Mary Faulkner

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

Did no one watch Black Mirror?!

I took so many bad pictures crossing that bridge. :)

We have a sitting president declaring war on his own citizens. This is not something you laugh away. If you support this, pretend this is Obama, Biden, Harris saying this. How do you react? I am disgusted we are here.

When progress stops belonging to all of us History shows us something important: most technological revolutions eventually became part of the public fabric of life. The printing press didn’t just lower the cost of books, it broke down walls…

Once upon a time, I was a semi-regular blogger. I had a site and everything. For various reasons, I ended up writing more elsewhere, but today I fired it back up to see if I want to write a little more regularly again. Anyway, here's where you can find it. survivingleadership.blog/2025/09/25/w...

WHY?!?!!?!

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

This is so ridiculous.

After DEA GOONS begin to harass and question a man sitting in Starburst Plaza in NE Washington DC, local neighbors remind him of his rights and stand with him until the GOONS give up on their harassment.

She looks thrilled.

IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.

Last year, Direct File saved taxpayers $5.6 million in tax preparation costs by allowing people to file their taxes for FREE.

That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.

Trump just gave them their wish.

news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...

I KNOW

We kept saying, "Well, in August..." assuming that was weeks away.

It is not.

Ugh. It's so draining to see the worst of us.

Make yourself a fancy tea.

And let's not forget the team behind him finding/creating these images.

Clearly you are talking to the wrong people. :)

PS - GET THE KITTENS

@svdate.bsky.social

We are having a similar experience.

Independence Day is a great day to read the Constitution. Here it is!

U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States share.google/kkUqTtmFqWUV...

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.

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

This is not normal

Trump’s cruelty today is directly commensurate with the level of his fear since 2016 that he would go to jail.

Notice the pattern? Republicans work to advance their worst bills in the middle of the night—hoping you’re asleep while they attack your healthcare, your rights, and your future.

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no one cares that this is illegal but it is illegal and seems like something that might trip the court’s “major questions” doctrine

I know you made the right choice…and got more coffee. 😉