Cleveland-based retired creative director/AME Visuals. Grows bonsai trees, builds furniture. Foodie, illustrator, news designerhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3m75u4zlb3k2zRobert Reich makes a great, concise case for invoking the 25th amendment https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/age-and-inhibition?r=1spac8&utm_medium=ios04 Dec 2025 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75u4zlb3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3m2cjke5zfs2lSo some good has come from this #shutdown after all…03 Oct 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cjke5zfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3m25fzjggps2qIt’s properly known as the trump shutdown, not the Schumer. Even he said so: "A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak." Donald J. Trump01 Oct 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fzjggps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lykmbuw2qs25The president has no authority to order flags at half-staff to acknowledge the murder of Charlie Kirk. Kirk simply doesn’t qualify per the US flag code: 1/211 Sep 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykmbuw2qs25https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lwphhifrg22i@govmikedewine.bsky.social as an Ohioan, you among all governors should know the consequences of deploying National Guard troops against American citizens. I urge you to rethink your decision.18 Aug 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwphhifrg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lwbuo5rdc223If you want the best perspective on Ohio politics, look no further than @davidpepperoh.bsky.social This piece gives me more hope for Ohio than I’ve had in years https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpepper/p/ohios-best-potential-ticket-in-20?r=1spac813 Aug 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbuo5rdc223https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lw3kfuy64s2nAfter decades of being a national punchline, looks like Cleveland might have the last laugh (that’s our skyline in the background)11 Aug 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw3kfuy64s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lt35wkbzlk2a@repmaxmiller one last plea: There are 145,979 Medicaid recipients in Ohio's 7th District (you represent them, remember?). That’s about 40% of your constituents. VOTE TO HELP THEM BY VOTING NO ON THIS DISASTROUS BILL!!03 Jul 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt35wkbzlk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrw72tycec2mAir layers taken from a volunteer crabapple my neighbor and I let grow between our houses. It gets cool orange apples in the fall. The first air layer didn’t take, so I recut and kept the sphagnum less wet and less packed. That did the trick. Last pic is the debris I cut off—fully 8 feet! #bonsai18 Jun 2025 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrw72tycec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrw6otg2kk2mOf all the cruel things in this tax bill, the fact that millions of parents won’t receive the increased child tax credit because their incomes are TOO LOW is the cruelest of all. From ITEP:18 Jun 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrw6otg2kk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrw52oxboc2eAnd remember, this from a president who was the 5-star General who was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe in WWII.18 Jun 2025 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrw52oxboc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrr5u4zqqs2mHis look of total disappointment is *almost* worth $45 million16 Jun 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr5u4zqqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrmflxgm222x…and the Book of Moron is subtitled Art of the Deal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jun 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrmflxgm222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrltl2237224One of my favorite signs from the Cleveland No Kings rally @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social14 Jun 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrltl2237224https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lrlclhn4422yReady for the afternoon!14 Jun 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrlclhn4422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lr7n6nznxs2vI need to apologize to Neanderthals for suggesting Marge must carry their DNA. Just read an amazing piece saying 40,000 years ago they fashioned an epoxy-like adhesive to repair their tools. No way MTG has that highly developed intelligence.10 Jun 2025 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7n6nznxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lqq7jb4se22dInteresting day. I actually agree with Elon about this.03 Jun 2025 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqq7jb4se22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lqindq6v4c24Powerful words from Langston Hughes. For millions, these tumultuous times are not new. But if we choose to open our eyes, hearts, and minds to unite rather than divide, then: “O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free.” https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpepper/p/let-america-be-america-again?r=1spac831 May 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqindq6v4c24https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lqbp6i5tmc2aThe three judges were appointed by Reagan, Obama and Trump. This could mark a return to the sanity of checks and balances. https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-tariffs-trade-court-ruling29 May 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbp6i5tmc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lq3u6jgii22nIf only he had bone spurs in his all-caps thumbs26 May 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3u6jgii22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lpr6cqcohc25Thanks, @repmaxmiller for voting to hurt seniors in Ohio and nationwide so you can give even more tax breaks to the filthy rich. Oh, and saddling future generations with even more crippling debt: $2.3 Trillion added to the deficit. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5312712-house-gop-bill-medicare-cuts/22 May 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr6cqcohc25https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lpjzs7lww22vBy questioning “whether the former president was capable of doing the job,” he’s of course referring to 45, not 46. https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DJ1q1OFJ7nv?xmt=AQF0Tbi9mdOGYlxr26i0YlK1lFpfvmhK5ofwWQ9egDvHzA19 May 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjzs7lww22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lpbxaa3t3k2kThis 15-year-old exhibits more maturity and compassion than her state rep. The country needs more Amelie Feldmans, less Laurel Libbys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbxaa3t3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lpa5miprr226Politics trumps public health again. Sadly, Ohio won’t be far behind. Gift article from The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/florida-fluoride-water-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HU8.Qzg3.1VoZDVTMe8U_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare15 May 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa5miprr226https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lp7go7yids2nTurning tax-exempt status into a political weapon for the executive branch. What could possibly go wrong? https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-buries?r=1spac815 May 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7go7yids2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lp3vhcepwk2eAll three Cleveland coaches (Stefanski/Browns, Vogt/Guards and now Atkinson/Cavs) won Coach of the Year as rookies (Stefanski’s was his first of two COY). All three won one playoff round, then lost in round two. Futility doesn’t play favorites in The Land.14 May 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3vhcepwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lp2g2khw7k2yGreat work, Gov Mike Dewine and Ohio Legislators. You’ve made our state even worse than last year https://www.nbc4i.com/news/data-desk-ohio/ohio-again-ranks-among-worst-states-in-country-in-list-by-u-s-news-world-report/13 May 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2g2khw7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3lowvkpz7b223Not sour grapes because the Pacers are kicking the crap out of the Cavs, but aren’t those Indy uniforms the ugliest?12 May 2025 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowvkpz7b223https://bsky.app/profile/kordcle.bsky.social/post/3loqe7queek2aOhio is on the brink of a measles epidemic, with at least 25 cases this year. If only there were a safe and effective way to prevent it... https://signalcleveland.org/cuyahoga-county-has-a-confirmed-measles-case-heres-what-to-know/09 May 2025 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:fkrzbcodc653i3egfordl7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqe7queek2a