Karen Smith
@karenwsmith5.bsky.social
Mom, Mimi. Animal lover. School board member/supporter of quality public education. Farmer. Beautiful Mornin’ Farm. Schitt’s creek fangirl.
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We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District | With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board's Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District - Bucks County Beacon
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board's Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District | With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board's Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
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Today is Day 9.
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April 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Today is Day 9.
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Yesterday during our peaceful protest in Doylestown PA this car of Trump supporters drove down the street giving everyone the finger. The woman repeatedly screamed “b**tches.”
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April 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yesterday during our peaceful protest in Doylestown PA this car of Trump supporters drove down the street giving everyone the finger. The woman repeatedly screamed “b**tches.”
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“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
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"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points.
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants (Gift Article)
The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backg...
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points.
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
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DALIO: “.. I think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession. .. And I'm worried about something worse than a recession, if this isn't handled well.”
@nbcnews.com
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April 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
DALIO: “.. I think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession. .. And I'm worried about something worse than a recession, if this isn't handled well.”
@nbcnews.com
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Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.
Fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence was 'an act of arson,' police say
Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.
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April 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.
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Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
April 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
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Just getting to this @nytimes.com article about what a jawdropping bullshit factory, failure and fraud DOGE is.
Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress (Gift Article)
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just getting to this @nytimes.com article about what a jawdropping bullshit factory, failure and fraud DOGE is.
Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
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“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.”
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
April 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.”
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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McGovern: "How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this."
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
McGovern: "How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this."
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Creepy as hell. 🤡
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Creepy as hell. 🤡
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Not sure how these people sleep at night
April 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not sure how these people sleep at night
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This is a regime of the bullies, by the bigots, for the billionaires. All you need to know.
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is a regime of the bullies, by the bigots, for the billionaires. All you need to know.
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JPMORGAN: “.. as of now we maintain our 60% US/Global recession call from last week. The 40% non-recession call includes the possibility of further backpedaling from Trump on China tariffs.”
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
JPMORGAN: “.. as of now we maintain our 60% US/Global recession call from last week. The 40% non-recession call includes the possibility of further backpedaling from Trump on China tariffs.”
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Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
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Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
July 3, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
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Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
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CBO finds that DOGE failed to achieve measurable savings in March.
At first glance, spending fell $38B (7%) compared to last year. But March began on a Saturday so payments that normally go out in March went out in Feb
After adjusting, spending *rose* $45B (8%) compared to March 24.
At first glance, spending fell $38B (7%) compared to last year. But March began on a Saturday so payments that normally go out in March went out in Feb
After adjusting, spending *rose* $45B (8%) compared to March 24.
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CBO finds that DOGE failed to achieve measurable savings in March.
At first glance, spending fell $38B (7%) compared to last year. But March began on a Saturday so payments that normally go out in March went out in Feb
After adjusting, spending *rose* $45B (8%) compared to March 24.
At first glance, spending fell $38B (7%) compared to last year. But March began on a Saturday so payments that normally go out in March went out in Feb
After adjusting, spending *rose* $45B (8%) compared to March 24.
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Raskin: The basis for this most destructive trade war in the history of the world is the profound economic research and policy writings of one Ron Vera, a completely fictional economist conjured up by Peter Navarro, a real person who Elon Musk just called a moron
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Raskin: The basis for this most destructive trade war in the history of the world is the profound economic research and policy writings of one Ron Vera, a completely fictional economist conjured up by Peter Navarro, a real person who Elon Musk just called a moron
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At an ed tech conference in SanDiego where Education Sec McMahon spoke. Asked about the latest letter re: DEI to schools, she said 'i think discrimination is the bad thing.' Moderator Phyllis Lockett asked if cultural events and other DEI programs like them would still be allowed to exist. McMahon
April 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
At an ed tech conference in SanDiego where Education Sec McMahon spoke. Asked about the latest letter re: DEI to schools, she said 'i think discrimination is the bad thing.' Moderator Phyllis Lockett asked if cultural events and other DEI programs like them would still be allowed to exist. McMahon
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Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.
New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds
A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."
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April 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.
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April 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM