#abdication — Public Fediverse posts

For a politician, a constitution, a recognisably effective #judicial system, and working electoral system, are components of avoiding assassination or execution in favour of #retirement and/or #abdication.

In the USA I think the Founders explicitly built in #impeachment as it was kinder than #assassination.

See also Charles 1st.

The Bernhardt Group’s Lobbying for Antofagasta’s Copper and Nickel Mine on the Edge of the Boundary Waters, Q3 2025

The Bernhardt Group, the lobbying shop set up just down the street from the White House by Trump’s former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, is now the sole firm lobbying for Antofagasta’s Twin Metals project on the edge of the Boundary Waters (as I noted back in July). The Group’s third quarter disclosure reports income of $110,000 for lobbying on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of Twin Metals. That’s more than double The Bernhardt Group’s Twin Metals Q2 2025 income ($40K), and toward the high end of what other clients pay per quarter.

Bernhardt’s firm has been lobbying for the Twin Metals project in both the House and the Senate and at the White House, the Department of the Interior, and, notably, DOJ. (I am a little surprised that there is no mention here of the Department of Agriculture.) At DOJ, The Bernhardt Group was likely helping to devise and coordinate the legal strategy that saw the federal government do an about-face, join forces with Twin Metals, and get the case before the DC Circuit put on ice.

It’s worth reading this latest disclosure in light of a piece by Brendan Bordelon, Amanda Chu, and Caitlin Oprysko that appeared a couple of days ago in Politico, about the reduced influence of non-Trump affiliated lobbying firms and the concentration of lobbying in one place: the presidency. The article offers a K-Street perspective on Congress’ abdication, the destruction of the administrative state, and the rise of a corrupt personalist regime.

The president and a handful of lieutenants have seized full control over policies once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies, including hyperspecific issues like tariff rates, high-skilled visa fees and funding freezes. Trump’s gravitational pull has forced CEOs to act as their companies’ top lobbyists, plying the president with gifts and concessions to secure their policy priorities. [emphasis mine]

Let’s pause here for clarification. These policies were not just “once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies.” They are lawfully the remit of Congress, but Congress remains supine or, worse, bent over and taking it. Meanwhile, the administration is ridding itself of all those pesky experts at the agencies and conducting sloppy and unlawful “reviews” of its own, as the Department of Agriculture recently did with the Rainy River watershed withdrawal.

Politico puts it more politely than I ever could, but the thrust of the reporting here is no less troubling. As Sam Bagenstos remarked yesterday, “per [Politico], the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.”

The new dynamic has transformed the business of Washington influence, shutting out many veteran lobbyists and excluding even longtime experts from the most important policy fights in Washington. With Congress and the agencies often sidelined, outside lobbying firms and in-house specialists — many with decades of policy experience and cross-party relationships — are declining in importance….

The legislative branch is losing importance as Republicans — in charge of both chambers — take their cues from the White House to a degree that’s unprecedented in modern politics.

“Congress has basically taken itself out of the equation,” said Rich Gold, a Democrat who heads lobbying and law firm Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation group. “There is a perception that Democrats have not fought back, and Republicans have basically ceded all their authority to the president.”

The same is true at federal agencies, which once operated more independently but are now closely responsive to the president himself.

From K Street’s point of view, there’s only one lever consistently worth pulling — and it sits in the Oval Office.

But rest assured: the lobbying world is adapting.

Despite the upheaval on K Street, Washington’s lobbying sector is on track to earn more money than in any year since 2010, adjusted for inflation — driven by corporations’ mix of enthusiasm and concern about what Trump is doing.

That revenue is flowing away from established firms with policy expertise and robust networks of cross-party contacts, and toward a handful of rising firms able to open the Oval Office door.

The Bernhardt Group is, of course, one such firm.

