It is disgusting that Jacob Helberg contributed to MAGA. I grew up in Toledo with Jacob's uncle, Sandy (whose son is actor Simon Helberg). Jacob's grandparents, Sam & Tonia Helberg, were concentration camp survivors & friends of my parents (also camp survivors). bsky.app/profile/wake...

We all need to be fighting the good fight to remove Jim McDonald. Every city needs the kind of city leadership like the leadership of the City of Minneapolis. bsky.app/profile/eddy...

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The existence of Trump teaches us a very important lesson...even God can make mistakes. So if you happened to vote for Trump, that mistake is dwarfed by the mistake that God made in bringing Trump to life. We need to forgive those who voted for Trump and give them some grace.

Although the following is about Los Angeles, it is relevant to many cities across the U.S....Although the various facts are changed, they do not protect the innocent...they expose the culpable. bsky.app/profile/aida...

As the federal government devolves into cruelty & chaos, local governments increasingly become the defense for their citizens. Therefore, now, more than ever, who hold local office really matters. If you are in Los Angeles, please make time this Friday to attend this fundraiser for Aida Ashouri:

In honor or Martin Luther King Day and in honor of our country: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

There is a very important opportunity to put someone in the Los Angeles City Attorney slot who has the interests of the people of Los Angeles at heart and who has the experience to effectively represent those interests, Aida Ashouri. www.instagram.com/reel/DS8LkQM...

What is happening with the Los Angeles Police Department is emblematic of what is happening with many police departments across the country: 50501ca.substack.com/p/3ff3ff02-3...

No Kings 2 is over. 50501ca.substack.com/p/millions-m... Trump says that he doesn't care about millions of protesters. Making an autocrat care about people is a struggle for power, requiring citizens to overcome fear, build broad-based movements, & exert ongoing pressure. We must be up to it.

It is now the day before we have a unique opportunity to have our voices heard en masse...as citizens who love our country and who do not want to have our freedom, liberty, civil rights, and Constitution taken away: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/... NO KINGS, NO TYRANTS, NO DICTATORS, NO AUTOCRATS

We are at a tipping point. We are in the midst of an escalating crisis. The changes that have occurred in the U.S. over the past nine months are not subtle. We the people are the force needed to stop autocracy from over taking the country that we love. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/... No Kings

With a half a trillion dollars missing: zorhasbsfreezone.substack.com/p/in-the-sha... We are on a perilous march from democracy to dictatorship: 50501ca.substack.com/p/the-perilo... We need to make our voices heard loud and clear...No Kings! drive.google.com/file/d/1h17F... Join us, won't you?

California Holds the Line Against Attacks on the State’s Communities 50501 SoCal sponsors the most beautiful stretch of the Westside LA segment of "Hold the Line:" Ocean Ave in Santa Monica, between the CA incline & Palisades Ave. Sign up as an individual or as a team. castrongholdtheline.org

People want their votes to count. We do not want our votes to be weighted in such a way that our votes to not accurately reflect the collective will of the people, but rather represent some manifestation of political control. Gerrymandering does the latter. 50501ca.substack.com/p/gerrymande...

Free speech is important. It is why it is the first amendment. Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants to control the truth you hear. His latest attack on Jimmy Kimmel is more proof that of this. If you are in Los Angeles, please join us tomorrow: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Last week we saw well-trained professional scientists lose their jobs at the CDC because those scientists were not willing to compromise scientific truth to support the narrative of their ultimate boss, Trump. This has been going on for years in the private sector: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

For those of you in the Los Angeles, CA area...tomorrow is a day in which workers, labor, and citizens are being brought together to recognize the valuable contributions that have been made by employees of all kinds and to stop the abuses of the Trump administration on those who work. Join us!

Making up reasons to get away with bad things started in the private sector involving things like providing cover for wrongfully firing people. Now this has come to the public sector where it is being used to wrongfully fire people & to put military in our streets: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Each day as a bit more of Project 2025 comes to life, a bit more of democracy dies. What is left of our country now is almost unrecognizable, but still alive. Now, heroics are required to resuscitate this country. The alternative is unthinkable: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Increasingly I have heard people say that it does not make sense to bring a knife to a gun fight. I am encouraged to see that Democrats are finally acting in a way that shows that they know the meaning of that adage. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Conscientious objectors played an important role in ending the Viet Nam war. Today, the military has been called to do something arguably more objectionable than fighting an unpopular war in a foreign country...fight an unpopular war in our own streets: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Trump is the crook who wants to be king. I, among others, are on the side of the BlueSky butterfly and the monarch butterfly: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdqGqO... This is what democracy looks like!

Deploying soldiers in Washington, DC is another step by Trump to consolidate power so that it can be used against anyone Trump perceives to be an enemy. Viewed in isolation, it is only a distraction. Viewed in the context of testing limits, it is a clear danger. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Voting is the cornerstone of democracy when citizens are able to choose the politicians who represent them rather than when politicians act to choose who represents citizens. An autocratic dictator can only win "elections" by controlling elections: open.substack.com/pub/zorhasbs...

We need the military to be on the side of the people, not on the side of a despot: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

It's time to turn up the heat for justice. 🔥 Join SURJ in Studio City on August 23rd at 11 AM for a mass meeting to challenge fascism and fight for racial equity. Connect with a community dedicated to creating a just world and building our collective strength. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

Trump is vested in censorship & having control of the media. Eliminating freedom of speech makes it easier for Trump to use ICE to implement his eugenic policies. Fighting for freedom of speech goes hand-in-hand with fighting Trump's tyranny against immigrants: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

Yesterday was another volley in the fight for free speech, calling out Paramount for selling out: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... ...a demonstration of 50501 coast-to-coast solidarity and unity.

Don't take my word for it...the actions of the Trump administration against CBS have far reaching affects that are already in play: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Please protest this type of government overreach: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

Now is the time for us to make our voices heard, before our voices cannot be heard. Now is the time for us to fight for our freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Do not be silent lest you be silenced forever: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

To me, of all of the troubling things that emanate from the dictator in chief, the most troubling by far is his cruel and inhuman abuse of immigrants...the totally disproportional force used on human beings, even children, who are unarmed and are not criminals: 50501ca.substack.com/p/exposing-t...

Heartfelt thanks to the people at March, Walk, Repeat and 50501 who provided me with an opportunity to speak my truth to honor the memory of John Lewis on July 17, 2025 in Los Angeles. Good Trouble Lives On!

We need to stop Trump's intimidation of the media & his actions to stifle the truth like pulling support for NPR & PBS. Ending the Colbert Late Night show is emblematic of an autocrat's censorship. We cannot go down this slippery slope. Sign the petition please: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

I gave this speech live at the "Good Trouble Lives On" rally in Los Angeles on July 17, 2025. Thanks to my colleagues at 50501 and to the folks at "March, Walk, Repeat" for providing me with the privilege of being part of an amazing event. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

No matter how you voted, we are now all in this together and the only way we will get out of this is together.... 50501ca.substack.com/p/an-open-le...

It has gotten to the point where what ICE is doing has gone from feeling like something from Nazi Germany to being like something from Nazi Germany. It has to do with things like dispensing with due process. I wrote something about this: 50501ca.substack.com/p/due-proces...

My latest take on the Trump budget package and what it means to everyday citizens: substack.com/profile/1103...

What the U.S. is doing in the Middle East is inappropriate and dangerous. How we got ourselves into this mess is even more disconcerting. This is the United States of America, not the United States of Trump: 50501ca.substack.com/p/from-jcpoa...

It is awful to have to post this, but the need is unfortunately here, so I am going to post this. Please repost and pass it on: bsky.app/profile/rhut...

I want to share an article which captures some of the events of the last week and their implications for our democracy: 50501ca.substack.com/p/the-handcu...

I used to make decisions based upon "what would Jesus do." I now make decisions based upon "what wouldn't Trump do."

Today, members of SoCal 50501 went beyond being lawful & peaceful demonstrators by cleaning graffiti off of the JANM. The graffiti had been put there by individuals not associated with 50501 over the course of the past several days of demonstrations near the museum.

The events of the past several days in Los Angeles show the desperation of people who deserve to be treated with decency and respect when confronting the consequences of orders by a criminal President that are dedicated to ignoring, if not fighting against, human rights: cryptpad.fr/doc/#/2/doc/...

It is always good when you can make lemonade out of lemons: 50501ca.substack.com/p/how-ventur... The summer of 1967 was dubbed "the long, hot summer" because of intense racial unrest across the U.S. Arguably, there was not enough lemonade that year. Let's make lots of lemonade this summer.

In the midst of the challenges that we face, we must not forget our veterans who have fought for our freedom & democracy: drive.google.com/file/d/1ORAY... We, as citizens, must draw a distinction between properly honoring the military & Trump's ego-driven pretense (parade) to honor the military.

It has been a banner year for banners! Today, I was part of a team that made the following banner which I hope will be seen many times in many places by many people....

For a moment of humor at the end of another painful week of Trump...this really captures the moment that we are in: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=190...

This is what truth and intelligence sounds like: www.tiktok.com/@middleeaste... Listen carefully to each and every word. Think about the veracity of each word. This is the kind of leadership to which I was referring in my most recent Substack post: gerwer.substack.com/p/the-unrave...