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Pro-constitutional democracy, author of Reflections on Power, Culture, & Society; weekkly meditations. Thinking through today's issues with American philosophy. Margaretjparkmdiv.substack.com. 🚫 DMs please
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I just have to do this once in a while. I hope you don't mind. Signed, grateful Boomer.
That girl at the lunch table who is only there because one of the cool girls thinks her brother is cute.
I cannot describe the feelings I have about this -- I'm a writer. Word girl here. Is it true some or all of these are foster children?
Again??
Reflections on how power is showing up on our streets, what is happening across our cultures, and how it's affecting society.
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state... ...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country. Under Trump’s regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.
Get me some with the sprinkles on it.
Just a little piece on a lost opportunity of the DNC leadership that got me riled up. Try the audio version.
I need to get to work! Someone, please tell me to GET TO WORK! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Oh! Oh! I know!
Also, report especially bad actors to @support.bsky.team
I agree. I block and unfollow daily now.
That is saying the shameful part out loud.
I remember Reagan following Lewis Powell's memo. 😡
This young man has more sense than the entire GOP from top to bottom! Quite amazing what he is able articulate at such a young age! Take a listen! 👇🏼 🎥:@HelsHarper on TT #gunreformnow #endgunviolence #Pinks
All the news you can possibly handle at the end of the day. Did we figure out yet whether it is a curse or a blessing to be born into interesting times?
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
I was wondering about that yesterday. And then today I asked, Hey, where is Antifa now that fascism is in the streets and halls of Congress. Hmm.
I did not know anyone was still reading that. Thank you for your comments. I have since gotten a Junigan therapist who knows what he is doing. But the misdiagnoses follow a patient around for life. Thanks for the encouragement. Resilience!!
Wondering why your electricity bill is soaring? Here's Paul Krugman to show you the facts.
Nothing to see here.
"Hey!" Good morning, everybody. Do what you do for the common good today. Remember that all creatures, great and small, are perfect as they are. We are in this together. She needs a name. @learls.bsky.social
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier. Rather than a passive optimism, hope is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
@leedstours.bsky.social Thanks for reposting, Rachel.
Seems timely. TY.
LOL I mean really!!
Thank you, Kinley Brenda, for a good 4 hours of writing, a personal spa day--I'm SO moisturized 🙂 and now dinner and a movie! A beautiful name.
Epic is the largest electronic health record used. This newsletter lists what is & will be available. Q1: Who is thinking that taking humans out of medical care is good? Q2: Who is acting on patient feedback? Q3: How will patient feedback be operationalized?
I have a couple of cardinals who dine at MY balcony daily. Same thing. The side eye. 👀
The people who piss you off have no idea what is in the Bible. Surprised they are lying and misinformed? Not me.
I've been stock piling them since 1968. I can go till 2040.
That pool looks so good. I woke up and started writing immediately. What a world we live in today.
He apparently doesn't know the source of the crime. We do.
Oopsie.Read more
Good point but check this out. The Lewis Powell Memo. margaretjparkmdiv.substack.com/p/how-did-we...
Gentle correction: Groping Old Pedophiles.
He's been at it since the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. 1991.
Yep, and all his lackies. It was always a grudge match.
We are in it together, Lori. Just not the side you are thinking of. Oh, and no, he does not have a big, beautiful face. #UnionStrong
I Visit Israel Every Summer. I’ve Never Seen Hopelessness Like This. newrepublic.com/article/1995... via @newrepublic.com
You could hear the gauntlet slap on the ground. 👏👏
More to the point, they are judging you! Walk away woman.
Heading to that point of the day when I shut down the screens. Have a good night, friends. Rest your eyes so you can keep them on what you think is the highest priority for the greatest number of people tomorrow. We are in it now.
A historical speech. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Entertain the thought for a day that it is the Epstein yo-yo going up and down that is the distraction. Keep your eyes, posts, words, and actions about these moves by those in power.
Truth. Just the truth. That is what we need.
That photo will go down in history for 1000 years. 😪
Weekly Meditation No. 66 for August 25 through September 1. On trying to be virtuous in this world.
Much too simplistic Mark.
I was amazed when I reread Hannah Arendt's essay on Lying in Politics. I lived through the breaking news, the SCOTUS rejection of Nixon's overreach & hero worship of Daniel Ellsberg. Read through it with me. We are in it NOW, folks.
We need one all-encompassing word for these thugs and goons. I'd pick Gestapo--German for Secret State Police, but it's already taken.
NOW!
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted...Every single child has to go back to their family. This should be one of our main priorities in these negotiations to make sure the children come back to Ukraine."
Meanwhile, back in the woods with the bear, Putin was blind with rage too, at the sight of Alex Stubb. Tee hee hee.
Trump cannot stand a strong man or woman. the kind of strength that comes from character and results in bravery.
Who is he trying to convince with that billboard hanging on his wall?
Dam Bob, Nice!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg...
Huh, getting rid of the votes of those who are disabled. Sounds familiar.
Oh, just great! One of his DOGE destroyers is reading our Bluesky, and you just gave that gauche &$%@! an idea. 😲 LOL
I agree. Still, there are so many to choose from!
Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emuoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emuoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emuoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emoluments, Epstein, Emuoluments...
Every time I see the Oval Office now, there is a new piece of awful gold crap on some tiny bare wall or door. It is almost sacrilegious.
Interesting way to frame that issue, Eric.
I like that guy!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T8j...
You mean Mommy to Mommy like me?
Does he not know that he humiliates himself and, by proxy, all of us every day?
See? Everyone knows Burl Ives.
More Cowbell!!
Kudos Jax. At dinner parties, if the conversation is dragging, I ask, "What was the first concert you attended?" That's it for the night. No politics, no religion, nothing but music.
Poor child. No Burl Ives either?
My first: Three Dog Night. Ely IS coming !!!
Update on Medicare cuts from Reflections on Power, Culture, and Society U.S. Healthcare Systems Digest.
Groping Old Pedophiles...
Meditation No. 65 for the week of August 18, 2025.
Time to call it a night, friends. I was busy posting my latest Substack today. I also took on Bluesky trolls & some posters who were doing that thing where people who have no idea what they are talking about write a sentence as if it were fact. You know what I mean! Be gone, trolls!
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