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Karen Turner
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Blue dot in a red state. Mom of 5 girls + 3 bonus! Just turned 50 & loving it. In the rabbit hole of deconstruction and feeling more peace than I ever did in the center of religion. Lover of people, passionate about justice. Oh…and six dogs (and counting!)
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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June 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.

Read that back.

Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office."

"Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."
The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000
YouTube video by Mother Jones
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
"We are fighting for our very survival."
www.motherjones.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Humanitarians risk everything to save lives - we must do everything to protect them.

Today, the Security Council discusses Resolution 2730, introduced by Switzerland in 2024.

Its implementation is more critical than ever: Humanitarians are NEVER a target.

@unocha.org @undss.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Between @booker.senate.gov's magnificent, soaring oratory and stamina plus
the volunteers' effort up to the last hours in Wisconsin I have renewed faith in our fellow Americans' devotion to democracy. We can do this. But it takes all of us. Remember April 5 is coming up.
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
www.latimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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"Give the power to the states" was also the pro-slavery argument in the 1850s -- and the pro-segregation argument in the 1950s.
March 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The Democratic realignment is creating some crazy alliances
March 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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The simple fact is though that it's going to take a long time - much longer than we feel comfortable with - to disentangle our military capabilities from the US.

At the same time, it's a mutual entanglement, so I expect the process to play out relatively peaceably unless the WH forces it not to be.
I mean... holy shit.
March 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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“They’ll never take away your social security” - brought to you by the people who said: “they’ll never take away Roe v Wade”
March 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.

This is just fantastic.
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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In June 2017 a-ha recorded a live acoustic album during two performances in Giske, Norway. A couple of hundred people were lucky enough to be present on those special nights…
March 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM