They’ve robbed my Peace of Mind! Staying informed, embracing political activism, stepping out of my comfort zone. Wharton MBA, Eagles and Phillies fan, pickleball, golf, duplicate bridge Colorado gal nowhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lp6b5gpmx22zhttps://survivingtrumppodcast.substack.com/p/the-trilogy-how-trumps-team-is-breaking15 May 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp6b5gpmx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lompon7xos24I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Denver by CO 50501 and Solidarity Warriors” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/784714/?referring_vol=6786229&rname=Betsy&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=530467908 May 2025 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lompon7xos24https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lomop76bh22rJust peanuts: Defense officials told NBC News that this kind of parade ( Trumps birthday parade on June 14) could cost up to $45 million, which Trump said was "peanuts compared to the value of doing it."08 May 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomop76bh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3locrj7aub22ghttps://open.spotify.com/episode/3Mxvhvd2bHDFQgZkDK7d53?si=zsVH5EumRle5psszJDy3SA04 May 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3locrj7aub22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3ln3py2jc6k25Best line yet: Firing Powell would inject yet more chaos into the economy, and the White House told reporters that Trump’s post “should not be seen as a threat to fire Powell.” Hedge fund founder Spencer Hakimian posted: “Cleanup of orange vomit on Aisle 3.” #HCR18 Apr 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3py2jc6k25https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3ln2oejmjv22v… MSNBC’s Catherine Rampell: “This is the problem with electing an administration of too-online edgelords (ie JD Vance) instead of people who actually want to govern. You can’t just ‘shitpost’ your way to a deal with China.”18 Apr 2025 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2oejmjv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3ln2jaixpps2eApparently he has no memory ..The Bulwark reposted a clip of then-senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) on the Fox News when a right-wing group falsely alleged the IRS was targeting them. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country,” Vance told host Laura Ingraham.18 Apr 2025 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2jaixpps2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3ln2ejtkirc24Trump’s sr director for counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka, appeared on Newsmax and said that those who publicly criticize Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s incarceration in a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador could be committing a federal crime. And could end up there too ! He’s pretty scary looking18 Apr 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2ejtkirc24https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmutu2kq3k23Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX): “I like the fact that they sat around and called Joe Biden sleepy Joe Biden. But at least you could sleep at night because you didn't have to worry about your 401 K disappearing.”15 Apr 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmutu2kq3k23https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmmq7vrcxk2xhttps://survivingtrumppodcast.substack.com/p/episode-14-elon-musk-visionary-leader12 Apr 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmq7vrcxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmj2stxmck2nCNN’s Harry Enten: “There are only two presidents who have net approval ratings negative at this point. One of them was Donald Trump in his first term and the other one, Donald Trump in his second term.”11 Apr 2025 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmj2stxmck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmgoi2uvq22j“In my case I like to take a nice shower, to take care of my beautiful hair,” Trump told reporters while signing the order in the Oval Office on Wednesday. “I have to stand under the shower for 15 minutes till it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip. It’s ridiculous.”10 Apr 2025 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgoi2uvq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmgfcksies2nMeanwhile, we need to be clear about another possible motive of Donald Trump: market manipulation. After all, Trump told his followers to buy stock just hours before making this announcement. A whole lot of Trump’s cronies are certainly getting very, very rich off of Trump’s schemes.10 Apr 2025 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgfcksies2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmgezxzq7k2nThe truth is: Gutting the IRS has everything to do with making it easier for billionaires like Elon and Trump to evade taxes. #RobertReich10 Apr 2025 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgezxzq7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmg4mluhf22phttps://open.substack.com/pub/survivingtrumppodcast/p/episode-13-elon-musk-where-it-all?r=5gmfvy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true09 Apr 2025 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmg4mluhf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmeziiewm22uUh- what about focusing on earth: Trump's NASA nominee Jared Isaacman will tell senators he aims to prioritize missions to Mars, potentially clashing with lawmakers focused on returning to the moon. Questions will probably focus on his close ties to SpaceX and unconventional background09 Apr 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmeziiewm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmdod7e5xs22Everything you never wanted to hear about the Muskrat https://open.spotify.com/episode/01yAIK4ql7fgIsM7vdOfCc?si=xrQe8AxyTFa7Tka4wtjdlA08 Apr 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdod7e5xs22https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmdo7nlkx222Days before Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that sent markets reeling, Newsweek reported that Marjorie Taylor Greene invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in Treasury bonds.08 Apr 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdo7nlkx222https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lmchghvlss2oTrump was asked if he spoke to industry leaders and CEOs about his tariffs: “I've talked to the biggest in the world. I talked to the biggest of them all, many of them. You know what they said? We don't blame you.” Reporter: Who did you talk to? Trump: “I don't want to say.”08 Apr 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmchghvlss2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llwcsxdcyc2tWhat if 2024 was the last real election? Surviving Trump just launched — a podcast and newsletter for defending democracy. Start here (trailer + series preview): https://survivingtrumppodcast.substack.com/p/the-morning-after-why-i-started-surviving?r=5gmfvy03 Apr 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwcsxdcyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llwaedcpo227Go figure- But not from every other country. While Trump imposed tariffs on Australia’s remote Heard and McDonald Islands, which are uninhabited except by wildlife like seals and penguins, it did not put tariffs on Russia03 Apr 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwaedcpo227https://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lluvyu4z2c2pBella Goode on Substack https://substack.com/@survivingtrumppodcast/posts?r=5gmfvy&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page03 Apr 2025 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lluvyu4z2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lltxkjnfks2aBetsy’s Substack survivingtrump25.substack.com?r=45254s&utm... https://survivingtrump25.substack.com/?r=45254s&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist02 Apr 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltxkjnfks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3lltgrxvvx22z02 Apr 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltgrxvvx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llrndn2lpc2uTeaser for episode 13- first of six episodes on Musk. There’s more to the story if that’s possible! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B2mfrdGe0b9Myha1RAj5B43NwWfAsoov/view?usp=drivesdk01 Apr 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrndn2lpc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llkwkd3gx22sGood line #RobertReich In economic terms, Trump’s tariffs — on cars and other goods — are analogous to the Signal group chat: A dumb move that’s not just a gross mistake, but also indicative of a deeper failure to understand even the basics.30 Mar 2025 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkwkd3gx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llj2ncnfuk2aAll in the family: Phil Hegseth new role at the Pentagon as a liaison and sr advisor to DHS. Pete Hegseth also employed his brother when he ran the nonprofit Concerned Veterans for America, where the younger Hegseth’s salary was $108,000 for his media work.29 Mar 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llj2ncnfuk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llicvfjcmc2m29 Mar 2025 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llicvfjcmc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llhp7vkpi22iAs I watched the news this week, I thought of the classic film Love and Death. Set in Tsarist Russia, it brilliantly parodies Russian literature. In one memorable scene, the narrator explains, “There was a village idiots’ convention in Minsk. Village idiots from all over Russia were meeting there.28 Mar 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhp7vkpi22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/survivingtrump.bsky.social/post/3llhgabyv3s2cJust invite yourself to visit a country? The height of rudeness. JD Vance, & his wife visited an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.28 Mar 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:4zu6i4ri34lgbfpzz3a2walg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhgabyv3s2c