Don Carlos Toledo
@doncarlostoledo.bsky.social
P.T. Barnum said it so long ago
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One of the great things about this site is that it allows you to avoid the worst parts of "Twitter" circa 2024 but that sometimes comes at the price of having to deal with the worst parts of twitter circa 2014
If Republicans hate the for-profit insurance industry (that we had to accomodate, just to barely pass long-overdue reforms like guaranteed coverage despite pre-existing conditions) so much, then maybe it's time to start talking about Medicare for All again.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If Republicans hate the for-profit insurance industry (that we had to accomodate, just to barely pass long-overdue reforms like guaranteed coverage despite pre-existing conditions) so much, then maybe it's time to start talking about Medicare for All again.
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JB Pritzker: “Not everything is a both sides issue. When someone’s breaching the Constitution, it needs to be called out. There’s not two sides to it. When there’s fact and fiction, you don’t present those equally”
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
JB Pritzker: “Not everything is a both sides issue. When someone’s breaching the Constitution, it needs to be called out. There’s not two sides to it. When there’s fact and fiction, you don’t present those equally”
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There's a reason most American Jews (and the Israeli Supreme Court) answer "yes it can be both"!
But the occupation creates an iron triangle (in the engineering sense). Democracy, a Jewish state, and the Whole Land of Israel: pick 2.
But the occupation creates an iron triangle (in the engineering sense). Democracy, a Jewish state, and the Whole Land of Israel: pick 2.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
There's a reason most American Jews (and the Israeli Supreme Court) answer "yes it can be both"!
But the occupation creates an iron triangle (in the engineering sense). Democracy, a Jewish state, and the Whole Land of Israel: pick 2.
But the occupation creates an iron triangle (in the engineering sense). Democracy, a Jewish state, and the Whole Land of Israel: pick 2.
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We're...gonna have to make future presidents sign a lease and put down a deposit.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We're...gonna have to make future presidents sign a lease and put down a deposit.
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
transmogrify
[𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘮𝘰𝘨-𝘳𝘶𝘩-𝘧𝘢𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻-]
the process whereby the right wing immediately tries to make every shooter trans
[𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘮𝘰𝘨-𝘳𝘶𝘩-𝘧𝘢𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻-]
the process whereby the right wing immediately tries to make every shooter trans
September 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
transmogrify
[𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘮𝘰𝘨-𝘳𝘶𝘩-𝘧𝘢𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻-]
the process whereby the right wing immediately tries to make every shooter trans
[𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘮𝘰𝘨-𝘳𝘶𝘩-𝘧𝘢𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻-]
the process whereby the right wing immediately tries to make every shooter trans
Another shooting. And shooter. If only there were something that all these shooters, who shoot, have in common, something in every single shooting w/every shooter. All these shootings where shooting is done by a shooter there oughta be SOME common factor. What could it be?
Shoot, sure wish I knew.
Shoot, sure wish I knew.
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another shooting. And shooter. If only there were something that all these shooters, who shoot, have in common, something in every single shooting w/every shooter. All these shootings where shooting is done by a shooter there oughta be SOME common factor. What could it be?
Shoot, sure wish I knew.
Shoot, sure wish I knew.
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For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal
Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.
slate.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
Oh FFS. First off, yes, I respect Sen. Brown's almost 2 decades in the Senate. But this is exactly the fucking prob with the boomers who run the DNC & their love of legacy acts. For them, jobs are for a lifetime- followed by a pensioned retirement.
No one under 60 has ever lived in that reality.
No one under 60 has ever lived in that reality.
SCOOP: Former Sen. Sherrod Brown met with Chuck Schumer in Ohio this weekend as Brown weighs a possible comeback to flip a GOP Senate seat in 2026
Scoop: Sherrod Brown met with Schumer in Ohio amid 2026 Senate push
Schumer has lobbied Brown for months to run.
www.axios.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Oh FFS. First off, yes, I respect Sen. Brown's almost 2 decades in the Senate. But this is exactly the fucking prob with the boomers who run the DNC & their love of legacy acts. For them, jobs are for a lifetime- followed by a pensioned retirement.
No one under 60 has ever lived in that reality.
No one under 60 has ever lived in that reality.
This seems important
WATCH: “More could’ve been done.”
KERR COUNTY folks didn’t want to take money from “The Biden Regime” that could’ve been used for a flood warning system 👇🏽
KERR COUNTY folks didn’t want to take money from “The Biden Regime” that could’ve been used for a flood warning system 👇🏽
July 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This seems important
Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for saying (out loud!) the two words I've been screaming at my various screens pretty much nonstop for the past 17 years:
PUBLIC OPTION
PUBLIC OPTION
June 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for saying (out loud!) the two words I've been screaming at my various screens pretty much nonstop for the past 17 years:
PUBLIC OPTION
PUBLIC OPTION
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The fight over transgender rights is not a sideshow in American politics, according to political scientists who have dived into public opinion. Instead, it is one of the first of many battles over diversity and difference that will determine the nation’s political future.
Antagonism to transgender rights is tied to the authoritarian desire for social conformity – not just partisan affiliation
Authoritarian attitudes – the desire for social conformity and an aversion to difference – play an important role in Americans’ willingness to restrict transgender rights.
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June 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The fight over transgender rights is not a sideshow in American politics, according to political scientists who have dived into public opinion. Instead, it is one of the first of many battles over diversity and difference that will determine the nation’s political future.
I disagree with 'lost on trans rights' but Sarah McBride does make some very good points about the tendency of (some of) the extremely online left to play purity police, which pisses people off.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
Opinion | Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I disagree with 'lost on trans rights' but Sarah McBride does make some very good points about the tendency of (some of) the extremely online left to play purity police, which pisses people off.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
It's also worth noting that it requires only something like 300 votes* to become Governor of South Dakota
*This is, of course, an exaggeration. Kristi Noem won in 2022 with 217,035 votes, which is approximately 6.6% of the votes Alex Padilla got in his 2020 Senate Race
*This is, of course, an exaggeration. Kristi Noem won in 2022 with 217,035 votes, which is approximately 6.6% of the votes Alex Padilla got in his 2020 Senate Race
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It's also worth noting that it requires only something like 300 votes* to become Governor of South Dakota
*This is, of course, an exaggeration. Kristi Noem won in 2022 with 217,035 votes, which is approximately 6.6% of the votes Alex Padilla got in his 2020 Senate Race
*This is, of course, an exaggeration. Kristi Noem won in 2022 with 217,035 votes, which is approximately 6.6% of the votes Alex Padilla got in his 2020 Senate Race
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
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Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov is meeting the leadership moment
April 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov is meeting the leadership moment
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Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
April 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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Jeffrey Goldberg is the fucking hero of the hour. Check out this postscript to his EXTRAORDINARY story about finding himself in the “we’re gonna bomb someone group chat today. This is the stuff. Tattoo it on your heart.
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Jeffrey Goldberg is the fucking hero of the hour. Check out this postscript to his EXTRAORDINARY story about finding himself in the “we’re gonna bomb someone group chat today. This is the stuff. Tattoo it on your heart.
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Ted Lasso is trending 🤷♂️
March 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ted Lasso is trending 🤷♂️
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1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Vice President Garbage Pail Kid can go fuck himself
JD Vance best watch this vid ‘cuz yesterday he bitched that his 3-yr-old was scared by a group of protesters shouting “Slava Ukraini.”
The hypocrisy is staggering: This girl lost her leg in a Russian attack & is a symbol of the unyielding strength of the Ukrainian people who are fighting pure evil.
The hypocrisy is staggering: This girl lost her leg in a Russian attack & is a symbol of the unyielding strength of the Ukrainian people who are fighting pure evil.
March 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Vice President Garbage Pail Kid can go fuck himself
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Proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as an ally in the fight.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker condemns Trump’s LGBTQ+ erasure & rising authoritarianism in blistering speech
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities...what comes ne...
www.advocate.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as an ally in the fight.