Susan Albert

I’m watching a live stream

Bald eagle

Spotted on a walk

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

THIS.

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. (Gift Article) A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

By Matthew Haag and Katherine Rosman

THIS.

Paul Krugman on Substack The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving ...

substack.com/@paulkrugman...

Elon’s Grok Chatbot Calculates Probability That Trump Is a Russian Asset Elon Musk's "anti-woke" AI chatbot, Grok, seems to think there's a very high likelihood that Donald Trump is a Russian asset.

Was there ever any doubt?

futurism.com/grok-trump-r...

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.

The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.

Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

Thanks, Dahlia--helpful!

All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Your public lands are in danger. Keep calling your reps. Keep showing up at their offices.

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.

Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

Resistance to Trump's coup is growing and there's a new place to follow along, thanks to Rebecca Solnit, Choose Democracy and a small team of organizers and volunteers. Pls follow @resistlist.bsky.social

‘A true free-speech emergency’: alarm over Trump’s ‘chilling’ attacks on media Warning comes as FCC, chaired by Trump ally and Project 2025 author, orders investigations into US media groups

Scariest, most appalling thing I've heard in the past . . . oh, 30 minutes.

Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.

Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.

NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”

Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Georgia and the Butch — The Tank Who was the butch who took Georgia O’Keeffe camping, was an intimate friend for nine years, designed and built the internationally renowned house in Abiquiu—and did it all for love?

Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...

About Guerrilla Readers Reading from the Margins in 2025

Just added 2 more books (April, May) to Guerrilla Readers, a reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books by unflinching writers for intrepid readers. If that's you, please join us.

Georgia and the Butch — The Tank Who was the butch who took Georgia O’Keeffe camping, was an intimate friend for nine years, designed and built the internationally renowned house in Abiquiu—and did it all for love?

Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party

thx in advance

About Guerrilla Readers Reading from the Margins in 2025

About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.

About Guerrilla Readers Reading from the Margins in 2025

About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.

The Courts Aren’t The Cavalry; We Are So, what are WE going to do?

“My take on what we need to do right now is this: stay informed about what’s happening nationally, and get engaged locally.” joycevance.substack.com/p/the-courts...

PETITION: Tell Trump, Hands Off the National Archives! The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.

The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.

action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch... follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.

He was speaking for an audience of one. Who wasn’t in the room.

This is so good.