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Marian, a retired psychotherapist and unretired news junkie, mines the news for gems of insight, information, and irreverence at https://marianplace.substack.com.
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Whaaat? #FogOfWar? When you're hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from hostilities in a secure room looking at a monitor? More like #Fog-of-Not-Having-A-Clue-How-to-be-DoD-Secretary! Hegseth's latest blunder.
Whaaat? #FogOfWar? When you're hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from hostilities in a secure room looking at a monitor? More like #Fog-of-Not-Having-A-Clue-How-to-be-DoD-Secretary! Hegseth's latest blunder.
Hegseth, citing ‘fog of war,’ says he learned of survivors hours after strike
The defense secretary’s remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military’s lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Whaaat? #FogOfWar? When you're hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from hostilities in a secure room looking at a monitor? More like #Fog-of-Not-Having-A-Clue-How-to-be-DoD-Secretary! Hegseth's latest blunder.
Whaaat? #FogOfWar? When you're hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from hostilities in a secure room looking at a monitor? More like #Fog-of-Not-Having-A-Clue-How-to-be-DoD-Secretary! Hegseth's latest blunder.
#USNavy and #USAirForce: did Trump and Hegseth just throw you under the bus re the #September2strike on a Venezuelan boat?
From WaPost: "...Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order ... Hegseth told him “he did not say that...".
From WaPost: "...Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order ... Hegseth told him “he did not say that...".
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#USNavy and #USAirForce: did Trump and Hegseth just throw you under the bus re the #September2strike on a Venezuelan boat?
From WaPost: "...Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order ... Hegseth told him “he did not say that...".
From WaPost: "...Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order ... Hegseth told him “he did not say that...".
In the presence of so much cruelty, it's important to revisit kinder types of presence ... Thanks for reading!
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A Kind and Constant Gaze
What one naturalist and sixteen wild turkeys can teach us about presence
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November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In the presence of so much cruelty, it's important to revisit kinder types of presence ... Thanks for reading!
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Politico is reporting that #Netanyahu is asking for a pardon for his alleged corruption crimes (trial ongoing). Where do dead #InnocentGazans go to apply to get their lives back?
If you can't stand the heat of a courtroom, don't subject others to the heat of #genocide.
If you can't stand the heat of a courtroom, don't subject others to the heat of #genocide.
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Politico is reporting that #Netanyahu is asking for a pardon for his alleged corruption crimes (trial ongoing). Where do dead #InnocentGazans go to apply to get their lives back?
If you can't stand the heat of a courtroom, don't subject others to the heat of #genocide.
If you can't stand the heat of a courtroom, don't subject others to the heat of #genocide.
aboutfaceveterans.org/military-res... Their Military Resistance Support Network helps military personnel (including National Guard) "to resist pressure to carry out orders that may be unlawful, unethical, or unjust."
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Military Resistance Support Network - About Face Veterans
Military Resistance Support Network Military members do have the right to engage in forms of political speech and dissent. You have options and you’re not alone. With the Trump administration’s disreg...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
aboutfaceveterans.org/military-res... Their Military Resistance Support Network helps military personnel (including National Guard) "to resist pressure to carry out orders that may be unlawful, unethical, or unjust."
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The Forbidding Universe, yours to read (and live)! And, no, despite the title, it's not about #Trump. Written by a proud 70-year-old. I may not write code, but don't write me or any other #senior off!
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The Forbidding Universe
Coming to terms with a world charging ahead
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Forbidding Universe, yours to read (and live)! And, no, despite the title, it's not about #Trump. Written by a proud 70-year-old. I may not write code, but don't write me or any other #senior off!
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Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 allows a Prez of US who is:
a natural-born citizen who's malignantly crazy;
at least 35 years old or pushing 80 & in cognitive freefall;
and a resident of the United States for 14 years who is a felon.
#ConstitutionalAmendment, anyone?
a natural-born citizen who's malignantly crazy;
at least 35 years old or pushing 80 & in cognitive freefall;
and a resident of the United States for 14 years who is a felon.
