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Comic book lover, oenophile, Virginian. Obsessed with/nation's foremost expert on state politics. DAGA communications director. carolyncfiddler at gmail dot com. she/her
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Wonder Woman wonderful

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

Between them, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone account for a hefty percentage of the greatest American songs of the greatest decade in popular music history. This week is a bit much on all counts

The only reason people think LA is a postapocalyptic nightmare is because of the X algorithm. An unreality machine.

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

NEW: The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned en masse to protest what it called unprecedented interference by the Trump administration

More good news from Pennsylvania!🥳 A federal court permanently dismissed a lawsuit from the conservative 1789 Foundation that sought to remove 277,00 Pennsylvania voters from the rolls. Paige and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Sq...

It seems hard to overstate how dangerous and retrograde it is that the president and other public figures on the right are openly relitigating the legacy of **Robert E. Lee**

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Good morning to everyone who's not misrepresenting the anti-ICE protests

More good news for Democrats:

Good reporting here from @swin24.bsky.social and company -->

Brand-new polling from YouGov out this AM finds Trump's actions re: LA underwater. Double-digit disapproval on sending in Marines. This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive. today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Do any Trump voters regret their choice? Our Strength In Numbers/Verasight polling data finds a large chunk of 2024 Trump voters do. And when 2024 non-voters were able to cast ballots in a hypothetical do-over, Trump loses to Harris in our poll. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/do-trumps-...

🚨 Trump is pushing Texas Republicans to pass a new gerrymander of their already-gerrymandered congressional map to try to insulate their narrow House majority in 2026

Happy Pride! We will continue to lead with love and recognize that love is love.

NEWS: @governor.ca.gov & I are suing to put a stop to President Trump’s unlawful, unprecedented order calling federalized National Guard forces into LA. Trump is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends. This is an abuse of power—and not one we take lightly.

Frog walked into the house. It was dark.

A little toe-dip into research suggests that this isn't the least bit atypical ... still a weird thing to wake up to at 3 a.m.! www.seattleareafelinerescue.org/do-cats-dream/

A sure sign that Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center is a roaring success is when we see events being sponsored by such leading corporate benefactors as “Moxie Pest Control”

we’re back

"Talks" = cute little mews and such

So, um, I just figured out that my cat talks in her sleep -- Normal? Unheard of? I've had cats most of my life and this is definitely a first for me

Really important piece on what a catastrophe it was when Arkansas imposed (paper)work requirements on Medicaid. Now Republicans are going to do it nationwide, and it will be one of the worst policy disasters in decades. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

the tech right suddenly discovers due process

DECEASED

Amazing. Respect the lede.

I’m just saying — we tried to warn them that renaming ships is very bad luck. Anyway, happy pride!

Me and my @effinbirds.com mug, catching up on today's news

Without the ability of private individuals to enforce their own voting rights, the strength of those rights will rise and fall with the shifting priorities of whatever administration happens to be in power. www.wzzm13.com/article/news...

It’s the happiest day of Elon Musk’s life because he finally posted something people actually want to read

Times like these, I find it helpful to reread the criteria for NPD. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

Just reskeeting for, um, no particular reason

🚨BREAKING: "A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore programs funded by AmeriCorps grants in 24 Democratic-led states" It pays to elect Dem AGs. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

When a pregnant woman is having a medical emergency, doctors are required by law to provide life-saving care. That includes abortions. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. think they should be the ones to make decisions in emergency rooms — not your doctor. This will hurt women everywhere.

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I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

Anecdata: IAD was an absolute ghost town this morning. Literally never seen fewer travelers there.

This hits so hard. Again, Judge Jones (I knew him as Delegate Jones) was one of the reasons a barely adult me came to really, fundamentally understand that politics is (...okay, should be) about making humans' lives better. Rest In Power, sir. www.wavy.com/news/local-n...

Narrator: ...I give up.

This hat is objectively hilarious

MAKARY: 88 percent of American kids, their parents have said no to the covid shot last season. So the vast majority of Americans are saying no. BRENNAN: I don't want to crowdsource my health guidance. You don't go with popularity, you go with data.

*Eagle screech* 🦅🏳️‍🌈