The country is in shock and having read my fair share of books, I’m experiencing analepsis. It’s when you experience flashbacks from books you've read, and I keep coming back to Naomi Klein’s eye-opening book Shock Doctrine.

Instead of Canada being added as the 51st state why can’t we be added to Canada as the eleventh province and get Universal Healthcare eh?

A military veteran was detained by Trump’s ICE Gestapo at a Newark business establishment. He is Puerto Rican and it was clear they were looking for people of color. Btw they did so without a warrant a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment.

These California wildfires reveal the ugliness of greed: natural water resources in the hands of a few, looting, fire insurance denials or cancellations, and price gouging including in real estate.

My heart goes out to the people affected by the California fires; it's heartbreaking to see.