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Alan Hanscom

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Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · 2d

Even if they are going to get voted down, the good Congresspeople need to start votes to stop these horrible MAGA types. Sure, it's a lot of work, but it says, "WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP." If you are good, Congressman, you need to stop being afraid of confronting this tyrant.

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · 10d

My latest...

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · 28d

If you think that staying silent because it might eventually be to your advantage to be a "friend" of Trump...think of how badly that worked out for the "friends" of Hitler.

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 26

I used to read all your comments on twitter (now "X"), Stephen. But I cancelled X and now I don't think I'm seeing all your commentary on BlueSky. Please keep us up to date on here...

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 26

My naughty cat grazes on trees! How do I know this? I had an avocado tree growing in my kitchen window, and he ate the leaves right off the top of it!

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted May 24, 2019]

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

<<3. Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California
AT MR. NADLER’S RIGHT HAND
4. Barry H. Berke, a Democratic lawyer for the committee

5. Committee staff

Speaker Nancy Pelosi
ON THE WITNESS STAND
Corey Lewandowski
[Also a looming presence] —-
Donald Trump>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Sept. 22, 2019]
<<from a New York Times picture with these characters:
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AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL
1. Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York
HAND OUTSTRETCHED
2. Representative Doug Collins, Republican of Georgia
HAND ALOFT, IN A “COOL IT” GESTURE>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

<<John Henry Fuseli: "The Nightmare"
"The Scream" by Edvard Munch
"Death on the Pale Horse," Benjamin West, 1817>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted March 2, 2020]
<<I used imagery from the paintings listed below, as well as the ugliest and most wretched pictures I could find of Trump, Giuliani, Graham, and McConnell...the evil men trying to destroy our democracy.>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Aug. 29, 2020]
<<Just submitted this piece to the new art show here in Salem, and am prepared to get flak for it.>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Oct. 21, 2019]

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Nov. 6, 2020]
<<I hope that somehow I've portrayed what the spirits of the Founding Fathers are actually doing right now. >>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted June 6, 2021]
<<The U.S. Senate is the most unrepresentative governing body on the face of the earth...>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[the original picture, from World War II]

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Aug. 21, 2021]
<<The present-day Republican Party. These are like Halloween costumes, and yet they're not. >>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Dec. 4, 2022]
<<I wish these three things could get fixed. >>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted March 13, 2023] <<Right now, the court is not even functional as a fair and judicious institution.>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

<<[EDIT: I have to admit, though, that I might frame this and title it, "Sardo and Little Boy/Fifty Years".]>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

<<Here I put together a pen and ink piece I did of our black cat, Sardo, in 1972; and I "outpainted" a picture I found of my current black cat, Little Boy, off to the right of it. It does seem like magic to me that ... they're both peeking around curtains. Something I didn't plan! >>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted March 24, 2023]
<<I know it's superstitious to say modern technology runs on magic, but I've been playing with the artificial intelligence engine that's available for free on DALL-E...and sometimes what it can do gives me a chill! >>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted May 21, 2023]
<<There seems to be a never-ending supply of crazy politicians.>>

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

All of Trump's men are abandoning ship. I'm guessing the My Pillow guy will be the last one...if he doesn't pull the pillow out too soon.
[#generativefill in Beta Adobe Photoshop with the prompt, "In the pen and ink drawing style of John Tenniel in his 'Through the Looking Glass' illustrations..."]

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Aug. 11, 2023]

Alan Hanscom @alanh1954.bsky.social · Sep 21

[posted Sept. 30, 2023]