Jess
@mmebahorel.bsky.social
I have opinions on things, especially DC theatre, especially ones that got a major critic to block me on that other hellsite. They are mine, but you can borrow them. The politics ones are extremely mine, especially the ones with my name on them.
Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction.
I would pay $1000 right now to hit this thing with a sledgehammer once and I feel like there are millions of others that feel the same that's free money
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 24h agoIt's not enough to just take this shit down in 2.5 years. We've gotta desecrate it. Flip it over and turn it into a halfpipe. Make the sides of it a dog park so something can piss and shit on it. It's the only way out of this. President AOC, I will make this happen free of charge.
If this mf dies after construction starts, it'll become his memorial and we'll be subject to "but you didn't want us to tear down the Kennedy Center" when we seek to damnatio memoriae this asshole as he has so justly earned. No falling for it. Time demands a flat circle.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 23h agoBreaking News: President Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot-tall triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, even before a federal review panel has approved the project.
This monstrosity near Arlington National Cemetery is a disgrace and a litmus test for me in 2028 primary. Maybe for others too. If no pledge to tear it down, then cross off list for consideration.
Wythout sayinge your age what was your favorite filme when you were 20 and also your currente bankinge passworde?
OMG, the vandals put up bleachers and killed all the grass? What dastardly villain could do such a thing?! www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Mile-long stretch of National Mall closed until 2027 for turf renovation
Trump accused vandals of damaging grass, but the affected area was also the site of several Freedom 250 events.
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Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
I had a sudden psychological feeling of Friday. It's still Wednesday. This is a problem.
chuck entertainment cheese would not accept this as legal pizza currency
Democrats need to tear this monument to his ego along with all the other ones. It's so fucking disgraceful they should make it a campaign issue; promise that a Democratic Congress will enforce the law and these stupid trinkets won't count as US currency. Buyer beware in other words.
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The dialectic of the Trump II WH since day one has been the simultaneous feeling of an authoritarian regime on the rise, and the sweaty final days of impending collapse when everyone is about to flee with gold bars and crying in front of a tribunal
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 2d agothe Trump administration is obsessed with doing the kind of thing which actual authoritarian states only do in a panic when on the brink of collapse, because they think that they are done out of strength rather than weakness
Commander in Thief strikes again with another special "fuck you" to area residents and workers by yet again shutting down a major commuter route during rush hour to enable his purloining of public property. wtop.com/dc/2026/09/r...
Rock Creek Parkway closure planned as Kennedy Center removes ‘Blue’ sculpture – WTOP News
The closure was requested by the Kennedy Center so a crane can occupy the roadway while crews remove “Blue,” a towering painted-aluminum sculpture by artist Joe
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The president mocked one of the ball room case plaintiffs as a "woman out walking her dog." From my latest: We are all, apparently, just out walking the dog, while our world is pillaged, demolished and ground beneath the wheel. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Column | What a Churchill quote reveals about the Supreme Court’s ballroom decision
Chief Justice John Roberts cited Winston Churchill in his dissent, addressing a debate about the role of beauty in public life and architecture.
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To folks who think caving on things like “Lake America” doesn’t matter in the long run… It does. It invites more such ego-serving It suggests that there’s no push back. It teaches people to expect more of the same. It matters.
💵 meet 👄 Note the host site: these facility fees don't give a dime to Matt Floca or the Vichy board, and that's about all I can control without a lot of investigation into NSO financial agreements. (I am the hoi polloi showing up for Pictures at an Exhibition and Ravel's Bolero.)
The ballots version of the East Wing of the White House. If it goes through, you'll probably find them all deposited under East Potomac Park in the hope the high water table destroys the evidence of precisely how many counts of voter fraud this should be.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
The White House, the Kennedy Center, Yosemite National Park — these symbols of America do not belong to any one person, they belong to the people. Trump's attempts to desecrate them only show what a small, narcissistic man he is.
Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue
The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.
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The really remarkable thing about standing is that for more than fifty years dissenters and commentators have correctly observed how the conservative majority keeps using “separation of powers” as a cloak for disempowering the legislature, building up the executive, and aggrandizing itself. (1/2)
The OP is who I made this post for. bsky.app/profile/sina...
Lana Sinapayen@sinalana.eurosky.social · 10mo ago"It's ok if I post disinformation because it could be true" "It's ok if I misrepresent a thing as happening now even if the article is 5 yo, because it's probably worse now" It's ok if I mislead people, because I'm on YOUR side. Rings a bell? Unfollow and block them. Poison to your community.
i guess in a world where it seems like the corruption is truly endless and often unpunished, it's *kinda* funny that George Santos is the one guy who like never gets away with it
WIRED@wired.com · 4d agoThe former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulate the prediction market. www.wired.com/story/george...
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social · 4d agoSCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
It would be amazing if cis people could attempt to grasp how it feels for trans people to hear that large groups of Americans are being tested to see if one of us is hidden among them - because they'll be testing for your personal minority next.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoMichele Tafoya: "If you want to play and make money and have opportunities as a person in the WNBA as a woman, it should not bother you to take a cheek swab test to just prove that you've the chromosomes to play in that league"
Remember: "Standing" is a legal term the U.S. Supreme Court reserves for white people upset that Black Americans may have a voice in their own governance.
Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4d agoBreaking news: The Supreme Court said construction can continue on the White House ballroom. The justices found that the historic preservationists who challenged the project had not suffered the direct personal harm required to bring a lawsuit.
Ah yes, no one can sue over payments (emoluments), so no one can sue over thefts (destruction). Only the justices' investment portfolios are capable of being harmed.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4d agoBreaking news: The Supreme Court said construction can continue on the White House ballroom. The justices found that the historic preservationists who challenged the project had not suffered the direct personal harm required to bring a lawsuit.