Karen Getz
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Karen Getz
@getzie.bsky.social
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Performing Artist/Maker Cannot believe I have to spend my f+*king “golden years” fighting to save democracy in America
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Greedy, amoral & VASTLY unqualified MEN in positions of power -presenting aphasic,vaguely-science- sounding words in snake oil sentence construction-as HEALTH POLICY: peri, para & post democratically -shows potential causative link2increased infant & maternal death & 2my boundless FURY
RFK Jr: "The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy in the paranatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive."
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(AP) — A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.

@apnews.com #Hero
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—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
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—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
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This
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
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Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
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This says EVERYTHING: the military will be paid tomorrow despite the shutdown. SNAP benefits for families & children - nada.
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Democrats and the majority must come up with a plan NOW on what to do when, not if, Trump and Stephen Miller go for martial law.

People still aren't paying attention. Take them literally and seriously, folks.
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Frightening, offensive and so very telling. Greenblatt should have been forced out long ago
Not a word from the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing.

I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.

Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
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White ✅
Supremacist ✅

Welcome to ICE.
Greedy, amoral & VASTLY unqualified MEN in positions of power -presenting aphasic,vaguely-science- sounding words in snake oil sentence construction-as HEALTH POLICY: peri, para & post democratically -shows potential causative link2increased infant & maternal death & 2my boundless FURY
RFK Jr: "The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy in the paranatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive."
I think he got a statistician from one of his snake oil jars.
Q: Unless ACA subsidies are extended, the average plan will increase by somewhere around 115%

DR OZ: Where'd you get that number?

Q: Kaiser Family Foundation

OZ: They retracted that. Here's the truth. The average American who's on ACA is gonna pay $13 more than this year. That's not a big issue
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“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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20 million Americans are about to see their health care prices increase by an average of about 30 percent. For many, prices will double.

Republicans who control the White House, Senate and House have chosen to let health care premiums skyrocket to fund a tax break for their billionaire donors.
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Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?
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The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.”

Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?
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NEW: Trump just said he called off deploying federal immigration agents to San Francisco.
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No taxation without representation! I am surely not represented! I don't think they need our tax dollars in april. If they did, they'd do something to benefit the people. Whats everyone think about federal taxes this year? Anyone considering withholding? Imagine if we all did that. Biggest protest!👊
Yes. Please. Right now
I’m not. No way. We need a massive Tax Protest and blue states should withhold Federal Taxes altogether.
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A St. Louis ordinance lets courts banish people from huge swaths of the city as a punishment for petty crimes.

These neighborhood orders of protection often prevent people from accessing the services they need and raise constitutional questions.

(Published 2022)
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods. Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back.
A St. Louis ordinance lets courts banish people from huge swaths of the city as a punishment for petty crimes. These neighborhood orders of protection often prevent people from accessing the services ...
www.propublica.org
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THERE IS LITERALLY NO REASON TO FIRE LIVE ARTILLERY SHELLS OVER AN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

TOTALLY STUPID, RECKLESS, AND BIZARRE ACTIONS JUST TO MAKE JD VANCE FEEL IMPORTANT.
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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