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* "Lebanese government resigns as public anger grows:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53730902/lebanese-government-resigns-as-public-anger-grows

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* "Fresh guidance on sex during coronavirus says no kissing, no face-to-face positions – and condoms for oral:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/sex-covid-19-coronavirus-face-mask-kissing-terrence-higgins-trust-condom-dental-dam-michael-brady/

* This is a terrible idea. It’s not properly tested or peer reviewed. "Russian coronavirus vaccine given green light, says Putin:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-vladimir-putin-given-green-light/

* "New Zealand considers freight as possible source of new coronavirus cluster:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-considers-freight-as-possible-source-of-new-coronavirus-cluster-idUSKCN25801P

* The Republican War on Reality continues. "Trump dismisses coronavirus cases in children, says they’re a ‘tiny fraction’ of deaths:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/10/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

* "How Trump Killed Tens of Thousands of Americans:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/trump-coronavirus-deaths-timeline.html

* "The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-struggled-summer-coronavirus/2020/08/08/e12ceace-d80a-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

* "'Play College Football!' Trump demands as fall seasons collapse:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/trump-gop-college-football-393135

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* "Trump wielding presidency like an autocrat: to preserve his power:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-wielding-presidency-like-an-autocrat-to-preserve-his-power-89877061948

* "Secret Service escorts Trump from press briefing after shooting outside White House:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/10/trump-white-house-shooting-secret-service

* Sigh. "Trump unloads in morning interviews as U.S. struggles to tame virus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/trump-morning-interviews-coronavirus-393488

* I... have no words. "Trump erroneously says 1918 Spanish Flu 'probably ended' WWII, which happened two decades later:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/10/trump-1918-spanish-flu-probably-ended-wwii-which-happened-two-decades-apart/3340770001/

* "Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he's told more than 150 times:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/politics/trump-veterans-choice-paula-reid/index.html

* We are wandering deep into Dear Leader territory here. "Donald Trump denies asking how to add face to Mount Rushmore:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/10/donald-trump-denies-asking-how-to-add-face-to-mount-rushmore

"White House reportedly asked South Dakota official about expanding monument"

* Anyone believe him? Bueller? "Trump claims he would have not called for Obama to resign over 160,000 virus deaths:" https://www.axios.com/trump-obama-resign-787b042d-0361-48f1-bba5-c97b05837331.html

* "Judge balks at White House’s executive privilege claim over Ukraine emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/judge-trump-executive-ukraine-393153

* After all there's only been sworn testimony, multiple press reports, and a book credibly aledging a wide range of felonies. "Manhattan DA Vance 'still fishing for ways to justify' harassment of Trump over tax records, lawyers claim:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/10/trump-defends-challenge-to-tax-records-subpoena-by-manhattan-da-cyrus-vance.html

* "Sen. Blumenthal calls classified briefing on Russian interference "absolutely chilling":" https://www.axios.com/blumenthal-briefing-russian-interference-2ecde46b-1a7a-4f1e-a2c7-1215db70d348.html

* "Intelligence officials risk Trump's wrath delivering hard truths:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/intelligence-officials-risk-trump-s-wrath-delivering-hard-truths-89878597943

* The point of Deregulation is to remove all barriers to corporations harming ordinary people. "E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/climate/trump-methane-climate-change.html

* "Trump says he's considering order on pre-existing condition protections, which already exists:" https://www.axios.com/trump-executive-order-insurance-preexisting-conditions-6482b96a-e9fe-4efe-8d40-141d1adee730.html

The ACA, which 45 is trying to actively destroy, already does this. It's literally right there in the law. Indeed, part of the urgency republicans feel for getting rid of the ACA in the middle of a pandemic that can cause serious permanent disability is to not only prevent the sick from getting health care, but to make sure they won’t be able to get health insurance in future so they might afford medications and care they need going forward which would cost insurance companies money.

If Republicans have changed their minds on this policy goal, why not withdraw their suits to strike down the ACA? This executive order does nothing; it’s just political theater.

