Margo Fabtastic
@magweir.bsky.social
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If anybody gets visited by the ghost of Charles Dickens this Christmas Eve can you please please please be nice and watch a Muppet Christmas Carol with him? I think he’d really love it thx
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If anybody gets visited by the ghost of Charles Dickens this Christmas Eve can you please please please be nice and watch a Muppet Christmas Carol with him? I think he’d really love it thx
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
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If you're in the USA, you can no longer watch the Dutch TV special about my theories on fascism and pro wrestling on YouTube! Oh no!!
But fear not, for I have uploaded the full thing to my Vimeo for American viewing and sharing
Go forth:
But fear not, for I have uploaded the full thing to my Vimeo for American viewing and sharing
Go forth:
VPRO: Josephine Riesman on Trump and Wrestling
Please support VPRO Tegenlicht: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/lees/artikelen/2025/toekomstverkenners/de-worstelmindset-van-Trump-volgens-Josephine-Riesman.html
vimeo.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If you're in the USA, you can no longer watch the Dutch TV special about my theories on fascism and pro wrestling on YouTube! Oh no!!
But fear not, for I have uploaded the full thing to my Vimeo for American viewing and sharing
Go forth:
But fear not, for I have uploaded the full thing to my Vimeo for American viewing and sharing
Go forth:
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
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President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the U.S., which was viewed as something of a win for the pharmaceutical industry. But Trump offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices.
With No Real Policy, Trump Asks Drugmakers to Lower U.S. Prices
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the U.S., which was viewed as something of a win for the pharmaceutical industry. But Trump offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
www.cbsnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.
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Not the same indeed.
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not the same indeed.
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Alito and Thomas automatically vote in favor of free airfare
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent
April 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Alito and Thomas automatically vote in favor of free airfare
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Wow! HHS is hitting new levels of recklessness and incompetence…
U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security.
Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.
U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security.
Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.
April 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wow! HHS is hitting new levels of recklessness and incompetence…
U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security.
Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.
U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security.
Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.
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"Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power," Judge AliKhan says.
She adds other firms are "capitulating" due to "coercion, plain and simple."
"The govt cannot hold lawyers hostage to coerce lawyers to agree with it."
She adds other firms are "capitulating" due to "coercion, plain and simple."
"The govt cannot hold lawyers hostage to coerce lawyers to agree with it."
NEWS
Judge AliKhan says she's inclined to GRANT the temporary restraining order blocking Trump's executive order targeting Susman Godfrey.
She's explaining her reasoning now from the bench.
Judge AliKhan says she's inclined to GRANT the temporary restraining order blocking Trump's executive order targeting Susman Godfrey.
She's explaining her reasoning now from the bench.
April 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power," Judge AliKhan says.
She adds other firms are "capitulating" due to "coercion, plain and simple."
"The govt cannot hold lawyers hostage to coerce lawyers to agree with it."
She adds other firms are "capitulating" due to "coercion, plain and simple."
"The govt cannot hold lawyers hostage to coerce lawyers to agree with it."
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
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The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you love your library, listen up…
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The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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Over $10 trillion.
April 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Over $10 trillion.
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oh this is a big mystery
Gifted | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to Black History Month and other celebrations of identity. But St. Patrick's Day got a pass, and some are asking why. The questions come from the troops as well as administration critics. www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Hegseth's ban on cultural celebrations gave St. Patrick's Day a pass
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to cultural awareness events throughout the military. But the Irish holiday got a green light, and some wonder why.
www.expressnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
oh this is a big mystery
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.