#ConstitutionalAmendment, anyone?
donald trump is wearing a suit and tie while making a funny face .
ALT: donald trump is wearing a suit and tie while making a funny face .
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November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 allows a Prez of US who is:
a natural-born citizen who's malignantly crazy;
at least 35 years old or pushing 80 & in cognitive freefall;
and a resident of the United States for 14 years who is a felon.
#ConstitutionalAmendment, anyone?
a natural-born citizen who's malignantly crazy;
at least 35 years old or pushing 80 & in cognitive freefall;
and a resident of the United States for 14 years who is a felon.
#ConstitutionalAmendment, anyone?
I thought no #art could ever capture the hurt, the harm, the corruption of #Trump and his cohorts. I was wrong. Deep beneath the earth's surface, spiders have fashioned a living, oozing sculpture that catches - no, IS - the very essence of this administration:
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Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
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November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I thought no #art could ever capture the hurt, the harm, the corruption of #Trump and his cohorts. I was wrong. Deep beneath the earth's surface, spiders have fashioned a living, oozing sculpture that catches - no, IS - the very essence of this administration:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
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Lest we forget ... Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been waiting to be sworn in to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District FOR OVER 6 WEEKS. #MikeJohnson refuses to do it. Please write your Congressperson. www.house.gov/representati...
Lest we forget ... Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been waiting to be sworn in to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District FOR OVER 6 WEEKS. #MikeJohnson refuses to do it. Please write your Congressperson. www.house.gov/representati...
Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva on Delay in Her Being Sworn in to Congress and the Government Shutdown
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Lest we forget ... Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been waiting to be sworn in to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District FOR OVER 6 WEEKS. #MikeJohnson refuses to do it. Please write your Congressperson. www.house.gov/representati...
Lest we forget ... Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been waiting to be sworn in to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District FOR OVER 6 WEEKS. #MikeJohnson refuses to do it. Please write your Congressperson. www.house.gov/representati...
Could it be that someone has #MarbleMania? What would Honest Abe say about putting a Marble Bathroom in the WH while people go painfully #hungry? Is #Trump trying to reassure himself that he's not #LosingHisMarble(s) by putting it everywhere?! Too bad you can't eat marble.
a piece of cheese is sitting on a marble counter top
ALT: a piece of cheese is sitting on a marble counter top
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November 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Could it be that someone has #MarbleMania? What would Honest Abe say about putting a Marble Bathroom in the WH while people go painfully #hungry? Is #Trump trying to reassure himself that he's not #LosingHisMarble(s) by putting it everywhere?! Too bad you can't eat marble.
ASKING for Info: If anyone reading this knows an EASY (but good) platform for making MEMES, pls LMK. Thanks so much!
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ASKING for Info: If anyone reading this knows an EASY (but good) platform for making MEMES, pls LMK. Thanks so much!
Are you feeling offended as a woman by the demolishment of the #EastWing? You'll want to read this ... including a #Ballroom Prayer.
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Those Who Prevail
Honoring first ladies past, present and future
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October 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Are you feeling offended as a woman by the demolishment of the #EastWing? You'll want to read this ... including a #Ballroom Prayer.
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A #ballroom big enough to sleep #Trump's overinflated, fragile ego. Typical: he raised $250M from ... let's guess ... and chose to put it to this instead of food banks or a fund for subsidized #healthcare. Think he's leaving in 2029 and leaving this toy...?
A #ballroom big enough to sleep #Trump's overinflated, fragile ego. Typical: he raised $250M from ... let's guess ... and chose to put it to this instead of food banks or a fund for subsidized #healthcare. Think he's leaving in 2029 and leaving this toy...?
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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A #ballroom big enough to sleep #Trump's overinflated, fragile ego. Typical: he raised $250M from ... let's guess ... and chose to put it to this instead of food banks or a fund for subsidized #healthcare. Think he's leaving in 2029 and leaving this toy...?
