No Kings 2.0

Just watched Jimmy Kimmel - great show. He is a lovely man - he was close to tears at several points. His monologue was very funny. So glad the good guys won this one.

The moral bankruptcy of America’s leadership class As always, Robert Reich is right. It is up to us to save our beloved country and democracy. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sad, but true, no?

How to Make Your Dog Laugh This is kind of fun and interesting. open.substack.com/pub/ysabelya...

Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern-day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up. Some sanity from the National Catholic Reporter on the bizarre comments from Cardinal Dolan on Charlie Kirk. www.ncronline.org/opinion/card...

I'm watching Terry Moran interviewing Rahm Emanuel about Jimmy Kimmel and more - Emanuel says the entire Republican Congress has "taken their manhood and put it in a lockbox."

Everything about this pretty much stinks! www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Now, they've come for Jimmy Kimmel.

The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway This is horrifically frightening. We are now certifiably living in coo-coo land where left is right, up is down and wrong is right. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

More insanity from our Dear Leader. Ugh! wapo.st/4mnNDLt

Get this stupid, arrogant, narcissistic MANIAC the hell out of here!!!! Amen! Get him out now! www.politisage.com/p/get-this-s...

Trump’s Phase 2 now begins Trump and Stephen Miller both belong in jail for fomenting and encouraging violence by their vicious lies. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

You know, Matthew Dowd of MSNBC gets fired for saying about the Charlie Kirk killing that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions. Brian Kilmeade of Fox says homeless persons should be killed by lethal injection, and he's still there.

You know, I've read that if Mamdani becomes Mayor, he will have Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if he comes to NYC. I like this guy more and more.

September 13, 2025 So very disturbing. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Charlie Kirk Will Not Become a Martyr I think this is a good piece, and I agree. www.meidasplus.com/p/charlie-ki...

Friends - The remarks Bobby Kennedy gave in Indianapolis on the night Martin Luther King, Jr. died. If only we had a president - or any political figure - who thought like this and could speak like this in these difficult times. www.hoopladigital.com/title/16051724

Men and Medical Care When I need a laugh, as I do more and more these days, Dave Barry provides. open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

ESSAY: A turning point open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Where were you when the world stopped turnin' that September day?

Because they are just as dependent on Big Money as the Republicans are, and they don't want to upset the apple cart either. Cowards and hypocrites! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I watched Steve Schmidt's "The Warning" podcast yesterday & his guest said he'd always thought there was a red line Republicans would not cross in terms of continuing to support Trump. He said he now realizes there is no line & the Republicans in Congress are only there for money & power. 😱

We're Paying Big Oil to Kill the Earth The worst! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Should Democrats Shut Down the Government? Totally agree. Shut the whole f--king circus down! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

A tennis player's lesson for Democrats Terrific piece! Yes, the Dems should be brave and should be mixing it up! open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Get Real: Sotomayor v Kavanaugh This is a great session with Terry Moran, praising Sonia Sotomayor's dissent on this despicable Supreme Court ruling. open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

The Democrats Who Refuse to Back Mamdani Are Sending a Scary Message Entrenched Dems are doing us all a disservice, which may have terrible consequences come election time. newrepublic.com/article/2000... via @newrepublic.com

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. How insulting and how out of touch this idiot president is, and he touted how much he was going to "protect women" during his campaign. Ugh! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

What RFK Jr. Is Taking Away From You Good piece from Pete Buttigieg on the dangers of RFK Jr. open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...

You know, I'm reading a book about the Civil War, and remembering the Confederacy asked both Britain & France to join them in the fight. If it comes to a Civil War here - between MAGA and the rest of us - wd any of the countries we've been friends with for 80 years come to our aid? (the anti-MAGAs)?

Did anyone see Bernie Sanders & Zohran Mamdani's rally today in Brooklyn? I watched it live & it was so good. I continue to be amazed by Bernie Sanders who has the energy and strong voice of a much younger man. He and Mamdani spoke and then took Qs from the audience. Very strong and hopeful remarks.

America Is at War… With Itself Very frightening, but very accurate. www.meidasplus.com/p/america-is...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. How lousy is this! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Awesome video with Ezra KIein of the NYT. What the Dems should do about the threat of a government down? Shut it down! Hear his excellent arguments. And shame on our Dem leaders if they don't do it! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Trump’s War on Black America Isn’t an Accident—It’s a Strategy Yet something else Trump is doing that's reprehensible. newrepublic.com/article/1999... via @newrepublic.com

Sign the petition: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. must RESIGN rfkresign.org I just signed this. Perhaps you would like to also.

Morning AF 9/5/2025 And so it goes in crazy-land. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

AOC: Schumer, Jeffries Setting a Bad Example by Not Backing Mamdani www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-zoh... Totally agree with AOC.

The Barroom Confession: A Fictional Republican Congressman Admits Why He Bows to Trump A very good piece on Republican cowardice by Adam Kinzinger. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

I totally support this, and the sooner the better. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Bold Action Now Brings Victory Tomorrow All of us who care about democracy must push our Democratic representatives to be bold NOW! www.meidasplus.com/p/bold-actio...

O Happy Day! www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-t....

This article, from The Atlantic today, gives me hope. God bless all the lawyers who are working so hard on all these cases. They are helping to save us! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Tragedy Brings Out The Christian Nationalism in Trump’s Administration This is very scary stuff, indeed. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

And so it goes...:(

My Indiana - Ugh! Vote Blue.

Happy Labor Day! Union Strong!

So glad priests are speaking out.