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Joan McCarter

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Political writer, politician haranguer, senior pet caretaker, gardener

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cough…John Roberts did this…cough
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What amazes me is that some version of this story runs in every election cycle, and no one ever bothers to look up past iterations to see that it's not new or particularly rare.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 25/09/2026
More and more people are saying it, in veteran progressive operative circles: none of us know who Evan Barker is.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.
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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the uninitiated: This is a _huge_ problem with LLMs and with Google's push to reduce every search to a single LLM answer: The answers are ridiculously hackable. You don't need to be a nationstate, companies and individuals can do it to.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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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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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hunter Lazzaro gives the Arch de Trump a name more appropriate to its role as sniper nest and drone launcher. www.unchartedblue.com/donald-wants...
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Donald wants a Sniper Arch with sightlines to the Lincoln Memorial, and reporters really, really need to ask why
Pretend a Twitch streamer said it if that'll help you get in the mood, press corps.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Critical information on Prop 1. These deaths are preventable. If a woman wants to die for her pregnancy, it should be her decision alone, not the legislature's. #Idaho
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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 20/09/2026
Well, shit.
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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 19/09/2026
Did they ask respondents if they had had COVID? Cuz there are millions of us out here with that pesky virus hanging around, sapping us every day.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026
The fact that Bezos needs to piss and also the fact that he commands an army of hundreds of thousands of workers who are prohibited from pissing really supports my hypothesis that billionaires don't really believe that other people are *real*.
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BioVie Inc @biovie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today, we announced positive results from our Phase 2 signal finding ADDRESS-LC trial evalulating bezisterim for the treatment of neurological symptoms associated with #LongCOVID. Read: investors.bioviepharma.com/news/news-de...
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 12/09/2026
And then it was when the unhappy king (Whose wrongs in us God pardon!) did set forth Upon his Irish expedition
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you are wondering what kind of BS the USPS could pull to stop ballots (maybe especially from Democratic counties) from being mailed, if the Supreme Court allows the rule to go into effect for 2026, get out your microscopes....
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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act. Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 11/09/2026
Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
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Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Theresa @theresav208.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Kickstarter to create a documentary about the Egyptian Theatre & its history in Boise. Support if you can! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jel...
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Preserving the Egyptian Theatre Legacy
Help preserve 100 years of cultural history at Boise’s Egyptian Theatre with this one-hour documentary project.
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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 09/09/2026
Death, taxes, and goddamned Susan Collins running for reelection.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
good thing this was screen-capped because there's a 100% chance Collins and her team are on the phone to @pressherald.com editors screaming about this now that's a hallmark of her tenure, yelling over accurate coverage, hoping media will back down (and they often do)
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Under the law, both the person who pays the supplemental income and the person who receives it are liable. The Trump Justice Department might decline to enforce the law, but the statute of limitations is five years. Trump’s term ends in a little over two years.”
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Excellent, disturbing reporting from Sarah Kliff. Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026
As you surely suspected, and @attackerman.bsky.social confirms, ICE and CBP are ridden with sex criminals & child abusers.
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The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP
Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026
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MB @babsonm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In #nature and #science news from #Idaho … 🔬=💪 🙂 1. From @boisedev.com - boisedev.com/news/2026/08... 2. From @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/science-rese...
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Mike Habegger @mikehabegger.com · 05/09/2026
The point of “tax the rich” policies is not to end the budget deficit. Its purpose is to make American society fair. As we’ve long said, the purpose of a progressive tax system is to make sure all citizens feel “equally jilted” by taxes.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I have some frustrations... www.offmessage.net/p/elon-musk-...
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I Am Going To Lose My F****** Mind
Can someone make the madness end? Or are we simply doomed to demented discourse and intolerable double standards and spineless opposition forever?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
See also: presswatchers.org/2026/07/the-...
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The world’s most vocal racist will be the Republican Party’s biggest donor again. But don’t mention it. | Press Watch
Our top news organizations are covering up Elon Musk’s white supremacist propaganda
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Seth Moulton kicked trangender Americans and other progressives when they were down. Now, Massachusetts voters have kicked him out of politics. Job well done.”
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Both those willow trees and the statue are now gone, so it looks like the Trumpers' new plan is to level this whole area in a spite-tantrum.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 28/08/2026
But when we in our viciousness grow hard (O misery on’t!), the wise gods seel our eyes, In our own filth drop our clear judgments, make us Adore our errors, laugh at ’s while we strut To our confusion.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 26/08/2026
The Human Rights First ICE flight monitor has recorded 33 flights out of Twin Falls in 2026, and three flights out of the Boise airport. No other Idaho cities are listed.
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Twin Falls ICE flight observers record more than 500 detainees flown out of Magic Valley airport • Idaho Capital Sun
Twin Falls observers have recorded over ICE 500 detainees flying out of the Magic Valley airport since operations began in early April.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/08/2026
The future of Parton’s Imagination Library has become uncertain due to the quiet machinations of Republicans in the Midwest that have sought to unravel public funding for the cause. trib.al/Z9f1GpD
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the Royal Family: “Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.”
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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 26/08/2026
And what an opener it will be. Now that I live in PDX, I definitely have to bring the orange and blue flag out on the 5th. Sort of o/t, that new CTE study made me think of the untimely, difficult loss of Doug Martin.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 26/08/2026
Why, Timothy!
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
ICE Kills a Mainer so GOP candidate for Governor wants ICE at the polls. These fucking monsters: Bobby Charles says he'll ask Trump's border chief to send ICE agents to Maine polls www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
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Bobby Charles says he'll ask Trump's border chief to send ICE agents to Maine polls
In leaked audio, the Republican gubernatorial candidate says he's friends with border czar Tom Homan and that he'll ask him to send ICE agents and marshals to polling locations to guard against noncit...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Supreme Court is not being obtuse. They're being evil. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Supreme Court Is Helping Trump Rig the Midterms
Trump’s order limiting mail-in voting is patently unconstitutional—but that didn’t stop the court from giving it the green light.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This actually is the truth about Susan Collins when it comes to Trump and Vance: She's on team and they all know it - so a reliable Senate vote for Trump is what is on the ballot in Maine this fall: "here's the truth with Susan Collins: when we need here, she's been there"
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 25/08/2026
Fun fact, tho not so much given the circumstances: Many large west coast SEIU local numbers are based off mergers. 1021 was 10 locals, now 1. 521 was 5, now 1. 721 was 7, now 1. Not 925. 925 is numbered after the 9 to 5 movement of women workers in the 70s, which Dolly wrote the song about.
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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
-why is it the ONLY unforgivable sin?" And then she told me, "I finally figured it out. The Holy Ghost is that part of God that lives in everybody, and the way you sin against it is by not loving everybody with all your heart, for exactly who they are."
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Dolly Parton - Travelin' Thru [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by NettwerkMusic
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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