Carol Mathias
@mathiasecon.bsky.social
Retired Econ teacher. Opinions are my own. Landscape pic in profile by Redwine Photography.
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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These Florida guys are something else
Matt Gaetz and Roger Stone were part of the campaign to convince Trump to pardon the man who ran a narcostate.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How a Man Convicted of Running a Latin American Narco State Landed a Pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s unusual network of Trump allies and MAGA influencers helped deliver an extraordinary pardon to him.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
These Florida guys are something else
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Trump Pardoned a Drug Lord who was smuggling 400,000 pounds of Venezuelan Cocaine into America.
Cocaine distributed through Mexican based Sinaloan Drug Cartel.
Trump set up the Leaders and family of Sinaloan Cartel to live in America.
Cocaine distributed through Mexican based Sinaloan Drug Cartel.
Trump set up the Leaders and family of Sinaloan Cartel to live in America.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump Pardoned a Drug Lord who was smuggling 400,000 pounds of Venezuelan Cocaine into America.
Cocaine distributed through Mexican based Sinaloan Drug Cartel.
Trump set up the Leaders and family of Sinaloan Cartel to live in America.
Cocaine distributed through Mexican based Sinaloan Drug Cartel.
Trump set up the Leaders and family of Sinaloan Cartel to live in America.
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If an elderly cancer survivor didn’t want to spend 9 years in prison, because that would terrible and not worth the risk, she shouldn’t have committed four felony counts of election fraud…
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If an elderly cancer survivor didn’t want to spend 9 years in prison, because that would terrible and not worth the risk, she shouldn’t have committed four felony counts of election fraud…
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You know what this reminds me of?
After 9/11, the conservative talking heads would mention it along with Iraq/Hussain in the same sentence, making them appear linked so they could excuse invasion. WMDs anyone?
Fentanyl is not on these boats, but they mention it in every defense of these strikes.
After 9/11, the conservative talking heads would mention it along with Iraq/Hussain in the same sentence, making them appear linked so they could excuse invasion. WMDs anyone?
Fentanyl is not on these boats, but they mention it in every defense of these strikes.
Van Orden: "You gotta understand that average Americans do not care about these narcoterrorists at all. They care about the fact that their brothers & sisters and mothers and husbands have died of fentanyl overdoses. That's what we really truly care about. We care about our fellow American citizens"
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You know what this reminds me of?
After 9/11, the conservative talking heads would mention it along with Iraq/Hussain in the same sentence, making them appear linked so they could excuse invasion. WMDs anyone?
Fentanyl is not on these boats, but they mention it in every defense of these strikes.
After 9/11, the conservative talking heads would mention it along with Iraq/Hussain in the same sentence, making them appear linked so they could excuse invasion. WMDs anyone?
Fentanyl is not on these boats, but they mention it in every defense of these strikes.
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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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US veterans affairs to share immigration data about non-citizen workers with ‘appropriate agencies’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration
Revealed: US veterans affairs to share immigration data about non-citizen workers with ‘appropriate agencies’
Exclusive: The move prompts fears the data will be sent to ICE to further the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
US veterans affairs to share immigration data about non-citizen workers with ‘appropriate agencies’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration
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In today's #WellNoShit! news...
With less than a month to go until the end of the year, the Trump administration is rushing to hire 10,000 new ICE agents, but critics say the hiring process has led to a surge of unfit recruits.
Kristi Noem's desperate ICE push backfires as DHS recruit woefully unfit people
www.irishstar.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In today's #WellNoShit! news...
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I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
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He's going to say people had hand grenades, which is a drink in NOLA
Commander Greg Bovino led a group of Border Patrol agents on walk around the French Quarter in New Orleans this afternoon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
He's going to say people had hand grenades, which is a drink in NOLA
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how utterly ridiculous
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
how utterly ridiculous
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Just a note to everyone else who has moments of doubt about what they're doing, whether they're capable or talented, just remember that some of the dumbest and privileged fucking people in the world are walking around with all the money and never once consider how unbelievably stupid they are.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just a note to everyone else who has moments of doubt about what they're doing, whether they're capable or talented, just remember that some of the dumbest and privileged fucking people in the world are walking around with all the money and never once consider how unbelievably stupid they are.
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EVERYBODY.
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
EVERYBODY.
Of course they did!
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Of course they did!
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Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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No one is talking about this because even Australians don't know WTF Trump's is talking about. Australia actually has a lower birthrate than the US. If talking about the country's mandatory retirement savings program "superannuation," I'm afraid it won't raise the birthrate among retirees.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
No one is talking about this because even Australians don't know WTF Trump's is talking about. Australia actually has a lower birthrate than the US. If talking about the country's mandatory retirement savings program "superannuation," I'm afraid it won't raise the birthrate among retirees.
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"Branding individuals as 'narco-terrorists' without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy,it’s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war."
-Senator Rand Paul (R)
-Senator Rand Paul (R)
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Branding individuals as 'narco-terrorists' without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy,it’s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war."
-Senator Rand Paul (R)
-Senator Rand Paul (R)
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Comer incorrectly refers to Minnesota's Somali community as "illegals"
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Comer incorrectly refers to Minnesota's Somali community as "illegals"
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Shitposting till dawn to distract from the Epstein Files is, apparently, exhausting.
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shitposting till dawn to distract from the Epstein Files is, apparently, exhausting.
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From the twisted, muddled mush mind of Donald Trump.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From the twisted, muddled mush mind of Donald Trump.
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.