Beth Wicker
@ruralart.bsky.social
I’m an artist, gardener, avid reader, and servant for two senior cats. I work primarily as a Metalsmith, also in photography and printmaking. I have an MFA. I live in - gasp - Alabama.
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We agree with LadyVols_fan31 this guy should be nowhere near a badge
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We agree with LadyVols_fan31 this guy should be nowhere near a badge
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Federal agents began fanning out and arresting people across Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, expanding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown to another Democrat-led city.
U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte, N.C.
It is unclear how long the operation will last in North Carolina’s largest city, which has a growing immigrant population.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Federal agents began fanning out and arresting people across Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, expanding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown to another Democrat-led city.
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At a health care town hall on Friday, Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona test-drove what Democrats say will be the party’s core message for the 2026 midterm elections, centered around placing the blame for massive increases in health care premiums and looming cuts to Medicaid squarely on Republicans.
Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message
At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party’s new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At a health care town hall on Friday, Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona test-drove what Democrats say will be the party’s core message for the 2026 midterm elections, centered around placing the blame for massive increases in health care premiums and looming cuts to Medicaid squarely on Republicans.
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The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn
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President Trump issued pardons to two people convicted of crimes stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but not directly tied to the attack on the Capitol, expanding the scope of the broad clemency he had already granted to those caught up in the prosecutions related to the riot.
Trump Pardons Two for Crimes Related to Jan. 6
Daniel Edwin Wilson and Suzanne Kaye had been convicted of crimes indirectly connected to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
President Trump issued pardons to two people convicted of crimes stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but not directly tied to the attack on the Capitol, expanding the scope of the broad clemency he had already granted to those caught up in the prosecutions related to the riot.
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Comment | To truly read a painting, forget the present
Art historian Bendor Grosvenor argues that understanding a work’s meaning depends on seeing it in the context of its time—not through the lens of today.
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Art historian Bendor Grosvenor argues that understanding a work’s meaning depends on seeing it in the context of its time—not through the lens of today.
buff.ly/qYaigQ0
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Comment | To truly read a painting, forget the present
Art historian Bendor Grosvenor argues that understanding a work’s meaning depends on seeing it in the context of its time—not through the lens of today.
buff.ly/qYaigQ0
Art historian Bendor Grosvenor argues that understanding a work’s meaning depends on seeing it in the context of its time—not through the lens of today.
buff.ly/qYaigQ0
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WATCH — @milestaylor.bsky.social : “The average 🇺🇸 family saved $1,600 a year from tax cuts, but spent $4,000 a year on Trump’s price increases — now he's realizing what conservative economists have known for centuries: Tariffs are taxes. And he's having to walk it back.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
WATCH — @milestaylor.bsky.social : “The average 🇺🇸 family saved $1,600 a year from tax cuts, but spent $4,000 a year on Trump’s price increases — now he's realizing what conservative economists have known for centuries: Tariffs are taxes. And he's having to walk it back.”
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REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “I think these emails demonstrate precisely why Republicans have been trying to block the release of the Epstein files… Trump had a very close personal relationship with Epstein and spent time with the victims… it’s horrifying.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “I think these emails demonstrate precisely why Republicans have been trying to block the release of the Epstein files… Trump had a very close personal relationship with Epstein and spent time with the victims… it’s horrifying.”
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REP. MASSIE (a Republican): “Trump will protect you if you vote the wrong way… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles — but I would remind my Republican colleagues this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
REP. MASSIE (a Republican): “Trump will protect you if you vote the wrong way… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles — but I would remind my Republican colleagues this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
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“So you’ve heard nothing from this administration as this has been playing out?”
Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer: “No.”
Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer: “No.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“So you’ve heard nothing from this administration as this has been playing out?”
Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer: “No.”
Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer: “No.”
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Here’s @RepTedLieu responding to @RepTimBurchett’s shenanigans
(In fairness Burchett probably doesn’t even know how anything works)
(In fairness Burchett probably doesn’t even know how anything works)
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Here’s @RepTedLieu responding to @RepTimBurchett’s shenanigans
(In fairness Burchett probably doesn’t even know how anything works)
(In fairness Burchett probably doesn’t even know how anything works)
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one,” David Brooks writes. “And sure enough, today we live in a political, cultural and religious war between two impoverished armies.”
“Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one,” David Brooks writes. “And sure enough, today we live in a political, cultural and religious war between two impoverished armies.”
