cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A real window to understanding the war (and perhaps the future) from an Israeli perspective. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...nytimes.com 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/04/2026The most important conversation you'll hear this month, Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The American people should know that if Donald Trump uses our military to carry out his threats against Iran tomorrow, every one of us is going to own a piece of the war crime. 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Supreme Court Agrees with Trump: “OK to ignore Congress” 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026They are people too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPD...youtube.comkhayam khani bousheri band nonava bousher ; music video bandariYouTube video by iranian_bagpipe 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Do people really not understand how dramatically the Trump-Netanyahu war dynamic has changed today? 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The Trump Republican war is now in truly deep shit. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026So interesting that a second U.S. aircraft has been shot down using passive infrared while Israeli planes seem to be immune... 000
Reposted by cjcarpentercjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The best, most comprehensive and insightful discussion of the current crisis in Iran that I have encountered -- a truly important conversation. 001
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The best, most comprehensive and insightful discussion of the current crisis in Iran that I have encountered -- a truly important conversation. 001
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Why do I have the feeling that this is a head fake? In any event, Iran is rich in uranium ore so at best stealing its stockpile of the processed stuff buys some time. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026www.brut.media/us/videos/us...brut.mediaFrench senator slams Trump, calling him a "dangerous madman."French Senator Claude Malhuret delivered a scathing critique of Donald Trump and members of his administration, in a series of remarks that have sparked controversy. #trump #news #france #senator 100
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | It’s Not Trump. It’s America. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Donald Trump makes George Bush look like a 5/8 wit. 010
Reposted by cjcarpenterGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 19/03/2026The Trump Administration attempted to make an example of Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Instead, Minnesotans set an example for the rest of the country that decency and compassion will always triumph over fear and division. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comPeople of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surgeThe people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Fo... 20479621916
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Somehow, I see the role of the Vice President of the United States as being something more than the president's most senior ass kisser. 010
Reposted by cjcarpenter❣️ Mistress Lilith Abi - The Last Baptist Church 🥀 @lillysbookshelf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026📢☝🏽 Plan Accordingly 13026
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Nor can we solve our problems with the same people that created them. Just say no to the GOP. 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Spare a few moments of thought for the young marines that are about to be launched into these idiot's pointless war. 000
Reposted by cjcarpenterSASSY #MeidasMighty Boomers @jabsandkisses.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Patheticmedia.tenor.coma woman sitting in a rocking chair holding a glassALT: a woman sitting in a rocking chair holding a glass 132
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026And the Chinese, who buy over 80% of Iran's oil, remain inscrutable and uninvolved. 110
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I watched several celebrations of Ashura in central Iran in the late 50s. I don't think our devout evangelical Christian are even close to being as devout as Iran's Shia Muslims it comes to expressions of their religious faith. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA6Q...youtube.comMuslim Shiites mark Ashura in Iran, IraqYouTube video by AFP News Agency 010
Reposted by cjcarpenterMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/03/2026TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pete Hegseth's Pentagon: 71001254
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I lived in Iran for several years, and witnessed Muslim holy days play out in the streets of some of the country's smaller towns. For what it's worth: a devout evangelical Christian here in the U.S. is a half-committed piker and a far left woke liberal compared to a devout shia Muslim in Iran. 120
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Mr. Stephens here opines that the U.S. has "rid the world of an odious tyrant, and of several layers of his equally odious deputies." But I have a newsflash for him: we have our own tyrant and equally odious deputies right here at home. 052
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I guess Trump and Vance got tired of just murdering Venezuelan fishermen. 110
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026And what was on that third tablet Moses dropped on his way down from the mountain. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026It will be interesting to see the platform for regime change MOSAD and the CIA have managed to cobble together in advance of this war (if any...) Is the prince on the way to Tehran by special train? (History repeats). Have marines stormed ashore at Abadan and taken control of the refineries yet? 011
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I know I should listen to Trump's speech, but I just can't stand listening to him or to the applause that his sycophantic Republicans offer up continuously. Just can't do it. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026If the Supreme Court would get off its ass in opposition to the Trump administration's disregard for the Constitution with as much dispatch as they have done to support it, there would be a lot less chaos to contend with. 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Don't you know that the Supreme Court gave Trump and his people plenty of advanced notice of their tariff ruling so the administration would have time to prepare their response? Trump himself has probably knows this was coming for weeks. Everything now is theater. 000
Reposted by cjcarpenterPowderkeg @gloriapissedoff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...muellershewrote.comNEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get ThemProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request. 001
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I voted in Texas today. There were two lines: D and R. 10 people in the D line, 1 in the R line. Lady at head of the D line got in an argument with R. She said "I voted Republican my whole life, but I just can't do it anymore. You should be ashamed." R got angry. Poll worker intervened. Hope! 000
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026There would be a tiny little bit of accountability if Donald Trump became the first president in the history of the country to be impeached and removed from office. 020
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhy haven’t American elites stood up for Minnesota? | Daniel AltschulerIf US elites can find the courage to speak up, we can still prevent our country from descending into full-blown autocracy 020
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026On the upside, Mrs. Trump is going to be on the target list of every crime gang in Europe for the rest of her life, and for every political gang that's looking for some ez financing too. She might want to watch a few Aldo Moro films -- and plan on spending a lot of time close to home. 030
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Stay calm, have a plan to vote & have your vote counted in November despite whatever barriers the Trump administration erects by then -- and encourage your non-MAGA neighbors to do the same. Also -- give some thought to what happens after the election. 030
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I wonder if Minnesota is what the Bush administration had in mind when they invented "homeland security?" 020
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026If you are trying to understand what's happening to us all, an hour spent with this discussion will be one of the best investments you could make. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech in Years 030
Reposted by cjcarpenterThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome. 913188426202
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it... 010
cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026We've heard from the Obamas on the Minneapolis murders. We've heard from the Clintons on the Minneapolis murders. I think we WOULD have heard from George H.W. Bush on the murders. But what have we heard from the George W. Bushes on the murders? Don't hold your breath. 020
