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* "'Liberate Hong Kong' slogan banned as protesters lie low:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/02/hong-kong-protesters-laying-low-following-mass-arrests-china

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* "As world approaches 10 million coronavirus cases, doctors see hope in new treatments:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lessons-special-re/special-report-as-world-approaches-10-million-coronavirus-cases-doctors-see-hope-in-new-treatments-idUSKBN23X1I5

* "Arizona GOP Rep. Calls For WH Coronavirus Task Force To Be Disbanded:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/andy-biggs-arizona-disband-white-house-coronavirus-task-force

* "Surge in state COVID-19 cases driven by eastern Washington:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Surge-in-state-COVID-19-cases-driven-by-eastern-15384897.php

* "COVID-19 spikes linked to GOP leaders Arizona congressman asserts:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/arizona-congressman-laments-gop-leadership-linked-covid-19-spikes-87024197686

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* "Former diplomat: U.S. looks ‘stupid’ on Russian bounties response:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-not-addressing-russian-bounties-analyzed-by-former-diplomat-87023173913

* "The Unraveling of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2020-07-03/unraveling-us-south-korean-alliance

* "Trump Is Throwing a Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show. What Could Go Wrong?:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-mount-rushmore-fireworks-show-what-could-go-wrong.html

* "At Mount Rushmore, Trump exploits social divisions, warns of ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ in dark speech ahead of Independence Day:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mount-rushmore-fireworks/2020/07/03/af2e84f6-bd25-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html

* "Trump’s Mount Rushmore trip decried by Native American activists:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-trip-to-mount-rushmore-protested-by-native-americans-87019077763

* "Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist Enough:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trump-is-losing-2020-polls-racism-black-lives-matter.html

* "Manhattan prosecutor pick ducks questions about Barr's job offer:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/jay-clayton-sdny-bill-barr-339888

* "Barber slams ‘scarcity of will’ for economic issues plaguing U.S.:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-touts-4-8-million-new-jobs-despite-50-million-jobs-lost-87027269816

* "How the American Worker Got Fleeced:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-the-fleecing-of-the-american-worker/

* "For Maine Lobstermen, a Perfect Storm Threatens the Summer Season:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/maine-lobster-summer-virus.html

* "Colleges Face Rising Revolt by Professors:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/coronavirus-college-professors.html

* "The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/21/880958665/the-latest-pandemic-shortage-coins-are-the-new-toilet-paper

* "White evangelical approval of Trump slips, but eight-in-ten say they would vote for him:" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/01/white-evangelical-approval-of-trump-slips-but-eight-in-ten-say-they-would-vote-for-him/

* "GOP candidate is latest linked to QAnon conspiracy theory:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/gop-candidate-is-latest-linked-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-2/

* "Mississippi could drop Jim Crow-era statewide voting process:" https://apnews.com/dc57e6e1b01c5a18af058d587daa2e11

* "The Voting Disaster Ahead:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/voter-suppression-novembers-looming-election-crisis/613408/

* "Mayor Muriel Bowser: Make D.C. a State!:"

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* "Police: 2 women hit by car on Seattle highway amid protest:" https://apnews.com/741b01da9ce010717df1afca30afe09e

* "WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers:" https://thehackernews.com/2020/06/wikileaks-lulzsec-anonymous-hackers.html

* "Fact check: Breaking down Trump's false claims about DACA and the Supreme Court's ruling:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/fact-check-trump-daca-supreme-court-tweets/index.html

* "The Immigration System Is Set To Come To A Near Halt, And No One Is Paying Attention:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigration-system-budget-cuts

* "He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/he-built-a-privately-funded-border-wall-its-already-at-risk-of-falling-down-if-not-fixed

* "Trump tweets about plan for BLM mural in front of his Tower:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/trump-tweets-about-plan-for-blm-mural-in-front-of-his-tower/

* "Fact-checking Trump's references to the anti-police chant 'pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/fact-check-trump-pigs-blanket-black-lives-matter/index.html

* "An Anti-Racist West Point:" https://medium.com/an-anti-racist-west-point/an-anti-racist-west-point-a26fa2f77bbe

* "A National Guardsman Sent To LA Protests Is Under Investigation For Ties To Proud Boys:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-guard-proud-boys-california-black-lives-matter_n_5efe44a5c5b612083c592f32

* ""Kill 'em": Houston GOP powerbroker Steve Hotze left Greg Abbott a voicemail requesting that National Guard "shoot to kill" rioters:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/03/steve-hotze-texas-greg-abbott-rioters/

* "Journalists are reexamining their reliance on a longtime source: The police:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/journalists-are-reexamining-their-reliance-on-a-longtime-source-the-police/2020/06/30/303c929c-b63a-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

* "Latinx activist asks all impacted by police brutality to unite:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/police-shooting-death-of-andres-guardado-decried-by-activist-87025733956

* "Police clashes with Native Americans often ‘invisible’ activist laments:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/native-americans-disproportionately-impacted-by-police-violence-87026245691

* "Black Lives Matter protesters say they were attacked. Boise police investigate, speak out:" https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article243954757.html

* "South Dakota governor criticizes removal of statues as effort to 'discredit' nation's principles:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505839-south-dakota-governor-criticizes-removal-of-statues-as-effort

* "Movement for Black Lives Confronts Tennessee’s Confederate Legacy:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/21/black-lives-matter-tennessee-confederate/

* "The Black-White Wage Gap Is as Big as It Was in 1950:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/race-wage-gap.html

* "From soldier to worker; Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?:" https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/cops-union-history-fraternal-order-of-police/Content?oid=80542709

* "‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech:"

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* "Daveed Diggs asks: “What to My People is the Fourth of July?”:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE: The Exploitation of Julia Pastrana:"

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* TW: Pedophilia. "Lawsuit accuses GOP gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp of mishandling child sex-abuse investigation:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lawsuit-accuses-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-loren-culp-of-mishandling-child-sex-abuse-investigation/

* "Arizona official brought women to the US to give birth and charged families to adopt the babies:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/marshall-islands-paul-petersen-adoption-scheme/index.html

* "Gender bias kept alive by people who think it's dead:" https://phys.org/news/2020-06-gender-bias-alive-people-dead.html

* "Vladimir Putin takes pathetic potshots at the US embassy because it defiantly flew a Pride flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/04/vladimir-putin-russia-us-embassy-pride-flag-donald-trump-gay-queer-lgbt/

* "Poland’s homophobic barbarian – sorry, president – Andrzej Duda just vowed to ban same-sex couples from adopting children:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/04/andrzej-duda-poland-same-sex-adoption-ban-constitution-lgbt-gay/

* "J.K. Rowling likes tweet that supports conversion therapy:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/07/j-k-rowling-likes-tweet-supported-conversion-therapy/

* "Protesters take to the streets amid concerns over Tory government’s alleged rollback of trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/05/trans-rights-protest-london-parliament-square-gender-recognition-act-reform-conservative-boris-johnson-liz-truss/

* "Another Black trans woman killed after brutal shooting in Florida. Despite deadnaming from the media, her name was Bree Black:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/05/bree-black-transgender-killed-florida-pompano-beach-broward-sheriff/

* "Perkins: LGBTQ Rights Have Ruined The Fourth Of July - Joe.My.God.:" https://www.joemygod.com/2020/07/perkins-lgbtq-rights-have-ruined-the-fourth-of-july/

* "A Year In, 1st Patient To Get Gene Editing For Sickle Cell Disease Is Thriving:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/23/877543610/a-year-in-1st-patient-to-get-gene-editing-for-sickle-cell-disease-is-thriving

* You know how we people wih disabilities were concerned this would happen? Yeah. "Austin Hospital Withheld Treatment from Disabled Man Who Contracted Coronavirus:" https://thetexan.news/austin-hospital-withheld-treatment-from-disabled-man-who-contracted-coronavirus/

* "Visiting Hawaii's Tragic & Remote Leprosy Colony:"

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* "Salem Witch Trials- NEW Revelations:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE- Haydn's Head!:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE: Charles Byrne the Irish Giant:"

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* "Morbid Mystery: The Franklin Expedition:"

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* "Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea A Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/protests-tech-company-spying

* "THE FROZEN BODIES OF MOUNT EVEREST:"

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* "CAVE DIVING CORPSES:"

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* "A water crisis looms for 270 million people as South Asia’s glaciers shrink:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/07/water-crisis-looms-for-270-million-people-south-asia-perpetual-feature/

* "How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/how-a-decade-of-neglect-and-politics-undermined-the-cdcs-fight-against-climate-change/

* "The Lion of Chaeronea:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lion-of-chaeronea

* "Was the Real Lone Ranger a Black Man?:" https://www.history.com/news/bass-reeves-real-lone-ranger-a-black-man

* "The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/magazine/6888th-battalion-charity-adams.html

* "The US Didn’t Bring Freedom to South Korea — Its People Did:" https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/gwangju-uprising-korean-war-seventieth-anniversary

* "Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead:" https://www.wired.com/story/your-firework-smoke-could-be-tainted-with-lead/

* "'The love letter that helped me flee my country':" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53077638

* "America is running out of fireworks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/business/firework-industry-sales-2020/index.html

* "U.S. Coronavirus Cases Spike, the E.U. May Ban Americans & Clashes Over Mandatory Masks in Florida:"

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* "The Problem with Cop Shows:"

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* "Brandy Clark: Bigger Boat:"

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* Friday: Our HOA agreement allows seasonal decorations (within certain boundaries). So I was like, "Hey Squirrel, it occurs to me that PRIDE and particularly Stonewall Day are in fact holidays, so the HOA can't stop us. How would you feel about hanging a PRIDE flags up?" Because you don't cover your front window with a massive progress flag without consulting your roommate. He was really into it and wanted to get his own flag for his own window on top of the shared common space one. (I would love the chevrons, but flags are expensive so me getting a 45ish +shipping queer flag, yes I priced them and did the sourcing a monthish ago and it was hard ass things kept selling out or being sold out, on my own was too much money. Maybe next year). After some consultation we worked out which one he wanted and did the order. We did hang them in plenty of time for Stonewall day and they've been up a couple of weeks. My plan was to take them down on the 5th which is in margin by the letter of the rules, and damned if I don't want that thing up for the 4th for obvious fucking reasons. I generally don't rules lawyer, but i will for a good cause.

So when coming back from library curbside Monday I spotted the noticed the HOA had hung on the lobby door with passive aggressive highlighting on the sentence about not hanging political signs in the windows. I smiled, because I'd been waiting to see if they would give me an intent to fine notice, because my plan was to call them right up and point out that people are allowed to hang Christmas decorations, which given the whole bullshit war on Christmas rhetoric is a political issue. All we did was hang decorations celebrating Stonewall Day. Are you saying my identity is a political issue? Not a good look for the HOA in my deep blue college town.

Remember, I'm the person who put on clothes at 11:20PM on a Sunday night in the mid-90's to stomp a long block west to yell at a frat party to stop blasting 'Rockin Robin on repeat because some of us have jobs and need to sleep, with my terrified partner trailing after me, convinced I was a bout to get killed in a brawl with an entire frat and if I really was doing that, he should probably come have my back. They turned it off, chastened. More recently a few years ago I went and stood next to a Lady being screamed at by a mob anti-choicers and yelled back at them with her. I may pick my battles, but I'm all the fuck in when I fight.

So nothing happens and the days pass with no intent to fine notice. Squirrel's parking moves at the month change and he used that door coming home from work this morning and saw the notice. Him: This is definitely aimed at us. Nothing else has changed in the complex. Me: Oh yes. I spotted it Monday. If they want me to take it down they are going to have to explicitly tell me they don't consider PRIDE and Stonewall day real holidays. Him: They won't do that. Me: In which case I win. They either have to fight me over it or live with me ignoring their passive aggressive general notice.

