Noel Dickover
@noeldickover.bsky.social
Project management @ GMU.edu. Master pumpkin carver: fantasypumpkins.com, reads UFO research, Wash Wizards, Mystics, Ravens fan. Former international devt, Human Rights (30 countries), Federal govt consultant (6 Depts/Agnc). #PaganFolkRock list on Spotify.
Kill ALL new data centers in Northern VA. We already have over 50 more than we should have. www.ffxnow.com/2026/08/04/p...
Pressure grows on Fairfax County to deny substation for data center in Lincolnia | FFXnow
Previous Image 1/4 Next Image An earlier version of this story referred to the State Corporation Commission approving a substation, but the SCC approval only incorporates transmission lines. As plans ...
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NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:
Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.
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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
The biggest mass funeral in Gaza was held this week for 112 people (including 44 children) that were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential block in 2023. Their bodies were only recently recovered from the rubble in an operation that spanned across two weeks.
I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 23h agoOnly a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...
It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
Actual weaponization of the Justice Department. Apparently the GOP is totally fine with weaponization of the Federal government going after US citizens. Just as long as its the right citizens getting their rights removed. apnews.com/article/refl...
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun
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Seconded. It’s wrong on principle, it’s unamerican—we rejected religious tests for office and dual loyalty smears with JFK, Jewish Americans, more—and every minority (especially but not exclusively religious) should recognize it as yet another assertion that only white Christians are real Americans.
ae@aelkus.bsky.social · 19h agoi really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing climate fires across Europe and North America. Meanwhile the planet burners are making record profits. And they are hitting up the Canadian taxpayers for $100 billion for another pipeline. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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For those not in the know, here's Rush's far more popular instrumental that came in '81 on the Moving Pictures (Tom Sawyer) album. Here's Rush wearing 80s night club attire coupled ridiculous mullets. Bring back the 70s hair! Your 2nd alternate music timeline cleanse... youtu.be/PnssSmg2NwQ?...
Rush - YYZ (Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984)
YouTube video by fables
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While La Villa Strangiato is impressive prog-rock faire, here's the song that the Hemispheres album is most known for - tree drama! From the same show, your alternate music timeline cleanse... youtu.be/JnC88xBPkkc?...
Rush - The Trees
YouTube video by RushVEVO
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Before there was YYZ, there was La Villa Strangiato, an exercise in self indulgence. At the apex of 70s prog-rock, here's Rush with your nightly music timeline cleanse... youtu.be/eK1hmDpa8bo?...
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
YouTube video by RushVEVO
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Durbin: "Mr Blanche has aided and abetted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States ... Blanche's willingness to casually lie under oath about he statement he made in a room full of witnesses shows the lengths he will go to to avoid offending President Trump."
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
The most ridiculous bit is that by laundering absolute nonsense from Benz to Taibbi to Jordan... many of the totally made up claims from Benz (easily disproven ones) are now taken as fact across the political spectrum and throughout the media.
Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · yesterdayThe paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
Never forget: republicans not only sold their souls, they sold out the country, the rule of law and your freedom. It’s their job to rein him in. They chose not to.
Your regular reminder that normal pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform, & the fact that we tolerate this authoritarian behavior as a permanent feature of 🇺🇸 politics is a sign of just how deeply broken our democracy is.
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · yesterdayTexas Republicans know this is the year they lose unless they take active measures to suppress the vote. So that's what they're doing.
“The American Association of University Professors is joined in the Texas A&M lawsuit by four faculty plaintiffs, each of whom says the policy prompted their course to be canceled or not offered.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...
‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&M
Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.
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"...the possibility that somebody out there might be wagering against my son, hoping that the treatment fails so they can make money, is enraging. How is this not just another type of “death market” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson
The predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survival
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Could Ramaswamy's failure to connect have more to do with the fact he's a corrupt, lying piece of shit of a conman than details about his heritage? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Vivek Ramaswamy is struggling to connect with voters. Can Ohio’s Indian community help?
Ohioans of Indian heritage will see one of their own take center stage in race for governor, but their support amid a rocky campaign is not a guarantee
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Corruption always seems great if you're the one benefitting from it.
Amanda Carpenter@amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 2d ago"But without the show being made public, major corporations really did spend millions sending Duffy and his family on some sweet vacations for no legitimate reason." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
I’m old enough to remember when lying about adultery was worthy of impeachment. Feels quaint at this point.
He serves in the branch that the Constitution specifically charges with the duty of removing the President for criming.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
In other words, going from a constitutional right (Roe) to a constitutional state by state decision (Dobbs) to a constitutional rule of no abortions. What is the DOJ/legal underpinning for that? There isn't one. Ladies & Gentlemen, your lawless soon-to-be AG. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful...
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