Brad Carpenter (he/him)
@brad-carpenter.bsky.social
Interests include politics, sports, and painting Warhammer 40k models. Oh, and it'd be great if we could do something about income inequality and the impending fascism. Yeah...
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Rep Pramila Jayapal: "Remember the militarized raid on a Chicago apartment building in the middle of the night where agents rappelled from helicopters and zip-tied sobbing children? It has resulted in ZERO criminal charges two months later.
The cruelty, chaos, and fear are the point."
The cruelty, chaos, and fear are the point."
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Rep Pramila Jayapal: "Remember the militarized raid on a Chicago apartment building in the middle of the night where agents rappelled from helicopters and zip-tied sobbing children? It has resulted in ZERO criminal charges two months later.
The cruelty, chaos, and fear are the point."
The cruelty, chaos, and fear are the point."
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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While researching this piece on Trump pardons, rediscovered what some season 1 characters are up to now.
For Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, they have shrugged off their voter suppression convictions and are now selling Trump pardons for $1 million.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
For Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, they have shrugged off their voter suppression convictions and are now selling Trump pardons for $1 million.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
While researching this piece on Trump pardons, rediscovered what some season 1 characters are up to now.
For Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, they have shrugged off their voter suppression convictions and are now selling Trump pardons for $1 million.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
For Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, they have shrugged off their voter suppression convictions and are now selling Trump pardons for $1 million.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
Great conversation between @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great conversation between @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
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I want us to hang on to the fact that the people who were murdered were just civilians out in boats, most likely fishermen, who had never even heard the sketchy conclusions of American officials for which they were executed, much less had a chance to defend themselves.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I want us to hang on to the fact that the people who were murdered were just civilians out in boats, most likely fishermen, who had never even heard the sketchy conclusions of American officials for which they were executed, much less had a chance to defend themselves.
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The oligarchs’ reaction to this piece is heavily illustrative of the fact that for decades most of the press coverage they got was trade related and fawning. Now they think stating the obvious is a “hit piece” when their own actions reflect badly on them
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The oligarchs’ reaction to this piece is heavily illustrative of the fact that for decades most of the press coverage they got was trade related and fawning. Now they think stating the obvious is a “hit piece” when their own actions reflect badly on them
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
All of their money would be better spent by literally any random person on the planet.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
All of their money would be better spent by literally any random person on the planet.
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They're scapegoating the most vulnerable so they can rip us all off
It is the most accurate and salient explanation of the last ten years, and yet you rarely hear any politician of any stature say that.
It is the most accurate and salient explanation of the last ten years, and yet you rarely hear any politician of any stature say that.
Possibly because I was growing up Jewish only ~30 years after the Holocaust, but the evil of “scapegoating” was hammered into me repeatedly. I rarely see the term used, but it’s exactly what Trump, Miller, Noem and the right wing at large do, explicitly, and it should be forcefully condemned.
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
They're scapegoating the most vulnerable so they can rip us all off
It is the most accurate and salient explanation of the last ten years, and yet you rarely hear any politician of any stature say that.
It is the most accurate and salient explanation of the last ten years, and yet you rarely hear any politician of any stature say that.
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"Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing."
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing."
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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READ: Zionism wasn’t just a political movement; it was the most successful marketing campaign of the 20th century.
Here's how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian oppression and dispossession. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/how-...
Here's how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian oppression and dispossession. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/how-...
How Zionism was sold to the world
Harriet Malinowitz’s new book, “Selling Israel: Zionism, Propaganda, and the Uses of Hasbara,” reveals how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian…
mondoweiss.net
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
READ: Zionism wasn’t just a political movement; it was the most successful marketing campaign of the 20th century.
Here's how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian oppression and dispossession. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/how-...
Here's how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian oppression and dispossession. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/how-...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
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A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Give the money to almost anyone but tech-bro investors.
Tesla scales back Robotaxi fleet goal in Austin
The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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Tesla scales back Robotaxi fleet goal in Austin
The announced doubling of the Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin only brings the total number of supervised EVs to about 60, a massive shortfall from the 500 vehicles the company promised just weeks ago.
www.arenaev.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Give the money to almost anyone but tech-bro investors.
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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When someone is wrong.. then gets corrected.. then says they don’t care…
You cared enough to be wrong… but you don’t care enough to be right?…
Willful ignorance is a hell of a thing
You cared enough to be wrong… but you don’t care enough to be right?…
Willful ignorance is a hell of a thing
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When someone is wrong.. then gets corrected.. then says they don’t care…
You cared enough to be wrong… but you don’t care enough to be right?…
Willful ignorance is a hell of a thing
You cared enough to be wrong… but you don’t care enough to be right?…
Willful ignorance is a hell of a thing
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Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
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They're going after green card holders. They will come after citizens next. www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
Trump administration to re-examine green card holders from 19 countries 'of concern'
The announcement comes a day after an attack on National Guard troops near the White House. Authorities have identified the suspect as an Afghan national.
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
They're going after green card holders. They will come after citizens next. www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.