Lois Herr

@simonwdc.bsky.social

Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.

Lessons to learn from the seismic Pennsylvania Senate 36th District special election [editorial] THE ISSUE

and for those of you paying attention to the Democratic Victory of Andrew Malone in PA’s Senate District 36…here’s the Lancaster Sunday paper’s editorial

lancasteronline.com/opinion/edit...

Trump says ‘there are methods’ for seeking a third term, adding that he’s ‘not joking’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump on Sunday did not dismiss the idea of pursuing a third term in the White House, despite the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution prohibiting it, claiming that “there are methods” ...

And collectively we must just say NO.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...

More about Democratic victory in State Senate District 36:

lancasteronline-pa.newsmemory.com?selDate=2025...

Democrat Wins Special Election in Pennsylvania District Where Trump Won by 15 Points James Andrew Malone, a small-town mayor, won a special election on Tuesday, narrowly defeating a county commissioner in a district the G.O.P. held for decades.

Democrats won in red turf….indicates change is coming

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...

Democrat James Malone won the State Senate special election in Lancaster County PA! HISTORIC!

Opinion | The State of Himself Trump hasn’t altered his behavior to be president. He altered the presidency to match his personality.

The State of Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...

Bring Back Joy Reid! MSNBC has canceled “The ReidOut” starring Joy Reid—a move that other network hosts like Rachel Maddow are calling a “bad mistake.” Reid has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump, and her departure from ...

We need MSNBC to know that viewers demand Joy Reid’s commentary and expertise. Add your name to the petition NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...

Where are the voices of Obama, the Clintons, Bush?????

Passing SAVE Act Would Be ‘Taking a Chainsaw to Democracy’ Read more here.

Michigan officials have become the latest Democratic figures to publicly slam the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, the GOP’s nationwide proof of citizenship bill that could disenfranchise millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Good morning world!

February 23, 2025 Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.

February 23, 2025
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Opinion | The blinding contempt of the DOGE bros Terrorizing USAID isn’t reform. Here’s an inside story of Elon Musk’s takeover.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Smucker absent for mock town hall in downtown Lancaster [video] Chants of “Smucker’s a chicken” and “Where’s Lloyd?” echoed from downtown Lancaster’s Penn Square on Saturday morning as more than 150 people staged a mock town hall for U.S. Rep.

lancaster pennsylvania -- pretty good "brrrr-ccccaakk!" chicken impression in the embedded video...

lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

Breaking news! The court just issued us a TRO in our lawsuit against Elon Musk's DOGE, so that they stop taking the private data of American citizens from the Department of Ed and OPM. More to come.

Opinion | Fail, Caesar! We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.

Fail, Caesar! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about their firings and share their love of the National Park Service.

Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/s...

DEI Exposes the Myth of White Male Superiority — And That’s Why They Hate It The right’s jihad against DEI isn’t about fairness; it’s about losing privilege and control…

DEI Exposes the Myth of White Male Superiority — And That’s Why They Hate It
hartmannreport.com/p/dei-expose...

Mass resignation marks a new kind of defiance in the second Trump era The Trump team has rarely if ever faced such resistance from within the government, a move that may pave the way for further defiance.

"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Stop Trump’s cuts to cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s research! As the world’s largest funder of cancer research, NIH research grants have made it possible to extend countless lives and notably reduce cancer development and death. We can also thank NIH-funded rese...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Pining for the Patriarchy A scorched-earth campaign to keep it intact

Trump isn’t just saying the quiet part out loud, he is screaming it from the roof tops.

USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai...

"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."

apnews.com/article/trum...

The ‘Manosphere’? It’s Planet Earth. (Gift Article) A “boys will be-boys” sensibility has jumped off the internet and into the halls of power. Are you surprised?

REQUIRED READING IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN: Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/s...

Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls Lost boys find ways to ransack the capital.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

MAUREEN DOWD STRIKES AGAIN

Snuggling up after a walk in the ice!

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

m.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...