* "Which countries would cyber-attack Australia?:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-53102997/australian-cyber-attack-which-countries-would-do-it* "Zoom admits to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government :"
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/11/zoom-admits-to-shutting-down-activist-accounts-at-the-request-of-the-chinese-government/* "North Korea blows up office used for talks with South:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/asia/north-korea-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html* "Pressure grows on India's Modi after deadly skirmish with China over Himalayan border:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/asia/china-india-himalayas-conflict-intl-hnk/index.html* "India's Modi vows to protect borders after clashes:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53114762************************************************************************************************
* It’s not an absolute cure, but it’s cheap, pretty much everywhere, and dramatically reduces the death rate. "Life-saving coronavirus drug 'major breakthrough':"
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281* My concern about the safety of public toilets after reopening turns out to have been well founded. "Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/health/coronavirus-toilets-flushing.html* "Is Iran facing a second wave of coronavirus?:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/52959756* "Why does India deny Covid community transmission?:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53018912* "Brazil faces the coronavirus disaster almost everyone saw coming:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/15/brazil-faces-coronavirus-disaster-almost-everyone-saw-coming/* "In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/19/countries-keeping-coronavirus-bay-experts-watch-us-case-numbers-with-alarm/* "Europe suppressed the coronavirus. The U.S. has not.:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/europe-suppressed-the-coronavirus-the-u-s-has-not-85485125688* "US virus outbreaks stir clash over masks, personal freedom:"
https://apnews.com/54374ff841dfd84323a1fb86d1e93180* "Dr. Fauci Explains Why Public Wasn't Told to Wear Masks When COVID-19 Pandemic Began:"
https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus* "FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/fda-ends-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-319872* "Trump calls coronavirus testing "overrated," says it "makes us look bad":"
https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-testing-overrated-cf847872-20d0-48b1-95dd-34af301642c0.html* "The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles:"
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-paid-millions-for-test-tubes-and-got-unusable-mini-soda-bottles* "US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html* "Mike Pence's coronavirus claims go from bad to worse:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mike-pence-s-coronavirus-claims-go-bad-worse-n1231272?cid=sm_fb_maddow* "Pence Overstates Coronavirus Supplies Delivered by Administration’s ‘Airbridge’ Program:"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pence-overstates-coronavirus-supplies-delivered-by-administrations-airbridge-program-11592584447* "White House insists coronavirus is 'still a priority' as Trump prepares for rally that could spread it:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/white-house-insists-coronavirus-is-a-priority-as-trump-prepares-for-rally.html* "'They're in denial': How Trump's White House is ignoring the pandemic:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-reelection-vaccine/index.html* "A Mask is a Stupid Hill to Die on, America:"
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/17/a-mask-is-a-stupid-hill-to-die-on-america/* "Fauci: Americans ignoring science during pandemic is "frustrating":"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-americans-ignoring-science/* "New coronavirus spread isn't the feared 'second wave' – it's still the first, researchers say:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/coronavirus-spread-isnt-the-feared-second-waveits-still-the-first.html* "10 states are seeing their highest average of daily new Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html* "Florida, Arizona and Texas set records for new COVID-19 cases:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-arizona-texas-set-records-new-covid-19-cases-n1231326* "Covid-19 Hospitalizations Surge in Some States:"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-hospitalizations-surge-in-some-states-11591912459?mod=hp_lead_pos3* "Some parts of the U.S. are 'on the cusp of losing control' of coronavirus, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/coronavirus-parts-of-the-us-are-on-the-cusp-of-losing-control-gottlieb-says.html* "Oregon Pauses Reopening As Coronavirus Cases Rise:"
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/12/875961223/oregon-pauses-reopening-as-coronavirus-cases-rise* "Whirlpool Corporation confirms Tulsa plant temporarily closed due to COVID-19 cases:"
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/whirlpool-corporation-confirms-tulsa-plant-temporarily-closed-due-to-covid-19-cases* "Coronavirus curve rises in Florida and Texas, as states reopen:"
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-florida-texas-curve-3a16926f-ed0a-4451-8b22-9e37cb1690d9.html* "North Carolina reports 42,676 COVID-19 cases, 1,104 deaths as hospitalizations hit new record high of 823:"
https://abc11.com/health/covid-19-latest-1427-more-cases-as-hospitalizations-hit-new-high/6247026/* "Secret document lists locations of Kansas coronavirus outbreaks. Here’s what it says:"
https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article243305606.html* "Arizona Sets COVID Records As Outbreak Blazes:"
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arizona-sets-covid-records-as-outbreak-blazes* "Arizona governor backtracks on mask rules as Covid-19 cases surge:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/arizona-coronavirus-covid-19-governor-mayors* "Arizona Sheriff Who Refused to Enforce Lockdown Now Has COVID-19:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pinal-county-sheriff-mark-lamb-who-refused-to-enforce-lockdown-now-has-covid-19* "With coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business reopenings:"
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/12/texas-coronavirus-reopening-cases/* "Oregon sees record daily number of COVID-19 cases:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oregon-sees-record-daily-number-of-covid-19-cases/* "Montgomery City Council votes down mask ordinance, sends doctors out in disgust:"
