Karen Mortensen
@cbirdfly.bsky.social
Anti-Trump/MAGA. Pro-equal rights & justice. Love my husband (hint: don't hit on me), cats, more cats, too many books and magazines, fresh air, green spaces, PNW beaches, food & cooking, pondering deep shit.
DMs only if I know you.
DMs only if I know you.
This is for you if you think Democrats need to start really listening to voters. Join me
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Inside Ground Truth: How We Win in 2026 and Beyond · Swing Left
Trump and MAGA aren’t invincible. Together, we can stop their assault on our democracy, our neighbors, and our future. You’ve stood up this year—from protesting en masse to driving huge Democratic win...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is for you if you think Democrats need to start really listening to voters. Join me
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Reggie Williams was walking to the store...
"...Four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows. They carried rifles and wore body armor—but no identifying badges."
"He thought of his family. “Deep down, I felt like I was not gonna make it home,” said Williams, who is Black."
"...Four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows. They carried rifles and wore body armor—but no identifying badges."
"He thought of his family. “Deep down, I felt like I was not gonna make it home,” said Williams, who is Black."
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reggie Williams was walking to the store...
"...Four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows. They carried rifles and wore body armor—but no identifying badges."
"He thought of his family. “Deep down, I felt like I was not gonna make it home,” said Williams, who is Black."
"...Four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows. They carried rifles and wore body armor—but no identifying badges."
"He thought of his family. “Deep down, I felt like I was not gonna make it home,” said Williams, who is Black."
Let's all cancel our Spotify subscriptions until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice, and we should refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/zPlaFOfB
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Let's all cancel our Spotify subscriptions until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice, and we should refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/zPlaFOfB
F-ing wow. The Washington Post editorial board has flushed itself down the toilet. Do not resuscitate. Is Bezos writing it himself now?
📌In the wake of Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the WH, he released a list of smarmy billionaires who helped pay for it.
📌One of those was the grotesque Jeff Bezos, whose paper then spun a fawning propaganda piece scolding America for not bowing to the king.
📌They really have no shame ...
📌One of those was the grotesque Jeff Bezos, whose paper then spun a fawning propaganda piece scolding America for not bowing to the king.
📌They really have no shame ...
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
F-ing wow. The Washington Post editorial board has flushed itself down the toilet. Do not resuscitate. Is Bezos writing it himself now?
"What separates democracy from authoritarianism, the rule of law from lawlessness and a decent society from an indecent one is not just the goal but the process. The government can, and should, reduce illegal immigration, but it should do so in a way that upholds American ideals."
Opinion | Being Latino in the United States Should Not Be a Crime
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"What separates democracy from authoritarianism, the rule of law from lawlessness and a decent society from an indecent one is not just the goal but the process. The government can, and should, reduce illegal immigration, but it should do so in a way that upholds American ideals."
TAKE ACTION, SCREWED OVER FEDERAL WORKERS!
Furloughed and Fired Up? If you are a furloughed federal employee, you’ve been left without a paycheck because of political games. Use your time to make a real difference. Help register voters. Call voters. Show up at the polls. This is how we turn frustration into power.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
TAKE ACTION, SCREWED OVER FEDERAL WORKERS!
Rebecca Solnit:
"The shitbomb video and smashing of the East Wing are useful self-portraits they're giving us. The open corruption, cruelty, and destruction are insults, degradations, crimes – but most of all they're wake-up calls." 1/2
"The shitbomb video and smashing of the East Wing are useful self-portraits they're giving us. The open corruption, cruelty, and destruction are insults, degradations, crimes – but most of all they're wake-up calls." 1/2
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Rebecca Solnit:
"The shitbomb video and smashing of the East Wing are useful self-portraits they're giving us. The open corruption, cruelty, and destruction are insults, degradations, crimes – but most of all they're wake-up calls." 1/2
"The shitbomb video and smashing of the East Wing are useful self-portraits they're giving us. The open corruption, cruelty, and destruction are insults, degradations, crimes – but most of all they're wake-up calls." 1/2
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HCR: "And as I keep saying, this election and I suspect the next two elections are not going to be partisan. They're about protecting our democracy."
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
HCR: "And as I keep saying, this election and I suspect the next two elections are not going to be partisan. They're about protecting our democracy."
Reposted by Karen Mortensen
The wonderful Heather Cox Richardson happened to make her own impassioned plea for getting involved in your local elections in today's Politics Chat (deep link to the relevant bit): www.youtube.com/live/b0ze3Oa...
Politics Chat, October 23, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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October 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The wonderful Heather Cox Richardson happened to make her own impassioned plea for getting involved in your local elections in today's Politics Chat (deep link to the relevant bit): www.youtube.com/live/b0ze3Oa...
Reposted by Karen Mortensen
VIRGINIA!! If you marched in #NoKings, voting is your next best step. Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote using a STANDARD ballot or to request an ABSENTEE ballot!
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
VIRGINIA!! If you marched in #NoKings, voting is your next best step. Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote using a STANDARD ballot or to request an ABSENTEE ballot!
Exactly on point.
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Exactly on point.
This is a voice from the Commonwealth of Virginia - WE NEED YOUR HELP! It's no holds barred, all the way to the finish line.
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Protect Democracy & your & your family's freedoms!
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#USDemocracy
#Voices4victory
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October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is a voice from the Commonwealth of Virginia - WE NEED YOUR HELP! It's no holds barred, all the way to the finish line.
What a perfect metaphor.
An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What a perfect metaphor.
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT
With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds....
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October 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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Video: President @barackobama.bsky.social Endorses @spanbergerforva.bsky.social for Governor in New Ads (Obama: "VA’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year. We know Republicans will keep attacking abortion rights and the rights of women.") bluevirginia.us/2025/10/vide...
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Video: President @barackobama.bsky.social Endorses @spanbergerforva.bsky.social for Governor in New Ads (Obama: "VA’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year. We know Republicans will keep attacking abortion rights and the rights of women.") bluevirginia.us/2025/10/vide...
Reposted by Karen Mortensen
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
Do you want to help your immigrant neighbors in DC, MD, and VA? Here's a virtual training and conversation. Sharing from my Indivisible leaders who work directly with immigrants.
Wedn, Sept 17, 6-8pm EST. Register below!
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Wedn, Sept 17, 6-8pm EST. Register below!
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Adopt a Corner DMV · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and CASA are calling on the public to Adopt a Day Labor Corner.
Please join NDLON and CASA on Wednesday, September 17th, for a workshop and convers...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Do you want to help your immigrant neighbors in DC, MD, and VA? Here's a virtual training and conversation. Sharing from my Indivisible leaders who work directly with immigrants.
Wedn, Sept 17, 6-8pm EST. Register below!
www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...
Wedn, Sept 17, 6-8pm EST. Register below!
www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...
Indivisible, bringing the heat!
#ChristiansburgVA says: #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles and took that message directly to the office of Congressman #MorganGriffith today. Why did he vote no?
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September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Indivisible, bringing the heat!
Go Indivisible!! We are united.
Today on #US460 in #Christiansburg. Authoritarianism isn't coming; it's here. Join us or a nearby group to #FightTheTrumpTakeover. Together, we'll stop it!
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August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Go Indivisible!! We are united.
Want to fight back? Me too! Get free online training on non-violent non-cooperation; we must fight SMART using real STRATEGY. Sign up for all three dates! You'll get the recording if you can't attend live. Please, join me. We need to fight together to take back our nation.
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Want to fight back? Me too! Get free online training on non-violent non-cooperation; we must fight SMART using real STRATEGY. Sign up for all three dates! You'll get the recording if you can't attend live. Please, join me. We need to fight together to take back our nation.
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In an effort to help the White House with its accuracy problem, I got my red editor's pen out for their statement about the Big Ugly Bill. Much better now, no?
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In an effort to help the White House with its accuracy problem, I got my red editor's pen out for their statement about the Big Ugly Bill. Much better now, no?
BUDGET BILL NEWS!
Check out the full list of Big Ugly Bill provisions the Democrats got removed.
The Senate Parliamentarian verified that a long list of Democrats' objections were correct; these violated the Byrd Rule.
If Republicans want to include them, they'll need 60 votes.
Check out the full list of Big Ugly Bill provisions the Democrats got removed.
The Senate Parliamentarian verified that a long list of Democrats' objections were correct; these violated the Byrd Rule.
If Republicans want to include them, they'll need 60 votes.
🚨NEW: Senate Parliamentarian Advises Several Provisions in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Are Not Permissible, Subject to Byrd Rule
Full list here: www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Full list here: www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Senate Parliamentarian Advises Several Provisions in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Are Not Permissible, Subject to Byrd Rule | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BUDGET BILL NEWS!
Check out the full list of Big Ugly Bill provisions the Democrats got removed.
The Senate Parliamentarian verified that a long list of Democrats' objections were correct; these violated the Byrd Rule.
If Republicans want to include them, they'll need 60 votes.
Check out the full list of Big Ugly Bill provisions the Democrats got removed.
The Senate Parliamentarian verified that a long list of Democrats' objections were correct; these violated the Byrd Rule.
If Republicans want to include them, they'll need 60 votes.
Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a hard right anti-immigration group as a hate group; they peddle negative propaganda about immigrants. The group's president has had a huge influence on Trump's cruel immigration crackdown. What used to be fringe is now mainstream GOP.
www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...
From the fringes to the mainstream: Meet the hard-line anti-immigration activist who helped shape Trump's agenda
The former leader of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Dan Stein, retired this year after more than 40 at the helm of the organization. The right-wing group has long fought to redu...
www.npr.org
June 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a hard right anti-immigration group as a hate group; they peddle negative propaganda about immigrants. The group's president has had a huge influence on Trump's cruel immigration crackdown. What used to be fringe is now mainstream GOP.
www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...
Republicans are rallying around Trump and will be more likely to vote YES on the Big Bad Bill!
But Indivisible has plug 'n play ways YOU can FIGHT it, so click and SHARE!
👍 BBB Facts
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👍 BBB Facts
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STOP THE CUTS
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June 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Republicans are rallying around Trump and will be more likely to vote YES on the Big Bad Bill!
But Indivisible has plug 'n play ways YOU can FIGHT it, so click and SHARE!
👍 BBB Facts
👍 Individual acts
👍 Phone banking
They still need phone banking volunteers! See all. 👇
indivisible.org/stopthecuts
But Indivisible has plug 'n play ways YOU can FIGHT it, so click and SHARE!
👍 BBB Facts
👍 Individual acts
👍 Phone banking
They still need phone banking volunteers! See all. 👇
indivisible.org/stopthecuts