Isabelle
@mrsferrars.bsky.social
Trying to make sense of it all. Wish me luck.
“John Thune is promising Senate Democrats a vote in December to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.” This sounds suspiciously like I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“John Thune is promising Senate Democrats a vote in December to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.” This sounds suspiciously like I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump, in his speech to the Knesset (you can really tell when he gets off the teleprompter) reminds me of Mr. Brooke in Middlemarch, whose mind, “if it had the burden of remembering any train of thought, would let it drop, run away in search of it, and not easily come back again.”
Trump Israel Hamas Hostages Gaza | Rev
Donald Trump speaks to Israel's Knesset as Hamas releases the remaining hostages. Read the transcript here.
www.rev.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Trump, in his speech to the Knesset (you can really tell when he gets off the teleprompter) reminds me of Mr. Brooke in Middlemarch, whose mind, “if it had the burden of remembering any train of thought, would let it drop, run away in search of it, and not easily come back again.”
I challenge the members of WSJ's editorial board to reduce their income to $15,650 or even $23,475 and then figure out how to afford health insurance at all
Opinion | The ObamaCare Subsidy Scare
More workers who could get employer coverage aren’t taking it. Why?
www.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I challenge the members of WSJ's editorial board to reduce their income to $15,650 or even $23,475 and then figure out how to afford health insurance at all
For decades schools have said not-my-problem about bullying. This is what happens when schools say instead not-on-my-watch.
How 106 People Got Together to Stop a School Shooting — Before It Happened
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
For decades schools have said not-my-problem about bullying. This is what happens when schools say instead not-on-my-watch.
Worthy of Kurt Vonnegut Jr: "Ms. James, he told reporters, was 'very guilty of something.'"
U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes Departs Amid Pressure From President
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Worthy of Kurt Vonnegut Jr: "Ms. James, he told reporters, was 'very guilty of something.'"
“We are retaining some features for premium users. Want rule of law? That’s premium. The right to run your company without government interference? That’s a paid feature now.” (An email explaining all these improvements will be arriving in your inbox soon)
Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!
Want rule of law? That’s premium.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“We are retaining some features for premium users. Want rule of law? That’s premium. The right to run your company without government interference? That’s a paid feature now.” (An email explaining all these improvements will be arriving in your inbox soon)
High on the list of "people will die" because of Trump's stupidity should be the cancellation of hundreds of clinical trials that were testing cures for cancer. The domino effect will be felt for decades to come
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/m...
He had six months to live. Then came an experimental cancer treatment launched by Harvard researchers. - The Boston Globe
The hunt for a medical breakthrough has been caught up in the Trump administration's political assault on the university.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
High on the list of "people will die" because of Trump's stupidity should be the cancellation of hundreds of clinical trials that were testing cures for cancer. The domino effect will be felt for decades to come
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/m...
If only there were a Public Editor (nod to @jfallows.bsky.social)
Affirming? Not asserting?
“Since a memo was released by the Justice Department earlier this month affirming that no list of Mr. Epstein’s clients existed”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
Affirming? Not asserting?
“Since a memo was released by the Justice Department earlier this month affirming that no list of Mr. Epstein’s clients existed”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If only there were a Public Editor (nod to @jfallows.bsky.social)
Affirming? Not asserting?
“Since a memo was released by the Justice Department earlier this month affirming that no list of Mr. Epstein’s clients existed”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
Affirming? Not asserting?
“Since a memo was released by the Justice Department earlier this month affirming that no list of Mr. Epstein’s clients existed”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
Hopeful article. Substitute "democracy" for "life on Earth" and this could be applied to Trump as well
"Why are we giving up on the future of life on Earth so fucking easily? Where is our tenacity? Where is our fortitude? We can do hard things.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Why are we giving up on the future of life on Earth so fucking easily? Where is our tenacity? Where is our fortitude? We can do hard things.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Is There Still Time to Be Hopeful About the Climate?
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hopeful article. Substitute "democracy" for "life on Earth" and this could be applied to Trump as well
"Why are we giving up on the future of life on Earth so fucking easily? Where is our tenacity? Where is our fortitude? We can do hard things.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Why are we giving up on the future of life on Earth so fucking easily? Where is our tenacity? Where is our fortitude? We can do hard things.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Ya think? “… whom he now views as the major impediment to ending the war in Ukraine.” www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Trump Says Putin Feeds U.S. ‘Bulls—t’ About Ending War in Ukraine
The remarks offer the starkest signs yet of the president’s souring relationship with the Russian leader, whom he views as the major impediment to ending the war in Ukraine.
www.wsj.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ya think? “… whom he now views as the major impediment to ending the war in Ukraine.” www.wsj.com/world/russia...