The sign had to have gone up between last Monday afternoon and the Monday before, when I last used that door, which means I feel okay about taking my flag down on the 5th as planned. I'll still be within the HOA's own rules and nearly a week doesn't look like capitulation. Especially when they go back up next June. squirrel likes his so much It's going to be a wall hanging in his room and he's thinking about seeing if he can get a flag big enough to use as a door curtain for his room when there's more money, a project of which I approve. (We use shower curtains to create an airlock/privacy while leaving the doors ajar for cats.)

* Sunday: It will likely come as no surprise to you all that the Imperial couple do not react well to fireworks. Elder Kitty didn't mind them all that much before her hearing started to weaken and these days with her dementia, she only really responds to familiar stimulae that directly affects her in some way. Tavy and Livia though? A whole other story.

I fed the girls before it all started, which was a wise move. Livia had returned to the bed to hang out with me by the time of the first explosion. She clearly considered running, but I was calm and the bed room is generally invader free, so she decided to hang with me despite misgivings. Tavy came running in and jumped up on the bed to see iif we were scared and if this was a full on hide situation. He saw me lying there all calm and Livia nervous but holding it together and decided the "Hide on the bed in comfort as a group" plan was better than retreat to the secure hide. Her nerve nearly broke when the roman candle barrage happened on the other side of the gazebo, but they did really well, considering the both hate loud noises and unexpected happenings.

It's been rainy and cold for days, which I am grateful for since it discourages maskless idiots from congregating to breathe virus on each other. Bonus, it really cuts down on illegal firework related fires. It was still loud for a while, but it wasn't nearly as bad as usual when we get a week of explosions. We had a few on the third and then the usual nonsense in the complex, but it stopped early.

Taking the long silence for the end, I went and made dinner and did the usual chores. After I ate, I was just settling in for lungs and Tavy had just climbed on intending a pet and a cuddle nap. (He really likes lung time cuddle naps and he's especially big on them lately because he doesn't sleep on me as much with the machines going). His forth paw had landed when someone set off a massive mortar outside the window and he panicked all the way to his hide.

There followed another half hour or so, but they were done by midnight instead of going until dawn, so it's a huge win. They really did ride most of it out on the bed, and while they needed a lot of extra attention all night they had clearly recovered by dawn.

I've taken the PRIDE flag out of the front window and folded it away for next year. I even changed the 30. (Plus some MUSH Chargen). What I didn't do is much aggregate. Ooops.

*****
* 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

* "Mueller's team questions Sam Clovis, Trump campaign policy...:"

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* "Tech Companies Set to Tell Congress About Russian Election Meddling:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/facebook-twitter-google-to-tell-congress-how-russia-meddled

* "Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-thinks-trumps-legal-team-is-asleep-at-the-wheeland-hes-looking-for-ways-to-kneecap-mueller

* "Carter Page: I may have discussed Russia in emails with Papadopoulos:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/page-papadopoulos-russia-probe-244349

* "Newly unsealed court documents tie Manafort, Gates to Russia:"

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* "Multiple passports cited in Manafort flight risk concerns:"

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* "Papadopoulos, in many ways, not unique in history of US scandals:"

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* "House GOP delays tax bill rollout:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/31/house-republican-tax-plan-244385

Please keep protesting in person if possible or via phone, fax, etc.
Here are some 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/

* "New York truck attack: How it unfolded:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/us/timeline-new-york-attack/index.html

I weep for the dead and their families, but as horrible as the attack was, it was encouraging to see New Yorkers decided to keep calm and carry on. This is much better than the way my country has responded to terrorism, which is to usually give the terrorists exactly what they want (Tons of panic followed by us abandoning our values). (Tons of panic followed by us abandoning our values). I am proud that the people of New York are refusing to play into the usual narrative this time.