https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/06/16/montgomery-council-votes-down-mask-ordinance-doctors-disgust/3203300001/* "Montgomery city council rejects mask rule over pleas of doctors:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/montgomery-city-council-rejects-mask-rule-over-pleas-of-doctors-85191749514* "Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed Issues Executive Order Requiring Face Masks to be Worn in Public:"
https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/06/17/montgomery-mayor-steven-reed-issues-executive-order-requiring-face-masks-to-be-worn-in-public/* "'They'll understand in the long run': mayor issues mask order:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-they-ll-understand-in-the-long-run-mayor-issues-mask-order-85420613654* "Texas Governor Says 'No Reason Today To Be Alarmed' As Coronavirus Cases Set Record:"
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/16/878924556/as-texas-coronavirus-cases-reach-new-high-gov-abbott-plays-down-the-numbers* "California makes face coverings mandatory outside the home:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/california-coronavirus-face-covering-order/index.html* "COVID-19 is surging in Florida. Don’t deny why, Gov. DeSantis. Act responsibly:"
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article243591327.html* "King County approved to move to Phase 2 amid coronavirus pandemic:"
https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/king-county-approved-to-move-to-phase-2-covid-19-15350732.php* "It Doesn’t Look Like the Protests Are Causing a COVID-19 Spike:"
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/protests-covid-outdoor-masks.html* "'Perfect storm for when COVID hits': Neglected Black communities in Alabama see coronavirus surge:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/perfect-storm-when-covid-hits-neglected-black-communities-alabama-see-n1231229* "Meatpacking plants see spike in coronavirus outbreaks following Trump order: report:"
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/501617-meatpacking-plants-see-spike-in-coronavirus-outbreaks-following-trump-order* "'All smoke and mirrors': How Trump's meatpacking order has failed to keep workers safe:"
https://www.news-journalonline.com/zz/news/20200618/all-smoke-and-mirrors-how-trumps-meatpacking-order-has-failed-to-keep-workers-safe* "KCCI Investigates: Who was involved in high-level conversations about COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants:"
https://www.kcci.com/article/kcci-investigates-who-was-involved-in-high-level-conversations-about-covid-19-outbreaks-at-meatpacking-plants/32907360#
* "As U.S. Nursing-Home Deaths Reach 50,000, States Ease Lockdowns:"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-deaths-in-u-s-nursing-long-term-care-facilities-top-50-000-11592306919* "Despite dire death toll, Trump admin still failing nursing homes:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-dire-death-toll-trump-admin-still-failing-nursing-homes-84970053705* "Federal government derelict in nursing home coronavirus response:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-government-derelict-in-nursing-home-coronavirus-response-84971589664* "TSA insider faults agency’s response to coronavirus:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/reports-tsa-insider-faults-agencys-response-to-coronavirus/* "Fast food workers, Rep. Joe Kennedy talk workers facing pandemic:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-fast-food-workers-in-their-words-85035077983**************************************************************************************
* "World takes note of waning influence of U.S. mired in crises:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/world-takes-note-of-waning-influence-of-u-s-mired-in-crises-85190213528* "U.S. losing 'strategic communications' contest with global rivals:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-losing-strategic-communications-contest-with-global-rivals-85189189872* "Russia Sends More Troops West, Challenging U.S.-NATO Presence Near Borders:"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-sends-more-troops-west-challenging-us-nato-presence-near-borders/ar-BB156dgJ* "12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/fact-check-trump-obama-lies-policing-justice/index.html* "Twitter labels Trump's tweet as 'manipulated media':"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-labels-trumps-tweet-as-manipulated-media-idUSKBN23Q0LV* "Facebook let the Trump campaign run ads with inverted red triangle — an infamous Nazi symbol:"
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/facebook-let-trump-campaign-run-ads-inverted-red-triangle-infamous-nazi-symbol* "Trump's wish for an end to the pandemic contradicts reality:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-oklahoma-election-2020/index.html* "COVID-19 risk at GOP convention shrouded by Florida data opacity:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-19-risk-at-gop-convention-shrouded-by-florida-data-opacity-84971077700* "Patel: Coronavirus makes an indoor Trump rally 'a setup for disaster':"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/patel-coronavirus-makes-an-indoor-trump-rally-a-setup-for-disaster-84963909600* "Trump Superfans Line Up Early for Tulsa Rally:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/coronavirus-cases-usa-world.html* "‘Of course not’: Fauci says he personally wouldn’t attend Trump’s Tulsa rally, citing coronavirus:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/of-course-not-fauci-says-he-personally-wouldnt-attend-trumps-tulsa-rally-citing-coronavirus/* "White House says Trump rally attendees ‘assume a personal risk’:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/tulsa-trump-rally-coronavirus-personal-risk-326257* "Tulsa arena asks Trump campaign for detailed health plan as Oklahoma Supreme Court hears arguments about rally:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tulsa-arena-asks-trump-campaign-for-detailed-health-plan-as-oklahoma-supreme-court-hears-arguments-about-rally/2020/06/18/4e490308-b197-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html* "Top members of coronavirus task force advised against Trump's Tulsa rally:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/top-members-coronavirus-task-force-advised-against-trump-s-tulsa-n1231585* "Judge denies Oklahoma residents’ bid to block Trump’s rally because of coronavirus fears:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oklahoma-lawsuit-tries-to-block-trumps-rally-because-of-coronavirus-fears/2020/06/16/175bbf30-b01f-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html* "Trump crowd grows, clashes with protesters ahead of rally:"
