Karen Monroy
@karenmonroy.bsky.social
📎Finding Balance between loving life & being a good citizen in these troubled waters. I hope we all make it. Human&dog Mom/disability nonprofit /good student Ph.D, Psy. D
Siri and AutoCorrect are my mortal enemies 😁 why, Siri why?
Siri and AutoCorrect are my mortal enemies 😁 why, Siri why?
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Karen Monroy
@karenmonroy.bsky.social
· Apr 12
“It is not possible to tell this story without recording the milestones which we passed on our long journey from security to the jaws of Death. Looking back I am astonished at the length of time that was granted to us.”
Winston Churchill
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
The Gathering Storm
I'm way past, "No more."
I'm at no fucking way-over my dead body-I want my country back from its collective insanity-I want dignity, respect-and values and I want the god dam Constitution to be adhered to by all of us-including Congress.
Do not let these fuckers win.
I'm at no fucking way-over my dead body-I want my country back from its collective insanity-I want dignity, respect-and values and I want the god dam Constitution to be adhered to by all of us-including Congress.
Do not let these fuckers win.
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I'm way past, "No more."
I'm at no fucking way-over my dead body-I want my country back from its collective insanity-I want dignity, respect-and values and I want the god dam Constitution to be adhered to by all of us-including Congress.
Do not let these fuckers win.
I'm at no fucking way-over my dead body-I want my country back from its collective insanity-I want dignity, respect-and values and I want the god dam Constitution to be adhered to by all of us-including Congress.
Do not let these fuckers win.
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"Would you support or oppose raising taxes on corporations & millionaires?"
All
🔵 Support: 68%
⚫️ Oppose: 22%
Support Among
🔵 Democrats: 94%
🔵 Independents: 66%
🔵 Republicans: 48%
🔵 18-29: 73%
🔵 30-44: 69%
🔵 45-64: 71%
🔵 65+: 60%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
All
🔵 Support: 68%
⚫️ Oppose: 22%
Support Among
🔵 Democrats: 94%
🔵 Independents: 66%
🔵 Republicans: 48%
🔵 18-29: 73%
🔵 30-44: 69%
🔵 45-64: 71%
🔵 65+: 60%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
Americans Love Socialism, Just Don't Call It That
The public is ahead of political leaders on wages, taxes, and childcare, whether they admit it or not
usapolling.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"Would you support or oppose raising taxes on corporations & millionaires?"
All
🔵 Support: 68%
⚫️ Oppose: 22%
Support Among
🔵 Democrats: 94%
🔵 Independents: 66%
🔵 Republicans: 48%
🔵 18-29: 73%
🔵 30-44: 69%
🔵 45-64: 71%
🔵 65+: 60%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
All
🔵 Support: 68%
⚫️ Oppose: 22%
Support Among
🔵 Democrats: 94%
🔵 Independents: 66%
🔵 Republicans: 48%
🔵 18-29: 73%
🔵 30-44: 69%
🔵 45-64: 71%
🔵 65+: 60%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
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Trump Says the U.S. “Needs” Greenland—Europe Should Take Him at His Word
My latest...
My latest...
Trump Says the U.S. “Needs” Greenland—Europe Should Take Him at His Word
When a sitting U.S.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Trump Says the U.S. “Needs” Greenland—Europe Should Take Him at His Word
My latest...
My latest...
This is a phenomenal conversation.
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
“Behind every libertarian is a big fat government contract.”
Venture capitalists have made terrible bets. Now they're desperate to raid public treasuries...and fund their anti-democracy coup with government contracts.
My conversation with @ojutel.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fT...
Venture capitalists have made terrible bets. Now they're desperate to raid public treasuries...and fund their anti-democracy coup with government contracts.
My conversation with @ojutel.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fT...
Inside the Tech Cult: How Venture Capital Plans to Exit Democracy
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is a phenomenal conversation.
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Typically when the US embarks on an illegal or dubiously legal regime change we use noble words about democracy, rule of law, spreading freedom, etc. to justify our actions. Trump has not done that. He offers few noble words as eulogistic covering. It's a crass power & oil grab, according to Trump.
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Typically when the US embarks on an illegal or dubiously legal regime change we use noble words about democracy, rule of law, spreading freedom, etc. to justify our actions. Trump has not done that. He offers few noble words as eulogistic covering. It's a crass power & oil grab, according to Trump.
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One of my highlights of 2025 was linking up with @gilduran.com and sharing notes on VC Cults. Delighted to appear on @nerdreich.bsky.social
youtu.be/u-fThWjJP8A
youtu.be/u-fThWjJP8A
Inside the Tech Cult: How Venture Capital Plans to Exit Democracy
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
One of my highlights of 2025 was linking up with @gilduran.com and sharing notes on VC Cults. Delighted to appear on @nerdreich.bsky.social
youtu.be/u-fThWjJP8A
youtu.be/u-fThWjJP8A
“American imperialism is a tradition; that removing someone does not lead to predictable results; that dispensing with international law is not only wrong but undesirable; that foreign military actions can be about domestic regime change. What we see we can stop; what we understand we can change.”
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“American imperialism is a tradition; that removing someone does not lead to predictable results; that dispensing with international law is not only wrong but undesirable; that foreign military actions can be about domestic regime change. What we see we can stop; what we understand we can change.”
