Karl Franz
@kfranzb.bsky.social
Humanist, feminist, ally, musician, photographer, husband, father and grandfather. Kidney cancer survivor. Western Chicagoland. I no longer suffer fools and believe ignorance has become a convenient choice.
The elimination of federal subsidies for the ACA should be a slap in the face wakeup call for Americans. Universal healthcare would be far cheaper per capita than the current insurance for profit scheme. It's time to do the math and stop the madness.
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The elimination of federal subsidies for the ACA should be a slap in the face wakeup call for Americans. Universal healthcare would be far cheaper per capita than the current insurance for profit scheme. It's time to do the math and stop the madness.
Just saw a video of crash patel claiming there are 100k gang members in Chicago. So that’s why they are breaking down doors and zip tying kids? IF they had even one gang member, they’d be plastering the pictures everywhere. This was never about crime. This IS a crime.
October 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just saw a video of crash patel claiming there are 100k gang members in Chicago. So that’s why they are breaking down doors and zip tying kids? IF they had even one gang member, they’d be plastering the pictures everywhere. This was never about crime. This IS a crime.
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Good morning early 🦋. Today we dropped @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social 60th and it’s my round table conversation with @democrats.org People’s Cabinet members. Please listen & share thank you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Candid Conversation with Democratic Party Leaders Jane Fleming Kleeb, Chris Jones, Will Westmoreland and Russ Carnahan
Podcast Episode · The Rural Impact · 06/19/2025 · 59m
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June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Good morning early 🦋. Today we dropped @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social 60th and it’s my round table conversation with @democrats.org People’s Cabinet members. Please listen & share thank you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
First radishes of the season.
June 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
First radishes of the season.
A quote for our times. Reposting from another site.
May 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A quote for our times. Reposting from another site.
This 👇👇
Dear @msnbc.com and the press:
Words matter, especially the ones you put out in front, or at the top.
The tyranny of the Trump regime’s attack on Harvard and our education system is not a “feud,” a “showdown,” or a “battle.”
It is fascism. Get it right.
www.mind-war.com/p/how-one-wo...
Words matter, especially the ones you put out in front, or at the top.
The tyranny of the Trump regime’s attack on Harvard and our education system is not a “feud,” a “showdown,” or a “battle.”
It is fascism. Get it right.
www.mind-war.com/p/how-one-wo...
How One Word Matters: It Is Not a “Battle” Or a “Showdown”
A note to everyone in the media. You are doing it all over again. Stop.
www.mind-war.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This 👇👇
Just a reminder that we are NOT in a monarchy. It will forever be the Gulf of Mexico.
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just a reminder that we are NOT in a monarchy. It will forever be the Gulf of Mexico.
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
The DJT Virus is the COVID of 2025
April 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The DJT Virus is the COVID of 2025
So, with the elimination of food assistance programs, I guess MAGA will soon be eating the dogs and cats??
March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
So, with the elimination of food assistance programs, I guess MAGA will soon be eating the dogs and cats??
Here’s a thought. Since congress made this session = one day. Let’s pay them for the day they work. $1,91.78.
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Here’s a thought. Since congress made this session = one day. Let’s pay them for the day they work. $1,91.78.
Walter (RIP) nailed it👇👇
There are two kinds of people when shit goes down: people whose first priority is figuring out who to blame, and people who immediately start thinking about the solution first. Everyone, as near as I can tell, is either one or the other. I think about this a lot.
March 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Walter (RIP) nailed it👇👇
Just got back from EU trip. Colleagues asked me why people in the US aren't taking to the streets. I said there are demonstrations in every major city but the compromised MSM is NOT covering them.
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KC Voices: Mainstream media fails the city by not covering intensifying protests
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March 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just got back from EU trip. Colleagues asked me why people in the US aren't taking to the streets. I said there are demonstrations in every major city but the compromised MSM is NOT covering them.
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Breaking: The Trump Administration has just banned TransUnion unless they discontinue gender affirming care.
March 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Breaking: The Trump Administration has just banned TransUnion unless they discontinue gender affirming care.
I want a press secretary who vomits every time she lies like the nurse in Knives Out.
WH press secartary Karoline Leavitt lost control of her emotions when a reporter pointed out that barely any fentanyl crosses the border from Canada into the US.
Trump claims the tariffs on Canada are because of drugs coming into the US from their country. He called it a "national emergency."
Trump claims the tariffs on Canada are because of drugs coming into the US from their country. He called it a "national emergency."
March 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I want a press secretary who vomits every time she lies like the nurse in Knives Out.
“And I’ve been talking to red state governors. What is this going to do to your rural hospitals? It’s going to eviscerate them…..They’re a little worried; they’re terrified of a primary. You mention 'primary,' and they run for the hills.” - CT Gov. Lamont on potential Medicaid cuts.
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here's a thought. Fire huge numbers of Federal staff, hire half of them back and work them extra to cover the understaffing. They will be so grateful to have been brought back that they won't complain. Sounds like a Musk tactic.
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Here's a thought. Fire huge numbers of Federal staff, hire half of them back and work them extra to cover the understaffing. They will be so grateful to have been brought back that they won't complain. Sounds like a Musk tactic.
So, what is the over/under on how long Trump can get away with blaming Biden for HIS economic catastrophe? We're almost at 2 months. I say the blame is already shifting and will be fully in his lap in another month.
March 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So, what is the over/under on how long Trump can get away with blaming Biden for HIS economic catastrophe? We're almost at 2 months. I say the blame is already shifting and will be fully in his lap in another month.
So on point
Headline you'll never see in our broken media:
🗞️ BILLIONAIRE WHO FUNDED TRUMP CAMPAIGN TURNED LOOSE INSIDE GOVERNMENT TO ENRICH HIMSELF 🗞️
🗞️ BILLIONAIRE WHO FUNDED TRUMP CAMPAIGN TURNED LOOSE INSIDE GOVERNMENT TO ENRICH HIMSELF 🗞️
March 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So on point
Our Saturday coping mechanism.
Afternoon Hanky Pankies.
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Fernet Branca
Garnish with blood orange.
Afternoon Hanky Pankies.
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Fernet Branca
Garnish with blood orange.
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our Saturday coping mechanism.
Afternoon Hanky Pankies.
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Fernet Branca
Garnish with blood orange.
Afternoon Hanky Pankies.
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Fernet Branca
Garnish with blood orange.
When you realize that Malort tastes like the membrains in grapefruit, it's not bad at all.
February 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When you realize that Malort tastes like the membrains in grapefruit, it's not bad at all.
YES!!! NPR reported just started calling tRumps tariffs Taxes. About damn time. #TariffsareTaxes.
February 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
YES!!! NPR reported just started calling tRumps tariffs Taxes. About damn time. #TariffsareTaxes.
Kill the GOP Billionaire Budget Bill #BillionaireBudgetBill
Pass it on!
Pass it on!
February 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Kill the GOP Billionaire Budget Bill #BillionaireBudgetBill
Pass it on!
Pass it on!