Judith of York

@judithofyork

Retired federal employee fighting extremism in North Idaho. Compassionate human, amateur photographer, Idaho resident since 1983. Love lives here. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🕊️

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Judith of York@judithofyork· 25d

My bro’s Tshirt

Judith of York@judithofyork· 25d

Unfortunate beauty #photography #smoke #wildfires #Idaho

A red orb of sun sits just above a rooftop under smoke-filled skies at dawn.

Judith of York@judithofyork· 25d

Only monarchs and authoritarians put their images on currency while in power. From @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Trump's styling of himself as an authoritarian ruler showed yesterday in the announcement from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the Treasury will issue a new commemorative $1 coin with Trump's likeness on it this fall as "a lasting symbol of patriotism." It is unclear if the coin will circulate as currency.
While living monarchs who are heads of state appear on coins, living political leaders who appear on currency tend to be those trying to make themselves indistinguishable from the government.
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Idi Amin in Uganda, and Saddam Hussein in Iraq all put themselves on currency. The U.S. passed a law in 1866 barring living people from appearing on U.S. financial instruments.

Judith of York@judithofyork· 26d

This morning’s beautiful turbulent skies. #storm #photography #clouds #Idaho

Sunlit storm clouds framed at the bottom by trees

Judith of York@judithofyork· 27d

Smokey dawn this morning. That black speck in the lower right of the pic is a bat grabbing its last meal before daylight. #wildfires #smoke #Idaho

A brown smoke cloud edged in pink hovers over the red-orange horizon of dawn and silhouettes of houses and trees.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 12

The village idiot has ruined the strength and credibility of our country in the eyes of the world. Thanks to @mluckovich.bsky.social for another brilliant work of art. (Although drawn in March it is of course still relevant today).

Cartoon by Mike Lukovich shown an Iranian leader giving Trump a wedgie as Trump says “SHOULD I DECLARE VICTORY??.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 12

Looking at the 60-mile route in France our 81-year-old friend Chuck hiked in 7 days. Truly an inspiration.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 10

How the rest of the world views our dictator-in-chief. My brother took this in Napoli, Italy.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 10

A pic I took in May. Very reflective of the state of our democracy right now.

A miniature of the statue of liberty stands at the end of a pier. The lake in the background is framed by mountains and ominous storm clouds.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 10

Good morning! Another day to remember that WE the people decide how this country is to be run, not some egomaniac narcissistic dictator. We shall overcome! #photography #sunrise #resistance #democracy

A crescent moon hangs in a dawn sky that is yellow at the horizon and fades to deep blue higher in the sky. Silhouettes of trees and rooftops line the bottom of the of the frame.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 9

Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland. For scale, find the group of people. #photography #Iceland #waterfall

Photo of Gullfoss Waterfall in Iceland with rainbow formed in mist

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 8

The duck cloud appears 😳 #photography #clouds

Photo of clouds with a shape like a duck head

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 8

The madman in the WH has weakened our peace and position in the world. It will take decades to repair. More great info from @hcrichardson.bsky.social

In January, Robert Kagan warned that Trump's destruction of the order that has underpinned global security for the past 80 years was creating the most dangerous world since World War II. With the end of open access to global resources, markets, and strategic bases and without reliable friends or allies, the U.S. will need more military spending than ever.
"Americans are neither materially nor psychologically ready for this future," Kagan warned. They are accustomed to the "basically peaceful, prosperous, and open world" and have come to think it is "the normal state of international affairs, likely to continue indefinitely. They can't imagine it unraveling, much less what that unraveling will mean for them."
Everything will be up for grabs, Kagan wrote, with myriad "flash points for potential conflict." "If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive," Kagan wrote, "wait until they start paying for what comes next."
Kagan published his article just two weeks after Trump had sent troops to Venezuela to seize the nation's president and his wife and take control of the country's oil fields. Since then, as Simon Romero of the New York Times reported yesterday, the Trump administration has taken an estimated $8 billion in oil revenue out of the country, although it has refused to say how it is using the funds.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 8

Good morning good people of BlueSky! It’s another great day to keep fighting for our democracy and the rights of everyone. We can do this!

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 7

The sunset clouds were gorgeous last night #clouds #photography #nofilter

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 7

Thanks to @marcelias.bsky.social for his interview with Hillary Clinton. It’s a really good read. She voted against the confirmations of both Roberts and Alito when she was Senator. Link to interview below.

