Didn't know about this bit of history:
veteran U.S. activist S. Brian Willson, who lost both legs in 1987 after being run over by a Navy ammunition train while protesting the shipment of arms to the Contras, and whom the Ronald Reagan administration once labeled a “domestic terrorist.”
2 years before "tank man", 
is so fucking propagandized
Fascinating. American culture approaching levels of incoherence previously thought impossible. Hexbear-style brother and POTUS-servant sister
Natalie Harp, 35, is nicknamed “the human printer” in the halls of the White House. The moniker describes both her role and her devotion: always at Trump’s side, attentive, ready to print the documents, articles, and posts the president insists on reviewing on paper and in specific formats.
How does that make her a "human printer"? Calling someone, say, a "human calculator" would imply they're really good at mental math—in other words, that they perform a task so quickly/adeptly that they're like a machine. So if she were a "human printer" it would mean that she could write really quickly or precisely or something. Calling her a "human printer" is like calling a janitor a "human mop" or a landscaper a "human lawnmower" (these would be appropriate if they were performing their jobs by sliding along the floor and eating the grass, respectively).
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