Karen Lassus
@karenlassus.bsky.social
🔹Liberal🔹
🔹Old Hippie🔹
🔹Proponent of🔹
👉FairVote Washington (RCV)
👉National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
👉Whole Washington
Military brat/spouse. Born in WY. Raised in CO. Now living my best retired life in in SW WA.
🔹Old Hippie🔹
🔹Proponent of🔹
👉FairVote Washington (RCV)
👉National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
👉Whole Washington
Military brat/spouse. Born in WY. Raised in CO. Now living my best retired life in in SW WA.
I did a thing today 🗳️
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I did a thing today 🗳️
If “Liar, liar, pants on fire” were a real thing, Mile Johnson would immolate.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If “Liar, liar, pants on fire” were a real thing, Mile Johnson would immolate.
Reposted by Karen Lassus
The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.
Reposted by Karen Lassus
The more Republicans argue that to oppose Trump at No Kings protests is to “hate America,” the more they prove the protesters’ point.
For too much of the GOP, “L’État, c’est moi” has effectively evolved into “Trump is the state.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
For too much of the GOP, “L’État, c’est moi” has effectively evolved into “Trump is the state.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
As Republicans slander No Kings rallies, the party is proving progressive activists’ point
Centuries after “L’État, c’est moi,” Republicans are putting their own twist on the adage: “I am the state” has effectively become “Trump is the state.”
www.msnbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The more Republicans argue that to oppose Trump at No Kings protests is to “hate America,” the more they prove the protesters’ point.
For too much of the GOP, “L’État, c’est moi” has effectively evolved into “Trump is the state.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
For too much of the GOP, “L’État, c’est moi” has effectively evolved into “Trump is the state.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEFULLY TO ASSEMBLE, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Hate = MAGA trademark.
Hate = MAGA trademark.
Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."
October 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEFULLY TO ASSEMBLE, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Hate = MAGA trademark.
Hate = MAGA trademark.
This. Is. Assault.
“YOU hit HER.”
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This. Is. Assault.
Good news on the Portland front. @govpritzker.illinois.gov - time to follow suit.
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Good news on the Portland front. @govpritzker.illinois.gov - time to follow suit.
Ahhhh Threads…I went to like a post and was told Threads has limited my account. I asked for a review and was immediately suspended. Nice going.
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ahhhh Threads…I went to like a post and was told Threads has limited my account. I asked for a review and was immediately suspended. Nice going.
“…something we’ve always wanted to do”
- Republicans are relishing the shutdown they drove the country to with draconian cuts affecting millions
- Republicans are relishing the shutdown they drove the country to with draconian cuts affecting millions
Mike Johnson on the shutdown: "It can provide an opportunity to downside the scope and scale of government, which is something that we've always wanted to do. So in a way Chuck Schumer has now handed the keys to the kingdom the executive branch under President Trump."
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“…something we’ve always wanted to do”
- Republicans are relishing the shutdown they drove the country to with draconian cuts affecting millions
- Republicans are relishing the shutdown they drove the country to with draconian cuts affecting millions
Lindsey Graham thinks that restoring ACA subsidies so hard working Americans aren’t priced out of their health insurance is “kind of stupid, really”.
Note to the five (5) democrats currently running against Graham…The opposition ads are just writing themselves.
Note to the five (5) democrats currently running against Graham…The opposition ads are just writing themselves.
Sen. Lindsey Graham tells me he expects a shutdown to last until at least next week. "I don't think anything's going to happen until the House gets back," he says, predicting Democrats will then start to peel off. "The demands by Schumer and Jeffries are kind of stupid, really."
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Lindsey Graham thinks that restoring ACA subsidies so hard working Americans aren’t priced out of their health insurance is “kind of stupid, really”.
Note to the five (5) democrats currently running against Graham…The opposition ads are just writing themselves.
Note to the five (5) democrats currently running against Graham…The opposition ads are just writing themselves.
Reposted by Karen Lassus
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
Interesting…
sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates
September 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Interesting…
Republicans in Congress have been hiding from their constituents for months with no town halls. Now the White House is hiding from press outlets who will ask them legitimate questions.
George Stephanopoulos says he invited the White House to provide a guest for his show, but they declined
August 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Republicans in Congress have been hiding from their constituents for months with no town halls. Now the White House is hiding from press outlets who will ask them legitimate questions.
Horrible. Just…horrible.
By a vote of 53-44, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Joseph Kent to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the DNI
Party line vote with Senators Gallego, Slotkin, and Whitehouse not voting.
There will now be two hours of post-cloture debate.
Party line vote with Senators Gallego, Slotkin, and Whitehouse not voting.
There will now be two hours of post-cloture debate.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Horrible. Just…horrible.
