September 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Vulgar and self-aggrandizing
Exhibit # 250:
Trump wants his face on a new $250 bill
Patricia Solimene, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was involuntarily reassigned after resisting efforts to advance the $250 Trump bill
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
substack.com/pub/anntelnaes
Exhibit # 250:
Trump wants his face on a new $250 bill
Patricia Solimene, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was involuntarily reassigned after resisting efforts to advance the $250 Trump bill
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
substack.com/pub/anntelnaes
May 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Vulgar and self-aggrandizing
Exhibit # 250:
Trump wants his face on a new $250 bill
Patricia Solimene, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was involuntarily reassigned after resisting efforts to advance the $250 Trump bill
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
substack.com/pub/anntelnaes
Exhibit # 250:
Trump wants his face on a new $250 bill
Patricia Solimene, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was involuntarily reassigned after resisting efforts to advance the $250 Trump bill
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
substack.com/pub/anntelnaes
Trying to imagine the streets, marketplaces and popular spaces of Arrakeen, outside the palace halls depicted in the movies gives this concept art from Dune: Awakening.
#art by Daniele Solimene.
www.artstation.com/artwork/GvK8DN
#art by Daniele Solimene.
www.artstation.com/artwork/GvK8DN
September 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Trying to imagine the streets, marketplaces and popular spaces of Arrakeen, outside the palace halls depicted in the movies gives this concept art from Dune: Awakening.
#art by Daniele Solimene.
www.artstation.com/artwork/GvK8DN
#art by Daniele Solimene.
www.artstation.com/artwork/GvK8DN
An aspect of this story is that removing federal employees rights makes them less able to resist illegal actions.
Its illegal to put living people on currency. But the Trump administration just pushed out the public employee. This is what they mean by "The Deep State."
Its illegal to put living people on currency. But the Trump administration just pushed out the public employee. This is what they mean by "The Deep State."
May 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
An aspect of this story is that removing federal employees rights makes them less able to resist illegal actions.
Its illegal to put living people on currency. But the Trump administration just pushed out the public employee. This is what they mean by "The Deep State."
Its illegal to put living people on currency. But the Trump administration just pushed out the public employee. This is what they mean by "The Deep State."
The head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing refused to ignore the law and create a Trump $250.
So she got got.
Leaving was “not my choice," wrote Patty Solimene.
A 24-year Army vet.
And the bureau's first female director.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
So she got got.
Leaving was “not my choice," wrote Patty Solimene.
A 24-year Army vet.
And the bureau's first female director.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait
The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who resisted the effort was reassigned last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye email.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing refused to ignore the law and create a Trump $250.
So she got got.
Leaving was “not my choice," wrote Patty Solimene.
A 24-year Army vet.
And the bureau's first female director.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
So she got got.
Leaving was “not my choice," wrote Patty Solimene.
A 24-year Army vet.
And the bureau's first female director.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!
Documents I obtained via #FOIA offer a glimpse into the months-long effort to put Trump's signature on US currency and the resulting tension inside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Documents I obtained via #FOIA offer a glimpse into the months-long effort to put Trump's signature on US currency and the resulting tension inside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
August 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!
Documents I obtained via #FOIA offer a glimpse into the months-long effort to put Trump's signature on US currency and the resulting tension inside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Documents I obtained via #FOIA offer a glimpse into the months-long effort to put Trump's signature on US currency and the resulting tension inside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Such an amazing work and performance! Giovanni Masi (guitar), Elena Branno (English Horn), and Simone Solimene (flute) perform Ecloghe, Op.206 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) via the Omni Foundation. www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/ecloghe-op20...
Ecloghe, Op.206 for Guitar, Flute, and English Horn by Tedesco
Giovanni Masi (guitar), Elena Branno (English Horn), and Simone Solimene (flute) perform Ecloghe, Op.206 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) via the Omni Foundation.
www.thisisclassicalguitar.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Such an amazing work and performance! Giovanni Masi (guitar), Elena Branno (English Horn), and Simone Solimene (flute) perform Ecloghe, Op.206 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) via the Omni Foundation. www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/ecloghe-op20...
O desembargador Roberto Solimene, do Tribunal de Justiça do estado de São Paulo (TJ-SP) atendeu a um pedido feito por representantes do PCdoB para suspender uma lei municipal que autorizava a privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos/SP. A informação foi publicada na coluna de Lauro Jardim. A medida não👇🏼
June 24, 2024 at 9:55 PM
O desembargador Roberto Solimene, do Tribunal de Justiça do estado de São Paulo (TJ-SP) atendeu a um pedido feito por representantes do PCdoB para suspender uma lei municipal que autorizava a privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos/SP. A informação foi publicada na coluna de Lauro Jardim. A medida não👇🏼
Solimene and her staff had consented to another administration request: to print $100 bills featuring Trump’s signature, according to the four employees. They said those bills — the first in American history to bear a sitting president’s signature — are currently being printed t.ly/224f1
May 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Solimene and her staff had consented to another administration request: to print $100 bills featuring Trump’s signature, according to the four employees. They said those bills — the first in American history to bear a sitting president’s signature — are currently being printed t.ly/224f1
Unlike other illiberal actions we’ve seen proceed lawlessly in our nation’s capital, the buck stopped with Solimene.
If sometimes claims ta faceless “unelected bureaucrat” defied Trump’s demands at Treasury, remember a the face of a tough-as-nails veteran who has upheld her oath of office.
If sometimes claims ta faceless “unelected bureaucrat” defied Trump’s demands at Treasury, remember a the face of a tough-as-nails veteran who has upheld her oath of office.
May 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Unlike other illiberal actions we’ve seen proceed lawlessly in our nation’s capital, the buck stopped with Solimene.
If sometimes claims ta faceless “unelected bureaucrat” defied Trump’s demands at Treasury, remember a the face of a tough-as-nails veteran who has upheld her oath of office.
If sometimes claims ta faceless “unelected bureaucrat” defied Trump’s demands at Treasury, remember a the face of a tough-as-nails veteran who has upheld her oath of office.
Scrap Metal by Daniele Solimene
March 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Scrap Metal by Daniele Solimene
Justiça suspende privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos, SP – O TJ-SP suspendeu a lei municipal que autorizava a privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos. A liminar é do desembargador Roberto Solimene e atende a ação do PCdoB, em parceria com Sindicato www.redebrasilatual.com.br/politica/jus...
Justiça suspende privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos
Tarcísio quer atrair investidores e finalizar privatização da Sabesp em 22 de julho, enquanto sofre revés na 2ª maior cidade de SP
www.redebrasilatual.com.br
June 25, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Justiça suspende privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos, SP – O TJ-SP suspendeu a lei municipal que autorizava a privatização da Sabesp em Guarulhos. A liminar é do desembargador Roberto Solimene e atende a ação do PCdoB, em parceria com Sindicato www.redebrasilatual.com.br/politica/jus...
"The buck stopped here."
Patricia "Patty" Solimene, a 24-year Army vet and first female director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in an email to colleagues after being reassigned upon refusing to design a $250 bill of President Trump, which is prohibited by federal law. Source: Governing.com
Patricia "Patty" Solimene, a 24-year Army vet and first female director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in an email to colleagues after being reassigned upon refusing to design a $250 bill of President Trump, which is prohibited by federal law. Source: Governing.com
May 30, 2026 at 1:32 AM
"The buck stopped here."
Patricia "Patty" Solimene, a 24-year Army vet and first female director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in an email to colleagues after being reassigned upon refusing to design a $250 bill of President Trump, which is prohibited by federal law. Source: Governing.com
Patricia "Patty" Solimene, a 24-year Army vet and first female director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in an email to colleagues after being reassigned upon refusing to design a $250 bill of President Trump, which is prohibited by federal law. Source: Governing.com
design a $250 bill with Trump’s image. Solimene maintained the effort would have legal ramifications and could take years, the Washington Post reported."
August 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
design a $250 bill with Trump’s image. Solimene maintained the effort would have legal ramifications and could take years, the Washington Post reported."
"A minute later, Solimene forwarded her email to two Federal Reserve Board officials at the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems."
... after 2nd pdf ...
... after 2nd pdf ...
August 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"A minute later, Solimene forwarded her email to two Federal Reserve Board officials at the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems."
... after 2nd pdf ...
... after 2nd pdf ...
"Patricia Solimene, the now-former director of the printing department ...
"..., we need to raise a glass in appreciation of Ms. Solimene, because I totally fucking love what she wrote in her farewell email to her colleagues after getting fired.
“'The buck stopped here,'..."
This is the way.
"..., we need to raise a glass in appreciation of Ms. Solimene, because I totally fucking love what she wrote in her farewell email to her colleagues after getting fired.
“'The buck stopped here,'..."
This is the way.
a new low: Preznit Fuckwit’s stupid face on money
every goddamn day it’s some new nightmare
open.substack.com
May 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Patricia Solimene, the now-former director of the printing department ...
"..., we need to raise a glass in appreciation of Ms. Solimene, because I totally fucking love what she wrote in her farewell email to her colleagues after getting fired.
“'The buck stopped here,'..."
This is the way.
"..., we need to raise a glass in appreciation of Ms. Solimene, because I totally fucking love what she wrote in her farewell email to her colleagues after getting fired.
“'The buck stopped here,'..."
This is the way.
go read the rest. If you dare.
"Solimene, who did not respond to a request for comment, ended up leaving BEP that month. Brown is now acting director of the agency."
"Solimene, who did not respond to a request for comment, ended up leaving BEP that month. Brown is now acting director of the agency."
August 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
go read the rest. If you dare.
"Solimene, who did not respond to a request for comment, ended up leaving BEP that month. Brown is now acting director of the agency."
"Solimene, who did not respond to a request for comment, ended up leaving BEP that month. Brown is now acting director of the agency."
1. It’s illegal.
2. It’ll take years to prepare the new note. New designs takes years of testing. But the vain Trump regime will push it through quick and it’ll be as crappy as the mock-up some artist Trump hired created.
3. God bless Patty Solimene!
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
2. It’ll take years to prepare the new note. New designs takes years of testing. But the vain Trump regime will push it through quick and it’ll be as crappy as the mock-up some artist Trump hired created.
3. God bless Patty Solimene!
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait
The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who resisted the effort was reassigned last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye email.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:44 AM
1. It’s illegal.
2. It’ll take years to prepare the new note. New designs takes years of testing. But the vain Trump regime will push it through quick and it’ll be as crappy as the mock-up some artist Trump hired created.
3. God bless Patty Solimene!
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
2. It’ll take years to prepare the new note. New designs takes years of testing. But the vain Trump regime will push it through quick and it’ll be as crappy as the mock-up some artist Trump hired created.
3. God bless Patty Solimene!
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Thank you to this patriot: Patricia Solimene, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for refusing to move forward with trump’s $250 bill proposal featuring his ugly mug. Bravo!
Aaron Parnas:
Aaron Parnas:
May 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Thank you to this patriot: Patricia Solimene, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for refusing to move forward with trump’s $250 bill proposal featuring his ugly mug. Bravo!
Aaron Parnas:
Aaron Parnas:
Best treasury line ever
Patty Solimene dir of Engraving at Treasury. Was reassigned after telling Treasury it was illegal to make a bill with a living human being.
"The buck stopped here." share.google/L9g4ulM5qm4z...
Patty Solimene dir of Engraving at Treasury. Was reassigned after telling Treasury it was illegal to make a bill with a living human being.
"The buck stopped here." share.google/L9g4ulM5qm4z...
"The buck stopped here."
Patricia "Patty" Solimene, the first female director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints the nation's currency, writing in a goodbye email to colleagues after being abruptly reassign...
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May 29, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Best treasury line ever
Patty Solimene dir of Engraving at Treasury. Was reassigned after telling Treasury it was illegal to make a bill with a living human being.
"The buck stopped here." share.google/L9g4ulM5qm4z...
Patty Solimene dir of Engraving at Treasury. Was reassigned after telling Treasury it was illegal to make a bill with a living human being.
"The buck stopped here." share.google/L9g4ulM5qm4z...
end of report:
"A separate email sent by another BEP official to Solimene said because of a “No Kings” rally on March 28, Klug planned to send a “special message to the BEP police force to be vigilant this weekend.”
"A separate email sent by another BEP official to Solimene said because of a “No Kings” rally on March 28, Klug planned to send a “special message to the BEP police force to be vigilant this weekend.”
August 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
end of report:
"A separate email sent by another BEP official to Solimene said because of a “No Kings” rally on March 28, Klug planned to send a “special message to the BEP police force to be vigilant this weekend.”
"A separate email sent by another BEP official to Solimene said because of a “No Kings” rally on March 28, Klug planned to send a “special message to the BEP police force to be vigilant this weekend.”
"ater that day, Yolanda Ward, BEP’s deputy director and chief operating officer sent an email to Solimene. It said “BEP Only.” A huge chunk of the email was redacted. “Please let us know if you need anything else,” Ward wrote. ...
August 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"ater that day, Yolanda Ward, BEP’s deputy director and chief operating officer sent an email to Solimene. It said “BEP Only.” A huge chunk of the email was redacted. “Please let us know if you need anything else,” Ward wrote. ...
Patricia Solimene is an American hero.
Also, it was funny she said: “the buck stopped here” in her departure email.
She was the brave bureaucrat that said no to the tacky $250 note because it was illegal.
Also, it was funny she said: “the buck stopped here” in her departure email.
She was the brave bureaucrat that said no to the tacky $250 note because it was illegal.
May 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Patricia Solimene is an American hero.
Also, it was funny she said: “the buck stopped here” in her departure email.
She was the brave bureaucrat that said no to the tacky $250 note because it was illegal.
Also, it was funny she said: “the buck stopped here” in her departure email.
She was the brave bureaucrat that said no to the tacky $250 note because it was illegal.
According to a copy of a farewell email Solimene sent, which was obtained by The Post, she wrote that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization and always prioritized the U.S. Currency Program and the value each employee brings to the mission.”
August 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
According to a copy of a farewell email Solimene sent, which was obtained by The Post, she wrote that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization and always prioritized the U.S. Currency Program and the value each employee brings to the mission.”
The Post reports that Trump administration Treasury appointees pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototype designs for a $250 bill featuring Trump’s portrait, and that the bureau director, Patricia “Patty” Solimene, who raised legal/procedural objections, was reassigned.
May 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Post reports that Trump administration Treasury appointees pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototype designs for a $250 bill featuring Trump’s portrait, and that the bureau director, Patricia “Patty” Solimene, who raised legal/procedural objections, was reassigned.