Not THAT Karen
@punakfa.bsky.social
Artist, Nerd, IATSE local 665 scenic. Former HI state house candidate (G) on a lifelong roller coaster of being involved in politics. Needing community.
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@punakfa.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Can’t we even TRY to tell people that the FIRST AMENDMENT APPLIES TO GOVERNMENT, not private businesses.
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Bondi is criminally insane
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Bondi is criminally insane
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Trump's first year in office brought the smallest growth in U.S. jobs since 2013, outside of the 2020 pandemic. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/january...
January Jobs Report Shows Trump Is Failing On Campaign Promises to Blue Collar Workers
After the first full year of President Donald Trump’s economic policies, which...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Trump's first year in office brought the smallest growth in U.S. jobs since 2013, outside of the 2020 pandemic. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/january...
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Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over
An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 jour
www.avclub.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
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At the end of every question, Pam Bondi reads from her little oppo binder to get one last dig in against every Democrat. She came prepared not to discuss the facts surrounding the Epsteinfiles but rather to deflect the attention onto Congressional Dems.
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
At the end of every question, Pam Bondi reads from her little oppo binder to get one last dig in against every Democrat. She came prepared not to discuss the facts surrounding the Epsteinfiles but rather to deflect the attention onto Congressional Dems.
Except maybe raiding a reporter’s home.
Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is "arguably the most blatant press freedom violation of this century, and maybe the last century as well," FPF's Seth Stern said.
Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social: view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/177...
Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social: view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/177...
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Except maybe raiding a reporter’s home.
Won’t even acknowledge their presence. Lying pedo protector.
Notice that Bondi doesn’t turn around.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Won’t even acknowledge their presence. Lying pedo protector.
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Today's Reliable Sources lead >>>
Newest free speech fight: Trump DOJ's failed attempt to indict Dems cnn.it/4tqYlpf
Newest free speech fight: Trump DOJ's failed attempt to indict Dems cnn.it/4tqYlpf
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today's Reliable Sources lead >>>
Newest free speech fight: Trump DOJ's failed attempt to indict Dems cnn.it/4tqYlpf
Newest free speech fight: Trump DOJ's failed attempt to indict Dems cnn.it/4tqYlpf
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
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HAPPENING NOW: Democracy Docket’s @yuniorarivas.bsky.social is watching the House debate on the Trump-backed SAVE America Act — a measure that could disenfranchise millions if enacted.
Follow below for real-time updates👇
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Follow below for real-time updates👇
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
LIVE: The U.S. House is debating the SAVE America Act — a GOP-backed bill that would:
• Require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register
• Impose strict photo ID requirements for in-person and absentee voting
• Mandate ongoing voter roll checks using DHS databases
@democracydocket.com
• Require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register
• Impose strict photo ID requirements for in-person and absentee voting
• Mandate ongoing voter roll checks using DHS databases
@democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Democracy Docket’s @yuniorarivas.bsky.social is watching the House debate on the Trump-backed SAVE America Act — a measure that could disenfranchise millions if enacted.
Follow below for real-time updates👇
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Follow below for real-time updates👇
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
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This is it.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is it.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
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This was the moment where I felt physically ill. Bondi must go. She must go. This is shameful.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This was the moment where I felt physically ill. Bondi must go. She must go. This is shameful.
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Anybody who wants to help reject an ICE prison camp in their community, this has some concrete things you can do to get the project killed
Using Data for Good: A Crash Course
Our response to "What can I do?"
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Anybody who wants to help reject an ICE prison camp in their community, this has some concrete things you can do to get the project killed
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Billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner, the other predator named by Ava Cordero in *2007*, was identified as being in the redacted Epstein files in Congress today.
And one of the first survivors to step forward to try to stop Epstein? A trans woman, who was promptly mocked and villified by the New York Post, New York Magazine, the courts and law enforcement.
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner, the other predator named by Ava Cordero in *2007*, was identified as being in the redacted Epstein files in Congress today.
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
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The numbers speak for themselves
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The numbers speak for themselves
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If Section 230 dies, so will the web. That's not hyperbole. Name your favourite online service. It will close.
If you're in the US, call your congressperson and demand they vote against repealing Section 230.
Oh and don't fall for the "protecting the kids" rubbish. It's NOT about that. At all.
If you're in the US, call your congressperson and demand they vote against repealing Section 230.
Oh and don't fall for the "protecting the kids" rubbish. It's NOT about that. At all.
THE FIRST EPISODE OF MY SECTION 230 MINI SERIES IS HERE!!!!! Learn about what the law does, what it actually says, how it works, and who it REALLY protects
They Are Trying To Kill The Internet
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
If Section 230 dies, so will the web. That's not hyperbole. Name your favourite online service. It will close.
If you're in the US, call your congressperson and demand they vote against repealing Section 230.
Oh and don't fall for the "protecting the kids" rubbish. It's NOT about that. At all.
If you're in the US, call your congressperson and demand they vote against repealing Section 230.
Oh and don't fall for the "protecting the kids" rubbish. It's NOT about that. At all.
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The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote. Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/2EpurQwZ
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/2EpurQwZ
Contact Your MOC
social.demcast.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote. Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/2EpurQwZ
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/2EpurQwZ
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This is that "red line" we heard so much about at the outset of Trump's second term.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
How ICE defies judges’ orders to release detainees, step by step
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This is that "red line" we heard so much about at the outset of Trump's second term.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Leslie Wexner, former CEO of Victoria's Secret, was the other man named by Ava Cordero as her rapist and abuser alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, only to be mocked and degraded and dismissed as crazy because she's trans.
For all the WHO ARE THE NAMES people in the comments: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live
Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Leslie Wexner, former CEO of Victoria's Secret, was the other man named by Ava Cordero as her rapist and abuser alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, only to be mocked and degraded and dismissed as crazy because she's trans.
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Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
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From the owner of the paper
The NYT says Democratic proposals for reforming ICE are “facing blowback.”
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
From the owner of the paper
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A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.