Carolyn Fiddler
@cfidd.bsky.social
Comic book lover, oenophile, Virginian. Obsessed with/nation's foremost expert on state politics. carolyncfiddler at gmail dot com. she/her
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They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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This administration, in an extremely literal sense, does not value human life
Directly from the story: EPA "would no longer take health effects into account in the cost-benefit analyses necessary for clean-air regulations." Instead, "the agency would estimate only the costs to businesses of complying."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This administration, in an extremely literal sense, does not value human life
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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I see the fearsome no-bullshit no-snowflake chads running America are frightened about marauding "gangs of wine mums".
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I see the fearsome no-bullshit no-snowflake chads running America are frightened about marauding "gangs of wine mums".
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
Look I've been involved with state lawmaking for a long time and this might well be the most xenophobic piece of legislation I've ever encountered
www.wvxu.org/politics/202...
www.wvxu.org/politics/202...
Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills
A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
www.wvxu.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Look I've been involved with state lawmaking for a long time and this might well be the most xenophobic piece of legislation I've ever encountered
www.wvxu.org/politics/202...
www.wvxu.org/politics/202...
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
I'll still miss seeing the NSO though, they're in an awful spot
www.notus.org/us-news/kenn...
www.notus.org/us-news/kenn...
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I'll still miss seeing the NSO though, they're in an awful spot
www.notus.org/us-news/kenn...
www.notus.org/us-news/kenn...
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
Hooray! I can see opera again locally before the fascist leaves!
(Pretty obviously I was never going to give the current iteration of the institution formerly and properly known as the Kennedy Center a red cent)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
(Pretty obviously I was never going to give the current iteration of the institution formerly and properly known as the Kennedy Center a red cent)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Hooray! I can see opera again locally before the fascist leaves!
(Pretty obviously I was never going to give the current iteration of the institution formerly and properly known as the Kennedy Center a red cent)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
(Pretty obviously I was never going to give the current iteration of the institution formerly and properly known as the Kennedy Center a red cent)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
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JESUS CHRIST
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
JESUS CHRIST
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There's little downside for Virginia Dems going for 10-1 over 9-2.
On my 10-1 map below, Kamala Harris & Jay Jones won 9 seats by ≥10 points, & McAullife won all 9 in 2021. The swing seat was Harris+3.
On my 9-2 map, 1 of those blue seats becomes safe red, but the swing seat becomes just Harris+4
On my 10-1 map below, Kamala Harris & Jay Jones won 9 seats by ≥10 points, & McAullife won all 9 in 2021. The swing seat was Harris+3.
On my 9-2 map, 1 of those blue seats becomes safe red, but the swing seat becomes just Harris+4
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
There's little downside for Virginia Dems going for 10-1 over 9-2.
On my 10-1 map below, Kamala Harris & Jay Jones won 9 seats by ≥10 points, & McAullife won all 9 in 2021. The swing seat was Harris+3.
On my 9-2 map, 1 of those blue seats becomes safe red, but the swing seat becomes just Harris+4
On my 10-1 map below, Kamala Harris & Jay Jones won 9 seats by ≥10 points, & McAullife won all 9 in 2021. The swing seat was Harris+3.
On my 9-2 map, 1 of those blue seats becomes safe red, but the swing seat becomes just Harris+4
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This is sad on so many levels — about something that was intended to celebrate the best in people.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This is sad on so many levels — about something that was intended to celebrate the best in people.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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NEW: Former election chiefs urged SCOTUS to uphold mail ballot grace periods, warning that eliminating them would create a chaotic "dual voting system" that forces the adoption of different rules for federal and nonfederal races just before the 2026 midterms.
Banning mail ballot grace periods would create chaotic ‘dual voting system,’ former election chiefs warn SCOTUS
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
NEW: Former election chiefs urged SCOTUS to uphold mail ballot grace periods, warning that eliminating them would create a chaotic "dual voting system" that forces the adoption of different rules for federal and nonfederal races just before the 2026 midterms.
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
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Wifi was down at the WH today so I didn’t get to post this, which, once again people: everything is gender.
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Wifi was down at the WH today so I didn’t get to post this, which, once again people: everything is gender.
Okay the kicker in this piece legit cracked me up -- who on earth would pay their own cash money in the year of our lord 2026 to see Adam Carolla attempt to be his version of funny?
consequence.net/2026/01/kenn...
consequence.net/2026/01/kenn...
Kennedy Center Says It "Wants Performers Who Aren't Political" Amid Wave of Cancelations
As artists pull out of Kennedy Center appearances in protest of Trump’s takeover, the venue’s leadership has responded by saying they “want performers who aren’t political.”
consequence.net
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Okay the kicker in this piece legit cracked me up -- who on earth would pay their own cash money in the year of our lord 2026 to see Adam Carolla attempt to be his version of funny?
consequence.net/2026/01/kenn...
consequence.net/2026/01/kenn...
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One thing I notice is that the hacks running the Kennedy Center into the ground keep trying to pretend the cancellations mean artists are unwilling to perform before an audience that contains Republicans, which is obviously ludicrous. There were always plenty of Republicans in the audience.
changing its name and filling its board with sycophants to please a dim, thin-skinned tyrant isn't political though
Kennedy Center Says It "Wants Performers Who Aren't Political" Amid Wave of Cancelations
As artists pull out of Kennedy Center appearances in protest of Trump’s takeover, the venue’s leadership has responded by saying they “want performers who aren’t political.”
consequence.net
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
One thing I notice is that the hacks running the Kennedy Center into the ground keep trying to pretend the cancellations mean artists are unwilling to perform before an audience that contains Republicans, which is obviously ludicrous. There were always plenty of Republicans in the audience.
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My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
Also he's straight-up defaming a murder victim, what an absolute ghoul
Seriously JD Vance just out here telling Americans not to believe their own eyes, it's legit hard to watch
I will never not be astounded at the shamelessness with which JD Vance lies
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Also he's straight-up defaming a murder victim, what an absolute ghoul
Seriously JD Vance just out here telling Americans not to believe their own eyes, it's legit hard to watch
I will never not be astounded at the shamelessness with which JD Vance lies
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
a cartoon skeleton wearing a police uniform and tie
ALT: a cartoon skeleton wearing a police uniform and tie
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Seriously JD Vance just out here telling Americans not to believe their own eyes, it's legit hard to watch
I will never not be astounded at the shamelessness with which JD Vance lies
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
a cartoon skeleton wearing a police uniform and tie
ALT: a cartoon skeleton wearing a police uniform and tie
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I will never not be astounded at the shamelessness with which JD Vance lies
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
It's not new, I know, but I end up slackjawed every time
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