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Because there was inauguration and other such changeover material happening, this entry contains a significantly higher concentration of United States politics than usual, most of it in the vein of "they said they would do this, and so they are trying to do it." Be aware, skip as needed.

Let us begin with the understanding that library workers are not superheroes, they are not the sacred clergy, they are people doing a job, and many of them are either allied with the villains or feel like they don't have enough support to stand up to the villains. So support your library, both in demanding they get more money that is probably currently feeding a militarized police force, but also in going before their governing authorities and demanding the library have progressive collections full of works by marginalized authors and staffing that resembles the community around the library. They need that kind of support much more than people saying how brave and heroic the library profession is, because not everyone in the profession is actually doing the work.

Filmmaker David Lynch, known for several movies and the Twin Peaks television series, has finished his career at 78 years of age.

In a posthumous documentary, Paul Reubens, best known for his role as Pee-Wee Herman, comes out as a gay man. Which makes sense that this would happen after his death, given that Pee-Wee spun off into a children's show, and at the time, there would have been much hue and cry about pederasty if a beloved children's show host was gay. (There will be now, too, but at that point in time, it would not have just been fringe pastors.)

A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas, which may hopefully bring an end to the war in Gaza and return all hostages. For the agreement to do anything good, of course, it has to be honored, and that may or may not be something that happens.

(There's also been some thinking in some of my social and podcast circles about whether or not this is timed in the same way that other incoming Republican administrations timed cease fires, successful negotiations, and other such international diplomacy successes so as to make themselves look good and effective for getting things done that their Democratic predecessor couldn't. Almost always, if those timings were deliberate, those timings are then discovered to be deliberately engineered for that particular result, and it undercuts whatever message was supposed to be sent.)

On his way out of the office of the President, Joe Biden proclaimed that the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution had been properly ratified and was now the law of the land, which would have been nice to know at the beginning of his presidency, rather than the end, so that there could have been the proper fights over the matter and the possibility that the text itself could have been incorporated. The next administration will certainly wave that idea off, and their Supreme Court is likely to support that, regardless of how the legal arguments go, so this feels like a fight that's being teed up for whenever next a liberal executive, legislative, and judicial trifecta comes into existence.

Also on his last day, the President commuted the federal sentences of nearly 2500 people serving time for nonviolent drug offenses that he considers to have been too harsh and long compared to what they would have received in today's era. Which seems to be in keeping with the usual practice of clemency during the final days of an administration, so that there's basically no chance for pushback or for their opposition to make political hay out of those decisions.

Before the changeover, the Department of Justice sued several companies that manage housing for collusion using tools that ingested their proprietary data and then made very hard-to-ignore recommendations about what the "correct" (meaning maximally profitable) rent should be for the company and area that the company is managing. Given that the successive administrator has not done great in real estate or in fair dealing with real estate, I won't be surprised to see that case disappeared.

The incoming administrator is officially a convicted felon, although he received no punishment for what he was convicted of. This is mostly because the Supreme Court interfered and accepted a novel legal argument designed to allow him to evade accountability, which required re-working the case, and then the election that is positioned to put him in power meant that most of the potential penalties for him would either be eraseable or appealable.

Unsurprisingly, the incoming administration leaned heavily on country and country-related music artists to perform for ceremonies and balls related to the inauguration and similar events, although there was also the presence of the Village People there, who tried very hard to deny that there was any kind of political endorsement to their appearance and performance during the situation. I'm not surprised about the country artists being there, I am surprised that the Village People are, given how much of their songs and performances have been embraced by communitites that the incoming administration has been vehemently against and intends to cause harm to. I have been since told that there's only one member of the original Village People in the group, and he's the straight one, so perhaps it is less surprising than it would otherwise be.

( And then the incoming administration got to work. )

( Other things and not-as-concentrated U.S. Politics )

Last out, if you have ever been a fan of the Pebble smartwatch, before the company was first eaten by Fitbit, and then by Google, the original creator is looking to create new Pebble watches again, based on the now open-sourced PebbleOS software and a new hardware design. Looking for people to express their interest again, and we can hope that new Pebbles will be able to continue working with the Rebble community that has been keeping Pebble services alive.

