Burningbird
Recent updates to the DOGE.gov ‘savings’ page now list Social Security Administration (SSA) office closures in the following Georgia cities: Columbus Gainesville Vidalia Brunswick Thomasville There is no rhyme or reason for these closures, other than it’s a simple checkbox on a computer screen and a complete lack of concern about the consequences. SSA offices […]
Now that Georgia Republicans no longer have abortion as their ‘moral cause’ they’re attacking trans people. The same people who they’ve ignored for decades but—all of a sudden!—have become the seeming greatest need and threat to Georgians! Not the price of eggs any more, is it? According to the Georgia Recorder, the GOP-controlled Senate just […]
In the last week, the LA Times and the Washington Post—both owned by billionaires with no newspaper experience—gave notice they wouldn’t publish an editorial endorsing a presidential candidate. Both publications had endorsements ready to go. Both endorsed Kamala Harris. But in each case, the rich guy owning the paper defaulted to his personal financial interests […]
I had such good intentions at the start of the year. I was going to lose weight, get in shape, and most of all, return to writing on a regular basis. And then the rest of 2020 hit. It started with COVID and it ends with COVID and a parade of masks and hand washes […]