Seton Droppers

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’ President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority

This is NOT what I learned...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dear Starbucks: I miss the brownies! They are my favorite treat. Please bring them back! #missmybrownie

Trump names Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top DC federal prosecutor Move comes after US president withdraws nomination of Ed Martin, GOP loyalist who supported January 6 pardons

If this were an SNL skit it would be funny. Not in real life...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

But expected... Just more that we need to work on...

I Should Have Seen This Coming When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...

"I Should Have Seen This Coming", a very powerful article from @theatlantic.com by David Brooks. He starts with quotes from George Orwell's 1984 “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake" and move on from there...

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

"Spring in Arlington"

Just a little something across the street from my house...

#photography #bloom #clouds #sky #spring #colors #flowers #trees

Pictures by Seton I have been taking pictures for over 55 years. I started with an old Kodak 620 box camera and have used many cameras since, from Minolta 35mm SR1 to a Canon R series. I love finding images and take f...

I have just updated my photo website with a redesigned format and added "weekly work" galleries where I have published the first (of hopefully and ongoing series) of highlights of what I have worked on in the past week.
#photography

www.photos.ljpete.com

#democrats #nancypelosi #changeisneeded @arlingtondems.bsky.social #fixtheproblem #newleadershipneeded #frustrated

Dear Democratic Leadership - We need new leaders and approaches. Now!

Spring morning at Great Falls Park Virginia

#photography #panorama #spring #morning #waterfall #greatfallsVA #sunrise #landscape

NoVA Good Morning - 3rd St S Sunrise

#snaps #photography #sunrise #spring #colors #trees #house, #urban #house

MD Good Morning - Clouds at Moncacy Aqueduct

#photography #c&ocanal #morning #snaps #noprocessing #clouds #spring

Canada Goose landing with splashing water

"Coming in for a Landing" - A Canada Goose splash landing in the Potomac River near Dyke Creek trail, Alexandria VA. (20250322-AM6A8120)

#photograpy #bird #nature #dykemarsh #potomac #water #flying

NoVA Good Morning - "Spring Sky Buds"

#snaps #spring #buds #sky #tree #red #blue #noprocessing #photography

Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional Where all this goes is still up to us.

Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

NoVA Good Morning - "Path to Childhood"
#photography #morning #noprocessing #slide #playground #snaps #childhood

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans The cemetery website unpublished links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and other material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

"‘DEI’ Order Prompts ANC Changes". Politely, this is "Silliness"! The federal government continues to remove information that we, as taxpayers, have already paid for! (First seen via Arlington Now - www.arlnow.com)

taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...

#photography #huntlymeadowspark #alexandriaVA #wildlife

Found a few animals at Huntly Meadows Park in Alexandria Virginia yesterday... These were taken during the March Northern Virginia Photographic Society field trip. (nvps.org/home/)

Great Falls Good Morning - Morning view of Great Falls, Overlook 1, on a late winter (Monday March 10th just after the US time change.)

#photography #GreatFalls #morning #GreatFallsPark #sky #waterfal #winter

NoVA Good Morning - On the Park
#snaps #misty #photography #morning #huntlymeadows #photowalk #nvps

"Magical Marvelous Mysterious Moon" -Via the magic of a modern phone camera.
#snaps #moon #noprocessing #night #photography #lights #urban #house #clouds #fullmoon

"Power to the People"
#snaps #infrastructure #electricity #tower #powerline #photography

While out for a walk this grey and cloudy afternoon I found this grey power tower.

Forgot #panorama

"NoVA Good Day - Tramping at Eagle Point" #photography #snaps #trees #winter #sky #noprocessing

smokestack belching pollution near Great Salt Lake

Back to the days of smelly old pollution... Picture taken by my father (Garrett Droppers) summer 1970 when we stopped to swim in Great Salt Lake #smoke #pollution #smokestack #1970😱

Clouds over mown field in Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Cold winds blow over a mown field at Manassas National Battlefield Park as the bright blue sky pushes dark clouds to the horizon. #photograpy #clouds #fall #fields #history #landscape #ManassasNationBattlefield #sky #trees

So, it is time to quit the Washington Post. Any suggestions on what to subscribe to now? Already subscribe to "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal" (so I can get a little bit of the "other" side)...

Very sad. Not just cruel, but putting more barriers in the way of small businesses and favoring the Food Industrial Complex...