Ann Tinkham, Ghostwriter and Editor

People keep asking me if I'm planning to leave my country. The truth is I want to stay and create a country that is free, fair, equitable, compassionate. I refuse to give into the sinister forces at play.

Oh, for Gawd's sake, let people love who they want to love.

Dear Trump regime,
We are not erasing history to make you and your followers comfortable.
– The American people

Lunatics! Nazis! Fascists! Some of us spend our days hating the other side, exclaiming, “Lunatics! Nazis! Fascists!” We’re certain that our position is the right one, if only the other side could see. If only we …

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Lunatics! Nazis! Fascists! Some of us spend our days hating the other side, exclaiming, “Lunatics! Nazis! Fascists!” We’re certain that our position is the right one, if only the other side could see. If only we …

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Maybe we start by not calling each other lunatics. Baby steps.

It's time. We need to take away all the semi-automatic weapons in America. I don't care how we do it. I don't care whose manhood is offended. It's time. #guncontrol

With full acquiescence & support of the GOP (including stooges on the Supreme Court), the US is now ruled by an unstable criminal madman. Now it’s up to blue state governors to resist (as CA has done), refuse tax subsidies, call up their own national guard for defense. This is Fort Sumter folks

Finally a Democrat who is willing to play his stupid game.

I want to sit in a garden, write poetry, and gaze at the sea.

😟 You could be right.

Why did Americans vote cruelty into office?

I'm tired of waiting for my country to become humane, compassionate, and caring.

Show, Don’t Tell? Let’s Talk If you’ve ever attended a writing craft session, workshop, or retreat, you’ve been hit over the head by a refrain: Show, don’t tell.

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Sorry, but spending taxpayer money on opulent gold ballrooms is the stuff of unapologetic authoritarian regimes.

Can we stop this charade of pretending that the person occupying the White House isn't a criminal, sexual predator, insurrectionist, charlatan, scammer, mob boss, liar, and cheater? Okay, thanks.

Stephen Colbert gave America truth with a laugh. Now he’s silenced—not for ratings, but for daring to speak against power. CBS calls it “financial.” We know better. This is a blow to satire, democracy, and every voice brave enough to mock a king. We just lost a lighthouse.

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.

"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

Sure does.

Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a golden shower for the working class. #Bigbadbill

Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.

The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.

They just lie.

I'm so very happy for billionaires. They needed to secure their fortunes. They'll need more security in their gated communities as Americans become more desperate.

Analysts saying that the #NoKings protest was the biggest in US history!

What we learned yesterday.

The Times They Are a-Changin'

Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.

A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.

But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.

Elon Musk tweets: Elon Musk @elonmusk Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. 12:46 PM - Jun 5, 2025 • 720.5K Views • 2.6K| Post your reply Reply Elon Musk @elonmusk - 32m/ Such ingratitude • 1.5K

There it is.

Elon Musk publicly admitting that he bought the 2024 election.