Karen Holton
@coffeekarma.bsky.social
Carolina girl looking for progressive blue sky on a politically cloudy day. Student of literature, history, current events & politics, theology, gardening, philosophy. Lover of art, nature, delicious coffee, deep thinkers, clever humor, all things Irish.
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Apple defied a court order just so it could steal from app developers and jack up prices for users.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
Apple Failed to Open App Store to Competition, Judge Rules
Apple Inc. violated a court order requiring it to open up the App Store to third-party payment options and must stop charging commissions on purchases outside its software marketplace, a federal judge...
www.bloomberg.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Apple defied a court order just so it could steal from app developers and jack up prices for users.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
May 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
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We are the laughing stock of the World.
February 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are the laughing stock of the World.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.
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Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
February 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
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Just in case people thought these were hollowed threats.
Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force 2 million people to leave
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just in case people thought these were hollowed threats.
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Elon Musk inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy, and he is currently driving his businesses into the ground with his ineptitude.
Donald Trump inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy and drove his businesses into the ground with is ineptitude.
America, stop thinking rich men are smart.
Donald Trump inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy and drove his businesses into the ground with is ineptitude.
America, stop thinking rich men are smart.
February 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Elon Musk inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy, and he is currently driving his businesses into the ground with his ineptitude.
Donald Trump inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy and drove his businesses into the ground with is ineptitude.
America, stop thinking rich men are smart.
Donald Trump inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy and drove his businesses into the ground with is ineptitude.
America, stop thinking rich men are smart.
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This.
The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
February 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
February 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Since JD Vance just converted to Catholicism 5 minutes ago, he might not know this: the Pope authoring a letter where he goes out of his way to correct you, specifically, is considered "bad" in the Catholic tradition
MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”
February 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Since JD Vance just converted to Catholicism 5 minutes ago, he might not know this: the Pope authoring a letter where he goes out of his way to correct you, specifically, is considered "bad" in the Catholic tradition
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Yes it’s one more orange distraction from his supersized, musk scented disasters, but this one hurts.
The new monster truck events there are gonna be lit!
Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board and appoint himself chairman.
l. “We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...
l. “We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...
February 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Yes it’s one more orange distraction from his supersized, musk scented disasters, but this one hurts.
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Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
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In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
URGENT Call your Senators and keep calling.
The US Treasury payment system access to (y)our financial information has been breached by Elon Musk and others. Musk should never have access to and do as he pleases with (y)our money.
We need to step up and let our legislators know how we feel NOW.
The US Treasury payment system access to (y)our financial information has been breached by Elon Musk and others. Musk should never have access to and do as he pleases with (y)our money.
We need to step up and let our legislators know how we feel NOW.
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
URGENT Call your Senators and keep calling.
The US Treasury payment system access to (y)our financial information has been breached by Elon Musk and others. Musk should never have access to and do as he pleases with (y)our money.
We need to step up and let our legislators know how we feel NOW.
The US Treasury payment system access to (y)our financial information has been breached by Elon Musk and others. Musk should never have access to and do as he pleases with (y)our money.
We need to step up and let our legislators know how we feel NOW.
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Elon Musk is locking government employees out of government systems and demanding access to the government's entire payment network. This is not legal, of course.
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Elon Musk is locking government employees out of government systems and demanding access to the government's entire payment network. This is not legal, of course.
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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This is a hostile takeover of the U.S. Government.
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the U.S. Government.
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The risk to Birmingham’s federal research funds is real - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/al...
Alabama needs NIH funding!
Please sign this letter to protect the vital NIH funding that supports groundbreaking medical research, creates thousands of jobs, and fuels our state's economy. By signing, you're advocating fo...
sign.moveon.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The risk to Birmingham’s federal research funds is real - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/al...
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Important data to remember.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Important data to remember.