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Kamala2020 - It's going to take a brilliant qualified woman to clean up...
So here we are bright and early this Thursday morning of Impeachment Inquiry Week. The thing we’ve been waiting for, an end to the madness that is Trump and his enablers, an end to their sexism,...
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Kamala2020 - "We cannot wait for other people to give us permission for what...
"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." - Miles DavisxWow. Kamala's full response on "electability." This is fantastic. pic.twitter.com/x5hvawG7kA— swats (@swatnot) October 4,...
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Kamala2020 - Leave No One Behind
She never has. In this day and time, I need to know that. It’s comforting. That Kamala, a black woman in this country, in this time of Trump’s betrayal, cruelty, and encouraged hatreds — never quits,...
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Kamala2020 - If This Election is About White Supremacy, then the Primary is...
Been angry, steaming, bubbling hot, shooting off red hot balls of rage — angry. Or trying not to be. Too many white folks having worn out my patience with their willful blindness, the ease with which...
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Kamala2020 - On her birthday, the light changes everything
The car’s steering wheel was a circle of cold this early morning, a reminder that gloves are needed now. Frost silvered the ground, frosting the pumpkin patch at the farm down the road. Wood smoke...
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Kamala2020 - Justice, Hope, Integrity, Courage, and Redemption
Kamala is all of the former. She has the skill set — the integrity, courage, brilliance, caring, and determination — this country desperately needs. She’s doing as she always has — fighting for...
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Kamala2020 - "We will unlock the promise of America and the potential of the...
In 2007, no one really thought a Freshman Senator from Illinois named Barack Obama could win Iowa. But he and his team rolled up their sleeves and went to work. That team included Kamala Harris. xWow!...
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Kamala2020 - "Just get out there and fight. Just fight!" The Kamala Coalition...
Fortunately I’ve lived long enough to have seen political figures come and go. Been impressed by some. Horrified by others. The elections of Reagan, Bush, and of course the traitorous illegitimate...
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Kamala2020 - "It's because of you....When we fight for what is...
Kamala Harris is my first and last choice for our nominee and to be our 46th President. And one of the big reasons is her courage. Her bravery in being willing to see reality, no matter how painful...
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Kamala2020 - "The Question has to be - Where you been? And what're you gonna...
Well, I’m exhausted. How about you? Yesterday was long, fascinating, and informative. There were moments of jaw dropped amazement and spontaneous applause, mixed in with frustration and disgust. The...
View ArticleKamala2020 - In spite of everything, there is much to be thankful for,...
Our Gay Cal Democrat’s group diary is going up at 8:00am pacific time, three hours from now. Thought I’d just put up a little post in our usual time slot so we’d have a place to share coffee, good...
View ArticleKamala2020 - This is not goodbye
It’s been difficult since Senator Harris announced the suspension of her campaign on Tuesday, December 2nd. For so many of us, she embodied the best that America offers. We’d come to know her through...
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Updates: The Pootie Queen's much loved daughter and grand babies need a...
i wanted to post pictures of our loved Pootie Queen triciawyse’s daughter, Francesca, and Tricia’s two amazing grand babies, Mikayla and TJ. We all know how much joy Tricia would have in her...
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Update3 - Waiting
Please forgive me, but I’m filling time while I wait yet again to see if a loved one makes it through. My sister, Barb, this time, like the last time.She fell yesterday while trying to walk, an act of...
View ArticleUpdates: Want to save our Postal Service and Democracy? Good. Here's how.
xIf just half the adults in the US bought a sheet of stamps, around $11, it would raise about $1.5 Billion for our postal service. #SAVETHEUSPS#BUYSOMESTAMPShttps://t.co/A9jkIb0J63— PJ Lovell...
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Trump, Christie, Ducey, McConnell, et al - you and yours first.
This unholy mess the country is in belongs to all of you. Not us.It doesn’t belong to our First Responders, Doctors, Nurses, and Scientists. It doesn’t belong to people wearing masks and staying home...