https://apnews.com/3ecbdd74c885b362661ed0f8c80b5b28* "‘Magically protected’: Why hardcore Trump supporters won’t wear masks at rally:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-magically-protected-why-hardcore-trump-supporters-won-t-wear-masks-at-rally-85485125654* I have misgivings about the use of Gnosticism here, but the rest of the reporting is important. "“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel:"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel* "Trump to visit Arizona, Wisconsin next week:"
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503640-trump-to-visit-arizona-wisconsin-next-week* "Face masks will no longer be required for White House staff:"
https://www.axios.com/white-house-face-masks-required-8f08f27b-ca76-4efb-9161-4b3af615fdad.html* "Trump indifference to governing a symptom of post-policy GOP:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-indifference-to-governing-a-symptom-of-post-policy-gop-85128261639* "Americans learn first-hand the burdens of post-policy politics:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-learn-first-hand-the-burdens-of-post-policy-politics-85127237566* "Trump: 'I made Juneteenth very famous' by moving Tulsa rally:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/18/trump-juneteenth-tulsa-rally-328557* "Trump calls for 'new justices' on Supreme Court after unfavorable rulings:"
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503413-trump-calls-for-new-justices-on-supreme-court-after-unfavorable* 45 risked people’s lives for this. "Malcolm Nance: Trump West Point speech ‘dull as dishwater’:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-west-point-speech-dull-as-dishwater-malcolm-nance-says-84999749519* "Trump launches the tell-all playbook on Bolton: Lawsuits and Twitter threats:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/justice-department-sues-to-block-bolton-memoir-323753* "Schiff rips Barr for using DOJ to protect Trump from Bolton book:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-rips-barr-for-using-doj-to-protect-trump-from-bolton-book-85305413539* "Bolton book bombshells: Trump asked China's Xi for reelection help and told him to keep building concentration camps:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/bolton-book-trump/index.html* "Trump sought even more foreign help to retain presidency: Bolton:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sought-even-more-foreign-help-to-retain-presidency-bolton-85421125569* "Bolton blames Democrats for failed impeachment despite refusing to testify:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bolton-blames-democrats-for-failed-impeachment-despite-refusing-to-testify-85295173778* "Bolton's staggering profile in cowardice:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/opinions/boltons-staggering-profile-in-cowardice-honig/index.html* "How Trump misled U.S. on coronavirus while seeking Chinese reelection help:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-misled-u-s-on-coronavirus-while-seeking-chinese-reelection-help-85410373998* "Trump Considers Suing His Niece Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-suing-his-niece-mary-trump-over-her-tell-all-book-saying-she-signed-an-nda* "Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee:"
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/16/876309425/scientists-warn-against-consumer-protection-nominee* "New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and “Our Homo-Empire”:"
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-trump-appointee-to-foreign-aid-agency-has-denounced-liberal-democracy-and-our-homo-empire#962572* "U.S. Attorney who oversaw key investigations related to Trump is resigning, says AG Barr:"
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/barr-announces-exit-of-us-attorney-for-sdny-new-trump-nominee-85488197545* "Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions in the country:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-state-department-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trumps-response-to-racial-tensions-in-the-country/2020/06/18/e142e342-b181-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html* "Top Pentagon official Wheelbarger resigns, urges colleagues to be guided by U.S. Constitution:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/top-pentagon-official-wheelbarger-resigns-urges-colleagues-to-be-guided-by-us-constitution.html* "Former gay Republican leader joins the most anti-LGBT+ White House in modern history:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/gregory-t-angelo-log-cabin-republicans-donald-trump-white-house-office-drug-control-policy-spokesman/* "Trump's fourth NSC Russia director is leaving the White House:"
https://www.axios.com/trump-nsc-russia-director-70b0ae9a-089d-417b-bc08-408f556a6871.html* "Mulvaney: Trump ‘didn’t hire very well,’ doesn’t mesh with ‘military personality’:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/mick-mulvaney-donald-trump-military-ties-hiring-329383* "Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling:"
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/879873926/trumps-new-foreign-broadcasting-ceo-fires-news-chiefs-raising-fears-of-meddling* "'Wednesday night massacre' as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/media/us-agency-for-global-media-michael-pack/index.html* "Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/media/voice-of-america-top-officials-resign/index.html* "Trump stacks US media agency with loyalists led by Bannon acolyte:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-stacks-us-media-agency-with-loyalists-led-by-bannon-acolyte-85488709871* "Trump threatens valuable tool for spreading American ideals:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-threatens-valuable-tool-for-spreading-american-ideals-85492805964* "Trump firings at US Global Media risk damaging high standards:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-firings-at-us-global-media-risk-damaging-high-standards-85494341544* "NOAA leaders violated agency’s scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/15/noaa-investigation-sharpiegate/* "HUD to change transgender rules for single-sex homeless shelters:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hud-to-change-transgender-rules-for-single-sex-homeless-shelters/2020/06/12/d47a5744-ad03-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html* "Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans for Advancing Anti-Civil Rights Nominee Cory Wilson in Middle of a Pandemic and Nation-Wide Protests:"
