MargaretSue@bluesky

Michael Steele: “ I’d just like to see somebody wake the hell up and get excited about the fact that your country is under assault! “

The richest man in the world, an unelected robber baron oligarch billionaire with a 36% approval rating bought the presidency, seized the treasury and the media is barely talking about it. The real world has become the twilight zone.

New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did her first press briefing today and told a number of demonstrable lies (about condoms for Gaza, the criminal records of undocumented migrants, and more).

This is how the New York Times covered it.

Deleted after 20 minutes but this is the mindset.

It’s what is said in private among themselves.

This is how they think about the rest of the world.

No one is considered an ally.

There will be no discussion.

Ms. Vance said it, 'Keep America stupid.' And we are. trumpers have destroyed America.

I mean in the world.

I cried and cried when this happened. I didn't believe it would be done. Yes, Shawn, the one good thing.

Where would you go to escape?

A light on a dark day. Leonard Peltier free. Been crying for hours. Never thought it would happen.

🚨BREAKING🚨

Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency

After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

Yeah no I’m done being the better person I hope everyone who voted for him experiences four years straight of misery and pain.

And that they know that even those who are the bigger person will be too busy helping the people who didn’t ask for this to give even the slightest fuck about them.

Or ass.

An illustration of a witch reading a storybook to her bunny and bird friends by the window inside their cozy cottage adorned with flowers and books. Outside the window are leaves with the sun shining through them and a mountain overlooking a lake.

cozy storytime 🌱
#art #PixelArt #ドット絵 #イラスト

Screen caps from twin peaks of characters talking, with the subtitles, “Every day once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it. Don’t wait for it. Just let it happen.”

Damn, RIP David Lynch. It’s been a tough week, personally, so this is hitting me harder than it might have otherwise.

Remember to cherish the moments you have and give yourself little presents every day.

Bernie Sanders: You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour?

Trump Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent: No

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We're dealing with hurricane force winds that attach to a fire. At the same time, we're dealing with hurricane force misinformation and intense disinformation, not just by the president of the US, but guys like Elon Musk, that will platform all this bullshit as well."

Wild numbers for any governor—let alone a Democratic governor in Kentucky.

Filmmaker David Lynch, who created surreal shows and films such as "Twin Peaks," "Mulholland Drive" and "Blue Velvet," has died. He was 78 years old. https://on.wsj.com/3PEwzCY

Tacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site Out of desperation and a need for social bonding, volunteers have banded together to help Altadena residents.

For the last week, @kenbensinger.bsky.social and I have been in Altadena, to report on the devastation. But we kept coming back to an Arco gas station, which a group of locals have turned into a beacon of hope with tacos, clothes and community. This is their story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...

Who else is disappointed seeing Obama yuk it up with trump?