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Marjory Ruderman

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Writer of kidlit & humor & other stuff. Differently wired cheerful curmudgeon. she/her Rep: Kathryn Green Literary Agency marjoryruderman.com

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 39544 πŸ” 14912 πŸ’¬ 570 πŸ“Œ 666

And I've missed you!

08.08.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love your blog post! ❀️

05.08.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would listen to this

31.07.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Taking potshots at the freedom of the press in the midst of going after the right of the people peaceably to assemble.

09.06.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 607 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 9

Every one of these is more important than the mental acuity of the former President. We are in trouble. Focus.

21.05.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 4422 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 24

I was happy to find it in my inbox, (and to finally learn the meaning of) no cap!

14.04.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At all times!

19.03.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
American Airlines flight on fire with people on the wing

American Airlines flight on fire with people on the wing

How it feels to be American right nowβ€”

16.03.2025 02:30 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

Crash course in how to interview a liar

14.03.2025 02:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.

Thank you @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social
for meeting the moment appropriately! I hope other journalists take note of how it's done.

www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

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Standing ovation!

05.03.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check it out, #kidlit writers!
This is a great opportunity.

03.03.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great day to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription.
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28.02.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I ditched mine this morning!

28.02.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great day to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription.
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28.02.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking of canceling now, too, after the announcement about the opinion section.

27.02.2025 01:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If only we had a one-word descriptor for this salute

21.02.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

20.02.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 16068 πŸ” 4810 πŸ’¬ 227 πŸ“Œ 196
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Trickle up economics.

20.02.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 3550 πŸ” 1416 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 80
Title: What Costs More: Billionaire Tax Avoidance or Federal Workers?
Subtitle: Musk’s tax avoidance could fund 677K federal jobs
	β€’	Current Tax Rate: 3.27%
	β€’	Top Federal Tax Rate: 37%

Cost Comparison (Bar Chart):
	β€’	Cost of Musk’s Tax Avoidance (smallest bar, purple)
	β€’	Cost of Top 100 Billionaires’ Tax Avoidance (largest bar, red)
	β€’	Total Federal Workforce Salaries (mid-sized bar, green)
X-axis ranges from $0B to $380B, showing that billionaire tax avoidance covers a significant portion of federal workforce salaries.

Impact on Federal Workforce:
	β€’	Average Federal Salary: $106,000
	β€’	Jobs Musk’s Avoidance Could Fund: 677,782 (29.5% of all federal employees)

Federal Workforce Breakdown (Pie Chart):
	β€’	A segment representing 29.5% of the workforce highlights the share Musk’s avoided taxes could fund, labeled β€œShare Equal to Musk’s Avoided Taxes: 29.5%”.

Sources:
	β€’	Musk’s Tax Rate: ProPublica
	β€’	Billionaire Gains: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (Dec. 31, 2024)
	β€’	Federal Employee Data: USAFacts

Title: What Costs More: Billionaire Tax Avoidance or Federal Workers? Subtitle: Musk’s tax avoidance could fund 677K federal jobs β€’ Current Tax Rate: 3.27% β€’ Top Federal Tax Rate: 37% Cost Comparison (Bar Chart): β€’ Cost of Musk’s Tax Avoidance (smallest bar, purple) β€’ Cost of Top 100 Billionaires’ Tax Avoidance (largest bar, red) β€’ Total Federal Workforce Salaries (mid-sized bar, green) X-axis ranges from $0B to $380B, showing that billionaire tax avoidance covers a significant portion of federal workforce salaries. Impact on Federal Workforce: β€’ Average Federal Salary: $106,000 β€’ Jobs Musk’s Avoidance Could Fund: 677,782 (29.5% of all federal employees) Federal Workforce Breakdown (Pie Chart): β€’ A segment representing 29.5% of the workforce highlights the share Musk’s avoided taxes could fund, labeled β€œShare Equal to Musk’s Avoided Taxes: 29.5%”. Sources: β€’ Musk’s Tax Rate: ProPublica β€’ Billionaire Gains: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (Dec. 31, 2024) β€’ Federal Employee Data: USAFacts

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?

Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of theΒ entire non-DoD federal workforce.

Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

21.02.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 3311 πŸ” 1713 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 96

Amy, nooooo!!! Those were the doge air traffic controllers

20.02.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely!

09.02.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, it's gorgeous work!

07.02.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Only Way to Slow Down the Trump-Musk Coup It’s hard to think of anything less sexy and less made-for-TV than an attorney charging into a courthouse to seek a temporary injunction.

"Which means, in the aggregate, that we somehow walk around carrying two conflicting beliefs: that American democracy is both too big to fail, and also that American democracy is too intricate to fight for."

05.02.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3

This live stream is bringing the joy I needed! #ALAYMA

27.01.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds excellent!

25.01.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful post!

24.01.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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You found one that actually looks like me

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animated gif of an endless loop of zooming into a grandmother's hand to reveal it's the same grandmother, with a smaller grandmother for a hand, etc

animated gif of an endless loop of zooming into a grandmother's hand to reveal it's the same grandmother, with a smaller grandmother for a hand, etc

Marjory and I linking to each other's blogs.

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