Eric Carbone
@ericcarbone.bsky.social
HockeyDad. Former dot-com and campaign person. Biden08, Clark04, AOL Greenhouse, co-founder Real Fans Sports Network, Kellogg (dropout), GS93, CC91. #PhillySports
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Ding ding ding!
One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ding ding ding!
He’s running.
Tonight I will be in NH to talk about what kind of leadership is necessary at this time of crisis for our nation - and what Democrats in the United States Senate need to do to save our democracy. This moment is urgent and we need to act like it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
He’s running.
not The Onion:
"After Senators give away all leverage, House Dems officially make extending ACA credits their red line for re-opening government."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"After Senators give away all leverage, House Dems officially make extending ACA credits their red line for re-opening government."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding
Democrats are demanding an extension of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans set to expire at end of year
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
not The Onion:
"After Senators give away all leverage, House Dems officially make extending ACA credits their red line for re-opening government."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"After Senators give away all leverage, House Dems officially make extending ACA credits their red line for re-opening government."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
<evergreen> There will never be a Trump healthcare plan, because he fundamentally doesn't understand how health care works in this country.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
<evergreen> There will never be a Trump healthcare plan, because he fundamentally doesn't understand how health care works in this country.
Does he not realize that if he gives us the money, we just give it to the insurance companies for health insurance.
The ACA subsidies are set up to just skip that step.
The ACA subsidies are set up to just skip that step.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Does he not realize that if he gives us the money, we just give it to the insurance companies for health insurance.
The ACA subsidies are set up to just skip that step.
The ACA subsidies are set up to just skip that step.
This is great! Watch to the end.....
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is great! Watch to the end.....
She’s definitely running.
Collins: When the president says there's virtually no inflation and that grocery prices are going down, do you agree with him on that?
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
She’s definitely running.
Almost 5 years as president now and he has no idea how government appropriations work.
It's very clear he thinks all spending decisions are made by, and go through, him, like back in the Trump Organization days.
It's very clear he thinks all spending decisions are made by, and go through, him, like back in the Trump Organization days.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Almost 5 years as president now and he has no idea how government appropriations work.
It's very clear he thinks all spending decisions are made by, and go through, him, like back in the Trump Organization days.
It's very clear he thinks all spending decisions are made by, and go through, him, like back in the Trump Organization days.
This.
This.
1000x this.
This.
1000x this.
If the president insists on unilaterally illegally not spending money he must spend and unilaterally illegally spending money he doesn’t have — and Congressional Republicans insist on maintaining the power to unilaterally legally change the budget — how can you come to a budget agreement?
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This.
This.
1000x this.
This.
1000x this.
The gamefication of war. Well, if not war, then war resource allocation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’
System rewards soldiers who achieve strikes with points that can be used to buy more weapons in an online store
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The gamefication of war. Well, if not war, then war resource allocation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Reposted by Eric Carbone
Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
Reposted by Eric Carbone
If you see Federal officials interfering in your ability to freely vote in a private manner, document the issue and raise the problem to relevant legal authorities and public officials in your respective state and county.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you see Federal officials interfering in your ability to freely vote in a private manner, document the issue and raise the problem to relevant legal authorities and public officials in your respective state and county.
MAGA calls it a hate rally because they can't conceive of Americans who love their country IN SPITE of its flaws, not because of them.
#NoKings
#NoKings
Barrasso on No Kings: "They have this big 'I Hate America' rally this Saturday in Washington where you have all these far-left activists groups coming to protest the president and the administration."
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
MAGA calls it a hate rally because they can't conceive of Americans who love their country IN SPITE of its flaws, not because of them.
#NoKings
#NoKings
But Republicans insist this a "end of the year" problem to fix.
Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
But Republicans insist this a "end of the year" problem to fix.
@bbkogan.bsky.social brings the goods on paying the military during the shutdown. Essential follow these days.
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@bbkogan.bsky.social brings the goods on paying the military during the shutdown. Essential follow these days.
Just another reason to love this guy!
Timeline Cleanse! Happy Birthday, Paul!
Paul Simon, born today in 1941.
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just another reason to love this guy!
I know everyone here likes to play armchair strategist but is anyone concerned that Democrats have not been more assertive laying out their actual red lines to open up the government and pass a budget.
My take from reading this site is they have 3 broad, top-level demands:
My take from reading this site is they have 3 broad, top-level demands:
A big premium spike can be a political nightmare for the party in charge, as anybody who lived through the Obamacare rollout can attest. That’s the whole reason Republicans seem so uncertain about their current position.
Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight
Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.
www.thebulwark.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I know everyone here likes to play armchair strategist but is anyone concerned that Democrats have not been more assertive laying out their actual red lines to open up the government and pass a budget.
My take from reading this site is they have 3 broad, top-level demands:
My take from reading this site is they have 3 broad, top-level demands:
David @volts.wtf is a great follow if you care about climate change, which, yes, is still happening.
Every time someone says it's not real, point them to what China's doing.
Every time someone says it's not real, point them to what China's doing.
"Energy dominance," you say?
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
David @volts.wtf is a great follow if you care about climate change, which, yes, is still happening.
Every time someone says it's not real, point them to what China's doing.
Every time someone says it's not real, point them to what China's doing.
To whom it may concern:
President Trump is allowed to kill anyone he wants to, especially if they are fishing in the Gulf of America.
Signed,
Epstein's mother
President Trump is allowed to kill anyone he wants to, especially if they are fishing in the Gulf of America.
Signed,
Epstein's mother
The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4o7ma1R
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
To whom it may concern:
President Trump is allowed to kill anyone he wants to, especially if they are fishing in the Gulf of America.
Signed,
Epstein's mother
President Trump is allowed to kill anyone he wants to, especially if they are fishing in the Gulf of America.
Signed,
Epstein's mother
Class act.
What I'm referring to. It's a privilege to be invited onto networks to talk about my reporting but I have limits. Similarly stopped doing NewsNation after Nextar took its Kimmel stance.
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Class act.
I think this is right. Wish it was getting said by more people.
The two things Democrats really want:
*an ACA extension
*an end to Russ Vought and Trump deciding on their own whether to spend money appropriated by Congress.
If those 2 things were on the CR, neither of which have anything to do with illegal immigrants, I think every D would vote for it.
*an ACA extension
*an end to Russ Vought and Trump deciding on their own whether to spend money appropriated by Congress.
If those 2 things were on the CR, neither of which have anything to do with illegal immigrants, I think every D would vote for it.
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I think this is right. Wish it was getting said by more people.
Just a reminder that the shutdown gives the President ZERO new authority to cut programs or fire federal workers. This idea that the shutdown allows him to do things he couldn’t last week is a fabrication.
Leavitt: "Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position. And if they don't want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It's very simple."
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Just a reminder that the shutdown gives the President ZERO new authority to cut programs or fire federal workers. This idea that the shutdown allows him to do things he couldn’t last week is a fabrication.
20 years ago, I used to live in Virginia, out by Dulles airport. It was mostly housing developments and office parks along the toll road. Recently, I had to go back there bc kid2 had a hockey game out near Reston. I could not believe the amount of giant, windowless buildings north of route 7.
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
20 years ago, I used to live in Virginia, out by Dulles airport. It was mostly housing developments and office parks along the toll road. Recently, I had to go back there bc kid2 had a hockey game out near Reston. I could not believe the amount of giant, windowless buildings north of route 7.