Caroline Sommerlind 🇸🇪🌎🌊
@carolinesommerlind.bsky.social
Autistic. ADHD.. Democratic socialist.😊 Lives on the west coast of Sweden. 1 young adult son. Not a fan of the current politicians and leadership in the US. 💙
♾️ health care is a human right!
♾️ health care is a human right!
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You fought for habeas corpus, put it in your constitution, and now you’re just gonna let a game show host take it away? You’re not losing your rights. You’re handing them over.
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
You fought for habeas corpus, put it in your constitution, and now you’re just gonna let a game show host take it away? You’re not losing your rights. You’re handing them over.
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Did Trump think that people wouldn’t find out about this? Like the internet doesn’t exist in Mexico or something?
May 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Did Trump think that people wouldn’t find out about this? Like the internet doesn’t exist in Mexico or something?
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BREAKING: AOC broke it down— How the fuck does 1 million undocumented people = cutting 13.7 million citizens off healthcare?
Because it was never about immigrants. It was about gutting the system and locking the door behind you.
You lose your coverage—and then they outlaw your Plan B.
Because it was never about immigrants. It was about gutting the system and locking the door behind you.
You lose your coverage—and then they outlaw your Plan B.
May 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
BREAKING: AOC broke it down— How the fuck does 1 million undocumented people = cutting 13.7 million citizens off healthcare?
Because it was never about immigrants. It was about gutting the system and locking the door behind you.
You lose your coverage—and then they outlaw your Plan B.
Because it was never about immigrants. It was about gutting the system and locking the door behind you.
You lose your coverage—and then they outlaw your Plan B.
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RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
May 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
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An entire administration set up to solve problems that only exist on right wing media
REPORTER: Why are you creating an expedited path into the country for Afrikaners but not others?
TRUMP: Because they're being killed. And we don't want to see people be killed ... it's a genocide that's taking place. Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.
TRUMP: Because they're being killed. And we don't want to see people be killed ... it's a genocide that's taking place. Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.
May 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
An entire administration set up to solve problems that only exist on right wing media
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In 2024, Ernst Van Zyl of Afriforum—a White Afrikaner group that has been accused of treason re: Trump’s actions against South Africa—acknowledged that “there is no white genocide” in South Africa.
But Trump just used the white genocide myth to justify giving White Afrikaners refugee status. 1/
But Trump just used the white genocide myth to justify giving White Afrikaners refugee status. 1/
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In 2024, Ernst Van Zyl of Afriforum—a White Afrikaner group that has been accused of treason re: Trump’s actions against South Africa—acknowledged that “there is no white genocide” in South Africa.
But Trump just used the white genocide myth to justify giving White Afrikaners refugee status. 1/
But Trump just used the white genocide myth to justify giving White Afrikaners refugee status. 1/
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Yep, he wants to crash the US dollar as the world's main currency, and then he and Musk will launch a crypto that replaces it. And the crypto will be connected to X. Remember when Musk said he wanted X to be a universal app? It's all about enriching themselves.
April 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Yep, he wants to crash the US dollar as the world's main currency, and then he and Musk will launch a crypto that replaces it. And the crypto will be connected to X. Remember when Musk said he wanted X to be a universal app? It's all about enriching themselves.
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
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A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as "clearly imagined" and "not real", undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk.
May 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as "clearly imagined" and "not real", undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk.
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Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.
May 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.
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Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal.
Then she fired that lawyer.
Then she fired that lawyer.
May 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal.
Then she fired that lawyer.
Then she fired that lawyer.
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Trump is terrible at governing but a master at leading the news media around by the nose. The last few days have provided striking examples.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
One of Trump’s few talents: media manipulation
The White House hype machine ran hot over the weekend.
www.stopthepresses.news
May 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump is terrible at governing but a master at leading the news media around by the nose. The last few days have provided striking examples.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Would love to know who’s getting rich when Trump manipulates the stock market by raising and lowering and delaying tariffs.
May 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Would love to know who’s getting rich when Trump manipulates the stock market by raising and lowering and delaying tariffs.
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This comes very close to suggesting that corruption is only corruption if it's self-reported. I'm not sure even a defense lawyer would make that argument.
May 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This comes very close to suggesting that corruption is only corruption if it's self-reported. I'm not sure even a defense lawyer would make that argument.
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Corruption does not, in fact, require an explicit quid pro quo. As a matter of law, certain gifts are illegal whether anything is delivered in return for them or not. Beyond the law, gifts can create an untoward relationship with a recipient that pays off later in diffuse ways.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Corruption does not, in fact, require an explicit quid pro quo. As a matter of law, certain gifts are illegal whether anything is delivered in return for them or not. Beyond the law, gifts can create an untoward relationship with a recipient that pays off later in diffuse ways.
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A lot of mainstream journalists think it's more important to stick it to the far-left SJWs on bluesky than it is to accurately convey the far-right assault on democracy coming from the government. It's an absolute sickness and a huge part of what got us here.
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A lot of mainstream journalists think it's more important to stick it to the far-left SJWs on bluesky than it is to accurately convey the far-right assault on democracy coming from the government. It's an absolute sickness and a huge part of what got us here.
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The fact that the attorney general's last job before this one was lobbying for the Qataris is a little on the nose.
May 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The fact that the attorney general's last job before this one was lobbying for the Qataris is a little on the nose.
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With all due respect, “corruption” is not an exact synonym for “bribery” and I find it very bizarre that you are acting as if the two are one and the same.
Many things which are corrupt are not bribery!
Many things which are corrupt are not bribery!
Someone buying $TRUMP family's memecoin to get access to the president at a dinner to push POTUS to take an official act that benefits the buyer of the token. That only becomes a "bribe" or even in the realm of a bribe if the official act is then taken. So it's potential corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With all due respect, “corruption” is not an exact synonym for “bribery” and I find it very bizarre that you are acting as if the two are one and the same.
Many things which are corrupt are not bribery!
Many things which are corrupt are not bribery!
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Are these factories in the room with us now?
May 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Are these factories in the room with us now?
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Scholar of American institutions with specializations in the presidency and interest groups here 🙋
Quid pro quo "vote buying"/corruption has been historically rare, but access (which can be gained through $$$) is an important prerequisite of influence.
Is everyone at the NYT intentionally dense???
Quid pro quo "vote buying"/corruption has been historically rare, but access (which can be gained through $$$) is an important prerequisite of influence.
Is everyone at the NYT intentionally dense???
Someone buying $TRUMP family's memecoin to get access to the president at a dinner to push POTUS to take an official act that benefits the buyer of the token. That only becomes a "bribe" or even in the realm of a bribe if the official act is then taken. So it's potential corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Scholar of American institutions with specializations in the presidency and interest groups here 🙋
Quid pro quo "vote buying"/corruption has been historically rare, but access (which can be gained through $$$) is an important prerequisite of influence.
Is everyone at the NYT intentionally dense???
Quid pro quo "vote buying"/corruption has been historically rare, but access (which can be gained through $$$) is an important prerequisite of influence.
Is everyone at the NYT intentionally dense???
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It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?
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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.