Pass the Olives
@sharonvillines.bsky.social
Opinions from Sharon Villines with an 80-something view of life. Author of Pass the Olives blog on Substack.
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
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79. American citizen.
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
79. American citizen.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Bondi also stood out by asserting, in a highly personal and widely disputed interpretation of the law, that business leaders were obliged to report employees who made negative comments about the slain young influencer.
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Charlie Kirk's assassination: The US is mired in political violence
EDITORIAL. The shock that rocked the MAGA base after the death of prominent young conservative figure Charlie Kirk has quickly shifted into an insatiable desire for revenge, pitting two irreconcilable...
www.lemonde.fr
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Bondi also stood out by asserting, in a highly personal and widely disputed interpretation of the law, that business leaders were obliged to report employees who made negative comments about the slain young influencer.
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Delusional psychosis triggered to dangerous levels by interactions with Chatbots that engage and encourage delusional thinking. www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Delusional psychosis triggered to dangerous levels by interactions with Chatbots that engage and encourage delusional thinking. www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
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This is fascinating, 94% of college students had heard of Charlie Kirk - and 70% of those who heard of him disagreed with him puck.news/what-college...
What College Students Really Think of Charlie Kirk
New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.
puck.news
September 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is fascinating, 94% of college students had heard of Charlie Kirk - and 70% of those who heard of him disagreed with him puck.news/what-college...
When you ask, "What can I do?" She's a suburban soccer mom. Her downtime is spent chasing ICE officers out of LA. www.sfgate.com/la/article/a...
The suburban LA soccer mom who's become a headache for ICE
Angie "the ICE Chaser" Vargas strives to document immigration crackdowns.
www.sfgate.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When you ask, "What can I do?" She's a suburban soccer mom. Her downtime is spent chasing ICE officers out of LA. www.sfgate.com/la/article/a...
What is the icon on the front of his shirt?
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What is the icon on the front of his shirt?
Glenn Kessler, who does fact-checking for the Washington Post, is starting a series that fact-checks Trump's outrageous claims. This first one covers years of his false claims related to 9/11.
open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...
open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...
Trump’s 9/11: Where He Cleared Rubble, Predicted bin Laden, and Lost ‘Hundreds’ of Friends
From exaggerating his role at Ground Zero to inventing cheering crowds, a review of Trump’s most misleading claims about September 11.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Glenn Kessler, who does fact-checking for the Washington Post, is starting a series that fact-checks Trump's outrageous claims. This first one covers years of his false claims related to 9/11.
open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...
open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...
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accountable......
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
accountable......
This made my day!
September 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This made my day!
August 19, 2025
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Members of the Texas House tore up the statements they had signed agreeing to let police accompany them to guarantee their appearance … to join Collier on the floor. … Hernandez called their stance a “slumber party for democracy.”
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Members of the Texas House tore up the statements they had signed agreeing to let police accompany them to guarantee their appearance … to join Collier on the floor. … Hernandez called their stance a “slumber party for democracy.”
August 19, 2025
Yesterday, the 51 Democratic Texas state representatives who left the state for Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts on August 3 to prevent Republican lawmakers from redistricting Texas to give five ...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
August 19, 2025
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Members of the Texas House tore up the statements they had signed agreeing to let police accompany them to guarantee their appearance … to join Collier on the floor. … Hernandez called their stance a “slumber party for democracy.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Members of the Texas House tore up the statements they had signed agreeing to let police accompany them to guarantee their appearance … to join Collier on the floor. … Hernandez called their stance a “slumber party for democracy.”
Keeping troops on the Mall, Trump pretends he has at-will control over the capital of the world's greatest country. Images of strength and power that blot out images of crime in DC. No bodegas or dirty streets, only immaculate monuments. Backdrops for his lies.
#takeoverDC #DonaldTrump #DC
#takeoverDC #DonaldTrump #DC
August 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Keeping troops on the Mall, Trump pretends he has at-will control over the capital of the world's greatest country. Images of strength and power that blot out images of crime in DC. No bodegas or dirty streets, only immaculate monuments. Backdrops for his lies.
#takeoverDC #DonaldTrump #DC
#takeoverDC #DonaldTrump #DC
While the Epstein Sex Trade Chronicles are important, social media reported that the government has posted an incorrect copy of the Constitution on a government website. What? Editing the Constitution passtheolives.substack.com/p/editing-th...
Editing the Constitution
Snopes confirms that key sections of the United States Constitution have been excluded from a crucial site maintained by the Library of Congress
passtheolives.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
While the Epstein Sex Trade Chronicles are important, social media reported that the government has posted an incorrect copy of the Constitution on a government website. What? Editing the Constitution passtheolives.substack.com/p/editing-th...
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July 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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'I am the deep state': GOP pollster warns Trump he's accidentally 'turned tables' on himself
'I am the deep state': GOP pollster warns Trump he's accidentally 'turned tables' on self
President Donald Trump has positioned himself as the "deep state" by targeting his predecessor Barack Obama with possible prosecution, according to a Republican pollster.Director of National Intellige...
www.rawstory.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
'I am the deep state': GOP pollster warns Trump he's accidentally 'turned tables' on himself
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The European Union is planning on imposing a 30% tariff on US goods if no trade deal is reached by August 1.
And Aug 1 isn’t that far away.
#EconSky
And Aug 1 isn’t that far away.
#EconSky
July 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The European Union is planning on imposing a 30% tariff on US goods if no trade deal is reached by August 1.
And Aug 1 isn’t that far away.
#EconSky
And Aug 1 isn’t that far away.
#EconSky
Piketty in LeMonde: The €1 trillion increase that the 500 largest fortunes have benefited from since 2010 will eventually have to be taxed at 30%, 40%, 50% or more, just like ordinary taxpayers.
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Thomas Piketty: 'Opponents of the tax on the ultra-wealthy lack historical perspective'
COLUMN. After France's Sénat voted against a 2% wealth tax for people whose worth exceeds €100 million, the economist argues that the scale of France's debt and funding needs for social and climate ch...
www.lemonde.fr
July 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Piketty in LeMonde: The €1 trillion increase that the 500 largest fortunes have benefited from since 2010 will eventually have to be taxed at 30%, 40%, 50% or more, just like ordinary taxpayers.
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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It’s 2AM on a Sunday and I’m heading to the Capitol to FORCE a full reading of the Republicans’ 940-page bill.
This bill will rip health care coverage away from 16 million people and cut food assistance.
It’s sick. And we will not stand for it.
This bill will rip health care coverage away from 16 million people and cut food assistance.
It’s sick. And we will not stand for it.
June 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It’s 2AM on a Sunday and I’m heading to the Capitol to FORCE a full reading of the Republicans’ 940-page bill.
This bill will rip health care coverage away from 16 million people and cut food assistance.
It’s sick. And we will not stand for it.
This bill will rip health care coverage away from 16 million people and cut food assistance.
It’s sick. And we will not stand for it.