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Thursday, August 28, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 28, 2025

Trump is always crazy. So is his sycophantic cabinet. What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting? As hours ticked by, President Trump played reality television...

Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Annette’s News Roundup.

August 27, 2025

Trump continues to normalize his plan to implement a dictatorship. Trump Suggests Americans Open to a ‘Dictator’ | TIME ‘Maybe We Like a Dictator’: Trump...

Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 26, 2025

Still smarting about how much the grifter Trump has added to his wealth since entering the White House? Here’s another chance to be bummed - this time about...

Friday, August 22, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 22, 2025

** Special announcement ** - this ** Roundup ** is very long. The first article from the New Yorker is a detailed accounting of Trump’s grifting and...

Thursday, August 21,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 21, 2025

No Politics Thursday. This is a mid-week pause, an opportunity to think about the past - the New York Department Store, Barney’s, from a chapter excerpted...

Wednesday, August 20, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 20, 2025

The battle of the mail-in ballots. We will win this. The Constitution tells us so. 👇 President Trump can sign whatever executive order he wants to sign — but...

Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 19, 2025

To Trump’s failed “summit” in Alaska, Lavrov wore a grey “CCCP” sweatshirt under a puffer vest. You remember Lavrov, Putin‘s foreign minister and right hand...

Saturday, August 16, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Dem

August 16, 2025

Briefly, update from Texas. Democracy won the first round in Texas. Texas Governor Abbott starts Round 2. BREAKING: President Obama held a call with Texas...

Friday, August 15, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 15, 2025

Mr. Trump is going to Russia. Alaska. Trump: It’s embarrassing. I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday.(Alaska) pic.twitter.com/ET7e6zMS3c—...

Thursday, August 14, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 14, 2025

D.C. remains under siege. Changing her tone, the mayor of Washington condemns Trump’s deployment of the National Guard. Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington on...

Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 13, 2025

Washington, D.C. under siege. “Don’t let your kids go out alone.” Young men participating in the Young Doctors Project White Coat Ceremony at Howard...

Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

August 12, 2025

What the WNBA means to me. The “W,” as it is often called, is more than basketball sports programming. It is the fullest expression we have of the dreams of...

Friday, August 8, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

A brief but important Roundup. Yesterday, Donald Trump just said he would use the FBI to force Texas Democrats to come back to Texas. We’re breaking quorum...

Thursday, August 7, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The GOP is learning - Trump doesn’t have the best ideas. Trump and Johnson face escalating GOP revolt on redistricting A growing number of blue-state House...

Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics firing seems to be a turning point. Capitalism depends on honest numbers. Without them, many aspects of the social and...

Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The Smithsonian surrenders to Trump and then changes its mind. Joyce Vance - The Washington Post reported on Thursday that “The Smithsonian’s National Museum...

Saturday, August 2, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

If Hamas ends its control of Gaza, would a Palestinian state finally happen? Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state seems to have set off a domino...

Friday, August 1, 2025. Annette’s News Roundup.

One long article caught my eye. 👇 Enjoy. Things may not be what they seem to be. Who are you supporting when you support no tax on tips? “No Tax on Tips” Is...

Thursday, July 31, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Watch what you read. Trump’s economy is weakening. Economic growth softened in the first half of the year, as tariffs and uncertainty upended business plans...

Wednesday, July 30,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Roy Cooper will be North Carolina’s Senator, if we help him. And we did just that. Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy -...

Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Trump is always crazy And stupid. To start the EU discussions, Trump met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula Vonder Leyen, in Scotland to...

Saturday, July 26,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The Trump cult has long believed America has been run by Liberal child traffickers. Remember Pizzagate. Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article which...

Friday, July 25, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

First posting about Trump’s polls in a long time. Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six months into his second...

Thursday, July 24, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

5 articles on Trump today. 1. What the public thinks. 2. Epstein. 3. Epstein. 4. Epstein 5. Trump’s tariffs and lies. 1. Behind the Curtain: Losing by...

Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Repeat. Remember this. The Republicans in the House don’t seem to have any work to do. Why are they paid? Johnson cuts short House Session to avoid Epstein...

Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Yesterday, I sent this,👇 but the video didn’t open for some. Try agin. The week began. A brief video to give you a lift. ———- Trump Talks About Anything but...

Monday, July 21, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The week begins. A brief video to give you a lift.

Saturday, July 19, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Life in Montauk where Eve and I have been since late June can be both too calming and too full, and today was just that. Sorry to say but I am too tired to...

Friday, July 18,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.t

Entering the weekend with Trump’s Epstein problem very much alive. In a courtroom artist's sketch, Jeffrey Epstein, center, sits with attorneys during his...

Thursday, July 17, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

MAGA Demands for the Epstein files to be released continue. The Republicans may have voted against releasing the Epstein files yesterday, but someone is...

Wednesday, July 16,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Sometimes the truth outs. Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as Trump's tariffs are pushing up the cost of a range of goods....

Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The MAGA Crisis about the Jeffrey Epstein Files. Heather Cox Richardson, July 13. Letters from an American. This weekend saw the development of an...

Saturday, July 12, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Theatre doesn’t sit quietly by. Uncle Sam, played by Dana Watkins, welcomes players to “Fight for America,” an interactive tactical tabletop game staged in...

Friday, July 11, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Me too! You? 👇 Justice Jackson Says ‘the State of Our Democracy’ Keeps Her Up at Night. At a bar association event in Indiana, the justice told those...

Thursday, March 10, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

For Trump and MAGA, Lying is a strategy. First, the Trump Lying Machine in action. 'Trump Effect' website takes credit for US investment made under Biden |...

Wednesday, July 9,2025. Annette’s News Rounduo.

The World keeps turning upside down, if only temporarily. First came Trump’s Ugly Law. Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country Last week,...

Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

New York Times, Monday, July 7, 2025. On the floods in Texas. Government’s role may become clearer to skeptics. Scientific American issued this warning on...

July 5, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Is this 4th of July the saddest day in American history? On July 4th, 2025, the New York Times invited readers to answer this question - How Will Trump’s Big...

4th of July 2025. 🇺🇸 Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

On this, the saddest 4th of July in the history of our country, I invite you to consider spending part of the holiday weekend watching Heidi Schreck’s...

Thursday, July 3, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Trump is always greedy. Trump always lies. The New York Times decided to become brave and expose Trump’s lies. This 👇 was yesterday’s headline in the digital...

Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Why not pick a Senate seat as your own favorite for 2026? We need to turn 4 red seats blue in 2026 to take back control of the Senate and stop Trump. North...

Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Good News from the Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal, Trump could well be made a lame lame duck by the 2026 elections. Trump Puts the Senate in...

Saturday, June 28, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

The Public’s Not With Trump by William Kristol Demonstrators gather outside City Hall during a rally opposing the United States' strikes on Iran on June 22,...

Friday, June 27, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Our Felon tries to help their felon. First Trump bombed another country for a friend. His bombs failed. He is trying another way. #TrumpFailure One more...

Thursday, June 26, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Same-Sex Marriage Legal Landmark Rulings celebrated today. Today is the anniversary of Lawrence (2003), Windsor (2013), Obergefell (2015). Lawrence v. Texas,...

Wednesday,June 25,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Despite Trump’s boasts and bluster, his bombs did not do the job. Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says Classified...

Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Yesterday was the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, the law which not only changed women’s sports, but changed the role of women in every aspect of life. In...

Saturday, June 21,2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

This and That. Louisiana BREAKING: Federal appeals court blocks a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms....

Friday, June 20, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

Trump is always crazy. Trump is always corrupt. Did you hear that … E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos. The Trump administration’s...

Juneteenth, Thursday June 19, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

In honor of Juneteenth. Juneteenth, Freedom and a better America. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and the Art of Persuasion. How Harriet Beecher Stowe helped precipitate...