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Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
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Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
He pooh-poohs cost complaints as a “hoax.” Here’s what the numbers say.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
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If you’re a woman and a writer and you read one thing this evening, make it this.
Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you’re a woman and a writer and you read one thing this evening, make it this.
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Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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Three-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the officer .. and intensified months later when Holsey had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats ..”
@wsj.com
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“.. the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the officer .. and intensified months later when Holsey had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Three-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the officer .. and intensified months later when Holsey had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
“.. the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the officer .. and intensified months later when Holsey had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Not good at all.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Not good at all.
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Bond investors recently told Bessent they don't want Hassett because Hassett will be politically controlled by Trump. But this will be a problem with virtually anyone Trump chooses, since willingness to do what Trump says seems to be sole criterion for the job.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Bond investors have told the US Treasury they are concerned about Kevin Hassett’s potential appointment as Federal Reserve chair, worrying he will cut interest rates aggressively to please President Donald Trump.
Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Kevin Hassett as Fed chair
Some market participants worried candidate for top central bank job will be swayed by Trump on interest rates
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bond investors recently told Bessent they don't want Hassett because Hassett will be politically controlled by Trump. But this will be a problem with virtually anyone Trump chooses, since willingness to do what Trump says seems to be sole criterion for the job.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Not sure how you square this circle.
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The Shoemaker’s Magician is available now 🖤🎥
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
The Shoemaker's Magician|Paperback
From a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, a cult horror fan discovers that something sinister is at the heart of a series of brutal killings in Chicago. A fabled lost movie. An increasing body count. H...
www.barnesandnoble.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Shoemaker’s Magician is available now 🖤🎥
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
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Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
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Me too
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Me too
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Many of you are freaking out because you've done the math and it's going to be very hard to finish that manuscript by New Year's.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Many of you are freaking out because you've done the math and it's going to be very hard to finish that manuscript by New Year's.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
Well deserved!
This is just straight up bonkers. ANGEL DOWN is a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Well deserved!
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The Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025 voting has begun.
I'm listed in the Best Novelist category with these stellar authors.
When you're done voting for all Chicago Arts and Culture, don't forget to vote in the other categories!
Vote: chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
I'm listed in the Best Novelist category with these stellar authors.
When you're done voting for all Chicago Arts and Culture, don't forget to vote in the other categories!
Vote: chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025 voting has begun.
I'm listed in the Best Novelist category with these stellar authors.
When you're done voting for all Chicago Arts and Culture, don't forget to vote in the other categories!
Vote: chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
I'm listed in the Best Novelist category with these stellar authors.
When you're done voting for all Chicago Arts and Culture, don't forget to vote in the other categories!
Vote: chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
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Morning in person meeting in a few, but first, I have a different type of year in review post for you today:
@libraryjournal.bsky.social SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource
@booksnyarn.bsky.social
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
@libraryjournal.bsky.social SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource
@booksnyarn.bsky.social
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
Library Journal SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource
A lot of attention is spent on looking back this time of year. Of course I have been a great example of that. But I would also argue that th...
raforall.blogspot.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Morning in person meeting in a few, but first, I have a different type of year in review post for you today:
@libraryjournal.bsky.social SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource
@booksnyarn.bsky.social
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
@libraryjournal.bsky.social SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource
@booksnyarn.bsky.social
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
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ROOTS OF MY FEARS audiobook is here from Tantor!
Featuring 14 stories of ancestral horror, including my tale "Crepuscular" of two mothers traveling to an island seeking help for their daughter's dangerous psychic condition while something watches from the beach.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Featuring 14 stories of ancestral horror, including my tale "Crepuscular" of two mothers traveling to an island seeking help for their daughter's dangerous psychic condition while something watches from the beach.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ROOTS OF MY FEARS audiobook is here from Tantor!
Featuring 14 stories of ancestral horror, including my tale "Crepuscular" of two mothers traveling to an island seeking help for their daughter's dangerous psychic condition while something watches from the beach.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Featuring 14 stories of ancestral horror, including my tale "Crepuscular" of two mothers traveling to an island seeking help for their daughter's dangerous psychic condition while something watches from the beach.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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My review of this book is in the December 2025 @ala-booklist.bsky.social. I expected nothing and came away really enjoying this book. An impressive debut.
PERSON by aoife josie clements comes out 1/27/26 from @littlepuss.net #horror #trans #porn #internet #SexWork #capitalism #curse #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 12/1! (today! by 9 pm EST!)
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My review of this book is in the December 2025 @ala-booklist.bsky.social. I expected nothing and came away really enjoying this book. An impressive debut.
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Starting December off with @ala-booklist.bsky.social Editor's Choice in the December 2025 issue. Details for all ages here:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/atta...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/atta...
Attack of the Best Lists 2025: Booklist's Editors Choices
Welcome back after the American long weekend of food. family, and at least here in Chicago-- 10 inches of snow. It is going to be a slow st...
raforall.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Starting December off with @ala-booklist.bsky.social Editor's Choice in the December 2025 issue. Details for all ages here:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/atta...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/atta...
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In case you missed my post yesterday, my latest blog entry relates the horrifying true story of writing Terrifier 3: The Novelization: tinyurl.com/27uda9f9
Clowning Around: Writing Terrifier 3 the Novelization
After a long wait, my novelization of Terrifier 3 is finally out! What was it like for me to revisit my good buddy Art the Clown? Read on...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In case you missed my post yesterday, my latest blog entry relates the horrifying true story of writing Terrifier 3: The Novelization: tinyurl.com/27uda9f9
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First journalist to find out if it’s cancer or a stroke will win a Pulitzer.
Tonight he says his MRI was perfect just like the phone call that got him impeached 👀👀👀
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
First journalist to find out if it’s cancer or a stroke will win a Pulitzer.
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
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Today I signed 3 copies of my book at the Barnes and Nobel in Wicker Park (Chicago) & they were so excited to take my picture & put it on socials. All I could think was I used to live 1 block away & how past Becky never would have imagined this.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Today I signed 3 copies of my book at the Barnes and Nobel in Wicker Park (Chicago) & they were so excited to take my picture & put it on socials. All I could think was I used to live 1 block away & how past Becky never would have imagined this.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social
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Love these Broken Binding editions of AUTUMN SPRINGS!
Hardcover. Stained edges. Signed. Limited to 500 copies.
Still available at:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Hardcover. Stained edges. Signed. Limited to 500 copies.
Still available at:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Love these Broken Binding editions of AUTUMN SPRINGS!
Hardcover. Stained edges. Signed. Limited to 500 copies.
Still available at:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Hardcover. Stained edges. Signed. Limited to 500 copies.
Still available at:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
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This Small Business Saturday I want to recognize that it takes a village to run a business.
To my husband and family, this business would not have started or continued without your support.
#SmallBusinessSaturday #Editor #Grateful
To my husband and family, this business would not have started or continued without your support.
#SmallBusinessSaturday #Editor #Grateful
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Small Business Saturday I want to recognize that it takes a village to run a business.
To my husband and family, this business would not have started or continued without your support.
#SmallBusinessSaturday #Editor #Grateful
To my husband and family, this business would not have started or continued without your support.
#SmallBusinessSaturday #Editor #Grateful
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Small Business Saturday! If you can, please support your local small businesses, particularly indie bookstores. Important now more than ever.
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Small Business Saturday! If you can, please support your local small businesses, particularly indie bookstores. Important now more than ever.