Karen Mascher-Mace
@karen-says-stuff.bsky.social
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🔍 astronomy · maths · good gov · jodo shinshu
📍 phi pa · bk ny · ygk on · den co · abq nm
🕰️ organizer ⋗ telecom ⋗ 1L in my 40s
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next time we swear in a President, have the Justice add "no takebacks" to the oath
Happy eggfan day to those that observe.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Happy eggfan day to those that observe.
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
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Kavanaugh fracture?
October 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Kavanaugh fracture?
Get loud. Right now. Do not give up. Do not let go. Do not stop.
July 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Get loud. Right now. Do not give up. Do not let go. Do not stop.
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So if you're looking at the US & thinking "This isn't the country I know," you're 100% right. It's not.
We're actually fighting back in real time for once.
We're actually fighting back in real time for once.
July 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So if you're looking at the US & thinking "This isn't the country I know," you're 100% right. It's not.
We're actually fighting back in real time for once.
We're actually fighting back in real time for once.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival." -- John Adams to Abigail, July 3rd, 1776.
Happy July 2nd! Such as it is...
Happy July 2nd! Such as it is...
July 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival." -- John Adams to Abigail, July 3rd, 1776.
Happy July 2nd! Such as it is...
Happy July 2nd! Such as it is...
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I published an op-ed today on the end of the Supreme Court term and the end of constitutional democracy
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/l...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/l...
Opinion: As July 4 approaches, Supreme Court signs away American democracy
Stanford law professor says pivotal rulings last week removed the last defense against a lawless president.
www.mercurynews.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I published an op-ed today on the end of the Supreme Court term and the end of constitutional democracy
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/l...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/l...
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I also think the elites perpetuating a lot of this rhetoric are unaware of how unpopular THEY are, how unpopular billionaires are, and how disgusted the average person is with the state of capitalism. The status quo around all of these issues has shifted
June 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I also think the elites perpetuating a lot of this rhetoric are unaware of how unpopular THEY are, how unpopular billionaires are, and how disgusted the average person is with the state of capitalism. The status quo around all of these issues has shifted
The standard asserted by the court is clearly untenable. Seemingly designed to preclude any public curriculum.
Looking forward to the full range of challenges; from sincere to unhinged.
Looking forward to the full range of challenges; from sincere to unhinged.
quaker here. do i now have a right to have my children opt out of seeing any school books that relate to war?
🚨In its fourth decision, the Supreme Court holds that parents who object to LGBTQ books in the classroom have a First Amendment right to "opt out" their children from seeing those books. Alito writes for the 6-3 majority, with all three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The standard asserted by the court is clearly untenable. Seemingly designed to preclude any public curriculum.
Looking forward to the full range of challenges; from sincere to unhinged.
Looking forward to the full range of challenges; from sincere to unhinged.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
i'm sure congress declared war first, right? right?
June 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
i'm sure congress declared war first, right? right?
"The time we feared is here. Do not give in." -- Newsom
Not the biggest fan, but, yeah. Well done, there.
Not the biggest fan, but, yeah. Well done, there.
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"The time we feared is here. Do not give in." -- Newsom
Not the biggest fan, but, yeah. Well done, there.
Not the biggest fan, but, yeah. Well done, there.
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The situation in DTLA to which 700 Marines have been deployed is a couple dozen interfaith clergypersons leading a small crowd in prayer.
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The situation in DTLA to which 700 Marines have been deployed is a couple dozen interfaith clergypersons leading a small crowd in prayer.
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‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
May 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
next time we swear in a President, have the Justice add "no takebacks" to the oath
May 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
next time we swear in a President, have the Justice add "no takebacks" to the oath
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It is unfathomable and unconscionable that there is still no order from the Supreme Court in Abrego Garcia's case.
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It is unfathomable and unconscionable that there is still no order from the Supreme Court in Abrego Garcia's case.
Hey y'all, maybe we should make a list of our most fundamental rights to ensure that they're not abridged.
...what's that?
...what's that?
“are you wearing the—?”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
a woman in a black jacket is walking down a hallway in a room .
Alt: a woman in a black jacket is walking down a hallway in a room, wearing a chic outfit, including a pair of thigh high Chanel boots.
Two women — one with red hair and one with blonde hair — stare at her in surprise.
It’s a scene from the movie “the devil wears Prada,” in which Andie gets a makeover and wears “the Chanel boots” for the first time
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey y'all, maybe we should make a list of our most fundamental rights to ensure that they're not abridged.
...what's that?
...what's that?
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“As long as the stasi can get you across the border before you can wrangle a lawyer you’re fucked” is a hell of an argument
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“As long as the stasi can get you across the border before you can wrangle a lawyer you’re fucked” is a hell of an argument
Denver knows what's up
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Denver knows what's up
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter: