Gov. Gavin Newsom just dropped a new video for Yes on Prop 50 —

Red states praise federalism & states rights when they do what the feds don't want them to: banning abortion or ignoring fed gun laws. But it can work both ways. If blue states got together they could throw sand in the gears of the federal gov't & hinder it. www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Item...

Lunchtime Sermonette Just gonna put this here: "Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a…

David Frum: “OK, maybe Trump wants to lie about job numbers, his golf scores, and the historical fact of his two impeachments… but his word is totally solid on the total innocence of his long intimate friendship with America’s most notorious sex offender.”

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

El Sobrante is a small unincorporated area in the SF east bay. We had a good turnout of about 700 folks protesting today ~ at a busy intersection and down the road. Much support from the drive bys, too!

Just finished my sign for tomorrow. Show up, stand up, for Democracy! So many little towns and 'burbs participating in the No Kings protest!

This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.

This is the language of abuse. "Yes, he beats you, but you must not provoke him. Don't make him mad or he'll make it even worse." But it does not work. He beats you anyway because that's what he wants to do. He gets pleasure from it. And we can't even leave. There is no place for us to go.

To evaluate Terry Moran’s comment that Stephen Miller is “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred,” I recommend this oral history of his time at Santa Monica High School. lamag.com/politics/ste...

For some perspective, the federal government funds *over half* of all scientific research and development conducted by the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social -- and UC is collectively responsible, in turn, for over 8% of all academic research conducted in the United States.

El Sobrante is a small unincorporated area in the SF East Bay. Indivisible organized protests during the orange felon's 1st reign of terror, but the turnout was never like this... These are big numbers for us! Lots of support from drive bys...

I'll be there -- this Friday! 🧪 Don't stop protesting the dehumanization of our people and the dismantling of our institutions just to enrich a few billionaires. Protest is still the most effective tool we have. #StandUpForScience2025 #SanctionMusk #BoycottNatureSpringer

Good turnout for the protest today against the felon, Musk, DOGE, fascism... In Berkeley at the Tesla showroom. A lot of support from drive-bys.

Very Serious People:: The military is entirely on Trump's side, they can't wait to crush the country beneath his heel, it's going to be marital law-- The actual military:

Always my mood.

No Kings on Presidents' Day ~ The US has no kings ~ Build the Resistance... Action items and list of non-violent protests on Feb 17. ...in a world where hate and fear are being used to divide us, "Joy is an act of resistance” - Toi Dellicotte. www.buildtheresistance.org/feb-17

A very happy birthday to Ms Angela Davis ~ This is Ms Davis in city center, Oakland, during Occupy 2011. I asked her for a photo, and she very kindly acquiesced.

Acres of grape fields sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal agents detaining laborers spread on local Facebook groups. cal.news/3PsQkxh 📝 Sergio Olmos

Don't blame the victim (looking at you, MAGA...). No gaslighting. Just give your assistance, credible information, and love.

And he had that huge faucet all set up to go, but that darn Gavin Newsom wouldn't even take the time to turn it! The water would have flowed right into LA, too... youtu.be/NPtXj5t2YPk?...

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