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* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share




* "Gaza population down by 6% since start of war - Palestinian statistics bureau:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-population-down-by-6-since-start-war-palestinian-statistics-bureau-2025-01-01/

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* "Palestinian-American explains why he is suing the State Department over U.S. support for Israel:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/palestinian-american-explains-why-he-is-suing-the-state-department-over-u-s-support-for-israel-227711045998

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* "Two killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-new-year-drone-strike-kyiv-officials-say-2025-01-01/

* "Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/

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* "U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after American warships attacked, CENTCOM says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-strikes-houthi-targets-yemen-warships-attacked/

* "Ceasefire between Turkey and US-backed SDF in northern Syria holding, Pentagon says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ceasefire-between-turkey-us-backed-sdf-northern-syria-holding-pentagon-says-2024-12-30/

* "How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad:" https://archive.ph/fT7tB#selection-504.0-504.1

* "An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence:" https://apnews.com/article/syria-homs-alawites-hts-assad-sectarian-6c8d534d9f93da13dc8629f2f2c49aae




* "Venezuela opposition urges protests against Maduro's inauguration:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241231-venezuela-opposition-urges-protests-against-maduro-s-inauguration

* "Some missing residential school students disappeared into arranged marriages, report says:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/arranged-marriages-residential-schools-1.7396200

* "China-backed election raises fears of 'negative peace' in Myanmar:" https://www.voanews.com/a/china-backed-election-raises-fears-of-negative-peace-in-myanmar/7921313.html

* "U.S. Treasury says its computers were hacked by a Chinese 'threat actor' in a 'major incident':" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-treasury-says-computers-hacked-chinese-threat-actor-rcna185809

* "Biden unveils final $2.5B security aid package for Ukraine:" https://www.politico.eu/article/joe-biden-announces-his-final-2-5-billion-security-aid-package-to-ukraine-war/

* "Biden honors Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson with top civilian award:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/02/g-s1-40817/biden-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal

* It's to keep Trump from appointing extra partisan incompetents. "Biden vetoes bill that would have created dozens of new federal judge slots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/23/biden-vetoes-bill-federal-judge-slots-00195981

* "Biden administration scraps rules to expand birth control access:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/23/biden-admin-birth-control-rule-00195979

* "US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-administration-net-neutrality-rules-2025-01-02/

* "Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's 'ethical crisis' as investigation concludes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-blast-supreme-courts-ethical-crisis-investigation-rcna184987

* "Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/27/congress/yellen-sees-u-s-hitting-debt-ceiling-in-early-2025-00196091

* "How Much Tax Do America's Undocumented Immigrants Actually Pay? [Infographic]:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/10/06/how-much-tax-do-americas-undocumented-immigrants-actually-pay-infographic/

* "The Walmart Effect: New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/

* "Strike Against Amazon Ends But Teamsters Warn "Stay Tuned":" https://www.nycclc.org/news/2024-12/strike-against-amazon-ends-teamsters-warn-stay-tuned

* "House ethics watchdog unfurls campaign finance allegations against two members:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/02/congress/house-ethics-violations-allegations-00196307

* "Trump endorses Johnson for speaker:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/30/congress/trump-endorses-johnson-for-speaker-00196113

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.


Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

"How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

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* "Ohio changes election forms to protect transgender political candidates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-election-forms-transgender-candidates

* "Indiana Republicans target transgender people in one of new year’s first anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/indiana-transgender-sports-ban

* "Florida Republican wants to ban Pride flags in public buildings:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-randy-fine-pride-flags

* "Will American democracy follow Joe Biden into the sunset in 2025?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/will-american-democracy-follow-joe-biden-into-the-sunset-in-2025

* ""This is Trump’s America now!": MAGA diehards jumpstart a new year of political violence:" https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/this-is-trumps-america-now-maga-diehards-jumpstart-a-new-year-of-political-violence/




* ""President Musk" And The Dangers Of Plutocracy:"

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* "Why Does Elon Musk Want to Kill Wikipedia?:"

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* "Trump weighs in on H-1B visas amid legal immigration fight:" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/29/2024/trump-fails-to-clarify-stance-on-highly-sough-h-1b-visas-wanted-by-silicon-valley

* "Trump tech bros spar with MAGA loyalists online:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-tech-bros-spar-with-maga-loyalists-online-228053573772

* "Elon Musk ‘melts down’ after underestimating wrath of MAGA trolls:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elon-musk-melts-down-after-underestimating-wrath-of-maga-trolls-228186181734

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Court rejects Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation case:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/nx-s1-5243228/federal-appeal-trump-e-jean-carroll




* "Former D.C. police intel chief found guilty of tipping off Proud Boys leader ahead of Jan. 6 attack:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-dc-police-intel-chief-guilty-tipping-proud-boys-leader-ahead-ja-rcna185206

* "Suspects in Vegas explosion, New Orleans attack served at same Army base, police confirm:" https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates

* "Victims of Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans include former Princeton football star, aspiring nurse, loving dad:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-deadly-attack-new-years-victims/

* "Trump Stokes Hate With False Insinuations About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-anti-immigrant-new-orleans-attack_n_67765370e4b0a27885b4a456

* "Republican Steve Scalise bizarrely blames 'DEI' and 'wokeness' for New Orleans terror attack:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/steve-scalise-dei-new-orleans

* "‘Dangerous’: Trump and MAGA falsely link New Orleans attack to the border:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-dangerous-trump-and-maga-falsely-link-new-orleans-attack-to-the-border-228370501607

* CW: Child Sex Abuse. "Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect:" https://apnews.com/article/christian-sect-child-sex-abuse-scandal-a94073c27168a7998c1a225f72672a3d

* "Judge rules against gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-upholds-anti-trans-policy

* "Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees?

* "Abortions are up in the U.S. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/12/28/abortions-are-up-in-the-us-its-a-complicated-picture-as-women-turn-to-pills-travel

* "Man arrested under Russia's 'international LGBT extremism' law dies in custody:" https://www.advocate.com/news/russia-law-man-gay-travel

* There have been rumors for a while that reached even me. "China is arresting writers for posting fanfiction and gay erotica:" https://www.advocate.com/world/china-writers-arrested-fanfiction-gay-erotica

* "J.K. Rowling falsely claims 'there are no trans kids':" https://www.advocate.com/jk-rowling-says-no-transgender-kids

* "Here are the victories for transgender people's rights in 2024:" https://www.advocate.com/news/victories-transgender-rights-2024

* "Illinois police say 11 teens brutally beat men they targeted using a gay dating app:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/illinois-teens-attack-gay-men

* "A small town's 'Pride Wall' was vandalized and taken down. They built it back even better:" https://www.advocate.com/news/photo-gallery-duvall-pride-wall

* "Dengue fever cases reach record-high in the Americas amid climate change:" https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/12/11/dengue-fever-cases-reach-record-high-in-the-americas-amid-climate-change

* "COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking:" https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/31/COVID-19-Turns-Five-Next-Pandemic-Lurking/

* "Why protective antibodies fade after COVID-19 vaccines:" https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/why-protective-antibodies-fade-after-covid-19-vaccines

* "Accelerated kidney function decline seen with COVID-19 versus pneumonia:" https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-kidney-function-decline-covid-pneumonia.html

* "Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction During and After COVID-19 Infection:" https://www.physiciansweekly.com/prevalence-of-thyroid-dysfunction-during-and-after-covid-19-infection/

* "Paxlovid tied to lower risk of hospital stay, heart problems, death in adults with kidney disease and COVID:" https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/paxlovid-tied-lower-risk-hospital-stay-heart-problems-death-adults-kidney-disease-and

* "Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/many-long-covid-patients-adjust-slim-recovery-odds-world-moves-2024-11-14/

* "Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant:" https://apnews.com/article/pig-organ-transplant-kidney-xenotransplant-revivicor-egenesis-92c378d867f6e1ed8e1587c050daf0f8

* "A Hospital Scandal That Properly Reflects our Warped New Health-Care Reality:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63240620/boston-investigation-steward-health-care/

* "“I Can’t Afford My Oxygen”: The Human Toll of For-Profit Insurance:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/toll-health-insurance-industry-profits-claim-denials-delays-care-brian-thompson-unitedhealth-luigi-mangione-physicians-national-health-program/

* "The ones who need little sleep:" https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/genetics-of-people-who-need-little-sleep




* "South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-korea-to-inspect-boeing-aircraft-as-it-struggles-to-find-cause-of-plane-crash-that-killed-179/ar-AA1wH0UX




* "Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans:" https://www.reuters.com/science/chiles-giant-living-fossil-frog-faces-threat-climate-change-humans-2024-12-18/

* "Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5239841/bird-flu-kills-20-cats-washington-sanctuary

* "Hungry or horny? Whale makes record swim halfway across planet:" https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/record-humpback-whale-migration/

* "A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-homeowner-found-huge-fossil-teeth-while-mowing-the-lawn-then-excavations-revealed-a-complete-mastodon-jaw-180985703/

* "Archaeology news: New Polish Viking Sword!:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler | Extra History Complete | European History:"

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* "The Black Dinner - Scottish History - Extra History:"

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* "When the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/16/empire-of-purity-eva-payne-book-review

* "Disney's Animatronics: A Living History:"

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* "Tragedy Lingers Inside Chornobyl’s Abandoned City:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-chernobyl-disaster-ukraine

* "the Sham Legacy of Richard Feynman:"

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When I got to my first college to be a philosophy monk, guys were all abuzz about "Surely You're Joking."

I intended to read it eventually, but I kept shying away instinctively. I think I subconsciously picked up on what time of guys were into Feynman.

(There was an exception, who used to also tell his dad's Feynman stories from when they were working together. These stories were amusing in a way that the Feynman Bros quoting the book weren't. He wasn't a Feynman cultist, but rather someone with stories to contribute about Feynman in Feynman based conversations, if you get my meaning.)

This piece was illuminating and helpful to me.

* "Why we will never have another president like Jimmy Carter again:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/jimmy-carter-remembered

* "President Jimmy Carter dead at 100 — here's his history as an LGBTQ+ ally:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dead-100

* "Pete Buttigieg remembers warmth and kindness of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-praises-jimmy-carter

* "Stacey Abrams honors Jimmy Carter: He ‘remade Democratic politics’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-honors-jimmy-carter-he-remade-democratic-politics-228186693960

* "11 Rare Old Words for the Heinous and Villainous:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83472/11-rare-old-words-heinous-and-villainous

* At bedtime Monday morning I noticed some weird things with my vision in my right eye. I looked them up and it sure sounds like a retinal tear. (I know, don't trust Web M.D., but shit is sudden, extreme and weird. I thought of alternate explanations, but I liminiated all of the non-medical ones. Fuck! Of course when everyone's off for holidays.

I have a scheduled appointment, I think for Monday. I should likely wait up and hope they are open today because it's getting worse.

* I was so exhausted I completely missed the Mummer's this year. :(

For those following the Special Assessment Saga, it was a good thing I raised and paid rent on top of what they took. Assholes still charged me a hundred dollar late fee because they fucked up December accounting. If they had taken rent instead of the third special assessment chunk without my knowledge or consent causing overdraft fees, then everything would have been paid to them on time, but I didn't know they were doing it until it was too late to fix, so here we are down an extra hundred for January with car fees and things coming due later in the month.

It will likely be all right. I will need to talk to Squirrel about it, but it will probably be all right.

I hate how extreme the punishment for doing nothing wrong has been in 2024, and it just keeps happening.

* I had so much fun with the dead podcast the back half of December. I ran out of episodes and find myself craving more.

It's an anthology series via Bloody Disgusting and the George A. Romero Foundation, so zombies.Like any anthology, so are more to my taste than others, but they were all worth listening to. They are shared universe, and do occasionally reference each other, but they also jump in time between stories and you could pretty easily listen to each story in any order. (A story is four episodes). The cast is diverse as one would expect given who is making these. The sound design fills me with horror and delight as is expected from Bloody Disgusting. For real, the zombie eating people sounds are far more awful than seeing gore on screen would be, even knowing how they were made.

Something I wanted to mention is the zombie sounds. Walking Dead is such a big thing and has been since the first episode debuted that their rattling hiss zombie vocalizations tend to be what zombies sound like now. Older media did other things: Moans, silence, even words. I have even heard a roar in one fascinating low budget one. These days though? Rattling hiss tends to be what one hears even in a lot of non Walking Dead Properties.

I like how human they made their zombie vocalizations in The Dead. I like the slow transition from a human sounding sick and in pain getting less and less articulate to what sounds a lot like me levering myself out of bed on a bad pain day and hobbling around. I like that it reminds one how human the newly turned look and sound. I like that it sounds like they could start speaking again at any moment, that the sound design of the intro encourages one to strain to catch words that never come during the episodes proper.

This thing is beautifully done and addicting, even when I know exactly how things are going to go. (This isn't a dis. Most twists in anything I will see coming).

Anyway, if you like zombie stories, I suggest checking this out.

* "Video Games & the Sexy Gender Binary:"

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* "Horror Queers: Re-Animator (1985):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-animator-1985/id1449041559?i=1000643633533

* "The 25 Best Queer Films of the Century So Far :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/the-25-best-queer-films-of-the-century-so-far

* "19 LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming in January 2025 & where to watch them:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-movies-tv-shows-january-2025

* "Horror Queers: Strangers on a Train (1951):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangers-on-a-train-1951/id1449041559?i=1000649018428

* "39 Amazing And Thought-Provoking Sculptures You've Probably Never Seen Before:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/39-amazing-and-thought-provoking-sculptures-you-ve-probably-never-seen-before/ar-AA1tHmuz

* "Riding Through Time: Vintage Motorcycle Photos of People Posing with Pride, 1920s-1950s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/people-with-motorcycles-vintage-photos/

* "Stunning Black-and-White Photos That Capture the Spirit of 1980s Hong Kong:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/hong-kong-photos-1980s/

* "“The Council Requires Snackies”: 50 Hilarious Pics Of Cats Grouping Together Interview With Expert:" https://www.boredpanda.com/council-of-cats-pics/

* "Sunday Sweets: Jen's Happy Cakes:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-jens-happy-cakes-2024

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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.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

* Ethical Elephant sanctuary disaster relief: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/769847233453719552/emergency-flood-relief?source=share

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

* "My husky’s fren needs your help:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74raKUtbCKI

More Links Underneath: )

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Sep. 1st, 2023 05:44 am
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* I was sick this week so a massive number of things got prepped and didn't go in, including a massive amount of fascism watcha queer news. Apologies.

* "Guatemala progressive’s presidential victory certified, but his party is suspended:" https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-0b8d5eb5dbc81fcb6a413f8212739b68

* "Venezuela: Arbitrary detentions continue as a tool of government control and repression:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/venezuela-arbitrary-arrests-government-control-repression/

* "Cocaine cartels encroach on Unification Church’s Paraguayan paradise:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/paraguay-drugs-unification-church/

* "Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/us-china-tech-taiwan/

* "Let's talk about Taiwan, the US, and F-16s....:"

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* "Ukraine will speed up advance on southern front, commander says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-will-speed-up-advance-southern-front-commander-2023-08-26/

* "Ukraine says it liberates strategic settlement:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-has-liberated-southeastern-village-robotyne-2023-08-28/

* "Life in Kyiv may seem normal on the surface, but a closer look reveals the burdens of war:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-daily-life-kyiv-bombardment-fe82d9695f5294e513b3f77937f95b87




* "Texas National Guard member fires across Rio Grande, wounds Mexican citizen:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/28/texas-national-guard-shoots-mexican-citizen-border/

* "Let's talk about Texas, Mexico, and over the Rio Grande....:"

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* "Biden Labor Department moves to expand overtime pay for millions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/biden-labor-department-over-time-00113457

* "Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead:" https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-workers-rights-back/

* "Let's talk about big union news....:"

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* "First 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations chosen:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/29/first-10-drugs-chosen-for-medicare-negotiations-00113273

* "After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections:" https://apnews.com/article/clean-water-epa-biden-supreme-court-sackett-a2101597f96ca9f0dcc6917832906b1e

* "Now-released forms reveal more trips gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas by Harlan Crow:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196993118/justices-thomas-alito-financial-disclosures

* "US Job Openings Decline to 8.83 Million, Lowest Since Early 2021:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-29/us-job-openings-decline-by-more-than-forecast-to-8-83-million?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "As rents and evictions rise across the country, more cities and states debate rent control:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/18/what-is-rent-control-california-los-angeles-debate-laws/70601895007/

* "“Friends of the Court” Ask SCOTUS To Raise Rents:" https://www.levernews.com/friends-of-the-court-ask-scotus-to-raise-rents/

* "New York Workers Are Waiting on $79 Million in Back Wages:" https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-workers-are-waiting-on-79-million-in-back-wages

* "How Much Will It Cost to Settle the WGA and SAG AFTRA Strikes:"

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* After all exhaustive partisan investigation by a Republican of Hunter Biden turned up no evidence at all against Biden. Therefore the logical next step is a witch hunt. "A House impeachment inquiry of President Biden is a ‘natural step forward,’ Speaker McCarthy says:" https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-hunter-biden-impeachment-inquiry-government-shutdown-56d9ccc7f090ea220a47e877e503179e

* "Trump tells Republicans to impeach Biden or 'fade into oblivion':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-tells-republicans-to-impeach-biden-or-fade-into-oblivion-191856709698

* "Top Oversight Democrat calls for subpoena of Jared Kushner’s Saudi ties:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/top-oversight-democrat-calls-for-subpoena-of-jared-kushner-s-saudi-ties-192022085692

* "GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell’s freeze:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/gop-senators-mcconnell-freeze-up-00113610

* "This New Bill Would Require LGBTQ+ Inclusive Sex Ed Nationwide:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-sex-education

* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* Rule of law has held in Georgia for now. "Efforts to punish Fani Willis over Trump prosecution are ‘political theater,’ Georgia Gov. Kemp says:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/efforts-to-punish-fani-willis-over-trump-prosecution-are-political-theater-georgia-gov-kemp-says

* "'Political theater:' Gov. Kemp shuts down GOP calls to oust Fani Willis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-political-theater-gov-kemp-shuts-down-gop-calls-to-oust-fani-willis-192019525945

* This entire investigation is some bullshit. "State Republicans Try to Remove Top Jurist for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/north-carolina-gop-anita-earls-ethics-case.html

* "The Plot to End Voting Rights with Rick Hasen:"

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* "Justin Jones Silenced Yet Again by Tennessee Republicans:" https://advocatechannel.com/justin-jones-silenced-again-republicans

* "Biden campaign manager: GOP debate was ‘race to an extreme agenda’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-campaign-manager-gop-debate-was-race-to-an-extreme-agenda-191780421785

* "Let's talk about dinosaurs and the weather....:"

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* "Hayes blasts ‘deranged’ GOP climate plan: ‘Hurl ourselves into the fire’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-blasts-deranged-gop-climate-plan-hurl-ourselves-into-the-fire-191938117880

* "Report on Trump's private remarks reveals true stakes of 2024 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/report-on-trump-s-private-remarks-reveals-true-stakes-of-2024-election-191786053964

* "School board president Sonja Shaw linked to lobbyists who support state executions for gays:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/school-board-president-sonja-shaw-linked-to-lobbyists-who-support-state-executions-for-gays

* It seems to me that trying to end democracy in the United States was already an attempt to provoke a civil war. "Far-Right State Senator Suggests Trump Trial Could Inspire Civil War:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colton-moore-trump-civil-war_n_64ef1259e4b01033a8287fb5




* "Hayes: Giuliani defamation ruling is ‘down payment on actual accountability’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-giuliani-defamation-ruling-is-down-payment-on-actual-accountability-191936581685

* "Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/28/meadows-testimony-georgia-hearing-00113215

* "Trump and 18 others charged in the Georgia election case are set to be arraigned on Sept. 6:" https://apnews.com/article/georgia-indictment-arraignment-trump-giuliani-c5abbd260f44947a1c01211136108bfe

* "Rev. Stephen Lee from Orland Park church surrenders in Trump Georgia case:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-lee-turns-himself-in-st-0827-20230825-rfx4xxjc2bdntllgczgi4ppnbe-story.html

* "Rudy Giuliani and an Empty Bag of Cheez-Its:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/rudy-giuliani-cheez-its

* "You Can't Talk About Trump's Georgia Case Without Talking About Racism:" https://time.com/6307644/georgia-indictment-trump-fani-willis-race/

* "Trump’s federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/28/trump-trial-date-election-subversion-2020-00113186

* "'Like any defendant': Judge says Trump must ‘make the trial date work’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-like-any-defendant-judge-says-trump-must-make-the-trial-date-work-191776837679

* "Trump bid to put off federal trial for years falls flat; Judges consult on speedy trial schedule:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-bid-to-put-off-federal-trial-for-years-falls-flat-judges-consult-on-speedy-trial-schedule-191787589783

* "Ex-judge: Trump election trial judge should have ‘The Talk’ with lawyers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ex-judge-trump-election-trial-judge-should-have-the-talk-with-lawyers-191854661770




* "Why it's wrong to assume a single gunman is a 'lone wolf' shooter:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-it-s-wrong-to-assume-a-single-gunman-is-a-lone-wolf-shooter-191787589707

* CW: Animal Death "Heavily Armed Man Kills Dog at Church, Returns to Menace Congregation:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/armed-kills-dog-church-texas

* "Let's talk about Memphis and scorpions....:"

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* "Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/health/schools-indoor-air-covid.html

* "Growing concerns for back-to-school as data shows rising COVID-19 cases in B.C.:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-variants-back-to-school-1.6949248

* "Johnston Column: COVID response confounds SARS expert:" https://www.thewhig.com/opinion/johnston-column-covid-response-confounds-sars-expert

* It's really bad here too, south of the border. The new vaccine formulation rolls out in a couple weeks. We all need to work together to stop spreading COVID by wearing masks indoors, etc.. Remember, each reinfection increases your chance of long term damage.

* As a kid who went to a high achieving school, it checks out. "Students in high-achieving schools are now named an ‘at-risk’ group, study says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/09/26/students-high-achieving-schools-are-now-named-an-at-risk-group/




* "Sam Champion Talks Extreme Weather and Climate Change:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/sam-champion-climate-change

* "Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power:" https://apnews.com/article/florida-hurricane-idalia-2136985ceea53f5deb600c43aeea1138

* "Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia’s wake:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-idalia-tropical-storm-florida-carolina-georgia-6fcf457b3c1da43c208730bb998cdd0f

* "Tropical Storm Idalia hits North Carolina after leaving trail of devastation in Southeast:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/tropical-storm-idalia-hits-north-carolina-after-leaving-trail-of-devastation-in-southeast

* "Virginia Beach, Norfolk residents see heavy flooding from Idalia:" https://www.wtkr.com/news/virginia-beach-norfolk-residents-see-heavy-flooding-from-idalia

* "More than 600 firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft struggle to control wildfires in Greece:" https://apnews.com/article/greece-wildfires-evros-alexandroupolis-athens-parnitha-87ba978808ca9d836b733df6b5713083

* "Greece wildfire destroys area bigger than New York City:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/greece-wildfire-scorches-area-bigger-than-new-york-2023-08-29/

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html




* "America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/28/climate/groundwater-drying-climate-change.html

* "Dirty air is biggest external threat to human health, worse than tobacco or alcohol, major study finds:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-pollution-biggest-human-health-threat-smoking-alcohol-study/

* "The true cost of climate pollution? 44% of corporate profits.:" https://grist.org/economics/true-cost-carbon-pollution-half-of-corporate-profits-climate/

* "Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/21/business/airline-safety-close-calls.html

* "Let's talk about how India's on the moon....:"

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* "Why does tumblr make so many random changes AND never give any forewarning or a reasoning for why they made it, AND never give any data on the feedback we send or the results they get from those changes? :" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/727249796852826112/i-know-you-arent-with-tumblr-anymore-but-idk-who?source=share

* "US Patent Bureau call for comment on AI:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2286373.html

* "‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species:" https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278094767.html

* "Takahē recovery: New wild home for birds on Ngāi Tahu whenua in Ōtākou:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/takahe-recovery-new-wild-home-for-birds-on-ngai-tahu-whenua-in-otakou/MMFSWNMCJJBWVKJAVV3XV6GI4E/

* "Members of Congress and the America First movement working to spread Nazi propaganda try to shut down reporting and a Justice Department investigation into their activities.:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/episode-5-shut-it-down-n1300315

* "Justice Department prosecutor O. John Rogge isn't prepared for the pre-planned chaos that erupts as the most high-profile sedition trial in U.S. history begins.:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/episode-6-bedlam-n1300515

* "The History of D&D Hasbro Refused to Learn From:"

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* "On National Grief Awareness Day, Remembering the AIDS Caregivers:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/national-grief-awareness-day-aids

* "How Native Hawaiians have been pushed out of Hawai'i:"

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* Every day I wake up hoping Tumblr will have fixed the tag system so it saves previous tags one has used as it used to. Every day I am disappointed.

I am so tired of zapping NAZI/TERFs and spam bots. Related question: why are so many porn spammers also Neo-NAZI TEERFs?

* I've been kind of sluggish and the cats have been extra clingy which I attributed to my system still being off from the meds experiment that failed. Tuesday, Livia tried to herd me back to bed three times. I caught squirrel coughing when he came out to eat. I reminded him to COVID test, which we're being extra careful about because it's bad here and ripping through nursing homes along with RSV and Influenza. They have it at his job, so he's being extra careful, but still.

Several hours later, I started coughing, and it escalated fast as these things do with me. We're both negative for COVID, so likely he brought a cold home and spread it. Honestly it feels like my standard respirator virus situation, not post vax crappy. I alerted the Millennials and called off Wednesday errands. This was clever as I was too ill to sleep properly and every time i drifted off the phone rang.

On the upside the people in charge of breathing meds have finally accepted my doctor's second attempt to renew my prescription after them calling me daily for a month and a half and me telling them that the doctor they keep faxing doesn't work their anymore and them prete5nding to put the new doctor's name in the computer only to call me the next day for an identical conversation in which I have to explain about the old doctor having left in February etc.. I know they talk to a lot of people but they only have three people calling and it was A MONTH and A HALF. It was like none of them had any memory of me having had this conversation before with them, often just the day before. Sigh. I try to be super polite to people with jobs like that because it's a rotten job, but I admit to getting a bit snippy towards the end.

Anyway, I can stop rationing lung meds now.

I did finally get reasonable sleep in the evening. If you are reading me on Tumblr, I didn't get to the posting news part of the evening. This is why.

* "The Comic Strip That Explains the Evolution of American Parenting:" https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/06/goofus-and-gallant-american-parenting-highlights/674536/

* "A Good Day To Join The Hittite Army, Chapter Five: A Quick Trip to the Underworld:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/a-good-day-to-join-the-hittite-army-bef?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=135632780&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

* "Midnight Pals: Cyclical Time:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/726919264925335552/midnight-pals-cyclical-time?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Happy Birthday:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/727104504329306113/midnight-pals-happy-birthday?source=share

*****
* 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.

* "US Patent Bureau call for comment on AI:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2286373.html

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* My body is very difficult for the last week and a half and no one is letting me sleep. (Pharmacy called me twice friday, for example, and I think that was the fifth or sixth pharmacy call waking me up in the last wee. Ilost track for obvious reasons. Every medical appointment requires three robo calls now and one appointment per week is a minimum for me. Plus all the car stuff and all the other calls waking me up, and Tavy's nightmare Monday and all the other things... No sleep. My eyelid is twitching right now.

* "Climate advocates urge World Bank overhaul as leader exits:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-climate-and-environment-world-bank-david-malpass-donald-trump-8e5da6c379e8452cc75f6b919a463889

* "Iranians are protesting their government on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution:"`https://www.npr.org/2023/02/11/1156305970/iranians-are-protesting-their-government-on-the-anniversary-of-the-islamic-revol

* "Despite Khamenei's amnesty, most protesters in Iran won't go free, advocate says:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156115697/iran-amnesty-protests-arrests-khamenei

* "Death toll from Islamic State attack in Syria at least 53:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-islamic-state-attack-syria-53-97306662

* "Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president:"`https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/insecurity-threatens-nigerias-democracy-voters-elect-new-president-2023-02-17/

* What Netanyahu is trying to do is terrifying. "100,000 Israelis gather in Jerusalem to protest judicial overhaul amid mass strike:"`https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-13/ty-article-live/as-nationwide-strike-launches-across-israel-protesters-block-airport/00000186-495d-d80f-abff-6bdd90c30000

* "Israelis set to protest Netanyahu's judicial overhaul for seventh consecutive week:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-17/ty-article/.premium/israelis-set-to-protest-netanyahus-judicial-overhaul-for-seventh-consecutive-week/00000186-5e99-dba0-a5c6-5efd92720000

* "France braces for protests as Macron pushes forward with pension reform:" https://www.politico.eu/article/france-emmanuel-macron-braced-for-protests-pushes-forward-with-pension-reform/

* "South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-president-declares-state-disaster-over-power-crisis-2023-02-09/

* "Explainer: How will South Africa's 'state of disaster' resolve power crisis?:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/how-will-south-africas-state-disaster-resolve-power-crisis-2023-02-10/

* "Brazil pushes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory:" https://apnews.com/article/brazil-government-climate-and-environment-indigenous-people-a902ff2529068ccb7965e505f250f0f7

* "Ukraine to summon Hungarian envoy over 'unacceptable' remarks by Orban:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-summon-hungarian-envoy-over-unacceptable-remarks-by-orban-2023-01-27/

* "Moldovan prime minister announces government resignation:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-prime-minister-announces-government-resignation-2023-02-10/

* "Moldova names new pro-EU prime minister after government falls amid Russian pressure:" https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-government-resign-pro-european-union-natalia-gavrilita/

* "What is happening in Moldova, Ukraine's tiny European neighbor with a pro-Russian movement?:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/what-is-happening-in-moldova-is-it-putins-next-target-after-ukraine.html

* "Facebook ran ads in Moldova for oligarch sanctioned by US:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-united-states-government-us-department-of-the-treasury-russia-6277b515a552c980c262c72731dccdbe

* "India tax officers search BBC offices weeks after critical Modi documentary:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-income-tax-department-conducts-searches-bbc-offices-sources-2023-02-14/

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* "Government risks undermining plans to ban ‘no fault’ tenant evictions, say MPs - Committees:" https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/186104/government-risks-undermining-plans-to-ban-no-fault-tenant-evictions-say-mps/

* "Tory MP Who Said Foodbank Users 'Can't Budget' Appointed Deputy Party Chairman:" https://ca.style.yahoo.com/tory-mp-said-foodbank-users-141545922.html

* "Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/15/nicola-sturgeon-resigns-quits-lgbtq-trans/

* "SNP 'frontrunner' Kate Forbes has a troubling record on abortion and trans rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/16/kate-forbes-snp-trans-church-abortion/

* "UK strikes hit a 30-year high as inflation erodes pay:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/economy/uk-strikes-wages-inflation/index.html

* "Tory crackdown on gender reform suggests government might ‘take away rights altogether’, trans dad fears:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/freddy-mcconnell-trans-gender-recognition-act-grc/

* "Tory government would block Welsh gender recognition reform:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/tory-government-block-welsh-gender-recognition-reform/

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* Please, please, wear your mask! "The COVID-19 pandemic in 2023: far from over:" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00050-8/fulltext

* Republicans continue to try to criminalize life saving medical care. "Idaho lawmakers introduce legislation to criminalize those who administer COVID vaccines:" https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/capitol-watch/idaho-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-criminalize-those-who-administer-covid-vaccines-legislature/277-2436a514-e7da-4b31-9762-f9be10300075

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* "Ukrainian president addresses UK parliament:" https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/02/08/volodymyr-zelensky-addresses-parliament-sot-intl-vpx.cnn

* "Romania says Russian missile flew over Moldova just outside NATO airspace:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/10/romania-moldova-russia-missiles-ukraine-nato/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: U.S. Says Restocking Ukraine With Ammunition Is Urgent to Allies:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/14/world/russia-ukraine-news

* "Russian diplomat says ties with US in 'unprecedented crisis':" https://apnews.com/article/politics-russia-government-united-states-moscow-cbc9e5e628564a6ac36caae94a082eb6

* "United States tells citizens: Leave Russia immediately:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/united-states-tells-citizens-depart-russia-immediately-2023-02-13/

* "Zelenskyy predicts Russian loss and warns Belarus against attack:" https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-predict-russia-loss-warn-belarus-attack-munich-security-conference/

* "Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155761686/russia-is-draining-a-massive-ukrainian-reservoir-endangering-a-nuclear-plant

* "Russian forces strike Ukraine, air raid sirens wail across the country:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-strike-ukraine-air-raid-sirens-wail-across-country-2023-02-10/

* "Russia's rare thermobaric rocket launcher taken out by Ukraine, video shows:" https://www.newsweek.com/russia-thermobaric-rocket-launcher-destroyed-ukraine-video-1781454

* "Russia may have lost an entire elite brigade near a Donetsk coal-mining town:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-may-have-lost-an-entire-elite-brigade-near-a-coal-mining-town-in-donbas-ukraine-says/

* " On the road from Donetsk, evacuation ends in heartbreak :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-evacuation-picture/

