Robert Karsten
@rwkar.bsky.social
Former chemist, financial planner, politician, and current amateur house designer.
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“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.”
Now Trump set him free.
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Now Trump set him free.
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.”
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Dusk is Falling/ Almost Home.
Marie Elle.
Marie Elle.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dusk is Falling/ Almost Home.
Marie Elle.
Marie Elle.
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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Secondly, the Constitution needs to be amended. The pardon power, the president as the commander & chief of the military, and theories about the unitary executive being able to do whatever he wants with funds already committed by acts of Congress was always a Pandora's Box ready to unleash hell
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Secondly, the Constitution needs to be amended. The pardon power, the president as the commander & chief of the military, and theories about the unitary executive being able to do whatever he wants with funds already committed by acts of Congress was always a Pandora's Box ready to unleash hell
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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I think it's irresponsible to diligently (attempt to) translate what Trump says
rather than succinctly identify it as incoherent speech.
rather than succinctly identify it as incoherent speech.
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I think it's irresponsible to diligently (attempt to) translate what Trump says
rather than succinctly identify it as incoherent speech.
rather than succinctly identify it as incoherent speech.
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
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Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
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Trump 'wiped away' programs that may have stopped alleged DC shooter: expert
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Trump 'wiped away' programs that would have stopped alleged DC shooter: expert
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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump 'wiped away' programs that may have stopped alleged DC shooter: expert
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The Top 10 Turkeys of 2025
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The Top 10 Turkeys of 2025
Honoring the top turkeys of this year, I present a thoroughly incomplete list of the worst of the worst during the first 11 months of 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Top 10 Turkeys of 2025
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
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Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
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Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video
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November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Lisa Gonzalez: Generations of War and Bigotry dianeravitch.net/2025/11/25/l...
Lisa Gonzalez: Generations of War and Bigotry
I discovered Lisa Gonzalez’s blog on Substack recently. It is called “Eleanor’s Squad.” I read this post, which originally appeared on November 11, Memorial Day, as a tribut…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lisa Gonzalez: Generations of War and Bigotry dianeravitch.net/2025/11/25/l...
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
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DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
Democrats will have to repair the damage
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
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"We're pro-affordability, but we're going to raise tariffs on you. We're pro-affordability, but we're going to undermine the Fed, which is going to potentially cause inflation. We're pro-affordability, but... we're going to rip the American health insurance system up."
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"We're pro-affordability, but we're going to raise tariffs on you. We're pro-affordability, but we're going to undermine the Fed, which is going to potentially cause inflation. We're pro-affordability, but... we're going to rip the American health insurance system up."
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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If there's another pandemic during a Trump presidency, the death toll may well end up being in the tens of millions
You will lose friends and neighbors who didn't have to die but did die purely because some incredibly mediocre, juvenile, largely uneducated dickwads wanted to play at being Big Men
You will lose friends and neighbors who didn't have to die but did die purely because some incredibly mediocre, juvenile, largely uneducated dickwads wanted to play at being Big Men
Breaking News: The CDC quietly appointed Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who has been critical of vaccines, as its second in command. During the Covid pandemic, he promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If there's another pandemic during a Trump presidency, the death toll may well end up being in the tens of millions
You will lose friends and neighbors who didn't have to die but did die purely because some incredibly mediocre, juvenile, largely uneducated dickwads wanted to play at being Big Men
You will lose friends and neighbors who didn't have to die but did die purely because some incredibly mediocre, juvenile, largely uneducated dickwads wanted to play at being Big Men
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Horrific. Being done with our tax dollars and in our name.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Horrific. Being done with our tax dollars and in our name.
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