Carol
@carolschlenker.bsky.social
Jersey girl, boy mom, immigration paralegal & art student. Middle aged in body, middle school in spirit. Not a good German.
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The National Guard should be home this holiday season. Today together with our allies at Common Defense we asked holiday shoppers to share their reasons why they want the Guard to go home.
Our demand remains: National Guard out NOW.
Our demand remains: National Guard out NOW.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The National Guard should be home this holiday season. Today together with our allies at Common Defense we asked holiday shoppers to share their reasons why they want the Guard to go home.
Our demand remains: National Guard out NOW.
Our demand remains: National Guard out NOW.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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JUST NOW: Rally to Stop ICE deportation flights!
We’re at the State House in Annapolis with @indivisible.org calling on Gov. Wes Moore stop ICE flights by Avelo Airlines out of state-owned airports in Maryland.
Stop deporting our neighbors!!
We’re at the State House in Annapolis with @indivisible.org calling on Gov. Wes Moore stop ICE flights by Avelo Airlines out of state-owned airports in Maryland.
Stop deporting our neighbors!!
October 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
JUST NOW: Rally to Stop ICE deportation flights!
We’re at the State House in Annapolis with @indivisible.org calling on Gov. Wes Moore stop ICE flights by Avelo Airlines out of state-owned airports in Maryland.
Stop deporting our neighbors!!
We’re at the State House in Annapolis with @indivisible.org calling on Gov. Wes Moore stop ICE flights by Avelo Airlines out of state-owned airports in Maryland.
Stop deporting our neighbors!!
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March to Stop ICE flights!
Gov. Wes Moore can stop Avelo Airlines from deporting our neighbors from state-owned airports in Maryland.
Add your voice: act.ourrevolution.com/signup/Depor...
Gov. Wes Moore can stop Avelo Airlines from deporting our neighbors from state-owned airports in Maryland.
Add your voice: act.ourrevolution.com/signup/Depor...
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
March to Stop ICE flights!
Gov. Wes Moore can stop Avelo Airlines from deporting our neighbors from state-owned airports in Maryland.
Add your voice: act.ourrevolution.com/signup/Depor...
Gov. Wes Moore can stop Avelo Airlines from deporting our neighbors from state-owned airports in Maryland.
Add your voice: act.ourrevolution.com/signup/Depor...
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The plan to beat Citizen's United is simple—it relies on corporate law that's existed for centuries.
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The plan to beat Citizen's United is simple—it relies on corporate law that's existed for centuries.
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Politicians used to have to answer directly to their constituents, not corporations.
@jmangan.bsky.social explains how dark money in politics is getting between voters and their elected leaders:
@jmangan.bsky.social explains how dark money in politics is getting between voters and their elected leaders:
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Politicians used to have to answer directly to their constituents, not corporations.
@jmangan.bsky.social explains how dark money in politics is getting between voters and their elected leaders:
@jmangan.bsky.social explains how dark money in politics is getting between voters and their elected leaders:
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Jeff Mangan explains how Montanans are fired up to end Citizen's United in their state. Could your state be next? See how here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/introducing-caps-plan-to-beat-citizens-united/
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Jeff Mangan explains how Montanans are fired up to end Citizen's United in their state. Could your state be next? See how here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/introducing-caps-plan-to-beat-citizens-united/
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We must restore the power to the people over corporations. @neeratanden.bsky.social speaks about plan to end Citizens United: www.americanprogress.org/article/intr...
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We must restore the power to the people over corporations. @neeratanden.bsky.social speaks about plan to end Citizens United: www.americanprogress.org/article/intr...
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We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
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This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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We were back at BWI Airport today for Avelo Takedown 2 with our boycott Avelo message! We danced even harder than last time against Avelo and their ICE flights. Lots of drivers honked and waved their support! #AveloOutOfBWI
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We were back at BWI Airport today for Avelo Takedown 2 with our boycott Avelo message! We danced even harder than last time against Avelo and their ICE flights. Lots of drivers honked and waved their support! #AveloOutOfBWI
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The key to ending dark money in American politics is deceptively simple: amend state corporation law, not campaign finance law. CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social breaks it down for @USAToday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion
Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.
t.co
September 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The key to ending dark money in American politics is deceptively simple: amend state corporation law, not campaign finance law. CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social breaks it down for @USAToday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Join us Sun, Aug 31, 10-noon for an Avelo Takedown Overpass Protest and Dance Party! Bring banners, flags, and your dancing feet to show Avelo Airlines we want them to stop the deportation flights. Let’s work together to get
#AveloOutOfMaryland and #StopAveloNow!
#AveloOutOfMaryland and #StopAveloNow!
August 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Join us Sun, Aug 31, 10-noon for an Avelo Takedown Overpass Protest and Dance Party! Bring banners, flags, and your dancing feet to show Avelo Airlines we want them to stop the deportation flights. Let’s work together to get
#AveloOutOfMaryland and #StopAveloNow!
#AveloOutOfMaryland and #StopAveloNow!
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Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is requesting MPD to redirect resources, and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is requesting MPD to redirect resources, and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
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If you’re in DC and seeing National Guard/Federal agent activity, reach out via Signal at marisakabas.04
August 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
If you’re in DC and seeing National Guard/Federal agent activity, reach out via Signal at marisakabas.04
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Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
July 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
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It is not really exaggeration to say that because of how the Trump administration is going about this and related policy, that the fate of the nation and its democratic health Does Indeed come down to the fate of just one guy: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me
from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me
Why Trump's Admin Insists on Terrorizing Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A judge ordered Abrego Garcia’s release. Trump officials want to use the opportunity to deport him to El Salvador again — or an unnamed third country.
www.rollingstone.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It is not really exaggeration to say that because of how the Trump administration is going about this and related policy, that the fate of the nation and its democratic health Does Indeed come down to the fate of just one guy: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me
from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me
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HAPPENING NOW: Hello again from Greenbelt, Maryland, where an ICE official is set to be questioned about the Trump administration's plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from criminal custody in Tennessee.
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
July 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hello again from Greenbelt, Maryland, where an ICE official is set to be questioned about the Trump administration's plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from criminal custody in Tennessee.
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
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Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement: