Karinwithani
@kimsb.bsky.social
Passionate Thomas Paine fan.
Democracy—the proposition that all people are created equal, all have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, under government of, by and for all—is humanity's great achievement.
Democracy—the proposition that all people are created equal, all have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, under government of, by and for all—is humanity's great achievement.
Pinned
The criminally corrupt felon and traitor Trump is …
•Waging war on America and Americans
•Violating the Constitution, human rights and international treaties
•Taking away Americans' education, healthcare and public lands
•Desecrating our White House.
•Using the presidency to enrich himself.
•Waging war on America and Americans
•Violating the Constitution, human rights and international treaties
•Taking away Americans' education, healthcare and public lands
•Desecrating our White House.
•Using the presidency to enrich himself.
December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The criminally corrupt felon and traitor Trump is …
•Waging war on America and Americans
•Violating the Constitution, human rights and international treaties
•Taking away Americans' education, healthcare and public lands
•Desecrating our White House.
•Using the presidency to enrich himself.
•Waging war on America and Americans
•Violating the Constitution, human rights and international treaties
•Taking away Americans' education, healthcare and public lands
•Desecrating our White House.
•Using the presidency to enrich himself.
•Trump lies
•Vance lies
•Bondi lies
•Leavitt lies
•Patel lies
•Hegseth lies
•Noem lies.
•RFK Jr. lies
•Fox lies.
•Republicans lie
•Tyrants rely on lies
•Lies undermine the rule of law and betray democracy.
•America and democracy rely on truth and facts.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
•Vance lies
•Bondi lies
•Leavitt lies
•Patel lies
•Hegseth lies
•Noem lies.
•RFK Jr. lies
•Fox lies.
•Republicans lie
•Tyrants rely on lies
•Lies undermine the rule of law and betray democracy.
•America and democracy rely on truth and facts.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Grand Old Party of Liars
Republicans aren’t even trying anymore, as they cover for their dear leader, Donald Trump.
www.thenation.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
•Trump lies
•Vance lies
•Bondi lies
•Leavitt lies
•Patel lies
•Hegseth lies
•Noem lies.
•RFK Jr. lies
•Fox lies.
•Republicans lie
•Tyrants rely on lies
•Lies undermine the rule of law and betray democracy.
•America and democracy rely on truth and facts.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
•Vance lies
•Bondi lies
•Leavitt lies
•Patel lies
•Hegseth lies
•Noem lies.
•RFK Jr. lies
•Fox lies.
•Republicans lie
•Tyrants rely on lies
•Lies undermine the rule of law and betray democracy.
•America and democracy rely on truth and facts.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Facts and the Law’: Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecution In Closed Congressional Testimony
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Bears repeating. Lessons from Dr Snyder’s book On Tyranny.
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
MONSTERS!
Of note, it wasn’t just little girls he trafficked.
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
MONSTERS!
For insight into the Putin/Trump/Musk/Bezos, etc., etc., corporate-oligarchic-totalitarian empire’s world takeover, please revisit this “Network” speech, brilliantly and presciently conceived by Paddy Chayevsky and delivered by Ned Beaty:
"Network" (1976)
www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeche...
"Network" (1976)
www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeche...
Movie Speech from Network - Arthur Jensen Pitches Howard Beale on the Primal Economic Forces of Nature
Full text and video and audio mp3 of movie Network - Arthur Jensen Pitches Howard Beale
www.americanrhetoric.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For insight into the Putin/Trump/Musk/Bezos, etc., etc., corporate-oligarchic-totalitarian empire’s world takeover, please revisit this “Network” speech, brilliantly and presciently conceived by Paddy Chayevsky and delivered by Ned Beaty:
"Network" (1976)
www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeche...
"Network" (1976)
www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeche...
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BREAKING: Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
BREAKING: Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
The greedy, demented, orange-painted traitor, Trump, surrounded by his gold-plated film-flam, using the presidency to rake in billions of dollars while criminally bullying, murdering and waging war on America, Americans and America’s friends and neighbors is our national shame and a world tragedy.
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The greedy, demented, orange-painted traitor, Trump, surrounded by his gold-plated film-flam, using the presidency to rake in billions of dollars while criminally bullying, murdering and waging war on America, Americans and America’s friends and neighbors is our national shame and a world tragedy.
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This is CORPORATE GREED at the finest. It's over Netflex. This is why I won't subscribe to any streaming services other than SiriusXM. David Ellison is MAGA Asshole.
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Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix deal
YouTube video by CNN
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December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is CORPORATE GREED at the finest. It's over Netflex. This is why I won't subscribe to any streaming services other than SiriusXM. David Ellison is MAGA Asshole.
youtu.be/Tsyu0SQWpo4?...
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Abbott's state-imposed "Club America" = "Hitlerjugend" is terrifying! Here's a screen shot of the Fox post...
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Abbott's state-imposed "Club America" = "Hitlerjugend" is terrifying! Here's a screen shot of the Fox post...
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Stop the insanity!
U.S. Constitution Impeachment Clause, Article II, Section 4: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution Impeachment Clause, Article II, Section 4: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Stop the insanity!
U.S. Constitution Impeachment Clause, Article II, Section 4: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution Impeachment Clause, Article II, Section 4: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
It's a Wonderful Life - Imagining a world with and without greedy, cruel villains.
Trump, the Pope, and me
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Trump, the Pope, and me
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Trump, the Pope, and me
The real meaning of Pope Leo’s and my favorite film
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's a Wonderful Life - Imagining a world with and without greedy, cruel villains.
Trump, the Pope, and me
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump, the Pope, and me
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
PEACE, HOPE, LOVE, HEALING ... HAPPY THANKSGIVING
TO PRO-DEMOCRACY LOVERS & FIGHTERS EVERYWHERE!
Origami crane-folding is one small way to stay sane and focused on what matters during this Trump/Putin-led nightmare of the oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
TO PRO-DEMOCRACY LOVERS & FIGHTERS EVERYWHERE!
Origami crane-folding is one small way to stay sane and focused on what matters during this Trump/Putin-led nightmare of the oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
PEACE, HOPE, LOVE, HEALING ... HAPPY THANKSGIVING
TO PRO-DEMOCRACY LOVERS & FIGHTERS EVERYWHERE!
Origami crane-folding is one small way to stay sane and focused on what matters during this Trump/Putin-led nightmare of the oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
TO PRO-DEMOCRACY LOVERS & FIGHTERS EVERYWHERE!
Origami crane-folding is one small way to stay sane and focused on what matters during this Trump/Putin-led nightmare of the oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
In America, innocent brown & black people seeking a better life, work & safety are demonized & persecuted ... by a white, criminally corrupt felon & his treasonous regime who are ransacking our government, destroying our institutions, breaking the law & violating the Constitution with impunity.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In America, innocent brown & black people seeking a better life, work & safety are demonized & persecuted ... by a white, criminally corrupt felon & his treasonous regime who are ransacking our government, destroying our institutions, breaking the law & violating the Constitution with impunity.
David Rothkopf delivers the most concise analysis and synopsis of America’s Trump-era nightmare within the context of the worldwide oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
In the midst of our national Epstein-mania are we missing what's really important?
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
David Rothkopf delivers the most concise analysis and synopsis of America’s Trump-era nightmare within the context of the worldwide oligarchic/totalitarian takeover and dismantling of democracies everywhere.
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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I was told that English is now our official language. Can anyone translate?
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I was told that English is now our official language. Can anyone translate?