* I’m so glad she escaped. "Russian TV Journalist Who Protested Ukraine War On Air Added To Wanted List:" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-journalist-ukraine-protest-ovsyannikova-wanted-escaped/32063391.html

Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation

* "Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/political-protest-new-generation-faces/

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* "US intercepts Russian bombers off Alaska for 2 straight days:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-intercepts-russian-bombers-off-alaska-2-straight/story?id=97260923

* "North Korea displays enough ICBMs to overwhelm U.S. defense system against them:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/08/north-korea-missile-capability-icbms-00081993

* "What we know about the unidentified object shot down over Alaska:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-alaska-military-latest/index.html

* "U.S. declassifies balloon intelligence, calls out China for spying:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/09/chinese-balloon-surveillance-program/

* "Congress unites to condemn China — but splits again over Biden — after spy balloon incident:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/house-passes-measure-condemning-china-for-spy-balloon-419-0-00082038

* "Chinese Spy Balloon: Legal To Shoot Down?:"

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* "Did the Pentagon use a jet to shoot down a hobby group's balloon?:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/did-the-pentagon-use-a-jet-to-shoot-down-a-hobby-group-s-balloon-163535429550

* "Biden says objects shot down over North America last week appear to not be part of China's spy balloon operation :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/politics/president-biden-downed-objects

* "Outside of balloon spotlight, Chinese hacks threaten U.S. infrastructure, security:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/outside-of-balloon-spotlight-chinese-hacks-threaten-u-s-infrastructure-security-163391045627

* "After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/12/after-helping-princes-rise-trump-kushner-benefit-saudi-funds/

* "Democrat seeks documents about $2 billion Saudi investment in Kushner fund:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/15/democrats-jared-kushner-saudi-investment-documents/

* "Raskin calls for investigation into Kushner’s $2 billion Saudi deal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-calls-for-investigation-into-kushner-s-2-billion-saudi-deal-163456581726

* "New details on how Trump, Kushner continue to profit off Saudi ties:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-details-on-how-trump-kushner-continue-to-profit-off-saudi-ties-163301445596

* "Apparent cyberattack forces Florida hospital system to divert some emergency patients to other facilities:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/politics/cyberattack-hospital-tallahassee-memorial-florida/index.html

* "Exclusive: Former top FBI official involved in Trump-Russia investigation under scrutiny by federal prosecutors for his own ties to Russia:" https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-fbi-charles-mcgonigal-trump-russia-grand-jury-oleg-deripaska-2022-9

* "New report raises questions about indicted former FBI spy chief's Russia contacts:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-report-raises-questions-about-indicted-former-fbi-spy-chief-s-russia-contacts-163531845694

* "Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s strange ‘woke’ rant reveals a big GOP problem:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/08/sarah-huckabee-sanders-sotu-response-biden-woke-ron-desantis/

* "One-on-One with Karine Jean-Pierre:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/one-on-one-with-karine-jean-pierre-163207237765

* "Biden to name Fed's Lael Brainard as top economic advisor, source says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/14/biden-to-name-feds-lael-brainard-as-top-economic-advisor-source-says.html

* "Black History Flag Flies Over Federal Building For First Time:" https://advocatechannel.com/black-history-flag-flies-over-federal-building-first-time

* "Supreme Court justices discussed, but did not agree on, code of conduct:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/09/supreme-court-ethics-code/

* "String of scandals prompts push for Supreme Court code of conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/string-of-scandals-prompts-push-for-supreme-court-code-of-conduct-163067461908

* Some Republican Supreme Court justices insist that they are Lawmakers, not judges and the importance of their rulings means they can't be constrained by any ethical rules when changing law in accordance with their political beliefs.

My suspicion is the ethical constraint that most would chafe is an end to them being allowed to take bribes for access.

* "The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Internet. Really.:"

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* "Inflation eases again, but bringing prices further down will take work:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/14/inflation-easing-cpi-january/

* "Rick Scott pivots on Social Security Medicare after bipartisan backlash:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rick-scott-pivots-on-social-security-medicare-after-bipartisan-backlash-163605573683

* And yet they don’t examine the massive tax cuts they gave the rich. "Republicans take aim at food stamps in growing fight over federal debt:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/02/16/food-stamps-gop-proposed-cuts/

* "Ohio train crash crisis highlights need for safety net GOP seeks to cut:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ohio-train-crash-crisis-highlights-need-for-safety-net-gop-seeks-to-cut-163614277858

* "582,462 and Counting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/business/economy/us-homeless-population-count.html

* "Striking HarperCollins Workers Reach Tentative Agreement With Publisher:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/books/harper-collins-strike-tentative-agreement.html

* "Temple University cuts tuition and health benefits for striking graduate students:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155762537/temple-university-grad-strike

Graduate student workers do a lot of the things professors do (grading, some teaching, particularly discussion sections, etc.), and being a grad student is incredibly expensive. Tuition is astronomically higher, and not always covered by grants, scholarships, etc.. The cost of books is massive even compared to undergraduates in the more expensive disciplines. (The books you need for things like advanced language classes and history cost almost as much as housing did for me in grad school per term). The same housing shortages and skyrocketing housing prices effect them as they do everyone else and on campus graduate housing tends to be super limited, especially if you have a spouse or family, which means dealing with expensive city housing markets).

I absolutely support the strikers. Universities use grad students and adjunct professors as a way to avoid paying for tenure track and tenured professors in the quantities they need. Seriously, given the geometric tuition inflation in my lifetime, most universities can afford to pay all their workers properly, they just chose not to.

* "Uber, Lyft drivers announce strike across Pittsburgh region:" https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/uber-lyft-drivers-announce-strike-across-pittsburgh-region/T7SE5T7GHJB7VOD4LG3J4VF34A/

* "Actors strike at California medieval-themed dinner theater:" https://apnews.com/article/california-los-angeles-business-strikes-409905e3e61b5611da872f4f25be8e96

* "Starbucks: A Grande Union Busting With Two Pumps of Racism:"

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* "Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' parents, sister sue Alec Baldwin over 'Rust' shooting:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-parents-sister-sue-alec-baldwin/story?id=97006332

* "Chris Hayes: The real reason behind the Republican Party infighting:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-real-reason-behind-the-republican-party-infighting-163162693902

* "Plaskett: GOP using ‘weaponization’ panel to air conspiracy theories ahead of 2024:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/plaskett-gop-using-weaponization-panel-to-air-conspiracy-theories-ahead-of-2024-163164229889

* "Specificity key to advancing goals of public safety, police reform: Rep. Horsford:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/specificity-key-to-advancing-goals-of-public-safety-police-reform-rep-horsford-163170885872

* "Gay Dem Blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for Going After Drag Shows at Hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-robert-garcia

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* "Democrats look for opportunities to secure democracy against GOP election deniers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/democrats-look-for-opportunities-to-secure-democracy-against-gop-election-deniers-163463237813

* "Fox knew vote rigging claims were false, Dominion says, as network defends coverage:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominion-voting-systems-says-fox-knew-vote-rigging-claims-it-broadcast-were-2023-02-16/

* "Mehdi: Bombshell text evidence confirms Fox 'is not a news channel':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-bombshell-text-evidence-confirms-fox-is-not-a-news-channel-163603525730

* "On air vs. off air: How Fox News lied about the 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/on-air-vs-off-air-how-fox-news-lied-about-the-2020-election-163603013893

* "Court brief exposes Fox News fear of fickle, Trump-supporting audience:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/court-brief-exposes-fox-news-fear-of-fickle-trump-supporting-audience-163611205944

* "Fox News exposed for disingenuous coverage of Trump's Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/fox-news-exposed-for-disingenuous-coverage-of-trump-s-big-lie-163613253706

* "Who knew a far-right election denier would do Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' bidding?:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2023/02/07/gov-katie-hobbs-ally-in-election-denier-rep-liz-harris/69881091007/

* "Nikki Haley Launches Her Campaign Beside Doomsday Antisemitic Pastor:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-launches-her-campaign-beside-doomsday-antisemitic-pastor-john-hagee

* "Trump attacks Nikki Haley from the left on Social Security, Medicare:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-attacks-nikki-haley-from-the-left-on-social-security-medicare-163455557771

* "Nikki Haley stumbles over federal abortion ban issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nikki-haley-stumbles-over-federal-abortion-ban-issue-163527749727

* "Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-death-penalty-firing-squad-executions-1234679447/

* "Trump Vows to Gut Transgender Rights if Reelected:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-transgender-rights

* "Big GOP donors plot to replace Trump in 2024:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/big-gop-donors-plot-to-replace-trump-in-2024-163050565957

* "California's Rep. Lee files to seek Feinstein's Senate seat:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-2022-midterm-elections-dianne-feinstein-barbara-lee-82e9988882c50b6514b7ee22f946a884

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* "'This is a lie': Sinema's office denies Santos' account of friendly exchange during State of Union:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/sinema-santos-state-of-the-union/index.html

* "FEC orders Santos to formally declare his 2024 candidacy or 'disavow' post-midterm fundraising :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/fec-george-santos-campaign-fundraising/index.html

* "George Santos Reportedly Hires Lawyer Convicted of Brazilian Gang Killing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/george-santos-lawyer-gang-execution

* "Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/santos-charged-theft-2017-dog-breeders-00082091

* "House Democrats file resolution attempting to expel George Santos from Congress:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-house-democrats-resolution-remove-from-congress/

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* "The First Gen Z Congressman Has Landed in Washington:"

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* If this is what he needed then I am very glad he was willing and able to do it. My thoughts are with him. "Fetterman checks into hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fetterman-checks-into-hospital-to-seek-treatment-for-clinical-depression-163527749542

* White lawmakers are planning to end democracy for a majority black city so they can have their way with the city, much as happened in Flint Michigan only worse. "Controversial Bill in Mississippi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/controversial-bill-in-mississippi-163208261638

* "Unnerving authoritarian patterns seen from right-wing U.S. governors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/unnerving-authoritarian-patterns-seen-from-right-wing-u-s-governors-163312709674

* "First step to authoritarianism: attack the free press:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/first-step-to-authoritarianism-attack-the-free-press-163311173811

* This is terrifying in every country where it’s happening. "Authoritarian style attacks on judiciary expected as potential Trump indictment looms:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/authoritarian-style-attacks-on-judiciary-expected-as-potential-trump-indictment-looms-163312197935

* "Feds bust company using child labor to clean meatpacking plants:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/feds-bust-company-using-child-labor-to-clean-meatpacking-plants-163611717920

* "Portions of Georgia grand jury report cite suspicions of false testimony:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/portions-of-grand-jury-report-cite-suspicions-of-false-testimony-163534917814

* "FBI removes one document marked classified from former Vice President Mike Pence's home:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/mike-pence-house-fbi-search/index.html

* "Trump team turns over additional classified records and laptop to federal prosecutors:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/trump-classified-records-laptop/index.html

* "Trump lawyers turn over more classified material, including digital copies:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-lawyers-turn-over-more-classified-material-including-digital-copies-163170885625

* "Trump legal spotlight increasingly difficult for Pence to avoid:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-legal-spotlight-increasingly-difficult-for-pence-to-avoid-163169349927