https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20200611_ll-condemns-senate-gop-advancing-cory-wilson* "EPA Won’t Regulate Rocket Fuel Additive Perchlorate:"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-wont-regulate-rocket-fuel-additive-perchlorate-11592470801?mod=hp_lista_pos4* "Weekly unemployment claims remain high, amid second wave of layoffs:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/weekly-unemployment-claims-remain-high-amid-second-wave-layoffs-n1231399* "Trump Touted the Economy’s COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-touted-the-economys-covid-resilience-while-his-top-aide-mick-mulvaney-dumped-his-stocks/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4* "Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/congress-small-business-loan-320625* "Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/kudlow-unemployment-checks-end-317641* "Barber: It’s time for a moral revival as pandemic strikes poor:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-poor-a-moral-issue-bishop-barber-says-85036101590* "Dustin Lance Black on Biden, Hollywood, and the Ignorance of Prejudice:"
https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/6/15/dustin-black-blm-protest* "Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration:"
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration* "Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s ‘cruelty knows no bounds’ after he strips trans healthcare protections during Pride Month:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/joe-biden-donald-trump-trans-healthcare-protections-pride-month/* "Activists slam roll backs of transgender healthcare protections:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-admin-rolls-back-transgender-healthcare-protections-85018693693* "Trump admin works to make life harder for trans people:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-works-to-make-life-harder-for-trans-people-85128773947* "On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Trump administration celebrates by cruelly erasing healthcare protections for trans patients:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/donald-trump-trans-administration-healthcare-rollback-department-of-health-human-service/* "‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/trump-interview-mail-voting-329307* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting Voter Suppression in "Our Time Is Now":"
( Embed: )* "Republicans will call for a ban on same-sex marriage and rally against trans rights in outdated election platform:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/republican-platform-2020-gop-donald-trump-same-sex-marriage-trans-conversion-therapy/* "Republican party issues brief celebrating Donald Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ pro-LGBT+ achievements. Yes, really:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/donald-trump-lgbt-rights-republican-party-gop-brief-pride-month-trans-military-ban-joe-biden-equality/* "House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579* "Trayvon Martin’s mom explains why she’s running for office:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trayvon-martin-s-mom-explains-why-she-s-running-for-office-84964421962* "On Pulse Anniversary, a Call for LGBTQ+ Support for Gun Reform:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/12/pulse-anniversary-call-lgbtq-support-gun-reform* "Supreme Court won't hear challenge to California sanctuary law:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/sanctuary-cities-california-supreme-court/index.html* "Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html* "Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, tries to turn DACA decision into a campaign issue:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-supreme-court-calls-decisions-shotgun-blasts-into-the-face-of-conservatives/2020/06/18/e0bd2988-b176-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html* "Trump admin sloppiness hands Supreme Court victory to DREAMers:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-sloppiness-hands-supreme-court-victory-to-dreamers-85421125551* "DACA lawyer says SCOTUS decision proves rule of law still exists, despite Trump:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/daca-lawyer-says-scotus-decision-proves-rule-of-law-still-exists-despite-trump-85408837926*****
* "Seattle's Lesbian Mayor Jenny Durkan to Trump: Go Back to Your Bunker:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/11/seattles-lesbian-mayor-jenny-durkan-trump-go-back-your-bunker* "Esper orders review of recent National Guard deployments:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/mark-esper-national-guard-review/index.html* "Officials familiar with Lafayette Square confrontation challenge Trump administration claim of what drove aggressive expulsion of protesters:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/officials-challenge-trump-administration-claim-of-what-drove-aggressive-expulsion-of-lafayette-square-protesters/2020/06/14/f2177e1e-acd4-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html* "White House didn't receive heads up about Milley apology:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/white-house-milley-apology/index.html* This is my deep skepticism. "Trump To Sign An Executive Order On Police Reform:"
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877794772/trump-to-sign-an-executive-order-on-police-reform* Secret Service now says it did use pepper spray to clear protesters during the Trump church photo op":"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/secret-service-now-says-it-did-use-pepper-spray-clear-n1231022* "Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/investigation-military-surveillance-planes-george-floyd-protests.html* "From the Northwest to the White House: The fascists are here:"
https://crosscut.com/2020/06/northwest-white-house-fascists-are-here* "America, We Need to Talk About Fascism:"
https://eand.co/america-we-need-to-talk-about-fascism-dc345f29a88* "Mike Pence Refuses to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-mike-pence-refuses-to-say-black-lives-matter* "'The police are killing us, not coronavirus':"
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53025934/kenya-police-brutality-in-the-battle-against-coronavirus-in-mathare* "Why Ethiopian Jews Are Building a Movement Against Racism in Israel:"
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3en3y/why-ethiopian-jews-are-building-a-movement-against-racism-in-israel* "Boris Johnson being ‘urged to declare war on woke’ as criticism over trans rights rollback piles up:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/boris-johnson-war-on-woke-culture-trans-gender-reform-black-lives-matter/* "Donald Trump Is an Affront to George Floyd's Memory:"
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/11/donald-trump-affront-george-floyds-memory* "George Floyd death called ‘sacrifice’ in racial equality fight:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/racial-equality-and-culture-shifts-discussed-by-tiffany-d-cross-85020229989* "Undercounting Those Killed by the N.Y.P.D.:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/opinion/police-involved-deaths-new-york-city.html* "Some Atlanta police don't show up for work for a third day after officers charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks:"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-shooting-friday/index.html* "NJ Trooper Who Shot, Killed Man on Parkway Should Be Charged, Victim's Mom Says:"
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-trooper-who-shot-killed-man-on-parkway-should-be-charged-victims-mom-says/2429215/* "Questions remain on unarmed black man killed by NJ state trooper:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/unarmed-black-man-maurice-gordon-killed-by-white-nj-state-trooper-85020229790* "Rayshard Brooks police shooting was homicide, says medical examiner:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/rayshard-brooks-police-shooting-was-homicide-says-medical-examiner* "Police don’t need reform, but to be transformed:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/atlanta-police-killing-of-rayshard-brooks-analyzed-by-lawyer-85017669881* "Rayshard Brooks family lawyer: What was officer’s state of mind?:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/brooks-family-lawyer-on-atlanta-police-killing-unarmed-black-man-85017669520* "MSNBC analyst Capehart on black girl’s viral police encounter:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/karens-and-black-fears-of-police-discussed-by-jonathan-capehart-85019717933* "OSU graduate, 22, dies after attending protests in Columbus:"
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/osu-graduate-22-dies-after-attending-protests-in-columbus/article_dcadd6b2-a75d-11ea-94c3-e7751ddd6d55.html* "SPD Arrested Man Who Shot Video of Kid Allegedly Pepper Sprayed by Cops:"
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/08/43864118/spd-arrested-man-who-shot-video-kid-allegedly-pepper-sprayed-by-cops* "Snohomish County deputy’s use of force under review after video shows him striking a prone suspect repeatedly:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/snohomish-county-deputys-use-of-force-under-review-after-video-shows-him-striking-a-prone-suspect-repeatedly/* "‘Horrified’: New Mexico governor reacts to shooting at Albuquerque statue protest:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrified-new-mexico-governor-reacts-to-shooting-at-albuquerque-statue-protest-85182021791* "A Utah officer pulled his gun on a 10-year-old black boy. He'll keep working, chief says.:"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/11/police-officer-gun-black-boy-utah-woods-cross/1424253001/A Utah cop in a place with 2% black pop, saw a ten year old inocently playing on his lawn with nothing in his hands, pulled a gun on him, shouted at him to lie on his belly with hands on his head. The Cop lied it was justified as he somehow fit the description of an imaginary adult suspect. Not suspended as level of force was just fine apparently.
* ""Round Up The Green Hats": NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest:"
https://gothamist.com/news/round-green-hats-nypd-accused-deliberately-targeting-legal-observers-brutal-bronx-mass-arrest* "A driver hit Black Lives Matter protesters. It was a neighboring town’s mayor, protesters say.:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/19/phoenix-oregon-chris-luz-protests/* "Elderly protester injured by police and trolled by Trump in hiding after death threats:"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-buffalo-protester-police-martin-gugino-death-threats-a9575996.html* "Medics say police have targeted them at Seattle protests:"
https://crosscut.com/2020/06/medics-say-police-have-targeted-them-seattle-protests* "Buffalo officials ask state to probe firing of Black officer who stopped white colleague's chokehold:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buffalo-officials-ask-state-probe-firing-black-officer-who-stopped-n1231016* "Black Lives Matter sues over violent Seattle police tactics:"
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Black-Lives-Matter-sues-over-violent-Seattle-15327796.php* "Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop:"
https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759* "Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll:"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN23I380* "Tacoma teachers union wants uniformed police officers removed from schools starting in fall:"
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article243427501.html* "Garcetti announces LAPD reforms designed to reduce officer misconduct:"
https://abc7.com/garcetti-proposes-lapd-reforms-to-reduce-misconduct/6230453/* "London Breed pushes San Francisco reforms: Police no longer will respond to noncriminal calls:"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/san-francisco-police-reforms-stop-response-noncriminal-calls* "Portland police chief resigns amid George Floyd protests:"
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/20-arrested-in-Portland-Oregon-other-protests-15324914.php* "Atlanta mayor pushes for reforms after police kill Rayshard Brooks:"
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/atlanta-mayor-pushes-for-reforms-after-police-kill-rayshard-brooks-85127237668* "L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle:"
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schools-weapons-20140917-story.html* "N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/nypd-plainclothes-cops.html* "Cory Booker on GOP police bill: ‘Heavy on symbols, but very light on substance’:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-on-gop-police-bill-heavy-on-symbols-but-very-light-on-substance-85294661916* "A New World Is Possible: Defund Police And Fund Black Lives:"
https://www.essence.com/feature/defund-police-fund-black-lives-m4bl/* "What does 'defund the police' mean and why some say 'reform' is not enough:"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/what-does-defund-police-mean-george-floyd-black-lives-matter/5317240002/* "Colorado passes sweeping police reform bill:"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-passes-sweeping-police-reform-bill/* "Defunding the police means reimagining safety legal expert says:"
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/-defund-the-police-calls-grow-as-george-floyd-protests-continue-85018181834* "Statue of Jefferson Davis torn down on Monument Avenue:"
https://www.richmond.com/news/local/statue-of-jefferson-davis-torn-down-on-monument-avenue/article_64865aee-76bc-54e1-8e90-2fa749f8877b.html* "Sen. Jones: Jeff Sessions is ‘not on the right side of history’ on Confederate debate:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-jones-jeff-sessions-is-not-on-the-right-side-of-history-on-confederate-debate-85115461777* "How The Antifa Fantasy Spread In Small Towns Across The US:"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/antifa-rumors-george-floyd-protests* "Southern Illinois towns reckoning with racist past as protests honoring George Floyd, condemning police brutality arise locally:"
https://abc7chicago.com/society/southern-il-towns-reckon-with-racist-past-as-local-protests-arise/6247171/* "Two Black Transgender Women Were Killed This Week, When Will it End?:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/12/two-black-transgender-women-were-murdered-week-when-will-it-end* "Transgender Woman Shot to Death by Colorado State Patrol:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/19/transgender-woman-shot-death-colorado-state-patrol* "All Black Lives Matter: 102 Pics of L.A. Marching for Justice:"
https://www.advocate.com/photography/2020/6/15/all-black-lives-matter-102-pics-la-marching-justice#slide-1* "Black Voices for Trump activist claims Black Lives Matter is a Trojan horse for a ‘Marxist gay agenda’:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/10/black-voices-for-trump-niger-innis-fox-news-black-lives-matter-gay-agenda/* These are lynchings, not suicides. "Mark Taylor Says Black Men Are Hanging Themselves to Stoke Racial Division and Prevent Trump’s Reelection :"
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mark-taylor-says-black-men-are-hanging-themselves-to-stoke-racial-division-and-prevent-trumps-reelection/* "An officer was gunned down. The killer was a ‘boogaloo boy’ using nearby peaceful protests as cover, feds say.:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/* "Poisoned milkshakes? Police persecution complex is real — and it's dangerous:"
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-16/cops-fast-food-conspiracy-theories-police-persecution-complex* "‘Legitimacy crisis’: Chris Hayes says NYPD milkshake incident reveals larger police issue:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-legitimacy-crisis-chris-hayes-says-nypd-milkshake-incident-reveals-larger-police-issue-85179461797* "Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-runs-digitally-altered-images-in-coverage-of-seattles-protests-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/* "Weber State professor resigns after "abhorrent" tweets:"
https://kslnewsradio.com/1926449/weber-state-investigating-professors-abhorrent-tweets/*****
* "New York cop, in full uniform, performs vile transphobic rap calling for the hanging of Hillary Clinton:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/robert-sisco-new-york-city-cop-new-paltz-suspended-transphobic-rap-video-hillary-clinton/* "Christian Cooper on why Black people don’t need to answer to white people calling the police:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/christian-cooper-on-why-black-people-don-t-need-to-answer-to-white-people-calling-the-police-85121605668* "Katie Hopkins permanently banned from Twitter for ‘hateful conduct’ after years of vile attacks on trans people:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/katie-hopkins-twitter-permanently-suspended-banned-hateful-conduct/* "Nashville police investigate anti-Semitic vandalism at Holocaust memorial as civil rights intimidation:"
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/06/16/nashville-police-investigate-anti-semitic-vandalism-holocaust-memorial/3196443001/* "For a More Perfect Union, We Still Need More Education, Understanding:"
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/18/straight-white-cisgender-people-are-waking-their-privilege* "Inclusion Is Now a Requirement for Oscars Eligibility:"
https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/6/12/inclusion-now-requirement-oscars-eligibility* "Intro to Anarchy: Power & Violence | Philosophy Tube:"
( Embed: )* "ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of Abortion Ban Legislation:"
https://www.aclu-tn.org/tga-passes-abortion-ban-legislation/* "Boris Johnson is scrapping long-overdue plans to allow trans people to self-ID despite overwhelming public support, report claims:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/trans-self-id-uk-boris-johnson-liz-truss-gender-recognition-act-leak-sunday-times/* "Cis women sickened over transphobia being spread in their name share defiant messages of solidarity with trans people:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/trans-rights-solidarity-cis-women-ally-boris-johnson-gender-recognition-act-lgbt-foundation/* "Peaceful protest against government's alleged anti-trans bathroom bill planned for central London:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/london-trans-rights-protest-gender-recognition-act-reform-boris-johnson/* "Switzerland inches closer to marriage equality and same-sex adoption as parliament backs crucial bill:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/11/switzerland-same-sex-marriage-equality-bill-national-council-states-vote-lgbt/* "Polish president calls homophobia criticism ‘fake news’ after literally vowing to devastate LGBT+ rights:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/president-poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-people-gay-marraige-adoption-homophobia-fake-news/* "Poland's president claims he had a 'constructive' meeting with an LGBT+ activist. The activist tells a different story:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-gay-bartosz-staszewski-law-justice-homophobia/* "Polish Jews plead with politicians to learn from the horrors of the Holocaust and stop ‘dehumanising’ LGBT+ people:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/poland-jew-homophobia-anti-lgbt-andrzej-duda-warsaw-world-war-two-holocaust/* "With LGBT ruling, Supreme Court hands liberals a surprise victory:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693* "SUPREME COURT RULES ANTI-LGBTQ+ JOB DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/15/supreme-court-rules-anti-lgbtq-job-discrimination-illegal* "The religious right is seriously flipping out over the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights:"
