Michael Carlone
@comptonite.bsky.social
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It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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In a better society, all the men in those Epstein emails were taken out to the middle of the ocean and given a fair opportunity to swim home
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In a better society, all the men in those Epstein emails were taken out to the middle of the ocean and given a fair opportunity to swim home
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This is the purpose of The Fairness Doctrine, which is to ensure that people who lick doorknobs and cry when confronted by the complexity of shoelaces have equal footing in any debate with these condescending experts and their fancy books and dusty scrolls.
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is the purpose of The Fairness Doctrine, which is to ensure that people who lick doorknobs and cry when confronted by the complexity of shoelaces have equal footing in any debate with these condescending experts and their fancy books and dusty scrolls.
Hearty concurrence!
I mean, to Mike Johnson and the modern GOP, the values of the United States are totalitarianism, an all-powerful strongman leader, ignorance, bigotry, bullying, and sneering cruelty. I do hate those things, and I hate the people who embrace them, so I guess I hate their America.
Mike Johnson on No Kings: "We refer to it by its more accurate description -- the Hate America Rally. You're gonna bring together the Marxists, the socialists, the antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the far left Democrat Party. That is the modern Democratic Party."
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hearty concurrence!
Shitty people, continuously showing their total lack of decency.
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shitty people, continuously showing their total lack of decency.
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I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
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Standing up for due process isn’t standing up for criminals. It’s standing up for the fact that the truth isn’t just whatever the loudest or the most powerful person says it is.
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Standing up for due process isn’t standing up for criminals. It’s standing up for the fact that the truth isn’t just whatever the loudest or the most powerful person says it is.
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The people of Chicago should govern themselves. The idea that the president is going to impose some kind of military rule is absolutely repugnant to our founding principles and affront to the rule of law. Our constitution does not permit for arbitrary federal policing like this.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The people of Chicago should govern themselves. The idea that the president is going to impose some kind of military rule is absolutely repugnant to our founding principles and affront to the rule of law. Our constitution does not permit for arbitrary federal policing like this.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Foul, despicable fellow citizens.
NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
August 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Foul, despicable fellow citizens.
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I think a lot of people simply don't realize how often and significantly initial economic figures get revised. The alternative is just waiting three months or longer. But nobody wants to do that either.
August 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think a lot of people simply don't realize how often and significantly initial economic figures get revised. The alternative is just waiting three months or longer. But nobody wants to do that either.
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This was where I worked. This was where research showed that BPA harmed babies, Pesticides created 6 legged frogs and PCBs cause cancer among other things. The EPA is a superhero from protecting human health and the health of our water and air. Ask WHY they would shut this down?
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
July 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This was where I worked. This was where research showed that BPA harmed babies, Pesticides created 6 legged frogs and PCBs cause cancer among other things. The EPA is a superhero from protecting human health and the health of our water and air. Ask WHY they would shut this down?
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So urban workers will be sent down to the countryside, then?
If only history could be our guide…
If only history could be our guide…
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So urban workers will be sent down to the countryside, then?
If only history could be our guide…
If only history could be our guide…
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We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover
July 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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NEW: Elon Musk gets out of Trump Town—and gets off easy. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I report on how the media still mischaracterize his DOGE work as a war on waste and fraud when it's a war on government and essential services. They have abetted his con.
link.motherjones.com/public/40120...
link.motherjones.com/public/40120...
June 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: Elon Musk gets out of Trump Town—and gets off easy. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I report on how the media still mischaracterize his DOGE work as a war on waste and fraud when it's a war on government and essential services. They have abetted his con.
link.motherjones.com/public/40120...
link.motherjones.com/public/40120...
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In 2023, four of the seven US-based Nobel laureates were immigrants.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In 2023, four of the seven US-based Nobel laureates were immigrants.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
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US policy uncertainty right now is off the charts -- worse than during covid, 2008 financial crisis, debt limit showdowns, after 9/11, you name it.
www.policyuncertainty.com
www.policyuncertainty.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
US policy uncertainty right now is off the charts -- worse than during covid, 2008 financial crisis, debt limit showdowns, after 9/11, you name it.
www.policyuncertainty.com
www.policyuncertainty.com
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The perverting effect of money.
May 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The perverting effect of money.
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Backing Ukraine was one of the best *deals* in US history: for fraction of our defense budget and some old supplies, we backed another country to destroy our enemy (ruthless autocratic petrostate with designs on eastern European capitalistic democracies) without committing any US military personnel.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Backing Ukraine was one of the best *deals* in US history: for fraction of our defense budget and some old supplies, we backed another country to destroy our enemy (ruthless autocratic petrostate with designs on eastern European capitalistic democracies) without committing any US military personnel.