Julie explores life with curiosity, creativity, and connection. I share observations with humor, offering perspective on the world and how it shapes us—lightening life’s complexities along the way.
So here we are, watching the slow-motion train wreck that is Donald Trump’s foreign policy cosplay, this time with none other than former KGB agent and full-time autocrat Vladimir Putin—on Alaskan soil. Yes, the same Alaska that used to be part of Russia until we bought it fair
Below written by Heather Cox Richardson August 11, 2025 (Monday) President Donald J. Trump’s big announcement today at his press conference—to which he showed up late—was that he is assuming control over the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and deploying more than 100 agents from the
Twenty years ago, I stumbled onto a book that would change the way I tasted the world. The Cheese Primer by Steven Jenkins wasn’t just a book—it was a revelation. Thick, passionate, and unapologetically detailed, it read like a love letter to curds and rinds. Jenkins didn’t
Taxpayers are paying extra dollars for security to keep Ghislaine Maxwell safe at her cushy “community college” prison in Texas. That’s it..that’s the newsletter. Get PISSED! Julie Bolejack, MBA
By Your Ever-Humble Correspondent I have been informed—by polite society, no less—that swearing is a vulgar habit unfit for the refined. Which is precisely why I hold it in such high regard. For if the refined wish to abstain from such verbal pleasures, I say, let them. It
Apparently, my new Facebook profile picture — a rainbow fist and the words Screw Calm and Get Angry — offended the delicate sensibilities of a man who decided it was his sacred duty to lecture me on “being civil. Let’s get something straight: these are not civil times. Civility is the
Dear Mr. Couchman, Thanks so much for your condescending little love letter about Trump’s $9 billion in “spending cuts” and the “painful consequences” of Biden’s economic policies. Always a treat to watch billion-dollar donor-backed organizations pretend to care about the daily struggles of working families. Let’s break
Dear Reader and Subscribers, There’s a quiet truth in the quote: “I can’t go back to yesterday… because I was a different person then.” It comes from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a tale of transformation and perspective. And whether we’re tumbling down rabbit
Dear Elected Officials, Let’s get one thing straight: you work for us. The people. Not your donors, not your party, not your lobbyist golf buddies — us. And we are watching. We are fed up. And we are, frankly, wondering if a single spine still exists among you. We didn’
Fellow Patriot, Of the many degradations that have torn the fabric of American society in our lifetimes, one of the most damaging is the concept of DEI (or “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”). This pernicious political concept is designed mainly to punish and debilitate Americans based solely on the color of
Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was one of the most powerful and transformational civil rights achievements in American history — born from the blood, sweat, and bones of Black Americans who were beaten, jailed, and murdered for demanding the
Beginning in January 2025, Executive Order 14173 formally rescinded Executive Order 11246, effectively eliminating affirmative‑action obligations for federal agencies and contractors. This reversed more than fifty years of requirements to proactively promote workplace diversity . Within days, the Justice Department issued new guidance discouraging DEI programs in private and public