RIP to one of the greatest. Based on this anecdote alone I think she would have made a great live audio engineer as well (though that's definitely a step or two down from the apollo program!)
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![Balance Of Power Between Congress and The Presidency
Year Pres. Cong. Senate
100 House
435
2023 D 118th D:48, I:2 R – 218[10]
2021 – Biden D 117th D:48, I:2 D – 222[9]
2019 R 116th R – 53 D – 235
2017 – Trump R 115th R – 51 R – 238[8]
2015 D 114th R – 54 R – 247[7]
2013 – Obama D 113th D – 52 R – 232[6]
2011 D 112th D – 56 R – 241
2009 – Obama D 111th D – 57 D – 256[5]
2007 R 110th D – 49 D – 233[4]
2005 – Bush R 109th R – 55 R – 232
2003 R 108th R – 51 R – 229
2001 – Bush R 107th R-50 R – 221[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zn44fge6w7z4wr43t46fjhak/bafkreibfj7tffhek6rb2jxafbgfmxfe73qjjgzvis7j34ssecjj7ikzsrm)
![As with many of Bacon's popes, the painting is dominated by purple vestments. Bacon's palette changed in 1953, and his paintings became darker. The earlier blues were replaced by velvet purples, and his overall tone became more nocturnal. The soft-focus and filled-in backgrounds disappeared, replaced by flat dark spaces, which in some cases were merely the untreated blank canvas.[9] The pleated curtains of the backdrop are rendered transparent and appear to fall through and encircle the Pope's screaming face.[10]
Although his earlier works were dominated by harsh orange pigments,[11] they were hardly cheerful; it has been suggested a reason his palette became darker is that he was scarred by the ending of his tumultuous and sometimes violent relationship with Peter Lacy, whom he later described as the love of his life.[12] This partly explains why Bacon began to focus on representations of father figures such as popes - Lacy was a much older and accomplished man and had been the dominant partner.[12]
The man is identifiable as a pope from his clothing.[13] He seems trapped and isolated within the outlines of an abstract three-dimensional glass cage. The framing device, described by Sylvester as a "space-frame", features heavily throughout Bacon's later career.[14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zn44fge6w7z4wr43t46fjhak/bafkreif36jyg5irg2noiyxwkqute5zd7ntygzokf4afkhhppqux2ybaj54)
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25-365
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. BARBARA, ET AL.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
[June 30, 2026]
JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting.
This is one of the most important decisions in the history
of the Court, and
2 my judgment, the Court has made a
serious mistake. As interpreted by the Court today, the Fourteenth Amendment confers citizenship on virtually everyone who happens to be born in this country](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zn44fge6w7z4wr43t46fjhak/bafkreiea7xmbg6j5irjp2ogm3gjdanpxunbpyfisbfcfn52bfznhnwoq3q)
