in Campaign Finance Case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/tennessee-lawmaker-prison-campaign-finance

* "Police video shows Rep. Ronny Jackson swearing at Texas officers :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/police-video-shows-rep-ronny-jackson-swearing-at-texas-officers-00111204

* "Republican finds limit to his 'back the blue' stance in aggressive arrest:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/republican-finds-limit-to-his-back-the-blue-stance-in-aggressive-arrest-190998597831

* "Canadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for 2020 ricin letter sent to Trump in White House:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/canadian-woman-sentenced-22-years-2020-ricin-letter-102348326

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* CW: Sexual Assault "Trump counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed, DA can get deposition:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/07/judge-trump-deposition-in-e-jean-carroll-case-can-go-to-prosecutors.html

* "How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-fani-willis-indictment-32bfdd2cca9d3184056836b208a78379

* "Special prosecutor will examine actions of Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump election meddling:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-burt-jones-willis-16e76d68ca32a9b705b440c0c5098ef0

* "Trump, allies charged with racketeering scheme over bid to subvert election in Georgia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/fulton-county-trump-indictment-00111211

* "Trump is indicted in Georgia on charges of racketeering. What it means, what happens next:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/15/trump-indicted-georgia-explained/

* "Trump, Giuliani, Sidney Powell Among Many Indicted by Georgia Jury:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/trump-giuliani-powell-indicted-georgia

* "2 Chicago-area people indicted with Trump, accused of trying to overturn Georgia election results:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/15/23832765/trevian-kutti-stephen-lee-indicted-trump-overturn-georgia-election-results

* "DA seeks March 4 trial date for Trump Georgia election case:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/da-seeks-march-4-trial-date-for-trump-georgia-election-case.html

* "4 things revealed by Trump’s Georgia indictment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/15/takeaways-trump-georgia-indictment/

* "How Donald Trump tried to undo his loss in Georgia in 2020:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2023/trump-georgia-election-investigation/?itid=hp-more-top-stories_p005_f004

* "Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html

* "Georgia State Sen. Elena Parent on Donald Trump's New Indictments:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-indictments-georgia-elena-parent

* "A human face on the real victims: Georgia indictments offer some justice to maligned election workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/georgia-indictments-offer-some-justice-to-maligned-election-workers-190832197692

* "‘Ludicrous’: Hayes on GOP’s ‘painful’ defense of Trump after 4th indictment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-ludicrous-hayes-on-gop-s-painful-defense-of-trump-after-4th-indictment-190899269953

* "Former Kanye publicist named in Trump Georgia case; could mean justice for election workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/former-kanye-publicist-named-in-trump-georgia-case-could-mean-justice-for-election-workers-190907973608

* "Giuliani finds himself on the wrong end of his favorite anti-Mafia tool in Georgia case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/giuliani-finds-himself-on-the-wrong-end-of-his-favorite-anti-mafia-tool-in-georgia-case-190908485946

* "Let's talk about how Trump's Georgia case is different....:"

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* "Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-indictment-threats-grand-jurors-b489aea1bf8210224d1500895830528d

* "Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/names-addresses-grand-jurors-georgia-trump-indictment-posted-online-rcna100239

* "Distressing but unsurprising: Targets of Trump vitriol face real threats from his followers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/distressing-but-unsurprising-targets-of-trump-vitriol-face-real-threats-from-his-followers-190998085969

* "Hayes: Trump is ‘obviously’ fomenting violence against judges, prosecutors:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-is-obviously-fomenting-violence-against-judges-prosecutors-191067717906

* "Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia prosecution to federal court:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/meadows-georgia-case-federal-court-00111382

* "Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia conspiracy case to federal court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mark-meadows-seeks-to-move-georgia-conspiracy-case-to-federal-court-190902853685

* "Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-tanya-chutkan-judge-threats-texas-7d90ad3c8b552b49e269a3f842a6700c

* "With new indictments, things get real for Trump's fake electors:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/with-new-indictments-things-get-real-for-trump-s-fake-electors-190909509844

* "Special counsel obtained Trump DMs despite ‘momentous’ bid by Twitter to delay, unsealed filings show :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/special-counsel-obtained-trump-twitter-howell-00111410

* "Judge suggests Elon Musk withheld Twitter data to ‘cozy up’ to Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-suggests-elon-musk-withheld-twitter-data-to-cozy-up-to-trump-190992965683

* "Third defendant in Trump classified documents case pleads not guilty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/trump-classified-docs-carlos-de-oliveira-00111252

* "Feds say Trump not entitled to ‘special treatment’ in documents case:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/14/feds-say-trump-not-entitled-to-special-treatment-in-documents-case.html

* "“Dopey and Constitutionally Dubious”: Legal Experts Blast Judge Aileen Cannon’s Latest Pro-Trump Rulings:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/egal-experts-blast-judge-aileen-cannons-latest-pro-trump-rulings

* "Feds alert judge to Trump’s ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you!’ post :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/feds-alert-judge-to-trumps-if-you-go-after-me-im-coming-after-you-post-00109944

* "Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith and judge assigned to 2020 election case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attacks-special-counsel-jack-smith-judge-assigned-2020-election-rcna98518

* "Judge warns Trump: ‘Inflammatory’ statements about election case could speed trial :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/11/judge-warns-trump-speed-trial-00110870

* "Trump co-conspirator said plan was to use military to put down opposition to him staying in office:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/01/the-plan-was-to-use-military-to-put-down-any-opposition-to-trump-staying-in-office-after-election-loss.html

* "Let's talk about Trump revealing his emotional state....:"

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* "Trump seeks trial on election interference charges in 2026:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/trump-election-trial-date-proposal-00111775

* "Keeping Track of the Trump Investigations:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/trump-investigations-charges-indictments.html

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* "Prosecutors seek 30-year sentences for Proud Boys leaders in Jan. 6 case :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/30-year-sentence-proud-boys-jan-6-00111796

* "Feds seek 30 years in prison for Philly Proud Boys president Zach Rehl’s role in Jan. 6 attack:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/zach-rehl-proud-boys-sentence-january-6th-capitol-riot-20230818.html

* "Prosecutors seek 33-year sentence for Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs:" https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/courts/2023/08/18/prosecutors-seek-33-years-prison-for-volusia-county-proud-boys-leader/70617676007/

* "Pezzola sentencing set for Aug. 29, government recommends 20 years for participation in Capitol Riot:" https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/top-stories/pezzola-sentencing-set-for-aug-29-government-recommends-20-years-for-participation-capitol-riot-january-6-jan/

* "Top Proud Boys lieutenant thinks he should walk free for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy conviction, while feds want decades:" https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/top-proud-boys-lieutenant-thinks-he-should-walk-free-for-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-conviction-while-feds-want-decades/

* "Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing:" https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-attack-proud-boy-1341d4596fb96ee2828b54d70ef7e126

* "Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues:" https://forward.com/news/557648/bomb-threats-and-swatting-campaign-hits-dozens-of-synagogues/?amp=1

* "2 synagogues evacuated during livestreamed Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters 4th week:" https://www.jta.org/2023/08/14/united-states/2-synagogues-evacuated-during-livestreamed-shabbat-services-as-wave-of-bomb-threats-enters-4th-week

* "Fullerton synagogue evacuated during Sabbath service due to bomb threat:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fullerton-synagogue-evacuated-during-sabbath-service-due-to-bomb-threat/3204919/?amp=1

* "Proud Boys, III%ers, and MAGA radicals target drag story hour in San Diego:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/proud-boys-iii-ers-and-maga-radicals-target-drag-story-hour-in-san-diego

* "Armed Neo-Nazis With Swastika Flags Disrupt Wisconsin Pride Event:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gays-against-groomers-neo-nazis

* "North Carolina Drag Show Postponed After Man Arrested Over Death Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/north-carolina-drag-show-threats

* This is Terrorism. "Oregon Medical Clinic Received Bomb Threat After Libs of TikTok Spotlight:" https://www.advocate.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-oregon-bomb

* "Illinois to outlaw gun advertisements that appeal to children, pose safety threat:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/illinois-to-outlaw-gun-advertisements-that-appeal-to-children-pose-safety-threat

* CW: Child Death "Child shoots and kills another child with a rifle moments after they were playing with Nerf guns, Alaska troopers say:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-child-shoots-kills-child-with-rifle-after-playing-nerf-guns/

* "How Police Make Up The Law:"

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* CW: Rape and Torture. This is a really bad one, folks. Read at your own risk. "Mississippi “Goon Squad” Cops Plead Guilty to Racist Dildo and Taser Attacks:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/goon-squad-mississippi-police

* "All Charges Dropped Against Trans Man Beaten by Cop in Video:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-man-california-cop

* "Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones:" https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

* "The ‘Stop Cop City’ Movement Is Vandalizing Pro-Police Companies Across the US:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ak8xy/stop-cop-city-movement-bigger-than-atlanta

* "Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

* "Ex-Denver Postal Worker Goes on Bizarre Rant at Target While in Blackface: Video:" https://www.advocate.com/news/racist-former-usps-worker-blackface

* "A Gay Conservative Wrote a Fawning Tome on Tucker Carlson. It Flopped:" https://www.advocate.com/media/gay-conservative-tucker-carlson-book

* "Texas Sued Over 'Unconstitutional' Drag Ban by ACLU:" https://www.advocate.com/law/aclu-sues-texas-drag-ban

* "DeSantis' Florida approves classroom videos that compare climate activists to Nazis:" https://www.rawstory.com/prageru-florida-2662923106/

* "Kids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal' :" https://www.comicsands.com/prager-university-cartoon-justifies-slavery-2663089717.html

* "Will Florida Teachers Still Be Punished for Teaching AP Psychology?:" https://www.advocate.com/education/ap-psychology-florida-ban-confusion

* "Ron DeSantis’ Attempt to Erase Trans People From Florida Schools Is Now Underway:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/florida-ron-desantis-attacks-trans-students-teachers.html

* "Florida School District Bans Trans Employees From Using Their Pronouns:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-employees-pronouns-ban-florida

* "Florida town, students fight to preserve record against state's war on Black history:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/florida-town-students-fight-to-preserve-record-against-state-s-war-on-black-history-191154757893

* "A Bill Proposed a New Way to Teach History. It Got the History Wrong.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/virginia-lincoln-douglas-debates-bill.html

* "Maryland Parents Ask Judge to Allow Students to Avoid LGBTQ+ Books:" https://www.advocate.com/law/maryland-parents-optout-lgbtq-books

* "Georgia Teacher Fired for Reading Gender-Inclusive Book Appeals Decision:" https://www.advocate.com/education/georgia-teacher-appeals-firing-book

* "Idaho ‘teacher of the year’ winner flees state after attacks on her pro-LGBTQ+ views:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/idaho-teacher-of-the-year-lgbtq-black-lives-matter-flees-illinois/

* "Question on Sexually Explicit School Library Books Upsets Virginia Parents:" https://www.advocate.com/education/sexually-explicit-book-question-spotsylvania

* "Far Right Attacks It Gets Better After Group Donates $600k to Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/it-gets-better-project-grants

* "Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Books & Librarians:" https://www.advocate.com/law/arkansas-judge-blocks-librarian-criminalization

* "Longtime Wyoming Library Director Fired For Refusing to Scrap Shelves of LGBTQ+ Books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-fired-lgbtq

* "Starting next year, child influencers can sue if earnings aren't set aside, says new Illinois law:" https://www.kcra.com/article/starting-next-year-child-influencers-can-sue-if-earnings-arent-set-aside-says-new-illinois-law/44802567

* "MAGA judge: Abortion pill robs doctors ‘joy’ of fetus pictures:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maga-judge-abortion-pill-robs-doctors-joy-of-fetus-pictures-191071301834

* "Let's talk about evil in a religious context....:"

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* "LGBTQ+ People Are Facing Increased Persecution, Violence, Ethiopian Activists Say:" https://www.advocate.com/world/ethiopia-anti-lgbtq-crackdown

* "UK government announces crackdown on gender-neutral toilets:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/13/gender-neutral-toilets-policy-kemi-badenoch/

* "UK crackdown on gender-neutral bathrooms could put trans people in danger – just look at the US:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/bathroom-ban-use-gender-neutral-us-uk-trans/

* "Two Brewers staff praised for ‘exemplary’ work protecting customers after Clapham stabbing:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/two-brewers-london-clapham-stabbing-lgbtq-gay/

* "Give us teachers more time to teach about LGBTQ+ lives – it could make all the difference:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/rse-relationships-sex-education-teachers-lgbt/

* "Transgender Woman Violently Attacked in Palm Springs, Video Shows:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/palm-springs-trans-woman-attacked

* "Chess regulator effectively bans trans women from competitive play for two years: ‘These are dark days’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/chess-regulator-fide-trans-women/

* "Right-wingers are threatening to boycott yet another brand – this time, it’s Skittles:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/skittles-boycott-black-lives-matter-pride/

* "What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?:" https://www.advocate.com/health/blood-donation-gay-discrimination-ends

* "Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship:" https://apnews.com/article/nfl-movie-blind-side-michael-oher-tuohys-c2593f08f8788db5ee267b9a23007c6d

I avoided that movie because it reeked of white savior complex. The fact that it was all a fraud to steal from Mr. Oher, is unfortunately not a huge surprise.

* Hint for Florida: if you put someone who thinks demons cause disease, not pathogens, in charge of public Health for your state, horrible shit happens. If the party in charge is committed to killing constituents with contagious disease for political gain, horrible things happen.

* "Dengue is breaking records in the Americas — what’s behind the surge?:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02423-w

* "Let's talk about dengue in Florida....:"

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* "Dengue spreads to Broward County; 10 people in FL have gotten sick this year:" https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/dengue-spreads-to-broward-county-10-people-in-fl-have-gotten-sick-this-year/

* "In Florida's local malaria outbreak, forgotten bite led to surprise hospitalization :" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/26/1189852024/in-floridas-local-malaria-outbreak-forgotten-bite-led-to-surprise-hospitalizatio

* "Texas man diagnosed with ‘medieval’ illness after rash:" https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/texas-man-diagnosed-with-medieval-illness-after-rash/news-story/f180247bbfc5f3904b7344336c699e0b

* "Florida leprosy cases highlighted in recent report aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-florida-leprosy-cases-cdc-covid-vaccines-352032756100

* "How leprosy arrived in Florida, and how it is spreading: New clues are emerging:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/08/07/how-leprosy-arrived-in-florida-and-how-it-is-spreading-new-clues-are-emerging/

* "Traveling to Florida or Texas? Here’s what CT experts say about reports of malaria, dengue fever, even leprosy :" https://www.courant.com/2023/08/14/traveling-to-florida-or-texas-heres-what-ct-experts-say-about-reports-of-malaria-dengue-fever-even-leprosy/

* "A woman with a severe peanut allergy says airline staff laughed at her and ignored her requests when she tried to fly to Costa Rica:" https://www.insider.com/woman-severe-peanut-allergy-says-airline-staff-laughed-at-her-2023-7?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=2JQ9oc

* CW: Suicide. "US suicides hit an all-time high last year:" https://apnews.com/article/suicides-record-2022-guns-48511d74deb24d933e66cec1b6f2d545

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* "Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-global-warming-impacts-data/?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Let's talk about heat, pavement, and Arizona mostly....:"

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* "Hawaii governor addresses sirens failure and 'grim' aftermath of Maui wildfire:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/hawaii-governor-addresses-sirens-failure-and-grim-aftermath-of-maui-wildfire-190735941609

