Peter Schurman

After watching the interview, it’s clear---Katie Porter doesn’t have the temperament to be Governor. As a candidate, I welcome the hard questions---the next governor must be accessible and transparent.

No place for temper tantrums. No place for dodging the public’s right to know.

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

486,000 people live full-time in an RV in 2025, more than twice as many as in 2021, per NBC.

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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"Our only three options are violence, acquiescence, or economic sanctions. I don’t want violence, and acquiescence is out of the question. So let’s kick them where it hurts: right in the economy."

I don't want violence, either. Good ideas here: economic sanctions, denial of infrastructure, etc.

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

#WarRavagedPortland

This *will* happen and in most of our lifetimes. Pinochet was arrested. The Argentinian junta were tried and convicted. It should happen as soon as Dems retake power, it might take longer, but the ICE/MAGA trials are going to take place.

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

With apologies, because it’s scary, because it really is scary: latest in my project of messing with stills from ICE vids. Stylizing them to sharpen the focus on the aesthetic project of fascist terror. Chicago today, aiming at a protester named Jess, for documenting him.

YouTube video by Zeteo ‘Andor’ Star Says Israel is ‘Gaslighting’ Us

Worth Watching This Rich Conversation: ‘Andor’ Star Says Israel is ‘Gaslighting’ Us youtu.be/V-gdodXHv4U?... @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @zeteo.com

“Should it come to that”

Stop private equity from buying single-family homes.

Instead, give young Americans low-interest mortgages & downpayment help to buy them.

Homes for young families, not Wall Street.

That’s new economic patriotism.

ICE has committed so much crime they are the criminals.

“You don’t need to have your identity protected... You should not have a mask on your face.”

@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com argue that if judges aren’t wearing masks, neither should ICE agents.

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

Oppression is the mask of fear.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
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It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

Blue states need to band together to protect immigrants, science, health, and our values. Some of this is happening already, we just need to face what more we can and must do www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Lies. Lies. And more lies.

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

Judaism is, at its core, about truth and justice, standards to which we all have to hold ourselves, even at great cost. Otherwise, we are no better than the bystanders in Nazi Germany.

I think the term has applied for a long time, but I also don’t understand why people are being so harsh with her. Terminology aside, I think her message was pretty strong more than two months ago.

Among contenders, I think she was pretty early to the right side of this:

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Again, with a completely hostile media environment, over half of Americans have come to see the truth about what Israel is doing in Gaza. It's genuinely quite remarkable.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

Oregonian: "She complied but was hurling curse words and insults at the two officers in front of her when a third agent wearing a gas mask approached her. Within 10 seconds, the officer directed a canister at the 19-year-old’s face and doused her with chemical spray."

@adenaishii.bsky.social @taplinterry.bsky.social @barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social @danielluriesf.bsky.social

I think it’s OK to float test balloons in the public square here. And also fine to criticize, of course.

We’re all finding our way forward in the dark now.

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Bicycle volunteers monitor school zones for ICE The group is hosting a training on Oct. 11 for cyclists who want to get involved.

A collective known as the San Diego Bike Brigade is training bicyclists and e-bike riders to watch for signs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity around school zones.

www.daylightsandiego.org/bicycle-volu...