ndweiss
@11tulips.bsky.social
Democrat. Jezebel. Oxford commie. Enigma wrapped in bacon.
Politics, common sense, appreciator of outliers.
Ph.D., Nordic stuff. Espoused.
The gods are indifferent.
Think for yourself.
Politics, common sense, appreciator of outliers.
Ph.D., Nordic stuff. Espoused.
The gods are indifferent.
Think for yourself.
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Past sell by date 👇👇👇
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Past sell by date 👇👇👇
⭐️ Read this: How the judiciary walls of democracy are broken down.
“My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.../1
“My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.../1
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: https://theatln.tc/XgppPPfA
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
⭐️ Read this: How the judiciary walls of democracy are broken down.
“My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.../1
“My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.../1
⭐️ Reposting. PLEASE—read how the cancerous Heritage Foundation *complained about the memorial* [WHAT WAS THE COMPLAINT??] [WHY DID THE NETHERLANDERS COMPLY?]
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
⭐️ Reposting. PLEASE—read how the cancerous Heritage Foundation *complained about the memorial* [WHAT WAS THE COMPLAINT??] [WHY DID THE NETHERLANDERS COMPLY?]
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If you haven't seen this, please read. It should bring rage and tears to learn that this memorial has been removed.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you haven't seen this, please read. It should bring rage and tears to learn that this memorial has been removed.
Spot on. 🏆
Why,
You grave but reckless senators
You grave but reckless senators
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Spot on. 🏆
Because relatedly, those golden urinals for the Ballroom aren’t going to pay for themselves.
President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the government is shut down. https://to.pbs.org/43JfaR9
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen
The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Because relatedly, those golden urinals for the Ballroom aren’t going to pay for themselves.
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FFS, these people are hopeless, feckless, and utterly craven
The Real Reason Dems Caved on Shutdown Will Make You Want to Scream newrepublic.com/post/202948/... via @newrepublic.com
The Real Reason Dems Caved on Shutdown Will Make You Want to Scream
Turns out, senators were only thinking of holding onto their own power.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
FFS, these people are hopeless, feckless, and utterly craven
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Lmao at Schumer and his gang of shitheads. Congrats on being the world’s biggest and most predictable marks. Oh, and fuck you too
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Lmao at Schumer and his gang of shitheads. Congrats on being the world’s biggest and most predictable marks. Oh, and fuck you too
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
On Shaheen’s claim that “Voters Just Want Us to Get Along”:
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On Shaheen’s claim that “Voters Just Want Us to Get Along”:
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Hope I see your list. Mine came out yesterday.
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hope I see your list. Mine came out yesterday.
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the 30 pieces of silver contingent.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the 30 pieces of silver contingent.
First snowfall, a whisper east of Buffalo.
It’s all beautiful until about January 1, when we implore the gods for blessed warmth.
It’s all beautiful until about January 1, when we implore the gods for blessed warmth.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
First snowfall, a whisper east of Buffalo.
It’s all beautiful until about January 1, when we implore the gods for blessed warmth.
It’s all beautiful until about January 1, when we implore the gods for blessed warmth.
Every word.
The cowardice in the political, academic and corporate worlds is just staggering. They let democracy die and dictatorship metastasize, but they get to keep their cozy high-paying job, and perks. The Wimp-O-Meter is at 11.
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
I see y'all are finally approaching Upstate levels of hatred for Chuck Schumer.
You're late.
You're late.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Every word.
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'Absolutely Pathetic': Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight | "Let’s be clear — this proposal isn’t a compromise, it’s a capitulation."
'Absolutely Pathetic': Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight
"Let’s be clear — this proposal isn’t a compromise, it’s a capitulation," said one progressive lawmaker in the US House.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'Absolutely Pathetic': Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight | "Let’s be clear — this proposal isn’t a compromise, it’s a capitulation."
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Outstanding pull quote
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Outstanding pull quote
Some people deserve a good slap
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Some people deserve a good slap
It’s true. Check out “Under the Banner of Heaven“ by Jon Krakauer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It’s true. Check out “Under the Banner of Heaven“ by Jon Krakauer.
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The Star Chamber Six enabling the dictatorship will go down in history as the worst failure of the SC. Their many other failures, such as Dred Scott, while horrible, didn't risk the end of the Republic and the Constitution.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Star Chamber Six enabling the dictatorship will go down in history as the worst failure of the SC. Their many other failures, such as Dred Scott, while horrible, didn't risk the end of the Republic and the Constitution.
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It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
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Dignity agenda, free from fear and want 🥰
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dignity agenda, free from fear and want 🥰
Et tu, former trusty Old Lion of Democracy?
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Et tu, former trusty Old Lion of Democracy?
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It’s just a given that elected republicans are a cynical, monolithic block of ambition & cowardice -good faith leadership isn’t expected of them. Every journalist & pundit reflexively gives them a free pass.
All the discussion is over what dems should/shouldn’t do for the good of the country.
All the discussion is over what dems should/shouldn’t do for the good of the country.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It’s just a given that elected republicans are a cynical, monolithic block of ambition & cowardice -good faith leadership isn’t expected of them. Every journalist & pundit reflexively gives them a free pass.
All the discussion is over what dems should/shouldn’t do for the good of the country.
All the discussion is over what dems should/shouldn’t do for the good of the country.
Overall, this is unacceptable & emblematic of Dems‘ tremulous weakness.
“We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed…”
“We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed…”
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Overall, this is unacceptable & emblematic of Dems‘ tremulous weakness.
“We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed…”
“We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed…”
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology