Deidre Dunnit

Deidre Dunnit

@dddunnit.bsky.social

79 followers53 following262 posts

Deidre Dunnit reposted

English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:

taylr@taylordahlin.com

ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s the country has put out a statement in spanish

“Trump's “Board of Peace” has filed 2 trademarks w/US Patent & Trademark Office—though it has no legally defined status & trademark ownership is to be by the USPTO itself. This is absolutely unprecedented use of executive branch power to protect rights of a vaguely defined supranational entity.”

america2.news“Board of Peace” Trademark Filings Reveal Its Murky Legal StatusThe “Board of Peace” trademarks are not owned by the organization itself, but by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, marking an unprecedented use of executive branch power to protect rights...

In a statement on Tues, [Glass] said: “…I have decided to withdraw my Symphony No 15 ‘Lincoln’ from the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony No 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the symphony.

theguardian.comPhilip Glass withdraws world premiere of his Lincoln symphony from Kennedy CenterComposer says values of Trump-dominated Kennedy Center ‘are in direct conflict’ with symphony’s message

“ICE agents have marked cars with student-driver stickers and SpongeBob decals. There are rumors that they’re also adding comically stereotypical bumper stickers for various liberal causes. In one chat, someone says they saw an ICE agent disembark from a Subaru with a sticker that just said “queer.”

newrepublic.comThe ICE Resistance That You’re Not SeeingOur screens may be bursting with graphic images of the ICE occupation, but the bulk of the work is boring, invisible—and absolutely vital.

“The next Democratic president must follow Spanberger’s & Jones’s examples and fire unqualified hacks…many GOP appointees don’t believe in the true missions of the institutions that they are being put in charge of and aren’t qualified to lead them—and therefore must be removed immediately.”

newrepublic.comAbigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a MasterstrokeEven moderate Democrats can be boldly anti-MAGA. Other centrist Democrats should follow her example.

“Historical Reference: Commentators noted the statement is reminiscent of the "witness" of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian from New Hampshire who was martyred during the Civil Rights Movement.”

Deidre Dunnit reposted

This is pretext. Trump’s been obsessed w/wind turbines for decades, which began after Scotland put some in near his golf course. He sued the govt & lost, which is why he claims they cause cancer, mental illness in whales, bird extinctions, etc. Welcome to the 19th century. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"