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Retired Archivist. But still volunteer for an Archives. Sometimes do other retirement things. Sometimes don’t do much. Please. No DMs about that which you can find out from reading my tepid posts on Bluesky. Ok? Thanks.

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Don’t know. Would be good to checkout, right?

11.11.2025 15:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wow!

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ICE May Soon Move Into a Building Near Hyattsville Hyattsville Wire Immigration and Customs Enforcement may soon move into a building in or near Hyattsville.

Front line Hyattsville.

hyattsvillewire.com/2025/11/09/i...

11.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hyattsville Renames Forested Area After Nacotchtank Indians Hyattsville Wire The city of Hyattsville renamed a forested area around Driskell Park after the Native Americans who used to live in the area.

hyattsvillewire.com/2025/11/03/n...

10.11.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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You were expecting Gordon Lightfoot?

But we claim the right to post the ‘Ballad of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ later on. RIP.

10.11.2025 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight was a very bad night.

10.11.2025 03:09 — 👍 31706    🔁 9961    💬 1739    📌 906

Well. There’s this.

10.11.2025 05:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Way back when, in the mid to late 60’s, my old Dad would explain to me that Washington always had a pretty good offense.

‘It was the defense that was the problem.’

DejaVu, Daddy.

10.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Watched the game for a bit at a favorite place, Streetcar 82. I had no problem with accepting the Lions running all over us. I mean, ‘immunity.’

But when they started interviewing you know who in the news box, I had this immediate, covering the face, ‘Oh Hell No!’ reaction.

Purely reflexive.

10.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘…if extraordinary circumstances might render that interposition necessary to [the U.S. Government’s] safety.’

Seems pretty clear that such interposition might now be necessary.

constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘ by neglecting to provide for the choice of persons to administer its affairs.’

‘Noting that the Elections Clause gave state legislatures primary power over Senate and House elections, Hamilton took the position that Congress would likely involve itself in congressional elections only…’

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There is of course, a discussion of this clause in the Federalist. #59-

‘…Alexander Hamilton, in the Federalist No. 59, reasoned that unless Congress had authority to regulate Senate and House elections, state legislatures might at any moment annihilate [the U.S. Government]…’

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And so we repeat-

‘but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations…..’

constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Section 4 Congress

Clause 1 Elections Clause

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations…..

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just for fun I checked out the Constitution to see what it might say about the Federal Government setting up independent redistricting. I was thinking about 14th AMD or something, but no! Article 1, Sec. 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States-

Article I Legislative Branch

09.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Aged like roadkill in RFK’s trunk.

09.11.2025 17:17 — 👍 1900    🔁 451    💬 19    📌 11

Brethren! AFGE!

08.11.2025 17:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Memorandum & Opinion – #25 in AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-03553) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding 24 Order granting Plaintiff's 9 Motion for Summary Judgment, denying Defendants' 15 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. See full Memorandum Opinion for details. Signe...

employees by sending politically charged emails through their work accounts that placed blame on Democrats for the government shutdown.

08.11.2025 15:48 — 👍 813    🔁 124    💬 11    📌 8
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To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots

Gonna write a book:

‘80 Years of US Federal Records Management Theory, Training, Regulation, and gosh darn it, patriotic democratic aspiration.
Down the Tubes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

08.11.2025 14:59 — 👍 8    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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The Kennedy Center Crackup

Pretty amusing. Good ol’ NYC making fun of DC again-

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

08.11.2025 02:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Prima facie- who ya going to believe?
Jim Jordan- assistant wrestling coach?
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/11/i....

Or Dr. Gregory Washington - leader of GMU since 2020, noted as being a very successful President- virginiabusiness.com/george_mason...

Stand with Mason- go here-
standwithmason.com

08.11.2025 00:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of my favorite baseball tv moments was when veteran major leaguer looks at a called strike, turns around and says to the ump, ‘Bottom?’

07.11.2025 15:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Five Minute Histories: The Brewer's Art
YouTube video by Baltimore Heritage Five Minute Histories: The Brewer's Art

The occasional Baltimore Architectural Heritage and Beer post.

youtu.be/LTy7p9Ps58I

06.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

‘So far this year, job cuts are at the highest level since 2020 when 2,304,755 cuts were announced through October.’

Is this really the worst year since the end of the 1st Trump administration?

Hard to say since the gutting of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

www.reuters.com/business/wor...

06.11.2025 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Apparently this sycophant couldn’t even come up with his own excuse.

Trump said it first.

06.11.2025 14:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As Gov. Youngkin shows himself out after 4 splendid years in office….

05.11.2025 19:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sumz you Virginia Fans might wanna go here, and scroll up and down, again and again!
Then get yerself a beer.
It’s 9:40pm somewhere.

projects.statenavigate.com/25-26/states...

05.11.2025 02:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Huge Message from Virginia!
62/100!
Goodbye, Mr. Youngkin!
Goodbye!

05.11.2025 02:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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