Archive - Ruminato

Why Is the New York Times Trying To Make Trump Sound Like a Genius?

I no longer subscribe to that enabler of authoritarianism, but they still manage to piss me off

3 hrs ago •

Charles Bastille

Have Brainworms Taken Over America?

I'm starting to think it's an invasion

May 23

May's Fiction Promos from Other Writers

Check out May's fiction titles from fellow indie writers

May 20 •

Charles Bastille

At Work in the Fields of the Lord

Limited Time Availability: Another free excerpt from my novel, Restive Souls

May 18 •

Charles Bastille

The Return of PeeWee Secaucus

A lawyer discovers the gift of magic

May 16 •

Charles Bastille

The Trump Regime Has Stolen $25 million in NEA grant money since January

Here’s an alphabetized list of organizations whose grants were withdrawn, terminated, or canceled.

May 13

The Vampires of Bodie

The Mouras Encantadas discover the American West

May 11 •

Charles Bastille

Have the DOGE TraitorTots Helped Russia Start a Cyberwar?

A security architect for the federal government has submitted a convincing formal complaint to Congress that suggests, "Maybe so."

May 6

I Just Found the Police State Version of Project 2025

Project Esther cynically uses the fight against anti-semitism to encourage Trump’s darkest instincts

May 3 •

Charles Bastille

The First Reckless

Helping someone revisit their past can come in handy once in a while. Just ask Gladstone Freely.

May 1 •

Charles Bastille

April 2025

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