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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's almost impossible to tear down something, once it's built, but Jamelle Bouie sums it up: "Demolish it, blow it up, I don't care. But the ballroom has to go." youtu.be/pkFNAd1DaaA?...

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No matter what, we have to tear down Trump’s corrupt ballroom

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Beautifully written, but are you asking this of others in Norway whose money lives in tax havens?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026

don’t repurpose it or turn it into a museum or anything like that. destroy it. youtu.be/pkFNAd1DaaA

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No matter what, we have to tear down that ballroom

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

OK. @jamellebouie.net has a great takedown of our pundit class. Exhibit 1 is David Brooks. Guess what? Yale just hired him to teach undergrads. 1/ youtu.be/46tpqFxfomI?...

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The pundits have completely lost the plot

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Let's go full out Luddite. Sadly, no mention of gold and gilt, but the Syracusia came with a giant catapult made by Archimedes... marble statues, stables...library...gymnasium...shrine dedicated to Aphrodite... and more... Or he and Pete could just play Age of Empires... youtu.be/rmG3-_MGmX0?...

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Syracusia, The colossus of the sea 3d reconstruction and lesson

YouTube video by flipped prof

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

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Michael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Trump's personal lawyer, whose main mission is to run a vast cover-up hiding that the President of the US is a sex trafficker and child rapist, is confirmed by fifty GOP Senators. Oh, and his secondary mission is to go after Trump's political enemies. /1

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...amongst our weaponry are diverse elements such as fear, surprise. ruthless vigility, and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope." Add cruelty and stupidity. Change the pope to Trump. Time travel. Welcome to MAGA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...

Shot from Monty Python skit with three actors dressed in red religious robes and enormous crosses as necklaces. Each wears different headgear.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Tillis and Cornyn gave Republicans justification for a Blanche confirmation: "See, Blanche met our demands. He fixed it." Blanche did not "fix it," but the public party line aggressively dominates.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Saint Jerome contemplating the sorry state of the world. Know how he feels! By Pieter Coecke van Aelst, born OTD in 1504.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You don't even have to be a Democrat to know the solution:

Photo of Nancy Regan behind a podium. A green and white circular poster on the front of the podium says "Just say no."

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That's not the lede. This is, second paragraph: "Despite the one-off event's losses, which UFC expected, the organisation still saw an increase of revenue for the second quarter of 2026, parent company TKO Group Holdings said on Monday."

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And the indignation, the firm resolve, the support, announcements, denunciations from US soccer rang loudly...oh wait, no. It did not.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Brent Leggs, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, ...said the new regulations would “eviscerate the preservation of our shared civic and cultural heritage in the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/a...

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Critics Say Historic Sites Are Endangered by Trump-Aligned Panel’s Plan (Gift Article)

Proponents say the changes to the federal preservation rules are necessary, but critics argue they are alarming and would help expedite the president’s redesign of Washington.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The assault on history and culture marches on with the revision of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act--"...plac[ing] approximately 1.4 million historic sites at greater risk by shifting decisions away from the communities where they are rooted." (AIA) www.aia.org/about-aia/pr...

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AIA Responds to ACHP Vote to Revise Section 106: Calls for Congressional Oversight and Legal Review

AIA is opposed to the decision by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to move forward with revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preser

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A smarter citizenry protects freedom and improves economic growth. Now, it is up to citizens at all levels to check the power of the authoritarian in the Oval Office, who is trying to dumb down the American public for political gain. open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

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Degrees of Damage

Pre-schoolers to grad students — no one is safe from Trump’s attack on education

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If Andy Beshear does not push this to a conclusion that either has him appointing McConnell's replacement, or McConnell reappearing, Beshear will be out of Democratic politics. We need rabble-rousers, not the same quiet, proper Dems who keep losing.

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"Ours is a beautiful, ancient craft essential for any society's needs for self-understanding. We are equipped with a host of modern methods, but guided ethically by very old rules that no authoritarian political project ought to be allowed to profane." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...

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WATCH: David Blight makes opening statement in hearing on how Smithsonian presents history

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Fugitive slaves were literally not accused of a crime, this was a rather important point in the 1850s.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I was today years old when I learned the US was NOT founded on principles of the Enlightenment, political philosophies of Greece and Rome, concepts of the Magna Carta, or a desire for political autonomy free of a monarch, but on a universal, fundamental belief in a God. Flabbergasted. Hornswoggled.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Historians really should look into this"we don't know if they were guilty or not" theory. Whoever would'a thunk. Sounds like liberal wokeism to me.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sponsored by "Save the Grass on our National Mall"

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

would you trust a medical diagnosis from this man?

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Throw submarine sandwiches at them.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Golly geee, Senator. You sure are nailing the crucial issues of the day. The Milquetoasts of the US feel seen.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

After UFC fights, former MAGA loyalists are thrown into the ring to battle hordes of male lions. Winner to receive pardon and cabinet position.

AI generated image of US Whie House with an arena in front filled with battling lions and gladiators surround by circular audience tiers and marked Grand Imperial Games.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I genuinely thought it was from The Onion at first. Then I saw this, also not from The Onion. Stiff competition from MSM.

Screenshot off New York times headline: Robert Kennedy jr keypad picking up snakes, is he doing it right? With photo of handheld black snake

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

There has been no Department of War in the US since 1947. Thereis not and never had been a Gulf of America. Ditto Trump Kennedy Center and so on and so on.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

And adults sharing the party line told you you get off the phone when they needed to call

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Its unacceptable behavior for anyone, let’s be clear, and should not be tolerated professionally or personally.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Tim Kaine is competing for that title. Actually it’s a populous roster.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I am not giving up my papyrus scrolls and I'll hit anyone who tries to make me with a 2000-page hardcover tome.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Keep saying it. The belief that with a Dem majority the US will rise phoenix-like from the ashes of its own destruction is shortsighted wishful thinking, naive at best and dangerous in its failure to fully see and understand how this regime functions.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

So, this still must be said 101 years after arguments of the Scopes trial. Seems fitting, given that, 237 years post-ratification, the US government itself is destroying the Constitutional foundations of the nation.

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Sherrilyn Ifill, explains the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act..the history and how the Voting Rights Act protects the voting strength of minorities and their candidates of choice, and the dangers we now face. youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM?...

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Sherrilyn Ifill - What Happened to the Voting Rights Act? | The Daily Show

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Virginian @cafferata.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"The majority even makes explicitly clear that Black voting strength and representation can be subordinated to an array of state interests including, a state’s interest in protecting white incumbents..." Sherrilyn Iffel. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/scotus-dro...

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SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court's Decision in Louisiana v. Callais Completes the Decimation of the Voting Rights Act

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Good Trouble Veteran @goodtroubleveteran.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.” - Barack Obama

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