Ward Lehmann
@wardlehmann.bsky.social
Retired academic librarian. Author of Ideas People. Wartime consigliere for moderates.
“Menards engaged in price-gouging for items like rubbing alcohol, dish soap and neoprene gloves during the coronavirus pandemic.”
So it *wasn’t* Biden‘s fault that privately-owned companies jacked up prices on consumers? Who knew?
www.startribune.com/menards-sett...
So it *wasn’t* Biden‘s fault that privately-owned companies jacked up prices on consumers? Who knew?
www.startribune.com/menards-sett...
Menards settles false advertising claims over 11% rebate program
Shoppers will now have a year to submit those rebate forms.
www.startribune.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Menards engaged in price-gouging for items like rubbing alcohol, dish soap and neoprene gloves during the coronavirus pandemic.”
So it *wasn’t* Biden‘s fault that privately-owned companies jacked up prices on consumers? Who knew?
www.startribune.com/menards-sett...
So it *wasn’t* Biden‘s fault that privately-owned companies jacked up prices on consumers? Who knew?
www.startribune.com/menards-sett...
A year into his second term, and the man is still blaming his predecessor for inflation. Whatever happened to Harry Truman’s “The buck stops here” sign in the Oval Office?
foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
Trump tells America the economy is strong, blames Biden for nation's struggles
President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, where he touted his accomplishments.
foxbaltimore.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A year into his second term, and the man is still blaming his predecessor for inflation. Whatever happened to Harry Truman’s “The buck stops here” sign in the Oval Office?
foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
Chris gets it.
“To better achieve justice, he urges Democrats to move away from “cancel culture” and “purity tests” and instead promote “the freedom to choose our families, our homes and our futures” and to “speak our minds and read what we want.”
democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...
“To better achieve justice, he urges Democrats to move away from “cancel culture” and “purity tests” and instead promote “the freedom to choose our families, our homes and our futures” and to “speak our minds and read what we want.”
democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...
What My Party Needs to Do
To win again, we need to speak to voters about the ideas that drew me to the party in the first place: opportunity, security, and justice.
democracyjournal.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Chris gets it.
“To better achieve justice, he urges Democrats to move away from “cancel culture” and “purity tests” and instead promote “the freedom to choose our families, our homes and our futures” and to “speak our minds and read what we want.”
democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...
“To better achieve justice, he urges Democrats to move away from “cancel culture” and “purity tests” and instead promote “the freedom to choose our families, our homes and our futures” and to “speak our minds and read what we want.”
democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Republicans who said nonstop in the late 1990s “Character counts” must also be in Witness Protection.
Time to stop complaining about “groomers” and time to start voting out those who cover up for them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Time to stop complaining about “groomers” and time to start voting out those who cover up for them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Epstein photos show Trump, Clinton and Andrew
The photos, which do not imply wrongdoing, are part of a trove of images the House Oversight Committee received from Epstein's estate.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Republicans who said nonstop in the late 1990s “Character counts” must also be in Witness Protection.
Time to stop complaining about “groomers” and time to start voting out those who cover up for them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Time to stop complaining about “groomers” and time to start voting out those who cover up for them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I was skeptical of his chances of getting the nomination in 2028, but he impressed me here, especially the way he invokes Reagan’s last presidential speech, on immigration.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Contradictions of Gavin Newsom
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 12/10/2025 · 1h 46m
podcasts.apple.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was skeptical of his chances of getting the nomination in 2028, but he impressed me here, especially the way he invokes Reagan’s last presidential speech, on immigration.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Ward Lehmann
To the New York Times, a constitutional provision is just something that's "traditional."
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
To the New York Times, a constitutional provision is just something that's "traditional."
The Republicans who voted to end ACA subsidies are now all kvetching about health insurance companies. But Romney’s MA individual mandate was based on a Heritage Foundation plan from 1989! The same people who wrote Project 2025! Obama just adapted a Republican idea. www.forbes.com/sites/theapo...
How the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative Think Tank, Promoted the Individual Mandate
Jim Taranto, who writes the Wall Street Journal’s excellent “Best of the Web” column, put forth a lengthy and informative discussion yesterday on the conservative origins of the individual mandate, w...
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Republicans who voted to end ACA subsidies are now all kvetching about health insurance companies. But Romney’s MA individual mandate was based on a Heritage Foundation plan from 1989! The same people who wrote Project 2025! Obama just adapted a Republican idea. www.forbes.com/sites/theapo...
Reposted by Ward Lehmann
This is such horseshit. There was no secret about who Trump was, how nuts he is, what he wanted, how dangerous he is. This is just blaming the media for the problem that the voters just didn’t care.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is such horseshit. There was no secret about who Trump was, how nuts he is, what he wanted, how dangerous he is. This is just blaming the media for the problem that the voters just didn’t care.
