Mary Pols

This willful, uneducated and most dangerous president acts without Congress. No taxation without representation.

YouTube video by Mother Jones “That’s Why America Is Great”: New York City Protesters Push Back With Love and Defiance

Hear from marchers at today's vast No Kings rally in New York City: "I'm glad to see everybody out here right now, knowing that people's eyes are open—and they're fighting for what's right."

Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage

YouTube video by CNN 'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.

Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.

This is how you want a leader to talk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

55 years ago. Four dead in Ohio. How far away are we from this kind of brutal killing of protesters by government forces happening again in America?

I wish the New York Times would have included this key information higher than the fifth graf

Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address Duckworth's fellow honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Bates Commencement are trailblazing marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and champio...

Psychologist and author of cultural phenomenon "Grit" Angela Duckworth to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address May 25. Fellow honorands are marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. www.bates.edu/news/2025/04...

Top Trump Officials Debated War Plans on Unclassified Chat Shared With Journalist The texts on the Signal encrypted messaging service revealed disagreements about whether to strike Houthis in Yemen.

Breaking: Senior Trump officials discussed classified plans to launch airstrikes against the Houthis on a commercial chat service and mistakenly included a journalist

Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth

America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Words this former newspaperwoman never thought would even cross her mind: “I am glad I don’t work at the Post.” Deep support for those who still do. Because they need to. Because it was a dream. Bezos is a disgrace.