Timothy J. Carroll
@tjcnj.bsky.social
#NJ communications professional 📑 former journalist 📰 transparency advocate 🔦
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If “antifa“ is classified as FTO:
Anyone providing “material support” as slight as a tweet can be surveilled, investigated.
Then asset seizure; civil penalties; up to 20 years in prison. Life, if the support was related to a death.
Instant chaos.
(Link: www.justsecurity.org/122643/antif...)
Anyone providing “material support” as slight as a tweet can be surveilled, investigated.
Then asset seizure; civil penalties; up to 20 years in prison. Life, if the support was related to a death.
Instant chaos.
(Link: www.justsecurity.org/122643/antif...)
☠️ Worst Case Scenario ☠️
(coming soon?)
(coming soon?)
sounds like a job for Cory Booker
I've said this before and I'll say it again: Democrats can't hold official committee hearings, but they absolutely can gather in a room and invite people to answer questions and stream it live and invite the press to cover it.
NEW: Jim Jordan and House GOPers refused to let the American public hear directly from Jack Smith, per his attorney.
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
sounds like a job for Cory Booker
One shows up in Trenton to fight bad public policy, fend off attacks by machine cronies
The other shows up for ribbon-cuttings, Netanyahu appearances, and out of state tictok
The other shows up for ribbon-cuttings, Netanyahu appearances, and out of state tictok
Trump’s immigration enforcement is making our communities more dangerous.
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One shows up in Trenton to fight bad public policy, fend off attacks by machine cronies
The other shows up for ribbon-cuttings, Netanyahu appearances, and out of state tictok
The other shows up for ribbon-cuttings, Netanyahu appearances, and out of state tictok
NJ Dems have been doing this for years and they’ll take it as far as they can—until local dems start rallying against sitting senators, assembly reps, and county chairs who empower them.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
A group of New Jersey state senators, lead by Senate President Nick Scutari and assisted by James Beach and John McKeon (my state senator) embarrassed themselves on the national stage.
They are forcing a bill to make sure political corruption can't be investigated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
They are forcing a bill to make sure political corruption can't be investigated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NJ Dems have been doing this for years and they’ll take it as far as they can—until local dems start rallying against sitting senators, assembly reps, and county chairs who empower them.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
Reposted by Timothy J. Carroll
gotta be honest: i don’t know what hors de combat are but, the first strike seems just as illegal and immoral as the second strike, maybe just slightly less grotesque. Isn’t it all illegal??
Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
gotta be honest: i don’t know what hors de combat are but, the first strike seems just as illegal and immoral as the second strike, maybe just slightly less grotesque. Isn’t it all illegal??
maybe @jeffmason1.bsky.social can explain why no one has an ounce of pushback when colleagues are verbally accosted?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
maybe @jeffmason1.bsky.social can explain why no one has an ounce of pushback when colleagues are verbally accosted?
Reporter pops the obvious question so offhandedly that Trump actually answers.
Nothing. The picture the President had someone print out to bring with him has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand—it’s racial scapegoating so naked he can’t even be bothered to cloak it in reality anymore.
Nothing. The picture the President had someone print out to bring with him has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand—it’s racial scapegoating so naked he can’t even be bothered to cloak it in reality anymore.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reporter pops the obvious question so offhandedly that Trump actually answers.
Nothing. The picture the President had someone print out to bring with him has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand—it’s racial scapegoating so naked he can’t even be bothered to cloak it in reality anymore.
Nothing. The picture the President had someone print out to bring with him has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand—it’s racial scapegoating so naked he can’t even be bothered to cloak it in reality anymore.
leaving the National Guard standing *in cities* ends up with people getting shot—that’s what armed guards are trained to do. Allow it to go on long enough & undoubtedly guards will get shot too. part of the plan.
don’t need a spark for civil war; only a mound of gunpowder, bunch of fuses, and time
don’t need a spark for civil war; only a mound of gunpowder, bunch of fuses, and time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
leaving the National Guard standing *in cities* ends up with people getting shot—that’s what armed guards are trained to do. Allow it to go on long enough & undoubtedly guards will get shot too. part of the plan.
don’t need a spark for civil war; only a mound of gunpowder, bunch of fuses, and time
don’t need a spark for civil war; only a mound of gunpowder, bunch of fuses, and time
Just dropped: The Waste Fraud & Abuse Act of 2025
And now, late at night before the holiday, the bill to gut the comptroller has dropped. Sponsored by Sen. Nick Scutari, whose buddies who run Union County were investigated by the comptroller. jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/17/n...
New Jersey watchdog warns proposal to weaken his office would benefit the powerful and undermine accountability • The Jersey Vindicator
Legislative leaders want to take away the comptroller's investigatory power.
jerseyvindicator.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Just dropped: The Waste Fraud & Abuse Act of 2025
“At the time he was indicted, Smith was strategic director of Turning Point Action, Turning Point USA’s advocacy arm.”
His strategy:
His strategy:
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“At the time he was indicted, Smith was strategic director of Turning Point Action, Turning Point USA’s advocacy arm.”
