@clarcar.bsky.social
I have many interests, particularly science, news, history.
National Guard protects immigration officers in Los Angeles operation | AP News
July 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
June 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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What’s really at issue here is whether Trump can simply pull “emergencies” out of his rear to assume dictatorial powers for himself. The court is saying, No, you can’t.

Trump’s rant basically says: Yes, I can.
https://trib.al/B1IaKZK
Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much
In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.
trib.al
May 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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An anti-government militia group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees.
Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warns
Veterans on Patrol, which spread conspiracy theories in the wake of Hurricane Helene, has encouraged followers to visit sites hosting weather equipment.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
For those thinking that Mars would offer protection from an exploding sun, keep in mind that Mars would not offer protection from radiation. If the Earth goes, so will everybody else.
May 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Lawyers at the Department of Justice are fumbling their defense of Donald Trump’s executive orders.
Trump’s DOJ Lawyers Are Hilariously Struggling in All His Lawsuits
Lawyers at the Department of Justice are fumbling their defense of Donald Trump’s executive orders.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM