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Carolyn Idaho

@carolynidaho.bsky.social

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Artist, reader, mother, wife, overthinker, living my best life on 5 acres in Idaho- a state where ONE out of THREE voters chose to vote for Kamala Harris.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · Jan 25

This is my immediate strategy for surviving this time:

Plant trees. Buy seeds. Make compost. Make plans for my garden. Walk outside. Lift weights. Read books. Make art.

I planted bulbs the day after the election. They are under the frozen ground, resting and doing their thing. Every day I look

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 6h

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 6h

Tear it down on day one. Take down the 88 foot flag poles. Remove all the cheap gilded decor in the Oval. Run on it. Give the people what they want.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 6h

Here's Reagan's entire 5 minute radio address. Let's get this to a million views on YouTube. Right now it has 692K.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

www.youtube.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of orange Mussolini, this should be Time Magazine’s 2025 Photo of the Year:

A inflatable frog with a blue cape faces off against ICE officers dressed in military camo gear and police in riot gear.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 1d

📖🌈📚🎶 I love this!

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💙🤍❤️

MoveOn @moveon.org · 1d

This is what loving your country looks like.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 1d

What a great read. Thanks! Really looking forward to this documentary.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

The normies are meming. The normies are meming. 🚨 🚨

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

They know the East Wing demolition is bad optics for them that’s why so many have suddenly “come to life” on this platform today armed w/inaccurate talking points about earlier renovations at the WH.

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Aletheia S.R. @aletheia225.bsky.social · 2d

Private donors to the Pentagon and donors to the ballroom is a serious alarm.

That's not how this works.

Stop this now.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. 🫤

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks:

Looks like @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I will be having a YouTube chat at 10:30 AM EST tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

You can catch it here:

m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

Dr. Joanne Freeman

Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...

m.youtube.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 2d

Important

Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 2d

Bannon says Tr*ump is acting as a vehicle of divine providence. This is an old authoritarian propaganda theme.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

youtu.be

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 2d

I’m going to say again that the shutdown is the power consolidation. While Congress neuters itself, he’s simply taking control of what they can’t/won’t in their absence. And Democrats aren’t upping the ante in what it will take to reopen—namely demanding Article 1 powers be honored.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 2d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 2d

Reagan's 5 minute speech on YouTube currently has 529k views and 7.5k👍. Let's check in tomorrow and see if those numbers go up. Share this everywhere! Let's go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

www.youtube.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

Pam Bondi’s conduct before Congress was embarrassing for her and her department.

Republicans need to respect our bipartisan duty to conduct oversight of the Trump Administration.

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Carolyn Idaho @carolynidaho.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

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