Karla Bennion
@karla236.bsky.social
Wife, mom, grandma, retired psychologist in deep red Utah
SPEAK OUT
SPEAK OUT
5/ Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
If you live elsewhere, contact info for your specific members of the US House and Senate is easily found at senate.gov and house.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
If you live elsewhere, contact info for your specific members of the US House and Senate is easily found at senate.gov and house.gov
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
5/ Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
If you live elsewhere, contact info for your specific members of the US House and Senate is easily found at senate.gov and house.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
If you live elsewhere, contact info for your specific members of the US House and Senate is easily found at senate.gov and house.gov
4/ One can only hope enough people see and record and disseminate what is actually going on to wake up our/ their/ your courage.
Remove this destructive man from office before we are at full-on war with our allies.
Sincerely, your constituents
Remove this destructive man from office before we are at full-on war with our allies.
Sincerely, your constituents
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
4/ One can only hope enough people see and record and disseminate what is actually going on to wake up our/ their/ your courage.
Remove this destructive man from office before we are at full-on war with our allies.
Sincerely, your constituents
Remove this destructive man from office before we are at full-on war with our allies.
Sincerely, your constituents
3/ Trump is in no way fit to be US President. As Trump “wins,” the country loses. Not particularly intelligent to begin with, his deterioration is marked in his second term. He surrounds himself with liars and enablers. Republicans appear unable to detach themselves from him.
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
3/ Trump is in no way fit to be US President. As Trump “wins,” the country loses. Not particularly intelligent to begin with, his deterioration is marked in his second term. He surrounds himself with liars and enablers. Republicans appear unable to detach themselves from him.
2/ Trump’s latest letter to Norway is unhinged—he finally realized that Machado’s gift of her Nobel Peace Prize did not make him an official Peace Prize winner—and he now says because of that he’ll not be so peaceful going forward. More threats to Greenland, Canada, NATO, Ukraine.
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
2/ Trump’s latest letter to Norway is unhinged—he finally realized that Machado’s gift of her Nobel Peace Prize did not make him an official Peace Prize winner—and he now says because of that he’ll not be so peaceful going forward. More threats to Greenland, Canada, NATO, Ukraine.
6/ The US is not just sliding toward fascism, we’re absolutely there. Gird up your loins, find your courage, & use your voice.
Abolish ICE.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
Abolish ICE.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
6/ The US is not just sliding toward fascism, we’re absolutely there. Gird up your loins, find your courage, & use your voice.
Abolish ICE.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
Abolish ICE.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
5/ ICE has escalated to the murder of a white female citizen. Their actions are designed to provoke violence (in people who use whistles, mockery, and lots of shouting to warn and defend their neighbors) in order to justify Trump invoking the Insurrection Act or full-on martial law.
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
5/ ICE has escalated to the murder of a white female citizen. Their actions are designed to provoke violence (in people who use whistles, mockery, and lots of shouting to warn and defend their neighbors) in order to justify Trump invoking the Insurrection Act or full-on martial law.
4/ If they do turn out to be citizens, they’re brutalized and dumped in a distant parking lot. There are now five times as many ICE as Minneapolis police officers in the city.
Using federal forces indiscriminately on the domestic population is absolutely unconstitutional.
Using federal forces indiscriminately on the domestic population is absolutely unconstitutional.
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
4/ If they do turn out to be citizens, they’re brutalized and dumped in a distant parking lot. There are now five times as many ICE as Minneapolis police officers in the city.
Using federal forces indiscriminately on the domestic population is absolutely unconstitutional.
Using federal forces indiscriminately on the domestic population is absolutely unconstitutional.
3/ ...when his minions realized that the Somalis he initially targeted were overwhelmingly American citizens, they moved on to deploy his untrained army of ICE goons to attack, beat, and disappear anyone of color, on the off-chance they were undocumented.
January 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM
3/ ...when his minions realized that the Somalis he initially targeted were overwhelmingly American citizens, they moved on to deploy his untrained army of ICE goons to attack, beat, and disappear anyone of color, on the off-chance they were undocumented.
2/ ICE’s Gestapo tactics since then have only emphasized the fascist parallels. Minnesotans had the temerity to vote against Trump in the last election, & Gov. Walz unforgivably ran against him with Kamala Harris. Trump first used his weaponized Justice Dept. to go after Minneapolis daycare centers
January 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM
2/ ICE’s Gestapo tactics since then have only emphasized the fascist parallels. Minnesotans had the temerity to vote against Trump in the last election, & Gov. Walz unforgivably ran against him with Kamala Harris. Trump first used his weaponized Justice Dept. to go after Minneapolis daycare centers
7/ Under no circumstances would his incompetent military interference yield a good outcome.
Sincerely, your constituents.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
Sincerely, your constituents.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
7/ Under no circumstances would his incompetent military interference yield a good outcome.
Sincerely, your constituents.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
Sincerely, your constituents.
Senator Mike Lee is at lee.senate.gov
Senator John Curtis is at curtis.senate.gov
Utah District 3 Representative Mike Kennedy is at mikekennedy.house.gov
6/ All it needs is some heavy-handed US military action to make the Iranian populace as implacably anti-American as it was after the CIA-backed Shah was deposed in 1978-9.
Please tell Trump to leave this complicated situation alone.
Please tell Trump to leave this complicated situation alone.
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
6/ All it needs is some heavy-handed US military action to make the Iranian populace as implacably anti-American as it was after the CIA-backed Shah was deposed in 1978-9.
Please tell Trump to leave this complicated situation alone.
Please tell Trump to leave this complicated situation alone.
5/ ...and bring about the second coming of Christ.
Trump bombed Iran once already, and threatens to do so again because of the regime’s attacks on protesters (irony is truly dead).
Imagine if China bombed America because of Trump’s persecution of protesters here.
Trump bombed Iran once already, and threatens to do so again because of the regime’s attacks on protesters (irony is truly dead).
Imagine if China bombed America because of Trump’s persecution of protesters here.
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
5/ ...and bring about the second coming of Christ.
Trump bombed Iran once already, and threatens to do so again because of the regime’s attacks on protesters (irony is truly dead).
Imagine if China bombed America because of Trump’s persecution of protesters here.
Trump bombed Iran once already, and threatens to do so again because of the regime’s attacks on protesters (irony is truly dead).
Imagine if China bombed America because of Trump’s persecution of protesters here.
4/ Opposing factions seek to rule at the breakup of the Ayatollahs’ power. Trump’s administration is closest to rightwing Christians flooding money to Pahlavi and the monarchists, some hoping to precipitate the apocalyptic Mid-East battle in/against Israel at the end of days...
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
4/ Opposing factions seek to rule at the breakup of the Ayatollahs’ power. Trump’s administration is closest to rightwing Christians flooding money to Pahlavi and the monarchists, some hoping to precipitate the apocalyptic Mid-East battle in/against Israel at the end of days...
3/ The streets in Iran are on fire, with thousands of people killed by security forces. Internet/phone contact is sporadic or unavailable, and her long daily calls are reduced to very occasional checks on her parents’ safety.
The internal Iranian political situation is complicated and volatile.
The internal Iranian political situation is complicated and volatile.
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
3/ The streets in Iran are on fire, with thousands of people killed by security forces. Internet/phone contact is sporadic or unavailable, and her long daily calls are reduced to very occasional checks on her parents’ safety.
The internal Iranian political situation is complicated and volatile.
The internal Iranian political situation is complicated and volatile.
2/ She and her husband hoped to bring her retired parents to the US to live with them and their infant in their new home.
Imagine what this young family is going through right now. Her parents have not been able to come visit their grandchild since Trump’s ascension.
Imagine what this young family is going through right now. Her parents have not been able to come visit their grandchild since Trump’s ascension.
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
2/ She and her husband hoped to bring her retired parents to the US to live with them and their infant in their new home.
Imagine what this young family is going through right now. Her parents have not been able to come visit their grandchild since Trump’s ascension.
Imagine what this young family is going through right now. Her parents have not been able to come visit their grandchild since Trump’s ascension.
7/ Mob-boss Trump’s whimsical and vengeful economic actions threaten the stability of seniors and our families. Listen to us. Use your voice to stop him.
Sincerely, your constituents.
Check your reps at
senate.gov and house.gov
Sincerely, your constituents.
Check your reps at
senate.gov and house.gov
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
7/ Mob-boss Trump’s whimsical and vengeful economic actions threaten the stability of seniors and our families. Listen to us. Use your voice to stop him.
Sincerely, your constituents.
Check your reps at
senate.gov and house.gov
Sincerely, your constituents.
Check your reps at
senate.gov and house.gov
6/ When I was young, revolution—“moving fast and breaking things,” overthrowing the capitalist system—may have had its appeal. All that changed when I had grandchildren. I now have a stake in stability.
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
6/ When I was young, revolution—“moving fast and breaking things,” overthrowing the capitalist system—may have had its appeal. All that changed when I had grandchildren. I now have a stake in stability.
5/ Trump accelerates late/end-stage capitalism by destabilizing the US and world economy. Even the billionaires and monopolies will be affected, although they may believe themselves beyond nations. My only hope is that the billionaires can pressure Trump in ways that us normie oldies cannot.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
5/ Trump accelerates late/end-stage capitalism by destabilizing the US and world economy. Even the billionaires and monopolies will be affected, although they may believe themselves beyond nations. My only hope is that the billionaires can pressure Trump in ways that us normie oldies cannot.
4/ My husband and I worked throughout our adult lives and we now live on social security and pension income. We are regularly using our retirement savings to help our children, who are more vulnerable than we are to MAGA instability. Or so we thought.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
4/ My husband and I worked throughout our adult lives and we now live on social security and pension income. We are regularly using our retirement savings to help our children, who are more vulnerable than we are to MAGA instability. Or so we thought.
3/ Trump has no clue about how the economy works (e.g.: tariffs), and lowering interest rates willy-nilly has been on his popularity wish-list forever. Financiers, of course, disagree.
I am not an economist, I am not a wealthy person.
I am not an economist, I am not a wealthy person.
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
3/ Trump has no clue about how the economy works (e.g.: tariffs), and lowering interest rates willy-nilly has been on his popularity wish-list forever. Financiers, of course, disagree.
I am not an economist, I am not a wealthy person.
I am not an economist, I am not a wealthy person.