Karen Wickre
@kvox.bsky.social
Stubborn San Franciscan. Connector, reassurer, dog enthusiast, art collector, veteran technology observer and yes, optimist. Wrote Taking the Work Out of Networking. #resist
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“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
Finally, Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, gave us her first interview. It's powerful stuff:
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December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
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This. What journalism SHOULD be doing to respond to this moment of democratic crisis (from the always brilliant @sulliview.bsky.social):
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This. What journalism SHOULD be doing to respond to this moment of democratic crisis (from the always brilliant @sulliview.bsky.social):
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Over 2 months in NYC courts, churches & safe houses, @hunterw.bsky.social spoke to 50 migrants, activists, ICE agents & lawmakers
His Undocumented Underground series dives into the Trump admin's extralegal excesses—and the lengths people are going to fight back
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His Undocumented Underground series dives into the Trump admin's extralegal excesses—and the lengths people are going to fight back
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Over 2 months in NYC courts, churches & safe houses, @hunterw.bsky.social spoke to 50 migrants, activists, ICE agents & lawmakers
His Undocumented Underground series dives into the Trump admin's extralegal excesses—and the lengths people are going to fight back
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
His Undocumented Underground series dives into the Trump admin's extralegal excesses—and the lengths people are going to fight back
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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these days you learn something new and horrible every 5 seconds
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
these days you learn something new and horrible every 5 seconds
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A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
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Imagine having to evince some semblance of respect for Jared Kushner.
BREAKING: US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Berlin for talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
US envoys arrive in Berlin for another round of Ukraine peace talks
U.S. envoys are in Berlin for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to hold a series of meetings on Sunday and Monday.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Imagine having to evince some semblance of respect for Jared Kushner.
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Rob Reiner was an American Icon who, through his art and activism, held a mirror up to American culture. His talent, humor, activism, and patriotism will be missed. Our heart breaks at the senseless loss of our friend.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Rob Reiner was an American Icon who, through his art and activism, held a mirror up to American culture. His talent, humor, activism, and patriotism will be missed. Our heart breaks at the senseless loss of our friend.
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we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
Donald Trump says that questioning his military campaigns amounts to treason, a crime punishable by death. Democrats predictably disagree. Have the parties fully given up on finding middle ground?
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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New from me: Watching wealthy powerful interests capitulate to Trump or embrace him outright this year has radicalized me in ways I never thought possible. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
The Great Recoil
The embrace of Trump’s corruption isn't an accident—it’s a calculated backlash against the last decade of progress.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New from me: Watching wealthy powerful interests capitulate to Trump or embrace him outright this year has radicalized me in ways I never thought possible. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
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10000% this. Light candles everywhere.
“When Jews are attacked for being Jews, and the response is muted, conditional, or delayed, the message is unmistakable. Jews may still live here, but only quietly.... We cannot and will not retreat into hiding our light. The call of this moment is simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere.”
The call of this Hanukkah moment remains simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere. Even when we're under attack.
Even after the attack at Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead in Sydney, Australia, we light Hanukkah candles to publicize the miracle.
forward.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
10000% this. Light candles everywhere.
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Erika Kirk just doesn't have the juice. She is off-putting to normies. The harder they push her the worse this is going to go for them.
Insanely pathetic numbers for something so highly touted
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Erika Kirk just doesn't have the juice. She is off-putting to normies. The harder they push her the worse this is going to go for them.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“It’s hard to overstate how much the new right idealizes America’s past,” our columnist David French writes.
“It’s hard to overstate how much the new right idealizes America’s past,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
Remind me never to listen to what they are saying online about me.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“It’s hard to overstate how much the new right idealizes America’s past,” our columnist David French writes.
“It’s hard to overstate how much the new right idealizes America’s past,” our columnist David French writes.
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All of this thread.
We cannot turn whole universities into AI development centers. This is a commercial and political obsession, not education or skill-development.
We cannot turn whole universities into AI development centers. This is a commercial and political obsession, not education or skill-development.
It's hard to overstate how impossible this demand is from Purdue's administration to implement these AI requirements by next fall. We are nowhere close to understanding what AI proficiency means or what it looks like in education.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
All of this thread.
We cannot turn whole universities into AI development centers. This is a commercial and political obsession, not education or skill-development.
We cannot turn whole universities into AI development centers. This is a commercial and political obsession, not education or skill-development.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes?
It was only little over a year ago.
It was only little over a year ago.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes?
It was only little over a year ago.
It was only little over a year ago.
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Tourists from around the world who continued coming to the United States despite out of control gun violence will surely stay away now that Trump’s cruel and inhumane immigration policies have made the US an inhospitable tourist destination.
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tourists from around the world who continued coming to the United States despite out of control gun violence will surely stay away now that Trump’s cruel and inhumane immigration policies have made the US an inhospitable tourist destination.
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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