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joergiMural of Amy Winehouse, by the artist Otto Schade, known as Osch. <br> <br> <a href="https://www.ottoschade.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ottoschade.com/</a> <br> <br> picture taken in Camden/London April 2025. <br> <br> Unfortunately I have never seen her live. <br> <br> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/streetart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/urbanstreetart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanstreetart</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/mural?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/graffiti?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graffiti</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/osch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#osch</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/ottoschade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ottoschade</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/pop?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pop</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/britpop?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britpop</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/london?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/camden?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#camden</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/rock?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/soul?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soul</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/rnb?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rnb</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/amy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amy</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/amywinehouse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amywinehouse</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/donttakedrugs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donttakedrugs</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/drugskill?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drugskill</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/punk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/punkphotos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punkphotos</a> <a href="https://punk.photos/discover/tags/PUNKdotPHOTOS?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PUNKdotPHOTOS</a>
Atelier Vilt & Verf•<br> Dit wollenschilderij met daarop Amy Winehouse is de eerste van een reeks van drie schilderijen met daarop vrouwelijke iconen uit verschillende tijdperken. <br> <br> De overeenkomsten van de drie vrouwelijke iconen zijn:<br> 1. Buitengewoon getalenteerd en beroemd. <br> 2. Strijd met persoonlijke problemen (verslaving, relaties, mentale gezondheid). <br> 3. ⁠Media aandacht. <br> 4. ⁠Tragisch en vroeg overleden. <br> 5. ⁠Postume verheerlijking en culturele status (iconen van hun tijd, van hun levens zijn documentaires en boeken, inspireren nieuwe generaties).<br> <br> Kun jij al raden welke twee vrouwelijke iconen er nog bijkomen? Laat het weten in de comments! 🥳<br> •<br> •<br> •<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naaldvilten?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naaldvilten</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/needlefelting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#needlefelting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nadelfilzen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nadelfilzen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wollenschilderij?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wollenschilderij</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/woolfelt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woolfelt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wolvilt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wolvilt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handgemaakt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handgemaakt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/felting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/decoratie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decoratie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/decoration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decoration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gift?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gift</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wool?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wool</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/portret?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portret</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amywinehouse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amywinehouse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/backtoblack?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backtoblack</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/music?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/soul?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soul</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jazz?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jazz</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/portrait?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portrait</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amyforever?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amyforever</a>
Retro Librarian<p>What are you watching tonight? <br>.<br>1985 Tuesday - A-Team , Riptide, Remington Steele - NBC Commercial <br>.<br><a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Riptide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riptide</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/RemingtonSteele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemingtonSteele</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NBC</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/TvCommercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TvCommercial</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/TVShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TVShow</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BA</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Baracus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baracus</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/MrT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MrT</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/PityTheFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PityTheFool</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Face</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/HannibalATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HannibalATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/DirkBenedict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirkBenedict</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/StephanieZimbalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephanieZimbalist</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/PierceBrosnan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PierceBrosnan</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/DorisRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DorisRoberts</span></a></p>
Retro Librarian<p>What are you watching tonight?<br>.<br>1983 - NBC A-team commercial. <br>.<br><a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/TvShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TvShow</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BA</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Baracus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baracus</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/MrT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MrT</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/PityTheFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PityTheFool</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Face</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/HannibalATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HannibalATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/DirkBenedict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirkBenedict</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Amy Klobuchar calls on Supreme Court to hold Trump officials in contempt</p><p>Senator Klobuchar warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’ <br>-- as Samuel Alito’s dissent signals deference to Trump</p><p>On Sunday Minnesota senator <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Klobuchar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klobuchar</span></a> warned that the US is “getting closer and closer to a constitutional crisis”, but the courts, growing Republican disquiet at Trump administration policies, and public protest were holding it off.</p><p>“I believe as long as these courts hold, <br>and the constituents hold, <br>and the congress starts standing up, <br>our democracy will hold,” </p><p>Klobuchar told CNN’s State of the Union, adding <br>💥“but Donald Trump is trying to pull us down into the sewer of a crisis.”</p><p>Klobuchar said the US supreme court should 👉hold Trump administration officials in contempt if they continue to ignore a court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García from El Salvador, <br>the Maryland resident the government admitted in court it had deported by mistake.</p><p>Klobuchar said the court could appoint a 👉special prosecutor, independent of Trump’s Department of Justice, <br>to uphold the rule of law and charge any officials who are responsible for Ábrego García’s deportation, <br>or have refused to facilitate his return.