Ottoline Morrell
@ottolinemorrell.bsky.social
Retired has-been-rock&roll-star, Advocate for women's global political leadership. Past Pres WCSYale. PLEASE. No DMs unless we know each other.
Rage makes a poor editor.
Rage makes a poor editor.
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Republicans cracking.
“Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool,” said Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. "If administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisors."
Wicker Rips Trump’s ‘So-Called Peace Plan’ for Russia, Ukraine
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said he is “skeptical” about the U.S.’s peace plan between Ukraine and Russia.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Republicans cracking.
He’s quite mad.
An alert system is in place in Copenhagen for U.S. president’s statements about Greenland, according to a Danish newspaper.
Denmark Creates ‘Night Watch’ To Monitor Donald Trump Over Greenland Fears
www.newsweek.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He’s quite mad.
Trump is doing a fine job of ruining the country for his master.
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump is doing a fine job of ruining the country for his master.
Thuggery!
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thuggery!
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The problem isn’t them.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
Trump Calls Female Reporter ‘Ugly, Both Inside and Out’ Less Than 2 Weeks After ‘Piggy’ Remark on Air Force One
President Donald Trump referred to a White House correspondent for 'The New York Times' as being 'ugly, both inside and out' in a lengthy rant on social media on Wednesday, Nov. 26
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The problem isn’t them.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
This👇
The death of two national guardsmen is a horrific tragedy.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This👇
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This will be my fourth Thanksgiving with cancer. open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
My Fourth Thanksgiving With Cancer
Reflections on kvetching, loving, and enjoying life with ovarian cancer
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This will be my fourth Thanksgiving with cancer. open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Have we had enough yet?!
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Have we had enough yet?!
Sweet mother of Christ! What is wrong with these people?
GOP party is the party of cruelty, death and destruction.
Diane Cook, the MAGA Republican Legislative Aide to NC MAGA Republican Sen. Norman Sanderson (who was just arrested last month for DUI) was arrested yesterday for trying to burn two people alive in their homes. More Christian Conservative "love" from MAGA. #ncpol #ncleg www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sweet mother of Christ! What is wrong with these people?
Right. A SWAT team no less. This guy is as unbalanced as his boss.
I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Right. A SWAT team no less. This guy is as unbalanced as his boss.
Too bad Comey hadn’t “preserved (his) integrity” before standing up in front of the cameras in October 2016 to “reopen” the nothing burger email smear against Hillary. He thought it was a great political move on his part. Oops. And look what’s happened.
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Too bad Comey hadn’t “preserved (his) integrity” before standing up in front of the cameras in October 2016 to “reopen” the nothing burger email smear against Hillary. He thought it was a great political move on his part. Oops. And look what’s happened.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
Disgusting
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disgusting
What?! That’s ridiculous.
LIAR. We have been trying to buy a house for years. Our neighborhood is totally overvalued because corporations and foreign buyers come in and offer all cash, no inspections, no contingencies. We can’t compete.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What?! That’s ridiculous.
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The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
What the hell is the border patrol doing farther than 100 miles from an actual border? They’re not supposed to be interpreting that as state borders.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What the hell is the border patrol doing farther than 100 miles from an actual border? They’re not supposed to be interpreting that as state borders.
Never mind that everyone in the NY/NJ media markets have known for decades about Trump’s nasty dealings. Maggie Haberman in particular was in a privileged spot due to her mother’s work for his PR firm. She never bothered to disclose that information in her coverage.
But *their* emails?
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Never mind that everyone in the NY/NJ media markets have known for decades about Trump’s nasty dealings. Maggie Haberman in particular was in a privileged spot due to her mother’s work for his PR firm. She never bothered to disclose that information in her coverage.
Color me shocked.
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Color me shocked.
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Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
👇This
"It is no stretch to imagine ICE agents snatching people from voting queues and thereby deterring U.S. citizens who speak with an accent or have dark skin from exercising their right to vote." No benefit of the doubt for these guys anymore. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👇This
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Adelita Grijalva is being sworn in at 4pm today. Can she please vote at 4:01?
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Adelita Grijalva is being sworn in at 4pm today. Can she please vote at 4:01?
@bluesky What’s the deal with suspending @sarahkendzior from the site?
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@bluesky What’s the deal with suspending @sarahkendzior from the site?
Appalling.
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Appalling.
Succinctly put, this is what you need to know about 50-year mortgages👇:
For those who don't understand mortgages, think of this...
Equity starts to build at 5-10 years. 50 year mortgage put it around 20 years. The average American moves every 7 years. So you will never build equity, you will never own your home. You will only be paying interest, always.
Equity starts to build at 5-10 years. 50 year mortgage put it around 20 years. The average American moves every 7 years. So you will never build equity, you will never own your home. You will only be paying interest, always.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Succinctly put, this is what you need to know about 50-year mortgages👇: