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Dusting my shelves… #oldfavorites @tcboyle.com

I do understand that Biden’s inner circle covered up his decline. Got it. What I don’t understand is the same journalists and pundits pounding that story are ignoring this psychopath like it’s normal. I accepted Biden was old all along. I can’t accept this lunatic leading us.

This is what oligarchy is about. While planning massive cuts to Medicaid, the Republicans are proposing to provide another $235 billion in tax breaks to the top 0.2% of households through an increase in the estate tax exemption. The very rich get richer. The poor lose health care. Outrageous.

Chilling

“If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must…” — David Brooks, The Atlantic (May 2025)

“According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, Musk is constantly scanning the horizon for new potential mothers for his children, using everything from X interactions and DMs to huge cash incentives to entice would-be incubators…” Ewww

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?

This is so incredibly stupid

A preventable epidemic. Who are they going to blame this on!? The dude whose brain was eaten by a worm. Comforting thought, NOT!

You don’t need to be an infectious disease doctor to see where this is going

A lot of people are going to die from this

#GVerse Meanwhile in #New_York 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

Spread this like wild fire. They don’t care!!!!

As usual for the Donald, corrupt to the core… www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt

In honor of the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Snake, here’s a classic ring designed by our great-grandfather Gustav Manz whose firm supplied Tiffany, Gorham, Cartier, and other Belle Époque firms…

Oh. Would be a shame if everyone shared this everywhere while trump and Eric Adams try to work out a deal.

Tip-toe through the tulips — and a couple of inches of slush… #I’llTakeManhattan

Post of the day: “Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president.” — Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

Last month, Sen. Deb Fischer's (R-NE) husband refused to shake the Vice President's hand. Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?” REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... Amen.

Amber waves of biscotti… (Recipe: Chez Panisse Cooking by Paul Bertolli with Alice Waters, Random House)

Corruption of the highest (and lowest) order…. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Chilly scene of winter (with apologies to Ann Beatty)

Safe travels!

Big Cheese @citarella

Feed the birds #CentralParkNYC

The morning after…

Elon getting ahead of himself?