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KCarp

@kcarpdiem.bsky.social
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Avid reader. Enjoy DIY projects, history and antiques, music. Relocating from that other social media place. Advocate for democracy. Pic is beloved 'Mr. Kitty' 2013-2023. I'm A Keeper Of The Flame.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 4h
In any event, the links between crypto, money laundering, the Trump, Lutnick and Witkoff family and the rampant law breaking that the money laundering was used to try and hide are all coming out. This will not be the last story and Bo Hines ain't the biggest fish in this pond.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 4h
Suffice to say that if you run a money laundering business, you'd vastly prefer to be subject to El Salvadoran disclosure and compliance standards. The "Genius" Act that regulated stablecoins in the US should have closed doors to ML with stablecoins but didn't - one of the many reasons I opposed.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 6m
As soon as I read this Kyle Rittenhouse came to mind.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
A courageous decision to line his own pockets by placing hundreds of millions in oil futures contracts and manipulating the markets...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 5h
some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4h
Ballroom-size scoop from @washingtonpost.com’s Jonathan O’Connell, Sarah Blaskey and @aaronschaffer.com: the secret list of major donors to Trump’s flagship project Among the revelations — $25M apiece from Apple and Nvidia, and numerous gifts from people + firms with business before Trump
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 4h
He doesn't care as long as those $100k subscribers are still around, hopefully that will end soon too.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 17h
I'm so sick of this Republican lie. Republicans refused to work with Democrats on immigration reform for at least a decade and then they ran on it. ".....I don't think any of us wants to go back to the days of completely open, uncontrolled borders. That is dangerous for us," Collins argued.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 18h
James Talarico: I want to get back to the kind of capitalism we had in the middle of the 20th century in this country. I want competition, but it’s got to be fair competition. We’ve got to take on these monopolies, this consolidation, because again it’s fundamentally anti-capitalist.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 18h
The very idea he still psychotically lies like this about fellow Americans and it's not even reported as a top story anywhere (or reported at all) is something I will never, ever get over.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19h
the bar for stripping people of citizenship is extremely high. It’s identical to that required for a criminal conviction. Beyond a reasonable doubt, citizenship procured by fraud. You don’t launch an investigation *with the goal of* getting there.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/10/2026
That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.
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The 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?
Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23h
If Trump and Musk succeed in putting a knife into the ribs of Ukraine, it will be a permanent stain on the U.S. and a reminder that no country should ever trust us again.
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Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 21h
Unmitigated disaster, The United States -the supposed leader of democracy in the free world- is hobbling Ukraine and helping Russia. Call your Senators and Congressmen!
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 21h
Did Emperor Musk just make the decree?
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 21h
I did. I've already voted and it feels pretty good. 🤞
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I Voted Sticker on Election Day
ALT: I Voted Sticker on Election Day
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 23h
"After more than 30 years as a DER SPIEGEL correspondent in the US, I am leaving. The country that I thought I knew no longer exists. It was an illusion - and it is being replaced by the unknown," Mark Pitzke writes. derspiegel.substack.com/p/the-erosio... 1/2
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The Erosion of My American Dream
After more than 30 years as a DER SPIEGEL correspondent in the US, I am leaving. The country that I thought I knew no longer exists. It was an illusion - and it is being replaced by the unknown.
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s More Than Just a Little Routine Maintenance joycevance.substack.com/p/its-more-t...
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It’s More Than Just a Little Routine Maintenance
The administration flouted a judge’s order and cut down more than 400 trees on the East Potomac Golf Course over the weekend.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If this isn't a reason to take control out of Musk's hands and make sure he doesn't rule via monopoly, I don't know what is......
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Non-zero chance Elon cut Starlink on his own bc the last thing the Masters of the Universe need is for people to understand data centers can be bombed.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thank you. I misread and thought it was 300-500 million tons not thousands. I knew I wasn't understanding it.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) is an independent federal agency in the United States that regulates derivatives markets, including futures contracts, options, and swaps.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Absolutely!
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When he was elected a second time I said we'd likely all be in the streets before it was over, and hoping I was wrong as I said it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“The New York Times reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at Mr. Talarico’s home, which were provided by his campaign on the condition they not be published for security reasons. The images showed Mr. Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.”
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio (Gift Article)
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When are we going to say that President Trump is acting with racial animus towards Black Women federal officials?
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I would love, absolutely love, at least one prominent contender for the Dem POTUS nomination in 2028 to start threatening this now. "Trump is right that lying on immigration forms is a serious offense. Here are the people my DOJ will investigate on Day 1: Musk, Melania, etc." Put fear in them NOW.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🤦‍♀️
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yes, not something that can be easily replaced or rectified.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Very fine people, under the Trump definition.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Christopher Hale: Here is the dream team behind the fake story that Talarico secretly went to an Ohio mental health center. Nick Sortor has an open warrant for his arrest back home in Kentucky for violating probation. He was convicted of driving while intoxicated, harassing a police officer,
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Given FEC spending totals, 5.6% of all the money spent by Republican campaigns this election cycle - candidates, superPACs, all of it - was donated personally by Elon Musk. That's up from 3.8% in 2024.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Today is a good day to have a good day." Everyday.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Stock holdings now exceed the value of primary residences in the U.S. Yet the typical family's home is worth five times their stock portfolio. In other words, the gains from the stock market boom are going to the top.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/10/2026
Spotted:
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just this in itself affects so many people in innumerable ways.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
US jet fuel spot price.. +125% YTD... near the April peak Delta cut its 2026 profit forecast by nearly 25% as surging fuel costs outweighed resilient travel demand. @reuters @soberlook thedailyshot.com/sub...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/10/2026
Surveillance footage released by the Kharkiv Prosecutor's Office shows the moment a strike hit a street in Ukraine.
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Bob Elliott @bobeunlimited.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
No Relief Coming At The Pump Despite all the rhetoric in recent days intended to create more product supply, it's all marginal in the face of an oil market that if anything looks like it's getting tighter. bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/no-relief-...
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No Relief Coming At The Pump
Despite all the rhetoric in recent days intended to create more product supply, it's all marginal in the face of an oil market that if anything looks like it's getting tighter.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Remember: ICE lied so often about people posing threats to them, to justify their violence in Chicago, that a Chicago federal judge wrote it was "difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything" ICE said. Do you know what it takes to get a Fed district judge to WRITE THAT in a ruling?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 12/10/2026
Yes, but were you in Atlanta for a Hawks game?
James Talarico tweet responding to the Lindner Center tweet claiming: "Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope."

Talarico's quote tweet: "I’ve never even been to Ohio 😂"
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Science Under Siege
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NYT
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I've rarely seen a more stupid headline, let alone a waste of type space.
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KCarp @kcarpdiem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Russian Who Helped Pay for Trump Jr.’s Wedding Tied to Group Accused of Abducting Ukrainian Children
Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.
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