The POS cancels a former VP’s security to mess up her book tour. He orders flyovers to silence the voices of sexual assault victims. What a petty little shit.

I am a grown ass woman and still. Still! Every time I cook pasta I have to check the box for how long to cook it.

As the horrors this administration is inflicting continue apace, we are still promoting our books and telling our stories. For understanding. To encourage empathy. To educate. This is what we do as writers: add to the resistance canon. Thank you, @suzyvitello.bsky.social, for joining me last night.

This is a huge issue. Maybe now that they are (appropriately) afraid they will do something about it.

My painting of summer bouquet

The world’s blowing up and Donnie Boy needs his show to be filled with paid “seat fillers” (in crypto … really?) i hear the weather gods are lining up to spoil it anyway #karma washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/wa...

May it rain on his parade. All damn day.

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.

“Now that Daddy’s favorite child has been banished, maybe he’ll finally give me the love I deserve.” - JD (probably)

The Ernst comment is as “Let them eat cake” as they come. #QuietPartOutLoud

Go Katie Phang!

“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands

Grateful for these lovable imps. Happy Mother’s Day! (for Grandmas too)

#Canada!! We love you. Signed the good people of the U.S.

Donuts with grandson! #Friday

Reading tonight at @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social with @adamstrong.bsky.social, @suzyvitello.bsky.social, and the inimitable Steve Arndt, in honor of our teacher/mentor Tom Spanbauer. I'm going to read the opening to the novel I wrote in that class, gosh, so many years ago.

Bingo.

Yay!! It’s my next book getting love!!💕

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

With the SAVE act passing through the house I would like to remind everyone that it took the Taliban only 3 years to ban women from speaking #waronwomen #SAVEact

So basically, this SAVE bullshit is a back door way to rescind a woman’s right to vote.

Amtrak update. Hour 24. 6 more to go. There’s a woman distributing bibles throughout the train. She’s asked me 3X if I want one. I’ve been increasingly short in my decline. #TrappedOnATrain

Announcements that start w “due to unforeseen circumstances…” are never good. #Amtrak

Train traveling. Coast Starlight. In a car with a big, blended family loudly rehashing their grievances and ailments. Writer’s dream. Traveler’s nightmare.

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

All these “top level” idiots are so busted. But there won’t be any consequences because apparently this country is now run by incompetent, racist, greedy morons.

The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.

#truthtopower #goodtrouble #resist

Tomorrow is launch day for the audiobook version of Faultland!! It’ll join Bitterroot — my debut audiobook. tantor.com/author/suzy-...

All the MAGAs and their “who doesn’t cheer for a kid with brain cancer” whining at last week’s Trumpian lie-a-thon. This is who they are.

You know that old chestnut “in bed” as an add to whatever prediction pops out of a fortune cookie? Well “said the felon” should be added to whatever comes out of 47’s mouth.

*Jon Ossoff* just announced he's voting no. You think that happened out of nowhere? CALL YOUR SENATORS. 👇

Schumer has no spine. He is weak and ineffective.

I have to say: Chuck Schumer is a weak man and a fool. This was the one cudgel Dems had. Now it's up to the courts which we new from the beginning were at best going to slow some things down. There's 18 hours left to somehow bring additional pressure to bear. It will be really hard to do that.

I appreciate my senators both staying the course. We can’t give permission for this level of cruelty. #Oregon #Blue

A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”

Grandson doing his Dylan impression. Watch out Chalamet!

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

I haven’t shopped here since they announced this shift. Will continue to do so.

#Hulu you disappoint.

Republicans are lining up to denounce Zelensky because their base was seduced by a cranky old racist with a fondness for dictators. Just wild how the whims, prejudices, and weird obsessions of a senile 78-year-old have completely supplanted the party’s priorities — and reshuffled the world order.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! My journalist novel, SUNSHINE GIRL (out 4/22/25 from Heliotrope Books) is now available for pre-order at Powell’s and on Bookshop. 🎉 Go to nancytownsley.com/sunshine-girl for the links. So grateful for this blurb from editor extraordinaire @suzyvitello.bsky.social.

Womp womp.

Some truth you won’t see on X

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

1. Attended an anti book-banning event 2. Bought groceries at Costco because they kept DEI 3. Bought a banned picture book for my grandsons 4. Ordered veg seeds to plant since our food supply will be iffy after the mass gutting of the USDA 5. Compiled a list of Pro-T&ump companies to boycott

Idaho.

That is the correct answer!