OUT TODAY: The best sunniest new single in years from Australia’s Ms Courtney Barnett, teaming with another fave of mine Waxahachie, as they saunter thru Hollywood, reading together and pretending to be silent movie stars. Marv! More! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGyG...

“Families are being torn apart, children are left in fear and communities are shaken by [ICE] immigration raids… These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear: the church stands with migrants.” Yes Father. --Cardinal B Cupich Archbishop of Chicago www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0hC...

“Prominent members of the clergy are increasingly speaking out against Trump's abusive anti-immigrant tactics and belligerent foreign policy, and Trump's dismantling of the moral role the U.S. plays in the world." www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0hC...

It is clear Trump & Miller are not just after law-breaking migrants, but are trying to stop “legal immigrants” as well, esp. after their recent banning of potential even skilled migrants from 75 countries. This will hurt U.S. economy's progress in long & short term. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FehS...

Not only would a wealth tax set at the rate the average person already pays help fund needed programs for all, but making the ultra-rich pay their fair share would “restore democracy and create a fairer, safer,greener world.” Stats from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Macron today: the choice is to “passively accept the law of the strongest” that would lead to “vassalization” and a “new colonial approach,” or defend “effective multilateralism” that serves our interest. Wow--France has a president that reads history...👍 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

@oliverdarcy.bsky.social and @nicollewallace.bsky.social’s conversation, starting at about 34:45, about the bizarre wimpiness of Trump/MAGA masculinity, is particularly funny and insightful.

Media journalist, revealer of @FoxNews hate & lies @oliverdarcy.bsky.social on the forces toxifying U.S. media, how GOP MSM style is “poisoning the well” with constant bullshit, destroying Americans’ faith in news reporting, hurting the country & democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZDc...

After the murder of Renee Good by ICE agents, teams in Minneapolis have organized patrols to document ICE action, silently warn local residents when ICE arrive in their area, being witnesses, making their communities and neighbors safer. Brave heroes. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

Fareed Zakaria shows how, with evidence, Europe has acted shrewdly in the midst of Trump’s multiple attacks on them—as those countries and Canada are aiming their economies AWAY from their former long-time ally the USA. And more towards China. Trump fail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=swF-...

Ex-Atty Gen @ericholder.bsky.social: “our institutions have failed us in the last year…SCOTUS has failed us repeatedly…Congress is not what doing what it is [constitutionally] empowered to do and it is really up to the American people” to protest peacefully & widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzEh...

An FBI agent’s initial review said sufficient evidence existed to warrant a civil rights probe of the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good. The DOJ of course has not opened up such an investigation. Sure sounds like another cover-up from Trump lapdog Pam Bondi. (Washington Post)

If super-rich people are not willing to pay the tax rate in California or Austin, TX that my non-rich friends pay, then fine, f**king go. Why put up with selfish billionaires that won't pay their fair share to ensure where they live remains profitable and safe for ALL taxpayers? (Washington Post)

"If only you'd let me win a prize I didn't deserve in the slightest, then I wouldn't have tried to steal a NATO country." 🙄 The U.S. is run by a toddler with learning difficulties.

Just when you think he's done proving himself as the most ignorant, petty Prez ever, he roars back w/more dumb selfishness that will harm USA⬇️. Also, in terms of the Peace Prize, please recall how this @apnews.com report shows he stopped NO wars, not 8 as he said: www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/ja...

Charlamagne Tha God on why he’s celebrating Martin Luther King Day like nobody’s business tomorrow because, under Trump, it very likely could be the last one. Hilarious and hard-hitting in its depiction of American racism still rising today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2hc...

An essay on the perpetually best-selling Bob Marley compilation “Legend” (1984), which purposely stripped politics from his legacy and history, and still dominates the reggae market at the cost of promoting any newer artists in the genre. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

I’m usually not one to tell artists what they should or should have not done, but in MARTY SUPREME (2025), there is way too much plot, and outlandish plot that after a while, doesn’t tell us anything new about the main character. They needed to edit some of that down.

“As masked federal agents in Minneapolis terrorize communities, the White House continues to lie about all of it. Reporter Ali Velshi argues this will “change American society one way or the other” and he salutes the many who are actively peacefully resisting. Me too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd_O...

In a New Jersey concert near his home, the great American hero of democracy, patriotism and justice @Springsteen.net came out hard against Trump's murderous unconstitutional ICE troops. Thanks Bruce, but all the rest of us must do our part to resist too. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

In a New Jersey concert near his home, the great American hero of democracy, patriotism and justice @brucespringsteen.net came out hard against Trump's murderous unconstitutional ICE troops. Thanks Bruce, but all the rest of us must do our part to resist too. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

In a New Jersey concert near his home, the great American hero of democracy, patriotism and justice @brucespringsteen.net came out hard against Trump's murderous unconstitutional ICE troops. Thanks Bruce, but all the rest of must do our part to resist too. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

The Really New Testament, January 2026⬇️

Does Trump realize what chaos would ensue if he lost the support of our European allies? Is he ignorant enough to think siding w/Putin would work out well for anyone? Putin has wanted to take down U.S. for decades; if he saw an opportunity to do so, he'd betray Trump in a nanosecond. (@nytimes.com)

New 2-min @nytimes.com video report on how Trump and aides made ICE into a violent out of control org by cutting training in more than half & establishing unethical arrest quotas, remaking ICE “into an UNACCOUNTABLE, UNRESTRAINED FORCE” establishing a “police state.” www.youtube.com/shorts/Ybv9l...

Looks like another clear betrayal of Gazans to me. (Guardian)

Time for out of control ICE brutes to recognize the 1st Amendment. (Washington Post)

Just watched multiple angles of Renee Good's murder last week, from @nytimes.com today, which prove Ms Good was not threatening ICE agents or trying to run them down. My question: If these trigger-happy automatically violent ICE fuckers wanted her to stop, why didn't they just shoot out her tires?

@chrislhayes.bsky.social, expert on the attention economy, comments on Trump administration & ICE's sick addiction to creating content for social media rather than governing, even as the lying cynical violent messages they broadcast are mostly rejected by Americans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBat...

Revealing stats from @davidfrum.bsky.social on many food staples Trump’s tariffs have made significantly more expensive: pasta, tortillas, coffee, avocado, beef, etc. When Trump tells voters he cares about “affordability,” he’s also saying he thinks you’re stupid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ubr...

Because NONE of his corrupt evidence-less revenge prosecutions (Powell, Comey, Tish James, etc) have gone his way in the slightest, Trump is now calling his Dept Of Justice team including his head of DOJ Pam Bondi “weak” and “ineffective.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9wE...

Another reason to support Bandcamp: they’ve “announced they will no longer allow AI-generated music to be hosted on its platform.” And they prohibit any “music and audio generated wholly or in substantial part by AI.” Yay human musicians! 🎶‼️ pitchfork.com/news/bandcam...

Wow. Cool. They’re certainly kicking ass on Trump repeatedly bringing the embarrassing Lee Greenwood, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent to the White House. (Washington Post)

Been warning about this trend at my university for years. President Xi has indicated for years he doesn't want to lose his students or so much tuition money to foreign schools, esp. in UK/US. But my school and others in the hood couldn't resist the cash & built their sector on it. (@nytimes.com)

A pattern. Trump gave absolute immunity to Jan 6 violent coup perpetrators too. (@nytimes.com)

Labour-Tory duopoly “stopped working for [many] since 2007-08 financial crisis…when average incomes stopped rising...when conveyors of opportunity stalled and the postwar promise that each generation could have what their parents had and more was broken.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Through the supposed "peace negotiations," documented in this article, it is obvious Trump & Hegseth not only ignored Ukraine's needs and arguments, they were too in thrall to Putin to even care. IMHO, it is clear they are purposely letting Ukraine die on the vine. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump and his team thought his "special relationship" with Putin could sway him to reconsider his territorial ambitions to bring back Soviet borders, but it was *obvious* to everyone else Putin would NEVER do such a thing unless forced to militarily. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In Ukraine, Trump never cared about justice, democracy, reversing Putin terrorism--just his own profit. He wanted to end the war to save money on weapons and help his pal Putin, always insisting Zelensky had to give up essential points, never Putin. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

During 2025, this Adam Entous reporting reveals that Defense Sec Hegseth *willfully* had little info about Ukraine and how & why they represent an important part of the future of U.S. foreign policy and the world in general. Trump gave him "a blank check." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Pulitzer-level reporting on how in 2025, Trump's misinformed pro-Putin policies are imperilling Ukraine purposely. And how Trump's consistently dim-bulb mind is usually guided by the last person he spoke with, not any kind of coherent strategy or ideals. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump is forcing government-approved wind farm projects to suddenly close down because of national security reports with NO evidence, costing those companies billions and losing the country more than 10,000 jobs. A dumbass pro-climate change disaster. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/c...

President Trump: projecting yet again…

“The news media act as if they’re helpless, but they’re not. They should adopt a firm goal to never let anyone use their platform to lie to their audience uncorrected.” @markjacob.bsky.social

@markjacob.bsky.social on how journalists’ approaches must change in our disinfo age: “It’s not enough for journalists 2 operate in a bubble,produce their own factual reports. They must take aggressive action to counteract the twisted reality pushed by others” www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-bui...

At end of the clip, Sen. Warren argues the Democrats in 2026 must fight for average Americans’ affordability, not the interests of the party’s CEO & billionaire friends and return to the party that created Social Security, Medicare, minimum wage, union rights etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0l...

For months now, the @SFValleyBrigade (on Insta), on the 101 freeway near West Hills, CA, has been flashing such messages at L.A. commuters in rush hour traffic; below is their latest missive. Amen and thanks. 🇺🇸 👊

“Trump administration is withdrawing from dozens of international orgs…as U.S. further retreats from global cooperation…Most of the targets focus on climate, labor & other issues that Trump has categorized as catering to diversity & 'woke' initiatives.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump's FBI is not investigating the ICE agent who shot and murdered an unarmed mother three times in the face. Instead, they're investigating her political past to see how they can unfairly smear her. This is not the rule of law; this is authoritarianism writ large. (@nytimes.com)

Maybe they should rename Dept of Justice as the Dept of Covering Trump's Ass. (Washington Post)