Rhaquis D Carabas
@rhaquis.blacksky.app
Writer, Actor, Singer, and Researcher at my core (all unpaid passion). An avid reader, and consumer of art and beauty. Also a recovering politics, history, and news addict.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I may rejoin the church and go for Holy Orders after all. I know I can dance in a full robe already.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I may rejoin the church and go for Holy Orders after all. I know I can dance in a full robe already.
So, can we PLEASE stop trying to convince ourselves that these people are just confused, or lost? That we need to extend them more grace, more benefit of the doubt? Can we just, for the sake of all our souls and sanity just call them out out for the Evil they are and are perpetrating?
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So, can we PLEASE stop trying to convince ourselves that these people are just confused, or lost? That we need to extend them more grace, more benefit of the doubt? Can we just, for the sake of all our souls and sanity just call them out out for the Evil they are and are perpetrating?
Some brilliant and unwavering GOOD NEWS for those of us here in the Emerald City. I am so very glad I got to vote for Katie Wilson, and even happier she will be our new Mayor. Huzzah!
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Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some brilliant and unwavering GOOD NEWS for those of us here in the Emerald City. I am so very glad I got to vote for Katie Wilson, and even happier she will be our new Mayor. Huzzah!
Local organization and community building, growth, and support, is the only way we are going to get through this authoritarian nightmare. It is going to be very hard. There is no simple or easy way out. The Top-Down salvation mode is not allowed. It doesn't meet the profitability threshold.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Local organization and community building, growth, and support, is the only way we are going to get through this authoritarian nightmare. It is going to be very hard. There is no simple or easy way out. The Top-Down salvation mode is not allowed. It doesn't meet the profitability threshold.
Let us talk of fear. To even think of fear is forbidden, and unmans us. So many fears. Not being seen as a man. Being laughed at by a woman. Not being seen as virile by other men. Not masculine enough, tall enough, strong enough. Pull women enough. Fear of fear. THEN, we turn all of that to anger.
We say men are less emotional because we coincidentally don't define anger or reacting because of ego as emotions.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Let us talk of fear. To even think of fear is forbidden, and unmans us. So many fears. Not being seen as a man. Being laughed at by a woman. Not being seen as virile by other men. Not masculine enough, tall enough, strong enough. Pull women enough. Fear of fear. THEN, we turn all of that to anger.
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Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
Signature challenges - King County, Washington
kce.wiki
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
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Abolishing ice and prosecuting those ICE officials and employees who commit these crimes must be the baseline for the Democratic Party going forward. Anyone who does not adopt this basic stance is OK with you or your neighbors being kidnapped by masked men and must be driven from political life.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Abolishing ice and prosecuting those ICE officials and employees who commit these crimes must be the baseline for the Democratic Party going forward. Anyone who does not adopt this basic stance is OK with you or your neighbors being kidnapped by masked men and must be driven from political life.
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Republicans have officially caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Republicans have officially caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
Folks aren’t getting paid, families are wondering if they'll have food on the table — and now they’re closing off airspace right before the holidays. (1/2)
Can we PLEASE move out of the Onion universe? This is 4 days of court time. 4 gods forsaken days!
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Can we PLEASE move out of the Onion universe? This is 4 days of court time. 4 gods forsaken days!
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It’ll happen a lot more with ranked voting
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
It’ll happen a lot more with ranked voting
Well. Today has been a pretty damned good day and a bit of a restorative to my soul.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Well. Today has been a pretty damned good day and a bit of a restorative to my soul.
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They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
Day 34 of Govt shutdown. Second full paycheck unpaid this week (partial one at beginning of October). This is problematic. However, I would like to rant about the terrifying hellscape of job hunting in the modern world. Buddah wept, this is frustrating and cumbersome in a way I do not remember. Its
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Day 34 of Govt shutdown. Second full paycheck unpaid this week (partial one at beginning of October). This is problematic. However, I would like to rant about the terrifying hellscape of job hunting in the modern world. Buddah wept, this is frustrating and cumbersome in a way I do not remember. Its
31 Days and the SotH still won't convene. If we were civilized, his abdication of responsibility would be grounds to strip him of his title, and removed from the house. Note, nary a peep. This is what I mean when I say, the problem isn't just Trump. The corruption is ubiquitous.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
31 Days and the SotH still won't convene. If we were civilized, his abdication of responsibility would be grounds to strip him of his title, and removed from the house. Note, nary a peep. This is what I mean when I say, the problem isn't just Trump. The corruption is ubiquitous.
AI used to.perpetuate racism? Shocked I am not. Who is surprised? Every gods-rotten thing in this country for 400+ years has been utilized to feed the ignorance of, and fan the flames of hatred of racism in this country. More racist shenannigans, must be Tuesday.
So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
AI used to.perpetuate racism? Shocked I am not. Who is surprised? Every gods-rotten thing in this country for 400+ years has been utilized to feed the ignorance of, and fan the flames of hatred of racism in this country. More racist shenannigans, must be Tuesday.
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
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99 problems and they've all been assigned Fibonacci numbers and added to the backlog.
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
99 problems and they've all been assigned Fibonacci numbers and added to the backlog.
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Yes. I have constantly written about this as to other branches — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-s... — and institutions — www.lawdork.com/p/law-firms-... — over this year. It's appalling. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-weak...
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yes. I have constantly written about this as to other branches — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-s... — and institutions — www.lawdork.com/p/law-firms-... — over this year. It's appalling. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-weak...
TV Strikes again.
Online censorship is one of the many levers of state power right-wingers have been pulling to try and snuff out queer and trans existence. But instead of fighting back, some Democrats are helping them at the controls. Read the full #OpEd from @fightforthefuture.org
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
TV Strikes again.
I mean, if Mike Johnson wants to abdicate as Speaker of the House, why don't we get this country back on track.
No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I mean, if Mike Johnson wants to abdicate as Speaker of the House, why don't we get this country back on track.