And one last, very not safe for your work computer, link: the most popular search terms on the adult site PornHub, broken out by country and U.S. State, so that you can see what's getting popular or remained popular in your locality/country.

(Materials via

adrian_turtle,

azurelunatic,

boxofdelights,

cmcmck,

conuly,

cosmolinguist,

elf,

finch,

firecat,

jadelennox,

jenett,

jjhunter,

kaberett,

lilysea,

oursin,

rydra_wong,

snowynight,

sonia,

the_future_modernes,

thewayne,

umadoshi,

vass, the

meta_warehouse community,

little_details, and anyone else I've neglected to mention or who I suspect would rather not be on the list. If you want to know where I get the neat stuff, my reading list has most of it.)

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Current Music: Yoko Shimomura - Destati

Joseph R. Biden, Jr fulfilled the constitutional requirement of the U.S. President to deliver a speech about the state of the Union on February 7, 2023. The speech also has, by custom, become a speech to lay out priorities and policy objectives for the President. Facing a divided legislative branch and an opposition that routinely touts how far away from mainstream political beliefs it is, the President chose to both push for places to work together and to highlight places where his party attempted to govern, rather than message.

( The State of the Union )

( The Official Response )

The pair of speeches are accurate reflections of the state of the two parties in this year: one desperately is looking for ways to collaborate and communicate so they don't get painted as "culture warriors," while the other fully leans into the culture wars, declaring their superiority sand demanding that all others fall in line with their beliefs. One has their hands full just trying to govern and hold together what exists, flawed as it is, and possibly make some incremental changes if the opportunity presents itself, while the other wants to take it all apart and rebuild in the image of an authoritarian in lockstep with WASP supremacy and corporate domination, such that there will never be the opportunity to think differently ever again, because all other points of view will be officially forbidden. Those looking for a rallying point to fight back against the encroachment will mostly have to look elsewhere, to their states, to their localities, and to each other. Schools and libraries are probably going to be a good place to start.

Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Todrick Hall -Sorry Barbie

Yes, this is primarily about Dobbs. but also, it was not a good week for the rule of law or the principle of stare decisis in the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States announced decisions on the cases that had been put before the court, and, as expected, the newly theorcratic-leaning block did a significant amount of work toward moving the United States back in the direction of a country where only a cisgender heterosexual wealthy white man in lockstep with Christian dominionists would ever be allowed to have rights, protections, or anything resembling political power.

( The details, which you are likely to be familiar with already )

The consequences of elections are rarely this obvious to the observer, but this decision comes because of the same party that tried to overturn a democratic election. The consistency of the Republican Party is that if it gives them power, or gives white rich cishet men power over everyone else, they will do it and work even more toward such a result. They are antithetical to the continuation of the United States as a representative democracy and a republic. Anyone who takes their badge should never be allowed near the levers of power. Any of them who attempt to masquerade under the badge of the Democratic party should be expelled and not allowed near the levers of power.

As for the Democrats, a continued insistence that the rules must be followed and cannot be changed in the face of an opposition that has been saying and acting that the rules do not apply to them is a losing strategy. Replace those who would fundraise on the issue rather than taking action with those who will take action first and then fundraise on their successes. Whatever moment they are waiting for that is their red line has already passed, and as citizens, it is now our job to press all of our elected representatives to take real action. Any excuse they have for not taking action is unacceptable. The institutions that have been so skillfully used to ensure the minority gets to dictate the policy decisions and keep the country moving toward control by theocrats, oligarchs, and fascists cannot be allowed to continue supporting that agenda. Whatever the personal opinion of Democrats might be of the opposing party's members, even if they're genial and cordial, they are working toward and supporting undemocratic ends. Do not stand by and claim it can't be helped.

(The hyperlinks for the post come from my reading list, almost all of whom are people who could be forced into birth. For some of them, their jurisdictions have not yet followed this pathway. For others, the nightmare has already arrived. Stay safe, as best you can.)

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Current Music: Casey Lee / Jeff Williams - From Shadows

The United States Constitution requires in Article II, Section 3, that "He [the President] shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." By custom, this has become a once-yearly address to a joint session of the Congress, usually with additional dignitaries such as the justices of the Supreme Court, the secretaries of the Cabinet (minus one, the "designated survivor" who is not at the Capitol Building in case there is violence and all of the people who would otherwise be in the line of succession to the presidency are killed), the supreme commanders of the military branches, and any other persons that the President of others invite to the audience.

( uspol, mentions of the pandemic, State of the Union Address, 1 March 02022 )

So, another speech for another year, with disappointment at the lack of fire on one side and the usual contempt for the other. It's going to be another year.

Current Music: Hard and Phirm - It's Not Illegal

Greetings!

In relation to the U.S. election upcoming, if you haven't already cast your ballot, do so, preferably now, rather than later. And ask your relations, whether friendly or familial, whether they have voted, and what their plans are to vote, because you are more effective at getting your people to the polls than just about anyone else.

If you are looking for some last-minute places to put your money and time, there's a handy decision matrix for anyone who wants to support Democratic candidates which acknowledges the reality that down-ballot races are often just as critical as the Federal ones.

Expect that if you are voting in person and in a place where Republicans want you to wait forever to vote that you will need assistance, for both body and mind. There's a good amount of dancing in the line that's entirely possibly and organizable, but the hopeful eventual goal is to have voting sufficiently available and swift that someone doesn't have to plan their entire day or night standing at the polls waiting to vote. (Go early. Go now, if you can. Especially if you live in places where they deliberately want you to have to travel far distances to find the single ballot drop box allocated for your entire county.) If there is some spare cash, a donation to Pizza to the Polls would help those in line stay fed, hydrated, and able to keep their place while they have to wait.

It is a thing of sufficient importance this year for TIME Magazine's cover to be one done by Shepard Fairey, but also that they have allowed the space that would normally be the Magazine Title to be changed to another word - VOTE.

Get it done now, because at least one side is planning on declaring victory before all of the ballots are counted and then using their lawyers to try and stop all the ballots from being counted. Such that it may take mass direct action and protest by the population to make sure that the actual vote is counted. If that happens, correct or opponents, whether they are wearing a uniform or not, to be armed and willing to use whatever tactics they think will intimidate or harm you.

Romancelandia is remarkably short on the use of lubricant in their stories, if the stories are about cis-het pairings, and that should change. Especially because we're still nowhere near something actually comprehensive and correct when it comes to sex ed and the things that need to be used for it. So if people learn about sex from romance novels (which, depending on the novel, can either be good or terrifying), then it behooves people to write good sex into their romances (for as much as one can if describing, say, a demi-human with different equipment than a human-standard phallus or other such.) I'm going to stash this next to a profile on a doctor that wants us to all know more, study more, and acknowledge the importance of the clitoris in sexuality.

Also and additionally,

sovay offers a suggestion that the experience currently most commonly described by "demisexual" might instead be re-classed "philosexual", so as to be both more accurate and not to give the impression that a person who requires emotional attachment before sexual attachment is not seen as "half" or lesser in any way. I also think there might be some useful counterpoint with eros and that they might end up as a spectrum axis all of their own, measuring the relative amounts of how much a person has to know or form emotional attachments to a person before being willing to sleep with them. (I am told, in the original, that philos doesn't exclude eros, so that out means we need better words to describe this axis. If anyone wants to take an etymological or classical swing at describing the endpoints of the axis, feel free.)

Based on the inscriptions on headstones for pets, more people believe that the afterlife, should it exist, has them. Which makes an entire amount of sense if your conception of heaven is shaped as the place where there will be no more sadness, no more tears, only eternal and everlasting joy, and if your pets caused joy in the temporal existence, then it stands to reason they would be there for the eternal one. Also in pet-related things, a paper on various methods used to try and stop cats from purring, useful for specific kinds of examinations.

