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Okay, I know it’s Colorado, but a week of shirt-sleeve weather at the beginning of February is just silly. Need to water the trees.

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12 hours ago

And the 50-years-later set redress from "Clybourne Park" at the #ArvadaCenter (scene design by Brian Mallgrave). Amazing transformation between acts, and an excellent show -- highly recommended.

#Denver #theater #stage #ClybournePark

1 day ago

Ready for a anticipated-great #theater performance of "Clybourne Park" at the #ArvadaCenter!

2 days ago

Wait... it's illegal for the #government to dictate artistic expression? To exclude works that discuss certain viewpoints, like, say, #gender? Who'da thunk?

"The lawsuit, filed by the #ACLU on behalf of Rhode Island Latino Arts, National Queer Theater, The Theater Offensive and the Theatre Communications Group, argues that this funding requirement from the #NEA violates the #FirstAmendment, the Administrative Procedure Act and the Fifth Amendment. "

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/aclu-theater-companies-lawsuit-against-national-endowment-for-the-arts-1236156608/

2 days ago

It's all about keeping supporters outraged, feeding #Trump 's obsession over the 2020 election, and using the federal government as a partisan weapon to enforce compliance with national MAGA mandates.

https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/07/tina-peters-supporters-email-campaign-justice-department/

2 days ago

How very strange. Most businesses or organizations that pull in a record-breaking number of customers trumpet it to the high heavens. But the #nationalparks are being told not to talk about unless directly asked.

Almost as if someone was trying to downplay how much Americans like their government-owned national parks.

Very strange.

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/national-park-record-visitor-numbers-downplayed-20206558.php

2 days ago

TIL Kim Stanley Robinson is male.

I'd certainly run across the name before, though I'd not read the famous "Mars" trilogy. I'd just never had a conversation or read anything about the person where my assumptions about the name "Kim" were challenged.

You learn something new every day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson

2 days ago

Clumsily destroying #history. If these archives were books, they would be gleefully burning them.

"US Defense Department removes war hero images as part of #DEI purge"

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/07/us-defense-department-removes-war-hero-images-as-part-of-dei-purge

3 days ago

#MAGA Crew: "All your #culture stuff is sick and depraved and un-American and should be defunded if not prosecuted, and all your supporters kicked out of their leadership roles."

Also MAGA Crew: "How dare you decide not to show a popular musical at the #KennedyCenter just because we fired all the Democrats from the board?! You're not being fair! How terribly #intolerant you are!"

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/05/trump-kennedy-center-hamilton-canceled-00215237

3 days ago

#California Governor #GavinNewsom portrays himself as a progressive leader and future presidential material. And he has been known to go toe-to-toe with folk like #Trump and #DeSantis .

That doesn't mean he's a good person, or that his political aspirations ought to be encouraged. Not if his first big post-election policy shift is throwing #trans folk under the bus.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/gavin-newsom-breaks-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports-00215436

3 days ago

I'm shocked, shocked that other countries, including (perhaps especially) the strongest and longest US #allies consider #Trump -- and, by extension, the lackeys he's installing -- as unreliable.

Sure, maybe that means they'll pick up more of the tab for their own defense, at a cost to their domestic economies and people. More importantly, though, that means they won't be (at the very least) sharing intelligence with us. Which makes *us* net-net weaker.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/03/american-allies-trust-trump-intelligence/681939/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTZ10_Zlo0lNV92o8AEVjFhA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

3 days ago

Because nothing says our nation has as a priority "veterans’ ability to receive timely and quality care" like firing 80k #VA employees.

I guess #Trump really does consider #veterans "suckers" and "losers."

https://www.wonkette.com/p/veterans-affairs-plan-to-cut-80000

5 days ago

As summed up by #JohnKovalic (@muskratjohn.bsky.social)

http://www.dorktower.com/2025/03/04/19376/

5 days ago

If it seems that the #GOP is out of touch with their constituents, that's their plan.

"#Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls after confrontations over layoffs go viral"

They're happy to "represent" you, as long as they can control the microphone.

#cowards

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-advised-avoid-person-town-halls-confrontations-cuts-go-vir-rcna194689

1 week ago

Is Rep. Ogles just looking to curry #Trump favor? Or is Trump's actual strategy to deal with a #judiciary he doesn't yet fully control to get folk to #impeach #judges that stand in his way?

https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/us-lawmaker-moves-to-impeach-federal-judge-for-blocking-trump-administrations-foreign-aid-freeze/

1 week ago

Apparently #conservatives and #GOP media shills are still holding a grudge about Obama wearing a tan suit, now morphed into " #Zelenskyy is disrespecting the US in general and #Trump in particular by not wearing a tux and tails and top hat when he visits the #WhiteHouse ."

Note also how the headline makes all of that the Ukrainian president's fault.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4r9yvqzpo

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