"Americans have responded to the aggressive assault on immigrant communities with defiance. In cities and communities across the US, residents disgusted by Trump’s attack on their neighbors are banding together in group chats..."

"Americans have responded to the aggressive assault on immigrant communities with defiance. In cities and communities across the US, residents disgusted by Trump’s attack on their neighbors are banding together in group chats..."

I learned two new acronyms today on an adoptee zoom. BSE = Baby Scoop Era and DIA = Domestic Infant Adoption. In fact, I'm both.

This is kinda fun. . .

Today I saw something very special: there are just 12 populations of this exceptionally rare desert bulb (Colchicum psammophilum) and only it flowers for a short time after winter rain. To find it in bloom is miraculous.

📣Tomorrow, 12/28!! Sliding scale tickets 🥚 "Living the Intersections: Adoption, Race, and Gender with Sanjay Pulver 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ "Sanjay Pulver sits down with Anna Sarkitova, IC transracial adoptee, to explore the intersections of being transnational, transracial & transgender within the adoptee experience"

Judge to decide whether California's K-12 antisemitism law can take effect Jan 1 “You’ve given me a lot to think about,” [Judge Noël] Wise told both attorneys before concluding the hearing. “Timing is somewhat critical here” because AB 715 is set to take effect so soon. jweekly.com/2025/12/22/j...

😅 14 question quiz www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hamas Is Proud of Its 'Achievements' but Hasn't Convinced the Gazans Who Pay the Price www.haaretz.com/middle-east-... 🧵 By Amira Haas

calmatters.org/politics/202... “The practice of the Posada really invites people to think about ‘what does it mean to be rejected?’” he said. “Or ‘what does it mean to be on the margins and looking for sanctuary and shelter at this time?’ We also just get to have the opportunity to celebrate.”

Judge to decide whether California's K-12 antisemitism law can take effect Jan 1 “You’ve given me a lot to think about,” [Judge Noël] Wise told both attorneys before concluding the hearing. “Timing is somewhat critical here” because AB 715 is set to take effect so soon. jweekly.com/2025/12/22/j...

"How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very" ... which is why Starmer and Trump don't like it and why it's important.

Big buddy movie energy #birds 🌿

After two years of war, and months after the October ceasefire, Christian Palestinians in Gaza marked Christmas while mourning loved ones killed, homes destroyed, and churches bombed. Videos provided by Ruwaida Amer.

Happy collapse of the Soviet Union Day, to all who celebrate.

Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u... Barron? Junior? Eric? Ivanka? The Vance spawn?

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025... "Rep. Elise Stefanik...announced she was ending her bid for New York governor.... "she became the face of the [R] party's attempt to frame pro-Palestinian campus protests...as the epicenter of America's antisemitism crisis, while ignoring antisemitism on the right."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u... "Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade."

I took a short walk in my neighborhood today before the rain started again and enjoyed this tree with white holiday lights. Off in the distance is San Francisco Bay. 🌦️

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We take a look at the life and legacy of the socialist songwriter Yip Harburg. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/25/a_tribute_to_blacklisted_lyricist_yip

During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called for peace in troubled regions like Lebanon, Ukraine and Syria. n.pr/4b6ltCy

Happy holidays, my resister sisters and brothers. @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Hugs and love to those struggling this holiday season 🫶🏽🎁

www.democracynow.org "A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz" ~Now Playing~ 🎶

I took a short walk in my neighborhood today before the rain started again and enjoyed this tree with white holiday lights. Off in the distance is San Francisco Bay. 🌦️

Chilling. "[miller’s] true ideological project is to unmake the world the 1965 act created when it ended the ethnic quota system and opened the country to more immigration from all over the world... "It is now apparently U.S. policy to favor whites in the doling out of refugee admissions...."

Thank you for your work to plan the Rosie the Riveter Nat'l Historical Park that memorializes the role of women here at home during WWII & for becoming a park ranger at age 85. We may not have known you otherwise & that would've been a loss for us all. Goodnight & godspeed, Betty Reid Soskin🕯️

An inspiring film from a few years ago; 1 hr 20 mins.

"The documentary captures interfaith gatherings, public memorials and difficult conversations about antisemitism and responsibility....support extended far beyond Pittsburgh...to stand with the Jewish community during moments of mourning and remembrance." (w/ PBS trailer) jweekly.com/2025/12/23/t...

Chilling. "[miller’s] true ideological project is to unmake the world the 1965 act created when it ended the ethnic quota system and opened the country to more immigration from all over the world... "It is now apparently U.S. policy to favor whites in the doling out of refugee admissions...."

I heard Betty Reid Soskin give her talk about WWII history in Richmond at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Park at least twice, and I met her once. Another great story is that middle school students renamed their school for her... +

It serves them right - Bari Weiss pulling the 60 min story about the torture at CECOT has gotten more people to see the program than prob would if they aired it. Like my mom used to say: the truth always comes out one way or another

"A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to pause immigration arrests at courthouses across Northern California and in Pacific islands, a ruling that could still be appealed by the Trump administration.... "A final ruling is expected in the coming months."

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5

Join Anna in her conversation with adoptee advocate Sanjay Pulver, and hear how his lived experience fuels his work in adoptee rights, abolition, and LGBTQ justice. Online zoom event Sunday the 28th at 3pm EST. We hope to see you there!🥚

I heard Betty Reid Soskin give her talk about WWII history in Richmond at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Park at least twice, and I met her once. Another great story is that middle school students renamed their school for her... +

"In any normal newsroom, anyone presenting as fact Islamophobic urban legends like these would be disqualified from newsgathering, and possibly referred to a good therapist."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u... Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104 "She began working as a park ranger at age 85, educating visitors about the women and people of color who served on the home front in World War II, herself among them."

This is something else. Lots of respect for @60minutes.bsky.social reporter Sharyn Alfonso for defending the integrity of her work. What a disgrace for 60 Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches. GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

From @humanrightswatch — This is what CBS News(Max) chief @bariweiss just yanked an @60Minutes segment about to please Trump. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

And there it is...

At the link, there is a video of the hour-long talk she used to give at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California.

At the link, there is a video of the hour-long talk she used to give at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California.

"Rosie the Riveter Trust Mourns the Passing of Betty Reid Soskin, Trailblazing National Park Service Ranger and Civil Rights Leader" "For information and resources about the life and legacy of Betty Reid Soskin, follow this link: www.nps.gov/rori/learn/h...

“This morning on the Winter Solstice, our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Betty Reid Soskin, passed away peacefully at her home in Richmond, CA at 104 years old. She was attended by family. She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave,” the family wrote.

"Soskin didn't join the Nat'l Park Service until age 85, initially as a consultant helping develop the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park...As the only person of color at planning meetings, she recognized the park's proposed sites as monuments to racial segregation"

www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/21/b... One of my heroes, Betty Reid Soskin, died today, the Winter Solstice. "Betty Reid Soskin, who retired as the nation’s oldest park ranger, died peacefully at her home in Richmond [Calif.] Sunday morning, her daughter announced on Facebook. She was 104."

contrarian.substack.com/p/top-10-mom... "Top 10 Moments of Hope from 2025 — Ben Sheehan pulls out the optimism we need to keep going" a short video 📽️

This video is worth a repost. “That’s f*cking Holocaust sh!t” ‼️