Carson Flora
@seaflora.bsky.social
Union-side labor lawyer in Seattle
If you want more American flags at protests, bring them and all your friends! You might disagree with some signs you see but that’s how you know you live in a free country.
Friendly reminder to those watching safely from afar tempted to criticize the messaging that’s getting millions of people to put their bodies on the line in defense of democracy: shutting the fuck up is always free.
June 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you want more American flags at protests, bring them and all your friends! You might disagree with some signs you see but that’s how you know you live in a free country.
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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I think it’s time we stop taking advice from people who haven’t won an election in a year that starts with 2 also do it James- sue me.
April 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I think it’s time we stop taking advice from people who haven’t won an election in a year that starts with 2 also do it James- sue me.
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I’m proud to announce that Leaders We Deserve is endorsing Robert Peters for Congress in IL-02. He has passed over 120 pieces of legislation since joining the Illinois Senate in 2019. He knows how to get big things done, without sacrificing his values. Exactly what we need more of in Congress.
May 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I’m proud to announce that Leaders We Deserve is endorsing Robert Peters for Congress in IL-02. He has passed over 120 pieces of legislation since joining the Illinois Senate in 2019. He knows how to get big things done, without sacrificing his values. Exactly what we need more of in Congress.
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On this day in 1898, Septima Poinsette Clark was born. She became a tireless advocate for education and civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr. called her the “Mother of the Movement.” Her motto was “literacy means liberation.”
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South Carolina Superheroes: Septima Poinsette Clark
Civil rights champion Septima Poinsette Clark was a real-life South Carolina Superhero. Read on to learn more about her amazing life.
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May 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On this day in 1898, Septima Poinsette Clark was born. She became a tireless advocate for education and civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr. called her the “Mother of the Movement.” Her motto was “literacy means liberation.”
www.scmuseum.org/learn/deeper...
www.scmuseum.org/learn/deeper...
Thank you Nick Brown for upholding Washington law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u... Fed immigration officials are “essentially kidnapping people off the streets without due process,” Mr. Brown said. “I don’t want, nor does most Washington law enforcement want, to be involved in the sort of draconian actions that we’re seeing all across the country.”
In Washington, a Rural County Sheriff Fights His State’s Immigration Law
Sheriff Dale Wagner of Adams County sees his department as David fighting Goliath. But he has the support of some of President Trump’s most influential allies.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Nick Brown for upholding Washington law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u... Fed immigration officials are “essentially kidnapping people off the streets without due process,” Mr. Brown said. “I don’t want, nor does most Washington law enforcement want, to be involved in the sort of draconian actions that we’re seeing all across the country.”
In Washington, a Rural County Sheriff Fights His State’s Immigration Law
Sheriff Dale Wagner of Adams County sees his department as David fighting Goliath. But he has the support of some of President Trump’s most influential allies.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u... Fed immigration officials are “essentially kidnapping people off the streets without due process,” Mr. Brown said. “I don’t want, nor does most Washington law enforcement want, to be involved in the sort of draconian actions that we’re seeing all across the country.”
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THIS IS FRIGHTENING!
Rumeysa Ozturk wrote an op-ed.
Before long, six masked ICE agents snatched her off the street.
Rumeysa is a LEGAL resident, graduate student and SEIU union member.
Use the tool below to send in your OWN op-ed DEMANDING her release! #4The1st social.demcast.com/s/WjmXWVli
Rumeysa Ozturk wrote an op-ed.
Before long, six masked ICE agents snatched her off the street.
Rumeysa is a LEGAL resident, graduate student and SEIU union member.
Use the tool below to send in your OWN op-ed DEMANDING her release! #4The1st social.demcast.com/s/WjmXWVli
April 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
THIS IS FRIGHTENING!
Rumeysa Ozturk wrote an op-ed.
Before long, six masked ICE agents snatched her off the street.
Rumeysa is a LEGAL resident, graduate student and SEIU union member.
Use the tool below to send in your OWN op-ed DEMANDING her release! #4The1st social.demcast.com/s/WjmXWVli
Rumeysa Ozturk wrote an op-ed.
Before long, six masked ICE agents snatched her off the street.
Rumeysa is a LEGAL resident, graduate student and SEIU union member.
Use the tool below to send in your OWN op-ed DEMANDING her release! #4The1st social.demcast.com/s/WjmXWVli
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No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
March 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoor.... Many trials risk becoming obliterated as downed trees and new vegetation erase any semblance of a trail
Trump fired these 5 WA Forest Service workers. What their absence means for you
Many of the U.S. Forest Service workers fired by the Trump administration serve critical functions in the constant job that is maintaining outdoors spaces.
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March 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoor.... Many trials risk becoming obliterated as downed trees and new vegetation erase any semblance of a trail
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/b...
“Coming from an authoritarian state…We also know that the Cultural Revolution was about dismantling institutions to expand control.”
“Coming from an authoritarian state…We also know that the Cultural Revolution was about dismantling institutions to expand control.”
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
People in China are expressing alarm at what seems to be an authoritarian turn in the United States, long their role model of democracy, that feels familiar.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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“Coming from an authoritarian state…We also know that the Cultural Revolution was about dismantling institutions to expand control.”
“Coming from an authoritarian state…We also know that the Cultural Revolution was about dismantling institutions to expand control.”
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Watching this from afar this is all I can manage by way of commentary
March 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Watching this from afar this is all I can manage by way of commentary
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Medicaid isn’t a handout—it’s a lifeline for millions.
It covers 4 in 10 children, 1 in 4 adults with disabilities and 5 in 8 nursing home residents.
Cutting it means putting lives at risk. We fight to protect it because healthcare is a right. seiu.co/4hQey0V
It covers 4 in 10 children, 1 in 4 adults with disabilities and 5 in 8 nursing home residents.
Cutting it means putting lives at risk. We fight to protect it because healthcare is a right. seiu.co/4hQey0V
10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF
At the start of 2025, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care. While Medicaid was not discussed much on the campaign trail, Congress may consider big ...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Medicaid isn’t a handout—it’s a lifeline for millions.
It covers 4 in 10 children, 1 in 4 adults with disabilities and 5 in 8 nursing home residents.
Cutting it means putting lives at risk. We fight to protect it because healthcare is a right. seiu.co/4hQey0V
It covers 4 in 10 children, 1 in 4 adults with disabilities and 5 in 8 nursing home residents.
Cutting it means putting lives at risk. We fight to protect it because healthcare is a right. seiu.co/4hQey0V
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Great opinion by District Judge Lauren King granting a TRO against Trump's lawless executive order attempting to intimidate hospitals into cutting off gender affirming health care for people under 19. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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February 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Great opinion by District Judge Lauren King granting a TRO against Trump's lawless executive order attempting to intimidate hospitals into cutting off gender affirming health care for people under 19. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A huge decision from Judge Amir Ali, meticulously reasoned and utterly scathing, finding that Trump’s foreign aid freeze is almost certainly an illegal and arbitrary abuse of power. He orders the immediate restoration of all international assistance. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A huge decision from Judge Amir Ali, meticulously reasoned and utterly scathing, finding that Trump’s foreign aid freeze is almost certainly an illegal and arbitrary abuse of power. He orders the immediate restoration of all international assistance. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Jimmy Carter putting his peanut farm into a blind trust reminds me of that time Donald Trump’s son-in-law took $2 Billion from the Saudis who murdered Jamal Khashoggi.
December 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Jimmy Carter putting his peanut farm into a blind trust reminds me of that time Donald Trump’s son-in-law took $2 Billion from the Saudis who murdered Jamal Khashoggi.
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A bunch of progressive advocacy groups dropped off sleeping bags with Democratic senators yesterday.
They attached a message to them: "Work late. Work weekends. Confirm every judge."
They attached a message to them: "Work late. Work weekends. Confirm every judge."
December 11, 2024 at 4:39 PM
A bunch of progressive advocacy groups dropped off sleeping bags with Democratic senators yesterday.
They attached a message to them: "Work late. Work weekends. Confirm every judge."
They attached a message to them: "Work late. Work weekends. Confirm every judge."
Leave no judge behind !
The Senate must do whatever it takes to confirm the remaining federal judicial nominees who will act as a backstop for our freedoms and our democracy, including pro-labor nominees like Karla Campbell for U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
December 6, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Leave no judge behind !
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Jeff Bezos makes over $14,000 in the span of time that a worker earns 50 cents.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Jeff Bezos makes over $14,000 in the span of time that a worker earns 50 cents.