Karen Howard
@kehoward02.bsky.social
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When even Mitt Romney is publicly arguing that the ultra-wealthy should pay more, it tells you how far out of whack things have become.
This is about math, fairness, and fiscal responsibility.
This is about math, fairness, and fiscal responsibility.
December 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
When even Mitt Romney is publicly arguing that the ultra-wealthy should pay more, it tells you how far out of whack things have become.
This is about math, fairness, and fiscal responsibility.
This is about math, fairness, and fiscal responsibility.
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This "erosion of trust" is going to lead to mass illness and death. And the worst effects won't be felt for years.
“There has been erosion of trust in science & public health & medicine,” vaccine & infectious disease expert @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social said in response to the Trump administration’s cuts to vaccine and medical research. “It’s a terrible tragedy,” said Dr. Francis Collins, former NIH director.
‘This is immoral’: Public Health experts respond to funding cuts to science & medicine
Over the course of the year, the Trump administration cut billions in funding for the National Institutes of Health, and $500 million worth of mRNA vaccine research. “There has been erosion of trust in science and public health and medicine,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at the Texas Children’s Hospital. “But it’s not random, this occurred deliberately by bad actors for political motivation.” Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the NIH, said he’s never seen anything like this. Cuts to NIH resulted in the cancellation of 383 clinical trials affecting 74,000 trial participants. “Many of these people very serious cancers for which we don't have a great answer, but maybe we're in the middle of discovering one, and then the trial gets stopped, and all that data is lost, and those people are basically left to drift,” Dr. Collins said. “This is immoral to drop somebody into that space.”
www.msnbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This "erosion of trust" is going to lead to mass illness and death. And the worst effects won't be felt for years.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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The average American household can expect to pay 9.2% more for heating this winter, a group that monitors prices said.
Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter
Colder weather and rising electricity and fuel costs will lead to a big jump in costs for individuals, according to estimates from a group representing state energy officials.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The average American household can expect to pay 9.2% more for heating this winter, a group that monitors prices said.
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It’s not just that Trump lied constantly during his speech tonight; I’m not sure he said a single thing that was factually correct.
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s not just that Trump lied constantly during his speech tonight; I’m not sure he said a single thing that was factually correct.
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The Trump family business empire is booming. We map out 268 pieces of it, from crypto to Bibles to golf courses.
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
on.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Trump family business empire is booming. We map out 268 pieces of it, from crypto to Bibles to golf courses.
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I stand on business
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I stand on business
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President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
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House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
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Good question.
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Good question.
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McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
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As @mattpolprof.bsky.social says in this thread, the ethno-nationalism driving Trump and Stephen Miller is fundamentally small-minded and motivated by petty cruelty and base racism while flattering itself as having world-historical grandeur and ambition:
Great essay by @gregsargent.bsky.social on the roots of Stephen Miller's white nationalist and anti-immigration worldview.
There is a lot to like and talk about...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
There is a lot to like and talk about...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As @mattpolprof.bsky.social says in this thread, the ethno-nationalism driving Trump and Stephen Miller is fundamentally small-minded and motivated by petty cruelty and base racism while flattering itself as having world-historical grandeur and ambition:
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Elon Musk is currently worth $648 billion, according to Bloomberg.
To put that in perspective, if Musk spent $1 MILLION EVERY DAY, it would take him 1,774 YEARS TO SPEND $648 billion.
To put that in perspective, if Musk spent $1 MILLION EVERY DAY, it would take him 1,774 YEARS TO SPEND $648 billion.
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Elon Musk is currently worth $648 billion, according to Bloomberg.
To put that in perspective, if Musk spent $1 MILLION EVERY DAY, it would take him 1,774 YEARS TO SPEND $648 billion.
To put that in perspective, if Musk spent $1 MILLION EVERY DAY, it would take him 1,774 YEARS TO SPEND $648 billion.
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More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
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Question: Will all the people that are supposedly coming to the USA for the World Cup going to have to provide 5 years of social media posts?
Because that might have a chilling effect on ticket sales.
Just saying….
Because that might have a chilling effect on ticket sales.
Just saying….
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Question: Will all the people that are supposedly coming to the USA for the World Cup going to have to provide 5 years of social media posts?
Because that might have a chilling effect on ticket sales.
Just saying….
Because that might have a chilling effect on ticket sales.
Just saying….
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The laugh at all the little people who worry about silly things like "affordability."
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The laugh at all the little people who worry about silly things like "affordability."
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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President Trump doubled down on vilifying slain director Rob Reiner as deranged and damaging, shrugging off backlash from his own party without remorse. This ego-fueled tyrant poisons civility like acid etching away at shared humanity. #Trump
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
President Trump doubled down on vilifying slain director Rob Reiner as deranged and damaging, shrugging off backlash from his own party without remorse. This ego-fueled tyrant poisons civility like acid etching away at shared humanity. #Trump
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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It’s heartbreaking that, 13 years after Sandy Hook, we’ve done far too little to stop these reoccuring tragedies. The American people want common sense gun safety measures. If you need a license to drive a car or open a business, you should need one to operate a weapon of war.
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s heartbreaking that, 13 years after Sandy Hook, we’ve done far too little to stop these reoccuring tragedies. The American people want common sense gun safety measures. If you need a license to drive a car or open a business, you should need one to operate a weapon of war.