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* "‘Then I Heard a Boom’: Heavy Weapons Take Toll on Civilians in Armenia-Azerbaijan Clash:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/world/europe/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh.html

* "Kyrgyzstan PM resigns amid election protests:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54432037

* "Nerve Agent Was Used to Poison Navalny, Chemical Weapons Body Confirms:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/world/europe/navalny-opcw-russia-novichok.html

* "Susan Nicholson death: Fresh inquest appeal over police murder probe:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-54431150

* "Police arrest 10 people after four drug-related deaths in north-east England:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/05/police-issue-drugs-warning-as-four-die-in-north-east-england

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* "Risk Factors for Hospitalization, Mechanical Ventilation, or Death Among Veterans With SARS-CoV-2:" https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770946?utm_campaign=articlePDF&utm_medium=articlePDFlink&utm_source=articlePDF&utm_content=jamanetworkopen.2020.22310

* "Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients:" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/hidden-immune-weakness-found-14-gravely-ill-covid-19-patients

* "Scientists trace severe COVID-19 to faulty genes and autoimmune condition - News:" https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/29183-severe-covid-19-faulty-genes-autoimmune-condition/

* "Coronavirus: Paris to shut bars and raise alert to maximum:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54413563

* "Coronavirus in Senegal: Keeping Covid-19 at bay:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/embed/p08mqgxz/54388340

* "Coronavirus: German cities issue 35,000 fines to rulebreakers:" https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-german-cities-issue-35000-fines-to-rulebreakers/a-55150482

* "Thousands Protest Anti-Coronavirus Restrictions in Germany Over Weekend:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-10-04/thousands-protest-anti-coronavirus-restrictions-in-germany-over-weekend

* "Covid hospital cases jump nearly 25% in England:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54441133

* "Test error 'should never have happened' - Hancock:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54422505

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/6/20 are 7,493,000. The death toll is 211,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "The F.D.A. releases stricter guidelines for vaccine developers after a holdup at the White House.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/world/the-fda-releases-stricter-guidelines-for-vaccine-developers-after-a-holdup-at-the-white-house.html

* "White House declines offers from CDC to help with contact tracing:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/white-house-contact-tracing/index.html

* "Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-covid-19-restaurant-workers-quarantine-after-fundraiser/

* "One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/politics/trump-valet-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html

* "White House event for families of deceased U.S. troops thrust into new light after admiral’s coronavirus diagnosis:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/10/06/joint-chiefs-isolation-after-coast-guard-admiral-tests-positive-coronavirus-pentagon-says/

* "Top military leaders in quarantine after Coast Guard admiral tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/coast-guard-covid-positive-426799

* "Top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/stephen-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus/index.html

* "List of positive Covid cases at White House grows at alarming rate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-cases-show-rapid-rate-of-covid-spread-at-white-house-93310533705

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* "“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President’s COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/don-jr-thinks-trump-is-acting-crazy-presidents-covid-joyride-has-family-divided

* "Donald Trump’s gay niece, Mary Trump, reveals president sees illness as ‘an unforgivable weakness’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/05/mary-trump-donald-trump-coronavirus-illness-weakness/

* Andrew Weissmann extended interview:

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* "Eric Trump deposed in New York probe into family business:" https://www.axios.com/eric-trump-deposed-new-york-14366fb9-19b0-4e60-9f42-0bcaa6495608.html

* "Trump ends coronavirus relief talks amid stalemate with Pelosi:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/trump-ends-coronavirus-relief-talks-amid-stalemate-with-pelosi-426819

* "Rep. Ocasio-Cortez warns of severe fallout as Trump rejects new Covid relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/severe-fallout-feared-as-trump-rejects-new-covid-relief-93308997868

* "Elect Joe Biden, America:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/opinion/joe-biden-2020-nytimes-endorsement.html

* "Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/plexiglass-harris-and-pence-vp-debate-426514

* "Along With The Affordable Care Act, Pa. Election Case Up For Review By United States Supreme Court:" https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/01/pennsylvania-election-case-up-for-review-by-united-states-supreme-court/

* "Two Texas lawsuits challenge governor's restrictions on ballot drop-off locations:" https://www.kmov.com/two-texas-lawsuits-challenge-governors-restrictions-on-ballot-drop-off-locations/article_bb8cb353-9047-57fc-8902-3c64d4c387aa.html

* "Facebook Amps Up Its Crackdown on QAnon:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/technology/facebook-qanon-crackdown.html

* "Nursing student Michelle Ramos Vargas becomes 30th known trans person to be killed in the United States so far this year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/05/michelle-ramos-vargas-transgender-killed-puerto-rico-united-states-human-rights-campaign/

