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erendil.bsky.social
@erendil.bsky.social
Just a tired pragmatist who wants to retire, take a nap and garden.
September 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
August 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Lots of smoke in the area.
August 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Bribes, Bias, and South Park: Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Hits Primetime
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Bribes, Bias, and South Park: Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Hits Primetime
Trump is the first president in American history to seize the nation's newsrooms and attack a cartoon in the same week…
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s the only thing he can’t seem to distract us from.
July 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And yet, they wear masks themselves.
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
June 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The bumblebees and ladybugs love my Lupine
June 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is brilliant. A way to track who's working for Ice using Glitter.
‪BREAKING: ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out to abduct people, in unmarked cars, wearing masks and no uniforms or badges, protesters dump buckets of glitter on them so that everyone can tell they’re ICE for days afterward.
a drag queen is standing in front of a purple background and the word glitter is on the bottom .
ALT: a drag queen is standing in front of a purple background and the word glitter is on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What a jerk.
What started out as a quick photo op at a museum quickly turned into a total disaster, when a tourist accidentally shattered a seriously valuable piece of art.
Tourist flees after shattering 'priceless' Van Gogh chair in museum 'nightmare'
www.mirror.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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June 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So good to see people willing to stand up to defend others against the ICE raids.
Trump’s America.
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison.

Published January 18, 2025: https://trib.al/1cw70nH
Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat
Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison.
trib.al
June 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Next thing you know, we'll have a kid from Barron's lunchroom appointed ambassador to the UN.
Before landing at DHS, Fugate worked on the Trump campaign and interned at The Heritage Foundation.

According to his LinkedIn profile, the bulk of his leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.

By @hannahallam.bsky.social
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating…
www.propublica.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Some more botanical mosaic tins made of vintage china and some other bits & pieces. Claudia Sander
June 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This was my protest sign yesterday. We had an unbelievably large crowd in my small town. It was so wonderful to see people who had probably never been to anything come.
April 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Important reminder!

Trump did not win by a landslide!
#SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Oh. My. God.😳

It’s like Hitler got in a fight with a weed whacker😱
March 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington
The video appeared to have been created with the help of artificial intelligence and poked fun at the power dynamic between the two men.
www.nbcnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!

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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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February 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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STAND UP TO MUSK

Despite Trump’s campaign promises, Musk is coming after your earned Social Security benefits.

Demand that every member of Congress stand up to Musk’s cynical efforts to steal our earned Social Security benefits while giving himself and other billionaires a hefty tax cut.
Musk Is Lying About Waste and Fraud in Social Security to Have an Excuse to Kill It | Common Dreams
The richest man alive wants to cut off your benefits and then have Congress use the savings to give himself a gigantic tax cut.
www.commondreams.org
February 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a great way to sign and send messages to your representatives.
February 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🖋️ “CONDEMN Trump's 3 term fantasy! Say NO WAY to cutting Medicaid, Snap, Soc sec” hit 250 signers!
CONDEMN Trump's 3 term fantasy! Say NO WAY to cutting Medicaid, Snap, Soc sec
Text SIGN PEPFCP to 50409 — Courageous speech matters and it can inspire others. I count on you as my elected representative to speak out in defense of the constitution and to condemn every sort of illegality and anti constitutional measures done by other branches. You are supposed to uphold and defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. Please now condemn Trump for talking about a possible third term. This is blatantly unconstitutional. Don't let him float the idea until it gets normalised. We the people do not want to be ruled by a king and his unelected Nazi sidekick. Trump never had a mandate and now his numbers are underwater. Say NO to illegally executive orders, no to impoundment, no to usurping the powers of Congress, No to trampling states rights, NO to racism and bigotry; no to betraying our allies. And NO to cutting Medicaid, Snap, and Social Security. What kind of human being takes food away from a child and medicine from an ill person in order to help billionaire oligarchs feather their nests more thickly? Do not be that person.
resist.bot
February 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM