Craig Carl 👨🦳 👩🦳👨🐕
@craigrcarl.bsky.social
Photographer and lifelong Democrat (well, I did wear an "I Like Ike" button in 1952)
Either the Republican or Democratic party will dominate government. Make your choice, because there is no other choice. Which platform do you support?
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Either the Republican or Democratic party will dominate government. Make your choice, because there is no other choice. Which platform do you support?
Con artists manipulate the selfish and greedy, i.e., Republicans.
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Con artists manipulate the selfish and greedy, i.e., Republicans.
Small Government: Lower taxes = fewer public services.
America First: International selfishness.
America First: International selfishness.
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Small Government: Lower taxes = fewer public services.
America First: International selfishness.
America First: International selfishness.
For decades, farmers received bountiful bribes from the GOP.
But Trump is too cheap to give them as much.
But Trump is too cheap to give them as much.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For decades, farmers received bountiful bribes from the GOP.
But Trump is too cheap to give them as much.
But Trump is too cheap to give them as much.
When we flip or skip elections, we empower rapacious criminals and wealthy plutocrats. Don't do that.
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When we flip or skip elections, we empower rapacious criminals and wealthy plutocrats. Don't do that.
I hope your #2 and #7 ideas can become platform points in the future, if our society ever evolves to accept them. The richest country can afford to eliminate poverty, and learn to accept immigrants that aren't lily white. The GOP's con artists manipulate selfishness to obtain votes.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I hope your #2 and #7 ideas can become platform points in the future, if our society ever evolves to accept them. The richest country can afford to eliminate poverty, and learn to accept immigrants that aren't lily white. The GOP's con artists manipulate selfishness to obtain votes.
I always support the Democratic Party, without exception. What is not to like about their (2024) platform?:
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I always support the Democratic Party, without exception. What is not to like about their (2024) platform?:
Yes! Some dogs are pets, while others do work.
They should be bred for a purpose, not for their looks.
This long-time pet photographer knows that they all are beautiful, including our adopted "All-Americans":
They should be bred for a purpose, not for their looks.
This long-time pet photographer knows that they all are beautiful, including our adopted "All-Americans":
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes! Some dogs are pets, while others do work.
They should be bred for a purpose, not for their looks.
This long-time pet photographer knows that they all are beautiful, including our adopted "All-Americans":
They should be bred for a purpose, not for their looks.
This long-time pet photographer knows that they all are beautiful, including our adopted "All-Americans":
Step 1a: Fire 1000s of civil servants, claiming "cost cuts."
Step 1b: Replace some of them with loyal personal servants.
Step1c: Leave some jobs unfilled, to disrupt unwanted services.
Step 1b: Replace some of them with loyal personal servants.
Step1c: Leave some jobs unfilled, to disrupt unwanted services.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Step 1a: Fire 1000s of civil servants, claiming "cost cuts."
Step 1b: Replace some of them with loyal personal servants.
Step1c: Leave some jobs unfilled, to disrupt unwanted services.
Step 1b: Replace some of them with loyal personal servants.
Step1c: Leave some jobs unfilled, to disrupt unwanted services.
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Summarized from a May 2025 article in The Atlantic:\
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Summarized from a May 2025 article in The Atlantic:\
I've voted a straight Dem ticket since 1968 with no exceptions, and recommend that every voter do so. What's not to like?
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I've voted a straight Dem ticket since 1968 with no exceptions, and recommend that every voter do so. What's not to like?
Is this flick the kind o f "media bias" that Americans are directed to report?
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Is this flick the kind o f "media bias" that Americans are directed to report?
We are now living in a Russian-style surveillance state.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are now living in a Russian-style surveillance state.
Will Hegseth get a War Prize?
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Will Hegseth get a War Prize?
"The main lesson would be: don't cancel each other. Talk to different groups of people within the opposition and try to build a broader coalition, because I think that was one of our biggest mistakes."
~ Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot, on MSNOW
~ Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot, on MSNOW
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The main lesson would be: don't cancel each other. Talk to different groups of people within the opposition and try to build a broader coalition, because I think that was one of our biggest mistakes."
~ Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot, on MSNOW
~ Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot, on MSNOW
They'll be fine, with US support.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
They'll be fine, with US support.