The writer, Gabriella Cantor, pointed out the obvious #ConflictOfInterest: The archivist is supposed to ensure that other #FederalAgencies, including the 2 #Rubio is also leading, preserve records. Now, with the addition of the White House #NationalSecurity Council [#NSC], that becomes thornier.
#Trump fired head archivist Colleen Shogan in early Feb in an apparent act of #retribution against the #NARA. Leaders of the agency had raised concerns about Trump’s holding onto boxes of #classified documents at his home in Florida after he left office in 2021, though Shogan was not involved in that episode.
4 days before Shogan’s firing, #Rubio announced he was the acting administrator for #USAID, as #ElonMusk …& #PeteMarocco, a political appointee in the #State Dept, were gutting the agency.
#MarcoRubio, Secretary of Everything
Secy of #State. Acting administrator of the #USAID. Acting archivist for the #NARA. And now interim #NationalSecurity adviser to #Trump.
…the proliferation of titles raises questions about whether #Rubio can…juggle all these positions, especially under a president who eschews the traditional workings of govt & who has appointed a businessman friend, #SteveWitkoff, as a special envoy handling the most sensitive #diplomacy.
#idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D03FBB43-851F-41D0-A7E9-D1B244315B7A
Statue of Fudō Myōō (#FudōMyōō), Nukaan-ji, #Nara Prefecture, #Japan. The ball eye (a technique in which a crystal board is inserted to make the #Buddha statue's eyes look more authentic) is applied, and the appearance of anger can be seen from its eye power.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism
, 25th August 2015.
, 25th August 2015.
Cute Deer in Nara, Japan 
Wall Art Prints: https://matthias-hauser.pixels.com/featured/deer-in-bloom-nara-park-japan-matthias-hauser.html
#deer #animals #japan #nara #wildlife #photography #nature #spring #art #mastoart #fediart #wallart #Fedigiftshop #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters
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Manyō Shokubutsuen (萬葉植物園) opened in 1932. It was created to house the 300 variety of plants found in the 'Man'yōshū' (万葉集-759), Japan's oldest extant collection of poetry.
There are gardens dedicated to wisteria, camellia, irises and grains.
3) Over 200 wisteria trees (20 varieties) grow in Kasuga-taisha's 'Manyō Botanical Garden' (萬葉植物園 'Manyō Shokubutsuen'), but the most treasured grows beside the shrine's Nan-mon gate.
The 'Sunazuri-no-fuji' (砂ずりの藤 'Sand-brushing Wisteria') is estimated to be 800 years old!
https://www.alojapan.com/1252531/mount-fuji-japan-nature-travel-mountains-japan-mountfuji-kyoto-nara-tokyo-osaka-fujisan/ Mount Fuji, Japan #nature #travel #mountains #japan #mountfuji #kyoto #nara #tokyo #osaka #fujisan #MountFuji #MountFujiDestinations #MountFujiTour #MountFujiTravel #MountFujiTrip #MountFujiVacation #富士山 Mount Fuji, Japan #nature #travel #mountains #japan #mountfuji #kyoto #nara #tokyo #osaka #fujisan …
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#fotovorschlag „Wenn es Frühling wird“ @FotoVorschlag … dann ist es an der Zeit für mich dem (deutschen) Pollenflug zu entkommen, und wie hier, die Blüte in #Nara / #Japan zu genießen!
