P.A. McTiernan
@acemct2.bsky.social
Traveling soul interested in health, medicine, food, fitness, writing, and random other things. Repeat jaywalker. She/her.
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FrankBruni: "I’ve always been someone who girds for the absolute worst so that I can be pleasantly surprised when the merely disappointing happens." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Opinion | The Pompous Proof of an America in Decline (Gift Article)
Even Machiavelli wouldn’t like Trump’s doings.
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August 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
FrankBruni: "I’ve always been someone who girds for the absolute worst so that I can be pleasantly surprised when the merely disappointing happens." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Do. Not. Confirm. joycevance.substack.com/p/todd-blanc...
July 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Do. Not. Confirm. joycevance.substack.com/p/todd-blanc...
Falls can be devastating, especially to older people. And they are largely preventable. wapo.st/4fLyJ1k
Column | Here’s what an expert on accidental falls does every day to prevent them
Your risk of falling rises years before you’d expect.
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July 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Falls can be devastating, especially to older people. And they are largely preventable. wapo.st/4fLyJ1k
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I wish just one NATO leader (or all of them) would say, "This is unacceptable. The US president has lost his mind. America come get your boy. He's broken and needs to be under a doctor's care back home." I wish someone would tell the damn truth about what's happening.
July 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I wish just one NATO leader (or all of them) would say, "This is unacceptable. The US president has lost his mind. America come get your boy. He's broken and needs to be under a doctor's care back home." I wish someone would tell the damn truth about what's happening.
"We defied aging. It didn’t work. We got older. We ate more kale. We got older. We got more fresh air. More exercise. Drank red wine. It didn’t work. So now, when it’s spring, one of the things we most look forward to is being alive."
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Shift Happens
When a geriatrician asked an audience of people working in healthcare how many of them expected to die, very few raised their hand. Then she asked, “Would you prefer to be old when it happens?"
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July 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
"We defied aging. It didn’t work. We got older. We ate more kale. We got older. We got more fresh air. More exercise. Drank red wine. It didn’t work. So now, when it’s spring, one of the things we most look forward to is being alive."
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Trump golfing today as troops he deployed remain in harm’s way and prices he promised to lower remain high
June 14, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Trump golfing today as troops he deployed remain in harm’s way and prices he promised to lower remain high
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While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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May 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded?
(From NPR)
(From NPR)
May 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded?
(From NPR)
(From NPR)
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While you can’t afford a trip for your family this summer, you just paid for Sean Duffy’s 7-month road trip at $4.55 per gallon of gas.
oh my god -- Sean Duffy on Fox & Friends this morning announced that he spent parts of *7 MONTHS* (more than half a year!) on a roadtrip with his family to celebrate America's 250th anniversary
May 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
While you can’t afford a trip for your family this summer, you just paid for Sean Duffy’s 7-month road trip at $4.55 per gallon of gas.
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I saw this yesterday.
I love when words have multiple meanings.
I love when words have multiple meanings.
April 25, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I saw this yesterday.
I love when words have multiple meanings.
I love when words have multiple meanings.
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Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won.
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April 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate:
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
April 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The effective federal corporate income tax rate:
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
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Donald Trump has done more damage to the United States of America than any foreign enemy accomplished in our nation’s 250-year history.
April 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Donald Trump has done more damage to the United States of America than any foreign enemy accomplished in our nation’s 250-year history.
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I asked A.I. to complete my novel using my own writing style and it did my laundry, went shopping, cleaned the kitchen and spent the rest of the day dicking around online.
April 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I asked A.I. to complete my novel using my own writing style and it did my laundry, went shopping, cleaned the kitchen and spent the rest of the day dicking around online.
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Senators, Congress members:
Have new Articles of Impeachment been put to a vote today?
If not, why not?
Are you waiting for the mid-term elections to be sabotaged before doing anything? Because then it will be too late.
Voters:
Demand that our leaders do their job today:
1 (202) 224-3121
Have new Articles of Impeachment been put to a vote today?
If not, why not?
Are you waiting for the mid-term elections to be sabotaged before doing anything? Because then it will be too late.
Voters:
Demand that our leaders do their job today:
1 (202) 224-3121
March 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Senators, Congress members:
Have new Articles of Impeachment been put to a vote today?
If not, why not?
Are you waiting for the mid-term elections to be sabotaged before doing anything? Because then it will be too late.
Voters:
Demand that our leaders do their job today:
1 (202) 224-3121
Have new Articles of Impeachment been put to a vote today?
If not, why not?
Are you waiting for the mid-term elections to be sabotaged before doing anything? Because then it will be too late.
Voters:
Demand that our leaders do their job today:
1 (202) 224-3121
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Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation.
Complete abdication of duty.
Complete abdication of duty.
March 29, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation.
Complete abdication of duty.
Complete abdication of duty.
Dear world, this is the real United States, people out in droves to protest Trump’s reckless, lawless administration.
March 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Dear world, this is the real United States, people out in droves to protest Trump’s reckless, lawless administration.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
–Justice Louis Brandeis
–Justice Louis Brandeis
March 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
–Justice Louis Brandeis
–Justice Louis Brandeis
Osprey on Casurina tree, Cayman Islands.
March 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Osprey on Casurina tree, Cayman Islands.
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I'm confused how an American president can reduce sanctions on two countries currently killing American citizens and others and remain in office.
Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?
Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?
March 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I'm confused how an American president can reduce sanctions on two countries currently killing American citizens and others and remain in office.
Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?
Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?
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I think the bigger problem is that there are probably millions of people in this country that don't know we've gone to war, or don't care, as long as the WiFi is on and there's something good on TV.
The military leadership that came of age in Vietnam (Powell, Schwartzkopf) knew the value of clear objectives that could be achieved militarily vs softer political goals that can’t be achieved at gunpoint. I’m concerned that a new generation isn’t as vocal about it.
What do you think, Professor?
What do you think, Professor?
March 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I think the bigger problem is that there are probably millions of people in this country that don't know we've gone to war, or don't care, as long as the WiFi is on and there's something good on TV.