Lisa Kelman
@lisakelman.bsky.social
Trying to stay sane by reading good books. I'm here for the news and the snark. I curse alot.
I know you all know. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I know you all know. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I need to hear this...and I thought some friends might like to hear this too.
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I need to hear this...and I thought some friends might like to hear this too.
Reposted by Lisa Kelman
Get your middle fingers ready.
Donald Trump’s property company is in negotiations to re-purchase his Washington hotel, which opponents say was a venue for illicit influence peddling during his first presidency.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel
Trump International hotel, currently a Waldorf Astoria, was a venue for influence peddling, opponents say
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Get your middle fingers ready.
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🎶Sheena is/a scrapbooker🎶
December 4, 2024 at 8:29 PM
🎶Sheena is/a scrapbooker🎶
I'm conflicted about sex work but pleased my adopted countries recognizes these basic human labor rights and protections.
December 4, 2024 at 9:27 AM
I'm conflicted about sex work but pleased my adopted countries recognizes these basic human labor rights and protections.
Have we already become inured to the corruption?
Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million
Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Have we already become inured to the corruption?
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I mean, what just happened with Mexico? To use technical language, Sheinbaum's response to Trump's tariff threat appears to have been "Fuck me? No, fuck you" (I spent many years in New Jersey) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/u...
Mexico’s President Raises Prospect of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods
President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to President-elect Trump’s threat to impose high tariffs, saying such a move would inflict damage on both countries.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:21 PM
I mean, what just happened with Mexico? To use technical language, Sheinbaum's response to Trump's tariff threat appears to have been "Fuck me? No, fuck you" (I spent many years in New Jersey) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/u...
Big congratulations to Jason De León for winning the National Book Award for nonfiction. Soldiers and Kings---an incredibly beautiful book --deserves this recognition. Thrilled for Jason De León.
#nationalbookfoundation
@jasondeleon.bsky.social
#soldiersandkings #booksky
#nationalbookfoundation
@jasondeleon.bsky.social
#soldiersandkings #booksky
November 21, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Big congratulations to Jason De León for winning the National Book Award for nonfiction. Soldiers and Kings---an incredibly beautiful book --deserves this recognition. Thrilled for Jason De León.
#nationalbookfoundation
@jasondeleon.bsky.social
#soldiersandkings #booksky
#nationalbookfoundation
@jasondeleon.bsky.social
#soldiersandkings #booksky