Please join me for the fifth edition in Santa Monica, California hosted at the historic Barker Hangar presented by the world's leading online art gallery Saatchi Art. The Other Art Fair showcases work by over 100 artists artists, each hand picked by a selection committee of art world experts. Please click here for free tickets and more info.
Health officials wanted to issue a warning to senior citizens urging them not to fly due to the #coronavirus, but they were overruled by @realDonaldTrump Trump.
"The great question the Constitution tasks Senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor.
Yes, he did.
The president asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. The president withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. The president delayed funds for an American ally at war with Russian invaders. The president’s purpose was personal and political. Accordingly, the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.
What he did was not “perfect.” No, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security, and our fundamental values.
Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine. It’s what autocrats do."
- Mitt Romney Feb 5, 2020
What we teach in resistance courses -- real resistance, not hashtag resistance -- is that calibrated acts of defiance build morale for the populace, and have a vital psychological value. Pelosi. Romney. Acts of defiance.
In 1896 Justice Harlan was the only justice to vote against Plessy v Ferguson. But his lone dissent gave a basis to build the argument that won in Brown v Board.
Last night @realDonaldTrump came before Congress and the American people and made up a series of lies. That was unbecoming, violated tradition & was offensive. And right now the Administration is still suing to eliminate coverage for pre-existing conditions.#WednesdayWisdomhttps://t.co/nXE1sFk2bc
What we teach in resistance courses -- real resistance, not hashtag resistance -- is that calibrated acts of defiance build moral for the populace, and have a vital psychological value.
To highlight the perseverance of Africans from 1619 to the present day, @UCBerkeleyLib has selected 40 films, including 4 documentaries, to acknowledge & commemorate the many voices that have contributed to American history. 📽️ #BlackHistoryMonth#400yearshttps://t.co/TMqe0WPVfm
The Senate chaplain warned the Senate in prayer today, saying to God, “They can’t ignore you and get away with it. We always reap what we sow.” Does McConnell recognize that he & the other Senators & this nation will reap what they are sowing?
ad the @NFLapparently didn’t want you to see and pressured @FOXSportsto snub.
It envisions a world where respect is the right of every being and pays homage to Kaepernick and movements rejecting injustice. http://peta.vg/2plb#EndSpeciesism
To repeat my metaphor from earlier on @MSNBC & translate the Trump impeachment to regular-people-ese, say your state had a natural disaster, congress approved aid, and the president told your governor he could only get the $ if he announced an investigation of the lieut governor,
who plans to run for president in the upcoming cycle. It's about the president using governmental powers unique to him, for the sole purpose of getting himself re-elected. Now add that the natural disaster put national security assets at stake. That's what Trump did re Ukraine.
"When a man, unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents... [but] despotic... may justly be suspected that his object is to [undermine the Government itself]"
put out a powerful song and video #Darkness w/ a call to put "an end to senseless gun violence."
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be alone, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Verse 1]
Here I am, alone again
Can't get out of this hole I'm in
It's like the walls are closin' in
You can't help me, no one can
I can feel these curtains closin'
I go to open 'em
But something pulls 'em closed again
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
Feels like I'm loathing in Las Vegas
Haven't got the vaguest why I'm so lost
But I'd make you this small wager
If I bet you I'll be in tomorrow's paper
Who would the odds favor?
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
I'm so much like my father, you would think that I knew him
I keep pacin' this room, Valium and chase it with booze
One little taste, it'll do
Maybe I'll take it and snooze, then tear up the stage in a few
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
Fuck the Colt 45, I'ma need somethin' stronger
If I pop any caps, it better be off of vodka
Round after round after round, I'm gettin' loaded (Haha)
That's a lot of shots, huh? (Double entendre)
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Verse 2]
Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a Benzo
I can hear the music continue to crescendo
I can see the whole fuckin' venue from my window
That's when you know you're schizo
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
'Cause I keep peekin' out the curtain from the hotel
The music is so loud
But it's almost as though I don't hear no sound
I should get ready for the show now
Wait is this the whole crowd? I thought this shit was sold out
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
But it's only the opening act, it's early, don't overreact
Then something told me relax
And just hope for the show to be packed
Don't wanna hit the stage before they fill each row to the max
'Cause that'd be totally wack
You can't murder a show nobody's at
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
But what if nobody shows? Panic mode
'Bout to snap and go motherfuckin' wacko at any second
'Bout to cancel the show just as fans below rush the entrance
Plan is a go to wreck shit, cameras in all directions
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
The press is about to go ape shit bananas on all the networks
Commando with extra clips, I got ammo for all the hecklers
I'm armed to the teeth, another Valium, fall off the bed
Hit the ground and crawl to the dresser
Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the Scope
I'm blackin' out, I'm all out of meds
With them benzodiazepines gone
Now it's just magazines sprawled out on the floor
Fuck the media, I'm goin' all out, this is war
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
[Verse 3]
People start to show up, time to start the show up
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
It's 10:05 PM and the curtain starts to go up
And I'm already sweatin' but I'm locked and loaded
For rapid fire spittin' for all the concert-goers
Scopes for sniper vision, surprise from out of nowhere
As I slide the clip in from inside the hotel
Leanin' out the window, going Keyser Söze
Finger on the trigger, but I'm a licensed owner
With no prior convictions, so loss, the sky's the limit
So my supplies infinite, strapped like I'm a soldier
Got 'em hopping over walls and climbing fences
Some of them John Travolta, staying alive by inches
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
Cops are knockin', oh fuck, thought I blocked the entrance
Guess show time is over
No suicide note, just a note for target distance
But if you'd like to know the reason why I did this
You'll never find a motive, truth is I have no idea
I am just as stumped, no signs of mental illness
Just tryin' to show ya the reason why we're so fucked
'Cause by the time it's over, won't make the slightest difference
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
(Hello darkness, my old friend)
[Outro]
WOMAN: Yeah, we do have some breaking news from the Associated Press right now, just gonna bring that up because we are hearing we have told you that the shooter is dead and we have just learned that police are saying that the Las Vegas shooter killed himself
MAN: That is the bartender there at Mandalay Bay and I believe we're going to hear more
WOMAN: Yeah, we just wanted to share that with you, you can see behind me here, this is what he looks like, now we did just tell you that police just earlier, Metro was telling us that he killed himself inside the hotel room
"Like many before, I respectfully kneeled during Nat’l Anthem because, 'No one is free until we are all free,'" she wrote, referencing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and citing a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'Teacher of the Year' kneels during anthem at college football championship attended by Trump - - https://abcn.ws/3agOwBs
🎶Behold, 'Impeachment Polka' - a forgotten piece of music composed in 1868 during the impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Charles D. Blake and resuscitated by @pbump 🎶
Someone said the Republican Party used to be a party of principle. But here’s the question: what principles led to the party producing & voting for Trump? This is not just an indictment of Trump, but also of those principles.
#MollyPease's interpretation of #JimenaSarno's installation "Score for the Near Future" was beautiful! ✨ 🔊 Tomorrow is the last day to see the sound and sculpture installation. 👁⏳Jimena Sarno will be present from 1-4pm at our Main Gallery with hot cider! pic.twitter.com/m3yeUj4q19
Molly Peaseused song to open up hidden aspects of of Jimena Sarno's installation "Score for the Near Future" at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica last night. Such a moving performance.
Saturday, December 14, 2019 is the last day to see the sound and sculpture installation. Jimena Sarno will be present from 1-4pm at the Main Gallery with hot cider!
18th Street Campus
1639 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA
90404
Love this card from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Reminds me again of the many holiday seasons that I have spent in Japan. Especially the year that I spent chasing Hiroshige in Tokyo.
“Adults didn’t take care of these problems, so we have to take care of them, and not be like older generations in their complacency.” - Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year https://t.co/ukEge4JAGl
“Well I am telling you there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.” Here’s a small part from my speech today at the #cop25 in Madrid. pic.twitter.com/Dg8pz969yS
“No one is too small to have an impact and change the world.” Congratulations to Time’s Person of the Year @GretaThunberg who continues to prove just how true her words are. pic.twitter.com/IcX25mPTGp
Thank you @GretaThunberg for your courage and activism. Climate change is the greatest existential threat of our lifetime, and it will be young people who inspire change and take on this challenge before it's too late. Congrats on being named #TIMEPersonoftheYear2019! https://t.co/FO6PRxnaC2
Taking care of our planet, is a matter of looking after our own home. We can no longer exploit the earth’s resources—the trees, water, air and minerals—with no care for the coming generations. I support young people’s protests at governments’ inaction over the climate crisis.
