Carol McWho
@carolmccwho.bsky.social
Free-lance writer. Midwest progressive. LGBTQIA+ friendly. Racism sucks. GenX. she/her. No DMs.
We, the U.S.A. Killed 600,000 people by denying food aid. If you voted for Trump, this is what you voted for.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We, the U.S.A. Killed 600,000 people by denying food aid. If you voted for Trump, this is what you voted for.
I’m old enough to remember when wearing a tan suit was considered “unpresidential.”
How quaint it all seems now.
How quaint it all seems now.
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m old enough to remember when wearing a tan suit was considered “unpresidential.”
How quaint it all seems now.
How quaint it all seems now.
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Political violence is always immoral and always counterproductive for a healthy democracy. It solves nothing. It only leads to further violence and ultimately enables scapegoating of vulnerable communities. Committing acts of violence against those who disagree with us helps no one.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Political violence is always immoral and always counterproductive for a healthy democracy. It solves nothing. It only leads to further violence and ultimately enables scapegoating of vulnerable communities. Committing acts of violence against those who disagree with us helps no one.
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Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
May 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RFK Jr and Statistics:
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Almost a year later, this looks like excellent reporting by @rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Almost a year later, this looks like excellent reporting by @rollingstone.com
If you’re not getting paper copies of The Onion, you should probably change that and subscribe.
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you’re not getting paper copies of The Onion, you should probably change that and subscribe.
I would take out the word “perhaps”…
May 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I would take out the word “perhaps”…
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Sleepy who?
It was all but certain that he would embarrass America at the Pope’s funeral.
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sleepy who?
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If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
April 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
RFK, Jr. was nine years old when his JFK was shot. In this clip, one of his arguments is that the conditions he lists weren’t part of the medical nomenclature when his uncle was president. How many nine year olds are familiar with medical nomenclature?
Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
RFK, Jr. was nine years old when his JFK was shot. In this clip, one of his arguments is that the conditions he lists weren’t part of the medical nomenclature when his uncle was president. How many nine year olds are familiar with medical nomenclature?
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🚨Trump is trying to hijack the nonpartisan Election Assistance Commission to advance his voter suppression agenda.
Election denier activists are flooding the commission with comments in support.
Help fight back by submitting a comment. ⬇️
Election denier activists are flooding the commission with comments in support.
Help fight back by submitting a comment. ⬇️
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚨Trump is trying to hijack the nonpartisan Election Assistance Commission to advance his voter suppression agenda.
Election denier activists are flooding the commission with comments in support.
Help fight back by submitting a comment. ⬇️
Election denier activists are flooding the commission with comments in support.
Help fight back by submitting a comment. ⬇️
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Democrats, keep holding townhalls in red spaces.
Our Republican Reps do not come home. They do not speak to us. They do not care about us. I know this, but I need my Republican neighbors to realize it.
Come talk to them. Show them. Reach them. Rural Dem organizers on the ground can help.
Our Republican Reps do not come home. They do not speak to us. They do not care about us. I know this, but I need my Republican neighbors to realize it.
Come talk to them. Show them. Reach them. Rural Dem organizers on the ground can help.
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Democrats, keep holding townhalls in red spaces.
Our Republican Reps do not come home. They do not speak to us. They do not care about us. I know this, but I need my Republican neighbors to realize it.
Come talk to them. Show them. Reach them. Rural Dem organizers on the ground can help.
Our Republican Reps do not come home. They do not speak to us. They do not care about us. I know this, but I need my Republican neighbors to realize it.
Come talk to them. Show them. Reach them. Rural Dem organizers on the ground can help.
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If only people had believed the warnings present in Project 2025 and its planned decimation of America.
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If only people had believed the warnings present in Project 2025 and its planned decimation of America.
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Jim Sciutto nails it:
This isn’t just about one gang leader, one university, or one law firm.
It’s about principles:
-Due process
-Academic freedom
-The right to legal representation
If those fall, they fall for everyone.
This is authoritarian creep, not partisan politics.👇
This isn’t just about one gang leader, one university, or one law firm.
It’s about principles:
-Due process
-Academic freedom
-The right to legal representation
If those fall, they fall for everyone.
This is authoritarian creep, not partisan politics.👇
April 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Jim Sciutto nails it:
This isn’t just about one gang leader, one university, or one law firm.
It’s about principles:
-Due process
-Academic freedom
-The right to legal representation
If those fall, they fall for everyone.
This is authoritarian creep, not partisan politics.👇
This isn’t just about one gang leader, one university, or one law firm.
It’s about principles:
-Due process
-Academic freedom
-The right to legal representation
If those fall, they fall for everyone.
This is authoritarian creep, not partisan politics.👇
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Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
April 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
👇👇👇
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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
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Why would any woman vote for Trump?
I have a theory after being in contact with Trump-voting white women for nine years. I have divided them into four categories. This is not at all scientific, and there are likely more categories…
jesspiper.substack.com/p/trumps-women
I have a theory after being in contact with Trump-voting white women for nine years. I have divided them into four categories. This is not at all scientific, and there are likely more categories…
jesspiper.substack.com/p/trumps-women
Trump's Women
Four categories.
jesspiper.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Why would any woman vote for Trump?
I have a theory after being in contact with Trump-voting white women for nine years. I have divided them into four categories. This is not at all scientific, and there are likely more categories…
jesspiper.substack.com/p/trumps-women
I have a theory after being in contact with Trump-voting white women for nine years. I have divided them into four categories. This is not at all scientific, and there are likely more categories…
jesspiper.substack.com/p/trumps-women
What could go wrong?
Jackson County Public Health (Kansas City) said it lost $1.1 million it had been expecting from federal funding streams. As a result, the health department immediately laid off three employees who worked on monitoring communicable disease outbreaks in local schools.
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Massive cuts to federal health care grants alarm Kansas City’s public health community
The grants paid for public health basics like vaccines for children, infectious disease tracking, community health work and funding for mental health and addiction treatment.
thebeaconnews.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What could go wrong?
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📌Aside from completely wrecking the economy ... It would be great if everybody focused on why no tariffs were placed on Russia.
(Hint: He's compromised.)
-Thanks
(Hint: He's compromised.)
-Thanks
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📌Aside from completely wrecking the economy ... It would be great if everybody focused on why no tariffs were placed on Russia.
(Hint: He's compromised.)
-Thanks
(Hint: He's compromised.)
-Thanks