Laura Ebke
@laura-ebke.bsky.social
Classically Liberal (currently), Nebraska Nice, Politically Homeless. I can disagree without name-calling. Favorite moniker is "grandma"
Introverts in Crowds
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Introverts in Crowds
My "No Kings" Experience
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October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Introverts in Crowds
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Truly laughable language from the Speaker. People who are asking for RSVP's, putting maps of locations up, and getting permits are not "hating America"--they're expressing their love for it.
October 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Truly laughable language from the Speaker. People who are asking for RSVP's, putting maps of locations up, and getting permits are not "hating America"--they're expressing their love for it.
I don't write a ton here--usually every other day or so. But if you're intrigued by what I write, consider subscribing for free. musingsfromtheporch.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The End of (American) Hegemony?
Where are the Leaders?
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June 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't write a ton here--usually every other day or so. But if you're intrigued by what I write, consider subscribing for free. musingsfromtheporch.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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Good morning friends. This kid is spot on 👏🏼💙
June 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Good morning friends. This kid is spot on 👏🏼💙
Good story acknowledging that pretty much every presidential family manages to take financial advantage of the name, but that the current family seems to be taking it to a new level. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests
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May 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good story acknowledging that pretty much every presidential family manages to take financial advantage of the name, but that the current family seems to be taking it to a new level. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
I don't think there's much of anything that the government ought to ban. open.substack.com/pub/musingsf...
Banning the Bans
Musings From the Porch
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May 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't think there's much of anything that the government ought to ban. open.substack.com/pub/musingsf...
This is a good (and pretty long) essay. I'd recommend listening to it via the audio version. This should be a gifted version. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
www.theatlantic.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is a good (and pretty long) essay. I'd recommend listening to it via the audio version. This should be a gifted version. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Job Licensing expert Ed Timmons points out licenses that do nothing to protect public health and safety and seem to generate revenue in Nebraska. Bait dealers, Fish dealers, nursery stock distributors (and more). open.substack.com/pub/edwardjt....
Revenue Licenses by State Part 3 of 5: Massachusetts to New Jersey
54 more examples of revenue licenses that should not exist
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May 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Job Licensing expert Ed Timmons points out licenses that do nothing to protect public health and safety and seem to generate revenue in Nebraska. Bait dealers, Fish dealers, nursery stock distributors (and more). open.substack.com/pub/edwardjt....
Just listened to this--pretty good overview of the issues.
The case of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador is a test for the limits of presidential power — and the rule of law.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Trapped Abroad: The Man at the Center of a Constitutional Standoff
The case of a man mistakenly deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador is a test for the limits of presidential power — and the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just listened to this--pretty good overview of the issues.
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
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“I’ve never lived in a country without due process, without guarantees of human rights, without a rules-based system — flawed as it at times has been — setting consistent, reliable rules of the game… It’s a dark and scary place the United States seems to be heading.”
Night Terror
It’s 2 o’clock in the morning as I lie in bed tapping this out on my phone’s notepad. A storm blew through earlier — booming thunder, a bit of rain, a whole lot of wind roaring through Thoroughfare Ga...
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April 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“I’ve never lived in a country without due process, without guarantees of human rights, without a rules-based system — flawed as it at times has been — setting consistent, reliable rules of the game… It’s a dark and scary place the United States seems to be heading.”
Pretty much sums it up.
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Pretty much sums it up.
Not a filibuster, really, but an extended speech, holding the floor. A "disruption" of regular order.
Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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April 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Not a filibuster, really, but an extended speech, holding the floor. A "disruption" of regular order.
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I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
March 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
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This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
"We have always looked at America like the nice big brother to help you out and now it’s like the big brother in bullying you,” Anders Laursen, 41, the owner of a local water taxi company, told NBC News on Thursday."
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/v...
No longer the nice big brother, I guess...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/v...
No longer the nice big brother, I guess...
Vances' planned trip to Greenland is stoking Arctic anti-Americanism
The trip added fuel onto Greenlanders’ outrage over Trump’s repeated calls to take over the sparsely populated, mineral-rich island.
www.nbcnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"We have always looked at America like the nice big brother to help you out and now it’s like the big brother in bullying you,” Anders Laursen, 41, the owner of a local water taxi company, told NBC News on Thursday."
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/v...
No longer the nice big brother, I guess...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/v...
No longer the nice big brother, I guess...
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Ozturk was arrested by six masked officers — like the Gestapo.
Her only offense appears to be writing an op-ed in her school newspaper.
While I strongly disagree with the views expressed in her op-ed, they are not a valid basis for deportation.
This is flat out un-American.
Her only offense appears to be writing an op-ed in her school newspaper.
While I strongly disagree with the views expressed in her op-ed, they are not a valid basis for deportation.
This is flat out un-American.
March 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ozturk was arrested by six masked officers — like the Gestapo.
Her only offense appears to be writing an op-ed in her school newspaper.
While I strongly disagree with the views expressed in her op-ed, they are not a valid basis for deportation.
This is flat out un-American.
Her only offense appears to be writing an op-ed in her school newspaper.
While I strongly disagree with the views expressed in her op-ed, they are not a valid basis for deportation.
This is flat out un-American.
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Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Background.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Who had this on their 2025 Bingo card?
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Who had this on their 2025 Bingo card?
I've become a fan of @thebulwark.bsky.social
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"We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America."
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"We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America."
This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Masked agents snatching people off the street. Government officials using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've become a fan of @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
"We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America."
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
"We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America."
I said it before, but why not again? This is disgusting, and unlike any America I’ve known in my 60+ years. We’re not perfect, but we used to be decent most of the time. Now we disappear people and put them in concentration camps.
March 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I said it before, but why not again? This is disgusting, and unlike any America I’ve known in my 60+ years. We’re not perfect, but we used to be decent most of the time. Now we disappear people and put them in concentration camps.
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Thou shalt not snatch people off the streets for their opinions.
March 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thou shalt not snatch people off the streets for their opinions.
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Rep Bacon’s right on this one; Article I powers ought to be restored back to the House, not left to reside with the executive.
BREAKING: In a shocking moment, GOP Rep. Don Bacon admits that Republicans made a mistake by granting the President temporary tariff authorities, suggesting Congress should "restore the power back from Congress and take away the authorizations."
March 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Rep Bacon’s right on this one; Article I powers ought to be restored back to the House, not left to reside with the executive.
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.