Carol Crayton
@secretveil.bsky.social
Poet and writer, educator and counselor.
The Trump Administration is breaking laws without any consequences. There is a trail of blood, death, and tears left behind from decisions and policies Trump has implemented, in his past and present administration. Does the word, “reckoning” mean anything here?
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Trump Administration is breaking laws without any consequences. There is a trail of blood, death, and tears left behind from decisions and policies Trump has implemented, in his past and present administration. Does the word, “reckoning” mean anything here?
Trump prancing around the world, making deals, sending money to other countries, feeding his ego, enriching his personal wealth and drawing as much attention to himself as he can squander - meanwhile, the America he will make Great Again is dying a slow death. Why are there still Trump supporters!?
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Trump prancing around the world, making deals, sending money to other countries, feeding his ego, enriching his personal wealth and drawing as much attention to himself as he can squander - meanwhile, the America he will make Great Again is dying a slow death. Why are there still Trump supporters!?
Saw Ragtime today at Lincoln Center. Powerful story and performances that had so many of us saddened by its timeliness.
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Saw Ragtime today at Lincoln Center. Powerful story and performances that had so many of us saddened by its timeliness.
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Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff.
It only works if you let it.
It only works if you let it.
September 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff.
It only works if you let it.
It only works if you let it.
“They” hide behind “They”.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“They” hide behind “They”.
Is there anyone in this Universe who can cite one positive and constructive thought expressed from the Right Wing Conservatives during the onslaught of Congressional hearings and media interviews?!
September 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Is there anyone in this Universe who can cite one positive and constructive thought expressed from the Right Wing Conservatives during the onslaught of Congressional hearings and media interviews?!
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This is stark
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is stark
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An American President messing with free elections because the leader of Russia told him to, is what we call a Russian Agent.
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
An American President messing with free elections because the leader of Russia told him to, is what we call a Russian Agent.
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Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations.
Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes.
Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes.
Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations.
Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes.
Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes.
Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
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I will never ever understand.
August 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I will never ever understand.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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happy bday Franz Kafka b.1883, writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German.
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
July 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
happy bday Franz Kafka b.1883, writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German.
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
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More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
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The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
May 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
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For Warmth
by Thich Nhat Hanh
I hold my face in my two hands.
No, I am not crying.
I hold my face in my two hands
to keep the loneliness warm ~
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands preventing
my soul from leaving me
in anger.
by Thich Nhat Hanh
I hold my face in my two hands.
No, I am not crying.
I hold my face in my two hands
to keep the loneliness warm ~
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands preventing
my soul from leaving me
in anger.
November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
For Warmth
by Thich Nhat Hanh
I hold my face in my two hands.
No, I am not crying.
I hold my face in my two hands
to keep the loneliness warm ~
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands preventing
my soul from leaving me
in anger.
by Thich Nhat Hanh
I hold my face in my two hands.
No, I am not crying.
I hold my face in my two hands
to keep the loneliness warm ~
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands preventing
my soul from leaving me
in anger.
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How in the world do we put up with this corrupt bullshit?
Important story from the NYT this morning: The President running a crypto operation with largely anonymous offshore investors at a time when he regulates the industry is a huge red flag that you can’t imagine being tolerated by Washington or the public in any other era.
May 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How in the world do we put up with this corrupt bullshit?
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Notice the difference?
May 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Notice the difference?