Get yourself some ice water, because I’m back with a hot take on the news of the moment. Michael Wolff has a new Trump tell-all coming out next week called “The Fire and the Fury: Inside the Trump White House”.…
The New Trump Tell-All: A Hot Take
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Fitness Goals? How About Fun-ness Goals!
So here we are in the brand new year and we all know what that means: everyone and their brother is going to encourage you to make fitness resolutions for 2018. Gyms will offer you discounts. Magazines will list the hottest…
Hot Take on Utah’s Senate Race
This afternoon, my phone started blowing up with news that Senator Orin Hatch, Republican of Utah, will not seek re-election this coming fall. This is terrific news because he’s literally been in the Senate for most of my life and Utahns?…
Good-Bye 2017
2017 is coming to an end and none of us will be sorry to see it go. I have some particular pet peeves that I desperately hope will vanish into the past when the clock strikes midnight. You might think…
Thoughts on Taxes and Obamacare
Okey-dokey, resisters. This week was sucktastic. The new tax law is sucktastic. The implications for the economy as a whole are sucktastic. The implications on health insurance are sucktastic. BUT! The overall outcomes for health care policy are not nearly as sucktastic…
On Friendship and Justice
Last night, amid rumors of an impending revelation about a leading figure in the restaurant industry, Anthony Bourdain posted this cryptic and reflective tweet: This might be the question that is haunting all of us news-watchers these days. Every day…
Franken Out. Who’s Next To Do The Work?
Al Franken is yesterday’s news. OK, yes, he will continue to be a figure of discussion. And perhaps you are a person who needs to spend some time holding your assumptions and behavior up against his as part of the…
Fucking Men. (You Mad, Bro? Not Sorry.)
Hello. I am writing to you from a moment of emotional dissonance. On the one hand, I am reeling after the release of a story about Senator Al Franken, a man I have admired for years, an author whose work…
This Week in WTF
Congratulations! We have all survived another week in Trump’s America. Hooray for us! I know we have all be resisting as much as our little heats can resist and you should pat yourself on the back for that. We are…
Obamacare Open Enrollment 2017
Hi, hey, hello, how are you all? Did you enjoy Mueller Monday this week? How about that guilty plea from that Papadoplous guy? Think he’s cooperating with the investigation? Yeah, cool, cool, cool. And Halloween…did you have fun on Halloween?…
