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Waldo Jaquith

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waldo.net @waldo.net · 15/09/2026
Please admire this slop-guide to the U.S. government that my kid received in his ninth grade government class. “Watergsstate Impreachment Imeachment bolity Precedent”
A sort of map of US government, with lots of arrows and words. It’s labelled “SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT MAP: U.S. GOVERNMENT.”Close up of the diagram:

Example: Watergate Impeachment Key 2473 - Watergsstate Impreachment
Imeachment bolitiy Precedent
Legislative Checks
Executive
Veto
No
Executive Cheeks
Example:
Washington's 2-Ter-in Precedent
Example 3: Impeachment Precedent Key 2016 - Declares political inconinitional comnoladunt precedions hutsite avothov Uncostitutional: Bleachmens on the divisience of the Barizon Precedent
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waldo.net @waldo.net · 11/09/2026
Here’s how the New York Times describes this moment in their coverage:
At one point Mr. Trump asked attendees to raise their right hands and pledge to him that he would vote with their family and friends.
Dutifully, they did.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
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waldo.net @waldo.net · 10/09/2026
My nine-year-old was made a Muppet Show fan by that February one-off. He has already decided that Jack Black should be the first host, because he's basically a human Muppet.
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waldo.net @waldo.net · 14/08/2026
A St. Louis PBS station stored their 50 TB station archives at an Iron Mountain facility, via a subcontractor, which probably gave them lots of security and redundancy. But the subcontractor went under, and now they have lost access to their archives. It turns out their contract had no redundancy.
current.org
Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data
Nine PBS seeks return of more than 50 terabytes of data that represents “70 years of our organization's history.”
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