Carol Crews
@carolcrews.bsky.social
Maker, writer, reader, designer, mom, worrier. Vote blue. She/her.
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Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Hearing the news of a campus shooter in the US, and how faculty map out exits, carry tourniquets and wound packings, and teach on campuses where weapons are allowed …. and it is *literally* unfathomable to me. Beyond fucked.
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hearing the news of a campus shooter in the US, and how faculty map out exits, carry tourniquets and wound packings, and teach on campuses where weapons are allowed …. and it is *literally* unfathomable to me. Beyond fucked.
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Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
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Despicable
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Despicable
Witness the continuing rise of fascism. I don't know why this affects me; our administration is murdering people in boats and our president is a child rapist. This shouldn't surprise me, but I still flinch.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Witness the continuing rise of fascism. I don't know why this affects me; our administration is murdering people in boats and our president is a child rapist. This shouldn't surprise me, but I still flinch.
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Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
Well, this is total bullshit.
Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Well, this is total bullshit.
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
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"Donald Trump Tries to Distract from the Fellow Pedophile He Had Murdered By Hosting a Notorious Murderer."
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Donald Trump Tries to Distract from the Fellow Pedophile He Had Murdered By Hosting a Notorious Murderer."
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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I do not buy books from Amazon.
Local book stores. @bookshop.org @indiebound.bsky.social even @barnesandnoble.com for some e-books.
We buy other stuff from Amazon when it is unavoidable. Which thanks to monopoly, is a lot of the time.
For books I look for every alternative.
Local book stores. @bookshop.org @indiebound.bsky.social even @barnesandnoble.com for some e-books.
We buy other stuff from Amazon when it is unavoidable. Which thanks to monopoly, is a lot of the time.
For books I look for every alternative.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I do not buy books from Amazon.
Local book stores. @bookshop.org @indiebound.bsky.social even @barnesandnoble.com for some e-books.
We buy other stuff from Amazon when it is unavoidable. Which thanks to monopoly, is a lot of the time.
For books I look for every alternative.
Local book stores. @bookshop.org @indiebound.bsky.social even @barnesandnoble.com for some e-books.
We buy other stuff from Amazon when it is unavoidable. Which thanks to monopoly, is a lot of the time.
For books I look for every alternative.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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Russ Vought really sees himself as a super villain who strokes fluffy white cat while giving orders, doesn't he?
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Russ Vought really sees himself as a super villain who strokes fluffy white cat while giving orders, doesn't he?
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“The classified data backs up the findings of several studies suggesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed civilians at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare."
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence reveals Israel killed 8,900 militants by May, indicating an almost unparalleled proportion of civilian slaughter.
www.972mag.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“The classified data backs up the findings of several studies suggesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed civilians at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare."
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
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If and when normal "rule of law" returns, any federal employee who follows this MAGA instruction would be vulnerable to prosecution under the Hatch Act.
("If and when" doing a lot of work here.)
www.wired.com/story/govern...
("If and when" doing a lot of work here.)
www.wired.com/story/govern...
Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown
Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If and when normal "rule of law" returns, any federal employee who follows this MAGA instruction would be vulnerable to prosecution under the Hatch Act.
("If and when" doing a lot of work here.)
www.wired.com/story/govern...
("If and when" doing a lot of work here.)
www.wired.com/story/govern...
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Fix this @apnews.com.
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fix this @apnews.com.