Carolyn
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Carolyn
@carolynstapleton.bsky.social
Creative dreamer and occasional loudmouth. Believer in fairness, generosity and possibility. Loves real Art, artcars, Spirituality, creatures, inherent beauty and cooking.
Good on you sir
Gov JB Pritzker (R-IL) signs order prohibiting Jan 6 rioters from state employment in Illinois:

“I hereby direct CMS to apply the State Personnel Code and consider
any participation in the January 6 insurrection as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State”
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Long winded and beautiful, Ann Lamott
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I do believe there will be Good that comes of this upheaval and that there is Divine order despite outer appearance. Not the political outcome that my kindred had hoped for. Let's create Better for All.
January 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
More child martyrs to incompetence
When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Seriously? The church turns a blind eye to decades of pedophilia yet defrocks over freedom of observation?
The Anglican Catholic Church has defrocked Father Calvin Robinson after the priest went viral for mimicking a recent gesture by Elon Musk that looked like a Nazi salute. It happened at the end of a speech Robinson made at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, DC.
Priest Defrocked After Copying Elon Musk's Salute at Pro-Life Summit
Calvin Robinson was expelled from the Anglican Catholic Church after copying a salute given by Elon Musk that has been likened to a Nazi salute.
www.rollingstone.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Carolyn
"The free speech crisis hiding in plain sight isn’t about whether individuals can ever criticize powerful figures — it’s about whether institutions can withstand the pressure to self-censor in the face of legal and political intimidation..."

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The new free speech crisis hiding in plain sight
Through litigation and retaliation, the rich and powerful are waging a censorship campaign.
www.msnbc.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposted by Carolyn
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?

DUFFY: *walks away*

(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM