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MJ Carson

@mjcarson.bsky.social
6.7K followers 3.8K following 390 posts

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 · 02/10/2026
Yep same -- voted from abroad. Ballot already confirmed by county clerk in US.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The best news ever! Yay!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
that's sure a mild expression of what Blanche has been up to....the 'appearance' indeed! Oh my.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Right on both counts!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m reading the previous responses and it is no fucking wonder we are in this hellhole. Grow a spine, people. ‘Oh we can’t do that’ is exactly why we haven’t done that: health care, public school funding, housing, aggressive anti poverty programs, union protection, clean air, water, and food.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'Reframe' is certainly the operative, though accidental, verb.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There are SO many things wrong with this guy. So many things.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Good sentiment, but should be a cat back there.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yes
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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 · 17/06/2026
Amen! I SOOOO remember that sleazy guy when he was in college. And I was kinda shocked that he got this 'feel good' coverage. Yuck.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We miss you guys so much!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The "President" is a war criminal. And, alas, so are the military members who have commanded or participated in the murders of civilians around the world -- the ones in boats, the ones in schools, the ones near so-called 'military' targets.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Love ya, Jess!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Same.
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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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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Get back to Washington. Do the job.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Vomit. The guy is, among myriad other offenses, interfering with the elections of another nation. Could there be an individual more repellent? (oh yeah, what was I thinking....).
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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 · 25/03/2026
What? Seriously? BS.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
But there WILL be consequences. We will get those criminals out of office. What then needs to happen is a Nuremberg....that's gonna be the hard part for Americans. Every Democrat running for office must be made to pledge to support an exhaustive criminal inquiry into this 'administration.'
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Abolition is the way forward. There's no commonsense reform with this gang of criminals.
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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 · 26/01/2026
good on the impeachment move. But she hasn't lost control -- they are doing what she wants them to do. They are all of a monstrous piece.
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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 · 20/01/2026
YES! YES! YES!
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It would be adequate just to toss the bastard in prison.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Yup. Totally on point.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Oooo, good stuff!!!!
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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 · 08/01/2026
And so are his minions.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
How would he not also be the worst president ever? There is no contest.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is horrifying. He really needs to NOT be near any weapons of war or aggression. ....or near any humans, for that matter.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Big part of the reason I moved to France. Many more reasons, but that one was up there.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Love this. Thank you.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great challenge! I don't have any ideas right now, but...great challenge.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Yes, alas.
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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
Good work, Mom. The kid knows what's what.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
PS we don't have time for another year of this.
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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
Yeah, god forbid they should look at Medicare for all. WHO would then fleece us?
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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
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I am with you. The whole ‘Homeland’ vocabulary put us in a new and awful world.
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MJ Carson @mjcarson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ooooo, these guys are going to prison......I want to live long enough to see that....(not sick, just remembering how long it has taken to prod any kind of accountability for the orange monster).
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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 · 17/11/2025
Bessent is like a student taking an oral exam who has just plain given up. Any answer at all, no matter how bizarre.
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