Enjoying his pre-Thanksgiving pumpkin.

A 44 year old Mexican immigrant named Vicente Ventura Aguilar has been missing from ICE custody since Oct 7th. He suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness & disappeared. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Surprise, surprise Billionaires are buying elections to put people in power-Republicans-who will give them more tax breaks Even if it comes at the expense of the poorest people in the country Apparently, even though they have generational wealth for the next 1,000 years, there is never enough

‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o... / Cruelty and immorality without limits.

Male Cardinal Wondering what it's all about, but Alfie is nowhere to be seen...

In a civilized country, Trump's treatment of women reporters would drop his approvals so low that he'd be forced to leave office.

Something something war on Christmas

Is this the country we want to be One that takes an ill 79 year old man and detains him in Alligator Alcatraz Where he is abused while awaiting deportation to a country he's never known-leaving his wife and children crushed So again-is this who we want to be Because now it's who we are

In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u... / “Immigrants have built our country and they fuel our economy’”

Rollers are a group of birds that get their name from their dramatic tumbling flight during courtship and territorial displays. While we did see a bit of those displays, this Lilac-breasted Roller seemed mainly concerned with flashing his fancy colours! Kruger Park, South Africa #Birds 🪶

Commentary: Catholic Church puts foot down on Trump’s mass deportation policy. That’s a start / Hope for more of this from faith leaders.

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class. New piece laying this out: newrepublic.com/article/2030...

In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.

Many Americans are hurting and Congressional Republicans are the ones swinging the wrecking ball. Caving to them doesn’t end the destruction—it just invites them to swing harder.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Let’s hope that more countries stand up to Trump’s wrong-headed, bullying diplomacy. And let’s hope that many more Americans, including the cowed members of Congress, stand up to Trump when they see how colossally harmful his Ugly American policies are."

Shocking, I know 👇🙄

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

A peaceful sunset on the beach.

Column: Trump’s tone-deaf displays are turning off voters

It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.

The only thing I care about in a president for 2028 is holding every one of these people accountable under the law in the harshest manner possible. Anything short of that is a waste of time.

Mediaite: The majority of corporate donors to Trump’s ballroom are facing or have recently faced federal charges, including engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment. All the best people, right? #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

In my Berkeley neighborhood.

This administration is putting military families at risk, because following illegal orders is a non-defensible position in a court of law. Killing human beings without any proof of a crime is called murder.

A beautiful sunset on the west coast. Grateful for all that nature has to offer.

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

You know me… I’m always looking for the seemingly unconnected correlations in data… And this is just another one. US life expectancies started diverging from the rest of the world exactly when wealth inequality began to diverge… around 2004… as a direct result of Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

“I found their justification for what they’re doing so flimsy that it makes the case for the Iraq War look like a slam dunk,” Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said on Morning Joe. interc.pt/4nRmHVf

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Is it too much to ask that they reflect this in their reporting??

www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall... Love the creativity of the resistance❤️

The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.

Hold the line, Dems.

“We Franciscans, firm in following the teachings and example of Jesus Christ, St.Francis of Assisi, and Catholic Church leaders, urge the President to uphold the US moral and humane tradition of opening our doors to refugees who have fled their home countries …” #RefugeesWelcome

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.

Trump is executing people on the high seas by deeming them "enemy combatants" without any proof. He's also called his political opponents — immigrants, Democrats, protesters — the "enemy within." Put it together: How close is Trump to ordering attacks on them, too?

Lock him up!

ETTD Everything Trump touches dies.

Trump Wants an Easy Win in Venezuela. He Won’t Get One. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o... / A needed reminder of the real consequences of US intervention in Latin America.

Thank you, Chicago.

toleration.....

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he’d be “apoplectic” if former President Joe Biden acted the same way Donald Trump is regarding recent military operations in Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea – a rare public rebuke from a member of Trump’s own party. www.rawstory.com/james-lankfo...

Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u... /Corruption without shame or restraint.