Ottoline Morrell
@ottolinemorrell.bsky.social
Retired has-been-rock&roll-star, Advocate for women's global political leadership. Past Pres WCSYale. PLEASE. No DMs unless we know each other.
Rage makes a poor editor.
Rage makes a poor editor.
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Well. Color me shocked. They’ve only had 15 years to think about it. I hope our geniuses who voted to let them off the hook are happy.
The question over what to do about enhanced health-care subsidies was behind the latest government shutdown. Though it has reopened, Republicans are still stuck
Republicans still don’t know what to do with Obamacare
Expiring subsidies are a big political headache
econ.st
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well. Color me shocked. They’ve only had 15 years to think about it. I hope our geniuses who voted to let them off the hook are happy.
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A federal judge ordered the release of grand-jury transcripts from the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in Florida, citing a new law mandating that files be made public.
Judge Orders Release of Epstein Florida Grand-Jury Transcripts
Congress passed a new law, cited by the judge, requiring that files related to the convicted sex offender be made public.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A federal judge ordered the release of grand-jury transcripts from the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in Florida, citing a new law mandating that files be made public.
Pay attention, people. Local economy matters.
⚠️ Economic pain is mounting quickly for America's small businesses, raising the chances of a Main Street recession despite an AI-powered growth boom.
Main Street bust threatens the entire economy
The economic fortunes of mom-and-pop businesses are diverging from their larger counterparts.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Pay attention, people. Local economy matters.
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A law expert has said Donald Trump cannot revoke the pardons, executive orders, or proclamations made by president Joe Biden.
Trump cannot revoke Biden executive orders as 'legal consequences are final': expert
A law expert has said Donald Trump cannot revoke the pardons, executive orders, or proclamations made by president Joe Biden. Trump has insisted that Biden's use of an autopen to sign off on executive orders during his time in office makes his legal decisions null. This is not the case, according to...
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A law expert has said Donald Trump cannot revoke the pardons, executive orders, or proclamations made by president Joe Biden.
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For the first time in the G20’s history, the world reached consensus without the United States. No walkouts. No protests. No sense of crisis. Just a group of nations negotiating on their own terms and finalising a collective position.
The world moves on — what SA’s G20 presidency revealed about US’s shrinking gravitational pull | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For the first time in the G20’s history, the world reached consensus without the United States. No walkouts. No protests. No sense of crisis. Just a group of nations negotiating on their own terms and finalising a collective position.
Republicans cracking.
“Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool,” said Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. "If administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisors."
Wicker Rips Trump’s ‘So-Called Peace Plan’ for Russia, Ukraine
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said he is “skeptical” about the U.S.’s peace plan between Ukraine and Russia.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Republicans cracking.
He’s quite mad.
An alert system is in place in Copenhagen for U.S. president’s statements about Greenland, according to a Danish newspaper.
Denmark Creates ‘Night Watch’ To Monitor Donald Trump Over Greenland Fears
www.newsweek.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He’s quite mad.
Trump is doing a fine job of ruining the country for his master.
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump is doing a fine job of ruining the country for his master.
Thuggery!
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thuggery!
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The problem isn’t them.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
Trump Calls Female Reporter ‘Ugly, Both Inside and Out’ Less Than 2 Weeks After ‘Piggy’ Remark on Air Force One
President Donald Trump referred to a White House correspondent for 'The New York Times' as being 'ugly, both inside and out' in a lengthy rant on social media on Wednesday, Nov. 26
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The problem isn’t them.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
It’s him.
And the longer this country excuses it, the more we normalize the behavior of a man who treats women with the emotional maturity of a vindictive middle-schooler armed with a megaphone.
This👇
The death of two national guardsmen is a horrific tragedy.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This👇
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This will be my fourth Thanksgiving with cancer. open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
My Fourth Thanksgiving With Cancer
Reflections on kvetching, loving, and enjoying life with ovarian cancer
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This will be my fourth Thanksgiving with cancer. open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Have we had enough yet?!
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Have we had enough yet?!
Sweet mother of Christ! What is wrong with these people?
GOP party is the party of cruelty, death and destruction.
Diane Cook, the MAGA Republican Legislative Aide to NC MAGA Republican Sen. Norman Sanderson (who was just arrested last month for DUI) was arrested yesterday for trying to burn two people alive in their homes. More Christian Conservative "love" from MAGA. #ncpol #ncleg www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sweet mother of Christ! What is wrong with these people?
Right. A SWAT team no less. This guy is as unbalanced as his boss.
I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Right. A SWAT team no less. This guy is as unbalanced as his boss.
Too bad Comey hadn’t “preserved (his) integrity” before standing up in front of the cameras in October 2016 to “reopen” the nothing burger email smear against Hillary. He thought it was a great political move on his part. Oops. And look what’s happened.
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Too bad Comey hadn’t “preserved (his) integrity” before standing up in front of the cameras in October 2016 to “reopen” the nothing burger email smear against Hillary. He thought it was a great political move on his part. Oops. And look what’s happened.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
Disgusting
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disgusting
What?! That’s ridiculous.
LIAR. We have been trying to buy a house for years. Our neighborhood is totally overvalued because corporations and foreign buyers come in and offer all cash, no inspections, no contingencies. We can’t compete.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What?! That’s ridiculous.
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The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
What the hell is the border patrol doing farther than 100 miles from an actual border? They’re not supposed to be interpreting that as state borders.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What the hell is the border patrol doing farther than 100 miles from an actual border? They’re not supposed to be interpreting that as state borders.
Never mind that everyone in the NY/NJ media markets have known for decades about Trump’s nasty dealings. Maggie Haberman in particular was in a privileged spot due to her mother’s work for his PR firm. She never bothered to disclose that information in her coverage.
But *their* emails?
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Never mind that everyone in the NY/NJ media markets have known for decades about Trump’s nasty dealings. Maggie Haberman in particular was in a privileged spot due to her mother’s work for his PR firm. She never bothered to disclose that information in her coverage.
Color me shocked.
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Color me shocked.
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Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.