* "Nation’s governors raise concerns about implementing Trump executive moves, call on Congress to act:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/10/trump-coronavirus-stimulus-congress/

* "Trump’s Orders on Coronavirus Relief Create Confusion:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/politics/trump-stimulus-bill-coronavirus.html

* "Rep. Jeffries on COVID-19 relief: GOP cares about the 'rich and shameless':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jeffries-on-covid-19-relief-gop-cares-about-the-rich-and-shameless-89871429779

* "Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182

* "BLM Co-Founder Alicia Garza is Bringing Black Queer Folks to the Polls:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/11/blm-co-founder-alicia-garza-bringing-black-queer-folks-polls

* "Rep. Clyburn: Joe Biden does not take the Black community for granted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clyburn-joe-biden-does-not-take-the-black-community-for-granted-89932357710

* "Sen. Kamala D. Harris named as Joe Biden’s running mate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vp-pick/2020/08/11/d7a51930-d1b7-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "How the United States met Kamala Harris:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-united-states-met-kamala-harris-89932869590

* This is includes a pretty nuanced description of Kamala Harris as prosecutor from a defense attorney who regularly went up against her. "Vanita Gupta: Kamala Harris 'reflects the coalition that is the future of America':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kamala-harris-reflects-the-coalition-that-is-the-future-of-america-89931845940

* "Obama Senior Adviser: Kamala Harris is ‘more than ready’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/obama-senior-adviser-kamala-harris-is-more-than-ready-89924677676

* This is what the death of Democracy looks like. "Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-wants-to-cut-mail-in-voting-the-republican-machine-is-helping-him-392428

* "The Postal Service is Not Ready for November:" https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/08/usps-not-ready/

* Who could have guessed this would happen, except everyone including literal children? "Georgia school in viral photos will close for cleaning after nine people test positive for coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/09/nine-people-test-positive-coronavirus-georgia-school-where-photos-packed-hallways-went-viral/

* We are the most infected country in the world! He wants to break the law to keep Americans from coming home from significantly less infected countries. "White House looks at plan to keep out citizens and legal residents over virus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-looks-at-plan-to-keep-out-citizens-and-legal-residents-over-virus/2020/08/10/d8233910-db0c-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

* They claim that they are keeping children with COVID and sending ones that don't have it, because breaking the law and denying them their legal rights somehow prevents uninfected children from spreading a disease they don't have. "ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to “Prevent the Spread” of COVID-19:" https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-is-making-sure-migrant-kids-dont-have-covid-19-then-expelling-them-to-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19

* That is some stunning projection on display there. Also, can we take a minute to appreciate that he is claiming anti-fascists are fascists? Is it just me or is the news extra Wonderland logic today? "'Their tactics are fascistic’: Barr slams Black Lives Matter, accuses the left of ‘tearing down the system’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/10/barr-fox-antifa-blm/

* "BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors’s Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/11/blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullorss-ongoing-fight-racial-justice

* "A gay man was refused entry to a casino because ‘men do not carry purses’. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/gay-man-refused-entry-casino-men-do-not-carry-purses/

* "Thugs beat a gay man unconscious while screaming homophobic slurs. Police refuse to recognise it as a hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/christian-council-beaten-unconscious-homophobia-hate-crime-attack-police-fbi-oklahoma/

The police want to remind yoou that people beating a man unconscious while screaming anti-gay slurs does not constitute any sort of proof of homophobia, so they were entirely justified in leaving these details out of the police report as well as the name and details of one of the participants as neither wwere pertinent to the minor crime of beating up a gay man.

* "'Bigot' Trump adviser launches transphobic attack on 'world class' trans official leading the fight against coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/dr-rachel-levine-jenna-ellis-donald-trump-legal-adviser-transphobic-pennsylvania/

* "University that bans gay students on ‘morality’ grounds replaces scandal-hit anti-LGBT boss with another homophobic evangelist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/liberty-university-bans-gay-students-scandal-anti-lgbt-homophobe/

* "Evil Queens: A Queer Look at Disney History:"





* "Nobody Ever Dies at Disneyland?:"





* CW: Abuse. I wasn't a fan of her music, but I was furious about the way she was being treated when this was happening, and I am still horrified about the way the system is still abusing her. "Why #FreeBritney is a Disability Rights Issue:"





* "Satellites record history of Antarctic melting:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53725288

* "Beer unsold during lockdown has been turned into renewable energy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/australia/coronavirus-australia-beer-energy-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

* "DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34809804

* "A Short History of Human Skulls as Drinking Cups:"





* "The Grave of the SECRET PORPOISE *ssshh*:"





* "Ok, But What Did Poor People Wear?:"





* CW: Dead Bodies "We Recreated A Victorian Funeral:"





* "Donald MacLean: The First of the Cambridge Five:"





* "Kim Philby: Soviet Spy in the West:"





* "Clown Motel & Ghost Towns | Deathstination:"





* So it turns out the reason they didn't send me for the expected COVID test Friday, was my nurse was out sick (not with COVID, she's fine). Apparently the sub was supposed to call me back and make an appointment for the ordered test, but I fell through the cracks and she was all, wait, where's the follow up on the pathogen and the shoulder?

So today I went down there and they sent me to the COVID hut. My belief that my oxygen level was likely fine was born out. I hated the test itself, but it was not nearly as bad as I was imagining, if that makes sense. It occurs to me in retrospect that I was remembering that time they stuck a tube down my nose without anesthesia at the ER and i bled off and on for a couple days.

Given my symptom set and medical history, she prescribed an antibiotic for the lungs. I'm going to see how I feel tomorrow before I start it, because it's strong and I'll need to go off my AS meds, plus, it's possible my immune system can beat it itself I want to give it another day or too to make the attempt. Seriously, right now it's a nuisance illness. Any lung thing has a chance to dangerous escalate given my immune system is much more interested in own goals than pathogens, but this doesn't feel like a particularly bad one just now, just the usual cf carrier nonsense that happens multiple times a year. The cold symptoms are solving themselves except for the sinus/runny nose/ear stuff which can as easily be at least half allergies, since this is the season for it. A rhinovirus should solve itself tomorrowish or the day after, which seems about right. Generally I pick up a bacterial secondary infection if I catch anything else or really if my bodies under a hint of stress and when I shifted from the dry upper respiratory cough to the deep in the lung wet cough I got the usual bacterial type results.

Better safe than sorry, so I'm following protocol for Covid. Squirrel's off work and we'll have results before he needs to go back in. Seriously though? It's likely going to be negative.

The pharmacy runner was only half listening and tried to get me to wait inside, because we had a chilly Alaskan wind off the bay ad I was just in a tee shirt. I was like, "I don't think that's safe; I don't want to breath on anyone even with masks. I think I should sit over there." Me pointing to an outside spot. Him: Oh right! Yellow Protocol!

I expect results in 2-3 days, this being a well run blue state with a robust health care system. I'll let y'all know, but don't panic, okay?

* In cat news, Tavy knocked over a bunch of pillows, which panicked Livia who clearly though the sky was falling. She instinctively ran for the safety of my bed. Which was comfortable. Really comfortable. She was wary, being afraid we'd come medicate her again, but next time I wandered by I offered her a finger to sniff, but otherwise left her alone. Next time, She let me pet her butt after the finger sniff. Time after that, she let me scritch her head. Squirrel came by after I'd warned him not to stress her out and she let him pet her butt. She was in there most of the evening. When I came in to go to bed she let me rub her tummy, which she hadn't allowed sine elder kitty, because she only wants a tummy rub if 1. she feels really safe and comfortable and 2. If she has room to roll around and that doesn't leave many options besides the bed and my bathroom. Once I was ready settled, she came for most of an hour of loves. She didn't sleep in the bed, but it's progress.

What little sleep I got today was massively and repeatedly disrupted. I may or may not get much accomplished. We'll see.

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

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

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* "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

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

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* "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

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* 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

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

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