Carol Carlson
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Carol Carlson
@sunshinebright.bsky.social
Love cats, dogs, democracy. Mother of ME sufferer.
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He’s golfing today. He can stay awake for thst but not the drowning of Americans
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Strain of the presidency? He’s literally not doing any work. He attends press conferences and looks at architectural drawings. Miller, Vance are acting President.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The three ways Trump is shafting his base
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The three ways Trump is shafting his base
It’s the economy, stupid
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July 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Donald Trump Says He Passed No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Social Security Security, and No Tax on Overtime — He’s lying.
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Donald Trump Says He Passed No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Social Security Security, and No Tax on Overtime — He’s lying.
We’re going to keep this one simple:
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July 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Watch this number in the months to come.

Especially as federal job cuts continue and ~1/3 of federal workers are vets. And they fall off after deferred resignations and they start collecting unemployment.
June 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The CDC's plans to consolidate data on diseases, as part of a new system managed by Palantir, has raised concerns about patient privacy, delays in spotting long-term trends and ways the Trump administration may use the information.
Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns
U.S. and state officials say the consolidation of the public health agency’s vast trove of information could expose patients and will delay analysis of long-term trends.
trib.al
June 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The bird dance for the ages
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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“When violence aimed at Jews—or those seen as aligned with them—is dismissed, excused, or rationalized, it undermines the civic norms that hold our society together,” write Reihan Salam and Jesse Arm:
An American Problem
We cannot afford to excuse, indulge, or minimize political violence.
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June 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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“For Ukraine’s doubters, these attacks should lead to a period of quiet reflection” @phillipspobrien.bsky.social writes:
The Ukrainians Ushered in a New Era of Warfare
Expensive planes, tanks, and ships can be destroyed on the cheap.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Jesus Christ🔥
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has just struck over 40 aircraft at the Olenya airbase, including A-50s, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22 bombers.
June 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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“If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening...”

www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
'It can happen to anyone': Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office
The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged.
www.politico.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
How Calling a Child the N-Word Made One Woman $700,000 newrepublic.com/article/1949... via @newrepublic.com
How Calling a Child the N-Word Made One Woman $700,000
The Shiloh Hendrix GiveSendGo campaign exposes the right’s patronage system for public displays of racism.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It Sure Looks Like Trump Just Killed His Own Budget Bill newrepublic.com/post/195504/... via @newrepublic.com
It Sure Looks Like Trump Just Killed His Own Budget Bill
Donald Trump spent his morning urging Republicans to fall in line. It doesn’t seem to have worked.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump Threatens Republican Representative Exposing His Budget Lies newrepublic.com/post/195511/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Threatens Republican Representative Exposing His Budget Lies
Thomas Massie isn’t falling in line on the budget—and Trump is pissed.
newrepublic.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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@maddow.msnbc.com Hey Rachel, I really appreciate you mentioning the little places that protest. We had about 150 in Baton Rouge march from the capital to the steps of the Federal courthouse.
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Rep Don Bacon continues to be a nearly lone voice of leadership and reason in the GOP.

The retired Air Force General was my guest recently on #IndependentAmericans: youtu.be/k1AQP-wGtpU?...

www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-don-...
GOP Rep Risks Trump Ire With First Call for Hegseth’s Firing
“If a Democrat did this, we’d be demanding a scalp,” Rep. Don Bacon said on Monday.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Here’s some new stuff.

And it’s not even 10AMET.

“But then Hegseth used his personal phone to send some of the same information Kurilla had given himto at least two group text chats on the Signal messaging app, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges told NBC News.”
Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general's secure messages
Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM