@karenobrown.bsky.social
Wife, mother, Grammy. KCMO. “Make gentle the life of this world”.
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Grabbing immigrants as they wait at Faneuil Hall to be sworn in as American citizens. They did everything by the book. Paid fees, interviewed, were investigated, spent months and years following the prescribed, legal process.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Grabbing immigrants as they wait at Faneuil Hall to be sworn in as American citizens. They did everything by the book. Paid fees, interviewed, were investigated, spent months and years following the prescribed, legal process.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it – always.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
— Mahatma Gandhi
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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So many genres…
just read!
just read!
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So many genres…
just read!
just read!
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20 November 1936 | Czech Jewish girl Hana Brocková was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
20 November 1936 | Czech Jewish girl Hana Brocková was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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"Extremely dishonest..." ;)
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Extremely dishonest..." ;)
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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That’s how it’s done 💪🏽💙💙💙💙
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
That’s how it’s done 💪🏽💙💙💙💙
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Allowing Banks to give a 50 year Mortgage is essentially making Bankers renters making a whole lot of money. Trump is is for Banks and Corporations not the American people.
What a scam. And I thought Neg Am loans were bad in 2006.
What a scam. And I thought Neg Am loans were bad in 2006.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Allowing Banks to give a 50 year Mortgage is essentially making Bankers renters making a whole lot of money. Trump is is for Banks and Corporations not the American people.
What a scam. And I thought Neg Am loans were bad in 2006.
What a scam. And I thought Neg Am loans were bad in 2006.
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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#ResistanceRoots
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.”
— Frederick Douglass
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.”
— Frederick Douglass
September 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.”
— Frederick Douglass
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.”
— Frederick Douglass
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RFK Jr. says America is terribly unhealthy. If you compare the US to, say, the UK the EU Australia, Japan, Canada, or any other developed country, he’s absolutely right. The difference is not vaccinations, though. Those countries all have vaccinations. The difference is universal healthcare.
September 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
RFK Jr. says America is terribly unhealthy. If you compare the US to, say, the UK the EU Australia, Japan, Canada, or any other developed country, he’s absolutely right. The difference is not vaccinations, though. Those countries all have vaccinations. The difference is universal healthcare.
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Please read this and share it widely. It's a brilliant and well written ask for policy change. Sanity!!
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Please read this and share it widely. It's a brilliant and well written ask for policy change. Sanity!!
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Trump’s disrespect for veterans and their families, which began long ago with his trash-talking John McCain, continues with this rampage of union-busting and deception. Congress must stop Trump’s attack on VA workers, many of them vets and all of them serving veterans.
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump’s disrespect for veterans and their families, which began long ago with his trash-talking John McCain, continues with this rampage of union-busting and deception. Congress must stop Trump’s attack on VA workers, many of them vets and all of them serving veterans.
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They are gutting the VA, firing people recklessly, all to make it easier to privatize and outsource care.
And veterans will suffer.
This is a betrayal. [2/2]
And veterans will suffer.
This is a betrayal. [2/2]
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
They are gutting the VA, firing people recklessly, all to make it easier to privatize and outsource care.
And veterans will suffer.
This is a betrayal. [2/2]
And veterans will suffer.
This is a betrayal. [2/2]
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DHS got caught on video transporting over a dozen masked agents in the back of a Penske truck and chasing after people as they fled.
The tactic seems to have come directly from the Patriot Front, which used a Penske van earlier this summer in Missouri to attack a Pride Parade.
trib.al/6hbho8L
The tactic seems to have come directly from the Patriot Front, which used a Penske van earlier this summer in Missouri to attack a Pride Parade.
trib.al/6hbho8L
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
DHS got caught on video transporting over a dozen masked agents in the back of a Penske truck and chasing after people as they fled.
The tactic seems to have come directly from the Patriot Front, which used a Penske van earlier this summer in Missouri to attack a Pride Parade.
trib.al/6hbho8L
The tactic seems to have come directly from the Patriot Front, which used a Penske van earlier this summer in Missouri to attack a Pride Parade.
trib.al/6hbho8L
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Democratic voters don’t want passive or “reach across the aisle” politics while we are fighting literal fascism.
Look at Texas Democrats. Fight like that. We’ll reward you at the polls.
Stand up. Link arms. Draw a line in the sand. Tell the Republicans we won’t put up with this shit. Fight back.
Look at Texas Democrats. Fight like that. We’ll reward you at the polls.
Stand up. Link arms. Draw a line in the sand. Tell the Republicans we won’t put up with this shit. Fight back.
August 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Democratic voters don’t want passive or “reach across the aisle” politics while we are fighting literal fascism.
Look at Texas Democrats. Fight like that. We’ll reward you at the polls.
Stand up. Link arms. Draw a line in the sand. Tell the Republicans we won’t put up with this shit. Fight back.
Look at Texas Democrats. Fight like that. We’ll reward you at the polls.
Stand up. Link arms. Draw a line in the sand. Tell the Republicans we won’t put up with this shit. Fight back.
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i’m a lover of books and forever grateful for our public library system — one of the last truly accessible, community-driven spaces we have. there’s something magic about walking into a library and knowing that stories, ideas, and knowledge are all just… waiting for you.
July 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i’m a lover of books and forever grateful for our public library system — one of the last truly accessible, community-driven spaces we have. there’s something magic about walking into a library and knowing that stories, ideas, and knowledge are all just… waiting for you.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Just your daily reminder that unions are the backbone of our nation. Fighting for fair wages, safe workplaces, and dignity on the job.
The Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires attacks these rights, puts profits over people, and people out of work. We must stand up for workers, not silence them.
The Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires attacks these rights, puts profits over people, and people out of work. We must stand up for workers, not silence them.
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just your daily reminder that unions are the backbone of our nation. Fighting for fair wages, safe workplaces, and dignity on the job.
The Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires attacks these rights, puts profits over people, and people out of work. We must stand up for workers, not silence them.
The Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires attacks these rights, puts profits over people, and people out of work. We must stand up for workers, not silence them.
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Even against all of Trump's cascading attacks over the past seven months, it had seemed that up until now, our culture at large—the literal shows, movies, art, music, literature we consume—seemed somewhat siloed from Trump's fury.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Even against all of Trump's cascading attacks over the past seven months, it had seemed that up until now, our culture at large—the literal shows, movies, art, music, literature we consume—seemed somewhat siloed from Trump's fury.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.