Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
@serviliusahala.bsky.social
Mediterranean archaeologist | Binghamton NY U.S.A.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Trump has lost touch with his base and things are getting messy in the MAGA movement.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump has lost touch with his base and things are getting messy in the MAGA movement.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Delighted to see Corinna Riva's outstandingly innovative essay on the 1st millennium BCE now published
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Multi-scalar Lenses on the Mediterranean in the First Millennium BC - Journal of Archaeological Research
In the current era of global approaches in archaeology and, more broadly, in the social and historical sciences, questions on the benefits, modes, and challenges of addressing multiple analytical scal...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Delighted to see Corinna Riva's outstandingly innovative essay on the 1st millennium BCE now published
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
What we were/have been fighting to prevent happening with crickets from the majority of Congress.
After months of reckless cuts to the NEA, NEH and IMLS, the Administration’s disastrous impacts on America’s museums are starting to come into focus.
1/3 of museums surveyed have lost a grant or contract. Many reported having to cancel programs—including those for certain marginalized communities.
1/3 of museums surveyed have lost a grant or contract. Many reported having to cancel programs—including those for certain marginalized communities.
Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What we were/have been fighting to prevent happening with crickets from the majority of Congress.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Q: Who is this loan for?
A: Everyone. But especially immortal wizards and vampires; people who think “100” sounds like a nice round number; and us, your lender, who will be collecting interest on this loan until you turn to dust. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
A: Everyone. But especially immortal wizards and vampires; people who think “100” sounds like a nice round number; and us, your lender, who will be collecting interest on this loan until you turn to dust. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
FAQ About Our New 100-Year Mortgage Loan
“Trump introduced a new idea to tackle home affordability: a 50-year mortgage loan. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte called the p...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Q: Who is this loan for?
A: Everyone. But especially immortal wizards and vampires; people who think “100” sounds like a nice round number; and us, your lender, who will be collecting interest on this loan until you turn to dust. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
A: Everyone. But especially immortal wizards and vampires; people who think “100” sounds like a nice round number; and us, your lender, who will be collecting interest on this loan until you turn to dust. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Moral Republicans
Unified Democrats
Peaceful Sleep
Climate Optimism
Affordable Healthcare
World Peace
Unified Democrats
Peaceful Sleep
Climate Optimism
Affordable Healthcare
World Peace
Oxymorons for 2025
Deafening Silence Exact Estimate Working Democracy Slow Newsweek Mild Headache Fair Election Impartial Judge Justice Department Separation of Power...
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Moral Republicans
Unified Democrats
Peaceful Sleep
Climate Optimism
Affordable Healthcare
World Peace
Unified Democrats
Peaceful Sleep
Climate Optimism
Affordable Healthcare
World Peace
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
This amount would fund NEH for more than a decade.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This amount would fund NEH for more than a decade.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
You can see why Bessent is floating coffee tariff relief today. ☕️
Coffee futures $KC_F ranging near record levels.
All-time high notched back in February. @AugurInfinity
Under $90 in 2019. Above $400 this year.
All-time high notched back in February. @AugurInfinity
Under $90 in 2019. Above $400 this year.
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You can see why Bessent is floating coffee tariff relief today. ☕️
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
May we honor our veterans and their families today and every day.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
May we honor our veterans and their families today and every day.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Last week in the #pleiadesgazetteer (3-10 November 2025), the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 634 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Ilaria Cristofaro, Stuart Dunn, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies […]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Last week in the #pleiadesgazetteer (3-10 November 2025), the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 634 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Ilaria Cristofaro, Stuart Dunn, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies […]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
This pasta tariff madness threatens to cause a crisis in our home and beyond www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This pasta tariff madness threatens to cause a crisis in our home and beyond www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
The administration went all the way to the Supreme Court on Friday night to halt food-stamp funding. 🤡
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The administration went all the way to the Supreme Court on Friday night to halt food-stamp funding. 🤡
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
It’s striking and inexplicable that Senate Dems crumbled following decisive signals from the American electorate that Trump’s policies are deeply unpopular and Americans expect the Democrats to fight Trump and Republicans over healthcare, affordability, & be a check on his chaos.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s striking and inexplicable that Senate Dems crumbled following decisive signals from the American electorate that Trump’s policies are deeply unpopular and Americans expect the Democrats to fight Trump and Republicans over healthcare, affordability, & be a check on his chaos.
United States of ... who are we kidding?
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
United States of ... who are we kidding?
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Human laundromats love to fold
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Human laundromats love to fold
Reposted by Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
Not a deal. It's a Dem surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not a deal. It's a Dem surrender.