Caroline Stout
@babybluetx.bsky.social
attorney, writer, recovering conservative
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Caroline Stout
@babybluetx.bsky.social
· Jul 12
I Thought I Belonged. Then I Realized What I Was Part Of.
Why I left the conservative movement--and why you can too.
babybluetx.substack.com
Hi, I'm Caroline, and I used to work for Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. Over the past several years, I've grappled with how to reconcile my past political involvement with the state of politics now, but with the direction of U.S. politics, I truly cannot stay silent.
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A Turning Point USA early adopter sees the light and leaves. Now an attorney in Texas she writes: “I was in deep” into TPUSA, “an organization within which I initially found so much belonging and joy. However, the deeper I got, the more meanness I found. A nastiness that I didn’t understand….”
Hi, I'm Caroline, and I used to work for Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. Over the past several years, I've grappled with how to reconcile my past political involvement with the state of politics now, but with the direction of U.S. politics, I truly cannot stay silent.
I Thought I Belonged. Then I Realized What I Was Part Of.
Why I left the conservative movement--and why you can too.
babybluetx.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A Turning Point USA early adopter sees the light and leaves. Now an attorney in Texas she writes: “I was in deep” into TPUSA, “an organization within which I initially found so much belonging and joy. However, the deeper I got, the more meanness I found. A nastiness that I didn’t understand….”
Hi, I'm Caroline, and I used to work for Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. Over the past several years, I've grappled with how to reconcile my past political involvement with the state of politics now, but with the direction of U.S. politics, I truly cannot stay silent.
I Thought I Belonged. Then I Realized What I Was Part Of.
Why I left the conservative movement--and why you can too.
babybluetx.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hi, I'm Caroline, and I used to work for Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. Over the past several years, I've grappled with how to reconcile my past political involvement with the state of politics now, but with the direction of U.S. politics, I truly cannot stay silent.
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Is this a good economic indicator, chat?
BREAKING: Amazon, $AMZN, first day traffic for Amazon Prime Day is down 41%, per Bloomberg.
July 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Is this a good economic indicator, chat?
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(Fletch voice) Thank God, the… Democrats.
July 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
(Fletch voice) Thank God, the… Democrats.
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Every single Republican who just voted to rip health care away from 17 million Americans has government-funded health care.
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Every single Republican who just voted to rip health care away from 17 million Americans has government-funded health care.
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tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals
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“Depriving adults and their kids of healthcare and saddling our grandkids with crippling debt is ‘immaterial’ as long as we get to keep kidnapping people with darker skin.”
What sick bastards.
What sick bastards.
July 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Depriving adults and their kids of healthcare and saddling our grandkids with crippling debt is ‘immaterial’ as long as we get to keep kidnapping people with darker skin.”
What sick bastards.
What sick bastards.
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So we can all agree that Trump intends for Medicare and Medicaid to collapse so that he can either offer government loans with insane strings attached to hospitals or overhaul the healthcare system altogether in some kind of crazy MAHA way, right?
July 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So we can all agree that Trump intends for Medicare and Medicaid to collapse so that he can either offer government loans with insane strings attached to hospitals or overhaul the healthcare system altogether in some kind of crazy MAHA way, right?
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The votes are slowing down.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
July 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The votes are slowing down.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
My biggest concern with Trump’s massive consolidation of executive power is that they wouldn’t be doing *gestures around at literally everything* all this if they genuinely believed a democrat (or even a moderate republican) would be in the White House in the foreseeable future.
June 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My biggest concern with Trump’s massive consolidation of executive power is that they wouldn’t be doing *gestures around at literally everything* all this if they genuinely believed a democrat (or even a moderate republican) would be in the White House in the foreseeable future.
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Never bet against the Republicans' willingness to sell out after spending weeks feigning concern. It's all an act. They're all self-serving cowards who will put party over country every single time.
June 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Never bet against the Republicans' willingness to sell out after spending weeks feigning concern. It's all an act. They're all self-serving cowards who will put party over country every single time.
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BREAKING: the current version of Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ being advanced by Senate Republicans will now cut $930 BILLION from Medicaid. All to fund tax breaks for billionaires
Heartless and cruel doesn’t even begin to describe this level of greed.
Heartless and cruel doesn’t even begin to describe this level of greed.
Republicans Keep Making Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Worse
Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will now cut $930 billion from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: the current version of Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ being advanced by Senate Republicans will now cut $930 BILLION from Medicaid. All to fund tax breaks for billionaires
Heartless and cruel doesn’t even begin to describe this level of greed.
Heartless and cruel doesn’t even begin to describe this level of greed.
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Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
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Idk why these pundits are so mad. Shakira Law in New York City sounds sexy as hell.
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Idk why these pundits are so mad. Shakira Law in New York City sounds sexy as hell.
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Undiluted projection.
Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
June 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Undiluted projection.
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We're getting very close to an *actual* WAR IS PEACE Fox news banner.
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We're getting very close to an *actual* WAR IS PEACE Fox news banner.
I’m genuinely wondering if Trump is trying to manifest a ceasefire rn thru his truth social rantings #iranconflict
June 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’m genuinely wondering if Trump is trying to manifest a ceasefire rn thru his truth social rantings #iranconflict
The nuclear Facebook post that blows up my family’s political ceasefire is about as imminent as WWII at this point
Every day I get close to the Facebook post of all time that just permanently uninvites me from every single family Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner.
June 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The nuclear Facebook post that blows up my family’s political ceasefire is about as imminent as WWII at this point
The fog of war propaganda is settling in thick already on the news networks 😮💨
June 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The fog of war propaganda is settling in thick already on the news networks 😮💨
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From "stay the hell out" to "MAGA"
June 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
From "stay the hell out" to "MAGA"
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It's apparently "not human" anymore to use an em dash when writing, which is slightly annoying as someone who uses the em dash frequently. Everyone being terrible at writing is responsible for this.
June 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's apparently "not human" anymore to use an em dash when writing, which is slightly annoying as someone who uses the em dash frequently. Everyone being terrible at writing is responsible for this.
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dropping 3 bombs & then saying “now is the time for peace” is peak america
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
dropping 3 bombs & then saying “now is the time for peace” is peak america
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Dudes will cheerlead a war in the Middle East instead of going to therapy and taking their meds
Shame on @fetterman.senate.gov for this utterly reckless and delusional response to senseless war. It is imperative that Democratic leadership implore Fetterman to step aside before more damage is done to Pennsylvania and the nation.
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Dudes will cheerlead a war in the Middle East instead of going to therapy and taking their meds