Karin Bond
@kbok003.bsky.social
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Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Money changes everything
This is a really good piece!
(though I am once again begging people to move off Substack)
(though I am once again begging people to move off Substack)
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
December 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Money changes everything
Substack has a Nazi Problem. Try Ghost.
This is from 2023, and since then the owners have publicly stated their support for highlighting far right wing voices on the platform
Substack Has a Nazi Problem
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Substack has a Nazi Problem. Try Ghost.
Is this really a legitimate test of physical fitness? I haven't ever been able to do a chin up. I can, however, walk two pitbulls simultaneously.
For someone claiming to be a health freak those were absolutely pathetic reps. Neither one counted (didn’t get his chin over the bar) and he could barely do two.
In line for the TSA behind this guy
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Is this really a legitimate test of physical fitness? I haven't ever been able to do a chin up. I can, however, walk two pitbulls simultaneously.
I got the shingles vaccine last year. I took a nap and some advil. It was a lot better than getting shingles.
people gotta talk about their shingles experiences. no one is going to enjoy this
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I got the shingles vaccine last year. I took a nap and some advil. It was a lot better than getting shingles.
Need to read
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Need to read
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Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
Israel’s war against journalists must end | Video by Dylan Collins
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
Reposted by Karin Bond
Hey everyone, you’ve been asking me to run for office for a while, so guess what?
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
August 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hey everyone, you’ve been asking me to run for office for a while, so guess what?
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
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The only reason this is happening is to appease ranchers in Montana & Wyoming who have lost their shirt thanks to tariffs.
I know this is only adding to the list of emails and calls to representatives, but please consider doing either or ): these poor social creatures don't deserve any of this.
actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The only reason this is happening is to appease ranchers in Montana & Wyoming who have lost their shirt thanks to tariffs.
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Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery. #MsReads via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I love sea slugs.
Neon colors. External gills. Regenerative superpowers. If you’re not a fan of sea slugs yet, we’ll get you there: buff.ly/hUCF15A
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I love sea slugs.
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If you haven’t heard, Ted Cruz got the Park Service to do a “beautification” project at Union Station, in order to remove the FLARE & Veterans’ protest tents.
FLARE & the Veterans have set up a new site nearby. Like the Peace Vigil, resistance doesn’t go away just because MAGA wants it to!
FLARE & the Veterans have set up a new site nearby. Like the Peace Vigil, resistance doesn’t go away just because MAGA wants it to!
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you haven’t heard, Ted Cruz got the Park Service to do a “beautification” project at Union Station, in order to remove the FLARE & Veterans’ protest tents.
FLARE & the Veterans have set up a new site nearby. Like the Peace Vigil, resistance doesn’t go away just because MAGA wants it to!
FLARE & the Veterans have set up a new site nearby. Like the Peace Vigil, resistance doesn’t go away just because MAGA wants it to!
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This is a cool idea
Here's a draft I made! My 7 year old helped my with some suggestions of things she likes to do at the library. And I made a custom one for myself of things I want to do next year at the library.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is a cool idea
Reposted by Karin Bond
In 1993, Trump signed mortgages for 2 homes in Florida, claiming each as his principal residence.
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal — ProPublica
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
apple.news
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In 1993, Trump signed mortgages for 2 homes in Florida, claiming each as his principal residence.
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Next year I want a list of all the XPN festival versions of Atlantic City. I personally have seen the Pete Yorn and the Greensky Bluegrass performances. Did Craig Finn do one too at the 2025 festival?
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Next year I want a list of all the XPN festival versions of Atlantic City. I personally have seen the Pete Yorn and the Greensky Bluegrass performances. Did Craig Finn do one too at the 2025 festival?
This has been part of my core memories for a while but I couldn't find it on the internet until now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBAw...
Bing Crosby & Connie Russell - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
YouTube video by MegaJacKapp
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This has been part of my core memories for a while but I couldn't find it on the internet until now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBAw...
This was a fun listen. Florence Welch on World Cafe.
speaking of... Florence Welch performed live and chatted with World Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about her latest album and what helped her tap into a primal feminine energy.
xpn.org/florence-the...
xpn.org/florence-the...
Florence + the Machine lets out a 'scream of feminine fury' on their latest album - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
Florence Welch talks about Everybody Scream, plus the band performs live from Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
xpn.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This was a fun listen. Florence Welch on World Cafe.
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In case you missed the hang, the video is now archived. Join me, @25oclockpod.bsky.social, Wendy Rollins, and @rahrahraina.bsky.social as we visit Phil’s show Your Next Favorite Band for a conversation about all things @wxpnfm.bsky.social Cover Song Countdown!
#XPNcountdown
#XPNcountdown
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In case you missed the hang, the video is now archived. Join me, @25oclockpod.bsky.social, Wendy Rollins, and @rahrahraina.bsky.social as we visit Phil’s show Your Next Favorite Band for a conversation about all things @wxpnfm.bsky.social Cover Song Countdown!
#XPNcountdown
#XPNcountdown
OK Go and Muppets! Perfect together
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
OK Go and Muppets! Perfect together
Listen tomorrow from 6AM to 10AM for the one vote wonders of the #XPNCountdown
What. A. Day. 🥵
Just got home! Still settling in, but you may now ask me if your unplayed top 10 picks were One Vote Wonders.
Note: This is not a guarantee I will play it tomorrow — it’s a whole process adding songs to the library and I won’t have time to snag them all but I’ll try!
#XPNcountdown
Just got home! Still settling in, but you may now ask me if your unplayed top 10 picks were One Vote Wonders.
Note: This is not a guarantee I will play it tomorrow — it’s a whole process adding songs to the library and I won’t have time to snag them all but I’ll try!
#XPNcountdown
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Listen tomorrow from 6AM to 10AM for the one vote wonders of the #XPNCountdown
Here's Hoping that he gets to stay with his family for an extended period of time.
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Here's Hoping that he gets to stay with his family for an extended period of time.
I have to look this up.
My god this Black Pumas cover of Fast Car hits deep. #xpncountdown
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I have to look this up.
Reposted by Karin Bond
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM