Amanda Carpenter
@amandacarpenter.bsky.social
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@protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own. NeverTrump from the jump, Bulwark fam & stan. Former reporter, Hill staffer, CNN contributor. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter! http://IfYouCanKeepIt.org 🇺🇸
Maybe the prospect of a President Mamdani using Trump's emergency powers would also help nudge key judges in the right direction...
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Maybe the prospect of a President Mamdani using Trump's emergency powers would also help nudge key judges in the right direction...
When Trump goes after big targets, the smaller ones often make consequential, silent choices. This is the chilling effect in action.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
October 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When Trump goes after big targets, the smaller ones often make consequential, silent choices. This is the chilling effect in action.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Society for Rule of Law's event this week with @greggnunziata.bsky.social
@comstockb.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and so many other wonderful people.
Thank you @avecruth.bsky.social for the amazing photos!
@comstockb.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and so many other wonderful people.
Thank you @avecruth.bsky.social for the amazing photos!
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Society for Rule of Law's event this week with @greggnunziata.bsky.social
@comstockb.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and so many other wonderful people.
Thank you @avecruth.bsky.social for the amazing photos!
@comstockb.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and so many other wonderful people.
Thank you @avecruth.bsky.social for the amazing photos!
If you remember the name Benny Johnson, it may be because of his experience with this sort of propaganda.
www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...
www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you remember the name Benny Johnson, it may be because of his experience with this sort of propaganda.
www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...
www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...
Anticipatory obedience www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Anticipatory obedience www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...
This is why I’ll never give up on libertarians. When it matters, sometimes, the principled ones are the only functioning conscience of the GOP.
September 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is why I’ll never give up on libertarians. When it matters, sometimes, the principled ones are the only functioning conscience of the GOP.
So the troops can stop doing litter pickup outside the WH and can go home now, right?
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So the troops can stop doing litter pickup outside the WH and can go home now, right?
Newsweek: Legacy tractor maker John Deere has announced layoffs at three Midwestern facilities as the company grapples with declining sales and the effects of tariffs on its bottom line.
www.newsweek.com/john-deere-a...
Workers are getting notice of termination this week.
www.newsweek.com/john-deere-a...
Workers are getting notice of termination this week.
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Newsweek: Legacy tractor maker John Deere has announced layoffs at three Midwestern facilities as the company grapples with declining sales and the effects of tariffs on its bottom line.
www.newsweek.com/john-deere-a...
Workers are getting notice of termination this week.
www.newsweek.com/john-deere-a...
Workers are getting notice of termination this week.
When the gov't becomes the biggest stakeholder in your company, that's only the beginning of the meddling.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
August 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
When the gov't becomes the biggest stakeholder in your company, that's only the beginning of the meddling.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
We called this a socialist bailout when Obama stake in the auto companies in exchange for rescue money amidst an actual economic crisis.
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We called this a socialist bailout when Obama stake in the auto companies in exchange for rescue money amidst an actual economic crisis.
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
The National Guard may soon be carrying guns in DC and no one at the WH, the National Guard, the Army, or Defense Department seems willing to offer up an explanation or answer questions.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
August 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The National Guard may soon be carrying guns in DC and no one at the WH, the National Guard, the Army, or Defense Department seems willing to offer up an explanation or answer questions.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Lots of good information and advice in the PD newsletter today, but I especially want to highlight this. Don't give the Trump Admin what they want.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-thin...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-thin...
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Lots of good information and advice in the PD newsletter today, but I especially want to highlight this. Don't give the Trump Admin what they want.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-thin...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-thin...
Absolutely no need for this.
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Absolutely no need for this.
The Trump Admin didn't approve the license for Nvidia to sell until Jensen Huang agreed to give the US government a 15 percent cut.
This isn't capitalism. It's autocratic.
This isn't capitalism. It's autocratic.
August 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Trump Admin didn't approve the license for Nvidia to sell until Jensen Huang agreed to give the US government a 15 percent cut.
This isn't capitalism. It's autocratic.
This isn't capitalism. It's autocratic.
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The center is not holding.
Read all of this. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-center...
Read all of this. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-center...
June 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The center is not holding.
Read all of this. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-center...
Read all of this. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-center...
Look behind Brad Lander's shoulder.
Why is this officer in a FULL black head mask?
Why is this officer in a FULL black head mask?
June 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Look behind Brad Lander's shoulder.
Why is this officer in a FULL black head mask?
Why is this officer in a FULL black head mask?
I challenge one to find more MAGA absurdity captured in a single photo.
I am in awe of the high art.
It would probably be banned in Florida.
What a place www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/m...
I am in awe of the high art.
It would probably be banned in Florida.
What a place www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/m...
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I challenge one to find more MAGA absurdity captured in a single photo.
I am in awe of the high art.
It would probably be banned in Florida.
What a place www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/m...
I am in awe of the high art.
It would probably be banned in Florida.
What a place www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/m...
In a universe not so very long ago, Elise Stefanik was very very very upset over the idea of American institutions accepting large financial gifts from Qatar.
May 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In a universe not so very long ago, Elise Stefanik was very very very upset over the idea of American institutions accepting large financial gifts from Qatar.
Groups Trump has targeted the most, as of now.
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Groups Trump has targeted the most, as of now.
The Trump Admin disappears people to a foreign prison and then says don't ask questions because we don't have jurisdiction over the legal black hole we affirmatively sunk the person into.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
April 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Trump Admin disappears people to a foreign prison and then says don't ask questions because we don't have jurisdiction over the legal black hole we affirmatively sunk the person into.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
The violence appears to be going in the other direction.
March 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The violence appears to be going in the other direction.