Michael Pugh

7 days until the U.S. midterms

@rinne2527.bsky.social hi Rinne. I haven’t seen any posts from you lately. I hope you’re okay.

There are two people you should never trust: a religious leader who tells you how to vote, and a politician who tells you how to pray.

2 weeks until midterms!

Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel plan - The Associated Press apple.news/ASfYvseyBSZi...

27 days until the U.S. midterm elections. LFG!

Trump TV is failing hard!

I was thinking about taking up running for exercise, then I remembered Proverbs 28:1 “The wicked run when no one is chasing them”

SHAME: Mike Collins says seniors need to “get off Social Security [and] get back into the workforce” After Trump sabotaged Social Security by effectively building a wall of red tape between seniors and their earned benefits, NOW REPUBLICANS WANT YOU TO WORK UNTIL YOU DIE.

Trump has promised multiple stimulus checks (have you received one?) He promised his tariffs would revive U.S. manufacturing (we've lost manufacturing jobs). He promised lower gas prices (they're higher now). He promised to keep us out of new wars (he started one with Iran). Noticing a pattern?

25th Amendment now!

I saw this at Kroger today. It’s a robot that automatically scans the inventory on the shelves.

When "homeless working adults with minor-aged children" becomes a distinct administrative category—not an anomaly, but a recognized population requiring its own eligibility framework—you know something is very, very broken in our society.

I’m sick of our media pretending like it’s normal to have a president snoozing during Oval Office meetings then raging on social media in the dead of night. It is not a storyline you gloss over. It is the story.

Happy Easter to those who celebrate—Palm Sunday for my Ukrainian friends—a quiet day alone for me.

Gasoline is $3.099 a gallon where I live. It’s up 25% from 5 days ago.

youtube.com/watch?v=PiGH... A story that ran on a Nashville TV station recently

@olgapatluyk.bsky.social My sister Mary received her gorgeous necklace today. She wanted me to tell you that she loves it, and can’t wait to wear it. She raved about the care that you put into it, from the quality and beauty of the materials and workmanship to the care that you took in packing.

I just realized that I turned 68 and a half 5 days ago. I think I’m at the age where I should celebrate half birthdays again.

Today in 2008, I finally earned my Bachelor’s degree at the age of 50.

Visibility of my account is at 0🫠We still need to get the matching😭 €90 to go🥺

Kyiv. Emergency situation in the energy sector. Since last night, the curfew has been eased so people can reach the Points of Invincibility (public warming and charging shelters) anytime. We hold on. But let’s not forget: we’re made of flesh and blood, just like you.

You often write that you love my smile, but sometimes it’s so hard to smile, so hard to seem strong. Today my smile is resting. It needs time to regain its strength. My work here 🤗 etsy.com/shop/HappyJewelryHelga

Is FIFA going to take back their peace prize now? 🏅

I tried to make gazpacho, but it kept turning out like this!

Homemade chili for lunch 😋

youtube.com/watch?v=pint...

Early Christmas lunch with my family.

I was out today checking out the Christmas decorations and figuring out where I need to be for tomorrow night’s Christmas tree lighting when I saw this:

We’ve put together a few quick tips on how you can fight back against the algorithm and keep Ukraine in the news you’re seeing.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. — Albert Schweitzer

I am an American 🇺🇸 I stand with President Zelenskyy. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do! — Olin Miller

Homemade chili 😋

#ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

fb.watch/CANWNC6wUv/? Ukrainian food festival this past Saturday.