Polly Bruno

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

I know the feeling.

From God’s lips to, uh… God’s ear I guess.

Buried in the polls, with every American screaming for the Epstein files, the walls are closing in on Tangerine Palpatine.

Sending troops to every city you can in a desperate attempt to make martial law happen is not strength. It’s the last gasp of a dying regime.

Haven’t seen Downton Abbey, The Crown, GOT, any Hunger Games or Twilight flicks. Not a big fantasy/sci-fi fan—Calgon took me away, I’m good.

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

Oh it makes no sense at all. Freud would have a field day.

Change is a constant, but sometimes we’re more aware of it. The river gurgles and we run over, look upstream and…

Bad people can write great novels, but there are good—kind and curious—people who write special books, that only they can write.

Nowhere to go but up, Beau! 🧨

Lord have mercy, I feel lucky again. What the hell is wrong with me?

En route to Nashville, Bloomington, IN, then Chicago. May it last! 🙌

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

Perfect.

Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny

Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...

I could turn all around but I was SLOW, these girls are jumpin’!!

That title! 🙌

Spell your name with movie titles.

Peeping Tom
One False Move
Lolita (1962)
Last Detail
Young Frankenstein

Boogie Nights
Raging Bull
Under the Volcano (1984)
Night of the Hunter
Obsession (1976)

Indeed! 🙌

I know it. But it's nice to hear you say it.

If you're in the #BHM — that's Birmingham, Ala-damn-bama — area on October 19, I'll be reading some of my short fiction and talking about what inspires me in this city. Come see me at the Hoover Public Library! Event is free and open to the public. :-)

Thanks! 💓

Ça va! Grave cool...

Cassel! Be still my heart...

I'm glad you had a good day! Mine was rank. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Check, check, check, working on it, check. Thanks, Lori. 🙌

July 1935

German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimer constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Fuhrer. Most took the new oath. Sounds familiar?
# Pete Hegseth # Ted Cruz #Trump

When I was a kid, my sibs and I could read any book, (Miller, Selby), play any record (Bruce, Foxx), watch any TV show—with one exception, Queen For A Day, which Ma called “immoral.”

Were it today, this show would be on the no-watch list. Humiliating the desperate is the entertainment in Hell.

Guarding the brunch crowd on the riverwalk. 🙄