janinsanfran
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Will work for justice and compassion. Read books. Work campaigns with labor. Episcopalian. Ordered around by cats. Blogs at https://happening-here.blogspot.com
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during Thanksgiving dinner this year with my wife's extended family her 96 year old Georgia born and raised great-aunt started telling us excitedly about how people in Chicago are blowing whistles when they see ICE agents and make them leave their neighborhood and she just thought it was wonderful
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
during Thanksgiving dinner this year with my wife's extended family her 96 year old Georgia born and raised great-aunt started telling us excitedly about how people in Chicago are blowing whistles when they see ICE agents and make them leave their neighborhood and she just thought it was wonderful
One more atrocity. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/they...
They hate women
No more spending money on professional training for women if the Trump administration gets its way. In particular, they apparently don't thi...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One more atrocity. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/they...
On with the circus. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
One woman drops away: where's she off to?
Tressie McMillan Cottom's dissection of Marjorie Taylor Greene's split from the Orange Toddler and his MAGA fiefdom is delicious. Don't miss...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On with the circus. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
Tired but thankful. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-am...
I am thankful for our rising rage ...
As we come into the Thanksgiving season, I realize that I am heartened by growing rage against the offenses against our country by the Trump...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tired but thankful. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-am...
Let's not forget. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
All together now ...
On the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Human Rights Campaign writes: The Human Rights Campaign is both saddened and infuriated b...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Let's not forget. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
Not time to celebrate yet ... tough passage ahead ... but still ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/dona...
Donald is sure taking a lot of hits
The pundit class consensus today seems to be that "the tide is turning" against the Donald. So opines JVL at the Bulwark and he's no cockey...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not time to celebrate yet ... tough passage ahead ... but still ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/dona...
It's some kind of commentary on our national decline that we can't unravel this ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/comi...
Comically overcomplicated healthcare -- that can also be cruel
A heck of a way to get to a napkin ... I know I don't understand US healthcare policy. That's in part because I am personally fortunate enou...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's some kind of commentary on our national decline that we can't unravel this ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/comi...
They know what to do. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/prep...
Preparations for a looming invasion
Indivisible Brooklyn volunteers with the Hands Off NYC campaign handing out materials to defend neighborhoods from ICE. I love this photo....
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November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
They know what to do. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/prep...
This is worth actually watching. What a crew... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/roma...
Roman Catholic bishops do right by immigrants
As pastors, we the bishops of the United States are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ. We ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is worth actually watching. What a crew... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/roma...
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What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
If past is prologue ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The fury to come
Even the complicated, partial release of the Epstein files has revealed and confirmed enough to make decent women (and men) see red -- an...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If past is prologue ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
Sheriffs -- what for? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
Let those migrants go!
So many bits of good news for both small "d" democracy and also Democrats in the recent election! I want to highlight one that most of us in...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sheriffs -- what for? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
Over the years we have asked, what were they thinking? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/reme...
Remembrance Day reflection
In most of the European world, this day -- November 11 -- is Armistice Day or Remembrance Day . The event commemorated is the silence after ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Over the years we have asked, what were they thinking? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/reme...
Rogues gallery of shame. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/trai...
Traitors to the people who elected them
Were they afraid they might not be able to fly off on vacation over Thanksgiving? Ashamed to say, I worked to elect two of these.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Rogues gallery of shame. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/trai...
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Seizing defeat from the jaws of victory. Visionless worms.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Seizing defeat from the jaws of victory. Visionless worms.
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The election was leas than a week ago. And now Dems are dead in the water again. Nice work, Chuck.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The election was leas than a week ago. And now Dems are dead in the water again. Nice work, Chuck.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
They want to hurt people, that's all I can make of it. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-e...
On erasing transpeople
When Ibrahim Farajajé approached the TSA inspection station on his way to board a flight, he apparently aroused the suspicions of one of the...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
They want to hurt people, that's all I can make of it. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-e...
The question the Trump regime forces us to ponder. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/am-i...
Am I Next?
When masked men wearing no badges start grabbing people off the streets, it's natural to ask "Am I Next?" Los Angeles artists are responding...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The question the Trump regime forces us to ponder. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/am-i...
Good morning. Feeling a little inspired and energized! happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/post...
Post election tidbits
Yes, there are other things in life besides fighting fascism and I'm busy with several of them, all to the good. But here are some morsels f...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good morning. Feeling a little inspired and energized! happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/post...
Are the times changing? Or just repeating? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-e...
On the eve of New York's mayoral election
New York City is the most Jewish city in the world outside Israel. Somewhere around 12-14 percent of residents are Jewish; that's over 1.3 m...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Are the times changing? Or just repeating? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-e...
Once again, I've been reading ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/she-...
She cries out against a corrupted faith
She's not pulling any punches. Anthea Butler chairs the Religious Studies department of the University of Pennsylvania. She begins her histo...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Once again, I've been reading ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/she-...
They are told they should pretend "authenticity." Some of them believe this ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/elec...
Elections for grown ups; we can do better
As we wait to see how high profile votes in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia turn out on Tuesday, Philip Bump , data guru formerly of...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
They are told they should pretend "authenticity." Some of them believe this ... happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/11/elec...
On my mind: neighbor kids with aching bellies. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/10/let-...
Let them go hungry!
It's not okay to keep food which is readily available from reaching people who are hungry. Period. Yet that is what Budget Tsar Russell Vou...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On my mind: neighbor kids with aching bellies. happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/10/let-...
What's going on with the Mamdami phenomenon? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/10/alon...
Alone in public amid randomness and isolation
John Della Volpe introduces himself: For more than two decades, I’ve been embedded in the land of young Americans. First millennials, and...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What's going on with the Mamdami phenomenon? happening-here.blogspot.com/2025/10/alon...