Anyone else get the feeling that #45 is going to lead us into WWIII via Twitter at this point?

Here’s my weekly roundup of articles, food for thought, ways to take action, ongoing resources and lighter stuff to keep sane. You can take a look back at week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13, week 14, week 15, week 16, week 17 , week 18, week 19, week 20, week 21, week 22, week 23, week 24, week 25, week 26, week 27 and week 28.

As per usual, I hope you will take the time to read and understand what’s going on and then take some action that goes beyond sharing a Facebook post or sending an email. If you have something to add, please do so via a comment.

I will continue to do this for as long as necessary. We can’t look away. Neither can the men and women we elect to represent us.

Read

• Find Out If President Trump Would Let You Immigrate to America (Time, August 7, 2017)
• Tillerson dials back rhetoric after Trump’s North Korea ‘fire and fury’ threats (CNN, August 9, 2017)
• Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day (Vice News, August 9, 2017)
• North Korea ‘seriously examining’ a strike near Guam (CNN, August 9, 2017)
• FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home (Washington Post, August 9, 2017)

Food for Thought

• A psychological analysis of Trump supporters has uncovered 5 key traits about them (Raw Story, August 3, 2017)
• As Mueller closes in, Trump prepares his base for the worst (Washington Post, August 7, 2017)
• Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication. (New York Times, August 7, 2017) 

Take Action

• REPORT LGBT/HIV DISCRIMINATION (ACLU)
• Attend Resistance School
• Facebook Town Hall Feature Lets Users Call and Email Elected Officials (Teen Vogue, Mar. 27, 2017)
• Join SocialStandsWithPP to ensure that women have access to health care services.
• How to find town hall meetings (CNN, Feb. 10, 2017)
• Join People Power
• Join the United State of Women
• Make 5 Calls
• Resistbot
• Take action on CREDO
• Pay attention to Indivisible’s Action Calendar
• Run for office:
  • She Should Run
  • Running Start
  • Emerge America (many states, like Maine, have their own local programs)

Ongoing Resources

• Dan Rather’s Facebook page
• What The Fuck Just Happened Today?
• Trump Human Rights Tracker
• ACLU Action Page
• Countable
• Presterity
• New and Guts
• Trump archive

Now stop, take a few breaths and enjoy these last fun articles and videos.

• Newsweek Slams President Trump With Brutal New Cover, And People Love It (Distractify, August 6, 2017)
• Inflatable Trump Chicken Takes Over Twitter (CBS Philly, August 9, 2017)