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New Yorker expatriate living in Nebraska; photographer, wedding officiant (900+ weddings) expounder upon religion, politics & all the other things we’re not supposed to discuss. I follow Terry Pratchett fans! [No DMs unless we know each other😎]
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The leader of the free world conducts the first cabinet meeting of his new term. Also pictured: Donald Trump.

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The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount

🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements. A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.

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He was vaguely aware that he drank to forget. What made it rather pointless was that he couldn’t remember what it was he was forgetting any more. In the end he just drank to forget about drinking. - Terry Pratchett, Guards!Guards!

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The only thing I hate more than kings/emperors/whatever is gods. Because then the people can't even storm the palace or whatever and cut their head off.

This idiot was IN the military, does he not realize that not everyone is a door kicking, “warfighter”?

We’re wedding officiants. We have several pricing tiers. Our lowest is for people on a tight budget, no extras. I don’t know how many times couples go with the low tier & then want to add things. Our contract states that that’s an automatic price increase to the next tier #weddingofficiant #wedding

He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn’t mean it. And if he did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.

Not according to Marbury v. Madison.

"Sometimes it would be nice to be wrong about people."
Terry Pratchett; The Fifth Elephant 
#Discworld #TrumpPutinVanceDance #Oligarchs #WhereHaveAllTheGoodGuysGone

So we’re a dictatorship now

Motherfucker www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Was feeling kind of depressed; thought it was the political situation but then I realized that I was reading The Children of Húrin 😟 #tolkien #jrrtolkien #turin #turinturambar #childrenofhurin

I was wondering if anyone knows If there’s any known Republican who does not align with the MAGA movement and is willing to vote against any legislation that negatively impacts their constituents? I’m thinking they all lost their spine. REPOST

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

This piece is excellent. Take a few minutes and give it a read. Annexing Canada would initiate am insurgency that would destroy the US, argues UofT professor Aisha Ahmad. theconversation.com/why-annexing...

NEW: Griffin’s legal approach: If at first you don’t succeed, change the rules of the game after the fact. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/a-s...

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The federal government in 2025

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“Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?”
Terry Pratchett; Thud
#Discworld #ExecutiveOrders #ClutchingAtPaperStraws #Disassembling #TrumpingUSA 🥤🇺🇸

The people of Ukraine apparently disagree

Can we assume that every Friday afternoon when Turnip heads off to his golf club for the weekend the right wing will be ranting about his excessive “vacation” time?