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Birdwell is Not Shutting Up
@wellbird.bsky.social
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Author of dystopian worlds, past and future. (The present speaks for itself.) I'm a recovering anthropologist and a progressive who doesn't believe in progress. (she/her)
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Meanwhile in Texas we tryna add 17 constitutional amendments to the 530 we’ve already got. Texas, y’all. 🤦‍♀️
FYI for tonight.
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Things he actually said. Such a disaster.
He's also much better looking than Mamdani - in his UNFIT rotting head!
We will persist.
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
Good to see some of our universities standing up to this attempted shakedown. Now what about you, UT???
"the results show that most Americans are not buying the White House’s arguments for the compact’s measures, said [Baker]...The compact has been presented as a tool to promote [affordability and merit]...but it’s really about censoring institutions and faculty."

www.chronicle.com/article/amer...
Americans Think Trump Is Overreaching With His Higher-Ed Compact
Most don’t want the federal government setting colleges’ policies, a new Quinnipiac poll reveals.
www.chronicle.com
Given that construction on the ballroom is not expected to be complete until 2029, HE'LL NEVER GET TO USE IT EITHER. Unless, of course, he defies the Constitution yet again!! 🤬
AI wouldn't recognize satire if it bit it in the ass. If it had an ass.
Full story behind paywall, but you get the gist of it. 🤬
It's bribery and corruption, a protection racket. But another way to describe money given to the government under threat of punishment is taxation, here imposed unilaterally and arbitrarily by the executive without the legislature.

Ship money is the analogy, if you're up on 17th C. English history.
Exclusive | Trump Hosts Corporate Ballroom Donors at Glitzy White House Dinner
The event included representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir.
www.wsj.com
Glass bridge??? No security issues there. Oh, bullet-proof glass? The cost overruns on this vanity project are going to be HUUUUGE!
Somebody stop him!!!
Sometimes, symbols are deeply potent.

The East Wing demolition is a physical, tangible mirroring of the destruction of so much more in the US: the rule of law, the semblance of justice and democracy, governmental infrastructure, livelihoods and respect.

All at the whim of a delusional old man.
I think the ballroom story is gonna mushroom into a much much much much bigger thing. I see the visceral reaction people have towards the videos.
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The GOP has thus far attacked and vandalized the US Capitol, tried to overthrow the government, and now destroying the White House. The fucking British didn't do this much damage when they invaded the city
In case anyone is curious, here are the events that were hosted in the East Room of the White House in 2009. What do you suppose DJT has in store? A UFC fight? Special club shows for his cronies and their guests? 🤬
Is this going to end up an unfinished vanity project?
The cost has already gone from $200 mil to $300 mil and there are still no plans (that we know about) no contracts, no building permits. Where are the receipts/agreements from the mega donors who are purportedly footing the bill? Is Trump's proposed share the $230 mil from DOJ? Plus cost overruns...
Revising a few plot points in my current WIP. #AWSoutage #Signal #scifi
Just discussing that with my daughter. Over Signal. 😣
What they said. 👍
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