@minnsylvanian.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, wife, mother, grandmother, opera lover, proud member of the reality-based community, flaming moderate
“Quiet time”= mass unemployment
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Quiet time”= mass unemployment
This will never get 60 votes in the Senate.
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This will never get 60 votes in the Senate.
90% of legacy media interviews of Democrats is: “please respond to the following GOP talking point.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
90% of legacy media interviews of Democrats is: “please respond to the following GOP talking point.”
Dodge, weave, dodge, weave, dodge, weave….
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dodge, weave, dodge, weave, dodge, weave….
My great-nephew is one of his teammates. An extraordinary young man with a bright future—and a real profile in courage.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My great-nephew is one of his teammates. An extraordinary young man with a bright future—and a real profile in courage.
The Road to Serfdom 2.0.
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Road to Serfdom 2.0.
These emails reveal an utter snake pit of decadence, vice, backstabbing, and entitlement.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
These emails reveal an utter snake pit of decadence, vice, backstabbing, and entitlement.
GOP willingness to shoot the hostage is their superpower in these situations.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
GOP willingness to shoot the hostage is their superpower in these situations.
Trying to square last night’s results with the relentless “everybody hates the Democrats” messaging we’ve been hearing for the last 12 months.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trying to square last night’s results with the relentless “everybody hates the Democrats” messaging we’ve been hearing for the last 12 months.
If only they’d been warned. Oh, wait…
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If only they’d been warned. Oh, wait…
Yet neither the media nor the public seems all that upset about Trump’s inflation. Why?
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Yet neither the media nor the public seems all that upset about Trump’s inflation. Why?
His base will see it as aspirational and part of the American Dream (the main theme of The Great Gatsby): “That’s the lifestyle I want, and Trump is going to help me get there.”
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
His base will see it as aspirational and part of the American Dream (the main theme of The Great Gatsby): “That’s the lifestyle I want, and Trump is going to help me get there.”
If this report is to be believed, most voters support the GOP on issues, so what can Democrats offer? Besides, aren’t we told that people don’t vote on issues, but on “vibes”? The GOP media machine successfully turns every Democratic candidate into a cartoon caricature. That’s tough to fight.
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
If this report is to be believed, most voters support the GOP on issues, so what can Democrats offer? Besides, aren’t we told that people don’t vote on issues, but on “vibes”? The GOP media machine successfully turns every Democratic candidate into a cartoon caricature. That’s tough to fight.
1991 was epic!! Jack Morris going the distance in Game 7! Jack Buck’s “And we’ll see you tomorrow night” call after Puckett’s homer in Game 6! Great baseball!
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1991 was epic!! Jack Morris going the distance in Game 7! Jack Buck’s “And we’ll see you tomorrow night” call after Puckett’s homer in Game 6! Great baseball!
The only right answer to this is “my wife’s faith is her business, next question.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The only right answer to this is “my wife’s faith is her business, next question.”
I felt bad for Norah O’Donnell. Putting her through her paces was demeaning and unprofessional.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I felt bad for Norah O’Donnell. Putting her through her paces was demeaning and unprofessional.
“Parliament has always had its share of Douchebags, and it always will.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Parliament has always had its share of Douchebags, and it always will.”
Me, too! I was in law school. I needed all the laughs I could get.
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Me, too! I was in law school. I needed all the laughs I could get.
Biden has immunity thanks to the Supreme Court, so they have to find another way to make his life hell.
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Biden has immunity thanks to the Supreme Court, so they have to find another way to make his life hell.
It was the same in the first term. They got their tax cut, then they were done.
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It was the same in the first term. They got their tax cut, then they were done.
That is the crux: they’ve convinced the victims of our winner take all economy that they’re on the same side as its beneficiaries.
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
That is the crux: they’ve convinced the victims of our winner take all economy that they’re on the same side as its beneficiaries.
From Leonard Bernstein‘s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Sometimes music says it all.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZU...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZU...
Cynthia Erivo performs Bernstein's "Take Care of This House" with the National Symphony Orchestra
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
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October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From Leonard Bernstein‘s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Sometimes music says it all.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZU...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZU...