KarenNotAKaren
@kcook414.bsky.social
Retired LIS faculty, Navy brat, reader
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It’s been three years since 10 people went on a grocery run in Buffalo, New York and never made it home. An entire community was torn apart by an armed white supremacist.
Racist violence has cost far too many lives in our country, & it must stop. We owe it to the victims & their loved ones to act.
Racist violence has cost far too many lives in our country, & it must stop. We owe it to the victims & their loved ones to act.
May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It’s been three years since 10 people went on a grocery run in Buffalo, New York and never made it home. An entire community was torn apart by an armed white supremacist.
Racist violence has cost far too many lives in our country, & it must stop. We owe it to the victims & their loved ones to act.
Racist violence has cost far too many lives in our country, & it must stop. We owe it to the victims & their loved ones to act.
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The palace-in-the-sky jet gift from Qatar to Trump isn’t just a bribe—it’s a surveillance dream. A flying fortress of kompromat potential. Who’s debugging it? Who’s paying? How do you vet a foreign-gifted jet when the recipient is the President? Oh. Right. They don’t care about national security.
May 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The palace-in-the-sky jet gift from Qatar to Trump isn’t just a bribe—it’s a surveillance dream. A flying fortress of kompromat potential. Who’s debugging it? Who’s paying? How do you vet a foreign-gifted jet when the recipient is the President? Oh. Right. They don’t care about national security.
Jamal Khashoggi -- remember his name.
May 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Under court order, the government has released a nearly unredacted copy of the memorandum of understanding between the IRS and Homeland Security revealing how taxpayer data was shared for immigration enforcement.
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Under court order, the government has released a nearly unredacted copy of the memorandum of understanding between the IRS and Homeland Security revealing how taxpayer data was shared for immigration enforcement.
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i like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
i like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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McGovern: You guys make Marie Antoinette look down to earth. Trump’s cabinet is like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. These people are totally clueless. They don’t shop for their own groceries. They don’t buy their own food.
May 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
McGovern: You guys make Marie Antoinette look down to earth. Trump’s cabinet is like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. These people are totally clueless. They don’t shop for their own groceries. They don’t buy their own food.
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The rightwing hates me because I fight. They fear me because we win.
May 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The rightwing hates me because I fight. They fear me because we win.
Customs and Border Patrol "quietly" rescinds humane policies: www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
www.wired.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Customs and Border Patrol "quietly" rescinds humane policies: www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
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The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
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America isn't a Christian country. It's a country where Christianity has the freedom to exist. There's a difference.
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
America isn't a Christian country. It's a country where Christianity has the freedom to exist. There's a difference.
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This study has been running since 1991; setting up and maintaing longitudinal studies like this is literally the work of decades. This is vandalism.
U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health (Gift Article)
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This study has been running since 1991; setting up and maintaing longitudinal studies like this is literally the work of decades. This is vandalism.
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Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
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“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
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I will say it again: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I will say it again: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
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BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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