View ArticleThey wanted her to flinch, beg, to break as they used police batons on her....
They wanted to break her. She stands upright, her head unbowed, refusing to bend. She does not beg. She will not plead.The above photo was taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the...
View ArticleBookends, Buttons, and Murderous Moral Bankruptcy
They’re stressed, suffering, sucked dry, dying. FALLEN ON THE FRONT LINESHundreds of health-care workers lost their lives battling the coronavirus….On March 22, Carter’s patients...
View ArticleDKHive! Biden/Harris! - Americans Assemble! For Joe and Kamala, for our country.
xGood morning!☀️pic.twitter.com/WgHdjTxpOJ— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) August 12, 2020Yep, the DKHive is back and ready to win this thing! Anyone who would like to join just let me know. For those who...
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Trump and his Enablers belong in Dante's 9th Circle of Hell. "Scientific...
If Dante’s deepest circle of Hell did exist, it would be reserved for Trump and his enablers.“The lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven. Well do I know the way.” — VirgilTreachery was the ninth...
View ArticleI Wish Them Justice
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent — Terry GoodkindI wish Trump and his wife —JusticeI wish them the same care and consideration they gave states begging for help when the virus hit. I wish...
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VOTE! - Because They Can't
It’s election day. The day so many of us have been yearning for, fighting for, is here. Today we take back our country and save our democracy. I’ve always loved Election Day. I've already voted but...
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Neither Hitler or Trump would have been possible without the support of...
xAuschwitz personnel, 1942. People, not monsters, help make atrocities happen. pic.twitter.com/hycVQym4f5— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) August 19, 2017 Lynching...
View ArticleAnd Hitler Loved his Dog.......
That phrase has been running through my mind for days now. Weeks. Perhaps for five years. And Hitler loved his Dog…...As the excuses for the attempted overthrow of the duly elected United States...
View ArticleWe're not frightened. Trump and his people have attacked our Children's...
This traitorous bullshit stops now.Trump, his brain dead Insurrectionists and enablers have attacked our public servants. They have attacked our duly elected government. And now they are threatening...
View ArticleToday we celebrate the Inauguration of "government of the people, by the...
We made it! Together, we have made it through a four year hell scape to the beginning of better days. Tired this morning but above all - utterly thankful.Thinking of how today and all the days that...
View Article"Won't you please be nice to him? It makes it so much easier."
Those words spoken by my mother over fifty years ago have been echoing in my mind since the attempted over-throw of our democracy on January 6th. They echo with every demand for “unity” from those who...
View ArticleThank You For Being the Good in the World
Find myself bemused and deeply touched this Valentine's Day.There are times when the forces arrayed against decency and justice seen so overwhelming that a lot of us can wonder if what we do really...
View ArticleDear White America - "History Has its Eyes on You"
Another day — another Mother’s child dead, another mass shooting. Just another day in America — no longer the “land of the free and home of the brave.” But then it never was. Oh, there has been...
View Article"..But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of...
Ever since Nixon I’ve been looking side eyed at a good chunk of the American people. Reagan only increased that. The elections of Bush Jr. deepened my dismay. The election of the racist sexist orange...
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Know we're tired but there is work to do. Our community and rights are under...
First of all my apologies for this hastily put together post. Had no plans to write anything for the foreseeable future. Then I read Markos’ post yesterday. This site, our community, is under attack....
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Heat and a broken a/c. Our Pootie Queen's daughter and grandbabies are at...
After making it so far through this pandemic and the worse spring allergy season on record, I have a damn summer head cold. Not in a good mood or feeling the least bit energetic. So this will be short...
View Article"Four life flights to Maine Med overhead already this morning."
That was posted in the comments to the following story this morning. More life flights have no doubt come in since then.Maine reports 287 new COVID-19, highest daily total since mid-MayState health...
View ArticleWe warned you. We warned the country. Hillary warned all of us. It's past...