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The Bernhardt Group’s Lobbying for Antofagasta’s Copper and Nickel Mine on the Edge of the Boundary Waters, Q3 2025

The Bernhardt Group, the lobbying shop set up just down the street from the White House by Trump’s former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, is now the sole firm lobbying for Antofagasta’s Twin Metals project on the edge of the Boundary Waters (as I noted back in July). The Group’s third quarter disclosure reports income of $110,000 for lobbying on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of Twin Metals. That’s more than double The Bernhardt Group’s Twin Metals Q2 2025 income ($40K), and toward the high end of what other clients pay per quarter.

Bernhardt’s firm has been lobbying for the Twin Metals project in both the House and the Senate and at the White House, the Department of the Interior, and, notably, DOJ. (I am a little surprised that there is no mention here of the Department of Agriculture.) At DOJ, The Bernhardt Group was likely helping to devise and coordinate the legal strategy that saw the federal government do an about-face, join forces with Twin Metals, and get the case before the DC District Court put on ice.

It’s worth reading this latest disclosure in light of a piece by Brendan Bordelon, Amanda Chu, and Caitlin Oprysko that appeared a couple of days ago in Politico, about the reduced influence of non-Trump affiliated lobbying firms and the concentration of lobbying in one place: the presidency. The article offers a K-Street perspective on Congress’ abdication, the destruction of the administrative state, and the rise of a corrupt personalist regime.

The president and a handful of lieutenants have seized full control over policies once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies, including hyperspecific issues like tariff rates, high-skilled visa fees and funding freezes. Trump’s gravitational pull has forced CEOs to act as their companies’ top lobbyists, plying the president with gifts and concessions to secure their policy priorities. [emphasis mine]

Let’s pause here for clarification. These policies were not just “once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies.” They are lawfully the remit of Congress, but Congress remains supine or, worse, bent over and taking it. Meanwhile, the administration is ridding itself of all those pesky experts at the agencies and conducting sloppy and unlawful “reviews” of its own, as the Department of Agriculture recently did with the Rainy River watershed withdrawal.

Politico puts it more politely than I ever could, but the thrust of the reporting here is no less troubling. As Sam Bagenstos remarked yesterday, “per [Politico], the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.”

The new dynamic has transformed the business of Washington influence, shutting out many veteran lobbyists and excluding even longtime experts from the most important policy fights in Washington. With Congress and the agencies often sidelined, outside lobbying firms and in-house specialists — many with decades of policy experience and cross-party relationships — are declining in importance….

The legislative branch is losing importance as Republicans — in charge of both chambers — take their cues from the White House to a degree that’s unprecedented in modern politics.

“Congress has basically taken itself out of the equation,” said Rich Gold, a Democrat who heads lobbying and law firm Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation group. “There is a perception that Democrats have not fought back, and Republicans have basically ceded all their authority to the president.”

The same is true at federal agencies, which once operated more independently but are now closely responsive to the president himself.

From K Street’s point of view, there’s only one lever consistently worth pulling — and it sits in the Oval Office.

But rest assured: the lobbying world is adapting.

Despite the upheaval on K Street, Washington’s lobbying sector is on track to earn more money than in any year since 2010, adjusted for inflation — driven by corporations’ mix of enthusiasm and concern about what Trump is doing.

That revenue is flowing away from established firms with policy expertise and robust networks of cross-party contacts, and toward a handful of rising firms able to open the Oval Office door.

The Bernhardt Group is, of course, one such firm.

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The Bernhardt Group’s Lobbying for Antofagasta’s Copper and Nickel Mine on the Edge of the Boundary Waters, Q3 2025

The Bernhardt Group, the lobbying shop set up just down the street from the White House by Trump’s former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, is now the sole firm lobbying for Antofagasta’s Twin Metals project on the edge of the Boundary Waters (as I noted back in July). The Group’s third quarter disclosure reports income of $110,000 for lobbying on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of Twin Metals. That’s more than double The Bernhardt Group’s Twin Metals Q2 2025 income ($40K), and toward the high end of what other clients pay per quarter.

