The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

It’s a violation of the constitution

readsludge.com/2025/05/12/f...

"high-level administrative access to the payroll system, allowing them to make changes to employment status, compensation level, health benefits and more — with no additional oversight or approval required..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

Dodie Mullkoff has added a star for Cashmere Washington to my map of readers. She remarked, “My friend Nancy Schwarzkopf wrote this book…amazing. Thank you Nancy.”

Thank you, Dodie. I am so pleased to know that you enjoyed STILL THE CARETAKER: A LATVIAN GIRL’S JOURNEY.

Mari-Ann Kelam has added a star for Estonia to the map of readers of STILL THE CARETAKER: A LATVIAN GIRL’S JOURNEY. Thank you Mari-Ann. I will look forward to your comments and/or questions.

A group of Seattle’s retired Latvians met recently to hear Zaiga Alksnis Phillips tell how she and I met and how I came to write my historical novel, STILL THE CARETAKER: A LATVIAN GIRL’S JOURNEY which is, in part, based on her memories.

He’ll forever be guilty.

The police report on the Pete Hegseth allegations has been obtained by Mediaite and it is absolutely horrific.

Link here: www.mediaite.com/politics/new...

Share this and follow us if you NEVER once voted for Donald Trump!

This piece made me feel ever so slightly better. www.borowitzreport.com/p/what-happe...?

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

A Chinese flagged bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is suspected of being the culprit of the sabotage of the Baltic Sea cables Monday morning. It’s now laying at anchor in Danish waters guarded by a Danish patrol ship. Rumor have it that it has been boarded by Danish SF troops
#NAFO #SlavaUkraini
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If you're into podcasts, I just discovered 'What Now? with Trevor Noah' & highly recommend it. The episode with Tressie McMillan Cottom from the day after the election was depressing but illuminating. Can't wait to go back through the episode library.
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Trump & his folks are masters of chaos and distraction. You all know that. We’ve been here before.

Stay focused. Find a political home locally. And Organize.

We got this. 👊🏼

My bright and shiny new website is up and running at: nancyjarmin.com
Please check it out and enjoy some old, old photos of Ape, the northeast Latvia town where STILL THE CARETAKER: A LATVIAN GIRL’S JOURNEY begins.

Historical fiction set in Latvia 1939-1944. Based on memories of a Latvian-American woman who, as a young girl, struggled to keep alive her dream of studying to become a veterinarian while living through a year of brutal Russian occupation, WWII, and the Nazi’s. Amazon and Goodreads 5-star ratings.

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Okay, writer friends... Who else has been struggling to focus lately? Today, let's set a timer for 20 minutes to write something on the work in progress. It can be anything - next scene, later scene, description, character sketch, bit of dialogue. Doesn't have to be good - it just has to be a start.