@carlincoalition.bsky.social
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Same thing with the genocide. Every major news story leads to this. Which is... not great.
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Same thing with the genocide. Every major news story leads to this. Which is... not great.
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This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
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Suggestion regarding Trump-Epstein:
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Suggestion regarding Trump-Epstein:
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
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It’s not enough to beat MAGA at the ballot box, these criminals need held accountable to ensure this will never happen again.
Anyone asking for our vote needs to commit to prosecuting Trump and his cadre of corrupt conspirators for their crimes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/lock-them-...
Anyone asking for our vote needs to commit to prosecuting Trump and his cadre of corrupt conspirators for their crimes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/lock-them-...
Lock Them Up: Send the Trump Administration to Prison
It's not enough to beat MAGA at the ballot box. There have to be consequences that keep this from ever happening again.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s not enough to beat MAGA at the ballot box, these criminals need held accountable to ensure this will never happen again.
Anyone asking for our vote needs to commit to prosecuting Trump and his cadre of corrupt conspirators for their crimes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/lock-them-...
Anyone asking for our vote needs to commit to prosecuting Trump and his cadre of corrupt conspirators for their crimes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/lock-them-...
This 🧵
Neither were the Nazis that’s why they had lost the elections leading up to the take over and the only way Hitler took power was manufacturing violence and unpredictability
Nazis don’t need to be competent when the institutions hand over the power they need willingly all they need is time
Nazis don’t need to be competent when the institutions hand over the power they need willingly all they need is time
The fascists certainly aren't very good at this, are they
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This 🧵
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
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People living outside die, on average, 30 years shy of the current American life expectancy at birth.
372 homeless people died in Multnomah County last year. Here’s what to know
People living outside die, on average, 30 years shy of the current American life expectancy at birth.
www.oregonlive.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People living outside die, on average, 30 years shy of the current American life expectancy at birth.
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Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
prospect.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
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Oregon’s voter registration card leaves out some key info about how primaries actually work. This piece breaks down what the form says, what it doesn’t, and why that matters. Worth a read.
https://msarielknox.substack.com/p/oregons-voter-registration-card-is?r=lw426
https://msarielknox.substack.com/p/oregons-voter-registration-card-is?r=lw426
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oregon’s voter registration card leaves out some key info about how primaries actually work. This piece breaks down what the form says, what it doesn’t, and why that matters. Worth a read.
https://msarielknox.substack.com/p/oregons-voter-registration-card-is?r=lw426
https://msarielknox.substack.com/p/oregons-voter-registration-card-is?r=lw426
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Failure to recognize this moment as part of the centuries long battle against white supremacist oppression is a dangerous denial, and a gift to the American fascist project. @sifill.bsky.social is right on.
“The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Failure to recognize this moment as part of the centuries long battle against white supremacist oppression is a dangerous denial, and a gift to the American fascist project. @sifill.bsky.social is right on.
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If the Democratic Party actually released an autopsy from 2024 we’d actually find out where all the money went, how billions were set on fire, and maybe find out which popular podcasts and liberal voices and personalities are being paid by the party.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-the-...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-the-...
Where the Bodies are Buried: The Hidden DNC Autopsy
The DNC is choosing to hide what went wrong in 2024 and, in turn, is making future failure much, much likelier
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If the Democratic Party actually released an autopsy from 2024 we’d actually find out where all the money went, how billions were set on fire, and maybe find out which popular podcasts and liberal voices and personalities are being paid by the party.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-the-...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-the-...
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Bill Clinton is so irrelevant and forgotten that when you say “Clinton” people think of Hillary.Those who remember him do so for moving the party to the right: NAFTA, DOMA, and killing welfare. But apparently he lives rent free in Trump’s mind.
I think Republicans are overestimating liberals' emotional attachment to Bill Clinton.
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Bill Clinton is so irrelevant and forgotten that when you say “Clinton” people think of Hillary.Those who remember him do so for moving the party to the right: NAFTA, DOMA, and killing welfare. But apparently he lives rent free in Trump’s mind.
