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Richard Harvey
@moonfrog3.bsky.social
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Cabbage Hill Farm
RVA
Any guesses as to what this is a photo of?
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
May peace and justice prevail.
March 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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“There’s a strategy underlying all of this, and that is an assertion of presidential authority under Article II…They intend to redefine what that means. It has always been clear that the president is chief executive, but there’s always been the question of constraints…”

nymag.com/intelligence...
‘We’ve Got an Enormous Crisis on Our Hands’
Public-policy expert Don Kettl discusses Trump and Musk’s blitzkrieg attack on the federal workforce and where it goes next.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I sound like a broken record, but to understand what's happening in government look to Musk's Twitter purchase.

Before Musk officially closed his deal for Twitter in Oct. 2022, his team demanded that the company freeze all payments to outside contractors and vendors.

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"According to one person familiar with the department, Trump-affiliated employees had asked about Treasury’s ability to stop payments. But Lebryk’s pushback was, 'We don’t do that,' the person said." https://cnn.it/40H6jN9
cnn.it
February 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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“Let’s be crystal clear about what’s happening: A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions.”- @mmasnick.bsky.social

www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Precious Standing, by Rattlemouth
9 track album
rattlemouth.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Winter vibes...
December 4, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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December 2, 2024 at 3:27 AM