Opinion | An Alternative to Christian Nationalism
Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one,” David Brooks writes. “And sure enough, today we live in a political, cultural and religious war between two impoverished armies.”
“Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one,” David Brooks writes. “And sure enough, today we live in a political, cultural and religious war between two impoverished armies.”
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Stairway at 48 rue de Lille, Paris - 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104074
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104074
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Stairway at 48 rue de Lille, Paris - 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104074
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104074
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A selection of more than 100 varieties of apple grown at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, in Norfolk, displayed and labelled for its annual Apple Day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A selection of more than 100 varieties of apple grown at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, in Norfolk, displayed and labelled for its annual Apple Day.
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Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
Analysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear war
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
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President Trump has tapped Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination for the Office of Special Counsel after racist remarks emerged, to become deputy general counsel of the General Services Administration.
Trump moves loyalist to GSA posting after previous nomination fell apart
Paul Ingrassia had withdrawn his nomination as head of Office of Special Counsel after racist remarks and other controversies.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
President Trump has tapped Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination for the Office of Special Counsel after racist remarks emerged, to become deputy general counsel of the General Services Administration.
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Peter Brook, APRIL Showers, 1976
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118737
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118737
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Peter Brook, APRIL Showers, 1976
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118737
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118737
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Private collectors return Asante artefacts to Ghana
The repatriation of 130 gold and bronze objects by Hermione Waterfield and AngloGold Ashanti has been hailed as historic—while experts say it exposes the UK government’s ongoing inaction on restitution.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/p...
The repatriation of 130 gold and bronze objects by Hermione Waterfield and AngloGold Ashanti has been hailed as historic—while experts say it exposes the UK government’s ongoing inaction on restitution.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/p...
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Private collectors return Asante artefacts to Ghana
The repatriation of 130 gold and bronze objects by Hermione Waterfield and AngloGold Ashanti has been hailed as historic—while experts say it exposes the UK government’s ongoing inaction on restitution.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/p...
The repatriation of 130 gold and bronze objects by Hermione Waterfield and AngloGold Ashanti has been hailed as historic—while experts say it exposes the UK government’s ongoing inaction on restitution.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/p...
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UPDATE: After loud bipartisan backlash to a shameless provision that lets Republican senators sue for millions of taxpayer dollars for getting their phone records looked at, @MarshaBlackburn now supports reversing it.🤔
So if it isn’t reversed she won’t use it? #MarshaMoneyGrab
So if it isn’t reversed she won’t use it? #MarshaMoneyGrab
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
UPDATE: After loud bipartisan backlash to a shameless provision that lets Republican senators sue for millions of taxpayer dollars for getting their phone records looked at, @MarshaBlackburn now supports reversing it.🤔
So if it isn’t reversed she won’t use it? #MarshaMoneyGrab
So if it isn’t reversed she won’t use it? #MarshaMoneyGrab
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Republicans: “Trump will be the peace President”
Trump:
Trump:
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Republicans: “Trump will be the peace President”
Trump:
Trump:
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Yeesh — Megyn R. Kelly is Exhibit A of how blind loyalty to Trump will make you lose the moral thread
(H/T @accountablegop.bsky.social )
(H/T @accountablegop.bsky.social )
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yeesh — Megyn R. Kelly is Exhibit A of how blind loyalty to Trump will make you lose the moral thread
(H/T @accountablegop.bsky.social )
(H/T @accountablegop.bsky.social )
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Reporter Julie Brown who has been covering the Epstein story for years responds to @stephenasmith’s performative outrage about why Dems (and some Republicans) have made releasing the files an issue
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reporter Julie Brown who has been covering the Epstein story for years responds to @stephenasmith’s performative outrage about why Dems (and some Republicans) have made releasing the files an issue
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Julian Trevelyan, Grand Union Canal at Brentford, 1975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118698
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118698
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Julian Trevelyan, Grand Union Canal at Brentford, 1975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118698
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118698
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LONDON (TDOR)
6:30-8:00pm Thu 20th Nov
Soho Square
6:30-8:00pm Thu 20th Nov
Soho Square
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
LONDON (TDOR)
6:30-8:00pm Thu 20th Nov
Soho Square
6:30-8:00pm Thu 20th Nov
Soho Square
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Bird in the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227946
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Bird in the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227946