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Carolyn Fiddler

@cfidd.bsky.social
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Comic book lover, oenophile, Virginian. Obsessed with/nation's foremost expert on state politics. carolyncfiddler at gmail dot com. she/her statehouseaction.substack.com

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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 1h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 2h
Just love how outspoken all the dudes so committed to "protecting girls in sports" are being about a woman being gang raped by a group of Promising Young Men
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Mr Bean Waiting Impatiently in a Field
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 4h
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?"
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 4h
... hopefully, anyway
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Bye Forever
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Charles McNulty @charlesmcnulty.bsky.social · 7h
This is barbaric — and shocking to me, despite everything we’ve lived through.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8h
Klobuchar realizing Schmitt confused the Hawks with the Hawkeyes:
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 8h
When your big gotcha moment goes so epically wrong that it’s the other party sharing clips of it.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8h
By the by, the Hawkeyes won the game Jack Smith attended that was v much not in Atlanta
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8h
The other place is bad but the community note here is LOLworthy
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8h
The case at Cornell is the kind of higher ed issue in which the DOJ or DOE *should* open a Title IX investigation. In a normal world that’s whst would happen. Instead, we are in the upside down world where you won’t hear a peep from this administration
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 12h
Gonna tell my grandkids that this was the Great Spotify Outage of 2026
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Venture Bros Rusty Venture
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 12h
Minnesotans deserve an AG who will fight for them, not for Palantir, Amazon, or Exxon Mobil. minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/29/m...
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Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest • Minnesota Reformer
If Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso...
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 20h
Ah so they've clearly successfully addressed all the real crimes in NYC already then Right? RIGHT
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
It continues to be interesting to me just how many men, when presented with a clear and obvious answer to a test of morality and empathy, will nevertheless choose to "devil's advocate" themselves into a position of complete assholery
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was explaining this at a political meeting last night. Stephen Miller has smartly decided to fly below the radar after the backlash to Minneapolis, Chicago, and other outrages. But by many measures things have gotten worse.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#earlyvote midday update 9/28: at least 383,781 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fuck yeah
HOGS WIN
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The perfect visual representation of "Why Gil Less when you can Gilmore"
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thankfully, Kansans have a super great alternative this fall -- Chris Mann is a real one chrismannforkansas.com
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Chris Mann for Kansas
Chris Mann dedicated his life to serving and protecting Kansas communities – first as a police officer and then as a prosecutor. He will defend the Constitution, protect the rule of law and ensure Kan...
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not Kansas' top lawyer ... breaking the law and then doctoring campaign finance reports to avoid consequences kansasreflector.com/2026/09/25/k...
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Kansas attorney general's campaign amends finance report to address donation-limit controversy • Kansas Reflector
Attorney General Kris Kobach revised his campaign finance report to account for donations exceeding Kansas limits, but critics are seeking a formal investigation.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've been thinking about this all day while also enjoying the new single 😭
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm sorry, why tf does this narcissistic monstrosity need a goddamn OBSERVATION DECK
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Everything is terrible so you deserve 7 minutes of joy courtesy of @nicklutsko.bsky.social: Behold, @realinfowars.bsky.social The Album open.spotify.com/album/30PBeQ...
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InfoWars: The Album - Album by Nick Lutsko | Spotify
Nick Lutsko · album · 2026 · 8 songs
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The responses have been in for 34 hours and the reply in for 29 hours. At this point, given voting and the court’s actions in the two other Missouri map applications, a stay seems almost certain. The holdup is a dissent, a notably concurrence, or them trying to get a per curiam order together.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey I'm no economist but I dunno seems kinda super bad www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/h...
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History shows financial calamities occur when rates rise rapidly like this: 'Something always breaks'
The 10-year Treasury note yield is spiking to levels not seen in years, and that may be a bad omen for financial markets.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That dude thar in the middle
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U2 - New Year's Day (All Is Quiet)
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Huang and his ilk shouldn't be trusted to prepare a Big Mac, much less steer the development of incredibly powerful new technology
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Trump’s arch is illegal and immoral, and the Administration is also under court order requiring 48 hours’ notice before work proceeds. Yet, Trump wants to push ahead without even the most basic understanding of the consequences of this project. We won’t let him.
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Beyer Demands Answers About Equipment at Proposed Trump Arch Site
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
file under No Fucking Shit and Reasons To Not Let Stupid Assholes Set Medical Policy
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern level raised to offended. Highest its ever been
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
who once what
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'Terrifying' is finding out that Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz were doing Mar-a-Lago threesomes. 'Terrifying' is the House Republican who broke his daughter's bones and held a gun to his wife's head. 'Terrifying' is this ever-tedious dipshit piping up to claim furries now control US air travel.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Y'all know I love my Dem AGs but I am really struggling to understand the Paramount settlement. The "guarantees" seem pretty thin and the whole thing sure looks a whole lot like a big fat L for all but a few already rich af people -- people who were likely facing a big fat L in court
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Ted Lasso's Skeptical Look
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Better (gift) link, and yeah I meant what I said (I always do when it comes to statehouses) wapo.st/4iK0tFM
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Analysis | What’s on the ballot in these midterm elections
Democrats have a chance this fall to win control of both chambers of Congress and regain power in some swing states.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
was talking about this recently with an ex-congressman (an old timer from the 80s and 90s) and one of the remarkable things about this cycle is that trump has given his party absolutely nothing to run on. no bill to tout, no accomplishment to hype, no nothing.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Back on my (state lege) bullshit links.washingtonpost.com/s/vb/3EMO9rx...
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“Even red states aren’t safe when you see a president whose numbers have dropped as much as Trump’s have,” says Jessica Taylor, of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. (Ellen Schmidt/AP)
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BIG NEWS: We just won our lawsuit protecting critical education, health, and social service programs in Oregon – like childcare & early learning for 4,800 children, and $3.1 million annually in Title X funding.
AG Rayfield wins lawsuit protecting critical health, education, and social service programs“The federal administration attempted to block basic services that thousands of Oregonians rely on every day–things like childcare, health care and food assistance. Once again, the Trump Administration was playing dangerous games with the lives of vulnerable Oregonians. And once again, we stood up to block these actions and the courts agreed.”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hangtime is the study of the time interval between first public notice of a rising right/MAGA/manosphere influencer and their first rape/sexual assault indictment www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
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SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging
The manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An important update on the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger lawsuit situation -- @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov is under a LOT of pressure to facilitate a settlement that allows the deal, but @agwilliamtong.bsky.social and @newyorkstateag.bsky.social don't seem to be on board. www.status.news/p/ellison-s-...
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Ellison's Settlement Squeeze
Paramount may be closing in on a settlement with California AG Rob Bonta, but at least two states are pushing back, Status has learned, raising new questions about how far regulators are willing to be...
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wcpt820.com @wcpt820.com · 19/09/2026
"Trump’s ultimate goal ... in pushing for the SAVE Act, and all the lies he tells repeatedly about our elections, is just to sow confusion and doubt." Statehouse expert @cfidd.bsky.social warns that  Trump's attacks on mail-in voting are meant to undermine trust with @joanesposito.bsky.social.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I fucking cannot with this dumb bullshit The only thing "missing in the national conversation on mental health medication" is any actual scientific evidence backing up nonsense MAHA attacks on drugs that save countless lives and make countless more lives, like, good
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hmmmmmmmmmm
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