A.J. Carrillo
@ajcarrillo.bsky.social
Candidates+Causes @ Basis Technologies. Co-founder
@treasuryblue.bsky.social. Fiat lux #GoBears
Interests: politics (inc. Mexican and Canadian), economics, adtech, and state-sponsored disinfo operations.
@treasuryblue.bsky.social. Fiat lux #GoBears
Interests: politics (inc. Mexican and Canadian), economics, adtech, and state-sponsored disinfo operations.
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The GOP is on a runaway train toward a cliff of failure bc of a lack of a plan to replace the ACA, leaving millions w/o health care.
"Republicans will likely pay a huge political price for such a course, dwarfing the drubbing they just took last month."
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"Republicans will likely pay a huge political price for such a course, dwarfing the drubbing they just took last month."
🧾 open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
New in PN: Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The GOP is on a runaway train toward a cliff of failure bc of a lack of a plan to replace the ACA, leaving millions w/o health care.
"Republicans will likely pay a huge political price for such a course, dwarfing the drubbing they just took last month."
🧾 open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
"Republicans will likely pay a huge political price for such a course, dwarfing the drubbing they just took last month."
🧾 open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I wish this were an exaggeration of the new US National Security Strategy. It isn’t.
The NSS makes clear: The US sees as its partner not the people who actually govern Europe, but the factions there aligned with the global far-Right.
‘Sovereignty’, excepting the US, is goodspeak for satrapy.
The NSS makes clear: The US sees as its partner not the people who actually govern Europe, but the factions there aligned with the global far-Right.
‘Sovereignty’, excepting the US, is goodspeak for satrapy.
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I wish this were an exaggeration of the new US National Security Strategy. It isn’t.
The NSS makes clear: The US sees as its partner not the people who actually govern Europe, but the factions there aligned with the global far-Right.
‘Sovereignty’, excepting the US, is goodspeak for satrapy.
The NSS makes clear: The US sees as its partner not the people who actually govern Europe, but the factions there aligned with the global far-Right.
‘Sovereignty’, excepting the US, is goodspeak for satrapy.
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
How Trump flipped America's race conversation
Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
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No one should have to live like this.
Kyiv metro stations tonight. People hide from Russian attack.
📸: Yan Dobronosov
📸: Yan Dobronosov
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
No one should have to live like this.
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The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
The fact that there's barely a president is in fact a major national crisis - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As Jason Linkins observes, in addition to the absurdly obvious double standard the relative lack of coverage that Trump’s very obvious physical and mental decline is receiving is particularly indefens...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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“Ellison also has been willing to empower once-canceled male execs”: oh, so execs culpable for creating hostile working environments? Sexual harasser execs? Dispensing with euphemism might clarify matters.
this article goes to some hilarious lengths to normalize the fact that Paramount's new executives are assholes
Feelings Don’t Matter: How the Ellison Era Is Transforming Paramount
It’s a brand-new day at the legacy studio, where prestige films are out, testosterone-heavy tentpoles are in and Brett Ratner is back on the call sheet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“Ellison also has been willing to empower once-canceled male execs”: oh, so execs culpable for creating hostile working environments? Sexual harasser execs? Dispensing with euphemism might clarify matters.
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Hoekstra talks about Canada meddling in U.S. policies but doesn’t seem to have a problem with the U.S. meddling in the world’s policies.
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Hoekstra talks about Canada meddling in U.S. policies but doesn’t seem to have a problem with the U.S. meddling in the world’s policies.
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
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imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
This quote from Michael Mann film Heat, explains Hegseth:
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This quote from Michael Mann film Heat, explains Hegseth:
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
This quote from Michael Mann film Heat, explains Hegseth’s reasoning:
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
Has any proof been presented that the Venezuelan boats that were bombed were transporting illegal drugs?
Let’s see the receipts.
Let’s see the receipts.
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This quote from Michael Mann film Heat, explains Hegseth’s reasoning:
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
“Vincent Hanna: Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Popped guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness?”
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Pete Hoekstra is the 21st century version of Joel Poinsett. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Ro...
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pete Hoekstra is the 21st century version of Joel Poinsett. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Ro...
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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As a Supreme Court justice, my job is to call balls and strikes. Specifically in the style of Angel Hernandez and Doug Eddings.
by John Roberts
by John Roberts
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As a Supreme Court justice, my job is to call balls and strikes. Specifically in the style of Angel Hernandez and Doug Eddings.
by John Roberts
by John Roberts
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Scope of the atrocities are separated by orders of magnitude. But we weren’t attacked, the murders can’t be blamed on combat, & it isn’t a allied nation doing it, it’s _us_, so it’d be nice if everyone who attacked Biden/Harris about Gaza expresses some disgust about the Caribbean murders
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Scope of the atrocities are separated by orders of magnitude. But we weren’t attacked, the murders can’t be blamed on combat, & it isn’t a allied nation doing it, it’s _us_, so it’d be nice if everyone who attacked Biden/Harris about Gaza expresses some disgust about the Caribbean murders
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this is 100% illegal to build everywhere in america
i would live here in a GD heartbeat
z2g.ch/projekte/sur...
i would live here in a GD heartbeat
z2g.ch/projekte/sur...
Surber-Areal Kreis 4, Zürich — Züst Gübeli Gambetti
Frischzellen fürs Quartier – Zusammen mit einer vorbildlichen Bauherrschaft wurde ein neues Stück Stadt geschaffen, das städtebauliche Aufwertung und Wohnqualität in ein Quartier im Umbruch bringen wi...
z2g.ch
March 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
this is 100% illegal to build everywhere in america
i would live here in a GD heartbeat
z2g.ch/projekte/sur...
i would live here in a GD heartbeat
z2g.ch/projekte/sur...
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If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.
SCOOP: The Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect told the FBI he believed in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.