harrylanders.bsky.social

harrylanders.bsky.social

@harrylanders.bsky.social

Retired. Husband, father, grandfather. Marathoner. Quaker. Jazz musician.

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Other than the literal gravesites of my own family, I don’t know of another place that reduces me to tears the way that the Lincoln Memorial does. How dare they dishonor the memory of Abraham Lincoln? And dishonor our country? It’s shameful.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

In front of the Lincoln Memorial. This.

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Why will Trump & Republicans get their asses handed to them in November? This. This right here is why Trump & Republicans will get their asses handed to them in November.👇

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻@longtimehistory.bsky.social

Border Patrol dump blind refugee 5 miles away from home—he was found dead on the street. Officers dropped him off in front of a donut shop—didn't notify his lawyer or family he was even released. When reported missing—local police said he was in ICE custody & stopped looking for him. Buffalo, NY

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music theory and musicology are relevant!

taylr@taylordahlin.com

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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The Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay announced its official “Goodnight Moon” suite this month, describing the room as an immersive experience that replicates the setting of the classic children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown. trib.al/UDYHvId

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THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate@grahamformaine.bsky.social

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

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Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview. Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

My state of Virginia has two Democratic U.S. Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. I can imagine Tim Kaine putting himself in a situation where he would be manhandled and perhaps arrested by ICE agents. I cannot imagine that Mark Warner would do so.

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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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“The reporter from MyPillow asked the White House press secretary why the president looks so healthy and robust” is a true sentence that exists in our current reality.

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jesus christ they want her dead

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports. A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.

It’s become an article of faith that Barrack Obama’s jokes directed at Trump at the White House Correspondents in 2011 motivated him to run for president. I wouldn’t go that far; he’d been talking about it for years. But, it definitely humiliated and enraged him. And maybe it was a final nudge.

This is not a defense of Roberts, but he sees himself as a serious jurist and no lackey of Trump. And he saw the danger of the free pass to crime that he handed him. I predict that Roberts will be a thorn in Trump’s side going forward. And he will bring Amy Coney Barrett with him.

It’s become an article of faith that Barrack Obama’s jokes directed at Trump at the White House Correspondents in 2011 motivated him to run for president. I wouldn’t go that far; he’d been talking about it for years. But, it definitely humiliated and enraged him. And maybe it was a final nudge.

I’m going to suggest that Trump’s “Thank you again. I won’t forget it.” comment to Chief Justice John Roberts at his address to Congress may have been a similarly transformative moment. The presumption that his presidential immunity ruling was a favor to Trump embarrassed Roberts.

The Fugitive Slave Act led to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It set the path towards John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. It made the Civil War inevitable. What happens when Trump’s goons start dragging immigrants out of schools and churches and hospitals in sanctuary cities?

Blacks who were arrested were not allowed a day in court. Slave-catchers didn’t even have to provide evidence that the person was a slave beyond their own affidavit. Free Blacks were taken away and put in slavery. Local officials who didn’t cooperate faced legal jeopardy.

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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

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The trap for the woman who says she was raped by Hegseth: GOP Senators (namely Susan Collins and Joni Ernst) won't meet with her privately, and Hegseth's lawyer promises to sue her for defamation (combined with a right-wing media sphere that would surely ruin her entire life) if she speaks publicly

newyorker.comThe Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense SecretarySupporters of Donald Trump’s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.

For the first time, I'm seeing a number put on it. Undocumented workers are paying $25.7 billion annually in Social Security taxes for which they will never receive benefits. Not that it's fair, but they are subsidizing the rest of us.

nytimes.comHow Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits (Gift Article)Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.