Karen Skelton
@karenskelton.bsky.social
Reparative Genealogy, where Social History and Social Justice collide! Grassroots politics, voting rights. NH, VA, NC
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And the justification of the extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean is that they're carrying drugs to the US.
This smells like a corrupt deal
This smells like a corrupt deal
Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And the justification of the extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean is that they're carrying drugs to the US.
This smells like a corrupt deal
This smells like a corrupt deal
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
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on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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Found this 2019 clip from 100 days after Jamal Khashoggi was killed.
I was asked by @glamour.com’s Sam Barry what I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman if I had the chance to face him again (I have met him twice).
Here was my answer.
I was asked by @glamour.com’s Sam Barry what I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman if I had the chance to face him again (I have met him twice).
Here was my answer.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Found this 2019 clip from 100 days after Jamal Khashoggi was killed.
I was asked by @glamour.com’s Sam Barry what I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman if I had the chance to face him again (I have met him twice).
Here was my answer.
I was asked by @glamour.com’s Sam Barry what I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman if I had the chance to face him again (I have met him twice).
Here was my answer.
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Will say again. If this was London or Paris, it would not be tolerated. But we expect Ukrainians to put up with this horror every night. Indeed, we in the west are getting inured to it. It should enrage us.
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Will say again. If this was London or Paris, it would not be tolerated. But we expect Ukrainians to put up with this horror every night. Indeed, we in the west are getting inured to it. It should enrage us.
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SOMEONE: Fuck you!
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
Bovino is taking part in CBP detentions in Charlotte. dickfc_w_l on TikTok.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
SOMEONE: Fuck you!
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
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Have you heard the good news? The preschool teacher⬇️ abducted & illegally detained by #ICE has been released.
A judge ordered that 614 people illegally detained be released unless they're high risk—only 42 were.
Judge McNally entered Broadview on Thursday with experts to document #ICELawlessness
A judge ordered that 614 people illegally detained be released unless they're high risk—only 42 were.
Judge McNally entered Broadview on Thursday with experts to document #ICELawlessness
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Have you heard the good news? The preschool teacher⬇️ abducted & illegally detained by #ICE has been released.
A judge ordered that 614 people illegally detained be released unless they're high risk—only 42 were.
Judge McNally entered Broadview on Thursday with experts to document #ICELawlessness
A judge ordered that 614 people illegally detained be released unless they're high risk—only 42 were.
Judge McNally entered Broadview on Thursday with experts to document #ICELawlessness
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As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
This. Is. Fabulous!!!
I LOVE this! Some white guys used their white privilege to go make some 1%'ers feel uncomfortable. Some didn't take too kindly to it.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This. Is. Fabulous!!!
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org
Please, every Dem needs to learn how to fully REJECT all right wing framing when they answer questions or talk about any issues.
What Rep Neguse just did here is brilliant and needs to be copied by every Dem every day.
Please, every Dem needs to learn how to fully REJECT all right wing framing when they answer questions or talk about any issues.
What Rep Neguse just did here is brilliant and needs to be copied by every Dem every day.
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org
Please, every Dem needs to learn how to fully REJECT all right wing framing when they answer questions or talk about any issues.
What Rep Neguse just did here is brilliant and needs to be copied by every Dem every day.
Please, every Dem needs to learn how to fully REJECT all right wing framing when they answer questions or talk about any issues.
What Rep Neguse just did here is brilliant and needs to be copied by every Dem every day.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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Wait. What?
Mike Johnson claims that Biden's pardons are "invalid on their face. I used to be a constitutional litigator. I would love to take this case and go into the court and make that way to set the precedent. You can't allow a president to check out and have unelected people making massive decisions."
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wait. What?
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1) How is this legal; and 2) shouldn't this be public information under FOIA?
The "anonymous donor" could be a foreign agent or country, a child sex trafficker, a drug dealer, whatever.
"Trust me bro" is not an audit.
Are they allowed to get away w/*everything*?
🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
The "anonymous donor" could be a foreign agent or country, a child sex trafficker, a drug dealer, whatever.
"Trust me bro" is not an audit.
Are they allowed to get away w/*everything*?
🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
1) How is this legal; and 2) shouldn't this be public information under FOIA?
The "anonymous donor" could be a foreign agent or country, a child sex trafficker, a drug dealer, whatever.
"Trust me bro" is not an audit.
Are they allowed to get away w/*everything*?
🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
The "anonymous donor" could be a foreign agent or country, a child sex trafficker, a drug dealer, whatever.
"Trust me bro" is not an audit.
Are they allowed to get away w/*everything*?
🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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This morning I discussed the demolition of the East Wing and why it matters.
Its rubble remains are a monument to the destruction of our system of checks and balances, and America's democratic system of government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCI3...
Its rubble remains are a monument to the destruction of our system of checks and balances, and America's democratic system of government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCI3...
The Presidential Wrecking Ball and Why it Matters
YouTube video by National Council for History Education
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This morning I discussed the demolition of the East Wing and why it matters.
Its rubble remains are a monument to the destruction of our system of checks and balances, and America's democratic system of government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCI3...
Its rubble remains are a monument to the destruction of our system of checks and balances, and America's democratic system of government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCI3...
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Who is paying the bill here and what do they expect in return from our armed forces?
Also, How is this real life?
Also, How is this real life?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Who is paying the bill here and what do they expect in return from our armed forces?
Also, How is this real life?
Also, How is this real life?
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Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
October 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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North Carolina Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud. Openly admitting to drawing a congressional map for Donald Trump.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
North Carolina Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud. Openly admitting to drawing a congressional map for Donald Trump.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.