Breaking news in Ohio: Tim Ryan will not run for governor. Go, Amy, go. @amyactonoh.bsky.social

My, how he fears strong women. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...

Happy birthday to this force for good. I love you, Sherrod.

We just voted at our friendly polling place.

Fourteen years ago today we adopted this sweet boy. Every day with you is a gift, dear Franklin. We love you.

Our friend and neighbor—and Ohio’s next governor—got to meet Walter and Franklin today. Proud to stand with you, Amy Acton.

New York Times: “Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Good morning. As the eldest daughter of Janey Schultz, I do hereby declare that the season of Autumn has officially arrived. Adorn yourselves and carry on.

Finally, I have found the words. open.substack.com/pub/conniesc...

Outstanding response from IL Gov. JB Pritzker. “This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try & intimidate his political rivals.” Full speech at link. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

“I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.” Lisa Cook, in response to Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

Still, briefly.

Ok this is my laugh for the night.

Susana Pacheco says “new contract has already reshaped her day-to-day life. The housekeeper no longer races against the clock to clean an unmanageable number of hotel suites, & is spending more quality time w/her children because of the better pay & guaranteed days off.” apnews.com/article/las-...

Lest anyone had missed the plot line, he is claiming the powers of a full-blown dictator for himself with this www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...

To answer the question in the headline: You quote him, period. It is not our job, nor is it appropriate, to protect the reading and listening public from the vulgarity of this president. I’m dismayed that this is even a newsroom debate in 2025. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Powerful piece by Tressie McMillan Cottom. “Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party and its followers. And that ruling party is stripping this country for parts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...

Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.

Dear single mothers, I remember. Happy Mother’s Day.

I love this for @anntelnaes.bsky.social. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day

Hi, Mom. open.substack.com/pub/conniesc...

Van Hollen: And it's also important that people understand this case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.

Leadership.

Good morning. Let’s carve out those breaks today.

All work has dignity. Americans are working harder than ever, with less to show for it. Sherrod Brown is launching the Dignity of Work Institute to create an economy where work is valued, workers benefit from the wealth they create, and everyone can afford a decent living.

Today Sherrod launches the Dignity of Work Institute. A link to the video: www.dignityofworkinstitute.org www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

That we are at the point where we must say this out loud…

“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”

Spring is here and we rejoice. Looking forward to meeting this year’s residents in the robin condo.

We are rallying for the fight ahead. And so we are moving. open.substack.com/pub/conniesc...

Saturday reading. Thanks for the advance copy of your wonderful book, @mauracasey.bsky.social. I’m falling in love with it all over again. Release date is April 1. Maura’s book can be pre-ordered wherever you buy your books.

Ruth Marcus, unsilenced. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

Dr. Bill Cassidy, you could have stopped this. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

Current view as we Zoom.

“This latest action by Trump means it’s not the Kennedy Center as we knew it. The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center. We’re just not going to be part of it.” Lin-Manuel Miranda www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...

What does it say about you that you care so much? connieschultz.substack.com/p/lets-keep-...

I’d say this is an astonishing lack of leadership from the tag team of Trump and Vance, but this is precisely what we know to expect of them. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

Such an important point. Movements for justice begin in steps and proceed through stumbles and successes. The key is to keep trying, in community for the cause.

I continue to subscribe to the Washington Post because of outstanding reporting of its journalists. At first sign of Bezos’s heavy, partisan hand altering news coverage, I will cancel my subscription. I worry for all the journalists there who deserve a champion. open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

As predicted. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

What a gracious way to sign off, @joyannreid.bsky.social. Lifting up everyone who lifted up you.

Here we are.

God, this makes me sick.

I suspect we won’t be seeing many more town halls with elected Republicans.

Good morning from sunny-ish Cleveland.

“What they call you is one thing. “What you answer to is something else.” - Lucille Clifton

A few words about love. Okay, more than a few. connieschultz.substack.com/p/romantic-l...