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Jim Carroll

@jtccarroll.flux.community

Editor, The Hot Screen; contributor at Flux

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Flux@flux.community · 7d ago

Despite Trump's failures and extremism, Democrats have not focused on deligitimizing the entire Republican brand within the public eye, @jtccarroll.flux.community writes. Next month's election must be more than just a repudiation of Trump's specific failures.

To move the U.S. beyond MAGA, Democrats must delegitimize a radicalized GOP in the eyes of voters

This strategy needs to start with any Dem successes in the midterms, which the party should frame as a repudiation of Trumpism and its enablers, not just as a referendum on a struggling economy

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Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · last wk.

A despairing scenario I’ve been confronted with repeatedly: won’t Dems come back to power, not fix every problem they inherited fast enough, and pave the way for another GOP comeback, like 2010 and 2024? Maybe! But the GOP is really burning up the foundations. 🧵 www.offmessage.net/p/post-donal...

No Fake Makeovers For The Post-Trump GOP

Democrats should behave as if the pendulum is destined to swing back against them. But that doesn’t mean it will.

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Jason Karsh@jkarsh.bsky.social · last wk.

The immediate task if Ds can take back power is wins. Little fixes, lots of fanfare. A lot of this is because of the electorate. I can’t tell you how angry people are. Across the board they see all politicians do nothing liars—all while the lives of normal people get worse. Book. Immediate. Wins.

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · last wk.

A despairing scenario I’ve been confronted with repeatedly: won’t Dems come back to power, not fix every problem they inherited fast enough, and pave the way for another GOP comeback, like 2010 and 2024? Maybe! But the GOP is really burning up the foundations. 🧵 www.offmessage.net/p/post-donal...

Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 2w ago

My latest @flux.community: As Republicans face a likely midterms wipeout, Democrats must be unsparing in reminding voters that there is little daylight between a radicalized GOP and the aspiring despot in the White House. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/flimsy-gop...

Flimsy GOP attempts to show ‘distance’ from Donald Trump should fool no one

As Republicans face a likely midterms wipeout, Democrats must be unsparing in reminding voters that there is little daylight between a radicalized GOP and the aspiring despot in the White House

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Flux@flux.community · 3w ago

As Republicans' electoral fortunes fade significantly, many of its politicians are trying to distance themselves from Trump, but it's only verbal misdirection. He owns the Republican party, and Democrats must remind voters of that, @jtccarroll.flux.community argues:

Flimsy GOP attempts to show ‘distance’ from Donald Trump should fool no one

As Republicans face a likely midterms wipeout, Democrats must be unsparing in reminding voters that there is little daylight between a radicalized GOP and the aspiring despot in the White House

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 3w ago

My latest @flux.community: An increasingly fascistic Republican Party, not ideas that lie within the continuum of pro-democracy policies, is the true threat to America: why the Third Way declaration of war on the DSA is so very bonkers. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/third-way-...

Third Way “war” on democratic socialism betrays a basic misreading of U.S. politics

An increasingly fascistic Republican Party, not ideas that lie within the continuum of pro-democracy policies, is the true threat to America

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Flux@flux.community · 4w ago

As Trump ramps up his attacks on America's founding principles and seeks to destroy our most treasured institutions, the conservative Democrat group Third Way thinks that not-even socialists are the bigger threat. This is a dangerous error, @jtccarroll.flux.community writes:

Third Way “war” on democratic socialism betrays a basic misreading of U.S. politics

An increasingly fascistic Republican Party, not ideas that lie within the continuum of pro-democracy policies, is the true threat to America

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · last mo.

Solid article out from CNN on AI dangers and the GOP's non- response, though this understatement made me lol: "But Trump’s attitude toward cataclysmic warnings of rampant AI suggests he’s done little philosophical soul-searching at a turning point for the human race.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/p...

A fateful turning point for humanity and AI could redefine American politics | CNN Politics

If a terrorist threat led subject experts to warn of a near-term existential menace to humanity, the weight of the US government would mobilize in an immediate and limitless effort to save the day.

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 2mo ago

ICYMI: This @flux.community @matthew.flux.community conversation with two former NIH employees offers both on-the-ground details of Trump's war on medical science and an overview of the larger stakes re public health and scientific freedom. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/how-scient...

How scientists are fighting the Trump administration’s attempts to silence them

Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg on how scientists are supporting each other and realizing that being apolitical is a luxury belief

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 2mo ago

"So “we” may not “need” Canada, but Republicans in the region really “need” Trump to not rupture trade relations with our ally for the next two months." Heartening analysis from @gregsargent.bsky.social on how Trump is undermining GOP candidates in the Midwest. newrepublic.com/article/2146...

How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him

The escalating trade war with Canada will hit hard in the Midwest—right where some of the most important contests in the midterms will be decided.

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 2mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: Reports that a covert CIA program was behind the sinking of three Ecuadorian fishing vessels should raise public alarm bells about out-of-control U.S. maritime attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/indefensib...

Indefensible U.S. attacks on Latin American vessels are even more outlandish than previously understood

Reports that a covert CIA program was behind the sinking of three Ecuadorian fishing vessels should raise public alarm bells about an out-of-control operation in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 2mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: The Justice Department's withdrawal of laughable charges against a former Olympic athlete shouldn't obscure the basic, staggering fact of the president's abuse of power against an innocent man. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/trumps-ref...

Trump’s Reflecting Pool vendetta became too ridiculous for Jeanine Pirro

The Justice Department's dismissal of laughable charges against a former Olympic athlete shouldn't obscure the basic fact of the president's abuse of power against an innocent man

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 3mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: ICE is a broken agency in need of major reforms or abolition, but Dems must pair opposition to ICE lawlessness with unsparing attacks on the GOP's dehumanizing anti-immigrant hatred and propaganda that underlies major abuses. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/renewed-ic...

Renewed ICE killings are inevitable result of mass deportations rooted in incendiary claims of immigrant invasion

Democrats must pair opposition to ICE lawlessness with unsparing attacks on the GOP's dehumanizing anti-immigrant hatred and propaganda

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Flux@flux.community · 3mo ago

More ICE killings are the inevitable result of mass deportations rooted in incendiary claims of immigrant invasion @jtccarroll.flux.community on why Democrats mustn't shy away from letting the public know about Trump's dehumanization of immigrants

Renewed ICE killings are inevitable result of mass deportations rooted in incendiary claims of immigrant invasion

Democrats must pair opposition to ICE lawlessness with unsparing attacks on the GOP's dehumanizing anti-immigrant hatred and propaganda

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 3mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: The president's plan to spruce up a tourist attraction has mutated into self-serving claims of anti-American vandalism in the heart of D.C. and over-the-top charges against a sacrificial citizen. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/trumps-ine...

Trump's inept attempts to ‘fix’ Reflecting Pool only highlight his authoritarian fixations

The president's plan to spruce up a tourist attraction has mutated into self-serving claims of anti-American vandalism in the heart of D.C. and over-the-top charges against a sacrificial citizen

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Flux@flux.community · 3mo ago

Trump's plan to spruce up a tourist attraction has mutated into self-serving claims of anti-American vandalism in the heart of D.C. and over-the-top charges against a sacrificial citizen. Via @jtccarroll.flux.community:

Trump's inept attempts to ‘fix’ Reflecting Pool only highlight his authoritarian fixations

The president's plan to spruce up a tourist attraction has mutated into self-serving claims of anti-American vandalism in the heart of D.C. and over-the-top charges against a sacrificial citizen

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 4mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: The Trump administration plans to provide bespoke gift bags to Afrikaners immigrating to the US, including materials that encourage an embrace of white supremacy as the ideal way to assimilate into American society. 1/ plus.flux.community/p/welcome-ba...

Welcome swag for white South African ‘refugees’ reveals blatant racism of Trump’s asylum policy

The Trump administration plans to provide bespoke gift bags to Afrikaners, including materials that encourage an embrace of white supremacy as the ideal way to assimilate into American society

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Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 4mo ago

The policy is even more radical than the headline says. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program is being canceled to redirect the funds towards Republican groups. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

RFK Jr.'s HHS to Divert Funds From Teen Pregnancy Grant Program

The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants as it restructures priorities for the reproductive health program.

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The OR GOP's "end vote by mail" petition drive was part of a coordinated, national GOP effort to destroy the nation's democratic electoral system with a barrage of disinformation about "election fraud." That is sooo much more consequential than the fringy IP28. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last yr.

This is crucially important. Edtl is not just a local actor. He is coordinating with the Trump Administration to try to use federal power to dismantle Oregon's vote by mail system. This is based on no actual evidence of fraud. It's based on self-serving vibes, like most of Edtl's political positions

One of his two supporters on the transit board, Michaela Hammerson, is Edtl's co-petitioner on the 2026 statewide ballot initiative to end vote-by-mail. Edti spoke to OJP from Washington, D.C., where he says he is meeting with national GOP groups interested in funding his anti-vote-by-mail initiative. "The Republican National Committee is on board, and the White House knows what we're doing out here in Oregon, Edtl says. Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read oversees state elections. He's watching the Douglas County situation with dismay. "In Oregon, we respect the will of the people, whether we agree with it or not. You don't get to deny the results of an election just because you don't like it," Read says. "Our founders fought for our sacred right to vote, and a few financially motivated election deniers don't get to disrespect Oregonians by refusing to accept their votes."
Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 4mo ago

This totally reminds me of that whole Harry Truman "The buck stops not here" concept. Also, amazingly framed by NBC as "Trump quipped." Right, right, just a joke, Trump would never actually duck responsibility on a matter of grave importance. www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/t...

Trump says he likes idea of blaming Vance if Iran deal doesn't work out

President Trump at the G7 summit said the memorandum of understanding reached with Iran "might not be the kind of document that I should be signing."

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 4mo ago

My latest at @flux.community: The race for a Senate seat in Texas highlights how MAGA's authoritarian governance is deeply intertwined with its celebration of a predatory, backwards maculinity. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/in-texas-s...

In Texas senate showdown, Ken Paxton’s rhetoric about masculinity could backfire

The race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico suggests that taking on MAGA requires Democrats to fully engage in fights over values as well as policy proposals

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Jim Carroll@jtccarroll.flux.community · 5mo ago

ICYMI @flux.community: With gerrymandering set to nullify key gains of the civil rights movement, Democrats need to find a way to rally a majority against the dire threat of GOP racism and its threat to modern America. 1/x plus.flux.community/p/with-calla...

With Callais decision, the right-wing Supreme Court majority has unveiled the inescapable reality of Republican white supremacism

With gerrymandering set to nullify key gains of the civil rights movement, Democrats need to find a way to rally a majority against the dire threat of GOP racism and its threat to modern America

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Flux@flux.community · 5mo ago

With Callais decision, the right-wing Supreme Court majority has unveiled the inescapable reality of Republican white supremacism Democrats need to find a way to rally a majority against the dire threat of GOP racism and its threat to modern America Via @jtccarroll.flux.community:

With Callais decision, the right-wing Supreme Court majority has unveiled the inescapable reality of Republican white supremacism

With gerrymandering set to nullify key gains of the civil rights movement, Democrats need to find a way to rally a majority against the dire threat of GOP racism and its threat to modern America

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