Amy Zucker Morgenstern (she or they)
amyzm.bsky.social
Amy Zucker Morgenstern (she or they)
@amyzm.bsky.social
Earthling • Unitarian Universalist minister (www.uucpa.org) • mom • partner • artist (sermonsinstones.com) • student • antifascist • democratic socialist • advice columnist (askisabel.substack.com) • knitter • lover of cats • hater of greed and meanness.
This is a very unfair characterization. They also have to be white, thin, and in the rare cases that they are female, pretty, preferably with blond hair.
August 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We got this. If what you need to do right now is rest and take care of yourself, then that's your part in the resistance.
June 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And four years ago he was calling Paradise, CA, "Pleasure," and blaming wildfires on a failure to sweep the forest floor. So he was already totally unfit.
June 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Agree. Sure, he's a lot smarter than Trump, but who isn't?
June 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I loved the latter aspect, too.
June 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Great movie. My teenage daughter and I watched it together and had a long conversation about regret and what you do if you feel like you've made huge mistakes in your life. You don't have to be Asian or an immigrant for this film to speak deeply to you.
May 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's only Wednesday! You are making the rest of us procrastinators look really bad.
May 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
5/5

...inadequate to the point of inaccuracy. I think they will say "unethical" and "journalistic malpractice," and so do I.

We need better from the fourth estate.

Sincerely,

Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
May 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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But if we imagine people of 50 years from now looking at this article side by side with the transcript of the speech, and asking "How did the paper of record portray someone so obviously unfit as if he were healthy but 'rambled' a bit?," I am sure they will consider both of these terms ...
May 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
3/

"Sanewashing" gets closer to the truth: that the Times is deliberately portraying as sane behavior that is demonstrably insane.
May 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
2/

"Buried the lede" suggests that at some point, the article turned to the most important part of the story, which was that the most powerful man on earth gave a one-hour illustration of classic symptoms of dementia. But it did not.
May 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hey now, he had to leave. It's rude to be late for your tee time.
May 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"The worst food I've ever had at a Trump golf course" must clear a pretty high bar, too.
May 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yeah, I'm no believer in hell, but he makes me sometimes wish I were.
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Benjamin Franklin used the term"bad guy"? Was that right after he watched a car chase on TV? ;-)
May 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What's hostile about it? Trump says tariffs are beautiful. And if you're trying to drive consumers towards domestic goods, showing them the tariffs they'll pay for imports is a key tool.

Once again we see that Trump has no policy, no plan, just impulsivity.
May 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The follow-up question to "We're not planning to replace Musk" is "Why aren't you?"
May 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM