Pretty Places & Spaces
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Just here to share the pretty things I see in our world.
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On FB, I posted this fact sheet (left) from the White House's own website, with a comment: "Update, it's not going very well."
Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡
Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡
February 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
On FB, I posted this fact sheet (left) from the White House's own website, with a comment: "Update, it's not going very well."
Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡
Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡
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No other state in the nation imports more goods to Canada than the Land of Lincoln, and Illinois is one of the Top 5 states in exports to both Canada and Mexico.
All together, Illinois exports support 800,000 jobs – jobs now at risk thanks to Trump’s Tax on Working Families.
All together, Illinois exports support 800,000 jobs – jobs now at risk thanks to Trump’s Tax on Working Families.
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No other state in the nation imports more goods to Canada than the Land of Lincoln, and Illinois is one of the Top 5 states in exports to both Canada and Mexico.
All together, Illinois exports support 800,000 jobs – jobs now at risk thanks to Trump’s Tax on Working Families.
All together, Illinois exports support 800,000 jobs – jobs now at risk thanks to Trump’s Tax on Working Families.
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The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyone’s protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it “the moral blindness” of those who “persuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There
Once legal rights begin to fall, they fall for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyone’s protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it “the moral blindness” of those who “persuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A reminder: the GWBush Admin built a prison at Gitmo not because of its size or facilities, but on the theory that because it was not in the US, US laws would not apply, and because US didn't recognize Cuban sovereignty over it Cuban law didn't either. It's a stateless, lawless zone of impunity.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A reminder: the GWBush Admin built a prison at Gitmo not because of its size or facilities, but on the theory that because it was not in the US, US laws would not apply, and because US didn't recognize Cuban sovereignty over it Cuban law didn't either. It's a stateless, lawless zone of impunity.
“Replied the press secretary: ‘I'll check back on that and get back to you.’”
Dana Milbank on yesterday’s very first Trump II White House Press conference. Gift link.
wapo.st/3PWpQEG
wapo.st/3PWpQEG
Opinion | The Trump White House has no idea what the Trump White House just did
At Karoline Leavitt’s first briefing, she didn’t have much to say about the crisis her boss created.
wapo.st
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Replied the press secretary: ‘I'll check back on that and get back to you.’”
Coercion? Illusion of choice?
Trump admin memo sent to federal officials offering “Fork in the Road” (actual words used) decision between deferred resignation or remaining on despite possibility of termination later. Document provided to me by U.S. official
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Coercion? Illusion of choice?
Omaha green space.
December 27, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Omaha green space.
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I think LORD OF THE RINGS being a story in which, canonically, it is entirely possible for evil to triumph in the temporal world, and in fact more likely than not that it will, but also that reality should not change the meaning of your moral values, is an underrated part of what makes it so good.
December 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I think LORD OF THE RINGS being a story in which, canonically, it is entirely possible for evil to triumph in the temporal world, and in fact more likely than not that it will, but also that reality should not change the meaning of your moral values, is an underrated part of what makes it so good.
Couldn’t be cozier.
December 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Couldn’t be cozier.
Happiest of hours at Vol. 39, Chicago.
December 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Happiest of hours at Vol. 39, Chicago.