For a long time, doors of opportunity opened readily for white men; for others - not so much. In this land of opportunity, it is right for a government of, by and for the people to address this often unconscious bias. That's DEIA. And that's the Voting Rights Act. SCOTUS was wrong to deny it.

So. If Iran captures the co-pilot and puts him on video, I hope he might say, True, I'm being used as a pawn in Iran's resistance, but worse is how my own government has used me and my fellow service members for this illegal project. Who are the bad guys here, who are the terrorists?

So. If Iran captures the co-pilot and puts him on video, I hope he might say, True, I'm being used as a pawn in Iran's resistance, but worse is how my own government has used me and my fellow service members for this illegal project. Who are the bad guys here, who are the terrorists?

60,000 in San Francisco. No kings here.

San Francisco, this is for us. March 28, 11:30, Embarcadero Plaza app.sosha.ai/s/R0ZJm5Ef

What emergency are they planning to cite and when? "...substantial risk that the administration is laying the groundwork to improperly reshape elections ahead of the midterms..." www.propublica.org/article/elec...

"...in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark [Jesus] return to Earth... "...urged us to tell our troops that this was all part of God’s divine plan.... "The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations." jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

Hegseth wants Claude? Claude says "Nuke 'em" ...and so do Gemini and ChatGPT: "...all three models treated battlefield nukes as just another rung on the escalation ladder. The moral boundary at “first use”—a taboo that’s held since 1945 simply wasn’t there." www.kcl.ac.uk/shall-we-pla...

If there are criticisms of him, here's what counts about Newsom: He can win. x.com/GavinNewsom/...

I'd fretted about this so it's good to see Dem AG's are preparing: “If you were the president and you were trying to invalidate an election or undermine an election, what are the oddball, ludicrous, unconstitutional theories that you might advance?” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Pinned to the ground and still this in Minneapolis -

"The only reality is that an increasingly dangerous and irrational sociopath is now exercising brutal and unconstrained power over America and, hence, the world." This by Robert Reich - No making sense of the sham other than by recognizing a power-mad ego. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-for...

Watchers of Fox News tend to believe the Jan 6 rioters are patriots. "They began to beat me with their fists...I heard chanting from some in the crowd...'Kill him with his own gun.'...I was electrocuted again and again and again with a Taser. I’m sure I was screaming." -Officer Michael Fanone

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

60,000 San Francisco No Kings here

Given this in Chicago September 27, attending the No Kings protests October 18 may warrant forethought as to what to do if/when: "[Federal] Agents used multiple chemical agents, launched kinetic grenades, and shot rubber bullets, mace, and pepper balls against those assembled." nlgchicago.org/news/

From Right Path Forward, Jessica Millan Patterson, CEO and Chair of the CA Rep Party. So Jessica, is it wrong to rig elections no matter who does it? Yes? The President declared war on fair elections. Protect Fair Elections? Yes, we will in California by fighting back. www.protectfairelections.org

Saw no mention of this in my feed today and it's sensational. Newsom's new merch store includes this gem:

I told our CA-41 Republican Rep to save himself from Newsom's redistricting plans by co-sponsoring the Freedom to Vote Act, make it a fair fight to unseat him. Short of the Act's mandate for independently drawn districts nationwide, we'll fight fire with fire. www.brennancenter.org/freedom-vote...

Thank you for your contribution to stop Trump from rigging the 2026 election act.gavinnewsom.com/signup/ab-ty...

It's from the medics, the doctors and nurses we're told of clearly intentional assassinations of children, families, journalists and even their fellow medical staff in Gaza. This petition adds your voice for withholding US support for it. More here: sign.moveon.org/petitions/tr...

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to eliminate subsidies for unreliable “green” energy sources like wind and solar in furtherance of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

50,000 in Houston. No Kings here.

I'm guessing 150,000 here in D.C. today. Compare that to February's No King's Day in D.C. drew about 6,000. Looks like momentum to me!

Climate of fear in Congress - "I can't tell you how many conversations I've had ... [with government officials] asking How much does a personal security detail cost? ...a climate of fear that pervades everything." - David Brooks, PBS, March 21, 2025. Time pt 9:40 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oce...

Did you see this? "The fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy." - Elon Musk to Joe Rogan, February 28, 2025 Following the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, empathy was no weakness. It was door to door, neighbor to neighbor - Are you OK? Is there anything you need?

Twenty-one DOGE engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers resigned Tuesday. “I believe that Elon Musk is up to no good. And I believe that any data that he gains access to is going to be used for purposes that are inappropriate and harmful to Americans" apnews.com/article/doge...

It occurs to me tonight while surveying the diversity of what's on TV, the films, music and art of our times, that we may be witnessing from this desperately angry MAGA the self-immolation of white supremacy, a sentiment inflamed by the unstoppable wokeness of who we actually already are.

I just read this and sit stunned. And suddenly now it's pitchforks and baseball bats coming to mind. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

More on efficiency and eliminating waste: "...hundreds of millions of dollars in commodities rotting after staff was barred from delivering it." apnews.com/article/usai...

Habituated to the way things were, are we fatally slow in recognizing the way things are quickly becoming? From journalists outside the USA who've lost the freedoms we held sacrosanct for the press: niemanreports.org/dear-america/