So....Epstein files? Whadda ya think?

POTUS now threatening states that are releasing full SNAP benefits. Sunday in Amerika.

Hidden in the NY Times today is an article about Florida building an immigrant holding facility with 5,000 beds - in tents on an unused airbase in the middle of the Everglades in the middle of the summer, no firm plans on food, water, medical care. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

While we were watching our money vanish
"Trump recently declared a national economic emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) — granting himself sweeping authority over international trade by labeling foreign economic practices an “unusual and extraordinary threat.”

A reminder of the regenerative joy of Spring.
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This week's Substack

"Oh Myra these words are beautifully woven and my heart was there each step of the way as I read through. This line though, I felt on all levels of my being: ... carrying with me the chaos of the world and my coffee, in a glazed purple mug"

myraoney.substack.com/p/heartlight

"Rubio said on social media last month that he would not attend the meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in South Africa, criticizing the South African hosts for having a focus of the meeting be on “solidarity, equality and sustainability.” Ludicrous.

SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.

Details here:
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"To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”

In Greenland, global warming will opening shipping lanes and unfreeze land, making it easier to mine minerals.

The Way of the Garden
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My newest Substack. Please consider subscribing to get it in your inbox every Sunday morning. Hope you enjoy it.https://myraoney.substack.com/p/sanctuary

So, if you really wanted to make a deal with someone, would you set up a public ambush, belittle them and call them names? Asking for a friend.

The House is about to vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require citizenship documentation to register to vote

The bill will likely come for a House vote the week of February 24th. Tell your members of the House of Representatives to vote "No" on the SAVE Act!

So, I did a thing. After 7 years of writing a blog that went to a private list, I have started a Substack "Come Sit With Me". This is my intro post.The really good stuff starts next week, but you can get a taste. myraoney.substack.com/p/at-this-time

"We can no longer rely on being supported by structures that may be destroyed at any moment by a political power or a political force. You cannot rely on structures. They are good... But they may be taken away, and if everything is taken away, what do you do next?" Thomas Merton

Not shocked or awed. Just disgusted.

From Heather Cox Richardson today:

Meanwhile, last night, while the leaders in the cryptocurrency industry were at a ball in honor of President-elect Trump’s inauguration, Trump launched his own cryptocurrency. By morning he appeared to have made more than $25 billion, at least on paper.

Corporations have been playing the long game. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg have been spinning their web for decades, and most of us are trapped in a good part of it. My 2025 goal is to extricate myself.

Just getting geared up here and figuring out how Bluesky works. Looking for people I know.