Karen Rasmussen
@krasmoo.bsky.social
An indication of how BROKEN the US Postal Service now is: Website for change of address doesn’t work. But if you go in person, US driver’s license is the only form of ID accepted. So you can enter another country with your passport, but you can’t change your mailing address! @altusps.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
An indication of how BROKEN the US Postal Service now is: Website for change of address doesn’t work. But if you go in person, US driver’s license is the only form of ID accepted. So you can enter another country with your passport, but you can’t change your mailing address! @altusps.bsky.social
Washington D.C. rally was MASSIVE!! Such great energy - good ‘ole pissed-off energy!! Kindness, creativity, and humor in abundance!
Enormous turnout for the flagship Hands Off rally in DC. Tons of people packing into the National Mall this afternoon against Trump and Musk.
April 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Washington D.C. rally was MASSIVE!! Such great energy - good ‘ole pissed-off energy!! Kindness, creativity, and humor in abundance!
Seriously?? That’s the extent of the government’s justification for deporting Khalid Mahmoud? He was an unpaid intern at a UN agency for a short time. That’s insane.
- www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
- www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA
The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Seriously?? That’s the extent of the government’s justification for deporting Khalid Mahmoud? He was an unpaid intern at a UN agency for a short time. That’s insane.
- www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
- www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
“The lack of criminal record does not indicate they pose a limited threat…the lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose. It demonstrates that they are terrorists with regard to whom we lack a complete profile.”
Wow. Just…wow
Wow. Just…wow
March 19, 2025
On the Fox News Channel’s The Five yesterday, the panel of Fox personalities expressed outrage that federal judge James Boasberg had ordered the Trump administration to stop its deportation of migrant...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“The lack of criminal record does not indicate they pose a limited threat…the lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose. It demonstrates that they are terrorists with regard to whom we lack a complete profile.”
Wow. Just…wow
Wow. Just…wow
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#Constitutionalcrisis happening NOW…17/3/2025
The people united will never be divided!! RED ALERT: Save our #democracy!!
#Constitutionalcrisis happening NOW…17/3/2025
The people united will never be divided!! RED ALERT: Save our #democracy!!
50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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#Constitutionalcrisis happening NOW…17/3/2025
The people united will never be divided!! RED ALERT: Save our #democracy!!
#Constitutionalcrisis happening NOW…17/3/2025
The people united will never be divided!! RED ALERT: Save our #democracy!!
I feel seen!!
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I feel seen!!
Reposted by Karen Rasmussen
Waivers for lifesaving aid?? Rubio is a baldfaced liar. PEOPLE WILL DIE. Way to go, Congress - you’ve abdicated your responsibility to a ketamine-addled wannabe fascist and his kingly patron. Or should that be the other way around??
Cuts to food aid incoming…
Cuts to food aid incoming…
‘People Will Die’: Trump Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival, U.N. Says (Gift Article)
At the world’s largest refugee camp, for Rohingya people in Bangladesh, the food allowance per person is set to fall to just $6 per month, far below what aid officials say is required for survival.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Waivers for lifesaving aid?? Rubio is a baldfaced liar. PEOPLE WILL DIE. Way to go, Congress - you’ve abdicated your responsibility to a ketamine-addled wannabe fascist and his kingly patron. Or should that be the other way around??
Cuts to food aid incoming…
Cuts to food aid incoming…
Khalil’s abduction is “further proof that we are on the brink of a full takeover by an authoritarian regime,” said Jane Hirschmann, whose grandfather and uncle were kidnapped by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Jewish Americans Are Sick Of Trump Exploiting Them
The community is uniting against Mahmoud Khalil's abduction, demanding the government stop its free speech crackdown disguised as fighting antisemitism.
www.huffpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Khalil’s abduction is “further proof that we are on the brink of a full takeover by an authoritarian regime,” said Jane Hirschmann, whose grandfather and uncle were kidnapped by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Seems to be LOTS of “irony” around lately…
Trump and DOGE have twisted and mischaracterized the US's own aid programs to make them sound frivolous, wasteful, and unimportant.
Ironically, two of these agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk have claimed they support: Reducing what they call “irregular migration” to the US.
Ironically, two of these agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk have claimed they support: Reducing what they call “irregular migration” to the US.
Musk and Trump bash immigrants while destroying programs to stabilize their home countries
Attacks on two small agencies focused on foreign aid are working against MAGA's supposed goals.
www.motherjones.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Seems to be LOTS of “irony” around lately…
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social YOU, sir, are a #Patriot, not a “traitor”!!
Imagine being called a “traitor” by someone who seemingly can’t decide between his 3 nationalities… 😒
Imagine being called a “traitor” by someone who seemingly can’t decide between his 3 nationalities… 😒
March 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social YOU, sir, are a #Patriot, not a “traitor”!!
Imagine being called a “traitor” by someone who seemingly can’t decide between his 3 nationalities… 😒
Imagine being called a “traitor” by someone who seemingly can’t decide between his 3 nationalities… 😒
Reposted by Karen Rasmussen
A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
March 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Idiocracy at its finest: I you haven’t watched the movie yet, do yourself a favor. It’s the plot for our current times:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5 (Gift Article)
A week after terminating thousands of contracts, the administration has sent questionnaires to those programs asking how their work benefits the U.S. national interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Idiocracy at its finest: I you haven’t watched the movie yet, do yourself a favor. It’s the plot for our current times:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
I thought that NO ONE liked immigration detention of children? I thought this was something even MAGA had a problem with.
