Lauren Gilbert

Trump illegally overstepped executive power with global tariffs, supreme court rules Ruling is blow to Trump’s bold assertions of authority and topples key pillar of aggressive economic agenda

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2026 Festival The most prominent way authors may take part in the festival is through our Author Expo/Readers' Extravaganza, scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2023.  During the Expo, you'll have opportunities to...

I will be attending the Amelia Island Book Festival on Saturday, February 28. It's a great festival and I hope to see you there. Visit the site for more information here: www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org/2026-aibf-fe...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

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A Rational Attachment | The Literary Reporter Set in the elegance and constraint of Regency England, A Rational Attachment by Lauren Gilbert follows Anne Emmons.

A Rational Attachment is on the Literary Reporter! theliteraryreporter.com/book-submiss...

The cold is hanging on. Even here, tomorrow promises to be nippy. What better way to spend a chilly day than with a nice hot cup of tea and a book? Especially with the Sunshine State Book festival next weekend! I hope to see you there.

‘It’s uninvestible’: Trump’s Venezuela pitch met with skepticism from oil executives | CNN Politics ‘It’s uninvestible’: Trump’s Venezuela pitch met with skepticism from oil executives

Interesting. www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/p...

Senate votes to block Trump from future military strikes on Venezuela The Trump administration used to military to snatch Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week.

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What we know about the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis Fatal shooting of 37-year-old woman sparks sharply conflicting accounts from local, state and federal officials

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I have cancer again. Don’t feel sorry for me Reader shares his second cancer diagnosis. Don’t feel sorry for me. Feel for those who get diagnoses like this but don’t have the loving family and support...

I found this thought provoking. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Florida proposal seeks to repeal and replace property taxes A new proposal is seeking to repeal and replace property taxes filed in the Florida Legislature.

Now the state: repeal property tax & increase sales tax from 6 to 9%. Most (if not all) counties & some cities have additional tax. This will hit people with lower incomes very hard. This would also force counties to beg for funding or to impose or increase their taxes. www.wctv.tv/2025/12/17/f...

Christmas flowers from my sister...

State’s federal Medicaid payment undermines DeSantis claim about Hope Florida donation The $38 million Florida paid to the federal government is based on a calculation that treated an entire Medicaid settlement as Medicaid money. The governor’s office, however, had argued $10 m…

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Just around the corner in January... I hope to see you there!

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

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AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is deeply concerned by the Department of Education’s decision to move forward with a proposed definition of professional degree programs that exc...

Last time I checked, we have a shortage of doctors and nurses... www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/al...

Forgive the self-promo! My cozy holiday novella, which I scribbled when the world was too dark to focus on my fantasy series, is out today. So unlike anything I've written in the last decade, but just what I needed now. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXJDB1Y1 #JAFF #PrideandPrejudice #JaneAusten

Perfect morning for today's walk-cool, sunny, clear blue sky. You'd never know we were in the middle of town.

Autumn color in Florida on today's walk. A cold front's coming-I might even get to wear a sweater!

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America’s Future Is Hungary MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
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ChatGPT Energy Consumption Visualized - BEUK

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November 1st.