Fam I have just learned that the incredible Dr. Richard Pan @drpanmd.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy is running for Congress for CA-06. Dr. Pan has been a tireless advocate for public health. RFK Jr. rolled into California twice to try to scuttle 2 state vaccine-related bills that Dr. Pan had proposed. Dr. Pan won.

Creative protesters in California are buying 17¢ ICE scrapers at Home Depot and returning them instantly to choke the lines and slow down the store.
They’re doing it to disrupt sales and send a message against ICE raids happening in their community. ✊

This holiday season, do not shop at Amazon, Home Depot, or Starbucks.

#boycott

https://www.tiktok.com/@user8472456999836/video/7575889555677531422?q=fight%20for%20a%20union%20home%20depot&t=1763947482518

Mrs. F returns from the garden with tonight’s veg. #gardening #homegrown

Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

High school senior, a U.S. cit...

Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Minnesota #Duluth #Abuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime #Epstein

Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump’s 2020 allies.

That takes guts, particularly in a state that went for Trump in 2016 and 2024 as well as what's going on with Letitia James, James Comey and others.

Is the tide beginning to turn?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/arizona-attorney-general-case-trump-00665665

#uspol #uspolitics #arizona #trump #maga

Patent trolls couldn’t kill patent challenges in Congress. They couldn’t kill them in court. Now the Patent Office is trying to do it for them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable

Massive Protest Erupts in DC: Thousands Demand Trump's Removal, Conviction & Impeachment

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=26IUDIER3BM

If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.

"Musk’s latest feature on X has had some shocking and unintended consequences.

Starting Friday, X users were able to use a new 'about this account' feature to see what country accounts were based in. And for many 'America First' posters, this revealed an inconvenient truth…."

Namely that many of these MAGA accounts operate from Russia, Nigeria, India, Thailand, and other countries….

~ Rachel Kahn

#trolls #MAGA #bots
/1

https://newrepublic.com/post/203562/maga-trolls-elon-musk-x-new-feature

#Epstein #EpsteinEmails #Trump

Conspiratorial fantasists are the actual threat to freedom of expression.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nzzvnhynkfe6s3rb5fjt2vfi/post/3m6d4ebmdxk2k

Hot take: Your ActivityPub project is invisible.

I got TechCrunch coverage for Loops with literally just a signup form because I wouldn't shut up about it.

Ship in public. Make noise. Be annoying if you have to.

Stop being humble. Start being loud. Your project deserves attention but you have to demand it.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/the-fediverse-is-getting-its-own-tiktok-competitor-called-loops/

#activityPub

Not to minimize what it took to get there, but not only were the charges against Marimar Martinez (shot by CBP in Chicago) dropped, but they're keeping her car to investigate the goons in the incident.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/post/3m6ckncxqlc26

Lots of think pieces circulating this week about lame duck Trump, the turning of the tide, and the dissolution of the MAGA movt.

Would that it were so easy.

Trump will interfere in the midterms.

Trump, if still alive, will try to stay in power beyond 2028.

He’s building his palace. Overhauling his new luxury plane. Investigating his enemies. Probing for weakness.

I cannot see the future, but I can see the past.

#uspol #democracy #autocracy

“We do not have a sense of whether we can rely on CISA for these services as we approach a big election year in 2026.”

CISA's PR director: “Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, CISA is laser-focused on securing America’s critical infrastructure and strengthening cyber resilience across the government and industry.”

AP: Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-2026-secretaries-state-midterms-6d18799c6c5fdd1bc001544b2dca12bf @AssociatedPress #CISA #infosec

Anti-vaccine sentiment is now a load-bearing plank in the Republican platform. Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019. Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined by 27% since then.