Michael Brannin

Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right (Gift Article) People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.

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YouTube video by MSNBC ‘Mike Johnson is completely blowing smoke right now’: Dems slam GOP over proposed Medicaid cuts

While the media and most of America is focusing on 'the tariffs', we all need to focus on the budget that is being proposed that will lead to cuts in medicaid & other services while also 'privatizing' some of the government systems we already use for those services.
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The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and his...

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We'll be in recession by August of this year, 2025.

Fabulous!

Trump tariffs list: The US global tariffs plan at a glance Japan will face different tax rates than Australia under Trump's plan - here's what else to know.

Tariffs announced by Trump today (source: the BBC):

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The Azaleas are in full bloom here in Savannah.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Orders Halt on Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law (Gift Article)

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Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

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How to Harden Our Defenses Against an Authoritarian President A commander in chief with little concern for legal limits holds a big advantage over any lawful effort to restrain him.

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Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."

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Why are Dems so stupid? They need to stop 'eating their own'. Massively bad policy. What SHOULD have happened, is that all of the Dems standing up and joining Mr. Green in his protest!
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Democrats need to stop 'eating their own'. Ridiculous...

Trump Officials Mark Hundreds of Federal Properties for Potential Sale Eliminating “underutilized” federal office space has become a fixation for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency operation.

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YouTube video by Wallace Boss Prof. Emeritus Warren MacKenzie, 2007

I found this to be a very enjoyable and informative watch; an 'interview' with potter Warran Mackenzie. This is really informative about his work and thoughts about why he enjoys clay and approaches it the way he does.
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Italy to provide Ukraine with $13 million to restore energy infrastructure Rome signed an agreement with Kyiv on Feb. 28 to provide Ukraine with 13 million euros ($13.5 million) directed towards the country's Energy Support Fund, Ukraine's Energy Ministry announced.

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Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Zelensky Drama For the next four years, at least, the America we knew is over.

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Trump: "I'd like to buy minerals on Russian land too. If we can. The rare earth. They have very good rare earth also ... we can do deals there."

I hope so!

This teapot is made by Gary Hatcher of Pine Mills Pottery in Texas. Daphne Roehr Hatcher and Gary work together making and firing their pottery in a wood kiln. This has beautiful flashing on the reduced stoneware surface and deftly 'dripped' colored glazes on the sides. BTW it pours beautifully.

Another favorite teapot in our collection is this somewhat small but remarkable pot by Robert Archambeau from Manitoba, Canada This piece is stoneware that is soda fired then sandblasted and oiled. The lid is produced by the lost wax method and is bronze with an applied patina.

Really just starting out on Bluesky, and most of my posts are political ones shared from news outlets, etc. Thought I'd start posting some pots from our collection. This is one of my slab built and thrown teapots from the late 1970's. Stoneware, reduction fired with cane handle.

YouTube video by 9 News Australia Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to step down as president of Ukraine | 9 News Australia

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He has just fully absorbed Russia's talking points. He is so easy to manipulate.

look no further than the oval office...

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Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.