Joan McCarter
@joanmccarter.com
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Political writer, politician haranguer, senior pet caretaker, gardener
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missouriindependent.com
Abortion will remain available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, rejecting a request by the attorney general’s office to reinstate several restrictions on the procedure. #moleg #mogov
Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue • Missouri Independent
A Missouri appeals court unanimously rejected arguments by the attorney general that abortion regulations do not cause "irreparable harm."
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resnikoff.bsky.social
It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.
radleybalko.bsky.social
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
“We are currently clean on OPSEC”
dollemore.com
Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.
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And tasty! We’ve been gorging on them and still had plenty left over for the winter.
Three trays of red and yellow dried tomatoes. Table covered with jars of preserved tomatoes, peaches, and pickles
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Oops. Forgot alt text. That’s just a whole lot of green and partially ripe tomatoes.
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I guess summer is really over. Next up, green tomato chutney.
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elienyc.bsky.social
The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.
angryblacklady.blacksky.app
Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
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Extending the government shutdown to keep us from knowing what's in the Epstein files.
chrismurphyct.bsky.social
6/ Sure the House isn't here so Rs don't have to explain why they want premiums to go up and why they want to fund Trump's corruption.

But also because they don't want to swear in member-elect Adelita Grijalva. Since she would be the deciding vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
6/ Sure the House isn't here so Rs don't have to explain why they want premiums to go up and why they want to fund Trump's corruption.

But also because they don't want to swear in member-elect Adelita Grijalva. Since she would be the deciding vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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tusk81.bsky.social
“Grijalva has vowed to provide the decisive 218th signature once she officially becomes a member of the House.”

“[Johnson] is now fully complicit in the cover-up of the Epstein files by doing this,” said Arizona Democrat Rep. Yassamin Ansari.
tusk81.bsky.social
“Johnson has maintained that Grijalva should not be sworn in during the brief House meetings known as pro forma sessions, despite having done so for two Republicans — Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, both of Florida — earlier this Congress.” rollcall.com/2025/10/09/b...
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siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Our rights are under attack by a would be king. This Saturday, we stand up against him.

Join @joesudbay.bsky.social as he takes calls from No Kings protests across the country, and we show the power of the people.

Listen, call in, and be heard from 12-2pm ET.
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uzzamodea.bsky.social
A clarinetist in a banana outfit was arrested yesterday by feds in Portland OR for bringing too much joy probably, & was transported across state lines into Vancouver WA to be held there for spite apparently.
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goldy.horsesass.org
In 2020 we published in TIME about the $50 trillion upward redistribution of income since 1975. The editors told us it was one of their most widely read online pieces ever, and begged us for more. Four years later we pitched an update ($79 trillion)—they weren't interested.
time.com/5888024/50-t...
TIME headline: The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure.
joanmccarter.com
I'm so old my house was on a party line. (Actually, we were that rural. Also I'm old.)
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bleary.off-the-records.com
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Stalin once asked how many divisions the Pope had

An army of humanity is no small thing
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nickkristof.bsky.social
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
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You're right, and I messed up.
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ericumansky.bsky.social
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
The Bari Weiss-led CBS News has had this up for 3 days and misspelled his name in the hed.
newsjennifer.bsky.social
CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports
The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.
www.cbsnews.com
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
I'd add just one wrinkle to what C.E. has said here--and that has to do with the place of Portland in the imaginations of the more reactionary Oregon libertarians who live outside of Portland (or Eugene). Nothing says "Oregon libertarian" like wanting to impose authoritarian control over Portland.