It's important to understand the totality of U.S. history, even and especially things we are ashamed of. This documentary highlights the fragility of American democracy and the white supremacist take over of Wilmington, NC

Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.

JD Vance says he would like more babies in the US, but personally I would like fewer in the government

California: With Trump's whack conditions to receive FEMA, you should threaten to not pay federal taxes!

California is the 5th largest economy in the world (www.ppic.org/publication/...), provides around 16% of the federal tax base (www.ntu.org) and in 2021 alone paid $360 million in federal taxes

We just got visited by a small owl! He perched on the steps of our hot tub and sat there for an hour, pivoting his head in the snow. As it snowed harder, he took flight to some bamboo against the house, sat there for a few minutes, and we got to stare into his eyes for a moment. Incredible! ❤️

If you like food you like immigrants.

[Or should.]

Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.

This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.

We must keep fighting for women’s rights.

AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.

Citizens United Helped Elon Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory President Donald Trump’s return to the White House comes almost exactly 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates for corporations a...

www.democracynow.org/2025/1/22/ci...

ICE can raid churches and schools to arrest immigrants under new policy The directive signals Homeland Security will consider operations at sites previously deemed off-limits.

www.axios.com/2025/01/21/t...

Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Should Pay for the Los Angeles Fires It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.

Who should pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in damages from these deadly fires in LA? The fossil fuel industry who lied about climate change for decades, that's who.

Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

How are you all coping? I just had a good sing//music is helping, and on the actual inauguration day I just focused on MLK ❤
But now it's setting in and it's so much more fucking depressing because we know what to expect 💔

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
A conversation worth a listen:
"Hope is a discipline" Rebecca Solnit and The Way We Get Through This is Together: Celebrating Community

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
MLK day 1/20: The Way We Get Through This is Together: Celebrating Community
Rebecca Solnit

Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency Many federal employees fear they may end up in ethical binds, caught between the instructions of their bosses and their duty to serve the American people.

One the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, many career #civilservants fear that they may end up in ethical binds, caught between the instructions of their bosses and their duty to serve the American people.
https://buff.ly/4g2lczt
(Jaime L Kucinskas, Hamilton College) #polisky

No one should be discriminated against based on their sex. It’s long past time for women’s equal rights to be recognized in our Constitution.

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Military Vets Disrupt Pete Hegseth’s Senate Confirmation Hearing The Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, was repeatedly disrupted Tuesday by protesters who denounced the nominee’s history of hateful remarks aga...

www.democracynow.org/2025/1/15/he...

Veterans speak out against the genocide in Gaza

Maps show how California's Palisades Fire in Los Angeles area compares in size to major U.S. cities California's Palisades Fire is the largest of the deadly wildfires​ that ignited in the Los Angeles area​ and maps show how it compares to the size of 13 U.S. cities.

If you’re out there not taking climate change seriously, maybe do? www.cbsnews.com/news/califor...

Huge gratitude for our neighbors, Mexico and Canada have sent fire fighters and army to help us.