I guess caging children is fine, now
I guess caging children is fine, now
Yesterday, private prison company CoreCivic announced that they will reopen a family detention center in Texas. It was previously reported a toddler detained there died due to a lack of medical care.
It will detain up to 2,400 people—including children.
It will detain up to 2,400 people—including children.
Private prison companies set to make billions reopening jails for ICE
“There's a private interest behind the detention and the incarceration of our community,” said an activist protesting the facilities.
www.motherjones.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I thought that NO ONE liked immigration detention of children? I thought this was something even MAGA had a problem with.
I guess caging children is fine, now
I guess caging children is fine, now
I think this should be essential daily reading for anyone wanting to know the straight facts these days….
apnews.com/ap-fact-check
apnews.com/ap-fact-check
AP Fact Check
Verify the latest news with AP Fact Check. AP fact checkers combat misinformation by debunking false and misleading claims.
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think this should be essential daily reading for anyone wanting to know the straight facts these days….
apnews.com/ap-fact-check
apnews.com/ap-fact-check
Barrett and Roberts chose to stand on the MORAL side of history!
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid as part of his efforts to slash government spending.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Barrett and Roberts chose to stand on the MORAL side of history!
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Wonderful - accused sex traffickers and rapists (yes - there is a LOT of evidence) coming to the US. They should fit in just fine in our new White House…
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
February 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wonderful - accused sex traffickers and rapists (yes - there is a LOT of evidence) coming to the US. They should fit in just fine in our new White House…
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
People will die. Elderly, displaced, indigenous, refugees, children, people with disabilities, fills with Medicare, Medicaid, trans people, black and brown people, women, religious minorities, people in war zones, people in rural areas, urban cities…People. Will. Die.
www.yahoo.com/news/un-food...
www.yahoo.com/news/un-food...
UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people
The United Nations’ food agency says it has paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country’s warring sides,...
www.yahoo.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
People will die. Elderly, displaced, indigenous, refugees, children, people with disabilities, fills with Medicare, Medicaid, trans people, black and brown people, women, religious minorities, people in war zones, people in rural areas, urban cities…People. Will. Die.
www.yahoo.com/news/un-food...
www.yahoo.com/news/un-food...
“The woman, who was from Ecuador, had fled her former partner who was a police officer and called her anti-indigenous slurs while raping her, beating her, and holding his gun to her head, court documents said. She fears that he will kill her.”
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'Shall not remove': Federal judge becomes 3rd to cite Justice Barrett while blocking Trump admin from deporting 8 asylum-seekers fleeing the horrors in their home countries - NewsBreak
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting eight asylum-seekers who say they are fleeing the horrors in their home countries. The
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February 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“The woman, who was from Ecuador, had fled her former partner who was a police officer and called her anti-indigenous slurs while raping her, beating her, and holding his gun to her head, court documents said. She fears that he will kill her.”
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Just checking: Are we pro-China now as well as being pro-Putin? If that’s the case, then it totally makes sense why democracy and human rights programs were defunded…
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
China sees an opportunity as the U.S. cuts aid to groups around the world
President Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the federal government have cut off all funding to pro-democracy and human rights groups abroad, giving China an opportunity to muscle in.
www.npr.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just checking: Are we pro-China now as well as being pro-Putin? If that’s the case, then it totally makes sense why democracy and human rights programs were defunded…
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
One pediatrician who supports child health programs in Ethiopia estimates that globally 45,000 babies will DIE as a result of suspended funding. Those not pushing to restart are “baby killers” now…
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds
Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with malnourished children, because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, according to a survey of 246 humanitarian organisations.
www.reuters.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One pediatrician who supports child health programs in Ethiopia estimates that globally 45,000 babies will DIE as a result of suspended funding. Those not pushing to restart are “baby killers” now…
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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BE CAREFUL! Bad actors are creating fake protest sign-ups…the true 50501 will NEVER ask for any of your personal data!
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“The cost savings will be minimal; the carnage will massive…It was done with malice.”
“This is what Trump and MAGA represent, what lies at their moral core. To be silent in the face of this is to be complicit in what they are doing.” Trump won’t hear the cries of pain…he doesn’t care, anyway.
“This is what Trump and MAGA represent, what lies at their moral core. To be silent in the face of this is to be complicit in what they are doing.” Trump won’t hear the cries of pain…he doesn’t care, anyway.
The Cruel Attack on USAID
Trump’s assault on the aid agency poses a haunting question.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“The cost savings will be minimal; the carnage will massive…It was done with malice.”
“This is what Trump and MAGA represent, what lies at their moral core. To be silent in the face of this is to be complicit in what they are doing.” Trump won’t hear the cries of pain…he doesn’t care, anyway.
“This is what Trump and MAGA represent, what lies at their moral core. To be silent in the face of this is to be complicit in what they are doing.” Trump won’t hear the cries of pain…he doesn’t care, anyway.
Musk reportedly spent $40MM on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how USAID would have spent that $$: Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8
🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8
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February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40MM on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how USAID would have spent that $$: Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8
🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8
Mustk reportedly spent $40MM on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how USAID would have spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30Mfootball fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
🏈Protected 30Mfootball fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Mustk reportedly spent $40MM on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how USAID would have spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30Mfootball fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
🏈Protected 30Mfootball fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfu0_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID