Carolyn Fiddler
@cfidd.bsky.social
Comic book lover, oenophile, Virginian. Obsessed with/nation's foremost expert on state politics. carolyncfiddler at gmail dot com. she/her https://statehouseaction.substack.com/
Dem AG Raul Torrez doing more for Epstein victims than any US senator voting to confirm Todd Blanche
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 33m agoBREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
Some bangers on this list for sure, but honestly a pretty mid roundup imo (and Gone Girl as #1? Gimme a break) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century (Gift Article)
Hundreds of novelists, librarians, editors and other book lovers voted. See how their ballots stack up.
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Now they're weredigrades, because it's always a full moon on the moon
Andrew Mueller@andrewmueller.bsky.social · 1h agoI did not know until I was researching a thing just now that a spacecraft full of micro-creatures famed for their hardiness crash-landed on the Moon in 2019. www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbea...
it’s cool that if you turn on ESPN nowadays you’re fairly likely to see the 24th best QB in the NFL discussing the lab leak conspiracy with a man in a tank top
Three of the most unpleasant looking mutants you've ever seen in your life: You wouldn't want a doctor in charge, would you?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Christ on a bus does Sean Duffy actually +do+ anything
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 1h agoFEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT
My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Doing this to escape an abuser is both okay (often good) & not new. And I've definitely postponed breakup convos bc I didn't want to deal with the other person's response. But because I cared about that person at all, I owed them that convo. It's about basic respect ffs www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It
The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED.
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This doesn't include government spending so it's actually about half the estimated oer household cost calculated by Moody's. Either way, the price is going up.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Considering how badly Republican ballot measures targeting abortion rights, public education, independence of judiciary- are getting curb stomped in - checks notes - deep red states … there are gonna be relentless think pieces in DC media bubble about toxicity of MAGA/Trump Republican brand. Right?
Natalie Portman Says 'Right?'
ALT: Natalie Portman Says 'Right?'
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Welcome to day 84 of the Trumparrhea poop lettuce outbreak. Now it's killing people. Why hasn't the Trump admin put a stop to this yet? www.npr.org/2026/08/03/g...
2 people in Michigan have died after becoming ill with cyclosporiasis
They are the first reported deaths linked to a massive outbreak of the intestinal illness that began in May.
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It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
The morning after, the margin on this measure is still 39-61 -- a remarkable rebuke of conservatives' attempt to corrupt the Kansas Supreme Court into an anti-abortion, anti-public school funding, Republican-rubber-stamping body
Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 22h agoSome +other+ primaries in Michigan, and more than you maybe wanted to know about the Kansas ballot measure to upend judicial selection (which is already a little gerrymandered!) open.substack.com/pub/statehou...
Today's episode of the Daily is devastating, but in the most essential way, and you should listen to it open.spotify.com/episode/69YK...
Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
The Daily · Episode
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If you want to know why the win In Kansas was so big tonight? @cfidd.bsky.social has your answers right here: - - - Yes We Michigan, Unless We Kansa...nt open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...
Yes We Michigan, Unless We Kansa...nt
The Great Lakes State’s OTHER primaries, plus a big deal ballot measure in Kansas
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Very heartening news out of Missouri and Kansas. I know all of us here are by definition Terminally Online, but it gives me a lot of hope for the future of our country that folks are rejecting blatant authoritarianism and crony corporatism more and more.
Thankfully, voters have a really excellent alternative to Kobach on the ballot in Chris Mann. And I'm not just saying that because he's a Dem. I've met the guy, worked with him, talked with him -- he's a real one who's actually going to stand up for ALL Kansans. hayspost.com/posts/a20e12...
Attorney general candidate looks to support law enforcement, combat fraud
Democratic candidate for Kansas attorney general, Chris Mann. Courtesy photo
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Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 15h agoThis attempt to upend the process and makeup of the Kansas state Supreme Court was first floated by Kris Kobach, the state's diabolical (yet somehow inept) attorney general -- who happens to be running for reelection this fall. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/w...
This attempt to upend the process and makeup of the Kansas state Supreme Court was first floated by Kris Kobach, the state's diabolical (yet somehow inept) attorney general -- who happens to be running for reelection this fall. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/w...
Who is pushing the constitutional amendment to change Kansas Supreme Court judicial selection? • Kansas Reflector
On Aug. 4, Kansans will again vote on whether to change the way in which we select our Kansas Supreme Court Justices.
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Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 16h agoDone and dusted. Kris Kobach, Leonard Leo, and other anti-abortion, anti-public school funding conservatives in Kansas who tried to remake the state Supreme Court in their image have LOST.
Done and dusted. Kris Kobach, Leonard Leo, and other anti-abortion, anti-public school funding conservatives in Kansas who tried to remake the state Supreme Court in their image have LOST.
Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 22h agoSome +other+ primaries in Michigan, and more than you maybe wanted to know about the Kansas ballot measure to upend judicial selection (which is already a little gerrymandered!) open.substack.com/pub/statehou...
Polls have been closed for an hour, so far so good in Kansas
Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 22h agoSome +other+ primaries in Michigan, and more than you maybe wanted to know about the Kansas ballot measure to upend judicial selection (which is already a little gerrymandered!) open.substack.com/pub/statehou...
Miller is like a walking K-Tel record titled "Golden Classics of Domestic Violence." Track 1: "She's Crazy!" Track 2: "Those Lying Bitches" Track 3: "Parental Alienation Blues" Track 4: "Where's My Due Process?" Track 5: "Actually, She Abused Me" Track 6: "It Takes Two to Tango"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoMAX MILLER: She's 2.5 years old. She doesn't have the ability to articulate what you just said. TAPPER: But you just told me that she said she was scared to go to mommy's house. Now you're saying she's not capable of saying "Daddy kill you"? MILLER: What about due process?
Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
"Hey Trump, people are dying from poop diarrhea, why haven't you fixed this yet instead of golfing and bitching about the reflecting pool and stripping protections from endangered species"
Garfield and Friends Screens@garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 18h ago