* "Video puts scrutiny on possible cause of Maui wildfire:" https://abc7ny.com/maui-fires-hawaii-wildfire-hawaiian-electric-lawsuit-power-lines/13657819/

* "Maui’s emergency services chief resigns after facing criticism for not activating sirens during fire:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-recovery-maui-lahaina-land-c8cfcacd2e63bdcd66ec13f2963cea8e

* "Left unchecked, Maui’s nonnative grasses turned into wildfire fuel:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/maui-wildfires-grass-overgrown-nonnative-flammable-hawaii-rcna99963

* "Maui wildfire crews continue to fight "flare-ups" in Lahaina and inland, as death toll rises to 93:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-wildfires-crews-flare-ups-lahaina-upcountry-inland-death-toll-rises/

* "How did the Maui fire start? What we know about the cause of the Lahaina blaze:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-maui-fire-start-cause-lahaina-hawaii-wildfire/

* "How Invasive Plants Caused the Maui Fires to Rage:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/hawaii-wildfire-factors.html

* "Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-disaster-declarations-0344e3c954db7e0635cdaa8e87e25c92

* "Let's talk about Hawaii and theories....:"

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* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* "Lookout Fire ‘growing rapidly’ in Lane County:" https://www.koin.com/news/wildfires/lookout-fire-growing-rapidly-in-lane-county/

* "Rare New England tornado lifts car from a highway as strong storms damage homes and flood roads:" https://apnews.com/article/new-england-tornado-60bdefd4dda026f349c76f17faa29975

* "Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico’s Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-hilary-baja-california-arizona-406a3f7474eacb6222cedc33993d4657

* "‘Rare and historic’: California under first-ever tropical storm watch:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-rare-and-historic-california-under-first-ever-tropical-storm-watch-191149125707

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* "Montana judge sides with youth in historic climate trial:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/montana-judge-sides-with-youth-in-climate-trial-00107668

* "Let's talk about Held v Montana and a win....:"

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* "The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/clean-energy-us-fossil-fuels.html

* "The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape:" https://apnews.com/article/recycle-solar-panel-circular-economy-sustainability-dc7284bab2180b5bd86ff5cb5c847652

* "It Gets Better Steps Back From Twitter/X Over Hate Speech Concerns:" https://www.advocate.com/business/it-gets-better-stops-twitter

* "Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law Taking Effect Next Month:" https://www.advocate.com/law/pornhub-lawsuit-texas

* "I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires):" https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/

* "Bot Therapy and Informed Consent:" https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/discords-kokobot-triggers-an-ethics-controversy/

* "Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has to Tell the Chimps.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/science/extreme-weather-chimpanzees.html

* "Ailing and baby hummingbirds nursed to health at woman’s apartment-turned-clinic in Mexico City:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-hummingbirds-clinic-3f8247ca7957416aa97ccbb7b2f1aca8

* "Why Do Archaeologists Rebury Their Excavations?:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-do-archaeologists-rebury-their-excavations-180982542/

* "The Canterbury Tales, or, How Technology Changes The Way We Speak: The London History Show:"

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* "On The Fairy Dog Petitcrieu, Who Cuts In Half All Sorrows:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/on-the-fairy-dog-petitcrieu-who-cuts?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=135893278&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

* "This book vanished when Anne Boleyn was executed. Now it reveals her secrets.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/anne-boleyn-book-of-hours-ultraviolet-hever

* "In Colonial Williamsburg, Thieving Rats Save History:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/colonial-williamsburg-bray-school-rat-nest-archaeology

* "Vintage Photos of Babies Learning to Walk Using Wicker Walkers, 1900s-1920s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/wicker-walker-old-photos/

* "Heartstopper star Joe Locke wants people to ‘learn their boundaries’ after privacy violations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/09/heartstopper-season-two-joe-locke-people-need-boundaries-grandma/

* I am still catching up financially from the car repairs. I had a choice to buy 2 out of these three: cat little, kibbles, and gas. I chose the kibbles and gas as they were nearly out and necessary, and I had hopes of the litter lasting the month. It's not going to. If you could kick in a little for litter, it would cut down on Tavy getting creative which he has done three times this week: paypal.me/Gwydion

* "If Republicans Said the Quiet Parts Loud:"

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* "Warrior Nun gets resurrected as film trilogy after massive fan campaign: ‘We made history’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/warrior-nun-returns-film-trilogy-cancelled-netflix-fan-reactions/

* "Death on the Nile ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Midnight Pals: Once Upon a Time in Delain:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725655545417252864/midnight-pals-once-upon-a-time-in-delain?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Chesssss:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725836407952785409/midnight-pals-chesssss?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: BBC:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725926403116236800/midnight-pals-bbc?source=share

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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.

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share

* Fundraiser to help some friends of a friend survive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tara-candice-survive-unemployment

* Minoan miss needs funds to get around for training: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/1232423.html#cutid1

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* "Stalled vaccine schemes 'put young lives at risk':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52911972

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* "Hydroxychloroquine, a drug promoted by Trump, failed to prevent healthy people from getting covid-19 in trial:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/03/hydroxychloroquine-clinical-trial-results/

* "Nine long-term care facilities in South Mississippi identified as having COVID-19 cases:" https://www.wlox.com/2020/06/03/nine-long-term-care-facilities-south-mississippi-identified-having-covid-cases/

* "Oregon reports 76 new COVID-19 cases, 7 in C. Oregon; no new deaths:" https://ktvz.com/news/coronavirus/2020/06/04/oregon-reports-76-new-covid-19-cases-7-in-c-oregon-no-new-deaths/

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* "U.S. Plans to Block Flights by Chinese Airlines:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-blockchinese-airline-flights-to-and-from-u-s-says-dot-11591194145?mod=hp_lead_pos1

* "Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/senate-intelligence-committee-reporting-foreign-election-help/index.html

* They've got an out of Control COVID-19 outbreak and resisted the idea of packing people in elbow to elbow without masks to yell, spreading droplets up to twelve feet. "Trump slams North Carolina and says he's moving GOP convention elsewhere:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/north-carolina-governor-rejects-gops-demand-for-full-fledged-convention-296566

* "President Trump tried to register to vote in Florida using an out-of-state address:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/president-trump-tried-to-register-to-vote-in-florida-using-an-out-of-state-address/2020/06/03/687d0014-a4f2-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

* "Rod Rosenstein blames FBI while defending Russia probe5:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/rod-rosenstein-testimony-russia-probe-298253

* "Republicans face looming unemployment dilemma:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/republicans-face-looming-unemployment-dilemma-299407

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* "An obituary for George Floyd:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/an-obituary-for-george-floyd-84415557780

* "All four former officers involved in George Floyd's killing now face charges:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html

* "MN AG cites 'additional evidence' in new charges in Floyd case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mn-ag-cites-additional-evidence-in-new-charges-in-floyd-case-84340805874

* "Attorney for family of George Floyd reacts to new charges in case:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/attorney-for-family-of-george-floyd-reacts-to-new-charges-in-case-84345925566

* "Mattis tears into Trump: 'We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-statement-trump/index.html

* "Trump and the Military: A Mutual Embrace Might Dissolve on America’s Streets:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/politics/trump-military-protests.html

* "McConnell blocks resolution condemning Trump's actions against peaceful protesters:" https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-trump-peaceful-protesters-4f2209d1-7cad-477c-a5fa-1a9fee4e625a.html

* You know, tear gas and rubber bullets, not tear gas and rubber bullets. "White House says police didn’t use tear gas and rubber bullets in incident that cleared protesters with chemical irritants and projectile munitions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-demands-journalists-correct-stories-on-the-use-of-tear-gas-according-to-the-cdc-it-was-tear-gas/2020/06/02/bf68726c-a544-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

* "60 minutes of mayhem: How aggressive politics and policing turned a peaceful protest into a violent confrontation:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/trump-white-house-protest-police-church-photo-op/

* "‘This can’t be happening’: An oral history of 48 surreal, violent, biblical minutes in Washington:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/this-cant-be-happening-an-oral-history-of-48-surreal-violent-biblical-minutes-in-washington/2020/06/02/6683d36e-a4e3-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html#click=https://t.co/Lp9Br7CzvX

* "Trump denies sheltering in White House bunker amid protests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/trump-denies-sheltering-in-white-house-bunker-amid-protests-298406

* "James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/

* "Pentagon disarms National Guard activated in D.C., sends active-duty forces home:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-washington-dc-in-signal-of-de-escalation/2020/06/05/324da91a-a733-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html

* "Rep. Val Demings On Ways America Can Heal and Evolve:"

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* "‘Performing fascism': Masha Gessen on Trump’s dictatorial turn:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-performing-facism-masha-gessen-on-trump-s-dictatorial-turn-84416069972

* "Schmidt: Trump, Barr building 'thugocracy' with secret police:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schmidt-trump-barr-building-thugocracy-with-secret-police-84456005946

* "D.C. mayor on Trump using federal forces in her city: Who's next?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/d-c-mayor-on-trump-using-federal-forces-in-her-city-who-s-next-84452933623

* Bonus! Bill Barr’s Secret Police are likely spreading COVID. "Some of Trump's unmarked police force traced to Texas prison:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/some-of-trump-s-unmarked-police-force-traced-to-texas-prison-84546117980

* "Unidentified, armed federal troops raise accountability concerns:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/unidentified-armed-federal-troops-raise-accountability-concerns-84448325645

* You know how it sounded like they were lying about Antifa? Yep, they were. "The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence:" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/antifa-trump-fbi/

* A Quick History of "Antifa." https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1266867554041188353

* "Puerto Ricans bring out a guillotine and trans Pride flags as hundreds join Black Lives Matter protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/04/puerto-ricans-bring-out-a-guillotine-and-trans-pride-flags-as-hundreds-join-black-lives-matter-protest/

* "Chris Hayes: Yes, Gov. Cuomo, NYPD are beating peaceful protesters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-yes-gov-cuomo-nypd-are-beating-peaceful-protesters-84419653909

* "Buffalo mayor addresses horrific video of police shoving protester:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buffalo-mayor-addresses-horrific-video-of-police-shoving-protester-84525125861

* Any police force that riots the way they have been in NYC, Philly, D.C. etc. needs to be disbanded. They no longer serve any positive function in society.

* As far as I'm concerned any officer who witnessed the attempted murder on the elderly man in Buffalo and didn't immediately arrest the officers involved for attempted murder and call 911 should have been fired immediately. Their whole unit is protesting the suspension of the men who brutally assaulted an elderly man? Fire the whole fucking unit, because they are unfit for the responsibility. If they aren't okay with any discipline at all for attempted murder on an unarmed non aggressive elderly man, they need to go.

There are too many cops who may not have done the bad things, but are willing to defend or cover up or not intervene in the bad things while being clearly aware of them.

It's time to grow a spine. Whole department protests those firings? Fire them. Anyone left may still have at least some ethical sense.

I'm generally pro-Union, but you don't see mass teacher walk outs when a union member is exposed as a pedophile. Police need to be held to a higher standard, not no standard at all. Teachers are held to a higher standard because they basically have the safety of children in their hands. Police are way more dangerous than teachers, so....

* I keep thinking about the conversation I had with the Millenials Friday about systemic police violence and corruption, and the way where I'm from influences my thinking about these matters. I keep thinking about my having to explain to my Oregon friends why the police thought what they did to Rodney king was fine and why the riots.

So I'm originally from Philly, where like NYC the police have been violent and corrupt since there were police. That was the reality. The local precinct when I was a teen was run on principals of nepotism and patronage. It just was. It became quickly obvious to me, working at a popular police hang out that this was just another form of organized crime.

Oh they were charming guys, very nice to us. They were terrifying. We gave them anything they wanted free and they'd come fast if there was trouble instead of slow walking it. We had a get out of traffic tickets free deal if we were in uniform or they knew us. It's low level extortion. Only the businesses that gave them free stuff got protection.

They'd sit around telling funny to them stories about people they put in the hospital with group beatings for personal vendettas or for fun. They freaked my dad out my telling him about the time they thought this guy was sleeping with one of their wives, so they broke into his house and beat him near to death. Haha! We really got that guy! There was no law where I lived, only order imposed by a violent gang in blue that acted with utter impunity.

It was the '80's and we were in the metro area, outside the city limits though. There was one black cop and one woman cop at that precinct. They had been hired outside the patronage system to ward off discrimination suits. They were partners. They were not corrupt or violent as far as I could tell. We still gave them free food.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about the entire policing system in this country since I got that job at 15. I've heard a lot of people say "just a few bad apples" as if it were an excuse not to hold police accountable, as if it were some kind of excuse for letting officers beat and even kill whoever they like with impunity. People never seem to quote the entire saying. A few bad apples spoil the barrel. It's not an argument for allowing police to do as they like. It's an argument for prosecuting the shit out of every single violent and/or corrupt cop you find.

A few bad apples is like a little bit of gangrene; if you don't get rid of them they corrupt everything. You get even a hint of gangrene you act aggressively to get rid of it. you don't and you can lose the limb. It can get into the blood stream and kill the patient. Get some antibiotic on the case! Let maggots remove the dead tissue!

Instead, we've collectively decided to let whole cities rot. Promote the bad apples, let them train the next generation of cops, like Minneapolis did, then you get a whole culture of violence and corruption. Make it so you punish and force out cops who report the crimes, then good people stop signing p to do the job and only the sadists, the psychopaths, and the wildly corrupt remain.

When your blueberry bushes get the mummy virus, there's no saving them. Uproot them and plant something new that can cleanse the soil.

I've forgotten the name of the place in I think Georgia that got incorporated as a town a few years back. They got to build their justice system from the ground up. They are majority black. Almost all of the judges ended up being black women. Their policing model was based on the concept that they really were their to protect and serve the community. The police were living in the communities they served. They knew the people they were policing and the citizens knew them. Their court system was based on concepts like restitution and drug and mental health diversion. Sentences tended to be about trying to fix the damage the crime had done. Getting a schizophrenic treatment is kinder and long term all around better than locking them up for disturbing the peace. Getting someone drug and/or alcohol treatment is kinder and better than locking them up. Once they are doing better they are more likely to be able to do good restitution for an damage they did. The arrestees were being talked to and treated like people in the courtroom proceedings they filmed. It was a joint effort that everyone was engaged in to make their town better and safer for everyone in it, not a fundamentally oppositional process with cops as judge, jury and executioners. The people who were arrested were seen as part of that community and the goal was to help them stop fucking up in destructive or potentially destructive ways. It was a wildly different police culture and a wildly different police and judicial mindset.

We need to start over most places at this point. We need to rebuild from the ground up. We need a system that serves and protects everybody, not an occupying army that terrorizes citizens with impunity. that stuff happening in New York and Washington and a bunch of other places? That's terrorism. That's an occupying army trying to scare and dehumanize and crush.

We are long past removing a few rotten apples from the barrel. The barrel is full of rot; the gangrene is everywhere compromising the whole system; the mummy virus has infected all the blueberry bushes.

Time to start over and grow something new and so much better.

* "Police, policing, social issues and #AbolishThePolice:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1784909.html

* "The Double Standard of the American Riot:" https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-are-american-way-george-floyd-protests/612466/

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* "Vladimir Putin allies release sickeningly homophobic campaign ad attacking gay parents to manipulate voters:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/03/vladimir-putin-homophobia-advert-gay-parents-propaganda-russia-patriot-media-group/

* "House amendment would require warrants for web history searches:" https://www.engadget.com/patriot-act-reauthorization-house-deal-section-215-174813899.html

* "The Real Moby Dick Was So Much Worse:"

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* Thursday: I've been short sleeped for a few days due to a variety of competing commitments. Wednesday I was a mess, so I couldn't really multitask properly which meant very little work could reasonably get done. Sorry.

Livia and I were at my desk and Tavy was peering out the patio window. It was the middle of the night and the curtains were closed. I heard a soft sound like someone futzing about on the porch. Tavy panicked and ran for my bed. Livia and I looked up in response to the sound, so we both saw him zoom out of there freaked the hell out. I could actually see the processing delay as Livia tried to work out if she should panic too, but by then I was up and calmly going around to see wtf, so she decided to come with, hiding behind my legs as I lifted the door curtain. Meanwhile, Tavy saw us going to look, so he decided he should come look. People who say they aren't social beasties are liars. So I've got two of them peering around my legs as I look out into the darkness.

It wasn't an intruder, but I did not blame Tavy Baby at all for freaking out. The wind had knocked bunch of plant stands over. Me: Fuck! It's not the windy season but were are having a weird unseasonalble blast out of Alaska that's messing with the local weather and I live in a wind tunnel between two foothills near the bay so... Surprise! Our porch light is basically crap, so I couldn't properly assess the damage. i went out and set things to rights, but I was not happy. A whole bunch of budding carnation branches got chopped along with assorted thing from the neighboring planters. The container with the most mature of the tomatoes and a bunch of juvenile lettuce was amoung the casualties. I couldn't tell immediately how bad it was, so I did my best.

I got a few hours of sleep and then had a scheduled conversation call with some millennials. Afterwards I trotted out there to fix things up properly. The carnation will live, but I lots 6-8 future blooms, I'd estimate. The container with the tomato and lettuce was the one construction workers damaged a few years ago, but it was still usable and it also has a perennial thing in it which added to it's size made reporting in a newer container a serious undertaking. Oh, I purchased a replacement the time and had a really nice potting soil compost mix in it ready for the grand repotting, but it was really a two person job and there was always that perennial and... yeah.

One of the sides was smashed most of the way in. I had long thought the least damaging way to repot would be to basically take the pot itself the rest of the way apart and resettle it in the replacement. see really a wo person job. Problem is I really needed a tool for that, like wire cutters or a saw or something. I had no tools and no help. I positioned new pot by the chair and had at it the hard way with my bear hands. Luckily the damage to the structural integrity and time and plastic fatigue had moved this just into the realm of the possible barely. The construction workers had broken off the thicker plastic rim and big sections of the top 3-4 inches, leaving the thinner plastic sides. I managed to pull the section between the massive hole and the ragged top okay, but I needed wider hole and worse, a chunk of the thicker bottom plastic to go. I had to do the bottom one handed as I needed the other to balance the pot and I'm pretty sure this is how I got all the scratches on my arm.

Anyway it's done, but I think I lost one-three lettuce plants. The tomato looks okay, the perennial is badly damaged, but I have more and it doesn't matter. The tomato and lettuce do, however, so fingers crossed. They are off the stands as it's safer for that pot and the carnation on the ground anyway and the light at ground level is descent up front, especially after asshole bush got the aggressive pruning. The rank behind them aren't as they really need elevation to get enough light. I may shift some stuff around some more tomorrow though.

And then I swept the patio and watered the plants and mopped the floor because I got water everywhere, and delta with the mess on the floor Squirrel left when he took out the trash and cleaned all his pork grease off the counters and microwaves and he'd finally put the dishes away so the I prewashed a whole other load as he'd waited that long to empty it and found more pork grease wish I cleaned and hung a fly strip which is ow i got glue in my hair which I had to wash and put the shower curtain rod back up because it fell again, and, and.... Yeah.

* Friday: Livia's day started out so well. Everyone knows the best love is the one where you catch the human awake, but in the bed with all the machines off. Not only did she succeed at that. Not only that but Tavy was conked out on the sofa. She had the human all to herself! For as long as she liked with no interruption! A Red Letter Day!

Except...

The human snuck up on her later and gave her the medicine paw! I mean yes, the Emperor got one too, but still! Betrayed!

* The last couple nights I've been dealing with chronic illness stuff. Friday was particularly bad as I had the dreaded spasms, which meant until... 2AMish, I was super limited in how much time I could spend at my desk. It seriously messes with my concentration when I can actually work too. The result is the last ew nights I mostly get through prep and post a few links on tumblr, but I'm drowning in hundreds of things I couldn't look at properly. It's not that I don't care, it's that I'm federally disabled for a reason.

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

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

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/619601461925625856

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "The school saving lives with dance:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47377077

* "Only six countries have equal rights for men and women, World Bank finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/02/europe/world-bank-gender-equality-report-intl/index.html

* "Trump blames Cohen testimony in part for failed deal with North Korea:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-blames-cohen-testimony-for-failed-deal-with-north-korea/2019/03/03/4d11c082-3e26-11e9-a44b-42f4df262a4c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c655c8104315

* "Michael Cohen sues the Trump Organization:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/politics/michael-cohen-sues-the-trump-organization/index.html

* "Cohen's lawyer says Trump advisers were 'dangling' pardons:" https://apnews.com/ddf70cc5587f4cd59c6f89cd7622db1d

* "Giuliani Says Lawyers Have Sought Trump Pardons for Their Clients:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/politics/giuliani-trump-pardons.html

* "Paul Manafort sentenced to about 4 years in prison in Virginia case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/paul-manafort-sentencing/2019/03/07/77f527b2-3e94-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7e44b1fcdad5

* "Former Trump campaign chair sentenced to 47 months in prison:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/former-trump-campaign-chair-sentenced-to-47-months-in-prison-1454240323976

* This was pretty much my reaction too. "Judge's light Manafort sentence undercuts justice system: McQuade:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-s-light-manafort-sentence-undercuts-justice-system-mcquade-1454242371576

* "Rep. Eric Swalwell: Manafort's sentence is far too short:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-eric-swalwell-manafort-s-sentence-is-far-too-short-1454179907820

* "Wilbur Ross broke law, violated Constitution in census decision, judge rules:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/wilbur-ross-broke-law-violated-constitution-in-census-decision-judge-rules/2019/03/06/9d7962aa-404c-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.35ec1fa72f64

* "A federal judge says Trump's Commerce Secretary threatens our "democratic system":" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-federal-judge-says-trump-s-commerce-secretary-threatens-our-democratic-system-1454188611563

* "Trump's new science adviser says it's not his job to correct the president on climate change:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/zma8qe/trumps-new-science-adviser-says-its-not-his-job-to-correct-the-president-on-climate-change

* "Author: "Climate change is not one issue":" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/author-climate-change-is-not-one-issue-1454183491624

* "Wyoming Legislature extends lifeline to coal power:" https://www.hcn.org/articles/coal-wyoming-lawmakers-extend-lifeline-to-coal-power

* "McConnell won't allow vote on election reform bill:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/mcconnell-election-reform-bill-1207702

* "The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/opinion/the-electoral-college.html

* "DHS Secretary Nielsen defends the administration's immigration policies in contentious hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/nielsen-immigration-hearing/index.html

* "Kelly says a full border wall would be a 'waste of money':" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/07/john-kelly-border-wall-1209344

* Now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration. If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

* "Leaked Documents Show the Government Tracking Journalists:" https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Source-Leaked-Documents-Show-the-US-Government-Tracking-Journalists-and-Advocates-Through-a-Secret-Database-506783231.html

* "More migrants crossing US southern border in large groups:" https://www.apnews.com/dc480280bdbb49349ce552b4f3a6861c

* "Muslim Immigrants Sue ICE for Getting in the Way of Religious Observance:" https://theintercept.com/2019/02/27/ice-detention-center-muslim-immigrants-glades/

* "Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz, and Pals Accused of Sex-Trafficking Ring:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-alan-dershowitz-and-pals-accused-of-sex-trafficking-ring?ref=scroll

