Eamon Carroll
@eamon-carroll.bsky.social
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Eamon Carroll
@eamon-carroll.bsky.social
· Oct 22
The two longest government shutdowns in US history occurred with:
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
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In North Carolina, state Republicans approved yet another pro-Republican and pro-white redistricting map as children starve and farmers suffer.
NC Democratic Party Chair @abreezeclayton.bsky.social unpacks the severity
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-south-is-suffering-anderson-clayton
NC Democratic Party Chair @abreezeclayton.bsky.social unpacks the severity
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-south-is-suffering-anderson-clayton
The South is Suffering: Anderson Clayton on North Carolina Redistricting, SNAP cCuts, and Republican Apathy
"He would rather people starve in the streets than actually negotiate with Democrats."
contrarian.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In North Carolina, state Republicans approved yet another pro-Republican and pro-white redistricting map as children starve and farmers suffer.
NC Democratic Party Chair @abreezeclayton.bsky.social unpacks the severity
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-south-is-suffering-anderson-clayton
NC Democratic Party Chair @abreezeclayton.bsky.social unpacks the severity
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-south-is-suffering-anderson-clayton
The two longest government shutdowns in US history occurred with:
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The two longest government shutdowns in US history occurred with:
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
-Trump in the White House
-A Republican majority in both chambers of Congress
-A Republican majority in the Supreme Court
-Republicans controlling the majority of governorships
#shutdown
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Still waiting for it to trickle down...
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Still waiting for it to trickle down...
A failed Congressional candidate who worked at an investment bank for most of his career after being discharged from the army 15 years ago, is now both Secretary of the Army & Acting Director of the BATFE.
One man shouldn't be running both the army and federal law enforcement.
One man shouldn't be running both the army and federal law enforcement.
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A failed Congressional candidate who worked at an investment bank for most of his career after being discharged from the army 15 years ago, is now both Secretary of the Army & Acting Director of the BATFE.
One man shouldn't be running both the army and federal law enforcement.
One man shouldn't be running both the army and federal law enforcement.
As someone from the Carolinas, it is especially gratifying to see @booker.senate.gov take one of the most notable pillars of Strom Thurmond's legacy. To all the Democrats in office who have insisted that there's nothing to be done with a minority in both chambers, THIS is the sort of thing we want.
April 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
As someone from the Carolinas, it is especially gratifying to see @booker.senate.gov take one of the most notable pillars of Strom Thurmond's legacy. To all the Democrats in office who have insisted that there's nothing to be done with a minority in both chambers, THIS is the sort of thing we want.
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Reminder that today is Election Day for a lot of townships in Illinois. Get out and vote if you can!
April 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reminder that today is Election Day for a lot of townships in Illinois. Get out and vote if you can!
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
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A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing -- for the 3rd time
A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2024 at 12:43 AM
A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
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“Look, our allies understand that Donald Trump is fickle,” Walz continued. “He will go to whoever has the most flattery or where it makes sense to him.”
Walz slams Trump's latest disrespect of military heroes
Democrat Tim Walz came out swinging at the vice presidential debate Tuesday night.� “We had a coalition of nations that had boxed Iran's nuclear program in the inability to advance it,” Walz ...
www.dailykos.com
October 2, 2024 at 1:31 AM
“Look, our allies understand that Donald Trump is fickle,” Walz continued. “He will go to whoever has the most flattery or where it makes sense to him.”
Loving Walz's commentary on Trump's foreign policy, he did a pretty good job quickly making the case that it was disastrous last time and would be even worse if repeated.
Vance seems to be leaning pretty heavily into using Reagan-era rhetoric.
Vance seems to be leaning pretty heavily into using Reagan-era rhetoric.
October 2, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Loving Walz's commentary on Trump's foreign policy, he did a pretty good job quickly making the case that it was disastrous last time and would be even worse if repeated.
Vance seems to be leaning pretty heavily into using Reagan-era rhetoric.
Vance seems to be leaning pretty heavily into using Reagan-era rhetoric.
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The vice-presidential debate between Senator JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz has begun, moderated by CBS anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan.
Follow along with real-time analysis from our reporters:
Follow along with real-time analysis from our reporters:
Live updates: Analysis, key moments from Vance-Walz VP debate
JD Vance and Tim Walz face off Tuesday in New York.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM
The vice-presidential debate between Senator JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz has begun, moderated by CBS anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan.
Follow along with real-time analysis from our reporters:
Follow along with real-time analysis from our reporters:
Predicting now that Vance is going to lie and throw around a bunch of loaded remarks that will dominate media discourse, but Walz is going to come off more likeable/trustworthy. Walz is probably going to have 1-2 quotes that everyone goes wild over. #debate
October 2, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Predicting now that Vance is going to lie and throw around a bunch of loaded remarks that will dominate media discourse, but Walz is going to come off more likeable/trustworthy. Walz is probably going to have 1-2 quotes that everyone goes wild over. #debate
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Trump's administration weakened or wiped out more than 125 environmental rules over four years.
Now, he's promised to do whatever Big Oil wants if they give him $1 billion for his campaign.
That's the thing with Trump: He'll sell us all out for his own gain.
Be warned.
Now, he's promised to do whatever Big Oil wants if they give him $1 billion for his campaign.
That's the thing with Trump: He'll sell us all out for his own gain.
Be warned.
September 30, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Trump's administration weakened or wiped out more than 125 environmental rules over four years.
Now, he's promised to do whatever Big Oil wants if they give him $1 billion for his campaign.
That's the thing with Trump: He'll sell us all out for his own gain.
Be warned.
Now, he's promised to do whatever Big Oil wants if they give him $1 billion for his campaign.
That's the thing with Trump: He'll sell us all out for his own gain.
Be warned.
On this day in 1890 an Act of Congress established Yosemite National Park, completing a process started in 1864 when President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill that placed legal protections for the land.
October 1, 2024 at 5:25 AM
On this day in 1890 an Act of Congress established Yosemite National Park, completing a process started in 1864 when President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill that placed legal protections for the land.