Love my grandsons. The three of them are contant gifts I am utterly thankful for. That doesnt mean there have not been times when I quietly yearned for a granddaughter. Even had a secret name picked...
View ArticleNotes from Maine
There was ridiculously thick fog down on the flats this morning. Real cotton batting stuff. Couldn't even see the fields next to the road. There was an occasional driver oblivious to reality so of...
View ArticleFor a few wonderful moments this morning - I forgot
This weekend our University is once again holding its Holiday Craft Fair and I was looking forward to going. The Fair is held in the University’s cavernous gymnasium and is always filled with...
View ArticleFinding Grace in the Days of Covid
Was out of the house early, traveling through the dark before dawn. Grabbed some coffee and kept going, a morning ritual savored on weekend mornings when there are few cars on the road. I love the...
View ArticleSoul Exhausted and Hanging by a Thread - Our Pootie Queen's Daughter Needs...
There is so much I could write about the valiant effort our Trish’s daughter, Frankie, has made to give her two children the best possible lives. She’s done so in the face of overwhelming odds. As many...
View ArticleCelebrating the life of one of our own - the incomparable, hover loving,...
This is not easy. It hurts and it’s hard. Floja was such a large part of our community for so long. How could it be otherwise?She passed away from cancer this past Saturday night, November 27th.From a...
View ArticleGOP = Cruelty that claims righteousness, Hatred that professes love, Sadism...
It’s hard to face evil.But Evil is what we are facing.It’s hard to accept that someone or an entire group enjoys inflicting pain, has no concern for our very lives. It can be hard to find words to...
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Yes. There will be right wing violence, but I have to ask - What else is new?
Social media has been filled with lies, bombast, and threats since the FBI arrived at Mar-a-Largo with a search warrant authorized by Republican officials at the FBI and DOJ Proud Boys, MAGA, the...
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"Your child has mental health issues." But you're a fighter. "It's cancer."...
“Your compromised immune system is interfering with your cancer treatment.” But you’re a fighter…. I was diagnosed with early-stage (stage 2) breast cancer in August 2019. I received surgery,...
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No. Stop asking us to "unify." Stop saying Trump should not be indicted. Stop...
Like any other citizen who has broken the law, of course Trump should be indicted. Then brought to trial, convicted, and sent to prison. So should his co-conspirators. Who the hell are the people...
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Whatever may come
Woke up at five this election day morning. Fired down some Tylenol, fired up the car, grabbed some coffee, and began to chase down the moon. Went from field to hilltop and back again for the wonder of...
View ArticleThere is one political party fighting for democracy against a terrorist...
Only one. We don’t get to play games about that fact. We don’t get to push third party candidates this time.I don't care if people like Biden, Harris, or Democrats. Period. They better damn care about...
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They warned us, were dismissed, and we've been paying the price ever since....
Look familiar? Going to hang around, read a bit, and join in the conversation — or turn away?If you’re going to stay, I will not promise preciseness. Thoughts are banging against each other rather...
View ArticleIf I wanted to spend time watching an over large orange baboon throw poo at...
I don’t.Except for a brief check in to see whether or not violence broke out during Trump’s arraignment, I pretty much ignored most of what went on yesterday. In spite of calls for violence from...
View ArticleUpdates: A helper needs our help to be free of pain and stay out of the...
Imagine you have an abscess — I left work early yesterday because of a toothache. I have a call in to a dentist, hoping I can get in today. Meanwhile, lots of Anbesol. I got mashed potatoes and apple...
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Let's set someone free. eeff needs two new knees so he can walk again. We can...
We operate on trust on this site. That is what this community is founded upon. It’s why we have community moderation. We are this site’s protectors. It’s also why we have one another’s backs. We take...
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Pundits pushing "no one wants Joe and Kamala to run, he’s too old and no one...
Dead wrong. They can sit right the hell down and shut up.So can those on the Left and Right doing the same.We all know exactly why they attack our Madam Vice President. xIt is possible to acknowledge...
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