* "'Incredible journey': Loggerhead turtle, released from 20 years in captivity, swims 37,000km to Australia:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-07/yoshi-turtle-journey-tracked-37000km-from-cape-town-to-australia/12024088

* "A lonely otter at a sanctuary finds love online through a dating site built just for him:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/04/us/lonely-otter-finds-love-trnd/index.html

* "Flooding hits six million people in East Africa:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54433904

* "Wind farms could power every home by 2030:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54421489

* "Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/style/kenzo-takada-dead.html

* "20 'Then And Now' Pics That Show How Time Changes Things:" https://www.demilked.com/then-and-now-photos-rephotography/

* "Trump Gets COVID-19 & The White House Offers Mixed Messages:"

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* "Melania Trump Hates Christmas:"

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* "Achoober: The Ride Sharing Service For Contagious Covid Patients:"

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* "Trump Says "Don't Let It Dominate Your Life," Returns To The White House Still Infected With Covid:"

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* "Trump Expected To Resume Hosting Indoor Mask-Free Campaign Rallies:"

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* I am tired. I was planning to go to bed early and then I got caught up in writing a big thing elsewhere about the class implications of bread in the medieval-Early modern era and also mincemeat because the evolution of mincemeat pie is fascinating, and...

And I got hardly any sleep, because I had to be up, dressed, and coherent when the nice social worker lady called. It's the annual assess patient needs/medical situation/services call. she's going to try to wrangle be some things that might help, but it's mostly long shot. The issue is that I can mostly get around under my own power and bath myself, but the arm deterioration in particular is causing me massive problems as far as essential housework. I'm sort of on the bubble for the more serious services.

Anyway, I'm massively behind on news and I actually paused the aggregation and went back for more articles I'd read while prepping to post. It's not nearly enough, but I really do need good sleep tonight and that means wrapping the aggregate before it doubles again.

It looks like we are doing a zoom party for my birthday, which is what we did for my oldest consecutive RL friend a while back. One way or another, I'm having cake here, damnit. There's not going to be secret pumpkins or any of the usual stuff, since me and Squirrel shopping for Gothmas gifts to give out to guests can't happen. We may get outside decorations if things work out car and scheduling wise, but I can't physically manage the interior display myself anymore, though I am terribly tempted to try. Normally I do the interior stuff in September and I'd have outside up a week ago. I'll miss it.

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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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid

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* "Who Is Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s Unlikely Opposition Leader?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.html

* "Leo Varadkar just leapt to the defence of white, middle class men slap-bang in the middle of a global civil rights movement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/leo-varadkar-ireland-white-middle-class-men-fine-gael-twitter-backlash-sinn-fein/

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* "U.S. reports highest number of covid-19 deaths in one day since mid-May:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-reports-highest-number-of-covid-19-deaths-in-one-day-since-mid-may/2020/08/12/4cafe146-dcae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

* "Trump adds coronavirus adviser who echoes his unscientific claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/scott-atlas-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html

* Can we stop forcing reopening now? "Rushing reopening could have devastating consequences, Dr. Fauci says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/12/masks-florida-ban-billy-woods/

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* "US proposes change to shower rules after Trump's hair-washing moan:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/us-shower-pressure-trump-hair-water

* "Negotiators 'miles apart' on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/coronavirus-relief-talks-394829

* They aren't even pretending anymore. "Kudlow: Money for voting rights is a ‘really liberal left’ wish list item:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/kudlow-money-voting-rights-liberal-left-wish-list-394715

* "Nancy Pelosi on Trump’s executive actions: ‘What we’re seeing is illusion’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nancy-pelosi-on-trump-s-executive-actions-what-we-re-seeing-is-illusion-89868869771

* "Rev. William Barber says Mitch McConnell, GOP have ‘disdain for the poor and low income’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-william-barber-says-mitch-mcconnell-gop-have-disdain-for-the-poor-and-low-income-89870917683

* "Sherrod Brown calls Republican inaction on COVID-19 relief ‘cruel, stupid policy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sherrod-brown-calls-republican-inaction-on-covid-relief-cruel-stupid-policy-89869893563

* "Civil society is last line of defense to protect U.S. from Trump authoritarianism:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/civil-society-is-last-line-of-defense-to-preserve-u-s-democracy-90048069944

* "Rice: Overwhelming vote needed to end Trump threat to democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-overwhelming-vote-needed-to-end-trump-threat-to-democracy-89990213891

* "Booker on why Trump’s racist tweet to ‘suburban housewives’ is extra personal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/booker-on-why-trump-s-racist-tweet-to-suburban-housewives-is-extra-personal-90042949812

* "Biden calls for national mask mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-13-20-intl/h_e18c953da1c7e03b79f3e2470cf32005