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/06/religious-right-seriously-flipping-supreme-court-ruling-favor-lgbtq-rights/* "This Is How Today's SCOTUS Decision Doesn't Protect LGBTQ+ People:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/6/15/how-todays-scotus-decision-doesnt-protect-lgbtq-people* "There’s a giant loophole in the historic Supreme Court ruling which means not all LGBT+ Americans are protected:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-loophole-human-rights-campaign/* "Gorsuch, Conservative Favorite Appointed by Trump, Leads Way on Landmark Decision:"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/politics/gorsuch-supreme-court-gay-transgender-rights.html* "Alphonso David - The Supreme Court's Monumental LGBTQ Ruling and the Human Rights Campaign:"
( Embed: )* "Republican senator quotes JK Rowling’s essay on trans people to shut down a vote on LGBT+ rights:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/jk-rowlings-lgbt-rights-trans-essay-republican-senator-james-lankford-equality-act-supreme-court-discrimination/* "Chicago PD: Man Killed Trans Woman, Returned to Scene, Shot Her Again:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/18/chicago-pd-man-killed-trans-woman-returned-scene-shot-her-again* "Half a million demand justice for Tete Gulley, a Black trans woman found hanged whose death has been labelled suicide:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/tete-gulley-black-trans-woman-violence-murder-suicide-portland-oregon-police/* "Grindr cannibal who ‘mutilated and ate the testicles’ of Kevin Bacon accused of yet another horrific hook-up attack:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/grindr-cannibal-kevin-bacon-mark-latunski-james-carlsen-michigan-murder-bdsm/* "Two arguments often made about current topics that piss me off:"
https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3034502.html* "5 Rules For Building a Welcoming Workplace For LGBTQ+ Employees:"
https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/6/15/5-rules-building-welcoming-workplace-lgbtq-employees* "Donald Trump, ever the idiot, just said there was a cure for AIDS. There isn’t:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/donald-trump-ever-the-idiot-just-said-there-was-a-cure-for-aids-there-isnt/* "HIV doctor whose life-saving antibodies were refused says 'humiliating' gay blood ban is fundamentally wrong:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/uk-blood-ban-gay-hiv-doctor-coronavirus-blood-plasma/* CW: Human Remains "A Virtual Tour of the Mütter Museum:"
( Embed: )* "What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!):"
( Embed: )* Now available in my state! Seriously, I want to be fertilizer, not pollution when I die. "ECO-DEATH TAKEOVER: Changing the Funeral Industry:"
( Embed: )* "Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family:"
( Embed: )* "How Philadelphia Handled the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Caitlin Doughty:"
( Embed: )* CW: Human Remains "The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead:"
( Embed: )* "Should This Funeral Director Be Forgiven?:"
( Embed: )* "Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen:"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/climate/virus-emissions-reopening.html* "Trump administration proposes rolling back protections for big tech:"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-230-idUSKBN23O29D* "Ancient Rome Thrived When the Empire Welcomed Immigrants. We Should Remember What Happened When That Changed:"
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-rome-thrived-empire-welcomed-183037857.html* "The Queer Canon:"
https://www.scribd.com/article/449064894/The-Queer-Canon* "Activist Miss Major Recounts the First Night at the Stonewall Riots:"
https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/5/31/activist-miss-major-recounts-first-night-stonewall-riots* "Gilbert Baker, iconic designer of the Pride flag, was a misunderstood ‘free spirit’ bullied for his sexuality:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/gilbert-baker-gay-pride-flag-designer-lgbt-who-designed/* "The House That Sylvia Built:"
https://www.scribd.com/article/449064889/The-House-That-Sylvia-Built* "10 LGBTQ+ People You Should Know About:"
( Embed: )* I don't agree with everything she says, but she's an elder and an activist and lived a hard life. "A Vietnam Veteran on Growing Up Transgender:"
https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/05/felicia-elizondo-transgender-rights.html* "James Baldwin’s Blueprint For the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement:"
https://www.out.com/activism/2019/5/22/james-baldwins-blueprint-lgbtq-rights-movement* "5 of the most iconic queer heroes from history who deserve their own statues immediately:"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/british-lgbt-heroes-gay-lesbian-trans-history/* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 1:"
( Embed: )* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 2:"
( Embed: )* "Who Runs The World? Apparently This Guy. Meet Reference Man:"
( Embed: )* "Facial Recognition:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Can't Spin His Choice Of Juneteenth For Tulsa Rally, Pushes It Back A Day:"
( Embed: )* "The Supreme Court's DACA Decision:"
( Embed: )* "Bombshells from John Bolton's Book:"
( Embed: )* "Dul-Sayin' - Observing Juneteenth:"
( Embed: )* "Quaker Drops Aunt Jemima, a Siri Shortcut Records Police & Trump Sues Over John Bolton's Tell-All:"
( Embed: )* "The Coronavirus Returns to New Zealand and China, COVID-19 Research & Trump Downplays the Pandemic:"
( Embed: )* "Trump's Tepid Executive Order & Police Reform in America:"
( Embed: )* "Conquistador Statue Conflict, the NFL Supports Colin Kaepernick & Walmart Unlocks Beauty Products:"
( Embed: )* "Supreme Court Victory for LGBTQ Employees, Global Black Lives Matter Marches & Trump's Rally Dilemma:"
( Embed: )* "Black Pumas "Fast Car":"
( Embed: )* "Avi Kaplan - Change on the Rise:"
( Embed: )* "Neil Patrick Harris - Sugar Daddy (Hedwig and the Angry Inch):"
( Embed: )* Friday a week ago I woke up with the shakes which is a thing that happens. It basically means I have almost no spoons, but he causes are various. It's my body giving leaving the bed a hard veto. Experience suggests that trying to push it is a terrible idea and the best course of action is to try again in an hour or two. This time it took two naps, not one, which is a bad sign.
