Karen D'Or
@karendor.bsky.social
Ardent traveler, political organizer, intermittent writer, aspiring nomad, NOLA lover. Ran the Dems voter protection hotline in Florida. Glad to find Bluesky. See me on substack: https://karendor.substack.com/
Pathetic institution at this moment.
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Pathetic institution at this moment.
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This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach
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❌👑 Couldn't make it to Chicago's #NoKings? Made it there but want a broader picture?
👀 From @btnewsroom.bsky.social, here's a recorded livestream of No Kings in Chicago/Oct 18:
👀 From @btnewsroom.bsky.social, here's a recorded livestream of No Kings in Chicago/Oct 18:
LIVE: No Kings Day March in Downtown Chicago
YouTube video by BreakThrough News
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October 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
❌👑 Couldn't make it to Chicago's #NoKings? Made it there but want a broader picture?
👀 From @btnewsroom.bsky.social, here's a recorded livestream of No Kings in Chicago/Oct 18:
👀 From @btnewsroom.bsky.social, here's a recorded livestream of No Kings in Chicago/Oct 18:
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“I’m happy to have killed this sham session!” TX State Rep. @plesafortexas.bsky.social broke quorum & will continue to fight.
She explains why Greg Abbott & Ken Paxton have failed at getting Texas Democrats to bend to their will despite a campaign of fear & intimidation.
youtu.be/cB49gpA4Ozs?...
She explains why Greg Abbott & Ken Paxton have failed at getting Texas Democrats to bend to their will despite a campaign of fear & intimidation.
youtu.be/cB49gpA4Ozs?...
Texas MAGA MELTDOWN as Dems REFUSE to BEND THE KNEE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“I’m happy to have killed this sham session!” TX State Rep. @plesafortexas.bsky.social broke quorum & will continue to fight.
She explains why Greg Abbott & Ken Paxton have failed at getting Texas Democrats to bend to their will despite a campaign of fear & intimidation.
youtu.be/cB49gpA4Ozs?...
She explains why Greg Abbott & Ken Paxton have failed at getting Texas Democrats to bend to their will despite a campaign of fear & intimidation.
youtu.be/cB49gpA4Ozs?...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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BREAKING: Trump admits his Treason Summit accomplished nothing. They took no questions at their propaganda "press conference. What a sham.
August 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
BREAKING: Trump admits his Treason Summit accomplished nothing. They took no questions at their propaganda "press conference. What a sham.
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We don't know what happened, if the summit went badly. But we know Trump thinks it went VERY badly. I think to make sense of the body language we have to remember that all year DC has been a universal fluff farm for Trump. Same w a lot of academia, business, foreign leaders wanting to deal with ...
August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We don't know what happened, if the summit went badly. But we know Trump thinks it went VERY badly. I think to make sense of the body language we have to remember that all year DC has been a universal fluff farm for Trump. Same w a lot of academia, business, foreign leaders wanting to deal with ...
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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace brutally panned President Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin after nothing appeared to be accomplished — claiming that Trump essentially let Putin steamroll the whole process and ensured it would fail.
'Putin was the alpha': MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace skewers Trump’s Alaska summit
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace brutally panned President Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin after nothing appeared to be accomplished — claiming that Trump essentially let Putin steamroll the whole process and ensured it would fail.The event, which saw Trump giving literal red-carpet treatm...
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August 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace brutally panned President Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin after nothing appeared to be accomplished — claiming that Trump essentially let Putin steamroll the whole process and ensured it would fail.
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Trump-Putin Alaska summit ends without breakthrough on Ukraine on.ft.com/47tHXvu
Trump-Putin Alaska summit ends without breakthrough on Ukraine
US president fails to secure ceasefire despite red-carpet welcome for Russian leader
on.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Trump-Putin Alaska summit ends without breakthrough on Ukraine on.ft.com/47tHXvu
Fight or Flight, Episode 2: Where is my sanctuary?
9 June 2025
open.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Keep fighting @reptroycarter.bsky.social
Please directly call out your neighboring LA (R) Congressman for their feckless betrayal of our state and our nation.
Please directly call out your neighboring LA (R) Congressman for their feckless betrayal of our state and our nation.
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Biden oversaw record stock gains, 9 straight quarters of GDP growth, and 12 months of falling inflation.
Trump & Musk wrecked it all—in just 45 days.
Let that sink in.
#Economy #FactsMatter #Leadership #Bidenomics #TruthOverSpin
Biden oversaw record stock gains, 9 straight quarters of GDP growth, and 12 months of falling inflation.
Trump & Musk wrecked it all—in just 45 days.
Let that sink in.
#Economy #FactsMatter #Leadership #Bidenomics #TruthOverSpin
May 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Keep fighting @reptroycarter.bsky.social
Please directly call out your neighboring LA (R) Congressman for their feckless betrayal of our state and our nation.
Please directly call out your neighboring LA (R) Congressman for their feckless betrayal of our state and our nation.
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BREAKING: A huge amount of protestors, including many faith leaders from various religions are lining up in protest of what the Trump administration is doing with immigrants at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
BREAKING: A huge amount of protestors, including many faith leaders from various religions are lining up in protest of what the Trump administration is doing with immigrants at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.
She is right. Such an #icon
Margaret Atwood says she cannot remember another time ‘when words themselves have felt under such threat’
Margaret Atwood says she cannot remember another time ‘when words themselves have felt under such threat’
The Handmaid’s Tale author spoke out as she accepted the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awards
Margaret Atwood has said she cannot remember another point in her lifetime “when words themselves have felt under such threat”.
“Words are our earliest human technology, like water they appear insubstantial, but like water they can generate tremendous power” the 85-year-old novelist said in her acceptance speech for the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awards. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
She is right. Such an #icon
agree.
This email from United Airlines’ CEO is supposed to reassure us about Newark Airport, but “every United pilot is trained for … radar or communications outages” isn’t quite doing the job.
May 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
agree.
This is so good! #indivisible #thebullwark #resist
I remember those 2017-2020 Indivisible Years so well!
www.thebulwark.com/p/leah-green...
I remember those 2017-2020 Indivisible Years so well!
www.thebulwark.com/p/leah-green...
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: The Power of 'No'
Protest is the new brunch again.
www.thebulwark.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is so good! #indivisible #thebullwark #resist
I remember those 2017-2020 Indivisible Years so well!
www.thebulwark.com/p/leah-green...
I remember those 2017-2020 Indivisible Years so well!
www.thebulwark.com/p/leah-green...
Will courts ever declare that Trump is unlawfully dismantling Congressionally created agencies? Or will they just treat his actions as if they were ordinary cuts & trims—albeit on an unusually large scale? Will courts ever see the forest for the trees? Thread ...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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NOT OKAY
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
May 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
NOT OKAY
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The state attorneys general who are suing Donald Trump will keep it up, according to one of them.
Man suing Trump puts president on notice: 'We're not going to let him get away with it'
The state attorneys general who are suing Donald Trump will keep it up, according to one of them.Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appeared on MSNBC on Sunday, and was asked about holding Trump accountable in a court of law.He said that he and the other state authorities will "continue to sue...
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May 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The state attorneys general who are suing Donald Trump will keep it up, according to one of them.
A Day 100 win for the American people — and a loss for Trump!
A federal court has denied the government's request to resume DOGE's access to private Social Security data for millions of Americans in our case.
A federal court has denied the government's request to resume DOGE's access to private Social Security data for millions of Americans in our case.
April 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I was among those who pointed out that an inability to get Abrego Garcia made Trump look weak. Trump can't stand to look weak. Now he's acknowledged he can get Abrego Garcia back. In doing so, he's given the lawyers the ammunition they need to prevail in court. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump’s big admission about the Kilmar Abrego García deportation case
The administration has suggested it couldn’t get Abrego García returned even if it wanted to. Trump just blew that up.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I was among those who pointed out that an inability to get Abrego Garcia made Trump look weak. Trump can't stand to look weak. Now he's acknowledged he can get Abrego Garcia back. In doing so, he's given the lawyers the ammunition they need to prevail in court. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...