Re my play, Head on a Silver Platter: In Defense of Salome, I write to express abhorrence at the shooting of Charlie Kirk. This is relevant to my play because one of my central characters espouses views somewhat like Kirk's. I oppose both those views and all political violence. I call for peace.

Alaina Harty-Mutz plays Sally in Head on a Silver Platter: In Defense of Salome. October. Broom Street Theater. Pay-What-You-Can at the door. 11 performances including 3 matinees. bstonline.org/current-show/

You've never been to Broom Street Theater? Why? It's the oldest continuously operating experimental theater company in the U.S.! Madison treasure. National treasure. BSTonline.org
Tickets = pay-what-you-can.
Head on a Silver Platter: In Defense of Salome. October (10/10/25 – 10/26/25)

Go see this play. It's smart, it's cleverly staged, it has a great cast, hilarious costumes, and it will really make you laugh.

19 companies pulling back their support for Pride For years, major corporations publicly celebrated the LGBTQ community.

Dozens of companies who sponsored Pride marches last year have pulled out this year, including:

Dyson
Nivea
Tiffany & Co.
Capital One
UPS
Disney
DoorDash
Live Nation
Nissan
Citi

Corporate Pride was always a hoax. https://popular.info/p/pride-and-prejudice-in-corporate

Madison WI area dance and acting AUDITIONS: "Head on a Silver Platter: In Defense of Salome" by Jan Levine Thal; choreography by Heidi Hakseth.
Auditions May 11 & 12, 7pm; Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center
Performs October 10-26
Info & script: janlevinethal@gmail.com
Volunteer, not paid.

Cory Booker made history. Now it's our turn. A call to action.

open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil The Trump administration’s first flight deporting Brazilians involved aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing.

Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil: The flight, operated by GlobalX Air, had problems from the start. Passengers said that on first attempt, the plane struggled to take off. After a mechanic worked on a turbine, it departed, but passengers were uneasy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/w...

The Democrats Show Why They Lost At a meeting of the DNC, the party seemed to be at pains to demonstrate that it learned nothing from its 2024 defeat.

"The Democratic Party, at least in theory, is an organization dedicated to winning political power through elected office, though this might seem hard to believe, on the evidence provided by its official proceedings," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social:

I've been cross stitching "I told you I wasn't hysterical" throw pillows for days now, yes

They are everything

So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to...

-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts

-Replace civil servants with his own cronies

-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems

See the problem?

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Trump administration taps controversial conservative journalist for top job The Trump administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6.

Very few Americans realize just how crazy these men are.

We do not have a government. We have an asylum where the inmates have guns.

Darren Beattie is hardly fit for civilized society, let alone one of the top positions at the State Department.

Men like this will blunder America into a world war.

CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’

Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

BREAKING: I’m hearing from several VA employees that they have been locked out of VATAS - thats how employees request leave - like administrative leave to file EEO complaints. It also shows your work schedule and OT. If this has happened to you, please reach out using the contact info in my bio.

@rbreich.bsky.social

"Whether you voted for President Trump or not, we're all gonna pay a price for the chaos this is creating," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) tells Joy on Trump's attempt to freeze federal grants and loans impacting vital dollars that have already been lawfully appropriated to states by Congress.

Caroline Kennedy is pictured in a black jacket and black-and-white patterned scarf. Headline reads: "Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject Her Cousin's Nomination." Photo credit: Lukas Coch/EPA, via Shutterstock.

Caroline Kennedy wrote a scathing letter to senators, calling her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a “predator” addicted to attention from airing dangerous views on vaccinations and someone who is unfit to be the U.S. health secretary. nyti.ms/40Oyb3o

I'm Stage Managing Arsenic and Old Lace in Madison, WI in March. Hilarious and great cast. bartelltheatre.org/2025/arsenic...

I'm raising money for Broom Street Theater to support a play I'll produce in October of this year. If you're willing to help out a playwright with few resources, DM me and I'll give you the details.

🚨NEW: Rachel Maddow will return to hosting her MSNBC show five nights a week during the first 100 days of the Trump Administration to hold them accountable and speak truth to power.

RETWEET if you stand with @maddow.msnbc.com against Trump!

Saw the Bob Dylan movie. It did not win me over to Chalamet.

Looked for Barbara's account on Blue Sky. Didn't find it. Just FYI

And another:

I never did the 20 books. Here's another.