I was still not right when I did emerge, but what was going on was not immediately apparent. My lungs have been cruddy for a couple of days and my eyes ache and itch, but also they mowed Wednesday and it's allergy season and I'm a lung patient, so let's hope maybe allergies, but the nastier alternative looms as a possiblity. Thursday was a massive sleep disruption which in itself could be causal. The sinus pain and headache are back in force.
The problem is, by morning the headache had morphed in a way that suggests pathogen, and I was queasy and running a mild fever. That is definitely malaise and while my body aches just generally on every given day, this set of body aches is suggestive.
I still have a sense of smell and it's a very low grade fever, so fingers crossed.
Saturday: I'm definitely sick, which is a nuisance and slowing me way the fuck down, but it's familiar kind of sick. My suspicion is influenza that's mutated just enough that last fall's shot only gives partial coverage. This usually doesn't take as long as June to happen, so yay, physical distancing. so I'm shaking and generally ick, but the fever is staying low, and the symptoms are manageable. The rain really helped my sinuses and cleared about half the lung crud, by knocking the allergens out of the air, so today is a bit better than yesterday.
I'm not particularly worried at this point, just irritated at how little work I got done yesterday.
* The fuck Happened to me and particularly the aggregate this week? I ain'n't dead, obviously. My belief that the illness was a nuisance pathogen rather than a dangerous or deadly one was correct. This year's flu was particularly nasty, I'm told. I always get my flu shot very early, because, you know, medically fragile. Coronaviruses mutate fast. Influenza? a coronavirus. Normally they mutate enough for me not to be quite covered earlier in the season, but physical distancing slowed influenza way the fuck down. This one came with an extra nasty headache and my shitty immune system is more interested in own goals then fighting the other team, so it wore me the fuck out and I had to spend an annoying amount of time resting or in too much pain to really concentrate. It's also allergy season and we had landscaping this week and not enough rain. I'd gauge about half the lung involvement is allergen related, as when there was rain that's how much better they were.
It sucks, but even with the Covid resurging not all that scary.
Still, I'd start working on the aggregate, post some links on tumblr, and then have to go to bed, so the aggregate's a mess at this point. Sorry.
* Friday: Case in point. Thursday I did my tumblr programming and prep work for aggregate, but was taken suddenly dizzy when I ought to have been posting backlogged links and had to go to bed. Also, the headache came back, though my lungs are no worse. I'm very ick today generally, but managing.
* The car went to honest mechanic Monday, but they are having construction so it's chaos over there. We got him back Wednesday. Me: The fuck is that smell? Five minutes Later: Oh duh! The disinfected the wheel and controls.
He's doing fine. His connector thingies are clean and he has a new battery.
A benefactor has sent money, so all the bills for the month are covered, plus taxes, and I'll be ordering cat food likely Monday.
The apartment is a mess and I'm still a little ill, but this is normal and I'll be okay.
* My Tumblr follower count was 1361 on 6/18. Fellow 14th century geeks and plague watchers will know that this is smack in the middle of the second great plague pandemic: aka the mortality of children, since a majority of second wave dead were under 20. Extend a little imagination and empathy. Picture the horror of that: A generation that saw 30-60% or the people they knew die a horrible, painful death; that were forced to bury their dead en mass with little or no chance to mourn, survives. They knit society back together, they spend most of a decade having children and rebuilding farms and businesses in the aftermath. Things are looking up, and Bam! The next wave hits and their children and grandchildren start dying.
I think about the Great Pestilence a lot these days.
Yersina pestis didn't just go away: It came back over and over in waves. There was a major outbreak in India in the '90's and people die of it all over the world still, because you need treatment fairly quickly even with modern antibiotics, particularly with pneumonic and septicemic, and your first thought on getting a piercing headache or symptoms of a fever, even in a place where it's endemic like new Mexico, is not "I must have plague! Better go to the hospital." 2018 was a really good year for the US with only one case and no deaths, but 4 people out of sixteen cases died in 2015, which was a bad year. I don't have world figures at my finger tips, but people still die of it somewhere every year, and this is a bacteria where antibiotic treatment is effective and we know a fuck of a lot about it. Just saying. Go on tell the families of the people who died in the 1994 outbreak that the plague just went away after the first wave burnt out 'round about 1351. It would certainly have been a surprise bit of news to the people dying of it in 1665, or 1361.
Just a thing to think about: how rare disease eradication is and how fucking heartbreaking a second wave can be.
* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:"
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* Organizations to help trans folk:
https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:"
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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
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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:
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:"
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