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Kim Carpenter

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Change Management Consultant, photographer, wrote a novel once but it was too long so I started another one

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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 25m
Getting ready for #NoKings tomorrow in North Plainfield, NJ! #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible #NoKingsNorthPlaingieldNJ
Grab ‘em by the midterms! No KingsMad? Vote.  REALLY MAD? Vote EARLY.  No KingsBillionaires FEAR your vote  No Kings
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
HYPOCRITS. I'm on some R mailing lists (because I'm curious what R voters are being told). Here's a screen shot from a landing page reached via an email I received from a sender that calls itself "Protect the Vote":
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Shush" has never made me laugh so hard before.
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#DemocracyDay yesterday in North Plainfield, NJ, hosted by #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible #Indivisible #VisibilityBrigade
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: Protesters trying to block transport van as ICE tries to transfer out Martin Soto, one of the leaders of massive hunger/labor strike at Delaney Hall ICE prison currently on day 3. Guards threatened to toss him in solitary confinement & threatened his wife w/ cutting off visitation. MORE⬇️
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Immigration Coalition @immigcoalition.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
ICE is attempting to disappear lead organizer Martin Soto through a rushed transfer. This is the largest hunger strike on the East Coast since 2020. Folks will hold the line as long as possible! Those detained in Delaney Hall have put their bodies on the line. Don't let them disappear!
Yellow background, purple text: ALL OUT TO DELANEY HALL, NOW!!
ICE is attempting to disappear lead organizer Martin Soto through a rushed transfer. This is the largest hunger strike on the East Coast since 2020.

NEEDED: Press, legal observers, street medics, emergency PPE (masks, goggles, water for pepper spray or teargas), call your fed rep, call your governor.

Folks will hold the line as long as possible!
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
May Day in North Plainfield, NJ -- hosted by #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ #MayDay
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"History has its eyes on us" and "No Kings No War No Epstein Class" #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
Two women holding signs that say "History has its eyes on us" and "No Kings No War No Epstein Class"
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"This is a pedophile not a king" #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
A woman holding a well-drawn sign of a clownish Trump, with the headline "This is a pedophile not a king."
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Good question ... ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY VS A YEAR AGO? #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
Woman holding a sign that says, "ARE U BETTER OFF TODAY VS A YEAR AGO?"
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
NO ONE VOTED TO BOMB KIDS. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
Three women.  One has a sign that says "NO ONE VOTED TO BOMB KIDS."  Another has a sign that reads "No Kings, No War, No Way."
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
END THIS RECKLESS WAR #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
No Kings, No Wars, No ICE -- END THIS RECKLESS WAR
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A joyous crowd, unanimously disgusted with our government. North Plainfield, NJ, on Route 22 East. END THIS RECKLESS WAR. About 600 people today. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivsibleNJ
END THIS RECKLESS WAR
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
About 600 people today ... TRUMP'S GETTING RICHER, ARE YOU? #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Poster party today! #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisibleNJ
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Imagine hating immigrants more than pedofiles" #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible rally in North Plainfield, NJ, on Presidents' Day 2026 -- about 100 people despite overnight snow
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Trump is a hoax" 😆 #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible rally in North Plainfield, NJ
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Trump Is UnAmerican" -- about 100 people gathered in North Plainfield, NJ, for Presidents' Day, despite overnight snow. #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions. Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend. Please and thank you! 🙏💪
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"We have the king that Thomas Paine feared." Plainfields Area Indivisible event today on Route 22 E in North Plainfield, NJ. #ICEOutForGood #Indivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"They blame immigrants so you won't blame billionaires." Plainfields Area Indivisible event today on Route 22 E in North Plainfield, NJ. #ICEOutForGood #Indivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Anyone could be the next Renee Nicole Good. Plainfields Area Indivisible event today on Route 22 E in North Plainfield, NJ. #ICEOutForGood #Indivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
120-150 people on a windy afternoon in North Plainfield, NJ -- Plainfields Area Indivisible #ICEOutForGood #Indivisible (A woman who usually brings her young children to our rallies told me, "This time I was afraid.")
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Do they not see the irony in claiming to want to protect Iranian protestors while ours are shot dead?! #ICEOutForGood
Cover of 1-11-26 New York Post newspaper with headline: “Trump to Iranian people: Got Your Back,” with photo of fiery destruction and cheesy photo of Trump pointing
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
@apnews.com Adding the word "falsely" would have been clearer: "The president *falsely* said on Truth Social that “most” foreign-born U.S. residents “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels...” apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Actually, I'm not surprised. www.goodsuniteus.com/democrats-be...
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Democrats Were Better At Running Large U.S. Companies Than Republicans Over The Last 5 Years (aka DEMZ Turns 5!) - Goods Unite Us
The data demonstrates that Democrats have been better at running large U.S. companies than Republicans over the last five years.
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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: Did you live by the Ten Commandments? Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?" "Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Wow, peaceful protest all over the country. It's almost as if we aren't actually terrorists or America-haters. 🤔 #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Yeah, that's not a "mandate." More people didn't vote for Trump than did. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
A number of peaceful protesters today were, um, not impressed with the talents of our current federal government. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship." "Stop pretending your racism is patriotic." Along Route 22 in North Plainfield, NJ. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
We had today about twice the number of people as we had in June. As I roved around taking pictures, I often heard some form of "I can't believe what's happening to our country. And not enough people see it, not enough understand." #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"Democracy doesn't fear protest. Dictators do." #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Children ARE listening to the hate that's being spread by certain politicians and members of government. Fortunately, some of them are wise enough to reject it. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Possibly my favorite sign of the day -- just "Trump," crossed out. If only it were that easy! #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
As I was taking pictures today, the most common thing I heard was: "I had to do something -- we HAVE to do something. Can't people see what's happening to our country?!" #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Thank you Plainfields Area Indivisible for organizing our local No Kings II rally. About 600 people came together in a peaceful, joyous assembly that nonetheless made it clear we have no patience with kings, dictators, fascists, authoritarians, and liars. #NoKings #NoKingsPlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The beginning of Fall #photography
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My second favorite from today -- that's a Trump-head toilet brush 😆 #LaborDay #WorkersOverBillionaires
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Possibly my favorite sign from today, "Trump is mean" #LaborDay #WorkersOverBillionaires
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Some GREAT signs at today's rally in North Plainfield, NJ #LaborDay #WorkersOverBillionaires #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Some GREAT signs at today's rally in North Plainfield, NJ #LaborDay #WorkersOverBillionaires #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
FANTASTIC turn out in North Plainfield, NJ today -- about 180 people. #LaborDay #WorkersOverBillionaires #PlainfieldsAreaIndivisible kimcarpenterphotos.smugmug.com/Labor-Day-20... THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 😅
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Labor Day 2025 Plainfields Area Indivisible - Kim Carpenter
Fantastic Labor Day 2025 turnout for a rally by the pedestrian bridge over Route 22 in North Plainfield, NJ.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The AMA has spent significantly more money funding Republican politicians over the past 35 yrs than Democrats, including >46% of their federal campaign contributions in the 2023-2024 election cycle when Project 2025 Medicaid & social service cuts were on the line: www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
A graph showing AMA (AMPAC) funding to federal political candidates by election year from 1990-2024. There is significantly more red than blue.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is Mike Lawler (R-NY). If he votes for this bill, 32,216 of his constituents would lose access to their healthcare. 18,264 of his constituents could lose access to their food assistance.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ). If he votes for this bill, 20,469 of his constituents would lose access to their healthcare. 10,831 of his constituents could lose access to their food assistance. 80 energy jobs in his district could be lost.
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
About 300 people in tiny North Plainfield, NJ in the non-stop rain! #NoKings Plainfields Area Indivisible
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Kim Carpenter @kimcarpenter.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings North Plainfield, New Jersey — Plainfields Area Indivisible
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