Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, I know it’s not until Thursday, but I have family coming in and I intend to be very busy eating and discussing and cussing. I hope you have a similarly blessed holiday, and see you next Monday.

Seven ways to speak out

From Everytown for Gun Safety. And don’t forget: Your Senator is voting on four gun bills — which the press is dismissing outright — on Monday. Be sure to let her/him know how you feel.

The Hartford 17 lives

Yesterday, the community court saw the so-called Hartford 17, people who were arrested last Monday for disorderly conduct while protesting in downtown Hartford that Black Lives Matter. The 17 were given three days’ community service, as if what they were doing by protesting was not community service, itself. Prior to their time in court, the …

Come be a part of something bigger than you

There’s a candlelight vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. today on the north side of the State Capitol (the side facing Bushnell Park) for Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, the three University of North Carolina students who were shot and killed last week in their home …

The DISCLOSE Act died on Monday.

Think it will be revived today? And why shouldn‘t we know who’s giving and who’s getting political donations?