Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

60,000 San Francisco
No Kings here

Given this in Chicago September 27, attending the No Kings protests October 18 may warrant forethought as to what to do if/when:
"[Federal] Agents used multiple chemical agents, launched kinetic grenades, and shot rubber bullets, mace, and pepper balls against those assembled."
nlgchicago.org/news/

From Right Path Forward, Jessica Millan Patterson, CEO and Chair of the CA Rep Party.
So Jessica, is it wrong to rig elections no matter who does it?
Yes?
The President declared war on fair elections. Protect Fair Elections? Yes, we will in California by fighting back.
www.protectfairelections.org

Saw no mention of this in my feed today and it's sensational. Newsom's new merch store includes this gem:

I told our CA-41 Republican Rep to save himself from Newsom's redistricting plans by co-sponsoring the Freedom to Vote Act, make it a fair fight to unseat him. Short of the Act's mandate for independently drawn districts nationwide, we'll fight fire with fire. www.brennancenter.org/freedom-vote...

Thank you for your contribution to stop Trump from rigging the 2026 election act.gavinnewsom.com/signup/ab-ty...

It's from the medics, the doctors and nurses we're told of clearly intentional assassinations of children, families, journalists and even their fellow medical staff in Gaza. This petition adds your voice for withholding US support for it. More here: sign.moveon.org/petitions/tr...

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to eliminate subsidies for unreliable “green” energy sources like wind and solar in furtherance of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

50,000 in Houston. No Kings here.

I'm guessing 150,000 here in D.C. today. Compare that to February's No King's Day in D.C. drew about 6,000. Looks like momentum to me!

Climate of fear in Congress -
"I can't tell you how many conversations I've had ... [with government officials] asking How much does a personal security detail cost? ...a climate of fear that pervades everything." - David Brooks, PBS, March 21, 2025. Time pt 9:40
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oce...

Did you see this?

"The fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy."
- Elon Musk to Joe Rogan, February 28, 2025

Following the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, empathy was no weakness. It was door to door, neighbor to neighbor - Are you OK? Is there anything you need?

Twenty-one DOGE engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers resigned Tuesday.

“I believe that Elon Musk is up to no good. And I believe that any data that he gains access to is going to be used for purposes that are inappropriate and harmful to Americans"
apnews.com/article/doge...

It occurs to me tonight while surveying the diversity of what's on TV, the films, music and art of our times, that we may be witnessing from this desperately angry MAGA the self-immolation of white supremacy, a sentiment inflamed by the unstoppable wokeness of who we actually already are.

I just read this and sit stunned. And suddenly now it's pitchforks and baseball bats coming to mind.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

More on efficiency and eliminating waste:

"...hundreds of millions of dollars in commodities rotting after staff was barred from delivering it."

apnews.com/article/usai...

Habituated to the way things were, are we fatally slow in recognizing the way things are quickly becoming?

From journalists outside the USA who've lost the freedoms we held sacrosanct for the press: niemanreports.org/dear-america/