</p><p>The senator’s comments came hours after supreme court released justice <a href="https://c.im/tags/Samuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samuel</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/dissenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissenting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> on the court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting more Venezuelans held in north Texas’s Bluebonnet detention center .</p><p>In his dissent, Alito criticized the decision of the seven-member majority, <br>saying the court had acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation. </p><p>The “unprecedented” relief was “hastily and prematurely granted”, Alito added.</p><p>Alito, whose dissent was joined by fellow conservative justice <a href="https://c.im/tags/Clarence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clarence</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>, said there was “dubious factual support” for granting the request in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union <br>to block deportations of accused gang members that the administration contends are legal under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.</p><p>The majority did not provide a detailed explanation for the order released early on Saturday, <br>only that the administration should not to remove Venezuelans held in the “until further order of this court”.</p><p>The court has said previously that deportations under the 1798 law can only proceed if those scheduled to be removed are offered a chance to argue their case in court and were given “a reasonable time” to contest their pending removals.</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/amy-klobuchar-samuel-alito-trump-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/20/amy-klobuchar-samuel-alito-trump-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Luca da Firenze<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scapegoat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scapegoat</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sacrificable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sacrificable</span></a> sheep, the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fall</span></a> guy<br>(misogenists obviously chose a woman as' sacrificable)<br>The two asshole (the orange turd and the jumping nazi) told Her:<br> 'Amy bring some coffee' btw from today you are the 'director of Doge', sign here,<br>now take the tray away the coffee was too hot."</p><p>This is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gleason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gleason</span></a> the 'director' of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> the person on which <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> intend to download all the responsibilities of their criminal acts.<br>"don't look at us is SHE the 'director'</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.</p><p>The White House on Tuesday afternoon identified <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gleason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gleason</span></a> as the acting leader of DOGE, <br>which has been pushing agencies to fire employees, cancel contracts and make other budget cuts.</p><p>Although DOGE’s cuts have been championed by billionaire Elon Muskand his associates, <br>the White House has insisted that Musk is overseeing the effort as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, not a DOGE employee</p><p>Gleason, 53, worked from 2018 through 2021 in the United States Digital Service, <br>an agency that has been renamed the US DOGE Service, according to her LinkedIn profile. </p><p>In that role, she worked with the White House on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>She returned to the agency in January after Trump took office. </p><p>DOGE and Gleason did not respond to an email seeking comment on Tuesday.</p><p>More than 20 members of the former digital service resigned Tuesday with a letter criticizing Musk for working to “dismantle critical public services.”</p><p>In the interim, she had been working as “chief product officer” at two small Nashville-based health care startups, <br>Russell Street Ventures and Main Street Health, <br>according to her LinkedIn profile.</p><p>Both companies were founded by health care entrepreneur Brad Smith, who worked in the first Trump administration in several key health care roles and has also been working on the DOGE initiative.<br><a href="https://apnews.com/65af638e646fdd5dd6d5fcc5cc04a2e7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/65af638e646fdd5dd6d</span><span class="invisible">5fcc5cc04a2e7</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A federal judge temporarily reinstalled the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, <br>allowing <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hampton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hampton</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dellinger</span></a> to return to his post after he was fired Friday by Trump.</p><p>The order from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Berman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berman</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jackson</span></a> temporarily rebuffs Dellinger’s firing, allowing him to return to work through the end of the day Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5137487-judge-whistleblower-protection-office/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5137487-judge-whistleblower-protection-office/</span></a></p>
Retro Librarian<p>1985 The A-Team Action Play Sets ad <br>.<br><a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/nbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nbc</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/80stv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80stv</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/tv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tv</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BA</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Baracus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baracus</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/MrT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MrT</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ILoveItWhenAPlanComesTogether</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/PityTheFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PityTheFool</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Face</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/HannibalATeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HannibalATeam</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/DirkBenedict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirkBenedict</span></a> <a href="https://worldkey.io/tags/Advertisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertisement</span></a></p>
nico kruppe<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amy</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>They also used the network to line their own pockets. </p><p>Over the next few years, their personal wealth would skyrocket as they skimmed off tens of millions of dollars in advisory fees. </p><p>These pools of dark money were also used to boost various initiatives directly or indirectly that were associated with Opus Dei: <br>the Catholic Association, <br>the Catholic Association Foundation, <br>Catholic Voices USA, <br>and the Catholic Information Center on K Street, <br>where Leo now sat on the board, <br>all became beneficiaries of this largesse. </p><p>During the Donald Trump years,<br>conservatives <br>— led by Leonard Leo <br>— took control of the Supreme Court. </p><p>Following the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia, <br>two more seats had become vacant during Trump’s presidency, <br>allowing him to create a solid conservative majority. </p><p>One of those seats had become vacant just weeks before the election, <br>following the unexpected death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. </p><p>Leonard Leo was once again asked to help find a replacement. </p><p>At one Federalist Society event, his good friend Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas jokingly referred to Leo as the third most powerful man in the world, <br>presumably behind the pope and the president of the United States. </p><p>“God help us!” Leo had responded. </p><p>But following Ginsburg’s death, not even God could rein in his ambition. </p><p>Rather than offer a concession candidate, given the proximity of the election, <br>Leo put forward <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Coney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coney</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Barrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barrett</span></a>, a protégé of Antonin Scalia who was openly hostile to Roe v. Wade. </p><p>It was no coincidence. </p><p>A few months earlier, Thomas E. Dobbs, the Mississippi health officer, had lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court after the Jackson Women’s Health Organization <br>— Mississippi’s only abortion clinic <br>— had successfully challenged a state law that banned abortions after fifteen weeks. </p><p>An injunction against the state’s enforcing the law had already been upheld by two separate courts, <br>but a Dobbs win at the Supreme Court directly challenged the premise of Roe v. Wade <br>and created the opportunity the Catholic right had craved for so long <br>to overturn almost fifty years of abortion rights. </p><p>Coney Barrett was confirmed on the Supreme Court just eight days before the election, <br>critically giving the court a strong <br>anti-abortion bias as the case was being considered.</p>
Steven Saus [he/him]uspol,violence

Not enough sympathy has been extended to the real victim of JD Vance’s ascent to public life,
#Amy #Adams,
whose career took a meteor-sized hit in 2020 thanks to her appearance in Ron Howard’s "Hillbilly Elegy",
the movie adaptation of Vance’s bestselling memoir of 2016.

As Vance’s voice rings across the US this week after becoming Trump’s pick to be vice-president,
spare a thought for Adams,
who can never shake off the visual memory many of us have of her as #Bev,
Vance’s rackety mother,
chain-smoking in dungarees
while Glenn Close staggers about in the background like a cross between Catherine Tate’s Nan and an Appalachian Deirdre Barlow.

Hillbilly Elegy,
and Vance himself, unpacking his backstory at the RNC this week,
tell the heartwarming tale of a boy’s rise from poverty and despair
to the world of Yale law school,
a job in venture capital,
and eventually the sunny uplands of radicalised ultra-right opinion,
including the one Vance shared in 2021
– that staying in a violent marriage is a better option than divorce.

That we must suffer Vance daily in the news is bad enough.

That America’s sweetheart has somehow been dragged into all this is, on top of everything else, frankly intolerable.
@Brooke

Justice #Amy #Coney #Barrett’s opinion was just a page long, all of two paragraphs.
But in distancing herself from both blocs in Monday’s nominally unanimous Supreme Court decision rejecting a constitutional challenge to former President Donald J. Trump’s eligibility to hold office, she staked out a distinctive role.

Justice Barrett was the third of Mr. Trump’s appointees, rushed onto the court after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, arriving just before the 2020 election. But she is viewed as one of the more moderate members, relatively speaking, of the court’s six-member conservative supermajority. At oral arguments, she can convey a mix of intellectual seriousness and common sense.

In public appearances, she is adamant that the court is apolitical, though she sometimes says so in venues that undercut her message.
In 2021, for instance, Justice Barrett told an audience in Kentucky that “my goal today is to convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks.”
-- She was speaking at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center, after an introduction by Senator #Mitch #McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, who helped found the center and was instrumental in ensuring her confirmation. Last year, she was the featured speaker at the annual gala of the #Federalist #Society, the conservative legal group.

“This suit was brought by Colorado voters under state law in state court,” Justice Barrett wrote.
👉“It does not require us to address the complicated question whether federal legislation is the exclusive vehicle through which Section 3 can be enforced.”

Having established that she sided with her liberal colleagues on the #substance of what they had to say, she questioned their #tone, calling it #strident.

Members of the court who disagree with the majority, she said, face a choice, adding that her colleagues had made the wrong one.

nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/poli

The New York Times · Supreme Court Justice Stakes Out Stance in Trump Ballot CaseBy Adam Liptak

ProPublica: The #Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn’t Work. The secretive #JudicialConference is tasked with self-governance. The group, led by #SupremeCourt’s #chiefjustice, has spent decades #preserving #perks, defending judges and thwarting outside #oversight. #democracy #ethicsreform #SCOTUS #corruption #FinancialDisclosures #perks #govdocs #legalresearch #recuse #clarencethomas #SamuelAlito #JohnRoberts #amy coney barrett #BrettKavanaugh #federalistsociety #legalresearch