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Advertising insert in today’s Times. Who wouldn’t want a fragrance that blends the intoxicating scents of New York’s sewer and subway systems?
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Advertising insert in today’s Times. Who wouldn’t want a fragrance that blends the intoxicating scents of New York’s sewer and subway systems?
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Opinion | Time to rethink due process?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Opinion | Time to rethink due process?
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Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Lincoln noticed the important symbolism of the Capitol’s ongoing construction. He famously told a friend that: “If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign that we intend the Union shall go on.”
Sadly only some Americans will understand the meaning of the demolition of the People’s House.
Sadly only some Americans will understand the meaning of the demolition of the People’s House.
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lincoln noticed the important symbolism of the Capitol’s ongoing construction. He famously told a friend that: “If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign that we intend the Union shall go on.”
Sadly only some Americans will understand the meaning of the demolition of the People’s House.
Sadly only some Americans will understand the meaning of the demolition of the People’s House.
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Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The largest protest I have seen in Miami
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The largest protest I have seen in Miami
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This is my favorite from the DC No Kings rally.
October 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is my favorite from the DC No Kings rally.
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Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
What you need when several people want to put their feet up.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What you need when several people want to put their feet up.
China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
What is striking here is that there is no discussion of Democratic Party activity to make promises to resolve this. Is the party in farm states (and the national party) not proposing a switch in policy?
What is striking here is that there is no discussion of Democratic Party activity to make promises to resolve this. Is the party in farm states (and the national party) not proposing a switch in policy?
China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
What is striking here is that there is no discussion of Democratic Party activity to make promises to resolve this. Is the party in farm states (and the national party) not proposing a switch in policy?
What is striking here is that there is no discussion of Democratic Party activity to make promises to resolve this. Is the party in farm states (and the national party) not proposing a switch in policy?
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When the executive declares emergency powers and demands his stooges “ find me a way to…”
When the executive declares emergency powers and demands his stooges “ find me a way to…”
Animal House (1/10) Movie CLIP - Double Secret Probation (1978) HD
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September 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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When the executive declares emergency powers and demands his stooges “ find me a way to…”
When the executive declares emergency powers and demands his stooges “ find me a way to…”
