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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 4h

Rome, large 4th century basilica discovered between Appia and Ardeatina
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Rome, large 4th century basilica discovered between Appia and Ardeatina

A large 4th-century funerary basilica has been discovered in the area of the catacomb of St. Callistus, thanks to research coordinated by archaeologists Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai and Lucrezia Spera of ...

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 4h

so. much. winning. www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off

Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling

He has already turned the Oval Office into a wrestler’s changing room. Now the president is building a place so gilded Nero would feel at home. Why did he pick an architect whose speciality is Catholic churches?

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 6h

Such small cowardly people with their guns and masks.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19h

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 21h

What the fuck, America?

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21h

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22h

You've got to break a few humans to make a small cadre of soulless grifters and racebaiters look like a bold, legitimate government.

Lincoln saved the Union.
Roosevelt beat the Axis.
Trump sent fishing fleets back to the docks.

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1d

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

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Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 23h

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Peter Collinson @petercollinson.bsky.social · 1d

Kakistocracy - 'government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people'.

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Kakistocracy - Wikipedia

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

The entire East Wing being demolished on the say-so of king 🤡

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Congress is letting damn near everything happen

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.

USMC Vet M-3-7/MarineBarracks, NAS Alameda 🇺🇦 @usmarinevet.bsky.social · 1d

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

What we have here, in addition to Trump's gaudy, vacuous bric-a-brac he has glued to wall in the Cabinet Room, is our monumentally incompetent SecDef telling the most unhinged president in history about an attack on another civilian small boat, this time in the Pacific.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

I think they demolished the laws and regulations already.

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

permits? abatement? hazardous materials (lead, asbestos)? conservation? regulations? laws? common sense? Our Republic of the Collective Dumpster Fire is a sad, sad place.

Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

Then sells remnants of United States to the saudis, pockets profit.

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

Mike “evil elf on your shelf” Johnson didn’t hear about it, so …

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to undermine the 2026 elections — filling his administration with election deniers, weaponizing the Justice Department, and attacking the rule of law. Trump’s allies are preparing to control every part of the election process.

Trump’s New Power Grab: Election Deniers Take Over the White House

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 1d

At least 5 federal agencies were involved in a massive immigration raid on Canal Street on Tuesday

@jumaane.bsky.social: "I think this simple-minded president is, at some point, going to flood our streets with federal agents and that should concern everybody.”

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

Federal Agents Detain Mix of Protesters and Migrants in Massive Manhattan Sweep

NEW YORK – At least five federal agencies were involved in a...

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

This fucking guy.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 1d

linktr.ee/jesseduquette

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

Kegsbreath is a clear and present danger ‼️ to what is left of these United States.

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

So in the showdown between paramilitary chuds and regulars, whose side does the officer corps take ?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Real banana republic vibes, here

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA @serviliusahala.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone share domestic ROE for such an arsenal (as if any laws still mattered)?