* Re: Kamala Harris. Given the givens, I think she's a solid choice. He needs someone with a national profile and he said a while ago he was picking a women. Stacey Abrams dropped out of the running herself, as she mentioned in an interview I saw about a week ago. (It doesn't surprise me. Given the level of voter suppression and out right cheating in the governor's race last time around, I'd bet real money she decided she needed to put her full attention into fighting for a fair election this time around. Like, I don't know, but that's ind of her thing.) The mayors on the likely list all had at least some national name recognition, but Lightfoot, and to a certain extent Bottoms, made some serious mistakes after George Floyd, and that's not a help right now. Klobacher would have been shooting himself in the foot, rather like Hillary did with Tim Caine last time only worse, because her prosecutorial record is palling enough to be a serious negative and her only positive is Biden gets along with her. They are about the same level of moderate, but she doesn't bring excitement or a new constituency with her. Honestly, Warren's better in the Senate, than as VP. Susan Rice was a solid option. Really bright, the right sort of stubborn and poise to stand up to the misgynoir that would be heaped on her, because she's weathered it before, and he'd worked well with her in the past, but she's not that charismatic, and turn out is everything right now.

Look folks, I am completely aware of her mixed prosecutorial legacy, but she's a lot better than Klobacher. She's shown a willingness to listen to criticism and learn from it. There's been an upward trend policy wise. She admits her mistakes. (Lack of flexibility was one of Bernie sander's weak points as a candidate. It's one of 45's worse traits. Both Biden and Harris have fucked up quite a bit over the years, but they actually learn and change positions based on new data. Don't discount it).

She's a little week in a bunch of policy areas, but she's incredibly fucking bright and motivated and I trust her to be able and willing to do the kind of work she'll need to do to get up to speed. Don't underestimate this quality either, because it's essential, especially given Biden's age. She has no shortage of mental and physical energy which she is going to need for both the campaign and if they (let us all hope) win. She was one of if not the most left of the moderate candidates in the primary cycle. In an ideal world, would I want more? Yes, but look out your window, we are living in the bad timeline, the one step away from apocalypse in our lifetime times line. Look at the first paragraph: This is as good as it was going to get after they way primary season shook out, and there's a reason she was on my VP short list once Biden looked likely.

I've seen her in debate and questioning witnesses in senate hearings. She will eat Pence (or any other VP 45 is likely to pick) for breakfast. One of the best arguments for her in the primary was that she would likely do the same to 45. The job of the VP is to fight. It's important in the campaign, but exponentially more important in governing. A lot of the vp job is running around behind the scenes and doing the carrot and stick to get votes lined up in congress to push the executive agenda through. (Does this sound like about half of what I said Nancy Pelosi's job was ina bunch of other posts? Yes. That's because most of the leadership jobs in Congress involve some mix of that and fundraising. The VP mostly does that and diplomacy, plus defend the president and show up for functions the President hasn't time for. A lot of real governing is sausage making). She's been senator long enough and has the right kind of relationships to make a kick ass vp as far as sausage making and she's excellent at thinking on her feet and being incredibly fucking tough with the kind of people we'll be up against in the campaign and the next five years. She has thick skin and will be up to handling the misgynoir already being dumped on her from the other side. I don't think the claims that she's a bolshevik are gong to stick, because, um, prosecutor, and a lot of the attacks I'm seeing are going to slide right off because they are about as mind numbingly out of touch with reality.

She can do this job, and she's the best we could reasonably have gotten at this point.

Please, please, let's the fuck elect them. We can push from the left after we get them in. They are rational people we can deal with, who actually think democracy is a good idea and don't want the world to burn, which puts them worlds ahead of what we have now. Don't let the perfect get in the way of good or better.

Are you registered to vote? Have you been illegally kicked off the voter rolls in the latest republican push to kill the right of ordinary people to vote? Go! Check now! While you are at it, order your absentee ballot so you don't have to breath Covid in a six hour line on November 3rd. If you haven't filled out your household census, do that too. It's like an extra five minutes and it does things like get money and congressional representation for your community. It also helps fight Republican gerrymandering.

Don't fuck around with this! Do it now if you haven't already!

