Karen
@karenrif.bsky.social
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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. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
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My question precisely.
What if Trumpism wanes, Dems sweep, the public recommits to liberal democracy, and . . . it doesn't matter because the institutions have been compromised beyond repair? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My question precisely.
I was just rewatching The Godfather II. I swear I’d forgotten the Havana scene where the Cuban president was seated around a meeting table surrounded by the heads of a number of America’s biggest companies, and was presented with a solid gold telephone by the head of the U. S. telephone company…
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I was just rewatching The Godfather II. I swear I’d forgotten the Havana scene where the Cuban president was seated around a meeting table surrounded by the heads of a number of America’s biggest companies, and was presented with a solid gold telephone by the head of the U. S. telephone company…
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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This is incredibly accurate😬
A “Maga Years” explainer…
A “Maga Years” explainer…
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is incredibly accurate😬
A “Maga Years” explainer…
A “Maga Years” explainer…
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📽️ WATCH: Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history.
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📽️ WATCH: Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history.
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
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These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
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In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
47 is notorious for not paying people who have performed services for him. His current refusal to release funds for SNAP and pay government workers who are continuing to fulfill their duties feels like a logical extension of that pattern.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
47 is notorious for not paying people who have performed services for him. His current refusal to release funds for SNAP and pay government workers who are continuing to fulfill their duties feels like a logical extension of that pattern.
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We are not the frogs in the pot any longer open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
What the Frogs Know
Boil the pot too fast and the frogs feel the heat.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We are not the frogs in the pot any longer open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
!!!
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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This.
I honestly have no idea how today will go. About half of America was raised on the belief that only two things matter: getting your own bag and hurting as many strangers who give you the ick as possible. And Trump has turned convincing people to be their worst selves into a booming cottage industry.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This.
Concur.
These Trump fact checks are getting kind of long. Can we shorten things up on those columns and just tell us which parts are true? I feel like that would save a lot of time.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Concur.
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What an odd set of options offered in the CBS News Poll. DEI but nothing about democracy or rule of law.👀
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What an odd set of options offered in the CBS News Poll. DEI but nothing about democracy or rule of law.👀
Obama speaks at New Jersey rally for Mikie Sherrill
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Obama: Oh, I love you, but hold on. I heard you, girl. Just settle down. I'm here to talk to everybody, not just you. I mean, you look cute. But I’m married. Michelle's fine too
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Obama: Oh, I love you, but hold on. I heard you, girl. Just settle down. I'm here to talk to everybody, not just you. I mean, you look cute. But I’m married. Michelle's fine too
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Hitler had a large ball room/ reception hall built at the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin This was part of a major renovation of the building after he became Chancellor. It was designed by Albert Speer and completed in 1939
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hitler had a large ball room/ reception hall built at the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin This was part of a major renovation of the building after he became Chancellor. It was designed by Albert Speer and completed in 1939
No words.
It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
No words.
How soon before they start claiming it’s fake news AI? And are there any communities *that* sheltered to the point of actually buying it, if that tack is taken?
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
How soon before they start claiming it’s fake news AI? And are there any communities *that* sheltered to the point of actually buying it, if that tack is taken?
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Amazing changes can happen in a mere couple of months.
The Trump regime's lies about No Kings protests are getting more desperate and inflammatory as the White House gets more scared of the power of the people.
The Trump regime's lies about No Kings protests are getting more desperate and inflammatory as the White House gets more scared of the power of the people.
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Amazing changes can happen in a mere couple of months.
The Trump regime's lies about No Kings protests are getting more desperate and inflammatory as the White House gets more scared of the power of the people.
The Trump regime's lies about No Kings protests are getting more desperate and inflammatory as the White House gets more scared of the power of the people.
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Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”
👉👉 nokings.org
👉👉 nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”
👉👉 nokings.org
👉👉 nokings.org