MJ Carson
@mjcarson.bsky.social
Emerita US History professor; writer; expat; LGBTQ+ person and advocate; tearing-my-hair-out social democrat.
The entire Republican party has reconfigured itself around the joy of inflicting pain, and today the Washington Post editorial board says that in this hour of the shutdown, the DEMOCRATS have to blink. What's that Biblical thing about the log in your own eye?
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Opinion | A turning point in the government shutdown
Piecemeal bills are a waste of time. Just fund the whole government.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The entire Republican party has reconfigured itself around the joy of inflicting pain, and today the Washington Post editorial board says that in this hour of the shutdown, the DEMOCRATS have to blink. What's that Biblical thing about the log in your own eye?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️
Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️
Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.
Yes. All you investors and traders, get ready. More wild ride ahead....and probably not the fun kind.
Market Sentiment Edges Up — But Trouble Still Lurks
U.S. futures ticked higher as investors await earnings and trade news, while gold rose 2%. Beneath the calm, the data blackout and shutdown risks persist. When fundamentals crack, stability is just an illusion.
U.S. futures ticked higher as investors await earnings and trade news, while gold rose 2%. Beneath the calm, the data blackout and shutdown risks persist. When fundamentals crack, stability is just an illusion.
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Yes. All you investors and traders, get ready. More wild ride ahead....and probably not the fun kind.
The Times at it again. The muted criticism only creeps in near the end of the article. The headline suggests that Trump's horrific tear-down of the White House is simply 'unrealistic' in promising that the process would not 'interfere' with the 'current building.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Times at it again. The muted criticism only creeps in near the end of the article. The headline suggests that Trump's horrific tear-down of the White House is simply 'unrealistic' in promising that the process would not 'interfere' with the 'current building.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
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The corrupt begat corruption
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The corrupt begat corruption
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025
HCR is right, as usual. Trump and his people have moved beyond caring about due process or the Constitution. Does Trump assume he has the military? He will need the military to stay in office as he destroys the United States.
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HCR is right, as usual. Trump and his people have moved beyond caring about due process or the Constitution. Does Trump assume he has the military? He will need the military to stay in office as he destroys the United States.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 19, 2025
All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
October 19, 2025
HCR is right, as usual. Trump and his people have moved beyond caring about due process or the Constitution. Does Trump assume he has the military? He will need the military to stay in office as he destroys the United States.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
HCR is right, as usual. Trump and his people have moved beyond caring about due process or the Constitution. Does Trump assume he has the military? He will need the military to stay in office as he destroys the United States.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
From Annie Karni's NYT coverage of the health care debate:
"Mr. Trump, who told Republicans in 2023 to 'never give up' in seeking to repeal the 2010 health law, has yet to clearly articulate what he favors instead." Ms. Karni, Trump cannot clearly articulate ANYTHING at this point.
"Mr. Trump, who told Republicans in 2023 to 'never give up' in seeking to repeal the 2010 health law, has yet to clearly articulate what he favors instead." Ms. Karni, Trump cannot clearly articulate ANYTHING at this point.
October 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
From Annie Karni's NYT coverage of the health care debate:
"Mr. Trump, who told Republicans in 2023 to 'never give up' in seeking to repeal the 2010 health law, has yet to clearly articulate what he favors instead." Ms. Karni, Trump cannot clearly articulate ANYTHING at this point.
"Mr. Trump, who told Republicans in 2023 to 'never give up' in seeking to repeal the 2010 health law, has yet to clearly articulate what he favors instead." Ms. Karni, Trump cannot clearly articulate ANYTHING at this point.
You know, I think the useful (evil) idiots inside the US junta are so isolated that, sure, they don't care about the protests, but also, they don't get that their time is just about over.
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
You know, I think the useful (evil) idiots inside the US junta are so isolated that, sure, they don't care about the protests, but also, they don't get that their time is just about over.
So, granted I'm on Paris time and maybe the New York Times will change its front page before you all wake up (nah), but I'm once again deeply disappointed that their lead story today is about stupid George Santos rather than the HUGE global outpouring of peaceful resistance to the US fascist coup.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So, granted I'm on Paris time and maybe the New York Times will change its front page before you all wake up (nah), but I'm once again deeply disappointed that their lead story today is about stupid George Santos rather than the HUGE global outpouring of peaceful resistance to the US fascist coup.
I'll be joining our No Kings Day in Paris -- at the Bastille, appropriately. Please know that our hearts are bleeding along with yours, and we think of you daily. (Photo from No Kings Day in June, Paris.) March on! March on!
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'll be joining our No Kings Day in Paris -- at the Bastille, appropriately. Please know that our hearts are bleeding along with yours, and we think of you daily. (Photo from No Kings Day in June, Paris.) March on! March on!
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I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!
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Make this go viral.
Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent.
Keep fighting. 🔥
Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent.
Keep fighting. 🔥
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Make this go viral.
Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent.
Keep fighting. 🔥
Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent.
Keep fighting. 🔥
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On Trump Deploying Troops to More Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (Or Whatever)
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
On Trump Deploying Troops to More Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (Or Whatever)
ARREST STEPHEN MILLER!!!!!
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
ARREST STEPHEN MILLER!!!!!
Yes! There must have been some other way to allow them to pursue their hobbies of racism and cruelty.
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yes! There must have been some other way to allow them to pursue their hobbies of racism and cruelty.
Arrest Stephen Miller.
October 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Arrest Stephen Miller.
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🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
Those of you old enough to remember Kent State, remember how stunned MOST of us were, to our very civic and moral core? Will that happen again when some cluster of deployed National Guard members open fire on Americans? What the hell has happened to us? (Don't bother answering -- I know.)
August 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Those of you old enough to remember Kent State, remember how stunned MOST of us were, to our very civic and moral core? Will that happen again when some cluster of deployed National Guard members open fire on Americans? What the hell has happened to us? (Don't bother answering -- I know.)
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