Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope and a prayer. Predictably, Iran rejected it out of hand and has put forward its own plan, which the US will surely reject. Negotiations are not taking place despite Trump’s claims otherwise. All that is happening is that intermediaries are moving back and forth on what looks like mission impossible. The war goes on—Israel and the US continue to strike Iran, Iran continues to retaliate, few ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US and world economies take increasingly big hits.
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If the organizers succeeded in achieving their goals, No Kings 3 may well have turned out to be the largest protest in American history, amplifying resistance against an authoritarian Trump regime.
Many of us are dealing with a lot these days. The world around us feels uncertain, and we get angry, worried, or fearful. Often, we fall back on bad conflict management patterns. We displace our anger, taking it out on the wrong people. We get passive-aggressive, only indirectly expressing our frustration or resentment rather than tackling issues head on: we go silent, get snarky, or agree to do something and then do it poorly.
For more than a decade, troubling claims about César Chávez’s sexual abuse were already documented. Miriam Pawel’s 2014 biography, The Crusades of César Chávez, explored both his extraordinary achievements and the darker corners of his personal conduct, including allegations of coercion and sexual abuse. Yet the story remained largely unspoken, held back by reverence, hero worship, and structures that protected power. When a New York Times investigation resurfaced these allegations, for me, sorrow came first — for the women whose lives were scarred, for the movement that carried hope across fields and classrooms, and for the part of me that needed Chávez to be a saint.
Bobby, I felt compelled to write you because what I witnessed in him stirred something deeper than admiration—it stirred hope. When Major AIRD arrived at Martin Correctional Facility, he carried a title that demanded authority and respect: Major, overseer of security. But those who have observed his tenure quickly realized he brought more than rank—he brought vision.
America’s “holy Grail” of exceptionalism is shattered by the shielding of the Epstein files and the diversionary war with Iran. Over a thousand young girls were sexually abused while the perpetrators remain free. Still, the untimely diversionary war with Iran injures and kills thousands to change the headline as though it’s merely a video game.
Evil is in his DNA, Dangerous Nonsensical Ambition
In 2016, when reporter Katy Tur asked Donald Trump about his false claim that he saw thousands of Muslims in New Jersey cheering the 9/11 attacks, he replied, “I have the world’s greatest memory. It’s one thing everyone agrees on.” However, when asked about this remark under oath in a deposition during the Trump University lawsuit, he replied, “I don’t remember that.” Simply put, Trump has not a great memory but a greatly convenient memory that he uses to avoid accountability. Here are a few of many possible examples.
The Each One Reach One Strategy for No Kings, March 28
“Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon . . . They want to make a deal, and so I’m going to put Marco ]Rubio] over there and we’ll see how that works out. We’re really focused on this one [Iran] right now. We’ve got plenty of time, but Cuba’s ready — after 50 years . . . I’ve been watching it for 50 years, and it’s fallen right into my lap because of me, it’s fallen, but it’s nevertheless fallen right into the lap. And we’re doing very well.”