I780west
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I780west
@I780West
Courage is a choice. Faith is a habit. 🇺🇸 👊🔥
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Whether Comey is convicted or not, I'm reminded today of just how bizarre and absurd it was that he posted that picture at all. This is the former Director of the FBI, a man who paints himself as the exemplar of honor and who wrote a book entitled "A Higher Loyalty." Not only was the post arguably treasonous and has landed him in serious legal jeopardy, it's just painfully dumb. He will play the victim and feign ignorance that to "86 someone" could mean to kill them, but the whole episode is a national embarassment.
In 1863, on a remote Greek island, a worker digging in the ruins of a 2,000 year old sanctuary stopped and shouted to the French diplomat supervising the excavation: "Monsieur, we have found a woman." What he had found was not a woman. It was a giant marble torso. No head. No arms. But a pair of broken wings... She is the Winged Victory of Samothrace, carved around 190 BC. The statue depicts the goddess Nike, the personification of victory in the ancient Greek world. She is shown alighting on the prow of a warship: the moment of triumph caught in stone. The marble is so finely worked that the fabric of her tunic appears wet, pressed against her body by an invisible wind, while heavy folds billow behind her as if still moving. She originally stood high above the Aegean Sea, in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace, set at a deliberate angle to be seen from afar... Charles Champoiseau, the French vice-consul who supervised her excavation, sent her to Paris in pieces. Around 110 fragments were recovered. The head and arms were never found. He thought the grey marble blocks scattered around her were the remains of a tomb, and left them on the island. It took twelve more years before Austrian archaeologists realized those blocks were the prow of the ship she had been standing on. Today, she watches over the top of the Daru Staircase in the Louvre, where ten million people walk up to her every year. There is something almost mystical about her presence — a sense that what is missing is more powerful than what remains. The absent head and arms, the broken wings: they don't weaken her. They free her. She is no longer a goddess in stone. She is the moment of victory itself, and you can finish her story in your own mind... If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter for over 50,000 readers who love rediscovering history through the beauty of art. You can join us here: james-lucas.com/welcome There is so much more waiting to be seen.
.@DAGToddBlanche: "Today, a grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned an indictment against James Comey on two counts." Count one: Knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States Count two: Knowingly and willfully transmitting an interstate commerce of communication that contained a threat to kill the President of the United States "It's fair to say that threatening the life of anybody is dangerous and potentially a crime; threatening the life of the President of the United States will never be tolerated by the Department of Justice."
Nothing infuriates an uninformed Congressional Dem more than when they realize they voluntarily triggered a debate with someone who actually knows what they are talking about, reads federal statute and adheres to Supreme Court precedent. Today’s self-implosion by @rosadelauro was quite remarkable to witness. Without apology or regret, I will always adhere to the best available reading of federal statute pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright.
Amal Clooney goes bold in leggy minidress and $124K earrings trib.al/IygPHVO
Julianna Margulies says she and George Clooney “would distract from what #ThePitt is” if they joined their former #ER co-star Noah Wyle on the show: “But if he asked, he knows we would be there in a second.” variety.com/2026/scene/new…
Mark Levin says it’s time to ban “Nazis” and “Jihadis” from social media, saying free speech has gone too far and is “overprotected.” He wants them immediately removed from all platforms because they are “inciting” violence. Levin is trying to put people who disagree with his politics in the same category as an assassin. “Get off our platform.”
BREAKING: James Comey has been indicted by a grand jury for his "8647" post from last year, just DAYS after yet ANOTHER assassination attempt on President Trump MUCH deserved This clown was dogwhistling for one of his deranged followers to take out President Trump. LOCK HIM UP
Today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it. That’s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to put behind bars.