War, Love, and Survival in Ukraine 🇺🇦

From a war zone in Ukraine to the streets of America.

Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.

I’m terrified by America’s fascism trend and disgusted that my party is now a Trump cult. My time inside the system and in the probe of the January 6 attack has left me with just an ember of hope. Making it grow requires the hard truth. Can we handle it?

The war in Ukraine is affecting us. Poetry, thought snippets, expressions, drawings, written pieces. Whatever form it takes, find it here

Poetry, snippets and comments - writings on digital culture, love, hate and the joy we find.

Fighting misinformation and hate. Seeking to uncover the truth and hold our politicians accountable.

Explaining international politics, and especially the fight between autocrats and democrats in the world today.

The Political.Tips newsletter, curated by Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, focuses on politics, elections, war, and the people who drive the events we talk about.

You are not the crazy ones.

Opening the future by understanding the past.

A little happy place for people who are madly in love with life and writing, not always in that order