CBS’ moral cowardice has a very long history…
July 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CBS’ moral cowardice has a very long history…
Word of the Day: Scheme
(verb)
- make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
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(verb)
- make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
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Kenneth Chesebro, ‘architect’ of pro-Trump 2020 fake elector scheme, disbarred in N.Y.
A judicial panel said the lawyer's misconduct undercut “the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold.”
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June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Word of the Day: Scheme
(verb)
- make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
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(verb)
- make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
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Absolute Truth.
I asked Richard Stengel to elaborate on this POV for today's Reliable Sources newsletter. He obliged 🧵
He conducts foreign policy like it’s a tv show; but we shouldn’t cover it like a tv show.
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Absolute Truth.
Word of the Day: Manipulation
- the use of deceptive, subtle, or underhanded tactics to influence or control others, often to the manipulator's benefit and the target's detriment. See also: gaslighting, guilt-tripping, playing the victim, emotional blackmail.
- the use of deceptive, subtle, or underhanded tactics to influence or control others, often to the manipulator's benefit and the target's detriment. See also: gaslighting, guilt-tripping, playing the victim, emotional blackmail.
Tucker Carlson says Fox is a propaganda network that manipulates their mostly elderly audience.
June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Word of the Day: Manipulation
- the use of deceptive, subtle, or underhanded tactics to influence or control others, often to the manipulator's benefit and the target's detriment. See also: gaslighting, guilt-tripping, playing the victim, emotional blackmail.
- the use of deceptive, subtle, or underhanded tactics to influence or control others, often to the manipulator's benefit and the target's detriment. See also: gaslighting, guilt-tripping, playing the victim, emotional blackmail.
Word(s) of the Day: Stochastic terrorism
(noun)
- a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. It is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.
(noun)
- a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. It is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.
June 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Word(s) of the Day: Stochastic terrorism
(noun)
- a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. It is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.
(noun)
- a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. It is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.
This. So much this. ⬇️
June 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This. So much this. ⬇️
Word of the Day: Bribe
(noun)
- money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
- something that serves to induce or influence
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(noun)
- money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
- something that serves to induce or influence
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Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
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May 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Word of the Day: Bribe
(noun)
- money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
- something that serves to induce or influence
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(noun)
- money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
- something that serves to induce or influence
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Word of the Day: Unqualified
(adjective)
- lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job
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(adjective)
- lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job
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Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general
Trump is nominating Casey Means after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post.
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May 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Word of the Day: Unqualified
(adjective)
- lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job
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(adjective)
- lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job
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Word of the Day: Improper
(adjective)
- not in accordance with accepted rules or standards, especially of morality or honesty
- lacking in modesty or decency
- incorrect; inaccurate
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(adjective)
- not in accordance with accepted rules or standards, especially of morality or honesty
- lacking in modesty or decency
- incorrect; inaccurate
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In one day, two separate judges rule Trump improperly used 18th century wartime act against gang
Two more judges are ruling that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime act to swiftly deport people he says are members of a Venezuelan gang.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Word of the Day: Improper
(adjective)
- not in accordance with accepted rules or standards, especially of morality or honesty
- lacking in modesty or decency
- incorrect; inaccurate
apnews.com/article/trum...
(adjective)
- not in accordance with accepted rules or standards, especially of morality or honesty
- lacking in modesty or decency
- incorrect; inaccurate
apnews.com/article/trum...
Word(s) of the Day: Heads I Win: Tails You Lose
(idiom)
- describes a situation where the rules are rigged to favor one person, regardless of the outcome of a coin toss or other random event. It essentially means there's no fair chance and one party will always win
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(idiom)
- describes a situation where the rules are rigged to favor one person, regardless of the outcome of a coin toss or other random event. It essentially means there's no fair chance and one party will always win
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Trump says good parts of US economy are ‘Trump economy,’ bad parts are ‘Biden economy’ | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said the US economy is a mixture of his enacted policies and the effects of the Biden administration in a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.”
www.cnn.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Word(s) of the Day: Heads I Win: Tails You Lose
(idiom)
- describes a situation where the rules are rigged to favor one person, regardless of the outcome of a coin toss or other random event. It essentially means there's no fair chance and one party will always win
www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/b...
(idiom)
- describes a situation where the rules are rigged to favor one person, regardless of the outcome of a coin toss or other random event. It essentially means there's no fair chance and one party will always win
www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/b...
Word of the Day: Unprecedented
(adjective)
- without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event
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(adjective)
- without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event
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Judge strikes down 'unprecedented' Trump order targeting Perkins Coie law firm
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, who called the executive order an attack on the American judicial system, said Trump’s directive “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.”
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May 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Word of the Day: Unprecedented
(adjective)
- without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event
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(adjective)
- without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event
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