* "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put LGBT+ rights front and centre in first public appearance since becoming running mates:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/joe-biden-kamala-harris-lgbt-rights-black-lives-matter-presidential-election-delaware-speech/

* "Pose star Angelica Ross believes Kamala Harris ‘holds herself accountable’ on her uneven trans rights record:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-trans-rights-trangender-pose-angelica-ross-lgbt/

* "Kamala Harris blames Trump for severity of U.S. coronavirus outbreak: He failed to take it 'seriously from the start':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-blames-trump-for-severity-of-us-coronavirus-outbreak-he-failed-to-take-it-seriously-from-the-start.html

* "Kamala Harris describes her incredible fight for marriage equality that changed LGBT+ history in America forever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-marriage-equality-gay-lgbt-same-sex-prop-8-california/

* "Kamala Harris’ new chief of staff is proud Black lesbian and trailblazing political heavyweight Karine Jean-Pierre:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-chief-of-staff-karine-jean-pierre-black-lesbian-joe-biden-democratic-nominee-presidential-election-2020/

* "Right-wing lawyer takes a break from hating queer people to launch a ‘racist’ conspiracy theory against Kamala Harris:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vice-president-racism-birther-conspiracy-theory-newsweek-john-eastman/

* "Maxine Waters on Biden picking Harris: 'You can see that change is taking place':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maxine-waters-on-biden-picking-harris-you-can-see-that-change-is-taking-place-89920581978

* "Cory Booker: Kamala Harris is my sister:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-kamala-harris-is-my-sister-90042949736

* "Howard U. President: Kamala Harris stood on the shoulders of those before her, now she clears a path:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/howard-u-president-kamala-harris-stood-on-the-shoulders-of-those-before-her-now-she-clears-a-path-89921093818

* "Joy: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris ticket belongs to 'the emerging America,' what Trumpism cannot stop:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-joe-biden-kamala-harris-ticket-belongs-to-the-emerging-america-what-trumpism-cannot-stop-89921605626

* "Rep. Karen Bass: Kamala Harris as the VP pick is 'exciting all the way around':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-karen-bass-kamala-harris-as-the-vp-pick-is-exciting-all-the-way-around-89975877764

* "Another QAnon victory and 2 other takeaways in key primary races in Minnesota and Georgia:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics/primary-runoff-highlights-minnesota-georgia/index.html

* "Trump embraces QAnon congressional candidate, calls her ‘a future Republican star’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-embraces-qanon-congressional-candidate-calls-her-a-future-republican-star-89980997827

* "GOP takes step towards dangerous conspiracy theory with a primary win by QAnon supporting candidate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-takes-step-towards-dangerous-conspiracy-theory-with-a-primary-win-by-qanon-supporting-candidate-89976389776

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* "U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG

* "Trump says the USPS is too poorly funded to handle mail-in voting — while opposing additional funding for it:" https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-usps-lacks-funds-mail-votes-opposoes-more-funding-2020-8

* He’s open about this being an attempt to fix the election. "Trump Seemingly Admits Why He’s Blocking Postal Service Funding:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-postal-service-usps-mail-in-voting_n_5f3537a9c5b64cc99fe32d58

* "House Democrats demand Postal Service chief roll back changes ahead of Election Day:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/house-democrats-demand-postal-service-chief-roll-back-changes-ahead-n1236570

* "Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/trump-campaign-voter-fraud-lawsuit-pennsylvania/index.html

* "Postal service changes pose threat to voting, says former USPS deputy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/united-states-postal-service-trump-republicans

* The Republicans claim removing sorting machines, breaking them apart, and throwing them out without replacinng them is essential to both cost savings and efficiency. A toddler could see through it. "The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election

* "Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader:" https://www.salon.com/2020/08/12/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up-union-leader/

* "U.S. postal service reorganization sparks delays, election questions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197

* "Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html

* "Trump's authoritarian leanings threaten to corrupt 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-authoritarian-leanings-threaten-to-corrupt-2020-election-90047045846

* "Trump postmaster downgrading of political mail draws scorn:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-postmaster-downgrading-of-political-mail-draws-scorn-89992773598

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

* I'm not kidding folks. If we lose this election, I don't think we'll have another real one here.

* "1,193 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/us/georgia-school-coronavirus.html

* "New Jersey school district changes course on "fruitless" plan for in-person learning after over 400 teachers opt out:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-school-reopening-plan-new-jersey/

* "Rashad Robinson on How Everyone Wins When Black People Do:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/rashad-robinson-how-everyone-wins-when-black-people-do

* "Pramila Jayapal - How to "Use the Power You Have":"

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* "After the Blast: Lebanon’s Largest LGBTQ+ Group Picks Up the Pieces:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/12/after-blast-lebanons-largest-lgbtq-group-picks-pieces

* "Polish MP labelled ‘lesbian plague’ in threatening letter after powerful show of solidarity with persecuted queer community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-spring-mp-malgorzata-prokop-paczkowska-note-andrzej-duda-homophobia/

* "Trans woman demands to speak to the manager after being misgendered by staff – and it only gets worse from there:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/manchester-misgendered-trans-woman-restaurant-20-stories-spinningfields-jamie-rose-dee/

* "Trans patients are being forced to wait up to 193 weeks for vital healthcare. The NHS target is 18 weeks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/nhs-trans-patients-laurels-gender-identity-clinic-south-west-waiting-list-yeovil-pride/

* "'Harmful and unethical' conversion therapy finally banned in parts of Australia. Meanwhile, the UK twiddles its thumbs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/conversion-therapy-ban-banned-australia-queensland-torture-new-law-steven-miles-boris-johnson/

* "Meanwhile, in Andrzej Duda’s Poland, a gay man was brutally attacked by drunk thugs in broad daylight. And nobody helped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-gay-man-homophobia-attack-warsaw-andrzej-duda-milosz-miklaszewski-police/

* "Ashlee Marie Preston on What’s Next for Black Trans Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/ashlee-marie-preston-whats-next-black-trans-americans

* "Pandemic has driven Americans to depression and drinking, CDC says:" https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-is-devastating-americans-mental-health-cdc-says-170026332.html

* "Mississippi Says Including Giant Mosquito State Flag Redesign Was a Mistake:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/mississippi-giant-mosquito-emblem-state-flag-redesign-mistake.html

* "Beirut Explosion Sparks Protests & Biker Rally Draws Crowds:"

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* "Trump Signs Dubious Executive Orders:"

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* "Trump Tries to Sabotage the U.S. Postal Service :"

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* "How Is This Still a Law? - Citizen's Arrest Edition:"

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* "Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden's VP Pick:"

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* "Republicans Fumble Their Response to Kamala Harris VP Pick:"

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* Wednesday: Props to the Washington State medical System! I got my results back this evening, and I'm negative as expected. I have started my antibiotics as a result and am already queasy. This week and a half is going to suck, above and beyond the off the AS meds for the duration, but I can't afford to fuck around in a Plague Summer. I still have to go in for a doctor thing Friday for meds revision at the worst time of the day sleep wise, but this could all be much worse.

I got four phone calls today. I had just started to drift off when one of the usual scammers woke me. Unless there is a real emergency (someone in the hospital or dead) or a prior arrangement (like an airport pick up), no one legitimate phones at 7:09AM. About an our later a fucking Police PAC woke me up spewing robot generated hate and fear. Fuck those guys! Second number blocked. The other two were medical and completely reasonable. I was up, medicated, and dressed by the time the COVID test people called.

Alas, no cats came for bed pets. It's a work in progress.

* Friday: I very nearly finished the aggregate in time to go to my Doctor's appointment. Nearly is not did, alas.

She wants to make sure the rotater cuff isn't actually injured, before trying AS mitigation on the shoulder joint, so I had to go get rather a lot of x-rays. I get a shoulder ultrasound late next week, after which we'll see about sorting it one way or the other.

I am so used to things like this not having much that can be done beyond what I'm already doing, that it startled me when it turned out there actually might be things that could be done.

She wanted to double check some things before switching muscle relaxants, but odds are Monday or Wednesday, I'll have something I can use more often than every two or three days.

I had next to no sleep and an online social engagement that precluded me working as drugged as I need to be not to curl up in a ball and weep from the pain and nausea. The amount of holding my arm in extremely painful positions involved in the x-ray process really fucked up the shoulder again and I'm back in the sling. I'm going to post the aggregate, do bath and lungs and then go to bed. sorry about not doing any Friday news and the lateness of the Tuesday/Wednesday aggregate.

* "Alone Together Episode 2 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson & Cirroc Lofton:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 3 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Nana Visitor:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 4 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman:"

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

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "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://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* 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/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* 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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* 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

* "Vladimir Putin’s homophobic reign to continue until 2036 as same-sex marriage ban ‘used as distraction’ in power-grab vote:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/russia-referendum-constitution-results-vladimir-putin-2036-same-sex-marriage/

* "Amazon fires at 13-year high for June:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53262565

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* "Coronavirus Victoria: 73 new Covid-19 cases reported as 36 Melbourne suburbs return to lockdown:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/01/coronavirus-victoria-73-new-covid-19-cases-reported-as-36-melbourne-suburbs-return-to-lockdown

* "Another day of record coronavirus cases as more states rethink mask mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "Coronavirus cases rose by nearly 50 percent last month, led by states that reopened first:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-cases-rose-by-nearly-50-percent-last-month-led-by-states-that-reopened-first/2020/07/01/3337f1ec-bb96-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html

* "U.S. sets record for new coronavirus cases, surpassing 55,000:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/02/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

* "‘National humiliation’: Chris Hayes compares U.S. coronavirus crisis to rest of world:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-national-humiliation-chris-hayes-compares-u-s-coronavirus-crisis-to-rest-of-world-86946373788

