The real economic reckoning for America will begin next May when Jerome Powell’s term ends. The Dictator will obviously appoint a lackey who will insist on interest rates plummeting & inflation will go thru the roof. No balance, no nuance, no sense.

The funniest thing I’ve heard lately, but the source is anonymous & unclear, is that there can’t be any such thing as Antifa because I never received a fundraising email from them. Factcheck: TRUE!

I just spoke to probably the most conservative person I know. He is OUTRAGED over the free speech issue & the Jimmy Kimmel firing. He perceives COMPLETELY that Trump is trying to be a fascist dictator. He is ready to join US in a new coalition of real AMERICANS!!!

There is no “Antifa,” as any progressive will tell you. But EVERY ONE OF US is “anti-fascist,” as EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE!!!

@anacabrera.bsky.social You are OK on immigration, but REFRAME your government shutdown questions. How dare you ask @whipkclark.bsky.social if SHE is willing to shut down the government? REPUBLICANS have FULL CONTROL & THEY are going to shut down the government.

Funny thought. And not a bad one. Kimmel has struggled through our health care system with his child despite his wealth & really understands what’s wrong with America, as does Colbert. It won’t happen here, & we have lots of good candidates in waiting, but not a bad thought.

As National Voter Registration Week comes to an end, I just want to congratulate the @votersoftomorrow.org chapters that collectively registered THOUSANDS of students since Monday. Genuinely couldn't be prouder of our team.

The next thing we have to do is make No Kings 2 on Oct 18 as big as we possibly can. The authoritarian takeover is in full swing. LET’S GO!!!

Because they are violating the first amendment & “in the public interest” is ALWAYS used by fascists in their takeover, just stop watching broadcast TV. Research your stations, & especially CBS, ABC, Sinclair stations & Nextstar stations. I never watch any of them. No loss.

Are you ready?

So ABC now joins the white supremacy parade by silencing Jimmy Kimmel. Whitewashing what Charlie Kirk stood for isn’t doing any favors to Charlie Kirk’s memory. He was a purposely divisive, highly partisan figure who made a lot of outrageous statements, many of them untrue.

Militarizing our cities is just plain wrong. The Dictator continues to look for fake “emergencies” so he can claim further authoritarian control Danger to our republic lurks everywhere under this maniac.

The Dictator & his flunkies are the “scum.” All statistics show that right wing racially motivated terrorism is the most prevalent domestic form, but they ignore facts to lie & gin up more hate. No one is “celebrating” this murder, it accomplishes nothing, & they are a cancer.

This is a world class post.

I’m worried about the week ahead. Trump, Vance, Miller and the MAGA machine are seizing every chance they get to compound the division and anger in America, to vilify the left, to misrepresent the life of Kirk, and to push us toward greater conflict.

Do you think Trump’s Little Johnson will walk back his insane lie that “CNN reported Trump has a 90% approval rating”???

Nobody wants crime. But this second Trump era has interrupted a good effort towards better policing post-George Floyd. Crime has been down & policing has been somewhat better at the same time. No one wants troops in American streets. Let’s get done with this crap fast & get back to progress.

Yup. I posted this & started writing about it in 2015.

Hey! On my 78th birthday I’m quite pleased to report that the old “Sha Na Na” TV shows are going to finally be put up on YouTube TV in the near future. They have some great guests, great music & real fun & I hope you’ll enjoy the memories or even take a look for the first time!

Fox Propaganda Channel needs to fire Kilmeade. But they won’t, since he’s just spewing propaganda.

A truth that is self evident

I don’t disagree with this at all.

Let’s run a clock on how long It takes for Trump & Vance to say “Democrats are violent” as distinguished from any acknowledgement that America has a real gun violence problem.

NEW: Sixty-three percent of voters disapprove of Florida ending all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/9/...

If America makes it out this, which is dubious, it will have to start all over.

Fact check: TRUE

I don’t know that we get out of this without dividing as a country.

The “Birthday Book” revelation is significant mainly because the unrelenting liars continue to lie about it. I don’t know what “religious training” this devout @PressSec has, but she ought to take her cross off & chuck it in the garbage. @PamBondi too. Tip of a titanic iceberg.

I’m beginning to understand that huge numbers of ignorant Americans would have had to live through the scourge of horrible diseases like polio themselves to believe that vaccines are a miracle of science that have saved millions of lives. They want people to suffer again.

An NBC News poll shows that 57% disapprove of The Dictator’s job performance. I’m sorry, but that’s not good enough. Given what he’s done, it should be 80%.

The coverup is massive.

If (or when) The Dictator declares an emergency & suspends elections, will you be ready to go to the streets?

Of course he will

THEN: "I will be the president of peace and end all wars on day one." NOW: "We will now be creating the Department of War."

Y’know how TV covers the “tech titans” sitting at a table fawning over Trump to get favors? He also sits at a table with insurance CEO’s okaying them raking in more money when they deny you medical procedures. They aren’t famous so you don’t see that on TV. Understand?

The precursors to Pacifica & Atlantica.

America as we know it committed suicide by electing Trump in ‘24. It will take decades to undo the damage & I won’t live to see it, turning 78 next week, but we had better start soon.

“When these monstrous huge beautiful places, the palaces of genius start opening up you’ll see job numbers that are absolutely incredible.” He’s talking about AI data centers. AI is going to cost jobs, not create them. Tell me I’m wrong.

The vaccination issue is going to divide America & real separation is coming. No one will take their children to Florida & expose them to measles & rubella at Disney World but lunatics. The west & east coasts will isolate themselves as best as possible & protect their kids.

RFK Jr., one of the most damaged people in America, should be NOWHERE NEAR our health & our children’s health. Another of the most damaged people in America, Donald Trump, gave him a big job in exchange for his presidential voters. They should BOTH resign.

Exactly.

FOUR Republicans intend to vote to release the Epstein files. That means 216 intend to vote NO. How can any Republican, elected official or voter, live with themselves?

I think @nadler.house.gov stepping down in favor of someone younger is great. And I also think good longtime members like him who have always voted for progressive causes have earned the right to decide what they want to do.

Alexander Hamilton for the unaware

Do we think even Utah might wake up? Hint: I wouldn’t really count on it & personally am in favor of “soft secession,” meaning we stop financing the moocher states & let them fend for themselves. But who knows, maybe we’ll be surprised.

MAGA doesn’t believe in science & is purposely killing people with their ignorance. RFK Jr. should resign. Democrats should force the issue & start impeachment proceedings against him. Make Republicans go on the record that they support killing children & the rest of us.

There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.

Nice decision on tariffs so far, but there is zero chance the stacked SCOTUS with two completely stolen seats will deny The Dictator his dictatorial dickishness.

Labor Day Summary: Trump really is trying to be a dictator & we have to be prepared to go to the streets to defend democracy. Working within the system, we in California MUST pass Proposition 50. Now let’s take a couple of days off.