Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026And the trouble is the bluster and bravado fail as well. They may comfort the narcissist briefly. But it’s never enough. 000
Reposted by Ruth BurnhamThe Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 20/07/2026When Sen. Mark Kelly when asked by The Atlantic if he thought America was ready to have a disabled first lady, referring to his wife Gabby Giffords, he responded: “In my opinion, we have a disabled president right now.” 1532082
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026He does earn a lot of superlatives. Most evil person in the world, for one. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026DJT refuses to understand how tariffs work. He just thinks they are an instrument of power. And he doesn’t care in the least who they hurt. 011
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 21/07/2026That’s good. It’s significant that Ike was the last Republican I could think of who did anything good for the country. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 18/07/2026With any luck congestive heart failure is catching up with him. I do worry about JDV, though. Not a good successor. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Dr. John Gartner says djt is the purest embodiment of evil he has ever seen. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Is her contract with them on a percentage basis like all the tort lawyers we see on tv? 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Handspun, handknit penguins I made in honor of that place and its residents. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 18/07/2026And he uses government resources entirely inappropriately. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I’ve been trying to think of anything good from GOP. Interstate highway system (Eisenhower)? 100
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 09/07/2026So then he flew AF1 to England and got the glitzy new plane to fly home safely. 020
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 09/07/2026He just quit. I dunno why the wording is “suspended his campaign” when it’s not like he would ever revive it. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I read that the fancy new jet doesn’t have enough defensive technology to fly out of Turkey now that djt has reignited the Iran hostilities. So a story was made up to send it somewhere safer. 130
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Did you see the clip of Erdogan pulling him back from wandering off and directing him to the microphones or wherever he was supposed to be? 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Imagine the hospitals that could be opened and fully staffed by Musk alone. His name could be everywhere! I’m no fan of Ken Langone’s politics (cofounder of Home Depot) but he has been a benefactor to his Alma mater and NY medical center.I’m ok with his name being on buildings where good is done. 010
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I’ll respect any president who is respectable. DJT is slime, apologies to slime. Does not deserve any kind of respect. Look how world leaders treated him at the G7! They’re done with him and with any luck, we will be too, soon after the midterms. 030
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Haitians by the hundreds HAVE been contributing. Working, paying taxes, doing jobs many others won’t take. This administration is so shameful. 020
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I wonder which overreach will be the proverbial straw… 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026 Never has. There’s lots of proof. Not least people’s own experience. 020
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026He never used it when it was in a less central location. Once I put it in the living room, things changed a little. He still scratches furniture and earns a water bottle squirt. I haven’t figured which is a better incentive—avoiding water or gaining a treat. 140
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026And to top it all off, Mother Nature sent bad weather to cancel the stupid “concert.” 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Yes. I’m 76 now, and when I flew out of NYC in 1973 for a long overseas trip, I had no visible jewelry. 1140
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I reward him for using the scratching post instead of the furniture, so now he sits up there waiting for a reward any old time! He also helps in the office. 1140
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I’m happy for NYC, having been around at a time when crime was so bad I removed my jewelry when I went there, and Times Square was the hellhole. I hope many of Mamdani’s priorities spread. Imagine an administration that helps people!!! 1180
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 23/06/2026That’s easy. Boats are Petri dishes for a bunch of diseases and there are too many people. 020
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The photos I’m seeing from the G7 show people generally avoiding him. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 21/06/2026And had a former Olympic cyclist arrested for touching it. I hope the poor guy gets pro bono legal representation. 010
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“Whom” is bad grammar, but the intent is exactly right. 010
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Faculty at the university I was a student life dean at wanted to give Zinn an honorary doctorate years ago. Trustees vetoed it and stopped giving honorary degrees at all. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Disgusting co-opting of national treasures and resources. 040
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I wonder if some people are taking the letter home as souvenirs. 000
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 03/06/2026He was a stray in Texas, shipped to Boulder. No idea what his backstory is. He doesn’t like to be picked up, but he hangs out with his humans and likes other people, too. He also helps with office work. 291
Ruth Burnham @ruthburnham.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I’m hoping he told the cabinet that he would be resigning on his birthday. He’d make up some fabulist explanation, but he could be gone. Explains his “I don’t care” responses, backing out of things. We’ll see. 010