A #ballroom big enough to sleep #Trump's overinflated, fragile ego. Typical: he raised $250M from ... let's guess ... and chose to put it to this instead of food banks or a fund for subsidized #healthcare. Think he's leaving in 2029 and leaving this toy...?
Goldberg's piece nails it. The #MAGA urge to defile, also seen on #Jan6, and in #Trump's spraying-feces-AI resembles a v. young child smearing feces on the wall above his crib ... The only difference here is the hostility embedded in the AI. As to developmental age...
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Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Goldberg's piece nails it. The #MAGA urge to defile, also seen on #Jan6, and in #Trump's spraying-feces-AI resembles a v. young child smearing feces on the wall above his crib ... The only difference here is the hostility embedded in the AI. As to developmental age...
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#Trump assembles his own police force ... perhaps even his own army.
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How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#Trump assembles his own police force ... perhaps even his own army.
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I urge people to support propublica.org They are doing some important stories, including one about #RussellVought as the other "commander-in-chief" at the #OMB. All spending - or, more to the point, lack of spending - funnels through him.
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I urge people to support propublica.org They are doing some important stories, including one about #RussellVought as the other "commander-in-chief" at the #OMB. All spending - or, more to the point, lack of spending - funnels through him.
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www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Drawing hope, powered by #love, from #ICE's gruesome rain on #Chicago on Thursday night....
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The Art of Love
What Thursday's ICE raid reminds us about love
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October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Drawing hope, powered by #love, from #ICE's gruesome rain on #Chicago on Thursday night....
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What is we just listened to each other, #Dems to #Republicans, non-Trump voters to #Trump voters?
What is we just listened to each other, #Dems to #Republicans, non-Trump voters to #Trump voters?
Listening Tour, Anyone?
Strengthening Democrats' welcoming nature by reaching out to Republicans
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September 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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What is we just listened to each other, #Dems to #Republicans, non-Trump voters to #Trump voters?
What is we just listened to each other, #Dems to #Republicans, non-Trump voters to #Trump voters?
For a look at the killing of #CharlieKirk through the lens of #compassion, loss of innocence and what causes shooters to pull the trigger...
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A Pantheon of Absences
What Charlie Kirk's killing tells us about the need for compassion
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September 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For a look at the killing of #CharlieKirk through the lens of #compassion, loss of innocence and what causes shooters to pull the trigger...
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Whether you're #elderly or #fictosexual, #loneliness doesn't discriminate...
Whether you're #elderly or #fictosexual, #loneliness doesn't discriminate...
All Kinds of Happiness: Mannequins and Fictosexuals
The young and the elderly imagine very different salves for loneliness
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September 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Whether you're #elderly or #fictosexual, #loneliness doesn't discriminate...
Whether you're #elderly or #fictosexual, #loneliness doesn't discriminate...
A little Sunday evening reading to highlight this Administration's ongoing absurdities:
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Absurdia ad Absurdia in D.C.
A complete review, synaptic firing by synaptic firing!
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August 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A little Sunday evening reading to highlight this Administration's ongoing absurdities:
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"In Trump’s case, both his public image and his self-image are always at stake. Authoritarianism is his double-barreled answer to both threats..." Read more at
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The Authoritarian
A strong grip on control soothes Trump's volatile psyche
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August 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"In Trump’s case, both his public image and his self-image are always at stake. Authoritarianism is his double-barreled answer to both threats..." Read more at
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So it's all a political witchhunt when it's about #Hegseth, but no such thing for the #pentagon #polygraphs...
July 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So it's all a political witchhunt when it's about #Hegseth, but no such thing for the #pentagon #polygraphs...
What can we take away from last week's failed negotiations to end the Israeli-Gaza war? Perhaps something about how to negotiate our own lives...
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Tell Us
Creating beauty in troubled times
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July 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What can we take away from last week's failed negotiations to end the Israeli-Gaza war? Perhaps something about how to negotiate our own lives...
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