Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@ctmccartney.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
The main thing Elon Musk took from us when he bought Twitter was destroying the only customer service platform that corporations will actually answer you on
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The main thing Elon Musk took from us when he bought Twitter was destroying the only customer service platform that corporations will actually answer you on
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Fiona Bruce, "President Trump said the troops NATO sent to Afghanistan stayed off the front line"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Fiona Bruce, "President Trump said the troops NATO sent to Afghanistan stayed off the front line"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
BBC News - Reward of £20k to find real 'Beast of Birkenhead' killer of Diane Sindall - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reward of £20k to find real 'Beast of Birkenhead' killer of Diane Sindall
Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison for the murder of Diane Sindall before being cleared in 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
BBC News - Reward of £20k to find real 'Beast of Birkenhead' killer of Diane Sindall - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Federal officer murders a woman in the street? Not even a federal inquiry
Civil rights leader disrupts a church service? Arrested
Civil rights leader disrupts a church service? Arrested
The feds have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who led the protest in a Minnesota church over the weekend.
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
A woman who led a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Federal officer murders a woman in the street? Not even a federal inquiry
Civil rights leader disrupts a church service? Arrested
Civil rights leader disrupts a church service? Arrested
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Accurate
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Accurate
The TITANIC? That famously got turned around???
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The TITANIC? That famously got turned around???
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Trump led an operation in Venezuela and Maduro was arrested"
"Maduro is on trial in New York"
"Sorry, Putin is not on trial"
"This is the biggest war in Europe since WWII and the man who started it is not only free, he is still fighting for his frozen money in Europe"
"Maduro is on trial in New York"
"Sorry, Putin is not on trial"
"This is the biggest war in Europe since WWII and the man who started it is not only free, he is still fighting for his frozen money in Europe"
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Trump led an operation in Venezuela and Maduro was arrested"
"Maduro is on trial in New York"
"Sorry, Putin is not on trial"
"This is the biggest war in Europe since WWII and the man who started it is not only free, he is still fighting for his frozen money in Europe"
"Maduro is on trial in New York"
"Sorry, Putin is not on trial"
"This is the biggest war in Europe since WWII and the man who started it is not only free, he is still fighting for his frozen money in Europe"
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
Reposted by Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
457 British troops.
You evil, senile bastard.
You evil, senile bastard.
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
457 British troops.
You evil, senile bastard.
You evil, senile bastard.
Have each of these countries stumped up the $1billion fee? 👀Where is that money going?
The list of participating countries includes: Albania, Egypt, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Have each of these countries stumped up the $1billion fee? 👀Where is that money going?