RIP 😔💔

Increasingly important to consult international news sources like @theglobeandmail.com @afp.com @lemonde.fr

TRUTH

It’s an American epidemic. But it doesn’t have to be this way because we KNOW the solution to this heinous problem. #CommonSenseGunReformNOW

“If you do not take the long view, you cannot see how campaigns build, how beliefs change, how what was once thought impossible or outlandish comes to be the status quo, and how the last half-century has been an extraordinary period of change for society, beliefs and values.” Rebecca Solnit

“What all…enemies of hope have in common is confidence abt what’s going to happen, false certainty that excuses inaction. Whether you feel assured that everything is going to hell or will all turn out fine, you’re not impelled to act. All these postures undermine participation in political life.”

So much violence. 😢 An American epidemic. It doesn’t have to be this way. We know how to solve this tragic, heinous problem. #ENOUGH #CommonSenseGunReformNow

#CommonSenseGunReformNow #GunReformNow #CommonSense Common sense!!!

So much violence. 😢 An American epidemic. It doesn’t have to be this way. We know how to solve this tragic, heinous problem. #ENOUGH

An attack against any of us is an attack against ALL of us.

😭 When is enough truly enough? (Asking for our kids.) #GunControlNow

“[W]hat we do is worth doing even if we can't do everything and save everyone. [J]oin something. For most of us, our power to change the world comes as collective power, when we're members of movements, organizations, uprisings.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

“For decades and maybe centuries it has been too late to save everything, but it will never be too late to save anything.” Rebecca Solnit

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.

Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year. Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year. Remember this as Disney turns to AI.

Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.

"However, the legislation passed thanks to a minority of Senate Democrats, including Cortez Masto and Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, who voted with Senate Republicans to approve the measure." Awww! So nice to hear @cortezmasto.senate.gov opposing one of the really big maga regime bills! 🙄🙄

“Today, the WHO is publishing a new analysis from the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety which...has found no causal link between vaccines & autism ,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference in Geneva on Thursday, Dec 11. The WORLD Health Organization!

“Prices are coming down tremendously," your president said the other the day. ...the concern about "affordability" is a "hoax," your president keeps saying, so feel free take comfort in that, if you're so inclined." Hugh Jackson | Editor

I recently had an interesting conversation with my doctor... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i

Make America Healthy Again. Really? Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks. The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.

Someone told me to watch this SNL sketch about America’s “media-opoly.” It feels eerily prophetic given the Warner Bros/Netflix/Paramount merger saga. Watch.

The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?

While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans. That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about. Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

It’s just common sense, isn’t it?

Weekly to-dos from @ezralevin.bsky.social - #Indivisible What’s the Plan: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... All in for @aftynbehn.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... Donate: defendingourneighbors.org Join: indivisiblelasvegas.org/become-a-mem... Keep on not buying it - #weaintbuyingit

The only Cyber Monday deal we care about is the one between Amazon and ICE. ICE relies on Amazon's servers to surveil and terrorize civilians, and we want more people to know about it. 

#WeAintBuyingIt NO Target NO Amazon NO Home Depot NONE at all through Dec 1st!

This Cyber Monday, remember that Amazon is raking in billions of dollars while offering $1 billion worth of free services to ICE & the fascist U.S. government. It's time for local governments to cut ties with Amazon: the largest cloud-computing provider for DHS and ICE. #NoTechforICE #MakeAmazonPay

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Well beyond time for a REPEAT performance. The urgency is NOW. 🙏🏻

#WeAintBuyingIt NO Target NO Amazon NO Home Depot NONE at all through Dec 1st!

What will they tell their own kids? POWERFUL! Watch ⬇️

#WeThePeople #StrongerTogether

#WeAintBuyingIt NO Target NO Amazon NO Home Depot NONE at all through Dec 1st!

The American people know that our current health care system is broken and extremely expensive. They understand that health care is a human right. A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All. Let’s do it.

#WeAintBuyingIt NO Target NO Amazon NO Home Depot NONE at all through Dec 1st!

Phil Knight co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike just gave millions to Republicans. Let’s boycott Nike. Just do it.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Self-awareness? Doesn't exist with these folks. Federal agencies are now just trolls who rage-bait.

If local governments are serious about protecting immigrants, then it's time for them to cut ties with Amazon - the largest cloud-computing provider for DHS and ICE. 

Let’s all do our part for Democracy: Boycott Target, Home Depot, and Amazon thru Dec 1st! #WeAintBuyingIt

That’s correct! #WeAintBuyingIt

Seriously.

"...changes that matter most happen in minds & hearts, & the events follow from that. In pre-revolutionary colonies, minds had to [first] free themselves from fealty to British Crown. The confidence of [GOP] & its supporters...is ebbing; ours is growing. Something changed over the last 5 weeks.

Remember, Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper this year if you make less food and host fewer people.