* "U.S. still burdened by Trump admin failure to make a testing plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-still-burdened-by-trump-admin-failure-to-make-a-testing-plan-86953029898

* "History repeats as Trump admin fails to fix PPE shortage crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/history-repeats-as-trump-admin-fails-to-fix-ppe-shortage-crisis-86952005889

* "As coronavirus cases soar, Texas issues statewide order requiring face coverings:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/texas-issues-state-wide-order-requiring-face-coverings.html

* "Santa Clara County meeting that exposed 40 principals to coronavirus raises red flags:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/More-than-40-Bay-Area-school-principals-in-15381335.php

* "Herman Cain is receiving treatment for coronavirus at an Atlanta hospital:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/herman-cain-coronavirus/index.html

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* "Is Trump Trying to Kill Us All?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/30/trump-trying-kill-us-all

* "The RNC Is Paying a Former Apprentice Hand Accused of Having Trump Dirt:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rnc-is-paying-a-former-apprentice-hand-chuck-labella-accused-of-having-trump-dirt

* "Duckworth to hold up confirmations to ensure impeachment witness Vindman's promotion isn't blocked:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/02/tammy-duckworth-alexander-vindman-military-nominees-348183

* "U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of NY Stepping Down, Office Says:" https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2020/07/03/brooklyn-us-attorney-leaving-post-at-the-edny

* "Trump ambassadors sold stocks as president downplayed pandemic and virus was spreading:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/coronavirus-update-trump-ambassadors-sold-stocks-as-president-downplayed-pandemic.html

* "Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/climate/trump-dorian-noaa-investigation.html

* "Mike Pence, who ‘really believes all lives matter’, wants Trump to win so he can appoint more conservative justices:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/30/mike-pence-all-lives-matter-black-supreme-court-conservative-justices-donald-trump/

* "Unemployment rate won't recover for the next decade, CBO projects:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/economy/congressional-budget-office-projections-economy/index.html

* "Jon Stewart: Joe Biden, Humbled By Grief, May Be The Leader America Needs Right Now:"

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* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Alabama Mayor Resigns After Denouncing Black Lives Matter:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/03/anti-lgbtq-alabama-mayor-resigns-after-denouncing-black-lives-matter

* "Wake Up, White People: America is Drowning in 400 Years of Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/30/wake-white-people-america-drowning-400-years-racism

* "Dr. Ibram X. Kendi: Creating A More Equitable Society Is In White Americans' Self Interest:"

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* "Sen. Cory Booker Is Pushing for Real Changes:"

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* "Bigoted historian David Starkey dropped by publisher and loses coveted Cambridge title after 'indefensible' racist rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/03/david-starkey-racist-racism-damn-blacks-cambridge-university-publisher-harper-collins/

* TW: Pedophilia "Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate, arrested for recruiting and abusing girls in sex-trafficking ring:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein/index.html

* TW: Pedophilia "Epstein’s confidant Ghislaine Maxwell charged in sex abuse probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/epstein-s-confidant-ghislaine-maxwell-charged-in-sex-abuse-probe-86946373974

* TW: Pedophilia "New York attorney general reaches $19m settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/new-york-attorney-general-harvey-weinstein-lawsuit-settlement

* "A trans person was stoned and bottled by teenage thugs in a suspected hate attack, for the simple crime of walking their dog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/trans-transgender-hate-attack-sutton-coldfield-birmingham-streetly/

* "Leaders from every major religion join forces to fight homophobia, end conversion therapy and protect trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/30/religion-lgbt-homophobia-conversion-therapy-ozanne-foundation-islam-christianity-judaism/

* "Town officials refused to recognize Pride Month because it didn’t include ‘Straight Pride’. So locals got creative:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/emo-ontario-canada-pride-month-straight-flag-borderland/

* "Deplorable conversion therapy doctor unashamedly describes how he ‘treats’ gay people for their ‘sexual deviations’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/jordan-conversion-therapy-psychiatrist-doctor-mohamed-al-dabbas-middle-east-honour-killing-homosexuality/

* "Trump administration strikes abhorrent new rule to ’empower’ homeless shelters to turn away vulnerable trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/trump-administration-homeless-shelters-trans-hud-ben-carson-equal-access-rule/

* TW: Death Threats "Facebook refused to take down posts threatening to murder queer people because they ‘didn't contradict standards':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/facebook-hate-speech-policy-posts-lgbt-people-murder-boycott/

* "Black Trans Woman in Critical Condition After L.A. Shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/02/black-trans-woman-critical-condition-after-la-shooting

* "Transphobia Killed Her Daughter, But Her Legacy Lives In New State Law:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/7/02/transphobia-killed-her-daughter-her-legacy-lives-new-state-law

* "Restaurant worker pelted with homophobic abuse, brutally beaten and kicked in the mouth. His boss fired him for it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/burgerfi-miami-beach-restaurant-homophobia-jaquan-walker-homophobic-attack-police/

* "Seattle Might Rename One of Their Schools After Marsha P. Johnson:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/30/seattle-might-rename-one-their-schools-after-marsha-p-johnson

* "Polyamorous Relationships Granted Rights in Massachusetts City:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/02/polyamorous-relationships-granted-rights-massachusetts-city

* "Could In-Home Tests Be the Secret to Ending Cervical Cancer?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/01/could-home-tests-be-secret-ending-cervical-cancer

* TW: Suicide "Mental health groups report huge surge in numbers of LGBT+ people at risk of suicide during lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/03/lgbt-suicide-rate-increase-coronavirus-pandemic/

* TW: Dead Bodies. "ICONIC CORPSE: The "Diva Corpse" Lady Dai:"

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* TW: Dead Bodies. "ICONIC CORPSE: 93 Years of Vladimir Lenin:"

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* TW: Dead Bodies. "How to Tell if Your Saint is Incorrupt:"

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* "Trump Stoked A Culture War Over Masks That Put Everyone At Risk, Even The Secret Service:"

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* Chuck Tingle has masks! https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/1278712658301038598/

* This is beautiful. "This Contact Sword Routine is Absolutely Mesmerizing:" https://twistedsifter.com/videos/amazing-contact-swords-routine-by-titos-firedancer/

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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:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* 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/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* 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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* 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

* "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

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* 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

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* "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":"

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* "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

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* "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:"

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* "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:"

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* "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:"

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* "What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!):"

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* Now available in my state! Seriously, I want to be fertilizer, not pollution when I die. "ECO-DEATH TAKEOVER: Changing the Funeral Industry:"

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* "Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family:"

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* "How Philadelphia Handled the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Caitlin Doughty:"

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* CW: Human Remains "The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead:"

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* "Should This Funeral Director Be Forgiven?:"

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* "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:"

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* 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:"

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* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 2:"

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* "Who Runs The World? Apparently This Guy. Meet Reference Man:"

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* "Facial Recognition:"

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* "Trump Can't Spin His Choice Of Juneteenth For Tulsa Rally, Pushes It Back A Day:"

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* "The Supreme Court's DACA Decision:"

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* "Bombshells from John Bolton's Book:"

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* "Dul-Sayin' - Observing Juneteenth:"

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* "Quaker Drops Aunt Jemima, a Siri Shortcut Records Police & Trump Sues Over John Bolton's Tell-All:"

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* "The Coronavirus Returns to New Zealand and China, COVID-19 Research & Trump Downplays the Pandemic:"

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* "Trump's Tepid Executive Order & Police Reform in America:"

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* "Conquistador Statue Conflict, the NFL Supports Colin Kaepernick & Walmart Unlocks Beauty Products:"

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* "Supreme Court Victory for LGBTQ Employees, Global Black Lives Matter Marches & Trump's Rally Dilemma:"

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* "Black Pumas "Fast Car":"

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* "Avi Kaplan - Change on the Rise:"

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* "Neil Patrick Harris - Sugar Daddy (Hedwig and the Angry Inch):"

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* 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:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* "'Sesame Street' Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride With Rainbow Muppet Message:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2020/6/11/sesame-street-celebrates-lgbtq-pride-rainbow-muppet-message

* "Reclaiming Their Time:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064904/Reclaiming-Their-Time

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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:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* 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 Charles Booker: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-cb-dd-google?refcode=ads-dd-google-20200602-ad02&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6SGian06QIVkxatBh0bFQVPEAAYASAAEgIjnPD_BwE

* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* 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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* 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:
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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

* "First Transgender Boarding School Opens In India:" http://www.newnownext.com/india-transgender-school/12/2016/?utm=share_twitter

* "Trump, Putin & journalists under attack:"

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* Refuting the lies about repeal. "Unpacking GOP promises on Obamacare repeal:"

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* 45 fantasized on twitter that President Obama personally had him wiretapped during the election even though the President doesn't have the power to do that. We know 45 always accuses others of doing whatever horrible thing he himself is doing or planning to do, so I am now wondering who he is trying to get wire tapped, presumable through Comey or Sessions. There is also the question of why so paranoid? What illegal, damning thing was he doing just before the election that has him so worried that he's inventing this story about Obama in the middle of the night?

