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Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.

“Integrity matters.” Vietnam veteran, retired Foreign Service officer, and lead plaintiff Michael Lemmon speaks about the Memorial Arch lawsuit—and why public accountability, lawful review, and the voices of the American people matter. #StopTheArch #ArchWatch #HistoricPreservation #ThirdActDMV

An old picture from GTMO, MWR youth league. The two smallest are my daughters. There were only had kids enough for 3 or 4 teams so it was a mixed league. When I see the political ads with MAGA parents freaking about mythic trans kids playing girls sports I have only one thought - grow the fuck up.

Thursday, November 5 at 1 pm: Testify Virtually Against the Arch at the NCPC Meeting: Here is the link to register to speak at the meeting: www.ncpc.gov/participate/...

I'm close to being done with Bluesky. I post a lot of original content from protests and events around DC and my reach has basically fallen off a cliff. I have a few followers who faithfully like and repost content but for the most part I'm just screaming into the void. Maybe Threads?

Loud as fuck. Human as hell. Turnstile on the National Mall—bodies in the air, solidarity on the ground. Hardcore with a heart. #Turnstile #HardcoreForHumanity #NationalMall #FreePalestine #MusicForGood

Thank the MAHA cult, this is entirely on them. Heads full of misinformation and Russian propaganda, you helped elect a monster. Enjoy your raw milk while our children breathe poison. ☠️ 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for Polluters www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

Brewers or the Rays? I'm still on the fence in game one, top of the 8th. I don't follow either team and I'm not a sports gambler. I've got plenty of time to work out who it is I'm rooting for, or against.

What I see in Amy Acton’s story is resilience. Turning someone’s childhood trauma into a political weapon says far more about the people wielding the weapon. People should expect better. Vote accordingly, Ohio. #AmyActon #Ohio #SurvivorVoices #EndTheStigma #Resilience #HumanityInPolitics

What happens to a nation when its monuments begin to bask in the glory of war more than they honor the terrible price of it? History suggest we can expect a lot more war. #archwatch

#ArchWatch | THE FIX IS IN. PUBLIC VOICES BE DAMNED. Why wait when the decision is preordained? Apparently, public review is something to get through, not something to take seriously. #86theArch #ProtectPublicSpaces #MemorialCircle #PublicLands #DemocracyInAction #ThirdActDMV

The Epstein class, soft on pedophilia once again. If you don’t see the pattern it means you don’t want to see it. Vance Slams Republican ‘Whining’ Over Ohio Ad as Bipartisan Furor Grows www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

America take note! It’s not left vs right. It’s the rich vs the poor.

NYTimes phoned this one in. No time to cover millions of people taking to the streets when they have feature stories to write about the thinking of rendom people sitting in Iowa diners. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/u...

They let me near a microphone There are advantages to owning all the audio gear. @defiance.org Full video here: "https://youtu.be/p8pOKCsZJtk?si=0xaVGYbySS-P7XqW"

Meta is worth about $1.8 trillion. It says taking #NoKings offline during a national event was a “system error.” Fine. Errors have costs. A $10M contribution to No Kings would be about 0.00055% of Meta’s market value. For Meta: a rounding error. For No Kings: real capacity. #NK4 #Accountability

Zuckerburg closed the NoKings Instagram account on rally day and Musk closed Starlink so Putin could bomb Ukraine and they would be defenseless. These Tech billionaires and their monopolies are out of control and they must be sued and taxed and regulated like crazy. www.npr.org/2026/10/17/n...

A grim tally from a corrupted White House and DOJ.

The People vs. Nazism. Tesla owners support this. Most of Ken Paxton’s Money Can Be Traced to One Man: Elon Musk www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

We can’t be far away from Trump threatening a market crash if the GOP loses the midterms. Considering how much of our growth is centered on a speculative bubble - he’s probably right. But the bubble was always going to burst. Time for the market to price-in a failed presidency.

Our treatment of Ukraine is an obscenity. Opposite of everything I've ever been taught about who we supposedly are as a people.

I follow University of Michigan football as a lifelong fan. An accident of birth. I follow the Washington Commanders as an accident of proximity, I live with a lifelong Commanders fan. Both fan bases are howling mad at sloppy play and bad coaching. Heads must roll!!! Meanwhile, Rome burns.

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We are getting the band back together. No Kings in DC this Saturday. #NoKings #NoKingsDC #NK4 #VoterFest #VoteEarly #YourVoteMatters #VotingRights #ProtectOurDemocracy #ThirdActDMV #DCActivistStreetBand #SolidarityMarch #MemorialCircle #StopTheArch #WashingtonDC #GoodTrouble

“…Trump’s foreign policy focuses on opening up business deals—and the potential enrichment of the president’s family and friends—over the defense of democracy,…” A betrayal of everything the office of President is supposed to stand for. Treasonous. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Tesla owners support democracy killling oligarchy. Grace period over. Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

Ukraine just did more to clean up American elections than Congress has done in twenty years.

Backyard wedding. Good people. No fuss. Bridezilla doesn't live here. Chicken soup for my soul. #CandidWeddingPhotography #BackyardWedding #IntimateWedding #VirginiaWeddingCelebrant #WeddingStorytelling #AvailableLightPhotography #Leica #35MMsummilux #EnvironmentalPortraiture

I long for the day when the Trump cartel flees to Dubai to escape prosecution. They hate America and most Americans - fuck off already. Homeland Security Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that.

Is there any doubt that Trump’s recent suck-up to Russia came with stepped up Russian active measures to interfere in the midterms? Ukraine has just done more for US election integrity than the whole of the U.S. government.

Good morning everyone! I want you to take a moment to read a letter to Jaye (@jaybird54.bsky.social) from Major Jason Watson—a hero who sacrificed his career in the name of democracy. He did it for us.🇺🇸🫡 #GTS #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory substack.com/@jayetaylor9...

#archwatch #signs #protestsigns #protestart #photography

Today, Major Jason Watson’s case was officially referred to court-martial. He stood by his oath to defend the Constitution. Now it’s our turn to stand by him. Raise your voices. Demand justice. We will NOT be silent. We will NOT look away. We will NOT abandon him #GTS

#archwatch Field report for 09OCT2026 Memorial Circle, DC #86theArch #vote #voteearly

This is clearly not acceptable

#archwatch Oct 07, this is what we defend. #ArchWatch #StopTheArch #ProtectOurHistory #MemorialCircle #MemorialAvenue #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #HistoricPreservation #PublicLands #RuleOfLaw #EnvironmentalReview #CivicEngagement #WashingtonDC #Photography

Want to predict POTUS? What would the KKK's Grand Wizard do?

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

You know what would feel even better than getting revenge against Donald Trump? Making sure no one can ever weaponize the presidency like this again. inews.co.uk/news/world/s...

An afternoon of showing up, together. Neighbors, handmade signs, eagles overhead—and the memorial corridor settling into twilight. October 7 at #ArchWatch. We keep coming back because this place matters. #StopTheArch #ThirdActDMV #MemorialCircle #ProtectOurHistory #NoActTooSmall

When my partner asks why I couldn’t get in tighter I will patiently explain that this is why I need that 600mm f4. Over the Potomac off of Memorial Bridge. #wildlife #birds

Who did that?

I keep running across comments that suggest women should intuitively understand that fraternity houses are unsafe places. But isn’t that true of any male dominated space? Prison, frats, cops, boardrooms, the priesthood - playgrounds for predators. Why do we tolerate it? Oh right, men in charge.

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.