Bernhardt’s firm has been lobbying for the Twin Metals project in both the House and the Senate and at the White House, the Department of the Interior, and, notably, DOJ. (I am a little surprised that there is no mention here of the Department of Agriculture.) At DOJ, The Bernhardt Group was likely helping to devise and coordinate the legal strategy that saw the federal government do an about-face, join forces with Twin Metals, and get the case before the DC District Court put on ice.

It’s worth reading this latest disclosure in light of a piece by Brendan Bordelon, Amanda Chu, and Caitlin Oprysko that appeared a couple of days ago in Politico, about the reduced influence of non-Trump affiliated lobbying firms and the concentration of lobbying in one place: the presidency. The article offers a K-Street perspective on Congress’ abdication, the destruction of the administrative state, and the rise of a corrupt personalist regime.

The president and a handful of lieutenants have seized full control over policies once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies, including hyperspecific issues like tariff rates, high-skilled visa fees and funding freezes. Trump’s gravitational pull has forced CEOs to act as their companies’ top lobbyists, plying the president with gifts and concessions to secure their policy priorities. [emphasis mine]

Let’s pause here for clarification. These policies were not just “once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies.” They are lawfully the remit of Congress, but Congress remains supine or, worse, bent over and taking it. Meanwhile, the administration is ridding itself of all those pesky experts at the agencies and conducting sloppy and unlawful “reviews” of its own, as the Department of Agriculture recently did with the Rainy River watershed withdrawal.

Politico puts it more politely than I ever could, but the thrust of the reporting here is no less troubling. As Sam Bagenstos remarked yesterday, “per [Politico], the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.”

The new dynamic has transformed the business of Washington influence, shutting out many veteran lobbyists and excluding even longtime experts from the most important policy fights in Washington. With Congress and the agencies often sidelined, outside lobbying firms and in-house specialists — many with decades of policy experience and cross-party relationships — are declining in importance….

The legislative branch is losing importance as Republicans — in charge of both chambers — take their cues from the White House to a degree that’s unprecedented in modern politics.

“Congress has basically taken itself out of the equation,” said Rich Gold, a Democrat who heads lobbying and law firm Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation group. “There is a perception that Democrats have not fought back, and Republicans have basically ceded all their authority to the president.”

The same is true at federal agencies, which once operated more independently but are now closely responsive to the president himself.

From K Street’s point of view, there’s only one lever consistently worth pulling — and it sits in the Oval Office.

But rest assured: the lobbying world is adapting.

Despite the upheaval on K Street, Washington’s lobbying sector is on track to earn more money than in any year since 2010, adjusted for inflation — driven by corporations’ mix of enthusiasm and concern about what Trump is doing.

That revenue is flowing away from established firms with policy expertise and robust networks of cross-party contacts, and toward a handful of rising firms able to open the Oval Office door.

The Bernhardt Group is, of course, one such firm.

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The Bernhardt Group’s Lobbying for Antofagasta’s Copper and Nickel Mine on the Edge of the Boundary Waters, Q3 2025

The Bernhardt Group, the lobbying shop set up just down the street from the White House by Trump’s former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, is now the sole firm lobbying for Antofagasta’s Twin Metals project on the edge of the Boundary Waters (as I noted back in July). The Group’s third quarter disclosure reports income of $110,000 for lobbying on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of Twin Metals. That’s more than double The Bernhardt Group’s Twin Metals Q2 2025 income ($40K), and toward the high end of what other clients pay per quarter.

Bernhardt’s firm has been lobbying for the Twin Metals project in both the House and the Senate and at the White House, the Department of the Interior, and, notably, DOJ. (I am a little surprised that there is no mention here of the Department of Agriculture.) At DOJ, The Bernhardt Group was likely helping to devise and coordinate the legal strategy that saw the federal government do an about-face, join forces with Twin Metals, and get the case before the DC District Court put on ice.

It’s worth reading this latest disclosure in light of a piece by Brendan Bordelon, Amanda Chu, and Caitlin Oprysko that appeared a couple of days ago in Politico, about the reduced influence of non-Trump affiliated lobbying firms and the concentration of lobbying in one place: the presidency. The article offers a K-Street perspective on Congress’ abdication, the destruction of the administrative state, and the rise of a corrupt personalist regime.