Last for this entry, Satirist Tom Lehrer released all of his lyrics and music into the public domain, so that everyone can mix and remix and re-set those lyrics to new beats and decisions. A gift to those making fun of those who need to be made fun of.

Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: Yoko Shimomura - Dive Into The Heart - Third Inception

Let's begin, with one thing that will hopefully be useful to you.

sonia reminds us that many links you get or share have tracking data appended to them that can and should be removed.

( Matters involving the continued death of Black people at the hands of white police officers, now most famously including George Floyd )

Captain Awkward has suggestions on dealing with the feeling that not wanting what capitalist society says you should want, or know, or desire is somehow bad and wrong. Which ties into a lot of thoughts about the things above and the things below. And also reinforces the idea that should is a pernicious thing and often gets in the way of finding what you want (or even taking a break and acknowledging that you might be doing enough right now, because you are doing everything that you can do right now). We mostly do not find what makes us happy in our jobs, and for many of us, our jobs aren't interesting enough to make us happy. And that's true even when you're in a job where you're not being assaulted by vocational awe and people saying that your passion for your job should override any concerns you might have about it.

What kind of tropes would you really expect to see in fanworks, only to find there aren't all that many works with those tropes?

The phenomenon of hurt/comfort and the importance of the comfort part of the pairing in making it work. Because we see a lot of narratives where there's a lot of hurt involved but very little comfort. The fictional_fans discussion on hurt/comfort.

An open letter is collecting signatories to send to the UK's Women and Equalities minister in the hopes that she will focus on important issues instead of talking about what is very strongly aligned with TERF turf. The language itself is not openly TERFy, but for someone who recognizes the rhetoric, is sounds a lot like the things that are being pushed by groups that want to exclude trans women from being recognized as women.

Who you see on the cover of a book should reflect who is in the book. Despite being a 2010 article, there are still plenty of books that I know of that have BIPOC characters in them who are not represented on the cover. Even main characters who are BIPOC.

As one might expect, in times of economic precarity, sex work is getting many more new professionals, and many are likely to find it the same sort of situation that people trying to make rent with publishing have had for years. Although I suspect it's that publishing has recently been put in the same situation that sex work has always been in, but the article is framing it as "look at all these amateurs that are turning to sex work as a way of paying the bills", interspersed with "how much is the professional industry going to suffer from an inability to shoot and produce the films they're used to?" and not really doing much with either.

Always check to make sure you have the name and address right if you are contracted to tie someone up in a sex fantasy. Thankfully, there was enough evidence to prove what happened was a case of mistaken identity and nobody was hurt, but all the same, triple-check everything.

Citations for reckless driving and exceeding the speed limit are up, as people apparently think that less traffic on the roads is a reason to go faster. The additional consequence of that is that when someone does cause a collision, the increased speeds make those collisions much more fatal.

Tony Hawk's first skateboard is part of a national history collection, and the interview article there highlights, but doesn't go completely into, the tension between skateboarding as a respectable sport with aerial tricks that deserves sponsorships and respect and skateboarding as a counterculture activity, treating the world around as an obstacle course, in much the way that parkour and freerunning do. Because there's still plenty of anti-skateboard sentiment, signs, and attitudes in the world around. As with anything that started in the counterculture, the question of authenticity is an important one, so I would expect Tony Hawk to be polarizing - the reason why people might have gotten into it, but also the symbol of corporate selling-out at the same time. Which I'll put next to a piece about minimalism, the SoHo loft space, and how it's been commercialized into the idea of a farmhouse aesthetic devoid of color and clutter alike, supposedly with the idea of open spaces, natural light, and anything that might make a place look like it was meant for people, instead of photographs, because one of the things I like doing in these roundups is juxtaposition of ideas, or variations on the same idea in different places. (What can I say? Librarianship tends toward making connections between things.)

The Washington Post profiles Stacey Abrams, paying attention to what she's not interested in doing and what she is interested in doing. Some of the social circles I follow have said very strongly that Mr. Biden, as the Democratic nominee, needs to have a Black woman as his running mate to keep him from gaffing with regard to the constituency he needs the most to win. If that's the case, Stacey Abrams would be a very good choice.

( Things regarding the ongoing epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 )

Observing the way that nature (and orcas) do things show us that connection to community and family are important things for us so that we can all survive together, lacking official alcohol in certain nations, some home brewers are using pineapples to brew some booze of their own, a cat learning to walk on a treadmill, the herons in Regents Park, and a video of a person building an athletics course for squirrels, and the squirrels that run the course.

Science quests for children to do while at home. Virtual programs from the Maritime Aquarium, and writing exercises for young writers. Aboriginal Australian artists using their media to record, recall, and show others what they suffered at the hands of white fosters during programs meant to take Aboriginal children and turn them white, which should sound familiar to Indigenous people everywhere in the world.

Combining the deeply personal arts of cartomancy through Tarot and tattooing to create Body Spells, tattoos first drawn to be oracle cards and then inked onto the body of the querant that drew it. This has feels attached to it. I think it's because I recognize the very personal decisions that go into getting a tattoo, because almost all tattooing, at least in the States, is connected to memory, a means by which something cannot be forgotten, because it has been inked into the body. Tattoos can be removed or altered if needed, but there's a lot of power and vulnerability that goes into getting and showing one's tattoos, given the cultural attitudes that often accompany the presence of body ink. Where it is, what it is, and how much of it there is change how a person is perceived.

And much of the same vulnerability comes when you consult oracle cards and other forms of divination, because most of those oracles are meant to have specific meaning to the querant and their inquiry. Which may or may not be any meaning known to the person helping the querant at all. So, yes, it's an interesting piece and I like it a lot.

The National Hockey League unveiled a plan for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for 2020, involving a seeding and several games played all in a single (or few) locations without fans in the stadia. None of the games will take place in Canada, as the travel restrictions and quarantine requirements that will not be relaxed for the hockey players would make a Canadian site impossible. Which, yes, lost revenue, but good for the provinces that are sticking to their requirements. The National Basketball Association is considering having the rest of its seasons games play out in a single building. The IOC is considering what a more simplified version of the Olympic Games might be.

The International Olympic Committees are almost at parity between men and women, with the election of two new women chairs. Which is actually pretty nice.

In technology, Yukata Zero, trying to make it possible for people to enjoy wearing yukata-type garments and make them accessible to newcomers or those with disabilities, which, from the looks of the pictures involved, means two different types of breaking the yukata up into separate pieces that can be put on in sequence to create a full yukata, where there are snaps, or whether the obi holds the two pieces together and hides the piecing, and a third model that is adjustable to the body shape of the person with some hidden buttons. All of the models appear to be meant for women, but it's a good idea to see.

A game being played that replicates the experience and fears of being inside during the pandemic. The review makes it sound like the kind of thing that people who enjoy playing games that only obliquely reference the fact that they're psychological horror games would find helpful.

Utilizing the waste heat of photovoltaic power generation to desalinate water through evaporation and condensation, allowing for electricity and drinking water from the same setup, which is pretty cool.

A situation in which everyone has correct information and conclusions, and a problem is solved because someone knows where to draw the chalk circle. (I boggle at how this scenario became possible, but I know that technology has some interesting error modes and ways of carrying on despite them.)

Last for tonight, In society where everyone has their niche, it is unwise to try and remove a niche because you think it's ill-adapted. Because it might come around, later on, that the situation for which that niche will excel arrives.

a handy page of isolation stunt fight sequences, courtesy

thewayne. Not for you if you get weirded out by people swinging at the camera, and at least one of them has blood effects and knife stabbing. Others have some amount of firearms in there.

How a song carved in stone as a memory to a dead wife became a theme listened to by millions of people, because it was incorporated into a computer game.

A request to have sent birthday cards to a 100 year-old SFF fan, present for the very first WorldCon. (Sorry, I do these in batches, but some belated birthday wishes will hopefully not be amiss.)

And some art of a kaiju carrying all their children and explaining to them the proper way to wreck a city.