The only plausible reason for ICE agents not wearing uniforms and displaying badges is that Trump is happy to have fake agents joining the fray. This is what he meant when he told the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by
June 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The only plausible reason for ICE agents not wearing uniforms and displaying badges is that Trump is happy to have fake agents joining the fray. This is what he meant when he told the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by
No Kings in Dover, NH
June 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No Kings in Dover, NH
Reposted by Isabelle
Oh no I'd better promptly pay this outstanding traffic fine of which I have been made aware by a text from the Phillippines by clicking promptly on that (squints) portal.ct-govyq link
June 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh no I'd better promptly pay this outstanding traffic fine of which I have been made aware by a text from the Phillippines by clicking promptly on that (squints) portal.ct-govyq link
NASA and NOAA (used to) fund satellites that not only look at deep space but also our solar system, the Earth, and the solar wind, which all contribute to the development of crucial technology in the US. Stupid, stupid kneecapping www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/s...
Scientific Discoveries, and Dreams, in the Balance
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NASA and NOAA (used to) fund satellites that not only look at deep space but also our solar system, the Earth, and the solar wind, which all contribute to the development of crucial technology in the US. Stupid, stupid kneecapping www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/s...
What is it that Napoleon said? Something like, never interrupt your enemy when she is making a mistake
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is
But she doesn’t.
www.theatlantic.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What is it that Napoleon said? Something like, never interrupt your enemy when she is making a mistake
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
So Iʻm telling my husband about the Lopez class action lawsuit and how Apple was sued for Siri listening to private conversations and our HomePod on the kitchen counter says, "Sorry, I canʻt help you with that."
May 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So Iʻm telling my husband about the Lopez class action lawsuit and how Apple was sued for Siri listening to private conversations and our HomePod on the kitchen counter says, "Sorry, I canʻt help you with that."
Someone needs to explain to the president that our national anthem ("Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just") was not talking about Canada www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
www.theatlantic.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Someone needs to explain to the president that our national anthem ("Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just") was not talking about Canada www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
I just want to say, a big thank you to all the people who watch Fox News and WH videos and read Truth Social et al so I don't have to -- I know it is killing your brain cells and I appreciate your service bsky.app/profile/atru...
Lutnick: "The attention on the Trump gold card -- I mean, it makes me very popular. Last night, I was out for dinner and somebody came up and said, 'Can I buy 10?' And I'm like, that's pretty good, that's $50 million for dinner. So it's paying for my dinner."
April 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I just want to say, a big thank you to all the people who watch Fox News and WH videos and read Truth Social et al so I don't have to -- I know it is killing your brain cells and I appreciate your service bsky.app/profile/atru...
When the question is what happens if you accidentally put a US citizen in a foreign prison you do not want to hear that the answer is "Let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this world." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When the question is what happens if you accidentally put a US citizen in a foreign prison you do not want to hear that the answer is "Let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this world." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Elon Musk thinks educated people should have more children. Then why, you might ask, is he firing thousands and thousands of educated people and taking away their ability to afford children? www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c?campaign_id=56&emc=edit_cn_20250416&instance_id=152725&mod=hp_lead_pos7&nl=on-politics:-musk’s-washington®i_id=21714741&segment_id=196148&user_id=b2781b731bfe5b159ea22752c7d0b250
April 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Elon Musk thinks educated people should have more children. Then why, you might ask, is he firing thousands and thousands of educated people and taking away their ability to afford children? www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
Let me understand this: The US acquires land in El Salvador and US contractors build a prison complex on it. Migrants sent there are not being deported, because they would still be "in" the United States. My, what evil games Trump plays to get around the Constitution
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Let me understand this: The US acquires land in El Salvador and US contractors build a prison complex on it. Migrants sent there are not being deported, because they would still be "in" the United States. My, what evil games Trump plays to get around the Constitution
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
“OK, this is getting really serious. We’ll know exactly how serious once we ask China to do the math for us.” — Desi Lydic
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Trump Tariffs on China Actually 145%, Says White House
The tariffs imposed on China by President Trump in his second term add up to 145%, the White House said on Thursday—not 125%, as it previously indicated.
The 125% tariff that President Trump announced...
www.wsj.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“OK, this is getting really serious. We’ll know exactly how serious once we ask China to do the math for us.” — Desi Lydic
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Ironic that Vance is suggesting Waltz be fired since it was Waltz who added Steven Miller to the Signal chat mid-conversation, and it was Miller (The Enforcer) who then quickly shut down the debate started by Vance ("I think we are making a mistake")
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Ironic that Vance is suggesting Waltz be fired since it was Waltz who added Steven Miller to the Signal chat mid-conversation, and it was Miller (The Enforcer) who then quickly shut down the debate started by Vance ("I think we are making a mistake")
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Oh to be a fly on the wall when the F-18 pilots read the text sent on #Signal by their boss #Hegseth at 11:44 am as they waited to take off from the #USSTruman "1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)" Seems to me very classified indeed www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh to be a fly on the wall when the F-18 pilots read the text sent on #Signal by their boss #Hegseth at 11:44 am as they waited to take off from the #USSTruman "1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)" Seems to me very classified indeed www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...