Look, I am 100% against warrantless wiretapping, but I also know I've never done anything illegal on a phone and anyone tapping me would get me repeatedly telling phone beggars I'm on a fixed income don't call again, a bunch of pharmacy voicemails about boring prescription renewals, and a scattering of doctor appointment calls and people telling me they are running late or no coming. If they are tapping me, they are bored the fuck to tears. I don't lie awake at night terrorized over it, nor do I run around accusing innocent people of targeting me personally based on things I dreamed or made up.

* "Trump transition team canceled plan for ethics training for staff: report:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321946-trump-transition-team-canceled-plan-for-ethics-training-for-his-staff

* "One on one with Rep. Maxine Waters:"

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* "Selma anniversary marks new voting rights fight:"

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* He got nasty with children because they were more intelligent than him and better informed about the repercussions of education policy than he was. "Dallas senator gets salty with Richardson students during a school choice talk:" http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/02/27/sen-don-huffines-gets-salty-richardsonstudents-discussion-school-choice

* "GOP Rep Says Holding Town Halls Is Like Being Yelled At In A Ritual By 'Orientals':" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-bost-town-halls-are-like-being-yelled-at-by-orientals?utm_content=bufferff515&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* "The Many-Headed Hydra Of Republican Hypocrisy:" http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/02/23/the-many-headed-hydra-of-republican-hypocrisy/

* "Defense Against the Dark Arts: Networked Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda:" https://medium.com/tow-center/defense-against-the-dark-arts-networked-propaganda-and-counter-propaganda-deb7145aa76a#.11kzwqooi

* "Immigrants fear crackdown under Trump:"

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* He thinks a black man voluntarily wearing an earring is as bad as slavery. O.o "E.W. Jackson: Men Wearing Earrings Is A Plot By Racist White Liberals To Emasculate Black Men :" http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-men-wearing-earrings-is-a-plot-by-racist-white-liberals-to-emasculate-black-men/

* "Arrest Made In Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow Murder Case:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/03/arrest-made-in-jamie-lee-wounded-arrow.html

* "Girl at a Bar - SNL:"

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* "Jeff Sessions Gump Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Republican Movie Trailer - SNL:"

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* I've said before that my ballet education is spotty. My ballet education growing up was how to dance and whatever happened to be in TV in my region in the 70's and '80's, plus one trip to see Carmina Burana and the Trocks in person. The tragedy of me watching ballet is I can never enjoy watching it the way I did dancing it, but I have been watching it this year. I'd never even heard of Ashton until 6 months ago, though I certainly knew who Pepita, Nijinsky, and Balanchine were. If Ashton was on TV when I was young, I never noticed. My first exposure was a few clips before Christmas. My first full ballet of his was La Fille Mal Gardée a month or two ago. It was fascinating in it's way (Dancing Chickens! Giant dancing cock!), but the costumes and set were rather busy, which I felt detracted from the dancing. The dancing was so hard I got exhausted just watching. Seriously, I could feel the ache of the choreography in my muscles. It's fast and complex and the sort of thing that takes a huge about of endurance. I could tell just watching it, that you needed a really strong grounding in the less glamorous bits of ballet, huge self discipline, and soooo much practice to make it work and look right. I am absolutely not saying the Royal ballet dancers made it look hard, because they didn't, they were trying to make it look light and fun the way one is meant to. I am saying that I may have forgotten a lot of the vocabulary, but my body remembers what dancing felt like watching that choreography I imagined the ache and burn in the legs after practice. I am a philistine, but I know enough to be impressed even when the aesthetics aren't to my taste.

Anyway, I spent the evening watching the Trocks, followed by an Ashton sampler that was recommended to me. The Trocks were the Trocks, fun and impressive the way Trocks are always fun and impressive. The Ashton Celebration... wow. I am watching these pieces with zero context, as I'm not seen the ballets they are from, have no idea what the plot is or why what is happening is happening. The set is a very simple backdrop, the costumes so far are lovely and elegant. (I did not quite finish before coming out to eat.) The much simpler setting and the easier to look at more harmonious costumes made it so much easier to focus properly on the dancing, which is excellent and impressive. The second piece, a pas de deux from Thaïs, was incredibly moving even though I had no information about what story in fit into, but really, the three I've watched so far were a joy to watch even if they did make my legs ache in sympathy.

* "Pig Person 6:" http://sinfest-mod.livejournal.com/1109711.html

* Cersei and Sex: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/157566048617/do-you-think-that-another-reason-why-cersei-has

* "Legion Moves Focus to Its Supporting Cast:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/legion-moves-focus-supporting-cast/

* The Expanse: I love the world building, the Complexity of the politics, the multiple viewpoints, but most especially Chrisjen Avasarala who appears to be the depiction of a woman in power i have been waiting for.

* "The Expanse Gives Us Zombie Terminators:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/the-expanse-s02-e06/


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

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