A.J. Carrillo
@ajcarrillo.bsky.social
Candidates+Causes @ Basis Technologies. Co-founder
@treasuryblue.bsky.social. Fiat lux #GoBears
Interests: politics (inc. Mexican and Canadian), economics, adtech, and state-sponsored disinfo operations.
@treasuryblue.bsky.social. Fiat lux #GoBears
Interests: politics (inc. Mexican and Canadian), economics, adtech, and state-sponsored disinfo operations.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
From Kavanaugh Stops to a crappy economy, Trump did this.
Most US Latinos feel their situation is worse under Trump, Pew poll finds reut.rs/4rlic8e
Most US Latinos feel their situation is worse under Trump, Pew poll finds
A majority of U.S. Latinos believe their situation has worsened under President Donald Trump, a Pew Research Center poll released on Monday found, the first such deterioration since the poll began tracking almost 20 years ago.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
From Kavanaugh Stops to a crappy economy, Trump did this.
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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Just in from @pewresearch.org
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
About four-in-five say Trump’s policies harm Hispanics, a higher share than during his first term
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
About four-in-five say Trump’s policies harm Hispanics, a higher share than during his first term
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
78% of Hispanics say Trump’s policies harm their group, but views of the president and policies differ widely by how they voted in 2024.
www.pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just in from @pewresearch.org
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
About four-in-five say Trump’s policies harm Hispanics, a higher share than during his first term
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
About four-in-five say Trump’s policies harm Hispanics, a higher share than during his first term
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Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
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The boom in sports gambling and prediction markets is creating “emerging credit risks,” per Bank of America sherwood.news/markets/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The boom in sports gambling and prediction markets is creating “emerging credit risks,” per Bank of America sherwood.news/markets/the-...
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coordinated inauthentic behavior—particularly foreign influence operations. They've insisted that any attempt to study and limit such operations is actually just "censorship" with various forms of cover, whether academic or operational.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
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“Dealmaker” is the gentlemanly way of saying unqualified morons.
How the dealmaker replaced the diplomat in Trump’s America on.ft.com/3K882XS
How the dealmaker replaced the diplomat in Trump’s America
The sidelining of the state department and reliance on envoys will come at a cost
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Dealmaker” is the gentlemanly way of saying unqualified morons.
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The posting-to-policy pipeline is real, at least when @cselmendorf.bsky.social wields his pen. We love to see it! Deepest sympathies to the oppressed homeowners in Beverly Hills...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The posting-to-policy pipeline is real, at least when @cselmendorf.bsky.social wields his pen. We love to see it! Deepest sympathies to the oppressed homeowners in Beverly Hills...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
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👀 Since 2018, 15 major foundations have donated "$260 million ... to nonprofits across California that have actively opposed pro-housing legislation"
New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
👀 Since 2018, 15 major foundations have donated "$260 million ... to nonprofits across California that have actively opposed pro-housing legislation"
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I can only conclude that the Trump administration wants to make Sen. Mark Kelly a national icon and the Democratic nominee for President.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I can only conclude that the Trump administration wants to make Sen. Mark Kelly a national icon and the Democratic nominee for President.
That is why the Trump/Musk/DOGE gutting of the Voice of America (VOA) was a gift to Putin and Xi.
There's a hell of a lot more to Russia's perception and cognitive outreach in Mexico and Latin America than RT and Sputnik and the main vectors are WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, and of course Telegram
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture U.S. Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That is why the Trump/Musk/DOGE gutting of the Voice of America (VOA) was a gift to Putin and Xi.
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📣 Fascist #DUIHireHegseth issues official threat to Sen. Mark Kelly over vid:
"...a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include *recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures*.
🧾 AP: is.gd/hqMCxW
"...a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include *recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures*.
🧾 AP: is.gd/hqMCxW
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📣 Fascist #DUIHireHegseth issues official threat to Sen. Mark Kelly over vid:
"...a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include *recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures*.
🧾 AP: is.gd/hqMCxW
"...a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include *recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures*.
🧾 AP: is.gd/hqMCxW
Enlisted men and women take an oath to the constitution not the president.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Enlisted men and women take an oath to the constitution not the president.
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the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
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DOGE did not exist to save taxpayers money. It existed to take a wrecking ball to programs that had drifted into the crosshairs of the insane conspiracy right as hiding the secret switch that would turn off liberalism. They found nothing, destroyed entire agencies and gave the data to who knows who.
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
DOGE did not exist to save taxpayers money. It existed to take a wrecking ball to programs that had drifted into the crosshairs of the insane conspiracy right as hiding the secret switch that would turn off liberalism. They found nothing, destroyed entire agencies and gave the data to who knows who.
We’re going to find out that Kushner is being funded by the Russians.
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re going to find out that Kushner is being funded by the Russians.
“Trump will host a Farm Aid concert on the National Mall headlined by Kid Rock and Ted Nugent”
* U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: WILL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON FARMER AID IN NEXT WEEK OR TWO -CNBC
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Trump will host a Farm Aid concert on the National Mall headlined by Kid Rock and Ted Nugent”
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"the ideas and the model of the Trump Administration" is fascism. And Europe has already been there done that, to its great regret.
Lutnick on his meetings with EU leaders: "The idea is, 'Come on guys, embrace the ideas and the model of the Trump administration and you'll get a trillion of investment here.' So we're trying to teach them, encourage them to follow the Trump lead."
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"the ideas and the model of the Trump Administration" is fascism. And Europe has already been there done that, to its great regret.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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"screenshots and screen recordings claiming the U.S. Department of Homeland Security account (on X) was listed as being based in Israel quickly went viral." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"screenshots and screen recordings claiming the U.S. Department of Homeland Security account (on X) was listed as being based in Israel quickly went viral." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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"Pew’s latest social media report shows X’s staying power in the U.S., despite competition" techcrunch.com/2025/11/22/p...
Pew's latest social media report shows X's staying power in the U.S., despite competition | TechCrunch
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Pew’s latest social media report shows X’s staying power in the U.S., despite competition" techcrunch.com/2025/11/22/p...