* "‘The Police Act Like We Are Nothing’:" https://theappeal.org/the-police-act-like-we-are-nothing/

* "A disturbing new phase of the opioid crisis: How rehab recruiters are luring recovering addicts into a deadly cycle:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/02/opioid-epidemic-rehab-recruiters/

* "A Brief History of British and Irish Languages - Starkey Comics:" https://starkeycomics.com/2019/03/01/a-brief-history-of-british-and-irish-languages/

* "The Trailblazing Black Female Doctor That American History Forgot:" https://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-trailblazing-black-female-doctor-that-american-history-forgot/92708

* "Food Was a Lot More Dangerous: The History of the FDA:" https://thenib.com/food-used-to-be-a-lot-more-dangerous-history-of-the-fda?t=default

* "Losing the Rat Race:" http://nowiknow.com/losing-the-rat-race/

* "Kim Jong-Un Envisions A Third Summit:"

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* "Trump Has Been Living A Double Life:"

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* "Trump Projected His Academic Shortcomings Onto Obama:"

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* "Did R. Kelly's Interview Look Familiar?:"

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* "Hozier Performs 'Almost':"

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* Petra on Deadly Class is so frigging relatable. High School me wasn't her, but I wasn't all that far off.

* "Lala Land: Black Lightning 2x14, 'Original Sin':" https://www.thefandomentals.com/lala-land-black-lightning-214-original-sin/


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Abortion referendum likely to put pressure on Northern Ireland politicians:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/26/abortion-referendum-likely-to-put-pressure-on-northern-ireland-politicians

* "U.S. reaches deal to keep China's ZTE in business: congressional aide:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-zte/us-reaches-deal-to-keep-chinas-zte-in-business-congressional-aide-idUSKCN1IQ2JY

* "‘He is not taking this guy’s s—’: Why Trump pulled out of the Kim meeting:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/24/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un-strategy-607976

* "Russian oligarch met with Michael Cohen at Trump Tower during transition:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/viktor-vekselberg-trump-tower-michael-cohen-meeting/index.html

* "Black Cube: Inside the shadowy Israeli firm accused of trying to undermine the Iran deal:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/black-cube-inside-shadowy-israeli-firm-accused-trying-undermine-iran-n877511

* "Roger Stone tried to get information on Clinton from Assange:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/roger-stone-clinton-assange/index.html

* "Federal prisons director resigns amid Kushner, Sessions infighting over prison reform:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/federal-prisons-director-jared-kushner-jeff-sessions/index.html

* "Trump admin picks immigration hard-liner for migration State Dept. post:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/assistant-secretary-of-state-ronald-mortensen/index.html

* "New Push to Topple Affordable Care Act Looms:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-push-to-topple-affordable-care-act-looms-1527240601

* This explains so much. "Ex-aides say congressman made them his servants:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/25/tom-garrett-staff-servants-608665

* "Montana Dems call for probe of Rep. Gianforte:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/montana-democrats-greg-gianforte-ethics/index.html

* This is so full of republican Conspiracy Theory nonsense it hurt my brain to read. "GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/kfile-illinois-republican-nominee-illuminati/index.html

* "Suspect in custody after shooting at Indiana middle school:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/us/indiana-school-shots-fired/index.html

* "Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment 'colossal waste':" http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-patrol-national-guard-2018-story.html

* "Chris Hayes on 'despicable' new Trump policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-administration-separating-parents-and-children-at-border-1242280003606

* "Wyatt Cenac on his new show looking at issues of policing:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/wyatt-cenac-on-his-new-show-looking-at-issues-of-policing-1242283588000

* TW: Rape. "Harvey Weinstein arrested on rape, criminal sex act charges:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/movie-producer-harvey-weinstein-surrenders-to-police-following-sex-assault-charges.html

* TW: Rape, Violence against Women. It was good seeing Harvey Weinstein under arrest today, though it's only a baby step.

I keep thinking about London at the time of the Ripper Attacks. One of the measures the police took at the time was to sweep Whitechapel and take all the men known to have violently attacked women in public into custody. Like, some of these guys had gone after women with knives in front of dozens of witnesses and the police gave no fucks until the murders made them look bad in the press, so they changed policy and started treated violent assault and attempted murder against women in poverty as if they were actual crimes and not things that weren't worth the bother of taking a look at. They arrested dozens and confined them in prisons or institutions for the criminally insane, depending. Baby steps, but certainly better than letting men run around beating, biting, and stabbing women as much as they liked. It took a major change and massive public outcry for this change to happen. (A whole bunch of other things were going backward as far ass treatment of women in poverty at the same time, but that's several other rants). This one thing got a little better.

I would love for Harvey Weinstein to be the first of many. I think the world would be way the better off if we rounded up all the rapists the police have protected to this point as they clearly did in this case, if we actually processed the rape kits and arrested and prosecuted all those men, if we put proper dedicated investigative units in to handle sex crimes instead of letting a bunch of misogynistic knuckleheads ignore pretty clear evidence as they did in this particular case and have done in so many others. Will it solve the whole problem? Hell no, but I bet the women of Whitechapel were a lot happier after they swept up the known abusers than they were with all those offenders roaming the streets attacking women. Baby steps, but progress all the same.

* "Scotland’s Church Passes Law Allowing Same-Sex Marriage:" https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2018/5/21/scotlands-church-passes-law-allowing-same-sex-marriage

* "Michael Cohen's 'Taxi King' Partner Flips:"

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* "Profiles In Discourage: Joe Arpaio's Second-Wave Birtherism:"

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* "So, About That North Korea Meeting...:"

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* "Smooth Criminal (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli):"

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* I would like to thank everyone who contributed or reblogged during the crisis this year. I'm officially caught up on bills.

* "Amazon Officially Renews THE EXPANSE For Season 4:" https://nerdist.com/amazon-saves-the-expanse-cancellation-syfy/

* TW: suicide. "Elementary Gets Psychological In Our Time Is Up :" https://www.thefandomentals.com/elementary-gets-psychological/

* I've been wanting a sensory deprivation tank ever since I saw on on TV at the age of 10 or 11, because I think it would be the best thing in the world when my sensorium is turned up to eleven. I'd have likely killed for one as a teen during the horrible headaches after my concussion. Lucky, lucky Sherlock.

* "‘The Terror’: Unpacking the Curious Identity of Cornelius Hickey, the Series’ Greatest Mystery:" http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/amc-the-terror-episode-8-cornelius-hickey-spoilers-1201960601/

* I am really angry about what Dolores did to Teddy on Westword. (Angry at the character, not the writing). It is a fundamental violation, as wrong as the things the humans have been doing to them. I suspected she was trending true villain. This is proof.

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

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

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

* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Venezuela’s refugee crisis will exceed Syria’s; we must help:" https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/venezuelas-refugee-crisis-will-exceed-syrias-we-must-help/

* "Plane crash-lands in Nepal, killing 49:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43369179

* "Myanmar: Military land grab as security forces build bases on torched Rohingya villages:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/myanmar-military-land-grab-as-security-forces-build-bases-on-torched-rohingya-villages/

* "Highly likely Russia behind spy attack:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43377856

* "BBC appeals to UN over Iran harassment:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43334401

* "Attacker killed at Iran envoy's Vienna house:" Attacker killed at Iran envoy's Vienna house

* "The Daring Plan to Save a Religious Minority from ISIS:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/the-daring-plan-to-save-a-religious-minority-from-isis

* "After Putin blames Jews for election meddling, lawmakers demand he extradite indicted Russians:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/after-putin-blames-jews-election-meddling-lawmakers-demand-he-extradite-n855796

* "Steve Bannon tells French far-right 'history is on our side':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/10/steve-bannon-tells-french-far-right-history-is-on-our-side

* "Steve Bannon: 'Let them call you racist ... Wear it as a badge of honor':" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-call-racist-wear-badge-honor/story?id=53656814

* "137 House Democrats sign letter urging action against Russia:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-congress/137-house-democrats-sign-letter-urging-action-against-russia-idUSKCN1GO2AD

* "Trump’s Real Scandal Is Hiding in Plain Sight:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/diogenes-on-the-potomac/554240/

* Again, I care nothing for the salacious details, but the government trying to get a restraining order against CBS to stop reporting Dear Leader doesn't like sure looks like a first Amendment issue to me. "Trump Lawyers Are Considering A Challenge To Stop "60 Minutes" From Airing A Stormy Daniels Interview:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/trump-lawyers-are-considering-a-challenge-to-60-minutes?utm_term=.lymKg5erv#.ejZ9Jb42V

* With friends like these.... "Trump privately trashes Rick Saccone:" https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-privately-trashes-rick-saccone-1520806446-c7033bad-f7a4-4d92-80a7-40113967a0e2.html

* "Gun violence: What Trump said, what Trump did:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/gun-violence-what-trump-said-vs-what-trump-did-n855756

* "Trump admin looking into policy allowing death penalty for drug dealers:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377711-trump-administration-looking-into-policy-allowing-death-penalty-for

* "Qataris opted not to give info on Kushner, secret meetings to Mueller:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/qataris-opted-not-give-info-kushner-secret-meetings-mueller-n855326

* "Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-12/mueller-is-said-to-weigh-putting-off-trump-obstruction-decision

* They didn’t even inform Democratic Committee members let alone allow them input. "House ends Russia probe, says no Trump-Kremlin collusion:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/12/house-panel-russia-investigation-trump-457560

* "GOP Lawmaker Breaks Ranks On Russia Report: 'We've Lost All Credibility':" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-rooney-russia-report-cnn_us_5aa726d5e4b009b705d573f0

* "Ivanka Trump never cut ties with the Trump Organization. That’s turned into a problem.:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/article204578309.html

* "Trump Jr., donor have longtime undisclosed ties:" https://www.apnews.com/21fb6a17a0bb4ec0aa142c752c54e164

* "White House scolds Cabinet officials after ethics reports:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/politics/cabinet-secretaries-ethical-behavior/index.html

* "DeVos pressed on performance of public schools under policies she promoted:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377888-devos-pressed-on-performance-of-public-schools-under-policies-she

* "Betsy DeVos can’t answer basic questions on sexual assault, school choice in rough 60 Minutes intervie:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/12/17109122/betsy-devos-60-minutes-gun-control-today

* "Children of Color Already Face Violent Discipline in Schools. Arming Teachers Will Get Them Killed.:" https://theintercept.com/2018/02/28/parkland-florida-school-shootings-arming-teachers/

* "'So What? Maybe It Is a Concentration Camp':" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/how-joe-arpaio-inspired-the-immigration-crackdown/554027/

* They are sentencing people without trial to indefinite detention in solitary confinement for the crime of being ill, sometimes without even benefit of legal representation. Tennessee officials claim forcing suicidal people to live in complete isolation while sleeping on cold concrete without any psychiatric help is considered the best care for the patient and saves the state money. "Too Sick for Jail? Tennessee Will Send You to Solitary Instead.:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/02/15/too-sick-for-jail-but-not-for-solitary

* "The Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-soul-crushing-legacy-of-billy-graham-w517067

* "European Parliament condemns gay 'cure' therapy and tells EU member states to ban it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/01/european-parliament-condemns-gay-cure-therapy-and-tells-eu-member-states-to-ban-it/

* "How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians:" https://longreads.com/2018/02/12/how-lobbyists-normalized-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-on-american-civilians/

* Livia in front at 8ish Months, Tavy behind, sporadically using her butt as a pillow: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/171812839636/livia-in-front-at-8ish-months-tavy-behind

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

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

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* This is a different earthquake. It is horrifying. "Central Mexico earthquake kills scores, topples buildings:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/americas/mexico-earthquake/index.html

* "Evacuate or die, Puerto Rico officials warn as Hurricane Maria bears down:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/catastrophic-category-5-maria-takes-aim-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-n802671

* "Hurricane Maria Does ‘Mind-Boggling’ Damage to Dominica, Leader Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/world/americas/hurricane-maria-caribbean.html?mcubz=3

* Hurricane Maria live blog. Please stay safe, folks. "Hurricane Maria: category 5 storm lashes Virgin Islands:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/sep/19/hurricane-maria-category-5-caribbean-live-updates

* "If threatened, U.S. will 'totally destroy' North Korea, Trump vows:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-trump/if-threatened-u-s-will-totally-destroy-north-korea-trump-vows-idUSKCN1BU0B3

* Remember that when 45 accuses or attacks people for something it means that he's really talking about himself. "Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself." Well, we finally know what his political agenda is and his plan for the country. *shudder*

* "Trump joins history's list of unhinged speakers at UN:"

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* "Trump says U.S. prepared to take further action in Venezuela:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/trump-venezuela-latin-america-242867

* 45 is funding his legal defense out of Republican Party funds and his campaign funds for 2020, which he has already been raising.

* "US government wiretapped Trump campaign chair:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/paul-manafort-government-wiretapped-fisa-russians/index.html

* "Trump lawyer violates deal with Senate Intelligence Committee:"

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* "The last stand for Obamacare - and what Dems can do about it:"

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* "Congressman arrested at Trump Tower DACA protest:"

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* "Jim's U.K. Police Ride-Along:"

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* "Donald Trump Jr. Heads Out on His Own:"

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* "A Trumpian Debut at the United Nations:"

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* "No Regrets: How a Trump Supporter May Have Voted to Destroy His Own Career:"

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* "Professor Tom Smith's Application to the Evil League of Evil:"

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* My lungs turned nasty some time after midnight and i have been feverish all day. They called me in the morning to tell me they don't make those valves anymore. Short of paying for custom machining (Might as well wish for another car), best to just drive it gently and hope. (I was given a number to call about used, but the man said it was a terrible idea to install a used one so they don't sell them. The result was I got to dream of fevers instead of dragging myself out to Honest Mechanic.

I got my first polling for the election this November, pretty clearly an attempt by the challenger to test out arguments against a City Councillor I rather like (strong environment and strong prison reform. IE: Mental health and drug diversion). I'll be fascinated to see what the focus grouped adds look like. Her arguments were pretty cleverly coded for our particular voting district. I enjoy dissecting these things.

Remember folks, please vote every legal chance you have. Vote in primaries. Vote in off year elections. Vote in every race, no matter how small and local. Unless you've got a special election, odds are where you live, the only things on your ballot this November will be small local races and ballot initiatives. Google is your friend. You may not know that candidate for treasurer or sheriff or school board, but you can generally find published opinions and which groups are endorsing them. Local election have a huge effect on your quality of life. Is the water safe to drink? How aggressive are the police? What sort of zoning regulations are there and are they building dangerous chemical plants next to elementary schools? Local elections can have a huge effect on how safe you are. If you vote every time you have a chance, you'll also have more warning when the Republicans try to take away your right to vote and more time to appeal and get your registration reinstated.

Register now, if you aren't registered already. Vote in November, even though voting for sheriff isn't as exciting as voting for president. Resist.

