Karen FM
@hidefkaren.bsky.social
Mom (👧🏽,🐈⬛,🐶), JD-trained-buractivist-for-work, DEIB @fourstrandscp.bsky.social, #RCV fan, 1st time house-builder (NEVER again), future farmer @ mvhleavenworth.com, gratefully Black Washingtonian & occasional blogger at karenfrancismcwhite.com
Today is Human Rights Day.
Explore this infographic & ask:
Is it better to build & sustain a world with universal human rights or is it better to grow a weed bed of oligarchs, autocrats, and billionaires who suppress these rights to advance their gluttonous bottom lines & their perverse cruelties?
Explore this infographic & ask:
Is it better to build & sustain a world with universal human rights or is it better to grow a weed bed of oligarchs, autocrats, and billionaires who suppress these rights to advance their gluttonous bottom lines & their perverse cruelties?
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is Human Rights Day.
Explore this infographic & ask:
Is it better to build & sustain a world with universal human rights or is it better to grow a weed bed of oligarchs, autocrats, and billionaires who suppress these rights to advance their gluttonous bottom lines & their perverse cruelties?
Explore this infographic & ask:
Is it better to build & sustain a world with universal human rights or is it better to grow a weed bed of oligarchs, autocrats, and billionaires who suppress these rights to advance their gluttonous bottom lines & their perverse cruelties?
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Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
Ugh. The MAGA 6 in Roberts’ Court just keep doubling down on their white supremacist BS.
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SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 12/06/2025 · 1h 2m
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December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Ugh. The MAGA 6 in Roberts’ Court just keep doubling down on their white supremacist BS.
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Though this aired in April, I finally had the time to listen to it today. And honestly, it was right on time.
What stage of defiance are you at w/this racist, christofascist regime? This convo & related book may help you track & advance your resistance.
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What stage of defiance are you at w/this racist, christofascist regime? This convo & related book may help you track & advance your resistance.
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The Five Stages of Defiance with Dr. Sunita Sah
Podcast Episode · How to Survive the End of the World · 04/18/2025 · 1h 16m
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December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Though this aired in April, I finally had the time to listen to it today. And honestly, it was right on time.
What stage of defiance are you at w/this racist, christofascist regime? This convo & related book may help you track & advance your resistance.
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What stage of defiance are you at w/this racist, christofascist regime? This convo & related book may help you track & advance your resistance.
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I’m gonna need to listen to this again & really sit w/the 3 analyses. I had never considered that FDR & the New Deal would’ve felt like a constitutional regime change 4 conservatives since he won w/a super majority. FOTUS lacks the mandate but digs the playbook.
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The Three Faces Of Trumpism
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/29/2025 · 51m
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November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’m gonna need to listen to this again & really sit w/the 3 analyses. I had never considered that FDR & the New Deal would’ve felt like a constitutional regime change 4 conservatives since he won w/a super majority. FOTUS lacks the mandate but digs the playbook.
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Well done so far (on episode 2 tonight) and I appreciate the attention to the role Indigenous and African American soldiers played in the Revolution.
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The American Revolution | All Episodes Now Streaming | Ken Burns | PBS
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States. Stream the full documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Well done so far (on episode 2 tonight) and I appreciate the attention to the role Indigenous and African American soldiers played in the Revolution.
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Shop local. Play outside.
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Shop local. Play outside.
So true
H/T @nhannahjones.bsky.social
H/T @nhannahjones.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So true
H/T @nhannahjones.bsky.social
H/T @nhannahjones.bsky.social
This episode of Amicus features conversations w/the federal judge who retired in order to speak out, & the CA Attorney General. The conversations clarify the nature of the FOTUS Administration’s assault on the rule of law.
I highly recommend giving it a listen.
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I highly recommend giving it a listen.
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He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/15/2025 · 1h 16m
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November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This episode of Amicus features conversations w/the federal judge who retired in order to speak out, & the CA Attorney General. The conversations clarify the nature of the FOTUS Administration’s assault on the rule of law.
I highly recommend giving it a listen.
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I highly recommend giving it a listen.
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Another excellent and necessary listen, including interviews with a retired federal judge, an entrepreneur suing to challenge the FOTUS tariff shenanigans, and a thoughtful reflection on Civics à la an 8th Grader!
#giveitalisten
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#giveitalisten
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The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/01/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another excellent and necessary listen, including interviews with a retired federal judge, an entrepreneur suing to challenge the FOTUS tariff shenanigans, and a thoughtful reflection on Civics à la an 8th Grader!
#giveitalisten
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#giveitalisten
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The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.
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No matter what they do, it will not detract us: release the Epstein files, fund SNAP, and don’t raise the cost of our health insurance
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November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
No matter what they do, it will not detract us: release the Epstein files, fund SNAP, and don’t raise the cost of our health insurance
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Republicans Continue To Be Oath Breakers….
This is not a “government shutdown”. It is a coup. Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the US House of Representatives and handed the power of the purse over to the executive branch. What are we doing about it?
This is not a “government shutdown”. It is a coup. Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the US House of Representatives and handed the power of the purse over to the executive branch. What are we doing about it?
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Republicans Continue To Be Oath Breakers….
This is not a “government shutdown”. It is a coup. Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the US House of Representatives and handed the power of the purse over to the executive branch. What are we doing about it?
This is not a “government shutdown”. It is a coup. Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the US House of Representatives and handed the power of the purse over to the executive branch. What are we doing about it?
Ohhh to be a fly on the White House wall this morning.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ohhh to be a fly on the White House wall this morning.
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I would just like to ask the Republican Party to please put Stephen Miller in front cameras as much as possible from now until the midterms because he is such a likable & charismatic person with so many amazing & popular ideas for people who aren’t white Christian nationalists.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I would just like to ask the Republican Party to please put Stephen Miller in front cameras as much as possible from now until the midterms because he is such a likable & charismatic person with so many amazing & popular ideas for people who aren’t white Christian nationalists.
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A deeply insecure unqualified child is in charge of our military because Trump thought he looked like “central casting” when he saw him on Fox, and he knew he is a weak minded fool who will eagerly cater to all Trump’s worst ideas and impulses.
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A deeply insecure unqualified child is in charge of our military because Trump thought he looked like “central casting” when he saw him on Fox, and he knew he is a weak minded fool who will eagerly cater to all Trump’s worst ideas and impulses.
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In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.
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Neighbors helping neighbors. Family helping family. Food & money donations. Sharing what we have with others. All of these are good things.
But these "heartwarming" stories don't change the fact that Republicans and this lawless administration COULD FIX THIS AND WON'T.
But these "heartwarming" stories don't change the fact that Republicans and this lawless administration COULD FIX THIS AND WON'T.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Neighbors helping neighbors. Family helping family. Food & money donations. Sharing what we have with others. All of these are good things.
But these "heartwarming" stories don't change the fact that Republicans and this lawless administration COULD FIX THIS AND WON'T.
But these "heartwarming" stories don't change the fact that Republicans and this lawless administration COULD FIX THIS AND WON'T.
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What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.