Carl
@southwestliberal.bsky.social
Just a liberal from the southwest fighting the good fight by shouting into the void online. Former digital campaign consultant and recovering Twitter addict. Toxically positive.
The legacy press is just simply not equipped to handle reporting on Trump’s brazenness.
My god, I could write a dissertation on how demented just these two paragraphs of New York Times coverage of the DC shooting are.
The details of the shooting begin with Trump sending troops to do law enforcement in a city with plummeting crime. How does that "dovetail neatly" with anything he says?
The details of the shooting begin with Trump sending troops to do law enforcement in a city with plummeting crime. How does that "dovetail neatly" with anything he says?
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The legacy press is just simply not equipped to handle reporting on Trump’s brazenness.
This is why reminding our military of their obligation not to follow unlawful orders is so important.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is why reminding our military of their obligation not to follow unlawful orders is so important.
This is progress from ActBlue, but there is so much more work to be done. Action like this isn't meaningless, but until they kick off Mothership and their network of scampacs, it's mostly bluster. That's the elephant in the room.
www.actblue.com/posts/holdin...
www.actblue.com/posts/holdin...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is progress from ActBlue, but there is so much more work to be done. Action like this isn't meaningless, but until they kick off Mothership and their network of scampacs, it's mostly bluster. That's the elephant in the room.
www.actblue.com/posts/holdin...
www.actblue.com/posts/holdin...
Already breaking the first rule of Fight Club, but hell yeah! More of this please.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Already breaking the first rule of Fight Club, but hell yeah! More of this please.
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transform[ing] American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
Donald Trump does not regard normal Democratic politics as acceptable. This spring, at his direction, the DoJ initiated an investigation of illegal “foreign contributions” through the ActBlue website.
Donald Trump does not regard normal Democratic politics as acceptable. This spring, at his direction, the DoJ initiated an investigation of illegal “foreign contributions” through the ActBlue website.
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
transform[ing] American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
Donald Trump does not regard normal Democratic politics as acceptable. This spring, at his direction, the DoJ initiated an investigation of illegal “foreign contributions” through the ActBlue website.
Donald Trump does not regard normal Democratic politics as acceptable. This spring, at his direction, the DoJ initiated an investigation of illegal “foreign contributions” through the ActBlue website.
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There once was an Gov Dept named DOGE
that was supposed to make things more financially efficient
It was formed by a dude named Elon
who turned out to be a big weird inappropriately jumping con
and fiscal efficiency became too expensive to afford it.
🙄👋🏻
that was supposed to make things more financially efficient
It was formed by a dude named Elon
who turned out to be a big weird inappropriately jumping con
and fiscal efficiency became too expensive to afford it.
🙄👋🏻
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
There once was an Gov Dept named DOGE
that was supposed to make things more financially efficient
It was formed by a dude named Elon
who turned out to be a big weird inappropriately jumping con
and fiscal efficiency became too expensive to afford it.
🙄👋🏻
that was supposed to make things more financially efficient
It was formed by a dude named Elon
who turned out to be a big weird inappropriately jumping con
and fiscal efficiency became too expensive to afford it.
🙄👋🏻
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“What it’s gonna take to win is absolute turnout. And so I’m asking you all for the next two weeks, as you are able, to make this election your entire personality.”
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November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“What it’s gonna take to win is absolute turnout. And so I’m asking you all for the next two weeks, as you are able, to make this election your entire personality.”
Sign up for a phonebank to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in Tennessee: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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