Trump is a buffoon and a bully. When a 250lb man stands over a female reporter, wags a finger, & shouts "quiet piggy" he brings shame on the office he holds. The rest of the world must be wondering if we've lost our collective minds. We’ll be grateful when this circus leaves town. R. Broadhurst

Trump is a vile creature. Nancy Pelosi is right again.

Proud of my Veteran father. Robert Wenger, General Patton’s 1303. Great husband, father of four girls, uncle, friend and businessman. An exceptional human. Thanks dad! Extra kudos for the beach house! These two were in LOVE.

"Wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.” Joyce Carol Oates Referring to Elon Musk

The promise of future negotiations with Republicans is a false one. Don’t trust them. Hold the line.

And let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says ‘E pluribus unum.’ That means ‘from many, one.’ Every life matters no matter where you came from. No matter how you got here, no matter how you identify, you have the right to live a life that is free.” Sandwich Guy

Democrats did not lose a single major race tonight. Not one.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Zohran Mamdani: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

Don’t poke the bear.

Hope is alive.

Yes to this NYC, my heart home forever. This is the change we need. He’s got a huge job ahead but tonight we celebrate. Breathe this moment in. We’ve held our breath for too long.

THIS IS DEMOCRACY. Let’s keep it rolling.

Zorro had a good Halloween. Hard times sometimes need a little levity, in the guise of a winged black standard.

Boo!

As Sinclair Lewis once said in 1935, “When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross”.

For DJT “Merit” equals white.

Yes to this: California will deploy its own observers to watch over federal election monitors the Trump administration is sending to the state ahead of the Nov. 4 election, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said. 🇺🇸👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. We are not a functional nation with a rule of law any longer, and those toppled walls in the East Wing are a pretty stark reminder of that.” Senator Chris Murphy Connecticut

No one who remembers the Bonwit Teller fiasco is surprised by the East Wing demolition. (From Carolyn Stephens on Threads)

Beautiful day here in the SF Bay! Perfect for a march and a protest! RESIST the KAKISTOCRACY!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 I love a parade! I love DEMOCRACY!

Where is the Bush Family? We’d very much like them to join the resistance chorus. Stand up for our country you Bushes!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

“You've got to be carefully taught You've got to be taught before it's too late Before you are six or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught.” South Pacific 1949 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Joshua Logan Time to rewatch!

NO KINGS See you Saturday! “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, & to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

See you Saturday world. Stand up for democracy, resist autocracy. Time is running out for America. Lock them up.

So “watermelon people” and Nazi admiration is just “boys will be boys?” So says JD Vance. Sick. And twisted. STOP IT. And if you have boys, teach them better than this.

Don’t give the bully your lunch money.

The literal worst person in American was elected to be president - twice. Celebrity entertainment has bled into government, eroded media, newspapers and the internet. A black hole of bad ideas, a cess pool of lies. Stand up. No Kings. 10/18 Stay safe. Stay peaceful. RESIST

Liberar los archivos de Epstein.

Screw you Marc Benioff. We believed you were one of the better billionaires. Fooled again. Traitor to the Bay.

Song for today: “I don't want you anymore 'cause you took my joy I don't want you anymore, you took my joy You took my joy, I want it back You took my joy, I want it back.” Lucinda Williams

Jeff Bridges: “Ice? Let’s get ICE off our street and into our beverages!” The dude abides. I so love and admire him. 🌺 Time for a White Russian I guess!!

What the hellI IS in Mike Johnson’s lane?? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Words can demoralize people. The Sticks and Stones adage is incorrect. Words matter. Take it from a dramaturg, and sensitive human being. What we are witnessing now is a resistance to kindness and thoughtfulness. It is an intentional desensitizing. Hate speech hurts and breeds more ugliness.

Bad Bunny is a history maker & global mega star. He is a great choice for the half time show. In a fiery on-air takedown, Bondi didn’t hold back: “Bad Bunny is not music — it’s a conspiracy. The NFL has turned America’s biggest stage into a tool to promote globalism and humiliate its loyal fans.”

saddened to hear of Patricia Routledge’s death. Here she is performing in a RSC production in the 1980s, I’m not sure which one. Maybe Henry V with Kenneth Branagh or Richard III. A brilliant life well lived. Who could ask for more. Mrs. Bucket, thank you!!

Lawrence O’Donnell: “What century is the New York Times in?” Not a mention of the real and actual problem: “Donald Trump is insane,” with his madness reaching new extremes. Not business as usual, NYT.

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ~ Jane Goodall

Don’t give the bully your lunch money.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” Jane Goodall

“For the next 70 minutes, he spoke slowly, slurring words, delivering to the hundreds of professionals who had rushed from around the world to attend this meeting a rambling, incoherent stream of words.” —Heather Cox Richardson

Send in the clowns…

Fat Man and Little Boy. Awesome.

Pete Hegseth led the nations top generals in a Christian prayer. Whether they wanted it or not.

The 1943 class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was responsible for erecting a plaque: Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law. Many other nations have adopted our principle of loyalty to the basic law.

Reckless Hegseth: “You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct,” he told them, offering a succinct definition of his sociopathic and reckless “warrior ethos.” Disgusting

Arrogant Hegseth: “We unleash overwhelming & punishing violence on the enemy. We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt & kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct & overbearing rules of engagement.”

Trump: I am a very aesthetic person. I don't like some of the ships you are doing aesthetically. They say it is stealth. That's not stealth. An ugly ship is not necessary in order to say you are stealth.

The main job of a leader is to keep people safe. DJT: Epic Fail.

I cannot keep track of the shootings anymore. Can you? One of today’s was in my home state of Michigan. DJT said (immediately) that it was attack on religion. That doesn’t resonate with me. At all.