His strategy:
His strategy:
Judge: Border Patrol is an “out of control agency” that abuses the law & harms U.S. citizens.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Judge: Border Patrol is an “out of control agency” that abuses the law & harms U.S. citizens.
Reposted by Timothy J. Carroll
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The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid:
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid:
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid:
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid:
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Reposted by Timothy J. Carroll
Brian Stack
thanksgiving should have its own santa. there should be a guy who puts turkeys in your house
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Brian Stack
when you’re monitoring the Congressional threat hotline and a new submission comes in
Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
when you’re monitoring the Congressional threat hotline and a new submission comes in
legally dubious but ultimately very serious in a ‘who will rid me of these meddlesome dems’ sort of way—beyond unserious times, into dangerous times.
/10 One could argue that this is not a serious discussion, because there is no serious argument that it’s sedition or treason to tell the truth about the Constitution. But this is an unserious time marked by unserious and frankly evil people.
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
legally dubious but ultimately very serious in a ‘who will rid me of these meddlesome dems’ sort of way—beyond unserious times, into dangerous times.
Wild aggression, concealing damning documents, contempt of court proceedings, race-based sweeps, building a domestic army, strong-arming media, canning research, letting foreign aid rot & domestic aid lapse, putting military in the streets, and committing extrajudicial killings.
Year 1, Trump 2.0
Year 1, Trump 2.0
Trump is accusing Democratic lawmakers of being seditious traitors for encouraging U.S. service members and intelligence professionals to honor their oaths to the Constitution. He says such behavior is punishable by death.
MAGA has been accusing the left of stoking political violence for months.
MAGA has been accusing the left of stoking political violence for months.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Wild aggression, concealing damning documents, contempt of court proceedings, race-based sweeps, building a domestic army, strong-arming media, canning research, letting foreign aid rot & domestic aid lapse, putting military in the streets, and committing extrajudicial killings.
Year 1, Trump 2.0
Year 1, Trump 2.0
ocean city woman who worked for Van Drew staged attack in egg harbor twp nature reserve
On July 23rd, 2025, Greene was found lying in a wooded NJ area with her hands and feet bound together w/ black zip ties after her co-conspirator had called 911. She had cuts and lacerations. But detectives confirmed they were actually done by a body modification specialist in PA who they interviewed
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ocean city woman who worked for Van Drew staged attack in egg harbor twp nature reserve
reminder: saudi $$$ —> kushner —> kurson —> sanders —> wildstein —> nj globe
On Tuesday, Donald Trump welcomed the Saudi Crown Prince for the first time in Washington since the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, reports Minnah Arshad.
According to US intelligence, the Prince had ordered his murder.
“Things happen,” Trump said.
According to US intelligence, the Prince had ordered his murder.
“Things happen,” Trump said.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
reminder: saudi $$$ —> kushner —> kurson —> sanders —> wildstein —> nj globe
same in a vehicle: stay put and you’re blocking, drive away and you’re fleeing, drive towards and you’re attempting a ramming maneuver or some shit
Run away from Border Patrol, they assault and tackle you and accuse you of assaulting them. Run toward Border Patrol, they assault and tackle you and accuse you of assaulting them. Stand still... you get the idea. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/i...
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
same in a vehicle: stay put and you’re blocking, drive away and you’re fleeing, drive towards and you’re attempting a ramming maneuver or some shit
“Paul Ingrassia, is a lawyer who previously represented the Tate brothers before joining the White House, where he was working as its DHS liaison.” #TheMoreYouKnow💫
When your client definitely didn't ask www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Paul Ingrassia, is a lawyer who previously represented the Tate brothers before joining the White House, where he was working as its DHS liaison.” #TheMoreYouKnow💫
Reposted by Timothy J. Carroll
I'm not the first to note how good and important this article is. A clear-eyed, first-person explanation of how the administration has gutted the Justice Department. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm not the first to note how good and important this article is. A clear-eyed, first-person explanation of how the administration has gutted the Justice Department. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
orcs can’t be wizards, urtext of kakistocratic morons
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
orcs can’t be wizards, urtext of kakistocratic morons
and pablo torre just happen to be the head
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
and pablo torre just happen to be the head
Yet the safest seat in Trenton may belong to 🟦Avi Schnall.
Lakewood Township, NJ
82% White
Median Household Income: $69,521
37% Bachelor's Degree, 92% High School Grad
2025 Gov:
🟦Mikie Sherrill: 10% (3,819)
🟥Jack Ciattarelli: 90% (35,541)
2024 Pres:
🟦Kamala Harris: 12% (4,640)
🟥Donald Trump: 87% (34,173)
82% White
Median Household Income: $69,521
37% Bachelor's Degree, 92% High School Grad
2025 Gov:
🟦Mikie Sherrill: 10% (3,819)
🟥Jack Ciattarelli: 90% (35,541)
2024 Pres:
🟦Kamala Harris: 12% (4,640)
🟥Donald Trump: 87% (34,173)
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yet the safest seat in Trenton may belong to 🟦Avi Schnall.