Karen Morris
@kmorris24.bsky.social
Recently retired psychotherapist. Living in this world best as I can. Have been told that I do not suffer fools gladly. Curious. Believes in tikkun olam.
Hanukkah meditation:
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hanukkah meditation:
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2025 behind the photos
Some of the best Reuters pictures of 2025, and their stories
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
Very relevant and powerful words.
Michael Douglas giving the final speech in The American President (1995). Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Rob Reiner (RIP). It's inspiring, it's aspirational and -- yes -- a little hokey. But in the best way, with its heart on its sleeve.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__d...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__d...
The American President - The Final Speech
YouTube video by Lee Hoedl
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Very relevant and powerful words.
Meeting a moment:
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meeting a moment:
And this administration wants us to believe it has and uses sound judgement?
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security trib.al/lsF2CCQ
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The White House has argued the controversial ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
trib.al
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And this administration wants us to believe it has and uses sound judgement?
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On this day in 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by the indian agency police at Standing Rock Reservation, because colonial authorities were threatened by his ability to bring his people together.
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
On this day in 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by the indian agency police at Standing Rock Reservation, because colonial authorities were threatened by his ability to bring his people together.
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NYT op-ed reminds billionaires to heed the French Revolution, mentions Network State cultists Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan.
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NYT op-ed reminds billionaires to heed the French Revolution, mentions Network State cultists Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan.
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Finland may be on the right track when it comes to educating kids about mis-information.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Finland may be on the right track when it comes to educating kids about mis-information.
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There is no planet B
April 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There is no planet B
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David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed: https://cnn.it/44YS8pM
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed: https://cnn.it/44YS8pM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
Good questions raised in this thread:
…. I tried looking up what “Eastern Pacific“ means and our media stenography situation is such that they all reported that phrase without asking ANY questions
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good questions raised in this thread:
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Something to think about:
We are experiencing a more severe than usual flu season and COVID rates are starting to rise. If you want to reduce your chances of getting sick, one of the most effective things you can do is wear a high quality mask. 🤫
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Something to think about:
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Must Read Levitsky, Way, Ziblatt: "[The] United States has descended into competitive authoritarianism...[Like] Chávez’s Venezuela,...Erdogan’s Turkey,...Orban’s Hungary ...[The] United States'... authoritarian turn was faster and farther-reaching than those."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Must Read Levitsky, Way, Ziblatt: "[The] United States has descended into competitive authoritarianism...[Like] Chávez’s Venezuela,...Erdogan’s Turkey,...Orban’s Hungary ...[The] United States'... authoritarian turn was faster and farther-reaching than those."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Yes, a beautiful story of good people.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yes, a beautiful story of good people.
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Sunday reading: I wrote about how the regime’s latest racist hate campaign is tied to the Right’s broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist
steady.page
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sunday reading: I wrote about how the regime’s latest racist hate campaign is tied to the Right’s broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
Will one of our legacies as a country, be that of a shoot em up nation?
on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
December 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Will one of our legacies as a country, be that of a shoot em up nation?
Peter, Paul and Mary - Light One Candle (25th Anniversary Concert)
YouTube video by ShoutFactoryMusic
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
As Hanukkah begins tonight in the US, I will think of these words as I light each candle of the menorah.
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
As Hanukkah begins tonight in the US, I will think of these words as I light each candle of the menorah.