Carrie

@chilimama.bsky.social

Communications consultant for values-driven businesses + nonprofits. Current passion projects: 💫 NeighborhoodDefense.org 💫 handsoffWA.org 💫 freeWAproject.org

RFK Jr: This is not a problem that was created by the Trump administration or the big beautiful bill KAINE: Not in Virginia. All three of the hospitals cited the reconciliation bill for the closures

You know what would be amazing, if Vance can negotiate an agreement where Iran doesn't enrich above 3.67% (far below weapons grade); gets rid of 98% of its stockpile of uranium; has weekly inspections by the IAEA; and commits to all of this for at 10 years. Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

The Dream Team failed. Total shock. We sent two of our most mediocre real estate developers and a fraud. Who could’ve guessed this outcome?

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Again there's simply no comparison between the scope, scale, & tone of the JOE BIDEN EPICALLY AND INCOMPETENTLY FAILED IN AFGHANISTAN coverage of August/September 2021 & the "just the facts, very measured" reporting of what's going on with Iran & Trump now.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"As Mr. Vance was detailing the impasse in negotiations, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were at a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327, watching a video montage of past fights." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Webinar this Weds about threats to election + how we can protect our vote. Speakers include WA AG Nick Brown, Cherika Carter of WSLC, Charles Douglas of Common Power, Bill Fletcher Jr of Standing for Democracy, WA Sec of State Steve Hobbs + David Montes of ACLU WA. actionnetwork.org/events/savin...

Saving Our Elections

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I have a bipartisan bill to ban Members of Congress from stock trading — with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. It is so important that we find these openings for bipartisan collaboration, even as we hold Republicans accountable for their refusal to protect our checks and balances.

@shamtex9009.bsky.social Did you hear that we have 20 days to stop our forests from being destroyed? morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... it's... Not great... I'm trying to make sure I tell every PNW person I know, so that we can stand a chance against this thing...

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests

One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

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And to be clear, everyone was very aware that this was illegal, but Trump officials and DOGE didi it anyway. Multiple IRS acting commissioners were removed when they raised concerns. Pretty much the entire C-suite resigned. From last year: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/this-tax-d...

Trump has nominated Billy Long, a Congressman with no experience running a large organization, to lead the IRS. The outgoing Commissioner Danny Werfel offered to stay in the position until the new Commissioner was in place. But Trump’s Treasury appointees would not meet with him. So he resigned. He was replaced by an acting Commissioner, a career official named Doug O’ Donnell. O’ Donnell was out just after a month, after he rejected calls to share IRS data. Next up was acting Commissioner Melanie Krause. She was seen as more aligned with DOGE, and put the Chief Human Capital Officer on administrative for not being responsive enough to DOGE. Krause resigned in early April after DHS succeeded in accessing IRS data.

The fourth IRS Commissioner since January is already out. Gary Shapley was installed in the position by Elon Musk without the knowledge or agreement of Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary who oversees IRS. Shapley was announced for the position on April 16, and out by April 18 after Bessent pushed back against Musk usurping his powers. Musk has since attacked Bessent on social media. He will be replaced by another acting Commissioner until Billy Long is confirmed.

So: the IRS is on its fifth Commissioner in three months.

And no Chief Human Capital Officer. The Acting Chief Counsel was replaced with someone more DOGE-friendly after he resisted DOGE requests for data. Oh, and a few other people resigned after the privacy violations occurred. The Chief of Staff. The Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Risk Officer. The Chief Privacy Officer. The Chief Information Officer and his two deputies.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6mo ago

Breaking news: A federal judge found that the IRS violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

It’s not “deeply concerning.” It’s not just ICE agents. It’s not <like> authoritarianism; it <is> authoritarianism. It requires immediate impeachment & removal, & I wish Obama, along with Clinton, GWB, & yes even Mitt Romney, had the courage to get in front mics every day & call for that explicitly.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."