Carl Wheaton
@clevertool.bsky.social
🌍 Global Nomad (Ret.) | Expatriate since '04 🌎 | 20 yrs. an International School Librarian 📚 | From 5 states + 7 countries (🇹🇭🇰🇷🇧🇪🇳🇿🇧🇸🇸🇳🇨🇦🇨🇷), traveled widely throughout 76 | Sailor/Motobiker/Geographer | Exploring the world, one landscape at a time.🧞
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Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
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When violent criminals are pardoned due to partisanship…
When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party…
When justice depends on political affiliation…
People. Will. Die.
GOP leadership must stop this.
When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party…
When justice depends on political affiliation…
People. Will. Die.
GOP leadership must stop this.
June 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When violent criminals are pardoned due to partisanship…
When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party…
When justice depends on political affiliation…
People. Will. Die.
GOP leadership must stop this.
When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party…
When justice depends on political affiliation…
People. Will. Die.
GOP leadership must stop this.
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This WH press corps is too afraid to ask.
The health of the POTUS is a valid & serious topic (as in *why* Trump needs a Foley cath), since MAGA & the media rode Biden's health into the ground...
🧾 Alarming Trump health fears surge as 'catheter' spotted during WH event
is.gd/Mhyqux
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The health of the POTUS is a valid & serious topic (as in *why* Trump needs a Foley cath), since MAGA & the media rode Biden's health into the ground...
🧾 Alarming Trump health fears surge as 'catheter' spotted during WH event
is.gd/Mhyqux
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June 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This WH press corps is too afraid to ask.
The health of the POTUS is a valid & serious topic (as in *why* Trump needs a Foley cath), since MAGA & the media rode Biden's health into the ground...
🧾 Alarming Trump health fears surge as 'catheter' spotted during WH event
is.gd/Mhyqux
MORE ⬇️
The health of the POTUS is a valid & serious topic (as in *why* Trump needs a Foley cath), since MAGA & the media rode Biden's health into the ground...
🧾 Alarming Trump health fears surge as 'catheter' spotted during WH event
is.gd/Mhyqux
MORE ⬇️
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This is why I've said that RFK Jr is the most dangerous member of Trump's cabinet.
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is why I've said that RFK Jr is the most dangerous member of Trump's cabinet.
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Jimmy Carter had to put his peanut farm into a blind trust
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Jimmy Carter had to put his peanut farm into a blind trust
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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Some of us always meant it, but yeah, I was just commiserating with an old Reason colleague about what a disappointing eye-opener the Trump era has been. If we’re not all-hands for this, if we can’t see an authoritarian emergency this obvious, who are we even kidding?
The failure of libertarians to pick the right side in this has exposed their whole thought system. A principled libertarian attack on limiting government overreach would be welcome at this time. Put no such thing exists. Libertarian just means selfish.
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Some of us always meant it, but yeah, I was just commiserating with an old Reason colleague about what a disappointing eye-opener the Trump era has been. If we’re not all-hands for this, if we can’t see an authoritarian emergency this obvious, who are we even kidding?
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The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.
Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.
April 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.
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The only people with any confidence in Donald Trump‘s handling of the economy are his hard-core base. When he starts falling into the 30s, which I expect soon, it will be more telling of the feeling that his supporters will not admit publicly.
April 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The only people with any confidence in Donald Trump‘s handling of the economy are his hard-core base. When he starts falling into the 30s, which I expect soon, it will be more telling of the feeling that his supporters will not admit publicly.
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“Critics once described Brexit as the greatest act of economic self-harm by a Western country in the post-World War II era.” Trump will top that in the US.
How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“Critics once described Brexit as the greatest act of economic self-harm by a Western country in the post-World War II era.” Trump will top that in the US.
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“The US post World War II was the global stabilizer, now we are the global destabilizer, that is a very hard thing to say.”
-JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
-JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
April 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“The US post World War II was the global stabilizer, now we are the global destabilizer, that is a very hard thing to say.”
-JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
-JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
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"Who could have predicted this?" say the people who spent the past year dismissing or mocking those who predicted this.
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Who could have predicted this?" say the people who spent the past year dismissing or mocking those who predicted this.
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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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New York's crooked mayor won't be held accountable for likely criminal violations because the U.S.'s crooked president tried to leverage that accountability to do his own crooked shit and a court had to intervene. Democracy at its finest.
April 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New York's crooked mayor won't be held accountable for likely criminal violations because the U.S.'s crooked president tried to leverage that accountability to do his own crooked shit and a court had to intervene. Democracy at its finest.
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I would prefer to talk about what was in the bathroom at Trump's home.
REPORTER: The Signal chat controversy -- is DOJ involved? If so, why? If not, why not?
BONDI: It was sensitive info, not classified. What we should be talking about is it was a very successful mission... if you want to talk about classified information, talk about what was at Hillary Clinton's home
BONDI: It was sensitive info, not classified. What we should be talking about is it was a very successful mission... if you want to talk about classified information, talk about what was at Hillary Clinton's home
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I would prefer to talk about what was in the bathroom at Trump's home.
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@RBReich.bsky.social nails it. "What’s happening to Social Security demonstrates how quickly one of the nation’s best and most popular public programs can be destroyed by Trump and Musk." robertreich.substack.com/p/why-social...
Why Social Security is in the worst crisis since its 1935 founding, and what you can do about it
Hint: Not because it’s running out of money, nor fraud, nor administrative costs.
robertreich.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@RBReich.bsky.social nails it. "What’s happening to Social Security demonstrates how quickly one of the nation’s best and most popular public programs can be destroyed by Trump and Musk." robertreich.substack.com/p/why-social...
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“Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet." - @katmabu.bsky.social
Exclusive interview ⤵️
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'We Are in an Emergency': Progressive TikTok Star Launches Bid to Unseat Old Guard Dem
The progressive TikTok star is running for Congress in a Democratic district that hasn’t had a competitive primary in decades.
www.rollingstone.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet." - @katmabu.bsky.social
Exclusive interview ⤵️
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Here's Marco Rubio scolding Hillary about her email server, 10 years before texting Atlantic's EIC war plans on a disappearing Signal list.
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Marco Talks Russia and Syria on the Kelly File | Marco Rubio for President
YouTube video by Marco Rubio
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here's Marco Rubio scolding Hillary about her email server, 10 years before texting Atlantic's EIC war plans on a disappearing Signal list.
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Elon Musk’s net worth has plummeted from $486 billion to $303 billion in 3 months, plunging 38% as $TSLA craters. But we can do better! 👏😂
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has plummeted from $486 billion to $303 billion in 3 months, plunging 38% as $TSLA craters. But we can do better! 👏😂