Margot Durkin
@mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social
Retired independent school head. Former teacher. Historian. Beach person. Cancer survivor. Schnauzer parent. Bridge player. LOTA. Forever young Salve Regina girl. Aging preppy style. Reader. Traveler. Democrat. Hilderbabe. Please no direct messages.
I just got an RX drug renewed. Astonishingly, it had not been reduced by 1500% as Trump declared. The cost was actually up.
Is it possible that the President was just making stuff up???????
Is it possible that the President was just making stuff up???????
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just got an RX drug renewed. Astonishingly, it had not been reduced by 1500% as Trump declared. The cost was actually up.
Is it possible that the President was just making stuff up???????
Is it possible that the President was just making stuff up???????
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Apparently so. You’d think this was the first time.
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Apparently so. You’d think this was the first time.
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Dangerous
For 235 years the Constitution has protected inventors’ rights so they could innovate without fear of theft. Now the Commerce Dept wants to tax patents up to 5% of their “value”—basically taxing ideas. That would crush start-ups and punish creators. WH policy = “money first, progress never.”
September 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Dangerous
Don’t let Kristi Noem’s incompetence distract you from Pete Hegseth’s incompetence.
July 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Don’t let Kristi Noem’s incompetence distract you from Pete Hegseth’s incompetence.
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The cost of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill keeps getting higher
Medicaid and ACA assistance slashed by $1.1 TRILLION
11.8 million Americans losing healthcare coverage
SNAP and crucial children’s services gutted
But never fear, MAGA
Elon will make out just fine
We Won’t Get Over Losing Medicaid
Medicaid and ACA assistance slashed by $1.1 TRILLION
11.8 million Americans losing healthcare coverage
SNAP and crucial children’s services gutted
But never fear, MAGA
Elon will make out just fine
We Won’t Get Over Losing Medicaid
June 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The cost of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill keeps getting higher
Medicaid and ACA assistance slashed by $1.1 TRILLION
11.8 million Americans losing healthcare coverage
SNAP and crucial children’s services gutted
But never fear, MAGA
Elon will make out just fine
We Won’t Get Over Losing Medicaid
Medicaid and ACA assistance slashed by $1.1 TRILLION
11.8 million Americans losing healthcare coverage
SNAP and crucial children’s services gutted
But never fear, MAGA
Elon will make out just fine
We Won’t Get Over Losing Medicaid
Let’s walk down memory lane: there was a time in this country when a president respected his oath of office. There was a time in this country when Congress did its job. There was a time in this country when the Constitution was respected above all, and court decisions were followed.
June 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Let’s walk down memory lane: there was a time in this country when a president respected his oath of office. There was a time in this country when Congress did its job. There was a time in this country when the Constitution was respected above all, and court decisions were followed.
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This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.
This morning I watched @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social interview Elon Musk. Frankly I was shocked at his limited vocabulary and juvenile speech patterns.
June 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This morning I watched @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social interview Elon Musk. Frankly I was shocked at his limited vocabulary and juvenile speech patterns.
Also: Taco Chanel
May 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Also: Taco Chanel
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“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
May 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
Pro tip: heads of nations should stay as far away from the Oval Office as possible. Why subject yourself to lies, propaganda, and humiliating bullying?
May 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pro tip: heads of nations should stay as far away from the Oval Office as possible. Why subject yourself to lies, propaganda, and humiliating bullying?
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Baldwin to RFK Jr: "Is funding for Alzheimer's research centers DEI? Because you're holding up $65m for 14 of those centers in 9 states, including UW Madison. Is funding for cancer centers DEI? Because you're holding up $47m in cancer center support grants at 9 cancer centers in 8 states."
May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Baldwin to RFK Jr: "Is funding for Alzheimer's research centers DEI? Because you're holding up $65m for 14 of those centers in 9 states, including UW Madison. Is funding for cancer centers DEI? Because you're holding up $47m in cancer center support grants at 9 cancer centers in 8 states."
This is terrible.
Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA to cut Covid booster access, excluding in-home carers
By restricting vaccinations, "the FDA creates a dangerous public health gap."
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is terrible.
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Hmmm
Pence: "To have POTUS in Saudi Arabia questioning America's global war on terror & describing is as nation building & interventionist I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform..particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia where 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from"
May 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hmmm
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Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
Because weather only happens 9-5.
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Because weather only happens 9-5.
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Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Everything he touches goes bankrupt.
May 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Everything he touches goes bankrupt.
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Republicans are stealing health care from 13.7 million Americans to give trillions in tax handouts to billionaires.
House Budget Committee Republicans only voted against this plan because they want to make it even crueler.
Republicans still plan to bring it to the House floor next week.
House Budget Committee Republicans only voted against this plan because they want to make it even crueler.
Republicans still plan to bring it to the House floor next week.
Republican Medicaid Cuts Will Kill People
(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, on the Republican plan to slash $716 billion from Medicaid: “Republicans are stealing hea...
socialsecurityworks.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Republicans are stealing health care from 13.7 million Americans to give trillions in tax handouts to billionaires.
House Budget Committee Republicans only voted against this plan because they want to make it even crueler.
Republicans still plan to bring it to the House floor next week.
House Budget Committee Republicans only voted against this plan because they want to make it even crueler.
Republicans still plan to bring it to the House floor next week.
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Not only unserious but truly sick.
This is not a serious administration and it’s also filled with bad people
May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Not only unserious but truly sick.
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www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron is an actual leader. Not in it just for show or just for profit.
Macron is an actual leader. Not in it just for show or just for profit.
Macron: EU readying new Russia sanctions ‘in coming days’
The president addressed numerous issues, including questions about France’s country’s nuclear arsenal, in a TV interview on Tuesday.
www.politico.eu
May 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron is an actual leader. Not in it just for show or just for profit.
Macron is an actual leader. Not in it just for show or just for profit.