Michelle Fay

I’m closing out a restorative week in the sun, during which the natural world offered up so much beauty and wonder. Chief among them: this little fish who swam alongside my snorkle mask for a while, and found me again when I returned to the water more than an hour later!

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

Here’s a quick, clear-eyed reminder that Trump is pretending to be king because he’s too weak to govern - and this strategy doesn’t have staying power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

YouTube video by PBS Sara Bareilles and Rufus Wainwright Perform "She Used to Be Mine" | Next at the Kennedy Center

This is medicine 💔

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Dollar Stores: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Performative DEI statements while exploiting workers is not the solidarity economy I’m looking for. Dollar stores 👎🏻

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On Organizing time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

This is so good - and hopeful! www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/

As someone likely to purchase a car this year who has previously owned Toyotas, Nissans, and Fords, let me just say Subaru…hold the line. 👀

Shadow Cabinet A Positive Form of Opposition

I’ve loved the idea of a shadow cabinet since I learned about in grad school. We need one at the state and federal level! If the governor is going to forge ahead with unconfirmed Secretaries, the loyal opposition might as well have unappointed ones. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics : It's Been a Minute Five years ago progressive Democrats seemed to be on the rise. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had just ousted a moderate Democrat, and Senator Bernie Sanders looked like he could win the party's nomination....

I keep thinking about this interview and grieving the loss of Rep. Bush’s courageous, powerful voice in Congress. I look forward to her return to whatever office she pursues next.

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Stir crazy sister antics