[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith wonders why so many stories featuring gay children kicked out of their families feature the children later reuniting with these same people.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly draws from her own experiences growing up in a family marked by abuse to argue that Trump is treating Americans as any abuser treats their dependents.


• D-Brief notes how the Moon is being bombarded by a wind of oxygen from Earth.


• Joe. My. God. reported rumours that the Trump administration is set to remove employment protections for LGBT employees of federal contractors.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the firing of the US Attorney General for refusing to defend Trump's anti-Muslim visa ban.


• The Map Room Blog looks at how medieval people read maps.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders how the Trump presidency will end up, if he will self-destruct or if he will manage to threaten American democracy.


• Torontoist interviewed some of the Torontonians protesting the US visa ban outside of the American consulate.

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2. We were warned by multiple sources to expect that to happen. And it's been playing out.

6. Hoping she survives to get to at least Congress as a member.

8. He's not the only one wondering. I know which way I'm still leaning right now, though. Not good.