Good Day, Gnusies! Well, there’s been a lot — and I mean A LOT — of “Dems in disarray” talk... oh everywhere ...and I, for one, have had enough of it. The process of hammering out a bill that can pass is ongoing and I trust that Nancy Pelosi is going to get the very best bill that we can get right now given the Congress she has to work with. It may not be everything everyone wants, but it will be much more than has ever been invested before in American families.
The media love affair with ‘both sides’ chatter, and Dems in disarray talk has gotten on my very last nerve, so I am not going to focus on that today (and I encourage you to limit your exposure to the anxiety-inducing coverage, too). The bill is not going to proceed any better or worse thanks to any one of us obsessing over it. Our energy is better spent on other tasks. For ideas about better tasks see the “How you can help build our democracy back better” section below. Meanwhile, check out Eugene Robinson’s take on it all and then go and read today’s good news!
Opinion: Take the Democrats-are-doomed narrative with a grain of salt, Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, October 11, 2021.
So when The Narrative warns that Biden urgently needs to get the progressives and the moderates in his party to set aside their differences, I take a somewhat different view. What I see is a pretty normal exercise in legislative give-and-take, except that it’s all happening within the Democratic Party — while Republicans hoot, holler and obstruct from the peanut gallery. When it comes to Congress, things never go as quickly as they might, and there always comes at least one moment when it appears that all is lost. ✂️
So when The Narrative warns that Biden urgently needs to get the progressives and the moderates in his party to set aside their differences, I take a somewhat different view. What I see is a pretty normal exercise in legislative give-and-take, except that it’s all happening within the Democratic Party — while Republicans hoot, holler and obstruct from the peanut gallery. When it comes to Congress, things never go as quickly as they might, and there always comes at least one moment when it appears that all is lost. ✂️
But failure is far from inevitable, as I see it, and the window for success is certainly not measured in mere days. Thus far, on votes that really matter, Democrats have shown remarkable unity. Bridging the gap on overall spending between what Manchin wants and what Sanders wants is mostly a matter of the kind of mathematical legerdemain that both men could do in their sleep. Getting Manchin on board with some of the climate change initiatives in the package will be harder, I fear, and may require painful compromise.
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Democrats avert R-caused debt limit crisis
House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default, Kevin Freking, AP, October 12, 2021.
The $480 billion increase in the country’s borrowing ceiling cleared the Senate last week on a party-line vote. The House approved it swiftly so President Joe Biden can sign it into law this week. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had warned that steps to stave off a default on the country’s debts would be exhausted by Monday, and from that point, the department would soon be unable to fully meet the government’s financial obligations. ✂️
Pelosi told reporters Tuesday that over the years Republicans and Democrats have voted against lifting the debt ceiling, “but never to the extent of jeopardizing it.”
Pelosi offered her hope that Congress would lift the debt ceiling in a bipartisan way this December because of the stakes involved. But she also floated a bill sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., that would transfer the duty of raising the debt limit away from Congress and vest it with the Treasury secretary, saying, “I think it has merit.”
Labor flexes its muscle
“All over the country, workers are winning concessions. What business calls a “labor shortage” is really labor power in action.”
America Is in the Midst of a Dramatic Labor Resurgence, Faiz Shakir, The New Republic, October 8, 2021.
After an emotionally, physically, and mentally taxing year dealing with ramifications of Covid-19, workers across the country are standing up for basic dignity and respect on the job in a historic way. And through the pandemic, the nation was reminded of the essentialness of labor—not the labor of Wall Street; rather, the labor that drives our hospitals, our groceries, our mail, our livelihoods. ✂️
Much of the renewed breath of labor activism can be tracked to the courageous workers at the Amazon warehouse plant in Bessemer, Alabama, who in February attracted national attention for demanding dignity against one of the largest and most powerful employers in America. In that campaign, we witnessed a greedy corporate giant pull out all the stops and engage in gross union-busting tactics that require rerunning the election, according to the National Labor Relations Board. We saw Amazon come under the microscope for its poor working conditions. We applauded a president of the United States who sided with the workers. And despite falling short of reaching its unionization goal, those mostly Black laborers told America’s workforce: If we can stand up for ourselves, you can, too. ✂️
As workers take action, the Biden administration is operating in the background to give strength to them. The administration has delivered a worker-friendly NLRB, a slew of appointees across the administration who are willing to hold corporations accountable, and a policy agenda focused on working families. By delivering stimulus checks, child tax payments, child hunger benefits, and more, the Biden administration has effectively raised the income floor for America’s workers. They can breathe, and they don’t have to take your crappy-paying job with no benefits. Businesses are complaining of a “labor shortage,” which in reality is—viewed from the perspective of workers—labor power in action. Employers will need to compete to offer attractive job offers, which is exactly as it should be.
