@papercraned.bsky.social
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
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Absolutely amazing.
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
September 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Absolutely amazing.
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Right-size Scotus and declare their rulings void. Enforce the constitutional edict against insurrectionists holding office. Overturn all their work. Demolish their buildings. Money out of politics. Nazis out of government. Cancel all Musk contracts; seize his property for a global restitution fund.
September 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Right-size Scotus and declare their rulings void. Enforce the constitutional edict against insurrectionists holding office. Overturn all their work. Demolish their buildings. Money out of politics. Nazis out of government. Cancel all Musk contracts; seize his property for a global restitution fund.
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House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.
September 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.
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So, if you’re keeping track, this is the punishment/retribution phase of narcissistic abuse, which you get when you don’t comply with what they want.
The Kennedy Center removed the famous “Blue” outdoor sculpture from its grounds on Wednesday.
https://www.notus.org/metro/kennedy-center-removes-blue-beloved-sculpture-joel-shapiro-the-reach
https://www.notus.org/metro/kennedy-center-removes-blue-beloved-sculpture-joel-shapiro-the-reach
Kennedy Center Removes ‘Beloved’ Sculpture From Its Grounds
The center did not announce the move ahead of time.
www.notus.org
September 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
So, if you’re keeping track, this is the punishment/retribution phase of narcissistic abuse, which you get when you don’t comply with what they want.
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So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
August 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
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DHS is trying to make it so National Guard soldiers can help carry out ICE's campaign of racial terror.
How DHS created a workaround to turn Guard members into immigration officers
An internal legal document offers a glimpse into the agency’s strategy to shift the role of National Guard troops.
www.politico.com
August 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
DHS is trying to make it so National Guard soldiers can help carry out ICE's campaign of racial terror.
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I keep banging the “USAID was good and we must confront the obscene wave of death MAGA’s destruction of it unleashed” drum because I *desperately* want Democrats and the Left to prioritize rebuilding global aid.
We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue.
We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue.
August 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I keep banging the “USAID was good and we must confront the obscene wave of death MAGA’s destruction of it unleashed” drum because I *desperately* want Democrats and the Left to prioritize rebuilding global aid.
We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue.
We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue.
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Just a reminder that every ocean ship entering the Great Lakes goes through the Welland Canal. Eight locks, twenty-seven miles, all of it in Ontario.
That is the route. $26.3 billion of American trade depends on it.
Trump didn’t think this through.
That is the route. $26.3 billion of American trade depends on it.
Trump didn’t think this through.
August 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Just a reminder that every ocean ship entering the Great Lakes goes through the Welland Canal. Eight locks, twenty-seven miles, all of it in Ontario.
That is the route. $26.3 billion of American trade depends on it.
Trump didn’t think this through.
That is the route. $26.3 billion of American trade depends on it.
Trump didn’t think this through.
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I find it genuinely extremely concerning how few Democratic politicians have been willing to say that the Trump Administration's trade war with Canada is a betrayal of an extremely close ally
It drives me crazy to see so many Americans either downplaying or completely ignoring how absolutely dogshit our government and Trump have been treating Canada. We share the world’s longest land border with them, they buy more of our shit than any other country, they’re our number 2 trading partner—
August 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I find it genuinely extremely concerning how few Democratic politicians have been willing to say that the Trump Administration's trade war with Canada is a betrayal of an extremely close ally
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"There are many, many more people now who understand how deeply unjust it is that [D.C. residents] don't have equal rights under the law. It's just not a way to run a democracy — to not let the people in the capital have equal rights."
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports on a new plan to fight back:
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports on a new plan to fight back:
In the midterms, Defend DC is fighting for statehood
Robert White, Free DC, and other partners are deploying residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races as part of a new political initiative.
51st.news
August 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"There are many, many more people now who understand how deeply unjust it is that [D.C. residents] don't have equal rights under the law. It's just not a way to run a democracy — to not let the people in the capital have equal rights."
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports on a new plan to fight back:
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports on a new plan to fight back:
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NEW: @robertwhitedc.bsky.social has a vision: hundreds of D.C. residents on their way to nearby states to help elect candidates who will fight for D.C. autonomy.
Starting Labor Day weekend, he and other local leaders hope to turn that goal into reality, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
Starting Labor Day weekend, he and other local leaders hope to turn that goal into reality, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
In the midterms, Defend DC is fighting for statehood
Robert White, Free DC, and other partners are deploying residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races as part of a new political initiative.
51st.news
August 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
NEW: @robertwhitedc.bsky.social has a vision: hundreds of D.C. residents on their way to nearby states to help elect candidates who will fight for D.C. autonomy.
Starting Labor Day weekend, he and other local leaders hope to turn that goal into reality, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
Starting Labor Day weekend, he and other local leaders hope to turn that goal into reality, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
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As DC public students get out of their first day of school, at least 10 National Guard troops from Arkansas marching around or loitering in a single block of Columbia Heights
#freedc
#possecomitatus
#freedc
#possecomitatus
August 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
As DC public students get out of their first day of school, at least 10 National Guard troops from Arkansas marching around or loitering in a single block of Columbia Heights
#freedc
#possecomitatus
#freedc
#possecomitatus
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This is a criminal administration. It's also completely pointless to negotiate with them because they do not honor previous agreements.
August 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This is a criminal administration. It's also completely pointless to negotiate with them because they do not honor previous agreements.
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"I will say very frankly that the bad taste that this mission left in my mouth," said one Guard member. "It actually embarrasses me to be involved in any way."
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR. n.pr/4zBvnWF
'It embarrasses me to be involved': Inside the National Guard D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
n.pr
August 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"I will say very frankly that the bad taste that this mission left in my mouth," said one Guard member. "It actually embarrasses me to be involved in any way."
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we have had plenty of protests but this is going to require people OUTSIDE DC putting pressure on their governors and on congress too
August 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
we have had plenty of protests but this is going to require people OUTSIDE DC putting pressure on their governors and on congress too
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i don't like this take of people basically ignoring the guard or going on with their lives equals people have accepted them. What exactly is it you want me to do when i see them every ten seconds and i still have to finish walking to work?
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It's challenging democratic norms
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
n.pr
August 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
i don't like this take of people basically ignoring the guard or going on with their lives equals people have accepted them. What exactly is it you want me to do when i see them every ten seconds and i still have to finish walking to work?
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to an earlier point
August 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
to an earlier point
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Trump's DOJ is revealing their hand. They know the National Guard's deployment in DC is illegal so they're going to try to intimidate DC Council to obey in advance instead.
DC leaders are sworn to serve the people here. Asking governors to withdraw their soldiers is absolutely within their right.
DC leaders are sworn to serve the people here. Asking governors to withdraw their soldiers is absolutely within their right.
DOJ slams D.C. Council for calling for National Guard withdrawal
A Justice Department official accused council members of “ignorance” and “impotent theatrics” over their request for governors to remove their troops from D.C.
wapo.st
August 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Trump's DOJ is revealing their hand. They know the National Guard's deployment in DC is illegal so they're going to try to intimidate DC Council to obey in advance instead.
DC leaders are sworn to serve the people here. Asking governors to withdraw their soldiers is absolutely within their right.
DC leaders are sworn to serve the people here. Asking governors to withdraw their soldiers is absolutely within their right.
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“It’s going to take us a little while to fabricate a case against an innocent guy.”
JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche says Congressional referral over alleged contempt of Congress by former NIH chief Anthony Fauci will take DOJ a while to reach a decision. Blanche: "Certainly won't be anytime soon."
August 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“It’s going to take us a little while to fabricate a case against an innocent guy.”
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THIS THIS THIS.
For a very long time I was dependent on my husband's benefits after becoming ill. Then he died. Now I'm just trying to keep my head above water AND my health halfway ok.
This is a farce and cruelty.
For a very long time I was dependent on my husband's benefits after becoming ill. Then he died. Now I'm just trying to keep my head above water AND my health halfway ok.
This is a farce and cruelty.
I cannot emphasized this enough.
We need to break benefits from employment. That should never have been part of the equation and is a baked in negative consequence of prior policy change that is unique to our history.
We need to break benefits from employment. That should never have been part of the equation and is a baked in negative consequence of prior policy change that is unique to our history.
Hot take: fundamentally the employee/contractor distinction should be much less important because we should not be using companies as a benefit delivery mechanism for their employees
August 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
THIS THIS THIS.
For a very long time I was dependent on my husband's benefits after becoming ill. Then he died. Now I'm just trying to keep my head above water AND my health halfway ok.
This is a farce and cruelty.
For a very long time I was dependent on my husband's benefits after becoming ill. Then he died. Now I'm just trying to keep my head above water AND my health halfway ok.
This is a farce and cruelty.
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NEW: One year in, Trump's troop deployment in D.C. is ongoing, unending, pointless — and very bad.
The "America 250" flags are a particularly empty emblem on the uniforms of troops deployed on the streets of the nation's capital.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The "America 250" flags are a particularly empty emblem on the uniforms of troops deployed on the streets of the nation's capital.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
One year in, Trump's troop deployment in D.C. is ongoing, unending, pointless — and very bad
The "America 250" flags are a particularly empty emblem on the uniforms of troops deployed on the streets of the nation's capital. And for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
August 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
NEW: One year in, Trump's troop deployment in D.C. is ongoing, unending, pointless — and very bad.
The "America 250" flags are a particularly empty emblem on the uniforms of troops deployed on the streets of the nation's capital.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The "America 250" flags are a particularly empty emblem on the uniforms of troops deployed on the streets of the nation's capital.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
August 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
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🚨BREAKING: A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to D.C.'s unredacted voter registration lists.
The department now stands at 0-21 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
The department now stands at 0-21 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
August 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to D.C.'s unredacted voter registration lists.
The department now stands at 0-21 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
The department now stands at 0-21 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.