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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Wishing her a full and fast recovery ❤️‍🩹

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

The math is hard I know

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Who do we think benefits when literally everything is taken as an opportunity to knock Democrats

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1h

Seems like Democrats could find the same info and hire the people who put together videos like this. But they never seem to do so.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3h

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Smdh

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Good for this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump

www.nytimes.com

Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Aileen Cannon u up

Politico @politico.com · 1h

BREAKING: John Bolton is indicted for allegedly keeping and sharing classified information.

John Bolton is indicted for allegedly keeping and sharing classified information

The charges against Trump's former national security adviser come as the president has pressured DOJ to pursue criminal indictments of his political foes.

www.politico.com

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

My favorite wall Trump never built remains the one between his administration(s) and his business

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Eric Trump admits that Indonesian President Subianto was caught on a hot mic talking with his dad about Trump family business deals in Indonesia

(so much for the supposed firewall between Trump's business and the federal government ... )

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Tell Grandpa Wheel of Fortune is on

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Q: "You mentioned a $1,300 drug?"

Trump: "Ya, I was referring to Ozempic, or the fat loss drug."

Q: "Those are going to be $150 out of pocket?"

Trump: "They'll be much lower."

Dr. Oz, interjecting: "We have not negotiated those yet...Ozempic has not been negotiated yet."

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Amen

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1h

The only thing that Democratic voters in NY State should be focused on is getting our leaders to commit to eliminating each and every Republican House district in the State.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

🐓

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1h

lol Johnson backs out of debate with Jeffries. Says govt has to reopen first. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

thehill.com

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1h

Inarguable

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 4h

Mein-ding his own business

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 4h

Agree

Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 4h

Just a few hours ago The Takes were Why Was Trump So Much More Successful at Middle East Peace Than Biden

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump threatens American boots on the ground in Gaza to fight Hamas

If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 16h

Not reading the piece but “we need movement but not this one” sounds an awful lot like ”I’d vote for a woman president but not this one.” How‘d that work out (twice)?

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 16h

What is trusting the brain worm

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 23h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 19h

Hi don’t we have a Congress

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 20h

Also “overseas“ 🤔🤔

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

I mean that is one way of putting it

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

President Trump’s request to Israel's parliament to dismiss corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

Trump’s pardon request for Netanyahu marks shift from promoting U.S. values abroad

Trump has upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

One perhaps overlooked aspect about Epstein is this is what they are doing to the whole country now. The predation. The sadism. The glee.

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 1d

Read this. Especially the final paragraph to understand what Mike Johnson, Trump, Bondi and damned near every elected Republican are afraid of. Who they refuse to stand up for, and who they bow down to. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sensing a pattern 🤔

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

Feel like that whole insurrection is pretty strong evidence tho

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

I really miss Prince ☔️

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

A thing I want to say and then possibly take a nice long break from this website is I am very much old enough to remember “Nancy Pelosi will never impeach.”

Many of you are as well yet seem to have learned approximately nothing.

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Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 1d

Actually not sorry at all.

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