A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage, Eli Rosenberg and Abha Bhatterai, Washington Post, October 12, 2021.
The phenomenon is being driven in part by workers who are less willing to endure inconvenient hours and poor compensation, quitting instead to find better opportunities. According to the report, there were 10.4 million job openings in the country at the end of August — down slightly from July’s record high, which was adjusted up to 11.1 million, but still a tremendously high number. This gives workers enormous leverage as they look for a better fit. ✂️
“This really elevated rate of people quitting their job is a sign that workers have lots of confidence and they have relatively stronger bargaining positions then they’ve had in the past,” Bunker said. “There’s lots of demand, and people are seizing that opportunity and quitting their job.” ✂️
Jennifer Booth quit her information technology job at a national retailer in August, after months of working as many as 90 hours a week during the pandemic to help the company revamp its e-commerce system. The final straw came when the chain began moving hundreds of finance and tech jobs overseas, she said.
"To be working as much as humanly possible for all of 2020 and then get told we don't matter? It felt like crap," said Booth, 48, of Denver. ✂️
“I feel so doggone lucky to have found something better,” she said. “I lived through hell for 18 months until I finally realized I don’t have to do that anymore. There are brighter pastures.”
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⚖️ Justice ⚖️
Justice Department signals wider fight — and it’s smart
SCOTUS may need to pause to consider the implications of that terrible forced-birther vigilante law in Texas if they decide to take up the case — because the DOJ is smartly pointing to other possible constitutional rights that could be similarly tossed away at the whim of any bounty-hunter looking to cash in:
Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law, Paul J Weber, AP, October 12, 2021.
The days ahead could now be key in determining the immediate future of the law known as Senate Bill 8, including whether there is another attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court weigh in. ✂️
“If Texas’s scheme is permissible, no constitutional right is safe from state-sanctioned sabotage of this kind,” the Justice Department told the appeals court.
In wording that seemed to be a message to the Supreme Court, the Justice Department raised the specter that if allowed to stand, the legal structure created in enacting the law could be used to circumvent even the Supreme Court’s rulings in 2008 and 2010 on gun rights and campaign financing.
It is not clear when the 5th Circuit court will decide whether to extend what is currently a temporary order allowing the Texas law to stand. The court gave the Texas attorney’s general office until Thursday to respond to the Justice Department’s latest arguments.
Rep. Schiff on TFG people defying subpoenas
...And he hints that TFG’s attorneys general could have committed obstruction of justice...👀
Schiff Warns Bannon That He’s In A ‘Completely Different Situation Now’ Without Trump In Charge, Cristina Cabrera, TPM, October 12, 2021.
During a CNN interview, Schiff recalled the frustration of trying to get Bannon to testify in the Russia probe with then-Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr having little interest in helping lawmakers enforce the subpoenas.
“They would both support and protect and cover up for Donald Trump. That’s not the situation anymore,” Schiff said.
“We have a new attorney general, a new Justice Department dedicated to the principle that no one is above the law,” the Democrat continued. “So Bannon is in a completely different situation now.”
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Colludy Rudy in Deep Doody
Rudy Giuliani Is (Probably) Screwed, Peter Stone, New York Magazine, October 12, 2021.
Giuliani is being treated, by all appearances, as a dead man walking. America’s Mayor, as he was once known, has been abandoned by his most powerful friend. He has lost his megaphone at Fox News and is now going around with a begging bowl for money. And at the center of Giuliani’s legal troubles is a web of overlapping federal investigations, including a criminal probe focusing on him personally, which some experts say could force him to yield to prosecutors in a case that may implicate the former president.
“Giuliani is facing a set of challenges unlike anything he’s dealt with before,” Michael Bromwich, a former inspector general at the Justice Department, told me. “The extremely serious criminal investigation that could send him to jail, the civil suits that could bankrupt him, the disbarment proceedings that may well end any opportunity to practice law ever again — it’s a tidal wave of problems with potentially devastating personal and professional consequences.”
Bromwich added, “It’s hard to think of any analogous case where a person who once rode so high — as a prosecutor, a New York mayor, a serious presidential candidate, and an international figure — has been brought so low in so many ways and where the damage has been entirely self-inflicted.”
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💉Health News 💉
Yet another good reason to get vaccinated (not that anyone here needs convincing 😃):
Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here's the evidence, Joe Palca, NPR, October 12, 2021.
Ross Kedl, an immunologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will point out to anyone who cares to listen that basic immunology suggests the virus of a vaccinated person who gets infected will be different from the virus of an infected unvaccinated person.
That's because vaccinated people have already made antibodies to the coronavirus. Even if those antibodies don't prevent infection, they still "should be coating that virus with antibody and therefore helping prevent excessive downstream transmission," Kedl says. And a virus coated with antibodies won't be as infectious as a virus not coated in antibodies. ✂️
"If you actually isolate virus from people who are getting a secondary infection after being vaccinated, that virus is less good at infecting cells," Pepper says. "It's not known why. Is it covered with an antibody? Maybe. Has it been hit by some other kind of immune mediators, cytokines, things like that? Maybe. Nobody really knows. But the virus does seem to be less viable coming from a vaccinated person."
More studies are emerging that suggest there's something different about the virus coming from a vaccinated person, something that may help prevent transmission.
More booster news
FDA review finds Moderna’s booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine strengthens disease-fighting response, Carolyn Y Johnson, Washington Post, October 12, 2021.
FDA reviewers noted that a half-dose booster shot of the Moderna vaccine topped off the level of antibodies, the most easily measurable barometer of immunity. But they also pointed out that the utility of a booster will depend on factors that are unclear at this moment — such as whether the protection of initial vaccination has dropped substantially. ✂️
On Thursday, advisers are expected to consider data supporting a third shot of Moderna, which would be the equivalent of a half-dose of the original shot. The booster would be administered at least six months after initial vaccination.
On Friday, they are scheduled to review evidence for a second shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine six months after vaccination.
The advisers are also slated to consider data from a National Institutes of Health trial that tested mixing and matching boosters, which could simplify boosting.
Looks like Vaccines for children 5-11 expected soon
This is long-awaited good news. Thank the stars!
“dark money meant for good”
A Wisconsin brewery is helping parents sue school districts that don't require masks, Bill Chappell, NPR, October 12, 2021.
The parents are suing school districts for rescinding face mask requirements and flouting other federal and state health guidance, filing lawsuits in both of Wisconsin's federal court districts. They're backed by Minocqua Brewing Company of Minocqua, Wis., which sells what it calls "progressive beer" — and whose owner is using its political action committee to help fund the legal fight.
One of the lawsuits says that by axing safety protocols, school board officials "threw students into a COVID-19 'snake pit.' "
It also accuses the board of violating "the 14th Amendment that ensures the right to be safe from state created dangers while in school," as member station WPR reported. ✂️
The federal lawsuits seek an injunction requiring the school districts to follow state and federal health guidelines and to pay plaintiffs' court costs and legal fees.
Big Biz Says Screw You to Texas Guv’s Ban on Vax Mandates, Zoe Richards, Daily Beast, October 12, 2021.
Just a day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive orderbarring businesses and other private entities in his state from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, several major companies have said they will defy his ban and follow federal guidelines instead.
The Texas-based companies—including American Airlines, Southwest, and Dell Technologies—said they're planning to still require, with few exceptions, that employees under federal contracts abide by federal rules and get vaccinated. ✂️
Patrick Souter, a health law professor at Baylor University and counsel at Gray Reed, told The Daily Beast on Tuesday the order had the potential to cause “major headaches” for companies who have workers employed in states outside of Texas.
“It conflicts with a federal executive order and generally federal law will trump state law,” he added. “It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if there’s a lawsuit being drafted right now.”
Lego will make toys gender neutral citing research
Conservatives might argue the opposite, but I will go out on a limb here and declare my opinion that rigid gender role socialization is detrimental to children. In recent years, the focus has been (rightly) on how gender stereotyping and streaming of children harms girls, but the truth is that rigid gender role limitations in society also hurt boys. We are aware of how much society has limited girls’ ability to achieve their potential by enforcing rigid gender roles, but we sometimes overlook the way boys are also forced into strictly proscribed roles — sometimes with brutal enforcement from peers and elders. All children should be free to pursue their natural interests, talents and life paths. It may seem silly to applaud toy companies for changing their ways, but the truth is that visibility is important. It is all the small ways that society enforces gender role compliance that make it so insidious and difficult to change, and these sorts of changes in major toy companies are actually very important:
Lego says it's removing gender bias from its toys after new research, GMA Team, ABC, October 12, 2021.
The Danish toymaker announced in a statement Monday, that it will get rid of gender references among its famous building block sets, after new research in a study commissioned by Lego found that "girls today feel increasingly confident to engage in all types of play and creative activities, but remain held back by society's ingrained gender stereotypes as they grow older." ✂️
"What we found is not only from the parents, but also from the boys that they were worried -- that they would be teased or made fun of for playing with toys that would be say, associated with girls, so it was the fear of being shamed and made fun of," Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute told "Good Morning America." "With girls, they felt more confident than boys to engage in a variety of playing activity." ✂️
Lego said in a statement that it is "committed to making LEGO play more inclusive and ensuring that children's creative ambitions – both now in the future – are not limited by gender stereotypes. We know there is work to do which is why from 2021, we will work closely with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and UNICEF to ensure LEGO products and marketing are accessible to all and free of gender bias and harmful stereotypes."
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From the Unintended Consequences File
Oops! TFG might paint himself into a legal corner
How the Trump-Biden executive privilege showdown could backfire, Teri Kanefield, NBC, October 12, 2021.
But should Trump file a lawsuit and attempt to defy this particular subpoena, he would then need to worry about the crime-fraud exception, which states, quite sensibly, that a privilege cannot be used to conceal illegal behavior. The Biden administration has already indicated that it will seek to invoke the exception. In rejecting Trump’s claims of executive privilege, the White House counsel wrote, “The constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield, from Congress or the public, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself.” ✂️
Given what we already know, it is a good bet that the material sought by the committee contains some evidence of wrongdoing. For example, if documents the House has subpoenaed show that Trump or any members of his inner circle intended to delay or hinder counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6, they would be in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1505. And we already know that Trump and his inner circle discussed how to delay the counting of the electoral votes. See the Eastman memo, which outlined a plan and a legal rationale for overturning the results of the election. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report concluding, “In attempting to enlist DOJ for personal, political purposes in an effort to maintain his hold on the White House, Trump ... arguably violated the Hatch Act.” ✂️
Trump may very well still try to use lawsuits to run out the clock on these congressional document requests. This strategy likely would not prevent Congress from getting the documents. But it could force a court to rule that there is reason to believe the documents in question include evidence of wrongdoing — a legal lose-lose scenario that any lawyer worth his retainer would be wise to recommend against.
Oops! Ready... Fire... Aim!
The Arizona audit may bring down a politician after all: Mark Brnovich, Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic, October 12, 2021.
Brnovich, these days, must be watching his political life flash before his eyes. He is the best known Republican in the Senate race, the candidate best positioned to win back the seat his party held for 52 years, until Kelly’s defeat of Sen. Martha McSally in 2020. ✂️
Brnovich’s sin? He hadn’t thrown in with the conspiracy crowd and the grifters who convinced a shockingly high number of Republicans that Arizona’s election was stolen. The AG even acknowledged in November that Joe Biden won, a statement that is a sacrilege in some GOP circles. ✂️
He’s sworn to follow the law and besides that, he’s saavy enough to know he can’t repeat the mistakes of McSally, who lost – twice – because she tied herself too tightly to Trump.
But he also needs to survive the primary, which means he must cater to the conspiracy crowd.
And the arrest-‘em-all fanatics don’t seem content with mere appetizers thrown their way in the form of a promise to investigate. They are demanding generous, juicy slabs of red meat – the bloodier the better.
Unfortunately for Brnovich, the blood left on the floor may, in the end, be his own.
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Texas Republican's debt limit stunt massively backfires after Dem colleague embarrasses him on the House floor, Bob Brigham, Raw Story, October 12, 2021.
"What costume party I've arrived at here in Washington, but Halloween has come early here, because nothing on the rule limit bill says debt limit," claimed Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), who was an official at Texas Tech University and a George W. Bush administration aide prior to joining Congress.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), the chair of the House Rules Committee, questioned Arrington's reading comprehension skills.
"I'll lend him my glasses. It says right here in the title, 'increase the public debt limit.' I don't know how much clearer in can be, it's in the title," McGovern said.
Oops! A fool for a client
I encourage you to go read the full story here — it is worth it!
Capitol rioter admits to two new felonies while representing himself in bond hearing, Jordan Fischer, Eric Flack and Stephanie Wilson, WUSA9(cbs), October 12, 2021.
WASHINGTON — Before his bond hearing began Tuesday, a federal judge warned Brandon Fellows he could be opening himself up to perjury – or even obstruction of justice – charges if he testified on his own behalf, and that he would likely be going back to jail, regardless. Two hours later, the judge’s warning turned out to be prescient. ✂️
In her much shorter cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Furst got Fellows to admit – under oath – that he had climbed into the Capitol through a broken window without police permission, that he had used the previous judge’s wife’s contact information to try to get him removed from the case and that he had missed court-ordered mental health and drug testing appointments. ✂️
McFadden then denied Fellows’ request to reopen his detention status and ordered him back into the custody of the D.C. Jail.
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🐩💙 CG’s Picks 💙🐩
Hello everybody! I have a couple of stories to share. The first one is a bit scary — but apparently people trekking in the mountains tracking grizzly bears can heal from PTSD and they do NOT get eaten by the bears!
How tracking grizzly bears is helping veterans find way back from trauma, Julian Borger, the Guardian, October 12, 2021.
“The Wild Bear Lodge project is a great example of this, where wounded, injured or sick Canadian and British veterans came together to share skills learnt in the military with local conservation guides,” said Sam Newell, a spokesman for the Invictus Games Foundation, which gave funding from its Endeavour programme. “In helping pass their skills on to others, these military personnel further supported their own recovery through service.”
Everyone on the trip spoke of the sense of purpose, camaraderie and belonging it gave them. In the case of Andy Burns, a former Royal Marine colour sergeant, it was literally life-changing. ✂️
For a long time, Burns has been contemplating starting a new life in the Scottish highlands. This trip persuaded him he could do it.
“It would be a one-way trip. You can’t just leave and come back. And I didn’t know whether I could do it,” he said. “But now from being here and just being around nature, I think I can thrive in my own way. I could actually have a life and be happy. So this has been massive for me.”
Even though Mama says that last story really is a good news story, I am still a bit worried about the grizzly bears, so this next story has NO animals!
Northern Lights shimmer farther south than usual tonight as geomagnetic storm hits Earth, Katie Hunt, CNN, October 12, 2021.
A geomagnetic storm triggered by a flare of solar energy hit Earth on Monday, making the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, light up the sky at lower latitudes than usual.
More people will be able to see the dazzling display, with auroras visible in Scotland and the north of England and as far south as New York, Wisconsin and Washington states, according to United States and United Kingdom authorities.
The effects are expected to continue Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the UK's
Met Office, which said there could be a "rather active period of geomagnetic activity."
⚡️ Lightning Roundup ⚡️
The first two stories share a theme: Rs want to act like authoritarians but don’t want to be called on it. Dems should call it what it is.
⚡️ Searing truth in every line: By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point, Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, October 2, 2021.
⚡️ Schumer debt ceiling remarks were appropriate: The Trash Talk of the Righteous, Josh Marshall, TPM, October 12, 2021.
⚡️ Wonkette Book Review: Hillary Clinton's New Super-Fiction Book Features Former Idiot President Called 'Eric The Dumb', Evan Hurst, Wonkette, October 12, 2021.
⚡️ Bonus Wonkette: It’s All Right, Biden’s Getting His Approval Right Back To Where He Started From, Stephen Robinson, Wonkette, October 11, 2021,
⚡️Americans agree on some stuff: Common Ground, Graham Vyse, the Signal, October 12, 2021.
⚡️A Simple Plan for Biden to Lower Gas Prices and End Fossil Fuel Hegemony, Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, October 12, 2021.
⚡️ ‘Mad Men’ advice for Biden, Renuka Rayasam, Politico Nightly, October 8, 2021.
⚡️ Competent government looks like this: White House launches climate initiatives to arm communities against floods, extreme weather, Kasha Patel, Washington Post, October 12, 2021.
⚡️ The Sausage Making: Progressives Jockey To Keep Their Beloved Programs Off The Chopping Block, Kate Riga, TPM, October 12, 2021.
⚡️ Deep dive into a fascinating technology: Is Sucking Carbon Out of the Air the Solution to Our Climate Crisis? Clive Thompson, Mother Jones, October 21, 2021.
💗 How Can You Help Build Our Democracy Back Better? 💗
Put your beautiful bleeding liberal heart into it! 🥰
Democratic litigation hero, Marc Elias was the legal eagle behind the 60 Big Lie losses after the election. Here’s his website, Democracy Docket. You can find information about current cases he is fighting to defend voting rights around the country, as well as actions you can take to help fight voter suppression at the link!
Write to voters around the country with Postcards to Voters. Progressive Muse usually posts an update on current campaigns in the comments and you can also check out the website. It’s easy, fun and it really works to GOTV!
🎩 Also, Goody posted a great list of links and I am going to borrow it because it’s great! 🎩
The only way they can win is by keeping people from voting. They are working like heck to make that happen and we need to do all we can to keep 2022 from being a year when they grab the Senate and House back from us.
How do we do that? Fight voter suppression!
What can you do?
HERE’S HOW TO CONTACT CONGRESS:
U.S. House of Representatives:* Telephone: 202-225-3121
* Website: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate:* Telephone: 202-224-3121
* Website: http://www.senate.gov/
Find your member of Congress and contact him or her:
Contact your Representative
Contact your Senator
And remember, all politics is local and personal! Let’s work to flip state and local elected positions Democratic!
Sister District Project — organization that is working to help Dems win state legislature races.
Finally, whenever you feel your hope fading, read this again:
The 3.5% rule: How a small minority can change the world — and recall that we are a majority.
Also check this out:
The Albert Einstein Institution’s 198 Methods of Non-Violent Action
There’s a multitude of people all over this country — in both so-called “red” states and “blue” — who feel just as strongly as you do about this world and its future. We can do this!
💙 RoundUp WindDown 💙
That’s it from me and the Curlygirly for another Wednesday.
I really hope you can get some rest, eat nutritious food and get away from the media madness (preferably outdoors) for at least a little while every day. The 24/7 “news” cycle is not about news, it is about hooking you on sensationalism and selling stuff to you (including more and more of that endless “news” cycle itself). That’s ok if you’re enjoying it but if you, like me and a lot of other people, are finding that the incessant everything-is-about-to-fall-apart merry go round is winding you up too tightly, then remember that it is not only OK but good to step away from it all for a little breather. Don’t worry, you are in no danger of forgetting about the important work in front of us!
Something I have been trying lately is limiting my news intake to my daily newspaper and the GNR (except for Mondays and Tuesdays when I start to gather news for today’s GNR). For me, it really does help to lower the temperature and as a bonus, I discover a lot more news that simply is never covered on the so-called 24/7 “news” channels. Another bonus is that I am supporting local journalism by subscribing to my local paper. It costs less than a daily Starbucks!
Something to think about, gnusies!
That’s all for now — Happy Wednesday!!