Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
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@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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First time in US history military action has been initiated from a blanket fort
wait did they fucking rig up an improvise situation room at mar-a-lago with bedsheets or something
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
First time in US history military action has been initiated from a blanket fort
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He watched it from his house.
Not from the seat of government.
And experienced it as a TV show.
He is a non-president.
Not from the seat of government.
And experienced it as a TV show.
He is a non-president.
The WH released photos of Trump watching the operation live from a makeshift “war room” at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump went on Fox News this morning and said he watched it like “a television show,” praising the “speed” and “violence” as “an amazing thing.”
Trump went on Fox News this morning and said he watched it like “a television show,” praising the “speed” and “violence” as “an amazing thing.”
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
He watched it from his house.
Not from the seat of government.
And experienced it as a TV show.
He is a non-president.
Not from the seat of government.
And experienced it as a TV show.
He is a non-president.
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All of them. Trump, Vance, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth. They should all be impeached and removed from office.
To @housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
All of them. Trump, Vance, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth. They should all be impeached and removed from office.
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."--Sam Spade, in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."--Sam Spade, in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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Just gonna leave this here for no apparent reason at all, published by the American Bar Association in 1992
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Just gonna leave this here for no apparent reason at all, published by the American Bar Association in 1992
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three days into 2026 and our authoritarian government has already launched a violent racist propaganda campaign against taxpayer funded childcare (with the help of our garbage press) and illegally invaded a foreign country (with the help of our garbage press)
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
three days into 2026 and our authoritarian government has already launched a violent racist propaganda campaign against taxpayer funded childcare (with the help of our garbage press) and illegally invaded a foreign country (with the help of our garbage press)
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The media doesn’t talk enough about the fact that ”Let’s Make America Great Again” was Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The media doesn’t talk enough about the fact that ”Let’s Make America Great Again” was Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
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I guess we academics will have to deploy our massive power to crush them.
Incoming “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil's public mission statement decrying “academics and elites” offers the clearest sign yet of where the network is headed under its new leadership.
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The Dokoupil Doctrine
The incoming “CBS Evening News” anchor’s public mission statement decrying “academics and elites” offers the clearest sign yet of where the network is headed under its new leadership.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I guess we academics will have to deploy our massive power to crush them.
Impeach. Remove. Arrest. Try. Convict. Jail.
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Impeach. Remove. Arrest. Try. Convict. Jail.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
James Madison
James Madison
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
James Madison
James Madison
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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This soooooo helps me get into 2026.
The Philippine Airlines preflight video is a whole telenovela. 🤣
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This soooooo helps me get into 2026.
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🗃️ The US attracted more foreign-born people from more places than any other nation in history. We need language to acknowledge that central fact of American history. But we also need language that goes beyond the idea that the United States is, or ever was, simply a “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/10
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
🗃️ The US attracted more foreign-born people from more places than any other nation in history. We need language to acknowledge that central fact of American history. But we also need language that goes beyond the idea that the United States is, or ever was, simply a “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/10
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The weaponization of civility is fairly extensively studied so I can only assume this is a very British snark at Mamdani
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The weaponization of civility is fairly extensively studied so I can only assume this is a very British snark at Mamdani
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Kids these days don’t know how to make jello with ham and olives in it anymore
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Kids these days don’t know how to make jello with ham and olives in it anymore
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* Write a cuneiform complaint about copper quality
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
* Write a cuneiform complaint about copper quality
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went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
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January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
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Great article!
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January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Great article!
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If this Ann Lee movie spurs more Shaker aesthetic appreciation, I recommend a) Hancock Shaker Village https:// hancockshakervillage.org b) Canterbury Shaker Village www.shakers.org c) Shaker exhibit opening in Philly Jan 31 icaphila.org/exhibitions/...
January 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
If this Ann Lee movie spurs more Shaker aesthetic appreciation, I recommend a) Hancock Shaker Village https:// hancockshakervillage.org b) Canterbury Shaker Village www.shakers.org c) Shaker exhibit opening in Philly Jan 31 icaphila.org/exhibitions/...