* "Ta-Nehisi Coates - Why Obama Was Different in "We Were Eight Years in Power"- Extended Interview:"

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* "Killer Of Monica Loera Facing Trial Today:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/10/killer-of-monica-loera-facing-trial.html

* "Happy Trans National Holiday 2017:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/10/happy-trans-national-holiday-2017.html

* Slavic Queer History: http://yukinojou.tumblr.com/post/167006989250/lamus-dworski-status-of-the-lgbt-people-in

* "Professor Dates Ancient DNA in Malawi:" http://emorywheel.com/26137-2/

* "Where Was the First Woman Condemned for Witchcraft? Not in Salem:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/nyregion/connecticut-witchcraft-trials.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion

* "Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/deviant-burials-poland-open-casket-secret-lives-vampires-180966970/

* "Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video):"

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* "The Right Reacts to the Mueller Indictments:"

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* "So Much News, So Little Time - Kevin Spacey, Puerto Rico's Power Grid & A White Lives Matter Rally:"

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* Thank you, whoever sent some money. I'll know if things are sorted round about the 2nd or third of November. Insurance pulled today; student loans didn't. Thank you to the person who sent the dragon model kit, which came today. I am amused by a friend referring to me hitting daily post limit on tumblr as "Tumblr jail." I got all the Samhain things sorted in good time. Provisions collected (I saved enough EBT for once), pumpkin carved, lights and candles on, altar set and ceremony done.

* Samhain Lights: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/167000719032/samhain-lights

* Theon Greyjoy was always fucked. http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/166998205292/what-if-robb-had-not-sent-theon-as-an-emissary

* Catelyn Stark's reaction to Brienne of Tarth: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/166999785367/i-love-your-tumblr-thank-you-so-much-for-such

* "A Love Letter to Horror Stories:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/horror-stories/

* "The Walking Dead, Season 8, Episode 1: Mercy:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/10/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-1.html

* "Walking Dead, Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/10/walking-dead-season-8-episode-2-damned.html

* "The Walking Dead Turns into a Shoot-'em-up War Game:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/walking-dead-8x2/

* Shakespearean Monster Mash: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/167010802827/goodticklebrain-its-halloween-lets

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

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

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

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

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

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

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

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

* "Chief calls for action after 30 recent suicide attempts in Black Lake:" http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/chief-calls-for-action-after-30-recent-suicide-attempts-in-black-lake-1.3267320#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=6xc7pwI

* "Angela Merkel is now the leader of the free world, not Donald Trump:" http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/angela-merkel-donald-trump-democracy-freedom-of-press-a7556986.html

* "Bannon: War Between U.S. And China Is Inevitable, And That's Not The Only Conflict Coming:" http://reverbpress.com/world/war-u-s-china-way-says-bannon/

* "Steve Bannon’s influence on Trump:"

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* "Trump lashes out at judge who put his travel ban on ice:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-travel-ban-legal-win-234634

* "How to Respond to Donald Trump's Betrayal of American Values:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/a-clarifying-moment-in-american-history/514868/

* "Trump Just Removed White Supremacist Groups From Terror Watch Program:" http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/02/trump-just-removed-white-supremacist-groups-terror-watch-program/

* "Dear People Demanding to Know Why Hillary Clinton Isn't Doing Whatever It Is You Think She Needs to Be Doing in This Moment:" http://www.shakesville.com/2017/01/i-write-letters.html#disqus_thread

* "JCCs around the nation face third wave of bomb threats:" http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jewish-community-centers-face-third-wave-bomb-threats-nationwide-n715086

* "It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance :" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/01/worried-american-democracy-study-activist-techniques

* From GamerGate to Trump Voters: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/156831622621/robotlyra-jackscarab-x-this-is-important

* Trump's Neo-NAZIs using Transmysogny as a wedge: http://snakewife.tumblr.com/post/156727248147/queeranarchism-otabek-kz-screenshotted-this

* "The Black Witches Of Salem:" http://kentakepage.com/the-black-witches-of-salem/

* "Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the black woman who invented that rock and roll sound:" http://fusion.net/story/107215/meet-sister-rosetta-tharpe-the-black-woman-who-invented-that-rock-and-roll-sound/

* "Hire John Malkovich For Your Child's Next Birthday Party! :"

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* "President Trump Prays For His Haters At National Prayer Breakfast:"

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* So not only did Rachel Maddow buy a President, but also Colbert! She even took a picture with Rachel Maddow's President! "Waxing Presidential With The Late Show Road Show:"

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* "Penny Dreadful, Season 3, Episode 1: The Day Tennyson Died:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2016/05/penny-dreadful-season-3-episode-1-day.html


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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