Laurie Hertzel
@lhertzel.bsky.social
Book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist." Next memoir, "Ghosts of Fourth Street," pubs in 2026. I review for StarTribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LATimes and elsewhere. Teach in MFA program at UGA-Athens.
yes, i thought so too...
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
yes, i thought so too...
What a heinous thing for him to say. Not to mention totally inaccurate. But absolutely heinous.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What a heinous thing for him to say. Not to mention totally inaccurate. But absolutely heinous.
That is it exactly. And it makes me feel despair. And it makes me furious at the Republicans, not the Democrats, because how do you work with sociopaths? It is not possible. There was no winning path for the Democrats. Just pain for the country
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
That is it exactly. And it makes me feel despair. And it makes me furious at the Republicans, not the Democrats, because how do you work with sociopaths? It is not possible. There was no winning path for the Democrats. Just pain for the country
I saw a headline somewhere, maybe on yahoo, that said, “who are the winners and the losers with the end of the shutdown?” And it’s infuriating! This is not a game with winners and losers. This is our country and people’s lives. Better ask, who is starving and who is not
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I saw a headline somewhere, maybe on yahoo, that said, “who are the winners and the losers with the end of the shutdown?” And it’s infuriating! This is not a game with winners and losers. This is our country and people’s lives. Better ask, who is starving and who is not
Yes, I find it incredibly demoralizing that it is ending this way. But I just don’t see it ending of any other way and I see so much human suffering. If they extend the shutdown, how the hell does it end? When you have Republicans who don’t give a damn?
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yes, I find it incredibly demoralizing that it is ending this way. But I just don’t see it ending of any other way and I see so much human suffering. If they extend the shutdown, how the hell does it end? When you have Republicans who don’t give a damn?
I see the Republicans doing whatever Trump tells them to do. And Trump does not care about human suffering. Trump does not care if people are starving, or if people lose their jobs or can’t get home for the holidays or have no healthcare. He doesn’t care about any of that and so he would be unmoved.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I see the Republicans doing whatever Trump tells them to do. And Trump does not care about human suffering. Trump does not care if people are starving, or if people lose their jobs or can’t get home for the holidays or have no healthcare. He doesn’t care about any of that and so he would be unmoved.
No. I wish they had not caved. But it pains me to see them vilified when I don’t see any alternative. All I see is the shutdown extending forever. But I don’t agree with them and I do think we should continue to shut down. I know that sounds contrary, but it’s so complicated. I have no solution.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No. I wish they had not caved. But it pains me to see them vilified when I don’t see any alternative. All I see is the shutdown extending forever. But I don’t agree with them and I do think we should continue to shut down. I know that sounds contrary, but it’s so complicated. I have no solution.