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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There's no such thing as accountability in the Democratic Party.
It's the most 'fail upwards' institution in our society and that is saying a lot. But when "failing" actually means taking a dive so big money can stay dominant, you've actually done your real job well and will be rewarded.
It's the most 'fail upwards' institution in our society and that is saying a lot. But when "failing" actually means taking a dive so big money can stay dominant, you've actually done your real job well and will be rewarded.
NEWS: The DNC is killing off its 2024 autopsy.
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Killing Its Autopsy of What Went Wrong in 2024
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
There's no such thing as accountability in the Democratic Party.
It's the most 'fail upwards' institution in our society and that is saying a lot. But when "failing" actually means taking a dive so big money can stay dominant, you've actually done your real job well and will be rewarded.
It's the most 'fail upwards' institution in our society and that is saying a lot. But when "failing" actually means taking a dive so big money can stay dominant, you've actually done your real job well and will be rewarded.
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Trump has called for at least three of these senators to be thrown in prison. And they’re still voting for his agenda.
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump has called for at least three of these senators to be thrown in prison. And they’re still voting for his agenda.
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Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
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To put this in perspective, here are some things Elon Musk could do and STILL be a billionaire:
- Pay the salaries of every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
- Fight hunger by fully funding SNAP
- House every person living in homeless shelters
Tax the damn rich.
- Pay the salaries of every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
- Fight hunger by fully funding SNAP
- House every person living in homeless shelters
Tax the damn rich.
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
To put this in perspective, here are some things Elon Musk could do and STILL be a billionaire:
- Pay the salaries of every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
- Fight hunger by fully funding SNAP
- House every person living in homeless shelters
Tax the damn rich.
- Pay the salaries of every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
- Fight hunger by fully funding SNAP
- House every person living in homeless shelters
Tax the damn rich.
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Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
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What is the point of having a sprawling national security state if they can’t find out who did a mass shooting in broad daylight five days ago?
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What is the point of having a sprawling national security state if they can’t find out who did a mass shooting in broad daylight five days ago?
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You all literally gave up on the shutdown with the understanding they wouldn’t vote on health care you lied to every American to get nothing out of the shutdown and now you are playing optics to try and claim you didn’t give away healthcare for nothing.
You and the Democratic Party have sold us out.
You and the Democratic Party have sold us out.
Today, I stood with @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @housedemocrats.bsky.social to demand an immediate vote to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
What’s the hold up, Speaker Johnson?
What’s the hold up, Speaker Johnson?
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Got a credible tip that Kotek’s office is applying pressure on the city to prevent a liquid fuel storage drawdown (cue records requests).
If this is true, it means Kotek is declaring war on Preschool for All & the Portland climate movement in a re-election year where she will need to win PDX big.
If this is true, it means Kotek is declaring war on Preschool for All & the Portland climate movement in a re-election year where she will need to win PDX big.
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Got a credible tip that Kotek’s office is applying pressure on the city to prevent a liquid fuel storage drawdown (cue records requests).
If this is true, it means Kotek is declaring war on Preschool for All & the Portland climate movement in a re-election year where she will need to win PDX big.
If this is true, it means Kotek is declaring war on Preschool for All & the Portland climate movement in a re-election year where she will need to win PDX big.
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Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
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I’d give anything for this. It’s malpractice they don’t.
He’s made this mathematically impossible claim DOZENS of times.
He’s made this mathematically impossible claim DOZENS of times.
I wish someone would ask Trump what a 20 dollar drug will cost after he reduces it by 600%.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I’d give anything for this. It’s malpractice they don’t.
He’s made this mathematically impossible claim DOZENS of times.
He’s made this mathematically impossible claim DOZENS of times.
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These are the seven Democrats who voted with MAGA Republicans to perform invasive body cavity searches on migrant children.
We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.
We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
These are the seven Democrats who voted with MAGA Republicans to perform invasive body cavity searches on migrant children.
We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.
We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.