Mark Ludwig
@mdludwig.bsky.social
Retired professor and journalist.
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Under President Trump, electricity prices are surging — up 11%! — leaving millions behind on their utility bills, with past-due balances at an all-time high.
American families deserve better.
American families deserve better.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Under President Trump, electricity prices are surging — up 11%! — leaving millions behind on their utility bills, with past-due balances at an all-time high.
American families deserve better.
American families deserve better.
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We're well past the time for federal judges to start jailing administration officials for contempt.
Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We're well past the time for federal judges to start jailing administration officials for contempt.
If Trump really did win in 2020 (nah), that would make his current term illegal as the 22nd amendment says nobody can be elected more than twice to the presidency. Food for thought.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If Trump really did win in 2020 (nah), that would make his current term illegal as the 22nd amendment says nobody can be elected more than twice to the presidency. Food for thought.
What's scary to me is when people use objective pronouns where a subjective one is required.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What's scary to me is when people use objective pronouns where a subjective one is required.
Customer service pretty much sucks all around the economy. Do you want my money or not?
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Customer service pretty much sucks all around the economy. Do you want my money or not?
I'm glad I continue to be outraged by the tactics of the Republiqans. Mike Johnson's refusal to convene the House of Representatives is just another nail in the coffin of our constitutional design.
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm glad I continue to be outraged by the tactics of the Republiqans. Mike Johnson's refusal to convene the House of Representatives is just another nail in the coffin of our constitutional design.
Buried in a NYT story from the "stable genius" C-in-C: “Our ultimate strength does not come from equipment....It comes from you people, incredible people, good-looking people. Too many good-looking people. I don’t like good-looking people. I never liked good-looking people.”
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Buried in a NYT story from the "stable genius" C-in-C: “Our ultimate strength does not come from equipment....It comes from you people, incredible people, good-looking people. Too many good-looking people. I don’t like good-looking people. I never liked good-looking people.”
From the NYT: "Since siding with Barack Obama twice, Iowa has become a stronghold for Mr. Trump. Yet perhaps no state has struggled more with his economic policies."
Gosh, if only somebody had warned those voters leading up to the 2024 election ...
Gosh, if only somebody had warned those voters leading up to the 2024 election ...
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
From the NYT: "Since siding with Barack Obama twice, Iowa has become a stronghold for Mr. Trump. Yet perhaps no state has struggled more with his economic policies."
Gosh, if only somebody had warned those voters leading up to the 2024 election ...
Gosh, if only somebody had warned those voters leading up to the 2024 election ...
Commenter on Kathleen Park column in the Washington Post: "Osama Bin Laden only dreamed of knocking down the White House. Trump has actually done it."
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Commenter on Kathleen Park column in the Washington Post: "Osama Bin Laden only dreamed of knocking down the White House. Trump has actually done it."
They're only just coming up with this idea now? Sheesh.
Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
They're only just coming up with this idea now? Sheesh.
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
The demolition of the East Wing is a travesty, but show us the Epstein files! And open the government, forchrissakes.
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The demolition of the East Wing is a travesty, but show us the Epstein files! And open the government, forchrissakes.
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Can someone explain why some ICE and Border Patrol agents wear camo fatigues?
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Can someone explain why some ICE and Border Patrol agents wear camo fatigues?
Imperatives:
1. Reopen the government.
2. Swear in Adelita Grijalva.
3. Release the Epstein files.
1. Reopen the government.
2. Swear in Adelita Grijalva.
3. Release the Epstein files.
October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Imperatives:
1. Reopen the government.
2. Swear in Adelita Grijalva.
3. Release the Epstein files.
1. Reopen the government.
2. Swear in Adelita Grijalva.
3. Release the Epstein files.
Speaker Johnson comes in a close second as biggest horse's ass in DC.
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Speaker Johnson comes in a close second as biggest horse's ass in DC.
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Republicans were all for gerrymandering until California used it to draw a fair fight.
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Republicans were all for gerrymandering until California used it to draw a fair fight.
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We are becoming a “papers, please” country, and no one should want that.
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are becoming a “papers, please” country, and no one should want that.
I would like for Mike Johnson and the Republiqans to give up their pay for all the time that the speaker has kept the House of Representatives out of session.
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I would like for Mike Johnson and the Republiqans to give up their pay for all the time that the speaker has kept the House of Representatives out of session.
Mike Johnson cannot keep the House in recess forever. The government shutdown is just one more component of the Republiqan campaign to utterly tank the U.S. economy. Xi and Putin are howling with laughter as our nation is destroyed from within. Is this what you really wanted, MAGA voters?
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mike Johnson cannot keep the House in recess forever. The government shutdown is just one more component of the Republiqan campaign to utterly tank the U.S. economy. Xi and Putin are howling with laughter as our nation is destroyed from within. Is this what you really wanted, MAGA voters?
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When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.
Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.
Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.
Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.
Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.
I guess it would be silly to wonder whether the Florida State Bar was considering disbarring the U.S. attorney general, who lies and obfuscates as prolifically as her boss.
October 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I guess it would be silly to wonder whether the Florida State Bar was considering disbarring the U.S. attorney general, who lies and obfuscates as prolifically as her boss.
I am yelling at the TV. Fall baseball. The Cubs.
October 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am yelling at the TV. Fall baseball. The Cubs.