* "Mark Meadows subpoenaed by DOJ special counsel in Jan. 6 probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-mark-meadows-subpoenaed-by-doj-special-counsel-in-jan-6-probe-163455045531

* "Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows received DOJ subpoena in January: reports:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-received-doj-subpoena-in-january-reports-163464261634

* "What the DOJ special counsel might hope to learn from Mike Pence under subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/what-the-doj-special-counsel-might-hope-to-learn-from-mike-pence-under-subpoena-163067461596

* "‘He’s going to lose this’: Mike Pence’s chance of challenging DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-going-to-lose-this-mike-pence-s-chance-of-challenging-doj-subpoena-163049029764

* "Schiff: No excuse for Pence to do anything but cooperate with DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schiff-no-excuse-for-pence-to-do-anything-but-cooperate-with-doj-subpoena-163161157968

* "'Wrongheaded on many levels': Lofgren knocks Pence foot-dragging on DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-wrongheaded-on-many-levels-lofgren-knocks-pence-footdragging-on-doj-subpoena-163391045695

* "Rep. Goldman: Pence is trying Trump's delay strategy in subpoena fight:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-goldman-pence-is-trying-trump-s-delay-strategy-in-subpoena-fight-163526725796

* "Four Takeaways From the Proud Boys Jan. 6 Sedition Trial So Far:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6-sedition-trial.html

* "Elon Musk Is An Idiot (and so are Zuck and SBF):"

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* "Joe Rogan Can’t Figure Out Why People Think Elon Musk Is a ‘Right-Winger’ Now:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-cant-figure-out-why-people-think-elon-musk-is-a-right-winger-now

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses gay former Twitter exec of sexualising children:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-yoel-roth-twitter-hunter-biden-hearing/

* "Extremist influencers are generating millions for Twitter, report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/09/twitter-ads-revenue-suspended-account/

* "FBI says Baltimore County woman plotted to 'shoot up' BGE electric substations:" https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2023-02-06/fbi-says-baltimore-county-woman-plotted-to-shoot-up-bge-electric-substations

* "Molotov Cocktail Thrown at New Jersey Synagogue:" https://advocatechannel.com/molotov-cocktail-new-jersey-synagogue

* "Florida could soon have permitless carry. It’s not enough, some gun owners say.:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/07/desantis-permitless-carry-bill-gun-open-constitutional/

* "LGBTQ+ Activists Speak Out as Florida Considers Loosening Gun Access:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/permitless-carry-lgbtq-florida

* "New push for assault weapons ban, nearly five years after Parkland shooting:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/new-push-for-assault-weapons-ban-nearly-five-years-after-parkland-shooting-163206725800

* "Maxwell Frost: Gen Z is the 'mass shooting generation’ :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maxwell-frost-gen-z-is-the-mass-shooting-generation-163380805669

* CW: Suicide. "Suspect has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after mass shooting at Michigan State University left 3 dead and 5 injured, police say:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/us/michigan-state-university-shots-fired/index.html

* "Suspect killed former partner, five others in Mississippi shootings, sheriff says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/17/mississippi-shooting-tate-county/

* "White House struggles to explain the fate of Title 42:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/public-health-emerdency-title-42-00081390

* "Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse:" https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-legal-proceedings-kenosha-lawsuits-shootings-3bdc03586a45f1ebee16a3df8a5a4f63

* "How True Crime Exploits Victims:"

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* "Missouri man who killed 4 executed despite innocence claims:" https://apnews.com/article/missouri-state-government-california-homicide-94fe2fefa47faa618d3826c7f32e6f1d

* "Are Inmates Being Sentenced to a Painful Death?:"

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* "Yale Honors Black Girl Reported to Police For Spraying Lanternflies:" https://advocatechannel.com/yale-honors-black-girl-reported-to-police-for-spraying-lanternflies

* "Who’s Afraid of Black History?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Opinion

* "Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/07/greg-abbott-diversity-equity-inclusion-illegal/

* "New College of Florida board trustee wants to replace president and fire all faculty and staff to eliminate ‘dogmatic wokeness’:" https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/new-college-of-florida-board-trustee-wants-to-replace-president-and-fire-all-faculty-and-staff-to-eliminate-dogmatic-wokeness-33448774

* I was super skeptical of the guy from the college board I saw interviewed recently claiming there was no contact and they just decided to gut the course independently. I feel vindicated in my skepticism. "Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/florida-college-board-african-american-studies.html

* "DeSantis retrograde war on education, social progress stirs protest in Florida capital:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-retrograde-war-on-education-social-progress-stirs-protest-in-florida-capital-163463237757

* "200 students stage walkout at Hillcrest High School in protest over Black History Month program:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/200-students-stage-walkout-at-hillcrest-high-school-in-protest-over-black-history-month-program/

* "North Dakota Bill Would Jail Librarians for Not Removing Certain Books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/north-dakota-library-jail-books

* "Right-Wing Group Targets LGBTQ+ Existence in Michigan Schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/right-wing-targets-lgbtq-michigan

* "Libs of TikTok Targets 'Kinky Boots' Event:" https://www.advocate.com/news/chaya-raichik-unaware-kinky-boots#rebelltitem1

* "Former Mayor Pleads No Contest in Grindr Child Sex Crime Case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/robert-jacob-child-sex-crime

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Male Staffer Who Accused CPAC's Matt Schlapp of Groping Sues GOP Operative:" https://www.advocate.com/news/matt-schlapp-gop-operative

* "Gay Man Sues Canada Over Sperm Donation Restrictions:" https://www.advocate.com/news/sperm-donation-canada-gay-men

* For Republicans, the Handmaid's Tale is aspirational. "Florida Wants Teen Athletes to Report Periods — Why?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-teen-athletes-periods

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* I’m not holding my breath for this Supreme Court to side with the constitution and civil and human rights over their theocracy agenda. I’d love for this to work though. "Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist, despite Dobbs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/federal-judge-constitutional-right-abortion-dobbs-00081391

* "Biden administration braces for ruling that could ban abortion pills:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/court-ban-abortion-pills-nationwide-00081946

* "Texas judge could end access to abortion medication mifepristone nationwide:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/texas-judge-could-end-access-to-abortion-medication-mifepristone-nationwide-163068485515

* "TX lawsuit could pull abortion drug off the U.S. market:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/tx-lawsuit-could-pull-abortion-drug-off-the-u-s-market-163206725797

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* "Focus on the Family Hates Your (Non-Straight) Family:"

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* "Egyptian Police Entrapping Queer Men Through Dating Apps: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-egypt

* "Photographer Charged With Murder of LGBTQ Activist, Model Edwin Chiloba:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/edwin-chiloba-murder-suspect

* "India could legalise same-sex marriage. It would change these couples' lives:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/india-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-ruling/

* "Slovenia becomes first eastern European country to recognise same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/02/slovenia-same-sex-marriage/

* "Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/church-of-england-synod-votes-to-offer-blessings-to-same-sex-couples/

* "Protesters face off with bishops over paltry same-sex marriage blessings proposal:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/protestors-rally-against-church-of-englands-same-sex-marraige-law/

* "Doctors warn 'NHS is failing trans people' amid row over Tavistock gender clinic:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/tavistock-gender-clinic-closure-staff-open-letter-trans-healthcare/

* "91 Percent of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Failed in 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/news/anti-lgbtq-bills-failed-2022

* "Democrats kill off anti-trans bills targeting life-saving healthcare and trans kids:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/05/virginia-senate-democrats-trans-bills-healthcare/

* "Here Are the 21 States Trying to Ban Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/what-states-trying-ban-gender-affirming-care

* "Utah Gov. Signs Bill Banning Most Gender-Affirming Care for Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-affirming-care-utah-ban

* "North Dakota Bill Targets Nonexistent Trend of Students Identifying as Animals:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/students-identifying-as-animals-bill

* "Queer Prom Targeted by Far-Right Influencers and Lawmakers:" https://www.advocate.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-queer-prom

* "Trans pharmacist asked if she 'has a penis' during senate hearing speaks out: 'Dehumanising':" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/17/gwendolyn-herzig-trans-pharmacy-doctor-arkansas/

* "Baker Jack Phillips Loses Appeal in Trans Woman's Discrimination Suit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jake-phillips-loses-appeal-transgender

* "Two men charged over tragic 2019 killing of Black trans woman Pebbles LaDime Doe:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/04/pebbles-ladime-doe-death-south-caroline-black-trans/

* "Gay Man Robbed, Beaten Beyond Recognition in San Francisco:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-man-robbed-beaten

* "FBI Investigating Threats Against 3 LGBTQ+ Bars:" https://www.advocate.com/news/fbi-investigation-lgbtq-bar-threats

* "School District Rallies Behind Superintendent Targeted by Antigay Letter:" https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-school-district-superintendent

* "Trans employee wins $20K settlement against Shake Shack:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/trans-employee-wins-20k-settlement-against-shake-shack/

* "World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women:" https://www.advocate.com/world/world-athletics-transgender-women

* "Feds Seek Input on National PrEP Coverage:" https://www.advocate.com/news/feds-seek-prep-coverage-input

* "Mpox Is Almost Gone in the US, Leaving Lessons & Mysteries Behind:" https://www.advocate.com/health/mpox-monkeypox-numbers-down-lessons

* "Ex-Mormons Have Started a Magic Mushroom Church:"

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* Yet more proof insurance companies are evil and we need free universal healthcare. "Trans doctor forced to spend life savings to keep clinic open and treat patients:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/trans-doctor-tiffany-najberg-life-savings-to-keep-clinic-open/

* "Seizure Drug Can Reprogram Donor Hearts to Last Longer Until Transplant:" https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/594420-Seizure-Drug-Can-Reprogram-Donor-Hearts-to-Last-Longer-Until-Transplant/

* "900% increase in babies born with syphilis in Mississippi may be part of nationwide trend:" https://www.livescience.com/900-increase-in-babies-born-with-syphilis-in-mississippi-may-be-part-of-nationwide-trend

* "An 82-year-old woman was found alive at a New York funeral home after she was pronounced dead hours earlier, police say:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/new-york-woman-found-alive-funeral-home/index.html

* "Opioid Tapering Disrupts Healthcare and Worsens Doctor-Patient Relationships:" https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2023/2/8/opioid-tapering-disrupts-healthcare-and-worsens-doctor-patient-relationshipsnbsp

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* "How search and rescue teams pull survivors from rubble:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TURKEY-QUAKE/SEARCH/klpygdjoapg/

* "Turkey-Syria quake: Death toll tops 41,000; First U.N. aid convoy enters Syria via new border crossing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/14/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-deaths/

Link to help Turkey: https://www.tumblr.com/star-burp/708846519515774976?source=share

White Helmets Syria: https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/

UN help for both countries: https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/turkiye-syria-earthquake-emergency

Queer relief fund for the 6 February Earthquake LGBTQIA+ and/or SW survivors: https://gogetfunding.com/queer-relief-fund-for-the-6-february-earthquake-lgbtqia-and-or-sw-survivors/

Doctors without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?_gl=1*659c3c*_ga*NzkzMjQ0NzgxLjE2NzU4MzgzMzk.*_ga_C7EW6Q0J9K*MTY3NTgzODMzOC4xLjEuMTY3NTgzODQyMC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.197021998.387868859.1675838340-793244781.1675838339&_gac=1.52586970.1675838340.CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzthT21ylvvR7E5iLT-s-1Ob5DuAW4jst5eWVg1o0d89Pq6HwlGqUEPRoC-K0QAvD_BwE

