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Karen Skelton
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Reparative Genealogy, where Social History and Social Justice collide! Grassroots politics, voting rights. NH, VA, NC
Here’s one for the history books: Marine Corps veteran Curtis Evans protesting ICE detentions despite tear gas and pepper balls. Photo taken by Stacy Wescott for the Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep 2025.
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My favorite!
May 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
But Yashar! It’s so exciting, and it’s Tongiht ! I can’t wait for tongiht to learn of her important whatever-it-is because it must be important, right? I mean, she made a quality poster and everything!
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here she is!
January 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Hm, they're right here on Left of Old North.
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
"Wait, not *my* berry pickers!" says US farm groups about deportation plans. Now, not earlier. How did folks not take this seriously through all the relentless messaging of "Mass deportation now!" even at the RNC?
Oops.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
A turbocharged denaturalization project.
Don't say we weren't warned...
November 7, 2024 at 4:16 PM
"When people show you who they are, believe them."
Steve Bannon is out of prison as of a few days ago, and already back in the saddle at his show, "War Room." Today, he's echoing this message from conservative pundit Matt Walsh:
November 6, 2024 at 10:43 PM
More mood.
October 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Mood.
October 9, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,026,069, starting in Nov 2023. So glad to have an alternative to "the bad place."
September 19, 2024 at 3:32 AM
World’s richest man with world’s largest megaphone uses it to shout THIS to tens of millions of followers:
September 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Whoa. Just to underscore your point, I'm adding a post I just saw in my feed:
September 1, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I bought the actual book -- for proof, for show n' tell. It's come in handy for presentations, and to counter the naysayers who claim it's all just leftwing propaganda.
July 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
First they set up a hotline to report on trans people using bath
rooms.
Next they set up a hotline to report instances of Diversity-Equity-Inclusion in any state government agency or public school from K-12 to higher education.
How many other states will follow suit?
Best pay attention...
June 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
This is going to confuse his base, lol.
“Drain the swamp!”
“Don’t vote by mail-in ballots because fraud!”
Now—
“Swamp the vote!”
June 5, 2024 at 3:51 PM