The local Democratic Socialists held a fundraiser at a bar. I ordered a $14 martini because I wanted them to get a good cut from my drink. The adjunct Marxist college professor sitting with his crew of co-ed admirers insulted my "capitalist" drink while sipping his $9 IPA.

Worthy faiths don't require government PR efforts.

People showing up for appointments aren’t the criminals you are looking for.

On Christmas Day my thoughts also turn to a flotilla of US troops sitting on ships in the Caribbean Sea for a fascist PR stunt and possibly, another war for oil. Why are we doing this stuff?

On Christmas Day my thoughts also turn to a flotilla of US troops sitting on ships in the Caribbean Sea for a fascist PR stunt and possibly, another war for oil. Why are we doing this stuff?

I don't know who needs to know this, but Jesus is not everyone's savior in the United States.

Vote GOP for National Guard occupation! SCOTUS refused to allow President Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago over the objection of Illinois officials. With the support of Gov. Jeff Landry, about 350 National Guard troops are expected to arrive in New Orleans before New Year’s Eve.

Vote GOP for National Guard occupation! SCOTUS refused to allow President Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago over the objection of Illinois officials. With the support of Gov. Jeff Landry, about 350 National Guard troops are expected to arrive in New Orleans before New Year’s Eve.

My hopes lie with the new #tedcruz campaign. His last attempt made the best "Bad Lip Reading" video ever produced.

The internet is revolutionary to free speech because it empowers individuals and citizens to route around censorship in all its forms—even a captured “free” press. This is why private platform governance; law on internet access or online content, and anonymity online will always matter.

Remembering those who passed in 2025. Check out when #DonnaGodchaux joins the #GratefulDead (23:00) for "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad." - Winterland, SF 1974

Those of us in crisis PR admired his 2024 “Born Again Christian” gambit, knowing he faced rape charges in 2025. Nobody had tried pre-redemption before. Reagan’s cronies all found Jesus while in jail.

Those of us in crisis PR admired his 2024 “Born Again Christian” gambit, knowing he faced rape charges in 2025. Nobody had tried pre-redemption before. Reagan’s cronies all found Jesus while in jail.

"I might get arrested at the ICE protest today honey. You're my one call, so keep your phone on today. I'm bringing my new minister's collar. This one is teargas proof." - Mrs. Green 12/23/25

"I might get arrested at the ICE protest today honey. You're my one call, so keep your phone on today. I'm bringing my new minister's collar. This one is teargas proof." - Mrs. Green 12/23/25

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There’s a new bus that takes me from my house to the yuppie neighborhood with foreign movies. No parking hassle and maybe a pint of Guinness after the show. #actransit #carfree #retirement

Is the USA ready for the new Christian Left? They were essential in the Civil Rights Movement and in creating the environmental laws that keep our air, water, and public lands protected.

The trigger: CBS News suddenly shelved a segment featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. https://cnn.it/44DLntx

A Bay Area legend passes. Thank you for all the knowledge, Betty.

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

I really like this guy. In my years organizing to protect the climate and environment, the campaigns that included faith-based activists in the coalition won most often. Jesus was a pretty cool dude, but you'd never know it from the modern Religion of Selfishness that is Trumpism.

If the Trump Regime wants to target anti-fascists, they will need to lock up a majority of Americans.

At least five FUBARed Waymo robots: Market & Guerrero, SF One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how. Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO. OP: tiktok.brahmsstan

If the Trump Regime wants to target anti-fascists, they will need to lock up a majority of Americans.

RTÉ is a great place to learn more about Winter Solstice. Ireland has been celebrating it for thousands of years. The live feed from Newgrange Sunday morning sounds amazing.

The most important long read published this week. And there's an audio version for your walk. #fascistUSA #StephenMiller

I low key have no idea what my nephew is talking about.

Dude!

David Byrne's favorite rock singer takes on Bowie. #StVincent "(All night) She wants the young American."

For those of us who couldn't stomach the President's speech last night, here is a great analysis and context setter about it. "I thought he was losing it." - John Harwood, now a distinguished fellow at DUKE, nice to see him again representing the OGs.

Victory! “These new social studies standards violated students’ and families’ religious freedom by promoting one version of Christianity and advancing #ChristianNationalist disinformation. Not on our watch. Public schools are not Sunday schools.” - Rachel Laser @americansunited.bsky.social

Ha. Awesome.

Victory! “These new social studies standards violated students’ and families’ religious freedom by promoting one version of Christianity and advancing #ChristianNationalist disinformation. Not on our watch. Public schools are not Sunday schools.” - Rachel Laser @americansunited.bsky.social

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

I had a nuclear war nightmare last night. First time since the Cold War. They were frequent in my youth when I would awake sweating imagining the night sky had turned orange from a distant explosion. Perhaps it was triggered by the old men still running the Superpowers who refuse move on.

Stephen Fry launches campaign to boost reading for pleasure www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

If we are going to have a national religion, we deserve a vote on which one, since hundreds of faiths are practiced in the USA. I would vote Rastafarian. My wife would vote Unitarian. Thus the problem of imposing one faith on a pluralistic nation. The founders understood this, why doesn't JD?

Meathead was the first hero to stand up to his MAGA family.

So it turns out, being a podcaster isn't a good qualification for running a government agency. Take note Senate Confirmation process. #Bongino #FBI

#Bike lanes look empty because your cyclist co-workers got to the office 20 minutes ago and they're buying you a bagel while you look for parking. #urbanism

“They have this new word, they’re calling it ‘groceries,’ but you can ask anybody—everybody knows food comes from restaurants,” said Trump.

Okay, this is bananas. People across a wide range of cultures actually see tiny people when they eat this mushroom. "Lanmaoa asiatica appears to harbor a chemical compound capable of reliably evoking this unusual experience of lilliputian hallucinations." attheu.utah.edu/science-tech...

Federal cutbacks leave Kansans with fewer options to make health care decisions | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

People of Faith standing against fascism.

I remember my McGovern Democrat dad saying, "Your grandmother is courageous like Meathead." I couldn't see the resemblance, but "courageous" I got. #RobReiner

#prolife my ass

This essay will be read 100 years from now. How #StephenMiller, descendant of refugees, turned the USA into a #fascist nation.

Meathead was the first hero to stand up to his MAGA family.