Archive for 2025

SALENA ZITO:

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FOR SCIENCE FICTION PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T HEARD:  John Varley died.

IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: Biden Legacy Imperiled As Presidential Library Project Reportedly Plagued By Anemic Fundraising.

Biden’s library foundation told the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) it anticipates raking in only $11.3 million by the end of 2027, which is not nearly enough money to build the traditional legacy and records management project for each of the nation’s chief executives, The New York Times reported. The IRS filings also reportedly show the organization failed to garner any new donations in 2024, the final year of Biden’s sole term in office. Instead, it was seeded solely with $4 million remaining from his inauguration in 2021, according to the outlet.

The library foundation declined to say the amount of money it raised in 2025, but claimed Biden was just now starting to actively fundraise for the project, The New York Times reported. Moreover, Biden’s aides said they have a goal of eventually raising $200 million for the project, according to the outlet.

In part due to the lackluster fundraising, talks have recently been taking place about merging a potential Biden presidential library with pre-existing Biden-affilated institutions located at the University of Delaware, the outlet reported, citing four anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

His legacy is in no way “imperiled.” If anything, even a lackluster combo deal with the University of Delaware is still more than the President-in-Name-Only deserves.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

18,000 TERRORISTS LOOSE IN THE U.S.: Did you catch the disclosure over the weekend by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard that there could be as many as 18,000 trained, focused, fanatical terrorists in this country? Richard Pollock puts that figure in context following the Brown University and Sydney beach slaughters.

ON SUNDAYS I DO A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE WRITERS WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERTARIAN:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Today I added three businesses whose owners I know aren’t on the left. Just in case you’re tired of giving money to people who want you dead.
And if you’re a small business person who falls in the same group, email me at bookpimping at outlook dot com and I’ll run a promo just for you tomorrow afternoon.

I READ ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO, WHILE DOING RESEARCH. I DON’T CARE TO REVISIT:  Nanking.