“Congress is enslaving our children with debt”
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Congress is enslaving our children with debt”
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
Trump is bailing out farmers to the tune of $12 million. Yet China has only bought 1/4 the soybeans it promised. Think the 2010 Tea Partiers will be happy to pony up for the bailout, on top of Elon Musk and Jared Kushner and Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook’s tax cuts from the BBB?
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump is bailing out farmers to the tune of $12 million. Yet China has only bought 1/4 the soybeans it promised. Think the 2010 Tea Partiers will be happy to pony up for the bailout, on top of Elon Musk and Jared Kushner and Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook’s tax cuts from the BBB?
The president thinks the focus on affordability is a “con job.” Really? I guess that’s an easy thing to say when you got hundreds of millions from your daddy and we’re the ones paying for your new ballroom.
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The president thinks the focus on affordability is a “con job.” Really? I guess that’s an easy thing to say when you got hundreds of millions from your daddy and we’re the ones paying for your new ballroom.
Snow angels. Now that’s a touchdown celebration I can enjoy.
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Snow angels. Now that’s a touchdown celebration I can enjoy.
Michigan J., Bumble, and Mom and Dad’s Star
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Michigan J., Bumble, and Mom and Dad’s Star
Dr. Cody Meissner, Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth: "We know it is safe, and we know it is very effective, and to make the changes that are being proposed, we will see more children and adolescents and adults infected with hepatitis B."
“Sanctity of life,” huh, GOP?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“Sanctity of life,” huh, GOP?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dr. Cody Meissner, Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth: "We know it is safe, and we know it is very effective, and to make the changes that are being proposed, we will see more children and adolescents and adults infected with hepatitis B."
“Sanctity of life,” huh, GOP?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“Sanctity of life,” huh, GOP?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“The average family will pay $1,800 more for groceries, clothing, and other necessities thanks to the Trump administration’s trade policies in 2025. For many lower-income households, the tariffs will end up swamping the tax cuts Republicans passed this summer.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Tariffs Did
Is this the end of the trade war?
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“The average family will pay $1,800 more for groceries, clothing, and other necessities thanks to the Trump administration’s trade policies in 2025. For many lower-income households, the tariffs will end up swamping the tax cuts Republicans passed this summer.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Last year enough people voted for a guy who has bankrupted *six* casinos to fix the price of eggs. What could go wrong?
This: Normally, on average, the house wins. How incompetent do you have to be to lose in this business?
This: Normally, on average, the house wins. How incompetent do you have to be to lose in this business?
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Last year enough people voted for a guy who has bankrupted *six* casinos to fix the price of eggs. What could go wrong?
This: Normally, on average, the house wins. How incompetent do you have to be to lose in this business?
This: Normally, on average, the house wins. How incompetent do you have to be to lose in this business?
It saddens me to think what Reagan could have done with this moment to rally our country in support of innocents fighting a KGB thug.
youtu.be/P_zHOBaWfrg?...
youtu.be/P_zHOBaWfrg?...
Young girl sings 'Let it Go' inside Ukrainian bomb shelter
YouTube video by The Independent
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It saddens me to think what Reagan could have done with this moment to rally our country in support of innocents fighting a KGB thug.
youtu.be/P_zHOBaWfrg?...
youtu.be/P_zHOBaWfrg?...
Thought experiment: Just imagine if video existed of Barack Obama pointing at young women and laughing with Epstein, like there is of Trump, and Republicans did nothing with it and said “There’s no there there.” Unimaginable.
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Thought experiment: Just imagine if video existed of Barack Obama pointing at young women and laughing with Epstein, like there is of Trump, and Republicans did nothing with it and said “There’s no there there.” Unimaginable.
Stewart nails it. Nine years ago, John Podesta emailing about his preference for pizza means Hillary Clinton runs a pedophile ring, but Donald Trump being mentioned a thousand times in Epstein’s emails means nothing? Rubbish.
youtu.be/9A9AuzbVdqo?...
youtu.be/9A9AuzbVdqo?...
Epstein Files Get Fast-Tracked for Release Despite Trump's Best Efforts | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Stewart nails it. Nine years ago, John Podesta emailing about his preference for pizza means Hillary Clinton runs a pedophile ring, but Donald Trump being mentioned a thousand times in Epstein’s emails means nothing? Rubbish.
youtu.be/9A9AuzbVdqo?...
youtu.be/9A9AuzbVdqo?...
The Godfather Part II (1974) - Statue of Liberty Scene (4K)
YouTube video by 4K Archivist
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM