Karen Morris
@kmorris24.bsky.social
Recently retired psychotherapist. Living in this world best as I can. Have been told that I do not suffer fools gladly. Curious. Believes in tikkun olam.
Moral Kindling - how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/927bc996-4...
Moral Kindling
how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Moral Kindling - how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/927bc996-4...
In the spirit of the season: Making a list and counting it twice...
contrarian.substack.com/p/its-time-f... Worst Political Oxymoron: “Moderate Republicans” in Congress are as real as unicorns. ..quislings such as Cassidy voted to confirm RFK, Ernst and Tillis gave thumbs up to Hegseth, and Collins and Murkowski confirmed Bondi.
The "Powerful" who Cowered in 2025
It’s time for the lists!
contrarian.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In the spirit of the season: Making a list and counting it twice...
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How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and limiting public participation.
dlvr.it
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
What I think is an important read. Those referenced in this article, were able to access their spidey senses.
"It is hard to say something that other people don’t want to hear, to be looked at like you’re crazy. Or to speak up in an environment where free speech can no longer simply be assumed... It is largely because of them that we are not alone when we do... It is because of them there is hope."
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What I think is an important read. Those referenced in this article, were able to access their spidey senses.
Hanukkah meditation:
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hanukkah meditation:
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2025 behind the photos
Some of the best Reuters pictures of 2025, and their stories
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
Very relevant and powerful words.
Michael Douglas giving the final speech in The American President (1995). Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Rob Reiner (RIP). It's inspiring, it's aspirational and -- yes -- a little hokey. But in the best way, with its heart on its sleeve.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__d...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__d...
The American President - The Final Speech
YouTube video by Lee Hoedl
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Very relevant and powerful words.
Meeting a moment:
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meeting a moment:
And this administration wants us to believe it has and uses sound judgement?
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security trib.al/lsF2CCQ
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The White House has argued the controversial ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
trib.al
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And this administration wants us to believe it has and uses sound judgement?
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On this day in 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by the indian agency police at Standing Rock Reservation, because colonial authorities were threatened by his ability to bring his people together.
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
On this day in 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by the indian agency police at Standing Rock Reservation, because colonial authorities were threatened by his ability to bring his people together.
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NYT op-ed reminds billionaires to heed the French Revolution, mentions Network State cultists Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan.
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NYT op-ed reminds billionaires to heed the French Revolution, mentions Network State cultists Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan.
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
"It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy."
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Finland may be on the right track when it comes to educating kids about mis-information.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Finland may be on the right track when it comes to educating kids about mis-information.
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There is no planet B
April 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There is no planet B
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David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed: https://cnn.it/44YS8pM
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed: https://cnn.it/44YS8pM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
And this "administration" says it cares about veterans. Yeah sure.
Good questions raised in this thread:
…. I tried looking up what “Eastern Pacific“ means and our media stenography situation is such that they all reported that phrase without asking ANY questions
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good questions raised in this thread:
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.