Carl
@carlforsling.bsky.social
Retired Marine aviator, occasional writer.
In old war movies, the Nazis said “Papers, please!” ICE isn’t even doing that. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In old war movies, the Nazis said “Papers, please!” ICE isn’t even doing that. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
The dumbest American is in charge of America www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Maybe Rex Tillerson Was Right. Maybe Trump Really Is Just A Moron.
His lying and temper tantrums aside, evidence abounds that the president's most important, and dangerous, feature is his ignorance.
www.huffpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The dumbest American is in charge of America www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Jordan Peterson is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person.
“You’re just too stupid to understand him!”
I understand him enough to know he makes simple things complicated and pretends it’s insightful.
“You’re just too stupid to understand him!”
I understand him enough to know he makes simple things complicated and pretends it’s insightful.
May 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Jordan Peterson is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person.
“You’re just too stupid to understand him!”
I understand him enough to know he makes simple things complicated and pretends it’s insightful.
“You’re just too stupid to understand him!”
I understand him enough to know he makes simple things complicated and pretends it’s insightful.
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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
Or, now hear me out…maybe we start not treating immigrants like crap and then we wouldn’t have to use words like “breeding” in regards to Americans.
ground.news/article/trum...
ground.news/article/trum...
Trump Administration Weighs 'Baby Bonus' and Pro-Marriage Policies to Boost Birthrate: NYT
The Trump administration is reviewing a series of proposals aimed at encouraging marriage and increasing birthrates in the United States, according to individuals involved in recent policy discussions...
ground.news
April 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Or, now hear me out…maybe we start not treating immigrants like crap and then we wouldn’t have to use words like “breeding” in regards to Americans.
ground.news/article/trum...
ground.news/article/trum...
Maybe if we weren’t scaring all the immigrants away, this wouldn’t be a problem.
Is he going to call it the “lebensborn” program?
ground.news/article/trum...
Is he going to call it the “lebensborn” program?
ground.news/article/trum...
Trump Administration Weighs 'Baby Bonus' and Pro-Marriage Policies to Boost Birthrate: NYT
The Trump administration is reviewing a series of proposals aimed at encouraging marriage and increasing birthrates in the United States, according to individuals involved in recent policy discussions...
ground.news
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Maybe if we weren’t scaring all the immigrants away, this wouldn’t be a problem.
Is he going to call it the “lebensborn” program?
ground.news/article/trum...
Is he going to call it the “lebensborn” program?
ground.news/article/trum...
Welcome to kleptocracy.
NEW: Having Gutted the IRS, DOGE is Now Preparing to Shutter the Tax Division at the Department of Justice. For the Super-Rich Paying Taxes Will Probably Be All But Voluntary Going Forward. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE to Shutter DOJ Tax Division
I didn’t know this until this morning. And I’m surprised it hasn’t...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Welcome to kleptocracy.
Either hang together or you’ll hang separately ground.news/article/trum...
Trump Administration to Review Billions in Grants to Harvard Over Allegations of Antisemitism
The Trump administration announced on Monday it would be initiating a review of federal contracts with Harvard University, saying it will be a similar style inquiry to the one it threw at Columbia Uni...
ground.news
March 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Either hang together or you’ll hang separately ground.news/article/trum...
Trump Says the Corrupt Part Out Loud
It’s infrastructure week, but for bribery.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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January 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump’s presidency hasn’t even started and the absurdity meter is already pegged
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/p...
Danish officials fear Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than in first term | CNN Politics
When President-elect Donald Trump mused about buying Greenland from Denmark during his first administration, the Danish prime minister called the idea “absurd” and rebuffed him outright.
www.cnn.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump’s presidency hasn’t even started and the absurdity meter is already pegged
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/p...
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1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021
After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...
popular.info
January 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Can we make sure to have Carter’s funeral under this administration and not under Mango Mussolini’s? I has a feeling that would not go well at all.
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Can we make sure to have Carter’s funeral under this administration and not under Mango Mussolini’s? I has a feeling that would not go well at all.
Love that the RoK Marine Corps is getting a shout out in @squidgames.bsky.social this season.
December 28, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Love that the RoK Marine Corps is getting a shout out in @squidgames.bsky.social this season.
Who would’ve thought that the ‘80s comedy “Just One of the Guys” would have relevance 40 years later? youtube.com/watch?v=sKih...
youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Who would’ve thought that the ‘80s comedy “Just One of the Guys” would have relevance 40 years later? youtube.com/watch?v=sKih...
Just once I’d like to see a Christmas movie where the ambitious young woman returns to her small town childhood home, realizes they’re a bunch of racist losers, hates running the family cupcake store, and runs back to her handsome fiancé with a good corporate job in the city.
December 11, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Just once I’d like to see a Christmas movie where the ambitious young woman returns to her small town childhood home, realizes they’re a bunch of racist losers, hates running the family cupcake store, and runs back to her handsome fiancé with a good corporate job in the city.
This is what happens when your healthcare system is based on maximizing transactions and not health.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How everything became surgery
Removing a wee splinter? Treating a wart? If a doctor does it, it can be billed as surgery.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
This is what happens when your healthcare system is based on maximizing transactions and not health.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
I think the biggest cause of our urban-rural divide is Hallmark Christmas movies.
December 5, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I think the biggest cause of our urban-rural divide is Hallmark Christmas movies.