Margot Potter
@margotpotter.bsky.social
Word wrangler. Truth seeker. Paint slinger. Woman of many facets, moods, opinions, and shades of pink lipstick. The Lady Party on Substack.
Good lort.
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Good lort.
Perfection is overrated.
Make Glorious Messes
The power of embracing imperfection in art...and life.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Perfection is overrated.
This tracks.
Author of the "research" that was reportedly the basis of the Fulton County election raid:
"In 2004, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor voyeurism charge and was ordered by a jury to pay $3.25 million in damages after secretly filming guests in his home bathroom."
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
"In 2004, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor voyeurism charge and was ordered by a jury to pay $3.25 million in damages after secretly filming guests in his home bathroom."
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This tracks.
“250 years old and we’re still fighting the same battles, believing in many of the same illusions, and being led, once again, by a Mad King and his courtiers…”
America, it's Complicated
Same as it ever was.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“250 years old and we’re still fighting the same battles, believing in many of the same illusions, and being led, once again, by a Mad King and his courtiers…”
Things of note…
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Things of note…
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Failing to meet the moment.
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Failing to meet the moment.
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Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Little Bits of Joy: Week Fifteen!
Little Bits of Joy: Week Fifteen
Lotsa little bits today, friend!
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February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Little Bits of Joy: Week Fifteen!
Whereupon we take a break and make some breakfast!
Orange Ya Glad I Said Sourdough French Toast Recipe
Abandon the dumpster fire and Make it, with Madge!
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February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Whereupon we take a break and make some breakfast!
They spent that money waging war against American citizens. Just don’t get sick or injured and it will be fine.
Top Senate negotiators say an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies has effectively collapsed www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead
New, higher health-insurance bills are kicking in for many households.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
They spent that money waging war against American citizens. Just don’t get sick or injured and it will be fine.
Oh, what a tangled web they weave…or why I keep harping on about Social Media and the Tech Bros like the world’s worst broken record.
Little Bits of Light: Week Three
Oh, What a Tangled Web They Weave
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February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Oh, what a tangled web they weave…or why I keep harping on about Social Media and the Tech Bros like the world’s worst broken record.
Meanwhile, in America…
Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Meanwhile, in America…
Read the room, Chuck.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Read the room, Chuck.
What would you give up to save the world?
Sinking the Titanic
(Yet another) plea for abandoning social media, before it sinks us all
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February 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
What would you give up to save the world?
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
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Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
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People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
Suffer the Little Children: America reaches a devastating new low open.substack.com/pub/margotpo...
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Suffer the Little Children: America reaches a devastating new low open.substack.com/pub/margotpo...
The current occupant of the Oval Office is obsessed with destroying the Kennedy legacy. The Rose Garden, Jackie Kennedy Memorial garden by the East Wing, naming the worst Kennedy to his cabinet, and now, the Kennedy Center. He can tear it all down, but he will never succeed in erasing JFK.
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The current occupant of the Oval Office is obsessed with destroying the Kennedy legacy. The Rose Garden, Jackie Kennedy Memorial garden by the East Wing, naming the worst Kennedy to his cabinet, and now, the Kennedy Center. He can tear it all down, but he will never succeed in erasing JFK.
These shameless grifters plan to drain the coffers. Blue states should withhold federal tax dollars.
Donald Trump is suing the federal government for $10 billion. That is your money. Never in our history have we seen something like this. The billionaire President always has a new plan to make himself richer, but never a plan to make your bills more affordable.
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
These shameless grifters plan to drain the coffers. Blue states should withhold federal tax dollars.
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Reposted by Margot Potter
