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* "Joe Biden: Trump Put The Country In A Terrible Spot By Failing To Act - EXTENDED INTERVIEW:"

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* "Pa. House Democrats say they were in the dark for a week about Republican’s positive coronavirus test:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/spl/pennsylvania-legislator-positive-coronavirus-20200527.html

* "Gay Pa. Rep. Brian Sims Blasts GOP for Hiding COVID-19 Exposures:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/5/28/gay-pa-rep-brian-sims-blasts-gop-hiding-covid-19-exposures

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* "NSA warns of ongoing Russian hacking campaign against U.S. systems:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-usa-russia-idUSKBN2342RE

* "Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/25/trump-republican-convention-north-carolina-278779

* "Trump extends National Guard's coronavirus deployment following outcry:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/trump-extends-national-guard-coronavirus-deployment-287434

* Meanwhile in Autocracy news, 45 attempts to entirely overthrow Federal Law via Executive order because he decided to lie that fact checking is somehow censorship. "Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitter furor:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/trump-executive-order-social-media-twitter-285891

* "Trump’s ‘big action’ on social media rests on limited legal powers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/trump-social-media-legal-powers-287751

* "Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/technology/trump-twitter-fact-check.html

* "Trump attacks Twitter employee while defending fact-checked tweets on mail-in ballots:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/trump-attacks-twitter-employee-while-defending-fact-checked-tweets.html

* "As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-removes-federal-watchdogs-some-loyalists-replacing-them-have-extensive-conflicts/2020/05/24/8dad46a4-9b89-11ea-a2b3-5c3f2d1586df_story.html

* "Graham urges senior judges to step aside before November election so Republicans can fill vacancies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/graham-urges-senior-judges-to-step-aside-before-november-election-so-republicans-can-fill-vacancies/2020/05/28/4b014d78-a0fc-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html

* "U.S. economy shrank at 5% annual rate in Q1:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/us-economy-shrank-at-5-annual-rate-in-q1-287717

* "Breaking precedent, White House won’t release formal economic projections this summer that would forecast extent of downturn:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/white-house-coronavirus-economic-projections/?utm_source=reddit.com

* "‘Still Catching Up’: Jobless Numbers May Not Tell Full Story:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/business/economy/coronavirus-unemployment-claims.html

* "Secret Service unearths overseas fraud ring stealing millions in unemployment benefits:" https://thehill.com/homenews/news/498160-secret-service-unearths-overseas-fraud-ring-stealing-millions-in-unemployment

* "U.S. taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided U.S. taxes:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-companies-tax-excl-idUSKBN2341ZE

* "Pence Chief Of Staff Owns Stocks That Could Conflict With Coronavirus Response:' https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/860927054/pence-chief-of-staff-owns-stocks-that-could-conflict-with-coronavirus-response

* "Coronavirus postcard that featured Trump's name cost struggling Postal Service $28 million:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/28/coronavirus-post-card-trump-cost-post-office-28-million/5274034002/

* "Donald Trump’s homophobic press secretary Kayleigh McEnany caught out in spectacularly blatant lie:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/28/kayleigh-mcenany-donald-trump-press-secretary-election-fraud-homophobia-lgbt/

* "Seven States Restrict Mail-In Voting for Younger Adults. That’s Unconstitutional.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/26th-amendment-texas-absentee-ballots.html

* "RNC sues California to halt vote-by-mail for November general election:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/politics/republican-national-committee-california-vote-by-mail-lawsuit/index.html

* "George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/george-floyd-killing-officers-derek-chauvin-tou-thao-investigated

* "Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 2008:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/minneapolis-man-alleges-derek-chauvin-tried-to-kill-him-before-he-kneeled-on-george-floyd

* "State police arrive at deserted police precinct set ablaze by crowds protesting George Floyd's death:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-friday/index.html

* "Chicago Superintendent David Brown condemns police actions that led to death of George Floyd as protesters march on South Side:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-george-floyd-police-protest-20200528-feeoz7qiincjxnc3ixjxmqpjwe-story.html

* "Lansing protest addresses hate, violence directed at people of color:" https://www.wxyz.com/news/lansing-protest-addresses-hate-violence-directed-at-people-of-color

* "Protesters take to Memphis streets over death of George Floyd:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/protesters-take-to-memphis-streets-over-death-of-george-floyd

* "Foley Square protest planned Friday following George Floyd police custody death:" https://abc7ny.com/foley-square-protest-planned-today-over-george-floyd-death-/6218834/

* "Shots fired during Denver protest of Minneapolis man's death:" https://www.startribune.com/shots-fired-during-denver-protest-of-minneapolis-man-s-death/570851982/

* "Birmingham protesters demand justice over George Floyd’s death:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-protest-following-george-floyd-death/

* "Minneapolis mayor: 'We need a charge of the arresting officer':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/minneapolis-mayor-we-need-a-charge-of-the-arresting-officer-84060229987

* "Minneapolis no stranger to protests against police violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/minneapolis-no-stranger-to-protests-against-police-violence-84064837796

* "'We're reeling. We're in deep pain.': Minneapolis city council VP:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-we-re-reeling-we-re-in-deep-pain-minneapolis-city-council-vp-84063813521

* "Black trans man shot dead by white cop in Florida’s third fatal police shooting in two months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/29/tony-mcdade-florida-police-kill-black-transgender-man/

* "Black Trans Men Face a Constant Threat of Police Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/28/black-trans-men-face-constant-threat-police-violence

* TW: Sexual Harassment "'Criminal Minds' Team Sued For Unchecked Male Sexual Harassment:" https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/5/27/criminal-minds-team-sued-unchecked-male-sexual-harassment

* TW: Sexual Harassment "EasyJet passenger jailed after squeezing an air steward’s bottom and called him a ‘gay boy’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/27/easyjet-arrest-jail-sexual-assault-homophobia-gay-gavin-capps-iceland/

* TW: Domestic Violence "Elizabeth Warren Still Has Plans For America:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/5/26/elizabeth-warren-still-has-plans-america

* "These Catholic bishops really want you to know that same-sex love comes from God:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/27/god-catholic-benediction-same-sex-gay-love-archdiocese-salzburg-austria-ewald-vollger/

* "Lesbian German MEP warns the UK's 'hateful' transphobic rhetoric is spilling into other EU countries:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/28/terry-reintke-lesbian-german-mep-anti-trans-european-union-mermaids-transphobia-liz-truss/

* "Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu pardons two men jailed for having gay sex after fierce diplomatic row:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/26/zambia-gay-men-pardoned-president-edgar-lungu-daniel-foote/

* "The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app could put LGBT+ rights in danger, experts warn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/24/contact-tracing-app-nhs-coronavirus-covid19-lgbt-rights-danger-data-centralised-bluetooth/

* "Trans man jailed in women’s prison after threatening to kill his ex with a kitchen knife:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/28/trans-man-jailed-womens-prison-jay-lee-layton-durham/

* "Nearly a Dozen Men in Turkmenistan Were Arrested For Being Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/5/28/nearly-dozen-men-turkmenistan-were-arrested-being-gay

* "One year on since being trans was declassified as a mental disorder, here’s 75 times trans rights took a step backwards:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/26/trans-rights-world-health-organization-gender-identity-disorder-lizz-truss-viktor-orban/

* "Alt-right homophobes are using 4chan to plan a terrifying cyber attack on the LGBT+ community during Pride month:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/26/4chan-alt-right-operation-pridefall-pride-month-cyber-attack-starbucks-amazon-homophobia/

* "Betsy Devos's Education Dept. Threatens Funding for Pro-Trans Schools:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/5/28/betsy-devoss-education-dept-threatens-funding-pro-trans-schools

* "Same-Sex Spouses Win Equal Access to Social Security Survivor Benefits:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/5/28/same-sex-spouses-win-equal-access-social-security-survivor-benefits

* "'Never Have I Ever's Dino Petrera on Being Gay and Hearing Impaired:" https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/5/27/never-have-i-evers-dino-petera-being-gay-and-hearing-impaired

* "Queer elders on lessons they learned during the AIDS crisis, which are helping them through coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/24/queer-elders-lessons-aids-crisis-epidemic-coronavirus-pandemic-covid19/

* "Report: Current Pandemic May Be Fueling Syphilis, Chlamydia Outbreaks:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/5/26/report-current-pandemic-may-be-fueling-syphilis-chlamydia-outbreaks

* "Brown University researchers say Adderall and Ritalin don’t improve focus in surprising study:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90480897/brown-university-researchers-say-adderall-and-ritalin-dont-improve-focus-in-surprising-study

* "Older women are needlessly going blind. Why isn’t it a national scandal?:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/01/older-women-going-blind-giant-cell-arteritis

* "The myth of meritocracy leads the rich and powerful to see themselves as productive geniuses:" https://scroll.in/article/956459/the-myth-of-meritocracy-leads-the-rich-and-powerful-to-see-themselves-as-productive-geniuses

* "Internet access hangs by a thread for hundreds of millions:" https://www.techradar.com/news/internet-access-hangs-by-a-thread-for-hundreds-of-millions

* "Warren Harding Tried to Return America to 'Normalcy' After WWI and the 1918 Pandemic. It Failed.:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/warren-harding-back-to-normalcy-after-1918-pandemic-180974911/

* "Decolonization: Crash Course European History #43:"

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* "Who threw the first brick at Stonewall? A final and definitive answer to the internet’s favourite question:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/27/who-threw-the-first-brick-at-stonewall-uprising-riot-pride/

* "MJ Rodriguez Has Only Just Begun:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/5/27/mj-rodriguez-has-only-just-begun

* "Larry Kramer, Towering Figure of Aggressive AIDS Activism, Dead at 84:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/5/27/larry-kramer-towering-figure-aggressive-aids-activism-dead-84

* "‘40 million infected is a f**king plague': Larry Kramer’s furious, impassioned HIV speech is essential viewing 30 years on:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/28/larry-kramer-dies-dead-hiv-aids-speech-1991-plague/

* "Leaders in Health, HIV, LGBTQ+ Rights React to Larry Kramer's Death:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/5/27/leaders-health-hiv-lgbtq-rights-react-larry-kramers-death

* "Our Positively Negative President Says "We'll Put Out The Fires" Of Any Second Waves Of Infection:"

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* Wednesday, I gave myself food poisoning. I'm pretty sure how, and it shouldn't be a problem going forward.

Thursday: I woke to find someone had horked up a hairball on the bed, so I had to change sheets before proceeding.

I ended up muddy and soaked armpit to crotch from moving the 30 Gallon. I made a mess of the floors, which needed cleaning after and smashed a couple toes bringing in a chair from the patio. One of the toes is swollen and impressively bruised and hurts a lot, but doesn't feel broken as it was a more robust toe rather than the fragile one. It's done, and Livia has forgiven me enough to come watch Fish TV from the safety chair.

Fish corner: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/619436257353908224/fish-corner-is-now-officially-a-thing-yes-the-20

I still have a massive amount of cleaning and sorting to do and the usual anal retentive fussing about. I still need to decide what to do about the altar stuff, still in boxes. I am seriously considering removing the table in the office the 30 was on with shelving in a couple of years when it's safe for me to go out and visit used furniture stores, but there's a lot of time to think about it and for now having somewhere to stack bits and bobs displaced by the project and the library things I can't return is valuable in itself.

So not over, but all the urgent things are done.

I did not even sit down to sort med trays until after 1AM, so you can imagine how productive I'm being.

* "Summer of Sleaze: The Little People:" https://www.tor.com/2014/05/30/summer-of-sleaze-the-little-people/

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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 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