Karen says...
@karengautney.bsky.social
On self-supported sabbatical of indefinite duration. Political lefty. Former Southerner. Audacious underdog. Prolific volunteer. Committed to kindness, but feeling snarkier by the day. Tai Chi keeps me from exploding.
And their economic plan is, "Stop being poor!"
That seems to be the long and short of it. They simply don't care about anyone who isn't a one-percenter.
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
And their economic plan is, "Stop being poor!"
Reposted by Karen says...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Reposted by Karen says...
Trump should lose his job over this just like the countless people who lost their jobs over making horrible comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump should lose his job over this just like the countless people who lost their jobs over making horrible comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Let me help you out. Yes, you are.
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Let me help you out. Yes, you are.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
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Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
This clip from the Jewish Rob Reiner reflects Christ's teachings a million times more than Trump ever has.
Rob Reiner’s response to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Compare this to Trump’s vile post about the deaths of Rob and his wife, Michele.
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This clip from the Jewish Rob Reiner reflects Christ's teachings a million times more than Trump ever has.
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NEW: Republican lawmakers slam Trump's "inappropriate" posts on Rob Reiner
Republican lawmakers slam Trump's "inappropriate" posts on Rob Reiner
"Most Americans want more and better from our president," said one House Republican.
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW: Republican lawmakers slam Trump's "inappropriate" posts on Rob Reiner
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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Reposted by Karen says...
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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They’re hassling citizens bc they don’t know who they’re approaching, bc they have no reasonable suspicion, and they’ve developed no probable cause. IOW, this is the opposite of law enforcement. As I’ve been saying, it’s essentially kidnapping, over and over and over again.
"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
This US citizen went on his lunch break and ended up in a chokehold by a masked federal agent and detained, video shows | CNN
Mubashir had just stepped outside into the snowy Minneapolis winter weather to take his lunch break when he says he saw a masked federal officer running toward him “at full speed.”
www.cnn.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
They’re hassling citizens bc they don’t know who they’re approaching, bc they have no reasonable suspicion, and they’ve developed no probable cause. IOW, this is the opposite of law enforcement. As I’ve been saying, it’s essentially kidnapping, over and over and over again.
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so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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I’ve been through a lot worse than anything Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth can throw at me. And I'm not backing down, because this isn't about me — it's about you and every American's First Amendment right.
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’ve been through a lot worse than anything Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth can throw at me. And I'm not backing down, because this isn't about me — it's about you and every American's First Amendment right.
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Pam Bondi and Pete Hegseth have made stronger statements about the military's right to refuse illegal orders than I did. I'm glad that the 2016 version of Pete Hegseth understood the law and the UCMJ. I'm sorry that the 2025 version doesn't seem to care.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Pam Bondi and Pete Hegseth have made stronger statements about the military's right to refuse illegal orders than I did. I'm glad that the 2016 version of Pete Hegseth understood the law and the UCMJ. I'm sorry that the 2025 version doesn't seem to care.
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Donald Trump has launched a website accepting applications for his “gold card” visa program, reflecting his vision of immigration as a pay-to-play scheme that attracts only the wealthiest people in the world.
Trump launches website for his $1M Gold immigration card
The president promises a ‘direct path to citizenship’ with a six-figure ‘gift’ to the US government
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Donald Trump has launched a website accepting applications for his “gold card” visa program, reflecting his vision of immigration as a pay-to-play scheme that attracts only the wealthiest people in the world.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
"...were eventually able to prove they are U S citizens."
ICE in Burnsville, MN followed a family home, broke down their door, and abducted 4 of them at gunpoint including the parents of a 7 year old and the husband of a pregnant woman. All of this occurred without a warrant for a home owned by a US citizen. (12/6/25)
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"...were eventually able to prove they are U S citizens."
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Exactly. MAGA was convinced that the riches they were entitled to were re-directed by Democrats to the less worthy folk. Now their taxes are being re-directed to the uber rich. Even though they are still on the losing end, I guess making the rich richer feels better somehow.
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Exactly. MAGA was convinced that the riches they were entitled to were re-directed by Democrats to the less worthy folk. Now their taxes are being re-directed to the uber rich. Even though they are still on the losing end, I guess making the rich richer feels better somehow.