* "Will Has a Women Problem:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/wills-women-problem/

* Accurate and hilarious. "Mansfield Park:" http://the-toast.net/2015/05/06/mansfield-park/

* Want to donate to my property taxes? (170$ Needed). Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* We need money for taxes so ebay time again. These won't sell fast enough to solve this month, but can help with the mess this month leaves behind.: http://www.ebay.com/usr/lethran?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

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

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

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

* "Congress Wants to Change the Americans with Disabilities Act and Undermine the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165470116342/congress-wants-to-change-the-americans-with

* How to help Flood victims in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165235609582/woke-up-on-derse-f-f-f-fight

* How to help Caribbean victims of Irma: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165240981876/hedaclara-hedaclara-hedaclara-guys-the

* "How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/27/how_to_help_hurricane_harvey_victims.html

* "Disaster Relief and Support for Libraries:" http://www.txla.org/news/2017/08/disaster-relief-and-support-for-libraries

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide:" https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

* A list of links to Charlottesville charities if you want to give the NAZIs a financial fuck you: https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/896260623905861633

* How white Protesters can weaponize their whiteness: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164390645622/alvaroarbeloa-vaspider-okay-friends-lets

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Red Cross is taking donations for Western Wildfire Relief: http://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/ways-to-donate/wildfires

* (This is here as a reminder to me for later). "Can you recommend me some good books, essays, etc. about witches, witchcraft, witch trials in England?:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164664427028/dear-pauline-can-you-recommend-me-some-good

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Venezuela's currency value depends largely on one guy at an Alabama Home Depot:" https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-12-01/venezuelas-currency-value-depends-largely-one-guy-alabama-home-depot

* "Russia enjoying great success with Trump in White House:"

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* "Trump Jr collusion admission leaves Kushner exposed:"

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* "Trumpism: It’s Coming From the Suburbs:" https://www.thenation.com/article/trumpism-its-coming-from-the-suburbs/

* "Florida judge rules part of “Stand Your Ground” law unconstitutional:" https://mic.com/articles/181407/florida-judge-rules-part-of-stand-your-ground-law-unconstitutional?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=main&utm_source=policymicTBLR#.iulCayrf1

* "David O. Brown - Reexamining the Work of Police in "Called to Rise" - Extended Interview:"

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* "Kalief Browder's death reminds us of the link between depression and incarceration:" https://mic.com/articles/179150/kalief-browders-death-reminds-us-of-the-link-between-depression-and-incarceration?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=movement&utm_source=policymicTBLR#.mfzqpJZ3o

* "The EPA finally admitted that the world's most popular pesticide kills bees—20 years too late:" http://www.motherjones.com/food/2016/01/epa-finds-major-pesticide-toxic-bees/

* "Donald Trump Jr. Reminds Everyone How Incompetent His Dad's Administration Is:"

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* "The West Survives President Trump's Trip to Europe :"

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* "A Russian, an Email and an Idiot: Did Donald Trump Jr. Incriminate Himself? :"

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* "Kellyanne Conway Gives It To Stephen Straight (As In, Straight Up BS):"

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* "Stephen Stars As Donald Trump Jr. In 'Collusion':"

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* "Mr. President Wasn't Mr. Popular At The G20 Summit:"

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* "North Korea's Missiles Can Reach Alaska. Alaska Doesn't Care.:"

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* "More ‘Vanitas’ symbolism (”Black Sails”):" http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/161485049467/more-vanitas-symbolism-black-sails

* "28 Wild Signs From The Zoo:" http://pleated-jeans.com/2017/05/09/28-wild-signs-from-the-zoo/

* I just realized Rachael Ray and Paula Deen are not the same person. *facepalm*

* Me watching the start of Season 2 Sons of Anarchy for the first time: Don't pick the NAZIs, Hale. No matter how bad the other options are, siding with NAZIs is ALWAYS the wrong choice.

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

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

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

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Inquiry into Trump charity:"

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* "Obama takes good economic news, popularity on trail for Clinton:"

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* "Barack Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, showing why he's her top asset:" https://mic.com/articles/154057/barack-obama-campaigns-for-hillary-clinton-in-philadelphia-showing-why-he-s-her-top-asset?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.Vxqq6bvHM

* "Trump facing cool reception on Flint visit:"

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* "Cost Of Mass Incarceration In Excess Of $1 Trillion:" https://blackmattersus.com/15834-cost-of-mass-incarceration-in-excess-of-1-trillion/

* "Cop Fired For Not Shooting Black Man:" https://blackmattersus.com/15776-cop-fired-for-not-shooting-black-man/

* "A Muslim Woman Set on Fire in a Possible Hate Crime:" http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/muslim-woman-fifth-avenue-burned/499745/

* "Woman Faces Hate Crime Charges for Attack on 2 Muslim Moms:" http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Woman-Attacks-2-Muslim-Women-Tries-to-Rip-Their-Hijabs-off-393012361.html

* "The real effects of saying not everything has to be accessible:" http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/148381833111/the-real-effects-of-saying-not-everything-has-to

* "Joyful Disaster Relief in Japan:"

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* "Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem Protest:"

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* NWS. "Italy: Come Today... And Everyday!:"

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* "Alan Cumming: "I Googled You Naked":"

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* I laughed so hard. "The Great Flamingo Uprising:" http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/148380529121/the-great-flamingo-uprising#notes

* Bwahahaha! "TNG Season 8:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/150396205247/ayellowbirds-grrrlaus-fancycake-i-hope

* It got better. "Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks:" http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/148684698376/famous-poems-rewritten-as-limericks#notes

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* Louisiana is having a major flooding disaster, the worst disaster in this country since Sandy. Want to help? https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Donate to help refugees "UN Refugee Agency:" http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.comhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/asia/indonesia-drug-executions/

* "Nixon signs Missouri bill limiting access to police videos:" http://www.kctv5.com/story/32404207/nixon-signs-missouri-bill-limiting-access-to-police-videos

* "Muslim Woman Accuses Chicago Police Of Racial Profiling, Tackling Her:" http://chicagoist.com/2016/06/30/muslim_woman_accuses_chicago_police.php

* "How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars:" http://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_diaz_merced_how_a_blind_astronomer_found_a_way_to_hear_the_stars

* "5 Mind-Blowing Ways People Solved Unsolvable Cold Cases:" http://www.cracked.com/article_20523_5-mind-blowing-ways-people-solved-unsolvable-cold-cases.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Weird%20World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion

* "The Forgotten 'Girl Mayors' of the 1920s:" http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-1920s-the-nowforgotten-flood-of-girl-mayors-became-the-face-of-feminism?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160707&bt_email=jporath%40gmail.com&bt_ts=1467902587164

* "Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301:"

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* I had totally forgotten that in From Beyond there is a wet underwear shot in which you can tell Ken Foree is circumcised. There is also way more nearly naked homoerotic wrestling than I remembered.

I could do without the kink shaming though.

* "We Need To Talk About Racism in Superhero Media, Part 2: Classism Boogaloo:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/need-talk-racism-superhero-media-part-2-classism-boogaloo/

* "Game of Nonsense, Week Ten: Nonsensical Ascensions:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/game-nonsense-week-ten-nonsensical-ascensions/

* TNG: 20 episodes in, Worf gets a backstory and the first bit o real character development. 21 episodes in, Beverly Crusher gets her first bit of backstory not revolving around a man. Jordie LaForge also gets his first real bit of character development not revolving around his blindness. I'm calling it progress, despite other problematic things going on.

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Just Before Giving Stanford Rapist 6 Months, Judge Dealt Another Light Sentence to Domestic Abuser:" http://m.democracynow.org/web_exclusives/2908

* "#NoWomanEver Takes On Aggressive Street Harassment By Men:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/06/114299/no-woman-ever-street-harassment?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=h2&utm_campaign=read_more

* "How Lin-Manuel Miranda Could Transform the Supreme Court:" http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/lin-manuel-miranda-and-the-future-of-originalism/485651/

* "Sen. Cory Booker on guns, the GOP and the NRA:"

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* "Policing in America:"

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* "Feeling sad about tragedy:"

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* "How Bathroom Bills Undermine Child Protection:" http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Funfundamentalistparenting%2F2016%2F05%2Fhow-bathroom-bills-undermine-child-protection%2F&t=OTdiNTY0YmJlMjI0YjY1Yzg2ZjMxZThkZDNhYzMwYzU2NzhlYWZmNSxDa0ZTa3dqaw%3D%3D

* "Congressman Andy Holt's AR-15 Gun Giveaway:"

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* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com