The president and a handful of lieutenants have seized full control over policies once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies, including hyperspecific issues like tariff rates, high-skilled visa fees and funding freezes. Trump’s gravitational pull has forced CEOs to act as their companies’ top lobbyists, plying the president with gifts and concessions to secure their policy priorities. [emphasis mine]

Let’s pause here for clarification. These policies were not just “once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies.” They are lawfully the remit of Congress, but Congress remains supine or, worse, bent over and taking it. Meanwhile, the administration is ridding itself of all those pesky experts at the agencies and conducting sloppy and unlawful “reviews” of its own, as the Department of Agriculture recently did with the Rainy River watershed withdrawal.

Politico puts it more politely than I ever could, but the thrust of the reporting here is no less troubling. As Sam Bagenstos remarked yesterday, “per [Politico], the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.”

The new dynamic has transformed the business of Washington influence, shutting out many veteran lobbyists and excluding even longtime experts from the most important policy fights in Washington. With Congress and the agencies often sidelined, outside lobbying firms and in-house specialists — many with decades of policy experience and cross-party relationships — are declining in importance….

The legislative branch is losing importance as Republicans — in charge of both chambers — take their cues from the White House to a degree that’s unprecedented in modern politics.

“Congress has basically taken itself out of the equation,” said Rich Gold, a Democrat who heads lobbying and law firm Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation group. “There is a perception that Democrats have not fought back, and Republicans have basically ceded all their authority to the president.”

The same is true at federal agencies, which once operated more independently but are now closely responsive to the president himself.

From K Street’s point of view, there’s only one lever consistently worth pulling — and it sits in the Oval Office.

But rest assured: the lobbying world is adapting.

Despite the upheaval on K Street, Washington’s lobbying sector is on track to earn more money than in any year since 2010, adjusted for inflation — driven by corporations’ mix of enthusiasm and concern about what Trump is doing.

That revenue is flowing away from established firms with policy expertise and robust networks of cross-party contacts, and toward a handful of rising firms able to open the Oval Office door.

The Bernhardt Group is, of course, one such firm.

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The Bernhardt Group’s Lobbying for Antofagasta’s Copper and Nickel Mine on the Edge of the Boundary Waters, Q3 2025

The Bernhardt Group, the lobbying shop set up just down the street from the White House by Trump’s former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, is now the sole firm lobbying for Antofagasta’s Twin Metals project on the edge of the Boundary Waters (as I noted back in July). The Group’s third quarter disclosure reports income of $110,000 for lobbying on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of Twin Metals. That’s more than double The Bernhardt Group’s Twin Metals Q2 2025 income ($40K), and toward the high end of what other clients pay per quarter.

Bernhardt’s firm has been lobbying for the Twin Metals project in both the House and the Senate and at the White House, the Department of the Interior, and, notably, DOJ. (I am a little surprised that there is no mention here of the Department of Agriculture.) At DOJ, The Bernhardt Group was likely helping to devise and coordinate the legal strategy that saw the federal government do an about-face, join forces with Twin Metals, and get the case before the DC District Court put on ice.

It’s worth reading this latest disclosure in light of a piece by Brendan Bordelon, Amanda Chu, and Caitlin Oprysko that appeared a couple of days ago in Politico, about the reduced influence of non-Trump affiliated lobbying firms and the concentration of lobbying in one place: the presidency. The article offers a K-Street perspective on Congress’ abdication, the destruction of the administrative state, and the rise of a corrupt personalist regime.

The president and a handful of lieutenants have seized full control over policies once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies, including hyperspecific issues like tariff rates, high-skilled visa fees and funding freezes. Trump’s gravitational pull has forced CEOs to act as their companies’ top lobbyists, plying the president with gifts and concessions to secure their policy priorities. [emphasis mine]

Let’s pause here for clarification. These policies were not just “once considered the remit of Congress and experts at agencies.” They are lawfully the remit of Congress, but Congress remains supine or, worse, bent over and taking it. Meanwhile, the administration is ridding itself of all those pesky experts at the agencies and conducting sloppy and unlawful “reviews” of its own, as the Department of Agriculture recently did with the Rainy River watershed withdrawal.

Politico puts it more politely than I ever could, but the thrust of the reporting here is no less troubling. As Sam Bagenstos remarked yesterday, “per [Politico], the lobbyists are basically treating Article I as dead.”

The new dynamic has transformed the business of Washington influence, shutting out many veteran lobbyists and excluding even longtime experts from the most important policy fights in Washington. With Congress and the agencies often sidelined, outside lobbying firms and in-house specialists — many with decades of policy experience and cross-party relationships — are declining in importance….

The legislative branch is losing importance as Republicans — in charge of both chambers — take their cues from the White House to a degree that’s unprecedented in modern politics.

“Congress has basically taken itself out of the equation,” said Rich Gold, a Democrat who heads lobbying and law firm Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation group. “There is a perception that Democrats have not fought back, and Republicans have basically ceded all their authority to the president.”

The same is true at federal agencies, which once operated more independently but are now closely responsive to the president himself.

From K Street’s point of view, there’s only one lever consistently worth pulling — and it sits in the Oval Office.

But rest assured: the lobbying world is adapting.

Despite the upheaval on K Street, Washington’s lobbying sector is on track to earn more money than in any year since 2010, adjusted for inflation — driven by corporations’ mix of enthusiasm and concern about what Trump is doing.

That revenue is flowing away from established firms with policy expertise and robust networks of cross-party contacts, and toward a handful of rising firms able to open the Oval Office door.

The Bernhardt Group is, of course, one such firm.

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This #corrupt administration's #abdication of #social #responsibility is #appaling! Such #deliberate and #cruel cuts are another form of #eugenics.
#antiscience #unamerican #racist #empathy #humanity #government #USPolitics #HHS #education
https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-going-academically-successful-trump-202724629.html

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 20 avril 1814 : Le silence de Fontainebleau https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1364

#Anniversaire #20Avril #April20 #20April #20deAbril #20Aprile #4月20日 #20أبريل #France #Napoleon #Abdication #Exil #Elbe #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 20 avril 1814 : Le silence de Fontainebleau https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1364

#Anniversaire #20Avril #April20 #20April #20deAbril #20Aprile #4月20日 #20أبريل #France #Napoleon #Abdication #Exil #Elbe #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 20 avril 1814 : Le silence de Fontainebleau https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1364

#Anniversaire #20Avril #April20 #20April #20deAbril #20Aprile #4月20日 #20أبريل #France #Napoleon #Abdication #Exil #Elbe #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 20 avril 1814 : Le silence de Fontainebleau https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1364

#Anniversaire #20Avril #April20 #20April #20deAbril #20Aprile #4月20日 #20أبريل #France #Napoleon #Abdication #Exil #Elbe #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 6 avril 1814 : Le crépuscule impérial https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1342

#Anniversaire #6Avril #April6 #6April #6deAbril #6Aprile #4月6日 #6أبريل #France #Napoleon #abdication #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 6 avril 1814 : Le crépuscule impérial https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1342

#Anniversaire #6Avril #April6 #6April #6deAbril #6Aprile #4月6日 #6أبريل #France #Napoleon #abdication #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 6 avril 1814 : Le crépuscule impérial https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1342

#Anniversaire #6Avril #April6 #6April #6deAbril #6Aprile #4月6日 #6أبريل #France #Napoleon #abdication #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 6 avril 1814 : Le crépuscule impérial https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1342

#Anniversaire #6Avril #April6 #6April #6deAbril #6Aprile #4月6日 #6أبريل #France #Napoleon #abdication #politique #politics

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 6 avril 1814 : Le crépuscule impérial https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1342

#Anniversaire #6Avril #April6 #6April #6deAbril #6Aprile #4月6日 #6أبريل #France #Napoleon #abdication #politique #politics

#bfn #breakingfakenews #humour #brèves #actualité #éphéméride #abdication #nicolasII #tsarévitch #hémophile

Impertinemment vôtre ! 😜🔔

"We've forgotten that. We're relying on machines and boilerplate job descriptions and overworked junior HR reps to do the most important thing we do as leaders."

#ai #hiring #leadership #abdication #enshittification

https://ehandbook.com/the-real-reason-no-one-is-hiring-or-getting-hired-3b953383ebf7

Abdication du grand-duc Henri : D’un monarque à l’autre

Le grand-duc Henri abdiquera le 3 octobre prochain en faveur de son fils Guillaume, à l’issue d’un règne de 25 ans qui n’a pas toujours été un long fleuve tranquille.

[caption id="attachment_228253" align="alignleft" width="300"] La photo officielle diffusée par la Cour à l’occasion du discours de Noël du grand-duc Henri. (Copyright : Maison du Grand-Duc)[/caption]

S’il y a une chose que le grand-duc Henri n’aura pas réussi à effacer au cours de ses 25 ans de règne, […]

https://www.woxx.lu/abdication-du-grand-duc-henri-dun-monarque-a-lautre/

Abdication du grand-duc Henri : D’un monarque à l’autre

https://www.woxx.lu/abdication-du-grand-duc-henri-dun-monarque-a-lautre/

Don't worry about the #US #Government.

It doesn't have one.

#USA #America #Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Oligarchy #Abdication

https://medium.com/@colingajewski/does-the-usa-even-have-a-government-a1b2884fd120

“The Magician must eschew prostration, or even the ‘bending of the knee in supplication’, as infamous and ignominious, an abdication of his sovereignty.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/05/30/the-magician-must-eschew-prostration-or-even-the-bending-of-the-knee-in-supplication-as-infamous-and-ignominious-an-abdication-of-his-sovereignty/

I made two types of French king cake (gâteau and galette des rois), or should I say king and queen cake, for today’s #abdication. Even a republican like me can have a little fun on a day like this.

The best time to get rid of a monarchy is while you have a nice, friendly monarch who will go peacefully if you tell them it’s time. You don’t want to wait until you have to do like the French.

I wish our new king all the best and hope he’ll be our last. #Tronskifte #KongFrederik #Denmark #Danmark

🔴 #Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise #abdication in a new year TV address

She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen

"I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince #Frederik," she announced

The 83-year-old is the world's only reigning queen and the longest serving current monarch in #Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father #KingFrederik IX in 1972

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67854395 #News

🔴 #Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise #abdication in a new year TV address

She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen

"I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince #Frederik," she announced

The 83-year-old is the world's only reigning queen and the longest serving current monarch in #Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father #KingFrederik IX in 1972

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67854395 #News

🔴 #Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise #abdication in a new year TV address

She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen

"I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince #Frederik," she announced

The 83-year-old is the world's only reigning queen and the longest serving current monarch in #Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father #KingFrederik IX in 1972

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67854395 #News

🔴 #Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise #abdication in a new year TV address

She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen

"I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince #Frederik," she announced

The 83-year-old is the world's only reigning queen and the longest serving current monarch in #Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father #KingFrederik IX in 1972

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67854395 #News

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #DronningMargretheAbdicerer #QueenMargrethe #QueenMargretheAbdicates #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark #Danmark

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #DronningMargretheAbdicerer #QueenMargrethe #QueenMargretheAbdicates #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark #Danmark

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #DronningMargretheAbdicerer #QueenMargrethe #QueenMargretheAbdicates #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark #Danmark

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #DronningMargretheAbdicerer #QueenMargrethe #QueenMargretheAbdicates #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark #Danmark

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #QueenMargrethe #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark

@gabriel

That word "establish" is the most cringe of all - it's an #abdication of #Congressional_authority to appointees and career employees.

And what's so difficult about the specificity of line items? Nebulous terminology like "foreign adversary"?

Really guys?

Just say fricken' #TikTok!

#tallship #ccp #cringe

⛵

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Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals

Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals

Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals

Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals

Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals