Plug-in solar panels are cheaper, quicker to deploy, and accessible to homeowners with shady roofs or renters with no roofs at all By Katherine Ellison,ContributorUpdated Jan 24, 2026 3:41 p.m. Gift Article Bright Saver co-founder Rupert Mayer installs plug-in solar panels in the backyard of a home in Berkeley in September. In… Continue reading
US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (speaks alongside Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) during a news conference at the US Capitol on January 8, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “We need a strong, unflinching opposition party that is united against the… Continue reading
By Sara DiNatale, Staff Writer Jan 23, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article Rep. Eric Swalwell, seen on Jan. 22, 2026, has proposed restricting driver’s licenses for ICE agents and banning them from state jobs in California.Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press As Democrats across the country face calls to rein in abuses of power by… Continue reading
Everything wrong with the DHS funding bill ❌ The bill increases funding for ICE. If this bill passes, ICE will receive $400 million more for detention and $370 million more for its enforcement budget compared to last year. That’s on top of the $170 billion allocated by Trump’s Big Ugly Bill for… Continue reading
The Camp of the Saints Jean Raspail By the year 2000 there will on present projections be seven billion people swarming on the surface of the Earth. And only nine hundred million of them will be white. What will happen when the teeming billions of the so-called Third World—driven by… Continue reading
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from people I know or I am connected with. I cannot vouch for all the individual GoFundMes, but it is up… Continue reading
The DHS funding bill will move to the Senate where we expect a vote next week. Reminder: the bill needs 60 votes to pass, which means Democrats have real leverage here. But they won’t use it unless we force them to. Atrociously, 7 House Democrats already voted yes on this… Continue reading
US Politics Klaus Marre 01/23/26 (whowhatwhy.org) House Republicans wanted to use a hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith as an opportunity to demonstrate that he was involved in a political hit job on Donald Trump. The president undercut their (flimsy) argument by demonstrating in real time what political interference in… Continue reading
