Bardswan Brenda
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Bardswan Brenda
@bardswan.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, reader, mom. Love is love is love is love. AKA TO Strong at that other place. These are my opinions alone. No DMs.
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David has found his favorite toy, Mousey. He chirps and cries in delight while he plays with it. #CatsOfBluesky
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I know we say this all the time so it’s become cliche, but can you imagine the hysteria that would be happening right now with Republicans if Obama did the exact same thing to the inside and outside of the WH that Trump is doing? It would be 24/7 on Fox for months. We all know why.
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$40 billion to Argentina’s right-wing government.

The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.
ARGENTINE PESO COLLAPSES TO RECORD LOW — DOWN 99.8% SINCE 2009
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DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” He says Trumps DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & a terrorist…)— and then fired him when he wouldn’t.
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“As construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval”

— Warning letter from Treasury official

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
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In the middle of all Trump’s distractions, pay attention to the fundamental issue:

While the richest people are getting richer, tens of millions of people are struggling to pay for rent & groceries.

Now 15 million Americans are going to be thrown off health care. Unacceptable.
Shutdown Day 20 | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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Jeff Bezos could give every American a million dollars and still have enough left over to ruin space for the rest of us.
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Last night, the rainbow crosswalks were removed from an intersection in the historically LGBTQ neighborhood of Montrose in Houston, Texas.

Protesters were arrested.

It’s the neighborhood in which I grew up and where I live.

This too is a form of violence.
The pain this causes me as an archeologist, as someone who tries to protect historic properties. Why is this allowed to happen? What an apt symbol for the chaos and destruction this regime is causing to the country.
This is wild
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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First sentence of his obituary
I don't think we should let it go that the president posted a video of himself shitting diarrhea on us. It should be on his wikipedia page
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Another day, another Politico story about a Republican operative talking about being a Nazi in a private group chat. This time, it’s Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

I’ll say it again: if Republicans want to stop being called Nazis, stop hiring them.
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You don’t start a $200m Reno project on a house you are planning on leaving in 3 years.
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If the Democrats were smart (I know, I know, assuming facts not in evidence, but hear me out) they'd run 30 seconds of this footage, without any commentary, as an ad.
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How old is the White House East Wing compared to the Confederate statues they complained about being torn down?
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Before Obamacare, being a woman was a pre-existing condition, including coverage denial for domestic violence, contraception, pregnancy, and certain cancers. You could be charged more for insurance premiums just for being female. It was called a 'gender rating'.
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I volunteered at a canvassing location, working the table to help manage the doorknockers and the day I was there all day, no one came to knock doors. The one sign-up bailed. So seeing people motivated to march, but not anything else to get Dems elected is a bit of a bummer.
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“The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.”
Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451,” published on this day in 1953
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We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com