Reposted by CarrieCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h“.. In Maine, the cost to fill a standard heating-oil tank as of Wednesday was $1,650, up roughly 80 percent from a year earlier ..” @nytimes.com #MEsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... 911155464
Reposted by CarrieDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6hThe targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda 513326752
Reposted by CarrieJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 8hCome work with me! Platypus Economics is growing, and we need a producer. Digital media skills a must. Love of economics a huge bonus. Full job description here: platypuseconomics.com/hiring Apply, or send this to your most amazing friends. 714454
Reposted by CarrieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hChris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that." 395127474379
Reposted by CarrieDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 7hSomething I will never understand as long as I live is phony intellectual Republicans giving free advice to Democrats. The only advice I have for Republican politicians I'd care to share with them can't be posted on here 3298691
Reposted by CarrieMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6hA good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms. 651795412
Reposted by CarrieMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7hUkraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right. 446179306834
Reposted by CarrieProPublica @propublica.org · 5hWe’re looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense — impacts patients. We need your help. 👇 propublica.orgWe’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests... 18510282
Reposted by CarrieJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 23hThis is the top of the sports section on the local paper. May have to unsubscribe... 3328
Reposted by CarrieTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs. 1121621614
Reposted by CarrieMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026canvassing today and it’s taking forever to get through lists bc everyone just wants to rant about how angry they are at Congress 482675
Reposted by CarrieRadioFreeBronx | MD ANT 🥇 @radiofreebronx.bsky.social · 20/03/2025UK Subs detained 555186986378
Reposted by CarrieElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump's options are even more limited now -- even if he made a deal tomorrow with maximum humiliation (just conceded), the war dynamics involve many more actors now. Other countries/groups always had agency in this war but now they're fighting and escalating. 18338125
Carrie @cawiii.bsky.social · 10/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/t...nytimes.comHow the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ RightsUnder Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines. 000
Reposted by CarrieMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026So Trump has been planning to stitch up Ukraine for weeks. 761311256
Reposted by CarrieMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October. 28428551587
Reposted by CarrieIra 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Certainly there are lots of ships going lots of places. But is it odd that this didn't hit the press days ago: A tanker traveling from sanctioned Russia across the Atlantic towards the US? 41014
Reposted by CarrieThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”bit.lySoldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed themSome U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them. 49831411
Reposted by CarrieOdy @odeecs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You know who livestreams executions? Terrorists. 3198
Reposted by CarrieA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission. 11149811480
Reposted by CarrieCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2026He didn't use procedural shit to try and overthrow the 2020 election, he sent a mob to try and kill people in Congress because the procedural and court shit didn't work out for him. That's what happened. I think people forget what J6 actually was. It wasn't about states rights or courtroom antics 334960
Reposted by CarrieProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026Since the start of Trump’s second term, federal agents have detained at least 70 American children. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 23713428
Reposted by CarrieDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Motherfuckbuckets, this is giving me feels. I absolutely love this one. The combination of the time theme and the decades of everything feeling like it's getting more difficult, just super powerful. His rough around the edges delivery is so perfect for this. 16717171
Reposted by CarrieCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yeesh. 👀 (Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 1021463499
Reposted by Carrie DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 85899273345
Reposted by CarrieProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta... 8628441391
Reposted by CarrieCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t... 3571828785
Reposted by CarrieTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New documents reveal Ken Paxton has grown his net worth up to $27 million since taking office. His yearly salary is just $153,000. 11525821098
Reposted by CarrieT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026::low whistle:: apple.news/AbOgHERrCRnG...apple.newsUS surpasses 4,000 measles cases, infections confirmed in 45 states, CDC data shows — ABC NewsMost cases are among those unvaccinated or with unknown status, CDC data shows. 7297109
Reposted by CarrieJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli... 4524321023
Reposted by Carrie𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident. 61546922388
Reposted by CarrieJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just a reminder that the folks who want to ban children’s books will allow children to watch a public execution… 391225386
Reposted by CarrieGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 7075853047
Reposted by CarrieAndrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 09/10/2026The rise in inflation on everyday goods came entirely from Trump’s tariffs, New York Fed research found. New analysis shows the tariffs raised consumer prices by 2.9% by February. Without the tariffs, prices on the goods studied would’ve fallen. 59353
Reposted by CarrieDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It don't get talked about enough that there's a network of thousands of cameras all over New Orleans that surveil everything, and is owned not by the city or NOPD, but by a private entity that is run by a former cop. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-powe...currentaffairs.org“AI-Powered” Surveillance Networks are Worse Than You KnowIn New Orleans, everyone is being watched with facial recognition cameras and police drones—and your hometown might be next. 42815
Reposted by CarrieNational Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 09/10/202610/09/2026 Update: The center of Cat 3 Hurricane Isaias is expected to reach the western Florida Panhandle this evening, however conditions along the Gulf Coast will deteriorate throughout the day TODAY. Isaias is expected to be at or near major hurricane strength when it makes landfall this evening 520889
Reposted by CarrieAaron C. Davis @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon job last year. Then a consulting firm he’d kept ties to starting winning major defense contracts - including a no-bid, quarter-billion dollar deal to advise his office. 823771
Reposted by CarrieShecky @adrastosno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Cheers to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Music by Vic Damone, Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Etta Jones, Nat King Cole, Marvin Gaye, Rickie Lee Jones, Willie Nelson, Tito Puente, Scott Hamilton, and Oscar Peterson.first-draft.comOn The Street Where You LiveCheers to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. 012
Reposted by CarrieDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 09/10/2026So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts 952403805
Reposted by CarrieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle." 425180554768
Reposted by CarrieCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026".. According to the new findings, the portion of families behind on loan payments at the end of 2025 soared from about 12% in the prior survey to nearly 20%, a gain of some 67%." 21499233
Reposted by CarrieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office" 405116612519
Reposted by CarrieA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's because they can't afford to live. 521584238
