Kyra Kazantzis

The @mercurynews.com this morning — Silicon Valley inequality is surging and let’s arrest homeless people. smh

On a recent Saturday morning, a new bakery in downtown San Jose was alive with the sounds of Japanese city pop and sizzling sausage patties. Milk Belly, an Asian-inspired bakery from Maria Belzunce and Jason Venters, debuted in January with lines out the door.

A black-and-white photo of one of many bilingual sidewalk monuments to the scholar and labor organizer Ernesto Galarza in downtown San Jose

A photo of a trilingual welcome sign in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish at the San Jose public library

A photo of the storefront of El Halal Amigos, the delicious innovation of Palestinian Filipino chef Hisham Abdelfattah, in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose

A sidewalk monument to the scholar and labor organizer Ernesto Galarza tanto en inglés como en español; a trilingual welcome sign at the #SanJose public library; El Halal Amigos, the delicious innovation of Palestinian Filipino chef Hisham Abdelfattah.

This place is & always will be #multilingual.

Welcome to downtown! Lived here 20 years, raised a daughter here, and love it.

Downtown San José is small … totally walkable!

I will NEVER understand why so many veterans vote for the party that spits on them.

"A whole new level of cruelty": Health experts decry "devastating" cuts to HIV treatment programs The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation said the latest cuts will deprive 350,000 people of HIV treatment.

“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action.

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YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

I'd like to bring this video to your attention.

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

It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.

Podperson alert!

Let this sink in. The president of a battered Ukraine, an ally of the U.S., became the first world leader in history to be kicked out of the White House. Not a dictator, not a disgraced politician — the president of Ukraine,

A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.*

There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

Legacy media outlets ignoring the Trump and Melania crypto scams, which at any other time with any other incoming Admin would be one of the biggest scandals in political history, shows how lost and unprepared they are for what is about to happen. They’re covering this like a reality show.

DEI Isn’t Dying: These Companies Are Standing Strong Against 'Anti-Woke' Backlash in 2025 Despite pressure, many companies remain steadfast in their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Apple and Costco are not alone in taking a strong stand on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI). The list of corporate giants pushing back on the 'anti-woke' #DEI backlash is growing in 2025.

www.thequeenzone.com/dei-isnt-dyi...

Meta's civil rights team head to leave company Roy Austin's departure follows a tumultuous week at Meta as it axed diversity policies and hate speech limits.

Meta disbanded its civil rights team. This is what the oligarchs want to do to all civil rights laws.

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Impacted By The Fires? Here’s How To Apply For FEMA Assistance

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A List of Resources and How to Support Artists and Art Workers Affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires This list of resources and donation opportunities supporting artists and art workers impacted by the L.A. wildfires will be updated as new initiatives emerge.

Happened to come across this, may be useful if you are an artist (or know of one) impacted by the LA fires.

Elon Musk’s new profile on X. Is shows Pepe the Frog as the profile pic and his name is changed to Kekius Maximus

Elon Musk has changed his X profile.

His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.

His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.

Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.

The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.

This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago.

In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.

Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.

The reports were false…but the fear out there is real.

In the middle of my organization’s #rapidresponse training for 65 nonprofit staff, we got notice that there are 3 #ICE raids in various places in San Jose.

Jimmy Carter on the American oligarchy He was a truth-teller. We should remember what he said — and act on it.

Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC

The high level of violent crime Trump keeps talking about will be an easy problem to solve because Trump made it up. Violent crime has been falling sharply and is at historically low levels.

👇👇👇 It's a good thing to remember generally, too. You don't have to be perfect, 100% or nothing. You have choices beyond "solve this completely" and "give up." It all helps. Do what you can where you can.

Election bought and paid for.

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If former Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long is confirmed to run the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), he would be in a position to strip — and effectively shut down — the tax status of such nonprofit groups whose missions he disagrees with.” HR9495