Peter Fraize
@peterfraize.bsky.social
DC jazz saxophonist, composer, educator. Bands: UK organ group Atlanticus, DC fusion group Stickman, various trio, 4/5tets.
Whenever these guys pretend to not know about front page news, the rest of their segment should be spent with the host reading them an entire article about it, then thanking them for their time.
WELKER: You're talking about Trump protecting Arkansas from drugs, yet he pardoned the former president of Honduras who trafficked more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US. How does that make us safer?
COTTON: I haven't spoken to POTUS about that pardon. I have to know more about the circumstances
COTTON: I haven't spoken to POTUS about that pardon. I have to know more about the circumstances
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Whenever these guys pretend to not know about front page news, the rest of their segment should be spent with the host reading them an entire article about it, then thanking them for their time.
Marion Cotesworth-Haye of Marblehead - The West Wing - Privateers
YouTube video by ThatSceneFrom.com
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Anybody else feel a little earthquake in DC just now?
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Anybody else feel a little earthquake in DC just now?
Two new live albums we released this summer are now streaming everywhere: Atlanticus Live in NYC and Seabrook/Fraize Live at Der Bunglehoff. The best place to enjoy, stream, and support is still atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com!
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Two new live albums we released this summer are now streaming everywhere: Atlanticus Live in NYC and Seabrook/Fraize Live at Der Bunglehoff. The best place to enjoy, stream, and support is still atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com!
Brighton Jazz Festival 2025 with @atlanticusjazz.bsky.social and a little shout out to @freedcproject.bsky.social
Great photos by Rikki Borkum!
Great photos by Rikki Borkum!
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Brighton Jazz Festival 2025 with @atlanticusjazz.bsky.social and a little shout out to @freedcproject.bsky.social
Great photos by Rikki Borkum!
Great photos by Rikki Borkum!
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just waltzed into CVS and got a Covid shot
🍴💩, 🧠🪱🪱🪱!!!
🍴💩, 🧠🪱🪱🪱!!!
October 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just waltzed into CVS and got a Covid shot
🍴💩, 🧠🪱🪱🪱!!!
🍴💩, 🧠🪱🪱🪱!!!
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Our little ode to DC, with a shoutout to Ellington via Chuck Brown (kinda like Chuck did…) towards the end. Rhythm Schtick at Swanage this summer.
youtu.be/5_hl2QBnLk8?...
youtu.be/5_hl2QBnLk8?...
Atlanticus (4) @ Swanage Jazz Festival 2025
YouTube video by Madge's Jazz
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Our little ode to DC, with a shoutout to Ellington via Chuck Brown (kinda like Chuck did…) towards the end. Rhythm Schtick at Swanage this summer.
youtu.be/5_hl2QBnLk8?...
youtu.be/5_hl2QBnLk8?...
I radicalize my students by teaching them how to play the blues.
September 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I radicalize my students by teaching them how to play the blues.
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It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids.
This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.
This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.
September 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids.
This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.
This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.
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DC HILL NEWS: The House Oversight Committee just posted its notice and memo for a 10am ET, Wednesday, September 10 markup, focusing on 14 bills impacting the District of Columbia. Bill text here: docs.house.gov/Committee/Ca...
8-page memo here: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...
8-page memo here: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...
September 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
DC HILL NEWS: The House Oversight Committee just posted its notice and memo for a 10am ET, Wednesday, September 10 markup, focusing on 14 bills impacting the District of Columbia. Bill text here: docs.house.gov/Committee/Ca...
8-page memo here: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...
8-page memo here: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
Collaborator
BREAKING: Mayor Muriel Bowser ALLOWS federal law enforcement INDEFINITELY in DC. Gift article: wapo.st/3VyXMcY
Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely
Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.
wapo.st
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Collaborator
White supremacy dolled up with callous cruelty. Fuck you every which way til Sunday, DHS
"Sending away the 'others' to make way for white people to flourish is at the literal center of Gast’s painted vision of the West. That vision is reproduced in Homeland Security’s own videos." ICYMI:
Bizarre DHS Social-Media Strategy: Something to White Home About
Contempt, cruelty, and weaponized sentimentality.
www.thebulwark.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
White supremacy dolled up with callous cruelty. Fuck you every which way til Sunday, DHS
Year 32 at the George Washington University starting this week. A little ditty dedicated to “the troubles” after adjunct faculty unionized some years back. Take off the last F for savings!
atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com/track/gw-rif
atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com/track/gw-rif
GW RIF, by Atlanticus
from the album Blue Haven
atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Year 32 at the George Washington University starting this week. A little ditty dedicated to “the troubles” after adjunct faculty unionized some years back. Take off the last F for savings!
atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com/track/gw-rif
atlanticusjazz.bandcamp.com/track/gw-rif
Would be funny if it weren’t true? Nah, true and fucking hilarious as always @jefftiedrich.bsky.social
here's today's post: "Nancy Mace holds a rally. eight people show up. try not to laugh." — and Dean Cain embarrasses himself in ICE training video
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Nancy Mace holds a rally. eight people show up. try not to laugh.
and Dean Cain embarrasses himself in ICE training video
bit.ly
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Would be funny if it weren’t true? Nah, true and fucking hilarious as always @jefftiedrich.bsky.social
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Sure, Hitler negotiated his brains out, and then we negotiated tf out of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading Hirohito to unconditionally negotiate.
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sure, Hitler negotiated his brains out, and then we negotiated tf out of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading Hirohito to unconditionally negotiate.