Marjory Ruderman

And I've missed you!

Love your blog post! ❤️

I would listen to this

Taking potshots at the freedom of the press in the midst of going after the right of the people peaceably to assemble.

Every one of these is more important than the mental acuity of the former President. We are in trouble. Focus.

I was happy to find it in my inbox, (and to finally learn the meaning of) no cap!

At all times!

American Airlines flight on fire with people on the wing

How it feels to be American right now—

Crash course in how to interview a liar

DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.

Thank you @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social
for meeting the moment appropriately! I hope other journalists take note of how it's done.

www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

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Standing ovation!

Check it out, #kidlit writers!
This is a great opportunity.

This is a great day to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription.
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I ditched mine this morning!

This is a great day to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription.
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Thinking of canceling now, too, after the announcement about the opinion section.

If only we had a one-word descriptor for this salute

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

Trickle up economics.

Title: What Costs More: Billionaire Tax Avoidance or Federal Workers? Subtitle: Musk’s tax avoidance could fund 677K federal jobs • Current Tax Rate: 3.27% • Top Federal Tax Rate: 37% Cost Comparison (Bar Chart): • Cost of Musk’s Tax Avoidance (smallest bar, purple) • Cost of Top 100 Billionaires’ Tax Avoidance (largest bar, red) • Total Federal Workforce Salaries (mid-sized bar, green) X-axis ranges from $0B to $380B, showing that billionaire tax avoidance covers a significant portion of federal workforce salaries. Impact on Federal Workforce: • Average Federal Salary: $106,000 • Jobs Musk’s Avoidance Could Fund: 677,782 (29.5% of all federal employees) Federal Workforce Breakdown (Pie Chart): • A segment representing 29.5% of the workforce highlights the share Musk’s avoided taxes could fund, labeled “Share Equal to Musk’s Avoided Taxes: 29.5%”. Sources: • Musk’s Tax Rate: ProPublica • Billionaire Gains: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (Dec. 31, 2024) • Federal Employee Data: USAFacts

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?

Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.

Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

Amy, nooooo!!! Those were the doge air traffic controllers

Lovely!

Wow, it's gorgeous work!

The Only Way to Slow Down the Trump-Musk Coup It’s hard to think of anything less sexy and less made-for-TV than an attorney charging into a courthouse to seek a temporary injunction.

"Which means, in the aggregate, that we somehow walk around carrying two conflicting beliefs: that American democracy is both too big to fail, and also that American democracy is too intricate to fight for."

This live stream is bringing the joy I needed! #ALAYMA

This sounds excellent!

Wonderful post!

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You found one that actually looks like me

animated gif of an endless loop of zooming into a grandmother's hand to reveal it's the same grandmother, with a smaller grandmother for a hand, etc

Marjory and I linking to each other's blogs.

I love that my blog post inspired other people to think about their own signed and scribbled-in books! Some sent me photos of treasured book inscriptions, and @jerroldconnors.bsky.social wrote an excellent blog post here:
jerroldconnors.com/2025/01/24/b...