(Sung to the tune of Rosie O’Donnell’s album holiday hit “Have a Rosie Christmas (Donna Summer’s lyrics).
By Scott Steward
Perhaps Rosie O’Donnell, the abrasive and enduring talented comedian/artist, who also has a famous feud with Trump (dating back to 2004), will accept the recalcitrant Marjorie Taylor Greene, should Trump make becoming an expat in Ireland all the more attractive for Greene, too. Mmmmm – except that Greene has been very mean about LGPTQ (and other people) until very recently.
O’Donnell and Greene are far apart, but share a talent for the spotlight, a caring for kids and families, and their persona non grata status with Trump. You decide if this tumultuous declaration of Greene’s reconciliation is a path toward common ground, and while you’re mulling it over, here are some other rebellious pre-holiday actions to consider.
Don’t buy stuff from billionaires sponsoring ICE. Americans from all walks are being asked to not shop at Target (caved on DEI), Home Depot (welcomes ICE), Amazon (discounts all sales to ICE in exchange for more tax breaks – MORE tax breaks!?), and Spotify (running ads for ICE). Join in on the full Thanksgiving black out. From Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday (11/27 – 12/1). Don’t give any money to the companies that are undermining our democracy. Instead, support small, local businesses or mutual aid efforts in your community (this is a Davis example).
Do check out this very much vetted and outstanding charity, Project Hope Palestine, a short radio interview by one its founders, Iyas Sartawi (first 20 minutes), explains how Project Hope Palestine uses your donations to buy much needed supplies (tents, warm clothes, food) within Gaza – these workers do not truck in goods, they find and pay for essentials within Palestine and distribute within Palestine. This is the most efficient way to avoid extortion of handlers that come with trucking goods into Gaza (trucking is also essential, but problematic). The Israeli blockade continues, the bombs – we taxpayers finance – still fall on Gaza and now many more on the West Bank.
Another World to Fight For
Do listen to the Mamdani Effect – class consciousness. It’s a New York-centric synopsis of Laguardia’s success and the white supremacy that has stalled progress to this day. www.survivorsguidetoearth.com. This is just one, a good one, of a myriad of goodness promotions that we need to insist are part of how to bring each other together. We are all guests here, and as we gather around the table, we are asked to share our blessings with one another and to support human rights work in the United States and around the world!
In this part of the pre-holiday, buy local – stream resilient – see the connection of our common problems. We are in a class struggle. The elected in the Senate just tried to suck the momentum out of the class struggle movement. The fight is uniting people across the country. Food banks were prepared, aid was accumulating, and we would have suffered some, but not as much as we are going to suffer after Senate Democrats caved on the shutdown. The Democratic leadership now has a hand in allowing the spike to be placed in the health of millions of Americans, who now will either be excluded or impoverished by a grossly ineffective health care industry (not to mention the credibility they lost in any future negotiations.)
Our activism gave Democratic leadership Prop 50 and a landslide of progressive Democrats (and some corporate) across the nation – from city council members to congressional special elections. And we got?
We see what the incumbents are about; we remain united. We know Americans need to move people who are not friendly to the ultra-rich into power in both parties.
It’s premature to say that Republicans are ready for reform, but Democrats have to be or they will lose. Check out Justice Democrats, every primary is a referendum on the people’s will to tax the very wealthy and refuse to become corporate or foreign government shills. Resist dismissing the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – not a party – as they are part of the Democratic Party. Read about what Democratic Socialism is. It is a LOT like the Democratic Party platform, except the DSA considers progressive social values essential, not just window dressing to win votes.
Greene or O’Donnell, we can choose not to shun outright those outraged by the lackies who undermine humanity for the hope of becoming untouchably rich, or in close proximity. For all our differences, all of us worry just as much about our future, and most of us are just one paycheck away from disaster – that’s not capitalism, that’s tyranny.
Whether you are lighting a Menorah, feel that you need to conceal and carry to be protected, celebrate Ramadan early in 2026, and are looking forward to the Holidays, secular or otherwise, stay rebellious.
May you have a Rosie Rosie Day of Gratitude and a merry Holiday season.
Davisite 
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