But I told you I voted against Roberts, and one of the reasons I voted against Roberts was that he was a law clerk for Chief Justice Rehnquist, and he wrote a memo about how abominable
- that's not the word to use, but that's the intent - the Voting Rights Act was, and how we needed to get beyond it. Naive, but deliberately so - putting on those rose-colored glasses of a post-racial world, which never has existed, never will exist, which is why you need laws and you need institutional frameworks.
It didn't surprise me that when they got a court that Roberts was now in charge of, they brought the laws that could bring this case.
For a so-called conservative court, there's nothing conservative about it. And there's certainly nothing conservative about the lack of respect they have for congressional power, for Article I power, which looked at this problem, which studied this problem, which gathered evidence on this problem, and thought the Voting Rights Act was still necessary in order to conduct free and fair elections where everyone would feel that they were heard, their voice was counted, they were represented
This is part of the very long game that movement conservatives play. They never seem to get discouraged like people on the center-left and left do - like, why didn't you do this, I'm done with you. They play a long game, and they set up the Federalist Society, and they recruit young lawyers, and they place them in Republican administrations. And then they curry their careers to be in the right places at the right times, and they then dominate the court. It's just the reality of the court that we currently have.
But the full-scale assault on voting rights, which this court has wielded, is so contrary to reality. There is no doubt in my mind, as we saw what state legislators did to try to destroy majority-Black districts.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 6

The latest from @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The Grifter-in-Chief celebrated our nation’s 250th birthday by fleecing his flock.

On Thursday, Democrats on the House Committee on Natural Resources released a report accusing Trump of cheating the American people at large by diverting donations that donors intended to make to the nonpartisan America250 program to his own Freedom 250 organization. After failing to take over America250 entirely, the report charges, Trump's people created Freedom 250 within the National Park Foundation. By using a known and popular public charity as cover, Freedom 250 could attract donations while operating outside the transparency and accountability rules Congress required for America250.
The report suggests that Trump officials gave donors intending to donate to the bipartisan America250 routing and account numbers for Trump's Freedom 250. They also took most of the money Congress appropriated for the America 250 project; in June a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior told Michael Scherer of The Atlantic: "Spending taxpayer money on frivolous, poorly attended events and D.C. consultants who are trying to get rich off America's 250th is the exact opposite of what was intended. This administration will not light taxpayer money on fire.
Full stop."
But Trump officials routed that money to favored contractors, including the firm that helped to organize Trump's rally at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, before attendees stormed the U.S. Capitol. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), the highest-ranking
Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources, told reporters: "I'm a lawyer, and I know better than to pronounce that a crime has been committed. But I do know the elements of fraud, and there is evidence of all those elements here."

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 5

Outside of the summer tourist season, most of the population is gone. It’s quiet and houses have blinds drawn. It’s a perfect place to walk my dog. The only sad thing is how many beautiful huge houses with views of the water and mountains are unoccupied most of the year.

View of the Pend Oreille river in Dover Bay Idaho, from a trail above multi-million dollar homes that line the water.

View of Lake Pend Oreille in Dover Bay Idaho, from a trail above multi-million dollar homes that line the water.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 5

We opted to watch neighborhood fireworks from our roof last night. Many people had gone all out and purchased the big (illegal) fireworks from local native reservations. Unfortunately the smoke was some of the worst we’ve ever experienced.

Fireworks as seen through trees. Bands of brown smoke hang in the sky

Neighborhood fireworks as seen from the rooftop

Brown smoke layers fill the sky at dusk.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 4

Happy 4th! Reused my No Kings protest sign for today.

Sign says “We rejected a king in 1776. We can do it again!”

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 3

It’s an Andrew Wyeth kind of a day. #photography #nofilter #summer

Puffy clouds fill a brilliant blue sky framed by trees, a windmill, fence and shed.

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 3

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social who is documenting the crimes of the current administration for history.

On June 23, 2026, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) outlined the
"unprecedented corruption of [the] Trump White House" in the first 500 days of the president's second term. "This is a national crisis," Murphy said, "and we should start acting like it"
"The pay-to-play schemes. The pardons for donors. The contracts for friends. The favors for Trump's children. The use of inside information to make money. This is not a disconnected series of scandals. This is a system.
"Government is supposed to serve us. It is supposed to lower costs, supposed to protect our families, strengthen our schools, make life better for people.
"But Donald Trump believes that government exists to serve him-to make him richer, to protect his friends, to reward his donors.

"That is why he doesn't have time for you. He doesn't have time to solve real problems because he's making money for himself and his friends.
"And he's betting that the corruption will be so constant that we stop hearing it. That the outrage will just turn into exhaustion, and the exhaustion will just turn into acceptance.
"We can't let that happen.
"Because once corruption becomes normal, it becomes permanent.
"The White House is not a business opportunity. The presidency is not a license to steal from the American people. The government of the United States doesn't exist to make Donald Trump rich.
"It belongs to the American people. And after 500 days of corruption, Democrats and Republicans in this body, along with the American people, should start acting like it."

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 2

Good morning good people of BlueSky! May the coming days remind you that our roots show we, the people of all races, nationalities, and creeds, are resilient in the face of oppression and tyranny. We shall overcome! #photography #clouds #resistance

Pink clouds float above a yellow horizon at sunrise

Judith of York@judithofyork· Jul 1

On this day, 30 years ago, my beautiful, sensitive, creative son was born. He has become a brilliant artist and is now pursuing a degree in psychology. Check out his art on Instagram (@mrquiggles42)