Nancy M Garber
@nancymgarber.bsky.social
Retired university administrator. Lifelong journalist, photographer, and political junkie. Mom to one, Nana to two sweet babies.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
Talk of taking over other countries, federal employees losing jobs, incompetents being confirmed to cabinet appointments, oligarchic advisor to whathisname doing idiotic things, name your favorite shiny object of the day - this is all normalizing before our eyes and ears. That's how they get ya. 😡
February 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Talk of taking over other countries, federal employees losing jobs, incompetents being confirmed to cabinet appointments, oligarchic advisor to whathisname doing idiotic things, name your favorite shiny object of the day - this is all normalizing before our eyes and ears. That's how they get ya. 😡
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Yes, yes it is. And it’s time fornus to start calling it what it is. joycevance.substack.com/p/is-it-real...
Is It Really a Coup?
Is it really a coup if it doesn’t feel like one?
joycevance.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes, yes it is. And it’s time fornus to start calling it what it is. joycevance.substack.com/p/is-it-real...
Too early to say if I can fulfill my commitment to boycott the coronation. Searching now for post by reputable writers that offer hope. Bill Kristol's below is one such.
January 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Too early to say if I can fulfill my commitment to boycott the coronation. Searching now for post by reputable writers that offer hope. Bill Kristol's below is one such.
"Trump and his apparatchiks are overconfident and overreaching. All the talk of shock and awe?...“Shock and awe” doesn’t have a very good track record over the medium and longer term. So don’t be shocked. Don’t be awed. Trumpism is formidable. But it’s beatable." www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-be-sh...
Don’t Be Shocked. Don’t Be Awed.
Trumpism is beatable.
www.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On this, our national day of mourning, President Biden has done the honorable thing and pardoned those whom the incoming incompetent has threatened for having sought to uphold the rule of law. They deserve protection and the assurance that their efforts to protect the republic are appreciated.
January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On this, our national day of mourning, President Biden has done the honorable thing and pardoned those whom the incoming incompetent has threatened for having sought to uphold the rule of law. They deserve protection and the assurance that their efforts to protect the republic are appreciated.
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President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office to guard against potential “revenge” by Trump. apnews.com/article/bide...
January 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office to guard against potential “revenge” by Trump. apnews.com/article/bide...
Those who voted for you-know-who: this budget chaos is on you. See Krugman repost below.
December 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Those who voted for you-know-who: this budget chaos is on you. See Krugman repost below.
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The chaos monkeys are already running the zoo.
NEW: Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
President-elect is swooping in last minute to blow up a bipartisan short-term deal between Mike Johnson, Chuck Schumer and Hill leaders.
Odds of a shutdown Friday just went up.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
President-elect is swooping in last minute to blow up a bipartisan short-term deal between Mike Johnson, Chuck Schumer and Hill leaders.
Odds of a shutdown Friday just went up.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants big changes too before this weekend's deadline.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:21 PM
The chaos monkeys are already running the zoo.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/d...
Here's the deal: the one(s) proposing tariffs are so obscenely wealthy, they wouldn't feel the pinch if tariffs doubled the cost of all imported goods. Can the American family afford it? Without a doubt, they cannot and shouldn't be punished this way.
Here's the deal: the one(s) proposing tariffs are so obscenely wealthy, they wouldn't feel the pinch if tariffs doubled the cost of all imported goods. Can the American family afford it? Without a doubt, they cannot and shouldn't be punished this way.
American Kitchens Face an Uncertain Mix: Olive Oil and Tariffs
Trump hasn’t said whether he’ll move against imported foods, but the effects on oil producers and consumers are already being debated.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/d...
Here's the deal: the one(s) proposing tariffs are so obscenely wealthy, they wouldn't feel the pinch if tariffs doubled the cost of all imported goods. Can the American family afford it? Without a doubt, they cannot and shouldn't be punished this way.
Here's the deal: the one(s) proposing tariffs are so obscenely wealthy, they wouldn't feel the pinch if tariffs doubled the cost of all imported goods. Can the American family afford it? Without a doubt, they cannot and shouldn't be punished this way.
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During the campaign, Trump promised tariffs would help America -- now he's admitting they'll hurt the US economy in the short run
During the campaign, Trump said he would lower grocery costs -- now he's admitting that lowering those prices would be "very hard"
IT WAS ALL A CON
During the campaign, Trump said he would lower grocery costs -- now he's admitting that lowering those prices would be "very hard"
IT WAS ALL A CON
December 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM
During the campaign, Trump promised tariffs would help America -- now he's admitting they'll hurt the US economy in the short run
During the campaign, Trump said he would lower grocery costs -- now he's admitting that lowering those prices would be "very hard"
IT WAS ALL A CON
During the campaign, Trump said he would lower grocery costs -- now he's admitting that lowering those prices would be "very hard"
IT WAS ALL A CON
America....too soon (or maybe too late) you will realize what you've gone and done. These people want to end polio vaccines, abolish the FDIC? Just reading headlines these days is like plunging into a dystopian novel from which there's no escape. And sadly, it hasn't even "officially" begun.
December 14, 2024 at 7:38 PM
America....too soon (or maybe too late) you will realize what you've gone and done. These people want to end polio vaccines, abolish the FDIC? Just reading headlines these days is like plunging into a dystopian novel from which there's no escape. And sadly, it hasn't even "officially" begun.
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The wealthiest 1% own Wall Street, control electoral politics and SCOTUS, but the electorate is focused on job loss to immigrants (scant supporting evidence), and transgender people in girls sports.
December 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM
The wealthiest 1% own Wall Street, control electoral politics and SCOTUS, but the electorate is focused on job loss to immigrants (scant supporting evidence), and transgender people in girls sports.
Talking with some friends about why we like to study history. My take: we know we lived through it as a civilization and somehow survived it. We yearn to discover more about ourselves as we learn more about those who came before us. And in the process, we gather strength to face what lies ahead.
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December 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Talking with some friends about why we like to study history. My take: we know we lived through it as a civilization and somehow survived it. We yearn to discover more about ourselves as we learn more about those who came before us. And in the process, we gather strength to face what lies ahead.
I've been a journalist since Nixon was president and can say with conviction that there's no such thing as being completely objective or unbiased, unless a person is a non-thinker or a coward, or both.
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I've been a journalist since Nixon was president and can say with conviction that there's no such thing as being completely objective or unbiased, unless a person is a non-thinker or a coward, or both.
An attitude of gratitude, essential all year round. I'm grateful to live in a small town that has an excellent bookstore!
November 24, 2024 at 2:18 AM
An attitude of gratitude, essential all year round. I'm grateful to live in a small town that has an excellent bookstore!
Tonight's sunset, my longtime favorite view across the road.
November 17, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Tonight's sunset, my longtime favorite view across the road.
@wisecatherbalist.bsky.social this is gorgeous! I have lived on acreage outside of town for so long that I would have a hard time going back to city life. My views are sunsets.
November 15, 2024 at 2:02 PM
@wisecatherbalist.bsky.social this is gorgeous! I have lived on acreage outside of town for so long that I would have a hard time going back to city life. My views are sunsets.
In his inaugural address, President Gerald Ford said, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."
I fear that our national nightmare is just beginning.
But then he said, "Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men."
This is what gives me hope.
I fear that our national nightmare is just beginning.
But then he said, "Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men."
This is what gives me hope.
November 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM
In his inaugural address, President Gerald Ford said, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."
I fear that our national nightmare is just beginning.
But then he said, "Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men."
This is what gives me hope.
I fear that our national nightmare is just beginning.
But then he said, "Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men."
This is what gives me hope.