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MJ Carson

@mjcarson.bsky.social
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Emerita US History professor; writer; expat; LGBTQ+ person and advocate; tearing-my-hair-out social democrat.

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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh for god's sake, bring that overgrown toddler home. Or leave him somewhere without a plane.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I love Substack and the passionate voices over there -- but there is no way I can afford to subscribe to each newsletter that I wish to follow. You gals and guys over on Substack -- could you please figure out a cool way to band together so we can afford your wisdom and you can afford to deliver it?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.
Screenshot of a tweet by Rep. Ted Lieu stating that U.S. military law prohibits war crimes, including strikes on civilian infrastructure that cause disproportionate harm. The tweet warns that service members must disobey illegal orders and could face prosecution by a future administration if they commit war crimes.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/04/2026
Today's press conference: We pulled of a risky rescue and we're going to tell the world exactly how we did it. Our administration leaked about the second airman, endangering his life. We're super good at endangering more lives to clean up messes of our own making.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Nobody can stop Trump's evil madness? Nobody? Nothing? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w...
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Iranians Voice Shock and Defiance in Face of Trump’s Latest Deadline
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hey Bessent! Be a Powell! Smart-- honest--person of integrity-- come on, man, you can do it! Try harder!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Dear Europe: Do not deal with Trump. Above all, do not deal with Trump. For God's sake, do not deal with Trump. He is a toxic infected wart on humanity; he has sent armed thugs into US homes, has disappeared people, and he'll do the same to you.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We must have a post-Trump reckoning of the trial-conviction-prison kind. medium.com/@mjcarson/im...
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Imagining National Recovery
It will cost a lot. It will be difficult. It is the only way.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
First snow in Paris last night (Saturday)...ahhhh....
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
All right--the NY Times has seemingly beefed up its coverage of the outrages of this 'administration.' But at what cost? I invite you to find the incomplete sentence embedded in this article. (No, this is not a trick -- but if it gets you to read the article, great!) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We need to impeach him before he kills us all. ....already too much blood and loss, literal and figurative. Hello? Hello out there? Hello fucking Republican cowards????
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In a wonderful interview on the Daily Beast, Mary Trump just reminded us that her uncle is a nihilist -- and when he goes down he will take as many people with him as he can. We need to be prepared and aware. It ain't gonna be just his peeps. youtu.be/anLE28i2wr4?...
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Why Seeing Epstein and My Uncle Donald Haunts Me | The Daily Beast Podcast
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
OK I'm slowly making up with the NY Times as it slowly makes its way back to real journalism. Meanwhile, these 'overlooked' obits are a great contribution. This one fudges on Jung's sexual exploitation of a young patient, but does highlight Spielrein's bold genius. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Overlooked No More: Sabina Spielrein, Visionary Lost Between Freud and Jung
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I'm thinking that in her demand for a ridiculously outsized budget, Noem wisely foresaw the pile of lawsuits that ICE's illegal brutality would generate. Good going. Gonna need that cash.
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ECU-ALUM #MissyouMom @ecu-alum.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Reality...
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
To paraphrase Madame Pomfrey (Harry Potter), regrowing a brain is a painful process. But maybe the NYT can manage it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Opinion | The Power Grab That Embodies Trumpism
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The entire Republican party has reconfigured itself around the joy of inflicting pain, and today the Washington Post editorial board says that in this hour of the shutdown, the DEMOCRATS have to blink. What's that Biblical thing about the log in your own eye? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A turning point in the government shutdown
Piecemeal bills are a waste of time. Just fund the whole government.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/10/2025
Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️ Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you. Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No. 1/2
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Jason Steele @filmcow.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Yes. All you investors and traders, get ready. More wild ride ahead....and probably not the fun kind.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The Times at it again. The muted criticism only creeps in near the end of the article. The headline suggests that Trump's horrific tear-down of the White House is simply 'unrealistic' in promising that the process would not 'interfere' with the 'current building.' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
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Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The corrupt begat corruption
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
October 19, 2025 HCR is right, as usual. Trump and his people have moved beyond caring about due process or the Constitution. Does Trump assume he has the military? He will need the military to stay in office as he destroys the United States. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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October 19, 2025
All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
From Annie Karni's NYT coverage of the health care debate: "Mr. Trump, who told Republicans in 2023 to 'never give up' in seeking to repeal the 2010 health law, has yet to clearly articulate what he favors instead." Ms. Karni, Trump cannot clearly articulate ANYTHING at this point.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
You know, I think the useful (evil) idiots inside the US junta are so isolated that, sure, they don't care about the protests, but also, they don't get that their time is just about over.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
So, granted I'm on Paris time and maybe the New York Times will change its front page before you all wake up (nah), but I'm once again deeply disappointed that their lead story today is about stupid George Santos rather than the HUGE global outpouring of peaceful resistance to the US fascist coup.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings in Paris!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I'll be joining our No Kings Day in Paris -- at the Bastille, appropriately. Please know that our hearts are bleeding along with yours, and we think of you daily. (Photo from No Kings Day in June, Paris.) March on! March on!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Make this go viral. Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent. Keep fighting. 🔥
A photo of a federal ice agent spraying pepper spray directly into reverend David Black of Chicago
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
On Trump Deploying Troops to More Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (Or Whatever)
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
ARREST STEPHEN MILLER!!!!!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Yes! There must have been some other way to allow them to pursue their hobbies of racism and cruelty.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Arrest Stephen Miller.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power. REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Those of you old enough to remember Kent State, remember how stunned MOST of us were, to our very civic and moral core? Will that happen again when some cluster of deployed National Guard members open fire on Americans? What the hell has happened to us? (Don't bother answering -- I know.)
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BlueinOhio @sharon43302.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Love to the US No Kings movement from your Paris cohorts. Onward! Stay safe!
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I told my wife about the accommodations national guardsmen are getting in LA and she said it’s like the Fyre Festival of troop deployments
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NurseQ AntiFascist: boycott big businesses @nursequixote.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Senators must uphold their oath to the CONSTITUTION. www.senate.gov/about/origin...
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
ICE is the January 6 insurrectionists all over again. Only instead of attacking law enforcement, they are pretending to *be* law enforcement. And instead of just terrorizing at the Capitol, they are doing it EVERYWHERE.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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thebobbygee @thebobgoodman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
finally a worthy Alien vs. Predator installment
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