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carldershem.bsky.social
Retired - now working primarily as a writer and musician. Books on Amazon, and working hard to improve my skills. I have my first million words done, and I'm working to be better. Playing music locally, and active in the Union. BKA practitioner.
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And then replaces that with a nomination of someone with even less credential. [sigh]

Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future. And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.

Chicago is on to something.

Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.

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President Trump, "We don't do much business with Canada" PM Mark Carney, "Canada is the largest client of the United States" Trump fact-checked in real time 👏

This is insane. This program saves money, creates jobs, and helps nearly all Americans. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

RFK Jr. went on Fox News and lied through his teeth. He said they weren’t cutting critical research. Terminated grants so far have included studies on cancer, Alzheimer’s, HIV, and tuberculosis. Ohio researchers lost funding for kidney disease and TB projects. This guy doesn’t care about health.

Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

NEW: Trump orders the Justice Department “to take all necessary action to help secure the release of” a former GOP election clerk in Colorado and election denier who was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in a voting system data breach. From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

Fifty-eight crypto wallets made *millions* on the Trump meme coin -- 764,000 wallets lost money. via @cnbc.com by MacKenzie Sigalos www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/t...

The USA now spends more than $1tn a year on the Military. While Americans spend about $4.5tn a year on Health Insurance. From which they only get about $450bn of actual Healthcare.

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Trump Ally Bukele Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration." www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...

SOMEBODY with courage should release those records. ALL the records. Let him PROVE what a "genius" he is!! 🤣🤣🤣

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

This is your reminder that Pennsylvania secured two major legal wins: A federal court ruled undated mail-in ballots must be counted, and a far-right lawsuit to purge 277,000 voters from the rolls was dismissed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

(1/5) 🏝️ Today’s Letter from an American is not about reopening Alcatraz—it’s about burying reality beneath spectacle. Trump hurls the word ALCATRAZ like a grenade, hoping we won’t notice the fires of corruption at his feet. 📖 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Once again, future historians — if there are any — will be grateful for @hcrichardson.bsky.social superb time capsule. The mad king is a total crook. And totally unhinged. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-5-2025

Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet. Now, his boss’ administration is upending the very restoration efforts that Vance once championed.

Tesla’s sales in Europe continue to collapse — “even as it started shipping the redesigned Model Y sport utility vehicle to customers.” @bloomberg.com $TSLA @alexwinter.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s crypto dealings make Page One — again. @ericlipton.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

Critics on the left and right warn of an emerging "MAGA Maoism" — a movement that demands ideological purity, glorifies economic sacrifice, and embraces state power as a means to reshape society.

It's like living with a violent abuser. Every day, you're just waiting for it. What's going to set him off? Who's he going to lash out at? What abuse is he going to scream at us today? What's he going to break, because every day he breaks something else. I don't even have to say his name.

Good. The juxtaposition of Trump’s corruption and his tanking the economy for ordinary Americans needs to start NOW.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

This story just gets worse and worse

A Marine combat veteran grabbed without due process and sent away to a life sentence and death by a draft dodging President for no crime whatsoever ... Trump must be moist with delight. We used to take care of our own. The United States is dead.

Trump administration has suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country. The program collects data on levels of harmful air pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, at the 63 national parks in the USA.

"Yarvin, who wrote in a 2021 Substack post that achieving “regime change” would require that “all accredited universities be both physically and economically liquidated".

“Martin has a history of representing Jan. 6 rioters and associating with neo-Nazis… Martin said he “inadvertently” omitted links to dozens of interviews, including on Russia-linked Sputnik Radio and Russia Today, as well as Alex Jones’ outlet, Infowars.” punchbowl.news/article/sena...

Are we literally in hell? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is an absolute crock of shit from state Sen. Bryan Hughes. He's the guy who wrote the bounty hunter abortion ban that nullified Roe v. Wade in Texas in 2021

This week, Republicans in Congress are meeting behind closed doors to decide how many people they want to kick off Medicaid. How many kids will have to lose their health care coverage to fund tax handouts for billionaires?

Sharing some good news. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

"Three sources familiar with the situation said Hegseth misinterpreted discussions with the president about Ukraine policy and aid shipments without elaborating further." I know! I'm surprised too!