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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

When is our representation going to hold these people accountable?

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

White Lotus finale was a work of art. Fantastic, deep moments for each actor and their characters. Acting, writing, and production top notch.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This fucking guy. How out of touch with reality can you be? We just keep finding out.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I can't wait for tonight's episode of Whose Administration Is It Anyway?, where the economics are made up and the facts don't matter.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Follow the money and the reasons behind the reasons.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This is the FCC consumer complaint page. Every facet of the government is now dedicated to 'owning the libs'. consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.”
• The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives.
• The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Each point represents a federal agency:
• Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs.
• Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs.

Key Observations:
• Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates.
• Notable targeted agencies include:
• HHS (Health & Human Services)
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• NIH (National Institutes of Health)
• CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Dept. of Education
• USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
• The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies.
• A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size.

Takeaway:

The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology.

Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

* EXCLUSIVE - US DECLINING TO CO-SPONSOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION BACKING UKRAINE AND CONDEMNING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AHEAD OF WAR ANNIVERSARY, DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY @reuters.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/02/2025

For eight decades, alliances have formed the bedrock of American foreign, trade and cultural policy. But not any more. Europeans, but also America's Asian allies, need to accept this new world, and learn how to live in it. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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The End of the Postwar World

Trump’s cruelty and lies about Ukraine send a dark message to America’s other allies.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A State Attorney General filed this lawsuit. Let that sink in.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Insane. The teetering court system is what is left.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13/02/2025

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Sassoon absolutely destroys this ridiculous, scandalous, lawless order by Bondi and the DOJ (in her first week). These are the heroes we need if our country is going to survive this insanity.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We are currently living in the apex of the Information Weaponry Age. The most powerful leader of the most powerful nation is wielding propaganda to reshape our world.

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The $Trump administration selflessly caring for the American people yet again.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"We can't believe that a Bishop would turn a church service into political arena. Despicable." *tragic plane crash* "Obama! Biden! Diversity!!!"

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Jake Carpenter @jakecarpenter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Free speech, not freedom to misinform. Protect women, don't control and define them. Manifest love, not destiny. Enrich our culture, not our leaders. Release hostages, not criminals.

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