Carleen
@carleenml.bsky.social
Primarily progressive politics and books. "You are living an exciting new chapter in the book on tape of your life." -Moira Rose
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Stay and fight the man you now know is evil?
“Nah. I’ma check out like the punk you always knew I was.”
“Nah. I’ma check out like the punk you always knew I was.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Stay and fight the man you now know is evil?
“Nah. I’ma check out like the punk you always knew I was.”
“Nah. I’ma check out like the punk you always knew I was.”
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First Democratic member of the Senate to attack Greenblatt in public?
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
First Democratic member of the Senate to attack Greenblatt in public?
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I am so tired of our nation operating from the premise that he's just nuts and it's okay and that we don't have to take him seriously.
WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
He fomented an armed insurrection against the United States Government 4 years ago to stay in power and wanted to hang the VP.
FFS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
He fomented an armed insurrection against the United States Government 4 years ago to stay in power and wanted to hang the VP.
FFS.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I am so tired of our nation operating from the premise that he's just nuts and it's okay and that we don't have to take him seriously.
WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
He fomented an armed insurrection against the United States Government 4 years ago to stay in power and wanted to hang the VP.
FFS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
He fomented an armed insurrection against the United States Government 4 years ago to stay in power and wanted to hang the VP.
FFS.
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The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
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its funny to look at things like this and hear senators say theyre "hard at work"
The #Senate has convened...
The first vote is at noon on confirmation of the nomination of Ho Nieh, Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Following the Nieh vote, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.
More details here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
The first vote is at noon on confirmation of the nomination of Ho Nieh, Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Following the Nieh vote, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.
More details here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
its funny to look at things like this and hear senators say theyre "hard at work"
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
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This perfectly parallels what happened in the German and Italian parliaments after the rise of fascism in those countries. The purpose of this factionalism is to render parliament an object of ridicule and to enhance the stature of the Leader.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This perfectly parallels what happened in the German and Italian parliaments after the rise of fascism in those countries. The purpose of this factionalism is to render parliament an object of ridicule and to enhance the stature of the Leader.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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It is past time to draw negative inferences from the destruction of evidence.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It is past time to draw negative inferences from the destruction of evidence.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Probably because it's too good
Oof
*OCTOBER CPI AND JOBS DATA LIKELY WON'T BE RELEASED: WHITE HOUSE
*OCTOBER CPI AND JOBS DATA LIKELY WON'T BE RELEASED: WHITE HOUSE
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Probably because it's too good
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Ok, but let’s just say that TACO actually is a Russian asset (which is likely confirmed by the Epstein files),
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ok, but let’s just say that TACO actually is a Russian asset (which is likely confirmed by the Epstein files),
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
isn’t crashing the U.S. economy EXACTLY what he’s supposed to do?
I mean…don’t his actions more clearly demonstrate an intent to harm the United States, than to actually lead it?
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Flights are being cancelled. Food assistance is suspended. Government employees are going without pay.
But priorities are being taken care of:
But priorities are being taken care of:
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Flights are being cancelled. Food assistance is suspended. Government employees are going without pay.
But priorities are being taken care of:
But priorities are being taken care of:
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@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been saying the same since 2017.
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been saying the same since 2017.
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There’s nothing more American than your family going from being a target of bigotry to being a purveyor of it within a generation or two.
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s nothing more American than your family going from being a target of bigotry to being a purveyor of it within a generation or two.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Oh hai sounds like the concentration camps are starting to ramp up.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oh hai sounds like the concentration camps are starting to ramp up.
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Ouch!
The German maker of the lift used in the Louvre heist is using the robbery in its new advertising:
"When you need to move fast — quiet as a whisper"
The German maker of the lift used in the Louvre heist is using the robbery in its new advertising:
"When you need to move fast — quiet as a whisper"
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ouch!
The German maker of the lift used in the Louvre heist is using the robbery in its new advertising:
"When you need to move fast — quiet as a whisper"
The German maker of the lift used in the Louvre heist is using the robbery in its new advertising:
"When you need to move fast — quiet as a whisper"