* "Turkey’s Earthquake Response Is as Political as the Conditions That Increased the Devastation:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/turkeys-earthquake-response-is-as-political-as-the-conditions-that-increased-the-devastation

* "Devastation, loss and hope in Antakya after earthquake:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/earthquake-levels-city-antakya-southern-turkey/story?id=97034631

* "Syrian refugees starting over in Turkey are hit hard by the earthquake:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155632055/syrian-refugees-starting-over-in-turkey-are-hit-hard-by-the-earthquake

* "Three people rescued from Syria rubble 110 hours after earthquake:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-people-rescued-syria-rubble-110-hours-after-earthquake-state-media-2023-02-10/

* "Survivors ever fewer in earthquake rubble of Turkey and Syria:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/survivors-ever-fewer-earthquake-rubble-turkey-syria-2023-02-12/

* "How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-syrias-war-has-hindered-earthquake-relief-2023-02-13/

* "Rescues dwindle in Turkey after earthquake as aid trickles into Syria:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/teenager-rescued-rubble-turkey-10-days-after-quake-2023-02-16/

* "A Crisis Within a Crisis in Syria:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/podcasts/the-daily/syria-turkey-earthquake-aid.html

* "A Dramatic Rescue From Turkey's Earthquake Epicenter:"

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* "What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment

* "Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156567743/health-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals

* "Ohio train derailment prompts evacuations, uncertainty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-evacuations-uncertainty-163303493603

* "Republicans use Ohio train disaster to pursue culture wars, ignore solutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-use-ohio-train-disaster-to-pursue-culture-wars-ignore-solutions-163379781729

* "Ohio Governor DeWine, FEMA Regional Administrator Sivak issue joint statement on East Palestine:" https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/Headlines/Article/Ohio-Governor-DeWine-FEMA-Regional-Administrator-Sivak-issue-joint-statement-on-East-Palestine/2/73/88183

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* "“Potential Environmental Nuclear Bomb”: The Disappearing Salt Lake:"

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* "When AI Art Becomes Exploitative and Unethical:"

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* "How Humans Domesticated Just About Everything:"

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* "19th century register gives glimpse into lives of free blacks in Pittsylvania County:" https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_48c8c108-a88d-11ed-a5bc-a31f47080ded.html

* "How Robert Smalls sailed his crew and family to freedom during the Civil War:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-robert-smalls-sailed-his-crew-and-family-to-freedom-during-the-civil-war

* "First Black combatant of Civil War to be honored in Loudoun Co. battlefield cemetery:" https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2023/02/first-black-combatant-of-civil-war-to-be-honored-in-loudoun-co-battlefield-cemetery/

* "History Thread: Robert Elliott and the Rhetoric of Liberty:" https://the-avocado.org/2023/02/14/history-thread-robert-elliott-and-the-rhetoric-of-liberty/

* "Boston’s only Black hospital was founded in 1908 — in the South End apartment building where I lived:" https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/02/09/historic-boston-plymouth-hospital-cornelius-garland-lisa-gordon

* "How Hollywood was Born Gay:"

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* "Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust:" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939

* "The Little Known History of World War II's All-Black, All-Female Battalion:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/all-black-women-battalion-wwii-6888th?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a57267612e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a57267612e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=a57267612e&mc_eid=5723490053

* "James Dean: The Bi Hollywood Icon We Lost Too Soon:"

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* "50 Black Women in STEM You Should Know About:" https://medium.com/rediscover-steam/50-black-women-in-stem-you-should-know-about-f74bd23503fd

* "Jo-Raquel Tejada wanted to make it in Hollywood. She had to become Raquel Welch.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/raquel-welch-stealth-latina-tejada-changing-times-rcna71174

* "George Santos: Bring On The Ethics Investigation:"

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* "Meanwhile… Subway Is For Sale | Japan’s Monkey Mermaid Mummy | Pizza Delivery Squirrel Attack:"

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* "Rihanna Wins! | Are The Balloons Sent By Aliens? | George Santos Stole Puppies:"

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* "The Last of Us EP4: Building a Bond — Therapist Reacts!:"

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* "The Last of Us HBO EP5: The Importance of Great Role Models — Therapist Reacts!:"

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* "How Glass Onion Calls Out Capitalism:"

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* "Hogwarts Legacy release prompts more antisemitism allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/hogwarts-legacy-antisemitism-goblin-artefact/

* "The Queer Joy of Everything Everywhere All At Once:"

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* "Everyone Everywhere Needs Waymond Wang:"

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* "I Don't See Color: Where Bucky's Apology Fails:"

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* "Boyz II Men (ft. Stephen Colbert) -- "I'll Make Love To You (But We Don't Have To)":"

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* "Vladagra Will Help You Launch Your Missile:"

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* "The Bright Side of Dylan's Journey:"

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* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $6800 over the next three months until their move in date.

Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22

* Thursday was really bad mobility wise. Bonus points for hours of intermittent Internet connection. Monday was astonishingly difficult physically as well for no apparent reason. Tuesday was a touch better. We have dropped off the car for the procedure. Let's hope Medicare transport goes okay.

* The car ended up being $450.00. When they lifted the assembly out, they discovered the spark plugs were close to the end, so they just charged parts to replace them. I vaguely remember this being what happened more than a decade ago, last time they redid this part of the car, so was rather expecting it.

I have raised 100ish towards the bills I didn't pay in order to fix the car. I'll need to sort out the exact size of the hole once everything settled..

My chronic illness stuff remains stunningly bad. I was going to explain what's going on, but frankly, it exhausts me. We are at the trapped on the kitchen floor weeping because I couldn't find the safe for me spaghetti pot and then discovered I couldn't get up level Wednesday. Thursday was supposed to be full rest after I got the car back in the morning, but Ha! No! People kept calling me, and then it turned out I'd forgotten to sign my check so I had to go back to the mechanic before the 5 O'clock close.

(One of the things I love about Honest Mechanic is their super strict business hours. They are opened 8-5 weekdays. Everyone gets a full hour of lunch and is paid what they deserve for their skilled labor. Everyone is treated decently and they are never asked to work even a minute early or late. No bothering people when they are off the clock. Work/life balance encouraged. I will weep when the owner retires, though it will likely be okay with his son in his footsteps. I noticed tonight his son is about the age the father was when I first went there, and looks so like him they could almost be clones. I love when businesses are ethical in every respect).

As I'd already spent the gas to go downtown, I forced myself to do pharmacy and library, since medicare transport only does to and from doctor's appointments, so no errands happened Wednesday. I am already weepy tired, and in pain. We have one week of special girl cat food left, and I have concerns. I think there may be enough gas to last the month. We'll see.

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* A thing on Shaw Deadnaming Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/709591413032189952/i-want-to-state-right-off-that-i-cant-speak-for?source=share

* I only agree with about 80% of this, but a lot of it is very good and the rest worth mulling and debating.
Contains Locked Tomb spoilers: "John is Ra and Alecto is Mehet-Weret:" https://chaos-has-theories.tumblr.com/post/686969277229727744/part-1-the-eye-of-john

* "What's happening to your body book for lyctors :" https://www.tumblr.com/yuck-pfaugh/709602095818571776?source=share

* "International Snow Sculpture Championships 2023: See the Incredible Winning Creations:" https://nicenews.com/culture/2023-international-snow-sculpture-championships/

* "In world where there is two types of tower-dwellers, a Princess is locked in a tower.:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/708978195414859776?source=share

* I'd like to take a moment to appreciate how good the young actors are/have been on The Last of Us. So good and real and natural I never questioned it until listening to the creators talk about it.

* Alfred orients the Wayne Manor Staff: https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/709087024924278784?source=share

* Time travel cop, fish & wildlife division: https://www.tumblr.com/magnesiumflare/709291424936607744?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Fuckenstein:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/708804745928802305/midnight-pals-fuckenstein?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: The Protocols of Hogwarts:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/708894743941300224/midnight-pals-the-protocols-of-hogwarts?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: A Field So English:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709004466549129216/midnight-pals-a-field-so-english?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Legally Binding:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709268715375558656/midnight-pals-legally-binding?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: The Real Victims:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709340610840182784/midnight-pals-the-real-victims?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: more of this shit:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709438054266552320/midnight-pals-more-of-this-shit?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Penguins on Parade:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709619008102711296/midnight-pals-penguins-on-parade?source=share

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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.

Earthquake Relief:
Link to help Turkey: https://www.tumblr.com/star-burp/708846519515774976?source=share

White Helmets Syria: https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/

UN help for both countries: https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/turkiye-syria-earthquake-emergency

Queer relief fund for the 6 February Earthquake LGBTQIA+ and/or SW survivors: https://gogetfunding.com/queer-relief-fund-for-the-6-february-earthquake-lgbtqia-and-or-sw-survivors/

Doctors without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?_gl=1*659c3c*_ga*NzkzMjQ0NzgxLjE2NzU4MzgzMzk.*_ga_C7EW6Q0J9K*MTY3NTgzODMzOC4xLjEuMTY3NTgzODQyMC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.197021998.387868859.1675838340-793244781.1675838339&_gac=1.52586970.1675838340.CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzthT21ylvvR7E5iLT-s-1Ob5DuAW4jst5eWVg1o0d89Pq6HwlGqUEPRoC-K0QAvD_BwE

* Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation

* Where to order your free COVID tests. "COVID Home Tests:" https://special.usps.com/testkits

* "LGBTQ Refugees Welcome campaign:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtq-refugees-welcome

* Want to help Lucas Kunce beat Josh Hawley? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_lucas_kunce_only

* "Alternative Library ~ New Home Fundraiser, organized by Alternative Library:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/alternative-library-new-home-fundraiser

* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $6800 over the next three months until their move in date.

Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive.  Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. :

SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

They are also trying to GM for pay. They are an excellent GM. Here's where to sign up: https://startplaying.games/gm/1617744454089x564714756631343740

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "Body of arrested Myanmar poet Khet Thi returned to family with organs missing:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/body-of-arrested-myanmar-poet-khet-thi-returned-to-family-with-organs-missing

* "Arrest of journalists a litmus test for how Thailand treats those fleeing persecution in Myanmar:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/media/myanmar-thailand-arrested-journalists-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?:" https://www.vox.com/22412118/myanmar-coup-protesters-rohingya

* "Alleged neo-Nazi charged with 12 terror offences 'wanted to start race war':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/andrew-dymock-neo-nazi-bisexual-homophobic-terrorism-trial/

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* "Covid-19 vaccines: Why some African states have leftover doses:" https://www.bbc.com/news/56940657

* "Covid: DR Congo in race against time to vaccinate people:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57028747

* "South Africa warns of 'vaccine apartheid' if rich countries hog shots:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-warns-vaccine-apartheid-if-rich-countries-hog-shots-2021-05-10/

* "The misinformation bubble threatening Brazil's indigenous people:" https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-56919424

* "Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/07/994187886/looking-for-a-bed-for-daddy-lolo-inside-the-philippines-covid-crisis

* "A coronavirus variant first found in India is now officially a ‘variant of concern,’ the W.H.O. said.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/world/asia/india-covid-virus-variant.html

* "Inside the Indian rural hospitals unable to cope:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-57029452

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* "CDC recommends use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in 12-15-year-olds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/health/acip-cdc-pfizer-vaccine-teens/index.html

* Not mentioned in any of the coverage I've seen including this is all the people with chronic medical conditions who have to wear a mask in non-pandemic times on a regular basis. It's incredibly ablist to insist a parent protecting a child with Cf or mid-chemo or whatever is committing child abuse when it's absolutely the opposite. "Follow Tucker Carlson, Go to Jail?:"

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* "'Jugular' of the U.S. fuel pipeline system shuts down after cyberattack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack-485984

* "US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems':" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57050690

* "Russia seen as safe haven for cyber crime as pipeline hack prompts Biden admin crackdown:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-seen-as-safe-haven-for-cyber-crime-as-pipeline-hack-prompts-biden-admin-crackdown-111673925884

* "Origin of concern about Russian bounties in Afghanistan clarified in new report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/origin-of-concern-about-russian-bounties-in-afghanistan-clarified-in-new-report-111538757930

* "1 million people sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage after Biden reopens exchange:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/affordable-care-act-sign-ups/index.html

* "Biden administration revives anti-bias protections in health care for transgender people:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/transgender-protection-hhs/2021/05/10/0852ce88-b17d-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html

* "Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/

* "Biden administration formally launches task force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/politics/biden-task-force-science/index.html

* "Top CDC official resigns from post following reassignment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/nancy-messonnier-resigns-485684

* "Jobs surprise triggers battle over federal aid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/jobs-report-federal-aid-unemployment-benefits-485716

* "Infrastructure plan should cost up to $800 billion, McConnell says ahead of Biden meeting:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/biden-infrastructure-plan-mitch-mcconnell-says-bill-should-cost-up-to-800-billion.html

* "GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/08/republicans-unemployment-worker-shortage/

* "Americans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down Jobs, Biden Says:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995518597/americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-if-they-turn-down-jobs-biden-says

* "Jeff Bezos buys superyacht as Americans sink into poverty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jeff-bezos-buys-superyacht-as-americans-sink-into-poverty-111670853822

* "Sen. Warren: Bezos superyacht gives ‘new round of ammunition’ for wealth tax:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-warren-says-bezos-500m-superyacht-gives-new-round-of-ammunition-for-wealth-tax-111671365753

* "Elizabeth Warren - "Persist":" https://www.cc.com/video/m837xx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-elizabeth-warren-persist

* "How Mitch McConnell is keeping his ‘Grim Reaper’ brand alive in 2021:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-mitch-mcconnell-is-keeping-his-grim-reaper-brand-alive-in-2021-111534149705

* Have something you want to tell Manchin? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:

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* "Exchange Over ‘Purity’ of Vote Puts Texas G.O.P. Firebrand in Spotlight:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/briscoe-cain-texas-voting-laws.html

* "As Texas Voting Restrictions Near Passage, Democrats Stage Protest:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/texas-voting-legislature-protest.html

* "Texas House passes election overhaul bill that adds new restrictions:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/politics/texas-elections-bill-house/index.html

* "Racist relic caught creeping into new Texas voter suppression bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-relic-caught-creeping-into-new-texas-voter-suppression-bill-111538757621

* "Opinion: What Florida's attack on voting rights is really about:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/opinions/florida-attack-voting-rights-king/index.html

* "Republicans Have Made It Harder To Vote In 11 States So Far:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-have-made-it-harder-to-vote-in-11-states-so-far/

* "Democrats add feedback from state-level Republicans to bolster new voting rights bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-add-feedback-from-state-level-republicans-to-bolster-new-voting-rights-bill-111677509907

* "Real purpose of pro-Trump AZ ballot circus seen in plans to take it on the road:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/real-purpose-of-pro-trump-az-ballot-circus-seen-in-plans-to-take-it-on-the-road-111678021626

* "Ducey orders DPS protection for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and her family following death threats:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/05/07/arizona-audit-secretary-state-katie-hobbs-dps-protection-death-threats/4994172001/

* "A defiant Cheney tears into Trump, GOP: 'We must speak the truth':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-trump-truth-republicans-487324

* "Defiant Cheney blasts Republicans for emboldening 'liar' Trump, opposing the constitution:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/defiant-cheney-blasts-republicans-for-emboldening-liar-trump-opposing-the-constitution-111743045786

* "Cheney technically Trumpier than Stefanik but GOP prioritizes supplication over policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/cheney-technically-trumpier-than-stefanik-but-gop-prioritizes-supplication-over-policy-111745093621

* "GOP actively constructing alternate reality to support Trump's election fraud fantasy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-actively-constructing-alternate-reality-to-support-trump-s-election-fraud-fantasy-111840325784

* Don’t hold your breath. "‘Rationals’ vs. ‘radicals’: Anti-Trump Republicans threaten third party:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rationals-vs-radicals-anti-trump-republicans-threaten-third-party-2021-05-11/

* "Chris Hayes: Lindsey Graham bets on Trump-led GOP—no matter the cost to America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-lindsey-graham-bets-on-trump-led-gop-no-mater-the-cost-to-america-111531077919

* "Rep. Bera on Democrats’ goal to prevent utterance of words ‘Speaker Kevin McCarthy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-won-t-help-gop-win-democrats-can-maintain-house-majority-rep-ami-bera-says-111599173643

* "Democrats must make 2022 elections ‘referendum on return of Trump’ elections expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-republican-party-must-be-2022-ballot-referendums-for-democrats-to-keep-house-expert-says-111596613877

* "F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/us/politics/trump-michael-cohen-fec.html

* "House Democrats and White House Reach Deal Over Testimony by Ex-Trump Aide:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/us/politics/mcgahn-testimony.html

* "Potential Trump indictment moves closer with McGahn agreement to testify to Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/potential-trump-indictment-moves-closer-with-mcgahn-agreement-to-testify-to-congress-111837765683

* "Trump family members got ‘inappropriately close’ to Secret Service agents, book claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/trump-family-members-secret-service

* "Michael Cohen on Giuliani’s legal, financial woes: ‘He’s going to get stiffed’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michael-cohen-on-giuliani-s-legal-financial-woes-he-s-going-to-get-stiffed-111531077549

* "'Cancel culture' becomes synonymous with 'consequences' after endless Fox News memeing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trainer-of-kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-responds-on-fox-news-to-failed-drug-test-with-cancel-culture-reasoning-111674437880

* "Top law enforcement officials say the biggest domestic terror threat comes from white supremacists.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/domestic-terror-white-supremacists.html

* "Former Trump Officials To Defend Federal Response To Capitol Riot:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995983576/former-trump-officials-to-defend-federal-response-to-capitol-riot

* "Joy calls insurrectionists and their ‘ridiculous excuses’ the absolute worst:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-calls-insurrectionists-and-their-ridiculous-excuses-the-absolute-worst-111531589751

* "DHS is gathering intelligence on security threats from social media:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/dhs-launches-warning-system-find-domestic-terrorism-threats-public-social-n1266707

* "Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition, allowing New York AG lawsuit to move forward:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/national-rifle-association-bankruptcy/index.html

* "Court ruling could mean the beginning of the end of the NRA:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/court-ruling-could-mean-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nra-111747141645

* "Colorado Springs mass shooting leaves 7 dead, including suspect, at birthday party: police:" https://gazette.com/news/local/colorado-springs-mass-shooting-leaves-7-dead-including-suspect-at-birthday-party-police/article_4186ea1a-b0cc-11eb-b3e5-9f195dc56ec0.html

* "Justice Department Brings Federal Criminal Charges Against Derek Chauvin, 3 Others:" https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/05/07/987737695/justice-department-brings-federal-criminal-charges-against-derek-chauvin-3-other

* "Michelle Obama on the Chauvin verdict: ‘Many of us still live in fear’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michelle-obama-on-the-chauvin-verdict-many-of-us-still-live-in-fear-111530565665

* "Joy Reid: The GOP is obsessed with lying about critical race theory:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-the-gop-is-obsessed-with-lying-about-critical-race-theory-111531077713

* "Experts debunk many GOP leaders’ attempts to launder America’s racist history:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/gop-leaders-attempts-to-deny-american-s-racist-history-debunked-by-experts-111595589856

* CW: Pedophilia. "I Went on a Vigilante Raid to “Save” Kids Sold for Sex. What We Did Haunts Me Now.:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/sex-trafficking-raid-operation-underground-railroad.html

* "Sex workers in Germany 'at risk':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-57029723

* "German Priests, Defying Pope, Offer to Bless Same-Sex Unions:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/5/07/german-priests-defying-pope-offer-bless-same-sex-unions

* CW: Suicide. "Gay man left suicidal after 'brainwashing' religious conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/religious-conversion-therapy-northern-ireland/

* "Conversion therapy consultation 'will be hard for LGBT+ communities':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/conversion-therapy-ban-uk-public-consultation/

* "LGBT+ high schoolers told to 'die' in 'terrifying' graffiti daubed over Pride flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/08/norfolk-broadland-high-school-lgbt-gay-homophobia-graffiti-transphobia/

* "Why Is the State Dept. Still Discriminating Against LGBTQ+ Families?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/07/why-state-dept-still-discriminating-against-lgbtq-families

* "Montana governor signs dehumanising bill banning trans people from playing sports:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/08/montana-greg-gianforte-transgender-sports-bill-ban/

* What would Jesus do? Mark Samsel beat up a CHILD. At School. While drawing teacher pay. Because Jesus. "Teacher arrested for 'kneeing student in crotch' after homophobic classroom rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/kansas-republican-representative-mark-samsel-misdemeanour-batter-homophobic-rant/

* "Armed robbers are using Grindr to target queer victims, police warn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/atlanta-georgia-lgbt-armed-robbers-grindr-police/

* "Elliot Page, Transness, the Pain of Consumable Identity:"

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* "Blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men to finally be relaxed next month:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/blood-donation-rules-gay-bisexual-men-relaxed/

* "A Backdoor Lets the Immune System Monitor the Brain:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-immune-system-protects-the-brain-20210428/

* "USDA dietary guidelines are driven by milk marketing concerns — not nutrition — lawsuit alleges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/29/usda-milk-guidelines-lawsuit/

* "Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths per year, study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/10/farm-pollution-deaths/

* "Life finds a way: in search of England’s lost, forgotten rainforests:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/life-finds-a-way-in-search-of-englands-lost-forgotten-rainforests

* "How to Kill a Zombie Fire:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/underground-peat-fires

* "Rerouting the Mississippi River could build new land—and save a retreating coast:" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/rerouting-mississippi-river-could-build-new-land-and-save-retreating-coast

* "High-Tech Tools Join the Hunt for Forgotten Mines:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-23/the-delicate-art-and-science-of-mine-removal

* "An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/beaked-whales-holding-their-breath/618455/

* "Fred West police search Gloucester cafe for Mary Bastholm:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57084814

* I’ve not read the O’Brien, but I kept thinking of the haunting “The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq” by John Crawford listening to this. "The Hypocrisy of “Apolitical” War Stories:"

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* "Shadow and Bone: Finally A Good Book Adaptation?:"

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* "Hair: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* "CP Time - The History of Black Royalty:" https://www.cc.com/video/qsotb7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-the-history-of-black-royalty

* "The Daily Showography of Ted Cruz:" https://www.cc.com/video/p6an1j/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-daily-showography-of-ted-cruz

* "A Ray of Sunshine - Biden-Carter Photo Op, Josh Fight & More:" https://www.cc.com/video/cptx5y/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-a-ray-of-sunshine-biden-carter-photo-op-josh-fight-more

* "P!nk - All I Know So Far:"

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* "Just One Day - 2winz² (Official Video):"

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* I woke up with the spins Friday from a clear case of labyrinthitis, so I basically stayed up long enough to do the essential things, then went the hell back to bed. I used to catch this periodically when teaching, and really the best thing is to stay hydrated and sleep. I intersected with Squirrel Saturday morning and his reaction was disproportionate enough to legitimately confuse me.

Turns out he likely had it earlier in the week and had been quietly trying to work out if he should see a Doctor under the belief that it might be a reassurance of the serious health situation that nearly killed him the Winter we moved to this apartment. So he had a lot of feelings about it being a 48 hour virus I considered an unpleasant periodic nuisance.

So odds are he gave it to me. We all wear masks when Caregiver Millennial is here, but I have already informed him he may have been exposed just in case and told him to take the weekend off.

I was well enough today to may from scratch soup. (All I had yesterday was emergency soup and some forage fruit.) Soup figures heavily in my labyrinthitis stay hydrated response. I also managed to sort and put away the non-perishable forage, most of which was zero use, but there was a soup ingredient in one of the boxes, so bravo there. (Very little food is wasted. I let the millennials have whatever we can't use, which was about 2/3rds of what they sent this week. The perishable boxes were better and luckily turned up just before I went to sleep Friday when i was still merely under the weather instead of staggering like I was drunk.)

Anyway, I was upright and hydrating when I wrote this, though I sense a nap in my future. I feel generally crappy, but a reasonable amount for day two and I'll likely be as okay as I get with the other health stuff going on right now by Sunday evening. It's unpleasant, but quick and non-life threatening as long as one avoids things like stairs and operating heavy machinery, which is so much better than a lot of the things I catch.

* "Sunday Sweets: Story Time With Mom:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/5/9/sunday-sweets-story-time-with-mom

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Chic:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/5/2/sunday-sweets-modern-chic

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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.

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost

* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/

* What to help save bats, and essential part of our ecosystem? "Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation:" https://www.merlintuttle.org/

* My oldest continuous Real Life friend is doing this project. "Bed, Bath, & Behemoth: An Epic D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/bed-bath-and-behemoth-an-epic-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR2pA1NFVGG7aZyrLDC5h9Q0a_g7yMh_rY5rWxrnpZ3sJRSe6yO8gAAEq4M

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* "11 of 22 Chinese miners trapped in gold mine rescued:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/china/china-trapped-miners-intl-hnk/index.html

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* "What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/magazine/covid-aftereffects.html

* "Germany records first case of Brazilian coronavirus strain:" https://www.thelocal.de/20210122/germany-records-first-case-of-brazilian-coronavirus-strain

* "Exclusive: Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant - CDC:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel-exclusi/exclusive-biden-to-impose-south-africa-travel-ban-to-combat-new-covid-19-variant-sources-idUSKBN29T0P6?il=0

* Republicans hate Americans so much they didn't keep track. "CDC director says federal government does not know how much Covid vaccine the U.S. has:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/24/cdc-director-government-does-not-know-how-much-covid-vaccine-the-us-has.html

* "Fmr. Covid Task Force advisor: I was told to ‘watch’ Dr. Birx:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fmr-covid-task-force-advisor-i-was-told-to-watch-dr-birx-100008517666

* "Special Report: How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID's silent spread:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-response-speci/special-report-how-u-s-cdc-missed-chances-to-spot-covids-silent-spread-idUSKBN29R1E7

* "Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines:" https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/958849642/grocers-have-a-strategy-to-get-their-workers-vaccinated-against-covid-19-pay-the

* "How will undocumented immigrants get the COVID-19 vaccine?:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90595912/how-will-undocumented-immigrants-get-the-covid-vaccine

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* "Legalization Advocates Hope to End Mexico’s Drug War:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/12/legalization-advocates-hope-end-mexico-drug-war-decriminalization/

* "Biden signs order pushing federal government to buy more American-made products:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/25/biden-buy-american-rules/

* "Biden repeals Trump-era ban on transgender military service:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/biden-repeals-transgender-military-service-ban-462186

* "Biden reverses Trump's transgender military ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-reverses-trump-s-transgender-military-ban-100003909812

* "White House Enlists ASL Interpreters For Daily Press Briefings:" https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/25/960416060/white-house-enlists-asl-interpreters-for-daily-press-briefings

* "White House recommits to getting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill after Trump delay:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/harriet-tubman-20-biden-trump-obama/index.html

* "For 1st Black Pentagon chief, racism challenge is personal:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-race-and-ethnicity-biden-cabinet-lloyd-austin-army-e3fa150af670ff2a3673e7d72dbe77bd

* "Biden rejoins Paris climate accord, works to overturn Trump’s climate policies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/20/biden-climate-change-inauguration/

* "On civil rights, policing, prosecutions, Biden’s Justice Department will be distinct from Trump’s:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/11/biden-civil-rights-police-reform/

* I am really worried they will water it down for imaginary support they won’t get. "Biden Dep. Assistant Jean-Pierre on pres. pushing for bipartisan COVID relief bill effort:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/covid-relief-being-preferably-pushed-through-via-bipartisan-effort-discussed-by-jean-pierre-99936837824

* "Instacart Will Lay Off All of Its Unionized Workers:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9deg/instacart-says-it-will-lay-off-all-of-its-unionized-workers

* Extended Chuck Schumer Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-prioritizes-legislation-over-gop-bad-faith-bipartisanship-cites-obama-era-lessons-100010565815

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-considering-expanding-judiciary-to-balance-courts-packed-by-mcconnell-100012613552

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-calls-on-president-biden-to-declare-climate-emergency-100012613548

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-trump-actions-cannot-be-swept-under-the-rug-he-is-the-worst-president-ever-100011077898

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-open-to-criminal-charges-for-trump-acolytes-in-capitol-riot-100013637624

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-i-was-30-feet-away-from-those-sons-of-guns-schumer-describes-trump-riot-close-call-100011077887

* "Portman’s exit signals uncertainty for Senate GOP:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/rob-portman-wont-seek-reelection-462146

* "As Trump departs, his extremes live on in state GOPs:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/25/trump-departs-his-extremes-live-state-gops/

* "Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ends-trump-lawsuits-df42ef0eec5fa57edf3e294234051d88

* "Biden administration weighs turning over Trump tax returns to House Democrats:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-taxes-house-lawsuit/2021/01/22/4f4df442-5cf1-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

* "Inspector general will investigate whether any Justice Dept. officials improperly sought to help Trump overturn the election:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-department-inspector-general-trump-election/2021/01/25/6cfcfb24-5f2f-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html

* "Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/scott-perry-trump-justice-department-election.html

* "Rep. Cicilline: We’ll present overwhelming evidence Trump incited insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-s-senate-impeachment-trial-elucidated-by-house-impeachment-manager-cicilline-99943493874

* "Rep. Waters addresses Rep. McCarthy naming her regarding Capitol riot responsibility:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/capitol-riot-responsibility-rep-mccarthy-naming-her-discussed-by-rep-maxine-waters-99942469720

* "Impeachment manager Rep. Raskin on what to expect in Trump’s Senate trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/impeachment-manager-rep-raskin-on-what-to-expect-in-trump-s-senate-trial-100006469771

* "Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing: Atrocities 1-1,056:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056

* "“The President Threw Us Under the Bus”: Embedding With Pentagon Leadership in Trump’s Chaotic Last Week:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/embedding-with-pentagon-leadership-in-trumps-chaotic-last-week

* "Giuliani concedes that an associate did ask for $20,000 a day to help Trump post-election.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/giuliani-concedes-that-an-associate-did-ask-for-20000-a-day-to-help-trump-post-election.html

* "Dominion voting machine firm sues Giuliani for more than $1.3 billion:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-voting-systems-giuliani-lawsuit/2021/01/25/b0fc3db4-5f14-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html

* "Sen. Kaine on joining ethics complaint calling for investigation into Sens. Cruz, Hawley:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/cruz-hawley-subject-of-ethics-complaint-regarding-capitol-riot-sen-tim-kaine-joined-99941957693

* "Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/doj-capitol-rioters-charges-debate/2021/01/23/3b0cf112-5d97-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

* "Federal judge: Eric Munchel to remain in federal custody:" https://whnt.com/news/federal-judge-eric-munchel-to-remain-in-federal-custody/

* "US man charged with threatening to 'assassinate' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-man-charged-threat

* "Where Do We Go From Here?:"

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* "Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over deportation pause:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/texas-biden-lawsuit-deportation/

* "Social Workers, Not Cops, Respond to Many Public Safety Calls in This Oregon City:" https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-07-06/eugene-oregons-30-year-experiment-with-reimagining-public-safety

* "Trained civilians, not sworn police officers, could better respond to hundreds of 911 calls:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/9/22166229/chicago-police-department-911-calls-civilian-community-responders-cpd

* "Hawaii GOP official resigns after posting pro-QAnon tweets:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-hawaii-ab9eff7fe4a56d29b19dd4571a8ef3e8

* "How White Supremacy Is Like a Drug | JSTOR Daily:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-white-supremacy-is-like-a-drug/

* CW: Domestic Abuse "What Defines Domestic Abuse? Survivors Say It’s More Than Assault:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/cori-bush-fka-twigs-coercive-control.html

* "Insurers add food to coverage menu as way to improve health:" https://apnews.com/article/us-news-nutrition-coronavirus-pandemic-d1e17ef502ab92bd41216c90ac60ba5f

* "Sleeping with the Enemy:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/sleeping-with-the-enemy/

* "An extremely rare white kangaroo was born at a zoo in New York:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/rare-white-kangaroo-new-york-zoo-scn-trnd/index.html

* "Google threatens to shut down search in Australia:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/tech/google-threatens-australia-search-news-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Pink Triangles (Part 2):"

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* "Who Invented Chess and When Did it Start Being Played?:" https://www.historyhit.com/who-invented-chess-and-when/

* "The International Tempest Over the World’s Most Famous Teapot:" https://thewalrus.ca/the-international-tempest-over-the-worlds-most-famous-teapot/

* "How Did Victorian Ladies Stay Warm in Winter?:"

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* "The GOP Dodges Decision to Impeach Trump:" https://www.cc.com/video/uf8bdh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-gop-dodges-decision-to-impeach-trump

* "THE QUEER AFTERLIFE OF RE-ANIMATOR: THE ENDURING APPEAL OF AN 80S CLASSIC:" https://gingernutsofhorror.com/features/the-queer-afterlife-of-re-animator-the-enduring-appeal-of-an-80s-classic

* "Gilt-y Pleasures:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/1/24/gilt-y-pleasures

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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.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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