Cheryl M
@cherylm56588591.bsky.social
Voracious reader, constantly curious, fascinated by the natural world and entranced by all things volcano. Lover of 80s music and Celtic French rap group Manau. No DMs
Reposted by Cheryl M
Reposted by Cheryl M
Steve has just remembered he doesn’t actually own a canoe… so whose canoe did he 'borrow' last night?
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Steve has just remembered he doesn’t actually own a canoe… so whose canoe did he 'borrow' last night?
Reposted by Cheryl M
Reposted by Cheryl M
Reposted by Cheryl M
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
Reposted by Cheryl M
lol yes when you tell Europe to rearm, this is what happens, you absolute muppets
Can’t wait for the hand wringing that happens when they rediscover stupid nationalistic tendencies and get another arms race going followed by a fucking massive war
Which was all preventable
Can’t wait for the hand wringing that happens when they rediscover stupid nationalistic tendencies and get another arms race going followed by a fucking massive war
Which was all preventable
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats.
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
lol yes when you tell Europe to rearm, this is what happens, you absolute muppets
Can’t wait for the hand wringing that happens when they rediscover stupid nationalistic tendencies and get another arms race going followed by a fucking massive war
Which was all preventable
Can’t wait for the hand wringing that happens when they rediscover stupid nationalistic tendencies and get another arms race going followed by a fucking massive war
Which was all preventable
Reposted by Cheryl M
Kagan with more dispositive proof of Roberts Court Calvinball
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Kagan with more dispositive proof of Roberts Court Calvinball
Reposted by Cheryl M
One can only hope they were so stupidly drawn and not taking current events into account that they've just endangered an equal number o GOP incumbents.
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One can only hope they were so stupidly drawn and not taking current events into account that they've just endangered an equal number o GOP incumbents.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Steve's American cousin?
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Steve's American cousin?
Reposted by Cheryl M
I didn’t know otters wagged their tails when happy! 🥹
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I didn’t know otters wagged their tails when happy! 🥹
Chubby unicorns!!!!! 😁
Baby Rhino and Momma! Tender moment extremely special and rareb Clip taken from our Africam show!
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chubby unicorns!!!!! 😁
Reposted by Cheryl M
Some of what they do is malevolent. Some of it is idiotic. And some of it is malevolent and idiotic.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some of what they do is malevolent. Some of it is idiotic. And some of it is malevolent and idiotic.
Reposted by Cheryl M
If the entire Trump administration doesn't realize that this would guarantee that the Trump pardons they're all banking on will also be declared invalid by a future president, nobody tell them.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If the entire Trump administration doesn't realize that this would guarantee that the Trump pardons they're all banking on will also be declared invalid by a future president, nobody tell them.
Reposted by Cheryl M
@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Reposted by Cheryl M
Advent Sunday & London was bitterly cold and wreathed in a damp fog which smelt of underground rivers and coal smoke. The Dragon of Kensington Church Street, however, was exceedingly well wrapped up in a Sèvres blue muffler and matching mittens.
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Advent Sunday & London was bitterly cold and wreathed in a damp fog which smelt of underground rivers and coal smoke. The Dragon of Kensington Church Street, however, was exceedingly well wrapped up in a Sèvres blue muffler and matching mittens.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
Reposted by Cheryl M
I don’t know why any of Trump’s staff believe he’ll stand by them when they break laws on his behalf.
cc @michaelcohen212.bsky.social.
cc @michaelcohen212.bsky.social.
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I don’t know why any of Trump’s staff believe he’ll stand by them when they break laws on his behalf.
cc @michaelcohen212.bsky.social.
cc @michaelcohen212.bsky.social.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
Reposted by Cheryl M
Reposted by Cheryl M
4/Hegseth tweeted but didn’t deny that 2 defenseless people were killed. There’s no evidence of their guilt. Clinging to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they weren’t an immediate threat to the US. The lawful choice was rescue & prosecution. Instead, per Hegseth’s order, they were executed.
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
4/Hegseth tweeted but didn’t deny that 2 defenseless people were killed. There’s no evidence of their guilt. Clinging to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they weren’t an immediate threat to the US. The lawful choice was rescue & prosecution. Instead, per Hegseth’s order, they were executed.
Reposted by Cheryl M
This is thanks to a combination of "Silver Loading" and "Premium Alignment."
It gets wonky, but the bottom line is that there are over a dozen states (including some you might not expect) where you can get BRONZE plans dirt cheap or GOLD plans for LESS THAN SILVER.
acasignups.net/25/11/12/the...
It gets wonky, but the bottom line is that there are over a dozen states (including some you might not expect) where you can get BRONZE plans dirt cheap or GOLD plans for LESS THAN SILVER.
acasignups.net/25/11/12/the...
There Will Be Graphs: A deeper dive into how 14 states are dramatically mitigating the expiring tax credits
IMPORTANT: Premium Alignment is NOT a substitute for making the enhanced ACA tax credits permanent. It does little to help the lowest-income folks who are still better off with Silver plans thanks to ...
acasignups.net
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is thanks to a combination of "Silver Loading" and "Premium Alignment."
It gets wonky, but the bottom line is that there are over a dozen states (including some you might not expect) where you can get BRONZE plans dirt cheap or GOLD plans for LESS THAN SILVER.
acasignups.net/25/11/12/the...
It gets wonky, but the bottom line is that there are over a dozen states (including some you might not expect) where you can get BRONZE plans dirt cheap or GOLD plans for LESS THAN SILVER.
acasignups.net/25/11/12/the...
Reposted by Cheryl M
Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
Reposted by Cheryl M
Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...