Karin
@karinorourke.bsky.social
Mother & animal lover. Law & Society student. Fan of democracy. Wine & coffee buff. News junkie. Critical thinker. Reads banned books. Pro-vaccine.
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Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
Sadly true
April 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sadly true
Citizens United MUST be overturned.
People are losing their jobs and savings, prices are rising higher, and the entire economy is on the brink of disaster—but Donald Trump couldn’t care less.
His billionaire political donors will be just fine.
His billionaire political donors will be just fine.
Trump headlining $1 million a person super PAC dinner as stocks sink over tariffs
Donors attending the Mar-a-Lago candlelight fundraising dinner Friday are being charged $1 million a plate.
www.cbsnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Citizens United MUST be overturned.
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you should’ve made Fred trump pull out
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
you should’ve made Fred trump pull out
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#StressBreak
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Step back in time on a walking tour of the city's last ancient trees
Encounter Canada's largest known maple tree, towering 600+ year old douglas firs, and majestic sprawling cedars nearing a 1000 years old.
Rob 😊 ✌️ 🤗
www.ancienttreesofvancouver.com
Ancient Trees of Vancouver Walking Tour
A walking tour of the city's last ancient trees. Encounter Canada's largest known maple tree, towering 600+ year douglas firs, and majestic sprawling western redcedars nearing a 1000 years old.
www.ancienttreesofvancouver.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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#StressBreak
Step back in time on a walking tour of the city's last ancient trees
Encounter Canada's largest known maple tree, towering 600+ year old douglas firs, and majestic sprawling cedars nearing a 1000 years old.
Rob 😊 ✌️ 🤗
www.ancienttreesofvancouver.com
#StressBreak
Step back in time on a walking tour of the city's last ancient trees
Encounter Canada's largest known maple tree, towering 600+ year old douglas firs, and majestic sprawling cedars nearing a 1000 years old.
Rob 😊 ✌️ 🤗
www.ancienttreesofvancouver.com
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“If, during the Cold War, the government funded universities as a way of strengthening America, Mr. Trump’s second administration treats them as a threat to be dismantled.” We must resist this deadly attack on the very foundations of free thought and open inquiry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“If, during the Cold War, the government funded universities as a way of strengthening America, Mr. Trump’s second administration treats them as a threat to be dismantled.” We must resist this deadly attack on the very foundations of free thought and open inquiry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
March 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
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BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
February 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
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This man is openly threatening to withhold aid until a state complies with him. There's a word for this, i just know it....
February 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This man is openly threatening to withhold aid until a state complies with him. There's a word for this, i just know it....
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Whitehouse: "You had a guy who Trump was proposing to be the top prosecutor for the US whose only experience with criminal investigations was to be the subject of them ... the reflection of this on the judgement of Trump is perhaps the most remarkable part of this story"
December 24, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Whitehouse: "You had a guy who Trump was proposing to be the top prosecutor for the US whose only experience with criminal investigations was to be the subject of them ... the reflection of this on the judgement of Trump is perhaps the most remarkable part of this story"
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams
CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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December 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
He does not understand how our government works. The man is an idiot.
He cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order or legislation. It is a part of the 14th Amendment. To end it would take a constitutional amendment. It won’t happen. It is the standard operating procedure in some 30 countries!
Trump repeats aim to end birthright citizenship via executive action while also saying he wants to make a deal on Dreamers:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
December 9, 2024 at 8:27 AM
He does not understand how our government works. The man is an idiot.
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The future is female💙
I can’t even with combination of intelligence and adorableness all in one tiny human🥹
Who is in for a petition for “people-made” to be in text books?
#DemCast
I can’t even with combination of intelligence and adorableness all in one tiny human🥹
Who is in for a petition for “people-made” to be in text books?
#DemCast
December 8, 2024 at 2:32 AM
The future is female💙
I can’t even with combination of intelligence and adorableness all in one tiny human🥹
Who is in for a petition for “people-made” to be in text books?
#DemCast
I can’t even with combination of intelligence and adorableness all in one tiny human🥹
Who is in for a petition for “people-made” to be in text books?
#DemCast
Infamy for leaving a lasting mark on our nation's history. Whether the name will come to be associated with shame & disgrace will partly depend on who wins the narrative. But those dispassionate scholars will record how deeply divisive & dangerous he is to democratic norms.
He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.
#NoNamesNeeded
#NoNamesNeeded
December 8, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Infamy for leaving a lasting mark on our nation's history. Whether the name will come to be associated with shame & disgrace will partly depend on who wins the narrative. But those dispassionate scholars will record how deeply divisive & dangerous he is to democratic norms.
Gift article: Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...
Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump (Gift Article)
The enormous spending from the world’s richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Gift article: Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...
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This sounded like a cable host lecturing his audience about why they are wrong to believe what they believe.
"That wasn't the sound of fear. That was the sound of civility" -- Joe Scarborough makes an impassioned defense of the decision he and Mika made to defend Fox News from David Frum as well as their meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
December 5, 2024 at 11:50 PM
This sounded like a cable host lecturing his audience about why they are wrong to believe what they believe.
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December 1, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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When someone follows you, follow them back
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THIS IS GREAT.
Casey Dominguez is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate experts on the power of the presidency.
She just joined BlueSky which is a gift to us all.
We need experts like this to help us understand what’s happening.
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Casey Dominguez is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate experts on the power of the presidency.
She just joined BlueSky which is a gift to us all.
We need experts like this to help us understand what’s happening.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:17 AM
THIS IS GREAT.
Casey Dominguez is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate experts on the power of the presidency.
She just joined BlueSky which is a gift to us all.
We need experts like this to help us understand what’s happening.
Please repost and follow @caseydominguez.bsky.social
Casey Dominguez is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate experts on the power of the presidency.
She just joined BlueSky which is a gift to us all.
We need experts like this to help us understand what’s happening.
Please repost and follow @caseydominguez.bsky.social
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They say Byron Donalds didn’t get a top Trump admin position because of his criminal record.
The majority of trump cabinet members have criminal records and sex abuse alligations. I wonder what the difference could be?
The majority of trump cabinet members have criminal records and sex abuse alligations. I wonder what the difference could be?
November 20, 2024 at 7:56 PM
They say Byron Donalds didn’t get a top Trump admin position because of his criminal record.
The majority of trump cabinet members have criminal records and sex abuse alligations. I wonder what the difference could be?
The majority of trump cabinet members have criminal records and sex abuse alligations. I wonder what the difference could be?
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“They ran the career people out,” a former Bureau of Land Management employee said. “This business about politicizing the civil service, that’s a problem. It’s something that should concern all Americans.”
Trump Says He’ll Move Thousands of Federal Workers Out of Washington. Here’s What Happened the First Time He Tried.
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