Carol Demcak
@caroldemcak.bsky.social
Country girl by birth (West Virginia), city girl as adult. Married, two adult sons. Prehistoric archaeologist by trade, Southern California location. Love cats and reading. Nature lover. Optimist.
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There are now zero black full-time opinion writers at the Washington Post.
September 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
There are now zero black full-time opinion writers at the Washington Post.
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A Trump-nominated judge on Thursday issued a groundbreaking ruling that said the president was wrong to claim that the activities of a Venezuelan gang in the U.S. amounted to an “invasion” that justified invoking a wartime law.
In Texas Borderland, Trump’s Immigration Push Suffers Its Worst Legal Defeat Yet
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A Trump-nominated judge on Thursday issued a groundbreaking ruling that said the president was wrong to claim that the activities of a Venezuelan gang in the U.S. amounted to an “invasion” that justified invoking a wartime law.
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I wonder how many Americans realize that Bribery is one of just two impeachable offenses specifically enumerated in the United States Constitution and the case that Donald Trump has now committed that crime dozens of times in his second term is a legal slam dunk.
So shall we get started?
So shall we get started?
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wonder how many Americans realize that Bribery is one of just two impeachable offenses specifically enumerated in the United States Constitution and the case that Donald Trump has now committed that crime dozens of times in his second term is a legal slam dunk.
So shall we get started?
So shall we get started?
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As a reminder, Trump's approval rating is 39%, which is the lowest for any president in the past 80 years. 😃
We can do better, I’m talking single digit, better.
We can do better, I’m talking single digit, better.
April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As a reminder, Trump's approval rating is 39%, which is the lowest for any president in the past 80 years. 😃
We can do better, I’m talking single digit, better.
We can do better, I’m talking single digit, better.
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“Unless something dramatic changes, the US will experience a COVID-like crisis without the COVID, and with no appetite or excuse to start throwing money at people to stave off further crisis.”
There are 3 parallel timelines that may decide fate of Republic:
1) GOP effort to codify Trump's agenda, currently slated for June-July
2) SCOTUS rubber stamp of some of his efforts to neuter Congress, probably Fall
3) His trade war catastrophe, starting in weeks
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/30/t...
1) GOP effort to codify Trump's agenda, currently slated for June-July
2) SCOTUS rubber stamp of some of his efforts to neuter Congress, probably Fall
3) His trade war catastrophe, starting in weeks
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/30/t...
Three Coequal Timelines of Government - emptywheel
The timeline for the Republican Congress to pass a budget codifying Trump's policies is slipping, now as late as July. That means it is increasingly likely that as Trump seeks near-unanimous Republica...
www.emptywheel.net
April 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Unless something dramatic changes, the US will experience a COVID-like crisis without the COVID, and with no appetite or excuse to start throwing money at people to stave off further crisis.”
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Trump owes his presidency and freedom to due process. Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
Commentary from @swin24.bsky.social ⤵️
Commentary from @swin24.bsky.social ⤵️
Trump, Who Owes His Freedom To Due Process, Is Destroying It for Everyone Else
Donald Trump owes his presidency and freedom to due process. Now, he says America can’t give everyone a trial — no matter what the Constitution says.
www.rollingstone.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Trump owes his presidency and freedom to due process. Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
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Commentary from @swin24.bsky.social ⤵️
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Pardon me but f*** no.
I want actual doctors to research my kid's medicine to make sure it is safe. Actual engineers to make sure strollers & car seats work.
I'm not qualified to do any of that.
I could try to make sure my kid's history curriculum is safe, but then these guys complain its woke.
I want actual doctors to research my kid's medicine to make sure it is safe. Actual engineers to make sure strollers & car seats work.
I'm not qualified to do any of that.
I could try to make sure my kid's history curriculum is safe, but then these guys complain its woke.
4/ He promotes what sociologists call "intensive parenting," as a superior way to ensure kids are safe. That's a time/labor-intensive & stressful form of parenting many US *mothers* feel pressured to follow due to cultural norms/expectations around mothers as primary caregivers.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Pardon me but f*** no.
I want actual doctors to research my kid's medicine to make sure it is safe. Actual engineers to make sure strollers & car seats work.
I'm not qualified to do any of that.
I could try to make sure my kid's history curriculum is safe, but then these guys complain its woke.
I want actual doctors to research my kid's medicine to make sure it is safe. Actual engineers to make sure strollers & car seats work.
I'm not qualified to do any of that.
I could try to make sure my kid's history curriculum is safe, but then these guys complain its woke.
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making that trip had a real impact and also raised their personal profiles. the only other explanations besides literally being controlled opposition are that A) Jeffries likes Trump's immigration policies or B) he just thinks it makes dems that aren't doing anything look bad. Both are unacceptable.
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
making that trip had a real impact and also raised their personal profiles. the only other explanations besides literally being controlled opposition are that A) Jeffries likes Trump's immigration policies or B) he just thinks it makes dems that aren't doing anything look bad. Both are unacceptable.
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It's neat how the AI geniuses are cramming half-baked AI chatbots into every possible place they can with no way for users to turn them off, and then bragging to each other about how many people are using the tech
April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's neat how the AI geniuses are cramming half-baked AI chatbots into every possible place they can with no way for users to turn them off, and then bragging to each other about how many people are using the tech
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What did this buffoon expect? Headlines like "Hip Hip Hooray for the former TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pretending to Run the Department of Defense by Bigotedly Erasing the Accomplishments of Any Black or Women Veterans and Then Drunkenly Revealing Military Secrets"?
April 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What did this buffoon expect? Headlines like "Hip Hip Hooray for the former TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pretending to Run the Department of Defense by Bigotedly Erasing the Accomplishments of Any Black or Women Veterans and Then Drunkenly Revealing Military Secrets"?
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A judge just ruled the government must release Mohsen Mahdawi on bail as his case proceeds.
We won't stop until Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all those unjustly detained for their speech are free.
We won't stop until Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all those unjustly detained for their speech are free.
April 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A judge just ruled the government must release Mohsen Mahdawi on bail as his case proceeds.
We won't stop until Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all those unjustly detained for their speech are free.
We won't stop until Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all those unjustly detained for their speech are free.
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Call your Republican Senators!!
Later today the Senate will vote on my bipartisan legislation to end Trump’s tariffs. This has a real chance of passing. I encourage everyone to make your voices heard with your Senators if you feel strongly about this issue. I’ll be working to get it across the finish line. More soon.
April 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Call your Republican Senators!!
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TRUMP: "What would you say if I asked you to return that Kilmar Whatever Whatever Garcia person?"
BUKELE: "What have you paid me to say?"
TRUMP: "You know the answer to that."
BUKELE: "Then no."
TRUMP: "Thank you. Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
BUKELE: "What have you paid me to say?"
TRUMP: "You know the answer to that."
BUKELE: "Then no."
TRUMP: "Thank you. Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
April 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
TRUMP: "What would you say if I asked you to return that Kilmar Whatever Whatever Garcia person?"
BUKELE: "What have you paid me to say?"
TRUMP: "You know the answer to that."
BUKELE: "Then no."
TRUMP: "Thank you. Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
BUKELE: "What have you paid me to say?"
TRUMP: "You know the answer to that."
BUKELE: "Then no."
TRUMP: "Thank you. Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
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Our forefathers BEFORE Reagan believed that those who benefited the most from their opportunities here also had an obligation to contribute the most back to those unexpected expenses- unlike today where they cut their taxes( US income)
www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-in...
www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-in...
Historical Income Tax Rates
Wolters Kluwer takes a historical look at the top marginal income tax rates in the United States.
www.wolterskluwer.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our forefathers BEFORE Reagan believed that those who benefited the most from their opportunities here also had an obligation to contribute the most back to those unexpected expenses- unlike today where they cut their taxes( US income)
www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-in...
www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-in...
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Hi every single #Labour MP
The Glasmanisation of the Labour Party is a massive risk to them. The Conservatives discovered that if you insult your professional base long enough in a desperate attempt to win populist right votes, they will flock to the Lib Dems and you lose 60 seats. Labour may find similar soon enough.
I had many problems with Blair, but his talk of a modern, open, knowledge-based economy was a breath of fresh air compared to this atavistic, closed-minded economically illiterate shit.
April 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi every single #Labour MP
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Weird, and unsettling.
The Curious Case Of Sullivan & Cromwell's Relationship With Donald Trump - Above the Law
How *did* the Biglaw deals with Trump get started?
abovethelaw.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Weird, and unsettling.
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Imagine leaking classified strike plans from a personal phone to your family—putting U.S. Troops at risk—and then whining about media coverage.
Pete Hegseth isn’t just reckless. He’s 100% unfit to lead. Fire him.
Pete Hegseth isn’t just reckless. He’s 100% unfit to lead. Fire him.
April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Imagine leaking classified strike plans from a personal phone to your family—putting U.S. Troops at risk—and then whining about media coverage.
Pete Hegseth isn’t just reckless. He’s 100% unfit to lead. Fire him.
Pete Hegseth isn’t just reckless. He’s 100% unfit to lead. Fire him.
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Republicans voted to block hearings on #SignalGate yesterday.
They know that if they allow hearings we’ll learn that Felon47s foreign policy team broke the law & expose all of the other Cabinet level meetings taking place outside of security & record keeping protocols.
#DemVoice1
They know that if they allow hearings we’ll learn that Felon47s foreign policy team broke the law & expose all of the other Cabinet level meetings taking place outside of security & record keeping protocols.
#DemVoice1
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Republicans voted to block hearings on #SignalGate yesterday.
They know that if they allow hearings we’ll learn that Felon47s foreign policy team broke the law & expose all of the other Cabinet level meetings taking place outside of security & record keeping protocols.
#DemVoice1
They know that if they allow hearings we’ll learn that Felon47s foreign policy team broke the law & expose all of the other Cabinet level meetings taking place outside of security & record keeping protocols.
#DemVoice1
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I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
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Trump owes his presidency and freedom to due process.
Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
Commentary:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
Commentary:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Trump owes his presidency and freedom to due process.
Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
Commentary:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Now, he’s shredding this foundational constitutional right for everyone else.
Commentary:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The reviews are in! Trump has the “lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years,” according to ABC News. “Most Americans see Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator,’” per Axios. And “more give Trump an ‘F’ than any other grade,” says a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. All well deserved.
More here:
More here:
Some Great News For Us After Trump‘s 100 Days Of Absolute Failure
Featuring the lowest 100-day approval in modern times, impeachment, a massive labor union strike, and more
www.dworkinsubstack.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The reviews are in! Trump has the “lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years,” according to ABC News. “Most Americans see Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator,’” per Axios. And “more give Trump an ‘F’ than any other grade,” says a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. All well deserved.
More here:
More here:
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Excavation of storage and food preparation buildings at the Ptolemaic mining village of Ghozza, in Egypt's Eastern Desert. A pair of iron shackles designed for humans was uncovered here, revealing the harsh reality of being a miner in Hellenistic Egypt 🏺
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April 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excavation of storage and food preparation buildings at the Ptolemaic mining village of Ghozza, in Egypt's Eastern Desert. A pair of iron shackles designed for humans was uncovered here, revealing the harsh reality of being a miner in Hellenistic Egypt 🏺
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He thinks we’re stupid like his base ‼️
April 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
He thinks we’re stupid like his base ‼️