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Current Music: Joel Thompson - The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

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( Political Links from the last several months, including some pre-Brexit things. )

Current Music: Leonard Bernstein - Candide - The Best Of All Possible Worlds

The Constitution of the United States demands that from time to time the President inform the Congress of the state of the union and lay out goals and policies the administration plans to pursue.

Given the current administrator, it's very tempting to sum up everything simply as "Lies, Dammed Lies, and Statistics" and call it a night, there's always the possibility that something useful will be present and need commentary.

This is also in the context of the impeachment process still occurring at that moment, although the day afterward would be the vote to acquit the current administrator of the charges bright against him. By this point in time, the Republicans of the Senate had already signaled their complete unwillingness to treat the charges as anything other than partisan decisions. Because of that decision, and all the other ones that have been made that prove the Republicans put their party and their selfish interests above that of that nation, I wouldn't be opposed to that group of Republicans obtaining the title "the treacherous Republicans" or possibly even "the traitorous Republicans." (With the exception of Willard "Mitt" Romney, who did more than lip service to his professed faith in a speech and then voted to convict on the abuse of power article.)

( Let's begin )

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: One of the many crude collegiate songs set to "If You're Happy And You Know It"

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This is likely the last politics link roundup for the year. I hope it's been informative, even if the material contained within has often been more upset-making than happy-making.

( Mostly the UK and the US inside )

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Dessa with the Minnesota Orchestra - 5 out of 6 (Sound the Bells version)

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( You know what you're getting into if you look in here. Brexit, racists, and other such things. )

One bit of good news - women in Bangladesh no longer have to disclose whether they are virgins when they apply for a marriage certificate. Because even small progress is progress.

Current Music: Julia Henderson - Between Earth and Sky - World Revolution

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( The pace of terrible things accelerates. )

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Current Music: Casey Lee and Jeff Williams - Rising

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( Brexit and the Muller Report, mostly )

There will be more. There will always be more.

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Current Music: Yoko Shimomura - Organization XIII

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The United Kingdom intends to revoke the citizenship of a teenager who joined ISIL and has now left the organization. Their reasoning is that the teenager could become a citizen of another nation, and therefore they do not have to keep her citizenship. It's not entirely clear that the route is available to her, and it is a serious violation of human rights to make a person stateless. But, of course, we live in times where things that would otherwise be unheard of in liberal democracy keep happening and getting suggested. And, for an extra dose of hypocrisy, if you change the gender of the person wanting to return to male, suddenly he gets a lot more sympathetic treatment about his want to return. In case you wondered who is actually important in these stories. Since the original decision to revoke her citizenship, her baby has died in a refugee camp. So now there's been the death of a citizen in regard to this entire fiasco, one that could have easily been prevented had someone decided that reality was a better place to live than their woman-hating fantasy.

( Brexit, the States, and More )

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Current Music: A Wee Smol with impecable timing and projection - "Bollocks to Brexit!"

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.

( Analysis and transcript links to follow. )

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( Yet more matters of politics in the States and other countries )

A thing to remember at the end: the work is worthwhile, even if the results aren't immediate. Although, in a lot of places, the results will be immediate, and pretty awesome, too. A small list of ways to get into things without getting overwhelmed by things. Some suggestions for going along the way and building tighter-knit, better communities and networks. And a reminder to give yourself patience, care, and time, because what you are blossoming into will be wonderful.

Current Mood: determined
Current Music: Project Destati - Riku

After the resignation/dismissal of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III and subsequent installation of Matthew G. Whitaker as Attorney General of the United States, MoveOn.org Civic Action has called for protests at 5 pm local time across the United States in response. Even with the possibility that the new appointee is not going to have an easy time of subverting the investigation, (

jjhunter braved the wild lands of Twitter to find that thread) the lack of precedent by appointing someone theoretically friendlier to the Administrator rather than letting the deputy serve as Acting Attorney General is worth paying attention to.

Plan accordingly, whether in the time it will add to your route, or in making sure you arrive with enough time to join the crowd.

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Current Music: The Hamilton Mixtape - Burn

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