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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

For these people, Trump = America

Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Newsom did deliver a few snappy lines dissing Trump and his crew, but has made clear that he’s inclined to play the centrist by cultivating ties with prominent people of dubious judgment and ethics.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tillis claims that Trump is not being advised well, after voting to approve every member of Trump’s cabinet.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Doesn’t Roberts’ immunity decision make it impossible to mount a legal challenge of this wrongdoing? We’re left only with the (pretty much impossible ) political action of removal through impeachment.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is there any possibility people could be removed from voter rolls after the deadline?

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Even the saxophone players think so

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some people try to play the Franck sonata on the oboe

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why did I never realize that our constitutional order developed in response to the evils of 18th century communism and socialism?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is how he sees himself in the world—in his own estimation he is the godlike figure who animates everything. To anyone connected with reality though, it’s clear that his touch brings only destruction and death.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Everything good, all beauty, wisdom and truth, is under attack by these people.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Makes me wonder if T got permission from Xi to go after Cuba (after which China could launch its long awaited invasion of Taiwan)

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So often a responsible administrator is shielding many good people in the institution from the destruction that unscrupulous people are eager to unleash. Hope you’ll all be spared this eventuality!

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 25/09/2026

“ICE is fundamentally broken and cannot be fixed," the executive director of Amnesty International USA said.

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Amnesty International: 'ICE Needs To Be Abolished'

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a United States Senator

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Roberts court has done its part too

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The combination of stupid and viciously unethical makes for some stunning results with a number of these people

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think ‘rich’ is the operative word here. Even an honest politician (presumably there might be a few of those around) is going to be intimidated by the impact Musk’s money could have if he went all out to attack them.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Unsurprising that Trump is deeply unpopular. For me, the big question is what offenses he will commit against the electorate and the Constitution during and after the upcoming election to evade the consequences of this unpopularity…and whether Republicans will support these offenses.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Practicing scales is just what I thought of as I started reading this thread—wonderful to see you bring it up! Using what is in itself an uninteresting routine to reconnect with our body and instrument every day turns “drudgery” into an incomparable means of attaining deep awareness.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

He is preparing for a war on the National Mall

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sir, think of the Constitution, Sir! Think of your oath to preserve, protect and defend it, Sir!

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In any case, he has no right to take such an action

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yes…and this is even more awkward for a violinist who will be standing than for a pianist who can put the pedal on the floor while sitting on a bench. If I’m playing a sonata recital I’ve come to prefer having someone put the pedal in its place on the stage before I walk out for the first piece.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He hates JFK even more than he does Obama. Presidents who exercised their authority to inspire hope for the American people will always feel like a rebuke to him.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So if we really want to be rich we should all just stop eating

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s not as though he was teachable to the slightest degree

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anyone connected with US higher education is aware that over the past few decades positions of leadership have increasingly been awarded to people committed to the culture of commerce rather than the love of learning.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t understand why this manipulation of our electoral process isn’t generally seen as the watershed moment I’ve always believed it was.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No coincidence that “originalism” emerged in a political culture steeped in biblical fundamentalism. Interpretations of venerable texts by the communities who actually produced them are of no interest to those who imagine themselves to have magical access to superior interpretive powers.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

After the people who wrote our founding documents set up a governmental structure, and succeeding generations continued its path, how can anyone suddenly claim after some two hundred years that they understood the real meaning of those documents better than everyone so much closer to their origins?

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Absolutely! Condescension, indulgence, and dishonesty.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Of course, the way one tells them they are wrong can make all the difference too

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Right—if the individual is sovereign and government is supremely evil, the individual with the economic resources to crush all others will find no obstacle to realizing his dreams of tyranny. This is precisely the outcome our constitution was structured to prevent. No wonder Thiel doesn’t like it.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Reminds me of the Romanian villages (and some monasteries) where there is often an outdoor pavilion with an altar, used for summer liturgies or on occasions when the people present wouldn’t fit in the church.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

evokes a sober beauty that speaks of our (former) government of reason and law. Trump’s disfiguring of this aesthetic in DC is not trivial, but a vivid expression of his determination to overturn what the US government has always aspired to be.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As a musician, I spend my life working to express beauty and teaching my students to do the same. Beauty is not just about pretty things—lots of gilding—but about wholeness and integrity. The aesthetic of DC, dismissed so cavalierly this week by the Supreme Court…

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If someone tries to get rid of this repulsive structure in a happier period which is sure to come, they’ll be accused of trying to erase our history. I’d say we won’t be able to erase the Trump era from US history, but it’s understandable that we’ll want to try.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins. When you worship power, harsh treatment towards those you see as "enemies" will look like righteous strength. When you worship power, the value and dignity of others is solely measured by their conformity to you.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Guess it all falls within the (unitary) executive branch anyway

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JeannetteBlue @jeannetteblue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Hold accountable” is after the fact. Too late. Not a solution.

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Looks like Congress just hasn’t allocated enough money for ICE—that must be the problem

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Kevin Lawrence @psaltis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Rather than performing its essential function of being a check on illegal actions by the president, the Supreme Court has empowered him to ignore the law and to nullify Congress’s powers under the Constitution.” But the SC now regards any presidential acts as legal by its immunity ruling, right?

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