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"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

If you don’t already read her every day, please at least read her today:

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court Lawsuits challenging Trump policies raise big constitutional questions, but they also rely on a law that requires the government to follow the correct procedures when changing course.

Protect this law at all costs !

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

That one made me lol. I mean, what’s wrong with auctioning off a senate seat to the highest bidder 🤷‍♀️

The march of the anti-anti-fraud brigade …

Seriously, journalists do not have to validate a demonstrably false claim. The KKK is not a public safety organization. The 2020 election was not stolen. DOGE is not about efficiency. Do not repeat the lies.

Wow that’s gorgeous

Want.

I know! It prompted me to dig out my old fave cowls I haven’t touched since we left TN

Woman in Kelly green Sophie scarf

#knitting is comfort, therapy and joy — all embodied in this little bitty wisp of garter stitch, who knew. The famous Sophie but at worsted gauge in @kelbournewoolens.bsky.social Germantown.
#sophiescarf #petiteknit #knitsky

In case anyone actually wondered whether the GOP Congress would defend their own authority or dutifully roll over …

I want to work there!

World's richest man ends America's modest aid to the world's poorest people.

I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception

Nice kicks

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

Had such a nice time using the icon of the new @bookshop-org.bsky.social ebook app to bump the old one off my home screen 🙌

#booklover #booksky #ebooks

So happy to see this, despite/in light of the circumstances of its birth:

So handsome

February 1, 2025 Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal...

If you have been unable to keep up with Trump's destruction of democracy and the US government in the last two weeks, here is a summary (with citations) by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

As long as a copy doesn’t end up on Hilary Clinton’s server then it’s totally fine.

I can never decide when to stop sharpening and move on to the next pencil 🤪

HV friends—

The Public Domain Image Archive The Public Domain Review (a true gem of the web) has launched The Public Domain Image Archive, “a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. While Th

The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]

Amazing, right?

😍

I’m so obsessed with this fabric

We’ll have to add this to those life chapter headings we were talking about ❤️

What was the indicator that you’d passed through this phase?

You need to get that home screen as organized as your elastic drawer