KeyboardKaren
@kollweilerkaren.bsky.social
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President Donald Trump said that he plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agency and shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.
Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s l...
www.cnn.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
President Donald Trump said that he plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agency and shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.
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IMPORTANT: Stop calling the troops in LA National Guard Troops. They are not. When Trump activated them against the wishes of the Gov they became FEDERAL troops… like the 82nd airborne with no Law enforcement power! Don’t let them confuse you!
June 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
IMPORTANT: Stop calling the troops in LA National Guard Troops. They are not. When Trump activated them against the wishes of the Gov they became FEDERAL troops… like the 82nd airborne with no Law enforcement power! Don’t let them confuse you!
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A reminder, because apparently that’s needed today: tarring and feathering is an act of physical violence against someone. During the Revolutionary era, it was employed specifically as an act of terror to intimidate officials, merchants, and others who opposed the Sons of Liberty.
Q: The president said that if he were Tom Homan he would arrest Gavin Newsom. Do you believe Newsom should face consequences in a legal way?
MIKE JOHNSON: Um, that's not my lane. I'm not gonna give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tar and feathered.
MIKE JOHNSON: Um, that's not my lane. I'm not gonna give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tar and feathered.
June 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A reminder, because apparently that’s needed today: tarring and feathering is an act of physical violence against someone. During the Revolutionary era, it was employed specifically as an act of terror to intimidate officials, merchants, and others who opposed the Sons of Liberty.
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Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
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“On the line is not just Kilmar’s eventual liberation, but whether or not there will be consequences for lawless behavior from the executive. It’s not hyperbole to say the outcome of what happens with Kilmar has implications for every person living in the U.S.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
‘We Know Donald Trump Wants the Story to Die’
Democrats return to El Salvador, looking for 19-year-old gay makeup artist thrown into CECOT.
www.thebulwark.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“On the line is not just Kilmar’s eventual liberation, but whether or not there will be consequences for lawless behavior from the executive. It’s not hyperbole to say the outcome of what happens with Kilmar has implications for every person living in the U.S.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Whatever happened to the Sarah Huckabee Sanders scandal over her allegedly overcharging Arkansas for a wildly overpriced invisible lectern to hide the costs of a trip to Paris?
I hate that anything that would embarrass that snarling liar has disappeared.
I hate that anything that would embarrass that snarling liar has disappeared.
April 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Whatever happened to the Sarah Huckabee Sanders scandal over her allegedly overcharging Arkansas for a wildly overpriced invisible lectern to hide the costs of a trip to Paris?
I hate that anything that would embarrass that snarling liar has disappeared.
I hate that anything that would embarrass that snarling liar has disappeared.
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Republicans are objectively a disaster for the economy
April 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Republicans are objectively a disaster for the economy
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"It's really hard looking at these photos, it really is."
Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever could not hold back his tears after seeing photos of Russian atrocities in Bucha and shared his personal story:
"I have quite a special bond with this country [Ukraine].
Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever could not hold back his tears after seeing photos of Russian atrocities in Bucha and shared his personal story:
"I have quite a special bond with this country [Ukraine].
April 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"It's really hard looking at these photos, it really is."
Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever could not hold back his tears after seeing photos of Russian atrocities in Bucha and shared his personal story:
"I have quite a special bond with this country [Ukraine].
Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever could not hold back his tears after seeing photos of Russian atrocities in Bucha and shared his personal story:
"I have quite a special bond with this country [Ukraine].
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This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.
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"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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This outlandishness is to distract us from the fact that his Secretary of Defense was caught violating The Espionage Act by sharing military secrets with a journalist (and god knows who else).
Don't let it work.
Don't let it work.
Trump: People are asking me to run for a third term. They say there’s a way you can do it
(This is against the Constitution)
(This is against the Constitution)
March 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This outlandishness is to distract us from the fact that his Secretary of Defense was caught violating The Espionage Act by sharing military secrets with a journalist (and god knows who else).
Don't let it work.
Don't let it work.
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This keeps getting worse and worse.
April 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This keeps getting worse and worse.
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Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
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“Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately barred from running for public office for five years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
Marine Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling
The sentence made the far-right leader ineligible for five years, excluding her from the 2027 election unless she can secure a more favorable outcome on appeal.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately barred from running for public office for five years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
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I don’t believe in Hell, but these motherfuckers should rot in it.
This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'
www.pressherald.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I don’t believe in Hell, but these motherfuckers should rot in it.
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“Musk’s group took credit for the cancellation of a $1.9b Treasury Department contract... But it had actually been canceled in November, when President Biden was in office.”
DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Musk’s group took credit for the cancellation of a $1.9b Treasury Department contract... But it had actually been canceled in November, when President Biden was in office.”
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Trump says he’s moving forward on a crypto reserve, calling out Ripple, Cardano, and Solana by name. It’s unclear why he didn’t mention bitcoin, which is the obvious favorite.
March 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trump says he’s moving forward on a crypto reserve, calling out Ripple, Cardano, and Solana by name. It’s unclear why he didn’t mention bitcoin, which is the obvious favorite.
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Stay afraid, sleaze.
March 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Stay afraid, sleaze.
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Nikolay Patrushev: To achieve success in the election, Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations....he will be obliged to fulfill them.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Nikolay Patrushev: To achieve success in the election, Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations....he will be obliged to fulfill them.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
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"In his first month, Donald Trump is yanking the rug out from under open, honest government and signaling a complete reversal to a time of rank corruption. There may be no historical analogue to the level of corruption Trump is inaugurating."
Trump 2.0: Open for Corruption
Firing watchdogs, rolling back reforms, and using government to reward friends and punish opponents.
www.thebulwark.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"In his first month, Donald Trump is yanking the rug out from under open, honest government and signaling a complete reversal to a time of rank corruption. There may be no historical analogue to the level of corruption Trump is inaugurating."