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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Oct 2

Done.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Oct 1

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Oct 1

My September reads! I forgot to add that. 🙂

Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Oct 1

Another month where disappearing into a book was a necessary coping mechanism! Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice by David S. Tatel might have been my favorite, and not just because of the dog. 🐕 ❤️

#booksky #books #ilovetoread

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 25

Same!

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 20

And 4th estate.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 18

CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance.

Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna.

See how this works?

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 18

I may not be able to do much, but I did cancel my Disney+ subscription.

#JimmyKimmel #abc

Screenshot of Disney cancellation with this reason in other: I'm cancelling because ABC cancelled Jimmy Kimmel Live after Kimmel made an observation the current administration didn’t like. That’s not entertainment — that’s censorship. When you silence voices over political disagreement, you show blatant disregard for the First Amendment. I won’t support a company that turns its back on one of our most fundamental constitutional rights.

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 7

Exactly! Thanks @warnock.senate.gov

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 6

This part.

Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Don’t let him in” is on my list!

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow, August went by in a flash! Read/listened to some great ones! Also had a couple of DNFs, which is always disappointing, especially when it's from a favorite author.

#booksky #books

Book covers for Heartwood (Illustration of face with forest background), Don't Open Your Eyes (photo of a face looking like it's breaking through the book), None of this is true (illustration of mirror images of a town), I who never have known men (illustration of ladder into a bunker), King of Ashes (Illustration of a fire), Strangers on a Train (Illustration of a styliszed train), Confident Women (Illustrations of women in disguise), The post man always rings twice (illustration of man and woman embracing).

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Sep 4

Frankly, I have seen enough.

Secretary Kennedy should be fired immediately.

He's destroying the agency responsible for keeping diseases (like measles and Ebola) under control. This is deadly serious.

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks! 😊

Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Sep 1

Halfway through the 30-day writing challenge with
@strayrhetorist.bsky.social & @heatherwerner.bsky.social
I've missed one day, and my total word count isn't impressive, but I'm chugging along!

#amwriting #writingcommunity

Bluesky

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Aug 20

Day 5 of a 30-day writing challenge with @strayrhetorist.bsky.social & @heatherwerner.bsky.social Writing on a family vacation is challenging! I managed to get in a few words before everyone got up.

#amwriting #writingcommunity

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Aug 1

July books! I continue my trend to listen to more books than I'm reading. I also had a few DFNs last month. Anyone else struggling to finish books?

#booksky #books

Covers for: Midnight in Soap Lake, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Crying in H Mart, The Ministry of Time, One of Our King, Fates and Furies, How to Lose Your Mother, The Long Weekend, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You.

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Jul 15

We’ve waited an hour before at the Champlain / Lacolle crossing getting back into the States. Last Monday, it was virtually empty.

Border crossing into US virtually empty. Cloudy sky. Champlain / Lacolle

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Jul 15

"When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary's duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it," she (Sotomayor) wrote.

www.newsweek.com/department-e...

#education #supremecourt #DOE

Sonia Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of rewarding Trump's "clear defiance"

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.

www.newsweek.com

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Jul 13

That’s a hard call. If that happens then we won’t have anyone left on the inside with a conscience. I don’t know what the answer is, but having good people leave seems like it will only make things worse. But I understand how terrible it must be to work there.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Jul 8

This is what it means to serve and protect.

op: anthonyhall_chicago (via IG)

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Jul 3

Survived another month with books! I listened to way more than I read.
#booksky #books

Book covers for Vantage Point, The Wedding People, The Book of Alchemy, Revenge of the Tipping Point, You Are Not Alone, Defending Jacob, The Salt Path, The Tenant, My Nest Breath

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Kara Thurmond @karathurmond.bsky.social · Jul 1

So sorry, I know how hard this is. 😞

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