Marlene Lieberman

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

We were surprised there were no cops along the way. After reaching 26th I doubled back up 5th and saw 3 cops at 30th. I asked why there weren't any cops and they said they weren't expecting such a big crowd.

Loving the #HANDSOFF rally

I'll be in Bryant Park with friends

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

We haven't canceled our subscription, yet, as we want to keep journalists employed. But if this headline is a harbinger of what's to come from the Washington Post, we may have to rethink our decision.

I recently read that the footage where Humphrey Bogart nods his approval to the orchestra was filmed before that scene was shot. It was just supposed to be filler to have on hand as needed. I agree it's one of the greatest movie scenes of all time.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...

I guess this is the 2025 equivalent of 1984's memory hole.

2/ Here's one option for people looking to organize against this Trump/Musk takeover:
bsky.app/profile/ezra...

What are you doing about this?

The passive leadership of Democrats is appalling with terrifying implications for our future.

Not ET?

Talk about carb overload, but I would gobble it up

Bronx born, public schools all the way, now Upper West Sider. So glad you're here. Your posts are informative.