Notes of the Week

Notes In Review This episode lands one week after Dr. Melissa Bird , a Shivwits Band of Southern Paiutes descendant, social worker, lay preacher in the Episcopal Church, and first-time congressional candidate, lost her Oregon primary — and immediately committed to running again. Nick Paro , Walter Rhein , and Margaret Williams host. Bird ran in Oregon’s second-largest congressional district (six c...

Candidate Carousel #2 puts one Courage for Democracy congressional candidate — Ericka Kopp , running in Virginia’s 1st District — and Progressive congressional candidate Abel Chavez , running in California’s 48th — across a panel of Nick Paro and Walter Rhein , with guest co-hosts Lisa Gonzalez and Ellie Leonard . Kopp, a practicing healthcare attorney and caregiver to a disabled combat veteran, o...

Notes In Review This special episode of Notes of the Week is structured as back-to-back interviews with two progressive congressional candidates: Chris Armstrong , running in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District against incumbent Tom Tiffany, and Abel Chavez , running in California’s 48th — the seat just vacated by 26-year incumbent Darrell Issa after the passage of Prop 50. Nick Paro and Walter...

Notes In Review This episode argues that the central failure of the political left in the United States is asking permission to defend itself. Nick Paro and Walter Rhein open with the asymmetry that has defined the Trump era: Republicans wield power to its maximum reach, Democrats wield it to the minimum out of fear of overreach, and the public has been conditioned to victim-shame the candidates a...

Notes In Review This episode centers on a profound, practical question: if you’re going to leave the United States, what does it mean to do that well ? Attorney and emigration consultant Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq. , joins Nick Paro and Walter Rhein to define conscientious emigration — the discipline of leaving with intentionality about the environmental, cultural, and economic impact you have...

Notes In Review This episode dissects nationalist Christian ideology and its role in normalizing male sexual violence. Hosts Nick Paro and Walter Rhein engage guests Andra Watkins and Frederic Poag in hard conversations about Christian nationalist theology that treats dominion over women as biblical mandate. The core argument: America’s crisis of male accountability stems from theological permissi...

Notes In Review This episode reframes the current administration as a “second Confederacy” rather than a Nazi revival, and treats the 2026 primaries as the lever to pry power back from corporate Democrats. Nick Paro lays out a tooling-and-volunteer strategy for Broad Banner — using Lev Parnas’s network and a planned all-day candidate-interview marathon to give grassroots progressives the oxygen na...

Notes In Review Walter Rhein and I welcomed former U.S. Border Patrol Senior Agent and author Jenn Budd to dissect how the legal and institutional architecture of CBP, ICE, and DHS protects Agents who commit violence, sexual assault, and murder — as the deliberate design. Jenn traced the through-line from internal cover-up teams called Critical Incident Teams (CITs) — now rebranded as CBP's Office...

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Artwork of the Week * Fan submission by Jason Gael : * Walter Rhein ’s incredible daughter: * Nick Paro ’s incredible daughter: * Nick Paro ’s incredible daughter: * Will Fullwood ’s new logo: * Margaret Williams, MS, ACC words of power: Notes of the Week Actions You Can Take * Check out the new: Sick of this Shop! * Check out the new network and affiliate calendar: BroadBanner Submit questions, f...

Today was unexpected — and all about the art — we hope you enjoy this incredible discussion with Nick Paro , Walter Rhein , Marlon Weems , and our special featured guest (and Marlon’s daughter) Hallie-Claire Weems ! For more of Hallie-Claire’s work, please subscribe to and follow her: * Substack: @hallieclairew * Instagram: @hallieclaire.art * Website: www.hallieclaire.art Art In Review * From Sel...

Notes In Review This morning’s Notes of the Week jumped right into the discussion — Nick Paro and Walter Rhein opened with a blunt question: “War, what is it good for?” From there, the episode moved fast — and deliberately — through the constitutional crisis unfolding around unilateral military action against Iran, the civilian consequences already visible, and the moral rot they argue is spreadin...

Art of the Week * From Walter Rhein ’s daughter: * From Nick Paro ’s daughter: * From Eric Lullove ’s collection: Notes of the Week Call To Action Go check out and learn about the local chapters for your Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America . The time is now to take the reigns with a progressive platform that offers Staters real values that work—not the lies of consultants....

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Art of the Week * Walter Rhein ’s daughter: * Nick Paro ’s daughter: Notes of the Week Thank you NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge , Cat The FireBrand Project , Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq. , Sacred Storylines 🎨 , Cris Northern , and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and Cryn Johannsen ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Actions You Can Take Support efforts by Cryn Jo...

Artwork of the Week * By Walter Rhein ’s youngest daughter: * By Nick Paro ’s daughter: * By Bee's Free Verse/True Verse : * By Rachel-We are Renee and Keith : * By Jack : Notes In Review Actions You Can Take Submit questions and artwork for Nick and Walter to respond to and showcase on Notes of the Week : * Sick of this Shit Community Comment Form Support Ukraine: * Donate towards generators Call...

Notes in Review Featured Artwork Walter featured an amazing drawing from his daughter about Ellie Leonard — thank an Ellie, thank a Teacher! Nick featured an incredible first animation from his daughter of an eye following the movement of a ball! Actions You Can Take Submit questions and artwork for Nick and Walter to respond to and showcase: * Sick of this Shit Community Comment Form Support Ukra...

Notes in Review This Week’s Notes This Week’s Artwork This Week’s Discussion This week on Notes of the Week , Nick Paro and Walter Rhein open with reality: physical injury, aging bodies, and the brutal inefficiencies of the U.S. healthcare system. Walter’s skiing accident opens our discussion with a wider critique of insurance profiteering — a system that punishes people for seeking care while exh...

Notes in Review This week’s Notes of the Week opens with Walter Rhein and Nick Paro in a space of reflection — this time between the holidays where time is meaningless and days blend together — where we focus on intentional rest. We discuss parenting, creativity, celebrating the little things, and the importance of making room for our children’s art, curiosity, and emotional expression to blossom....

Notes in Review This week on Notes of the Week , Nick Paro and Walter Rhein , are blending intelligent masculinity, creativity, and progressive politics to reframe strength as honesty, accountability, and care for others . Our discussion takes us through emotional literacy and parenting to demanding full transparency around the Epstein files, we reject partisan loyalty in favor of moral and ethica...

Notes in Review Today’s Notes of the Week with me, Walter Rhein , and Robert Danna (Bob) was really powerful — ending up as one of the truest examples of authenticity and intelligent masculinity I’ve seen. If you aren’t already subscribing to Walter Rhein , you must be — he is a cornerstone of what a Scholar-Warrior can be and is. To get a good understanding of this phrase, go check out Evan Field...

Between 12/2 and 12/3, take part in the extended Cyber sale with 60% off your first year’s paid subscription: https://sickofthis.substack.com/sale Notes of the Week This week, it’s all about shifting the perspective to actively confront White Supremacy. It’s an American legacy that has inspired hatred and fascism around the world. It’s a legacy worth confronting, accepting, and growing from. Thank...

Notes of the Week Bonus Note Primer Articles from This Woman Votes Thank you Yanni Hamburger , Beth Cruz , Noble Blend , P. J. Schuster , Robert Sawers , and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and This Woman Votes ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Actions You Can Take Call your public servants on important issues: * 5calls.org Join the efforts to unmask law enfo...

Notes of the Week Bonus Note Thank you Stephanie G Wilson, PhD , Beth Cruz , Polly Walker Blakemore , Cat , Kevin Shively , John H , P. J. Schuster , Will Fullwood , and many others for tuning into my live video with Marlon Weems and Walter Rhein ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Actions You Can Take Call your public servants on important issues: * 5calls.org Join the efforts to unmask...

Notes of the Week Thank you Noble Blend , P. J. Schuster , the real pambo , Courtney 🇨🇦 , Robin Elizabeth Simpson Scott , and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Actions You Can Take Join the efforts to unmask law enforcement: * safedc.info Sign the Move-On Petitions: * Investigate Presidential Use of the Autopen for Pardons and...