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Russian strike on #Kharkiv killed 22-year-old Anastasiia Parkhomenko and her three-year-old son Maksym.
RIP. Deepest condolences.
Russian ballistic attack killed five people and injured dozens more.
RIP. Deepest condolences.
Russian ballistic attack killed five people and injured dozens more.
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Russian strike on #Kharkiv killed 22-year-old Anastasiia Parkhomenko and her three-year-old son Maksym.
RIP. Deepest condolences.
Russian ballistic attack killed five people and injured dozens more.
RIP. Deepest condolences.
Russian ballistic attack killed five people and injured dozens more.
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Britain and France conducted a joint strike late last night against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the UK defense ministry has said.
UK, France bomb IS arms bunker in Syria
Joint strike targeted underground arms cache near the city of Palmyra, U.K. defense ministry said.
www.politico.eu
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Britain and France conducted a joint strike late last night against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the UK defense ministry has said.
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if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
Tawdry, wannabe loooooosers (🎶 fingers and 🎶thumb in the shape of an L on forehead 🎶)
💯
Where doesTrump’s “Donroe Doctrine,” his formula for U.S. “domination” of the Americas- stop? Colombia? Mexico? Cuba?Panama? Greenland?
News flash- it doesn’t. His sick addled mind has no limits.
💯
Where doesTrump’s “Donroe Doctrine,” his formula for U.S. “domination” of the Americas- stop? Colombia? Mexico? Cuba?Panama? Greenland?
News flash- it doesn’t. His sick addled mind has no limits.
What did those guys standing alongside Trump remind of you of yesterday? I had some thoughts...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The FAFO Boys Are About to Find Out
The US is being run by a bunch of guys from the back of high school detention room
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Tawdry, wannabe loooooosers (🎶 fingers and 🎶thumb in the shape of an L on forehead 🎶)
💯
Where doesTrump’s “Donroe Doctrine,” his formula for U.S. “domination” of the Americas- stop? Colombia? Mexico? Cuba?Panama? Greenland?
News flash- it doesn’t. His sick addled mind has no limits.
💯
Where doesTrump’s “Donroe Doctrine,” his formula for U.S. “domination” of the Americas- stop? Colombia? Mexico? Cuba?Panama? Greenland?
News flash- it doesn’t. His sick addled mind has no limits.
Reposted by Karen Monroy
Polls conducted in late 2025 show that most Americans, by a 25-50 point margin (depending on question wording), oppose the use of military force against Venezuela.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-...
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Polls conducted in late 2025 show that most Americans, by a 25-50 point margin (depending on question wording), oppose the use of military force against Venezuela.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-...
#Newsflash Dems have the ability to draw up articles of impeachment- to drive the narrative—to fight. Citizens must WTFU and demand illegal thuggery both within and out of the United States be prosecuted. It’s not Dems- it’s us who must force Dems to fight.
Dems are in the minority, they cannot impeach.
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#Newsflash Dems have the ability to draw up articles of impeachment- to drive the narrative—to fight. Citizens must WTFU and demand illegal thuggery both within and out of the United States be prosecuted. It’s not Dems- it’s us who must force Dems to fight.
If we lose this battle, we will lose the war to save the constitution. Democracy will be no more.
„For 2026, the mother of all battles is information integrity— knowing the difference between facts and lies. Win this, and we can win the rest. Lose this, and we lose everything,“ @mariaressa.bsky.social writes. „So build character in every choice in 2026. It’s what this year demands.“
2026: The mother of all battles
Information integrity. Win this, and we can win the rest.
www.rappler.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
If we lose this battle, we will lose the war to save the constitution. Democracy will be no more.
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Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X www.rappler.com/technology/s... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X
The issues stem from Grok digitally stripping clothing off images of women and some men when prompted by users, causing some governments to take action
www.rappler.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X www.rappler.com/technology/s... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
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US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima
Washington’s attack on Venezuela undermines the rules-based order Manila relies on in opposing China in the West Philippine Sea, says Representative Leila de Lima
www.rappler.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
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My son hypothesized earlier today that Cuba might be next. A few hours later, I found this.
Michael Gibson (Thiel Fellowship and 1517 Fund) just posted: “Someone should pitch Rubio on a charter city in Venezuela and Cuba.” As if he only just thought of this now. 1/ x.com/william_blak...
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 AM
My son hypothesized earlier today that Cuba might be next. A few hours later, I found this.
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This is sanewashing of the highest order.
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This is sanewashing of the highest order.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Fight for the countries sake. We don’t need weaklings.
Impeach Now or Resign.
Fight for the countries sake. We don’t need weaklings.
Impeach Now or Resign.
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Fight for the countries sake. We don’t need weaklings.
Impeach Now or Resign.
Fight for the countries sake. We don’t need weaklings.
Impeach Now or Resign.
“The fact is there are no real checks on Trump’s power right now. Some of the courts are still holding on some of the executive orders but he’s invaded a foreign state on a pretext…if this doesn’t ram home what it means to be governed by a rogue, out of control president, then what will?”
#MustRead
#MustRead
The Threat from America
America is not our enemy, but it's a danger to itself and the world
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
“The fact is there are no real checks on Trump’s power right now. Some of the courts are still holding on some of the executive orders but he’s invaded a foreign state on a pretext…if this doesn’t ram home what it means to be governed by a rogue, out of control president, then what will?”
#MustRead
#MustRead
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