Becky's Flying Carpet

@hcrichardson.bsky.social and Senator King lighting all the lamps in the Old North Church.

A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.

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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.

Every dictator in history has lied.

Donald Trump is no different.

This administration is literally disappearing innocent people off the street and sending them to brutal foreign prisons in defiance of a unanimous Supreme Court. This fact must scare every American who respects the rule of law and loves the ideals on which this country was founded.

#ResistTrump

‘A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution’

“If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.”

By Jonathan Chait

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."

We miss it there terribly. While we are here doing 'good work' this is not our home or our coast.

So great to see someone fill the artistic flower void in Bremerton.

We're looking...

For those keeping score at home…

Trump insults Elon during his first term

PBS shutters DEI office The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

LOUDER FOR THOSE THAT THINK THIS IS A TRAP PROTEST. If someone is trying to tell you to NOT protest, they are most likely a BOT and should be ignored!

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

These DOGE guys' phone numbers & addresses are easy to find, in case anyone wants to file a FOIA request for all their communications (including those on any personal devices used to conduct government business), or serve them with evidence preservation demand letters in anticipation of litigation

Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.

A long dark night has begun in America

Trump's Pentagon says it will 'rotate' out some media from offices The memo said that the New York Times, National Public Radio, NBC News and Politico must vacate their spaces by Feb. 14

In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration announced it would remove the New York Times and three other media organizations from dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon to make room for others.

January 31, 2025 On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...

January 31, 2025

I sent this to C. This is the endgame. It's terrifying.

The USA has had two major plane crashes in the last 4 days.

The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years.

‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades.

So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?

Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.

The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems.

David A. Lebryk has served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I too have one of these at home. Bijou is 16 and just loves the canned food now.

Yes, yes, no.