karenwootton.bsky.social
@karenwootton.bsky.social
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small town lawyer, Mom; quixotic about democracy and other things; fan of civil discourse;
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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 12h
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d
More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys
Homeland Security @DHSgov We're having an All Night Revival Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row 14:30 07 Oct 25 2.1M Views 5 Reposts 940 Quotes 42.2K 2,584 Bookmarks
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 11h
Smugness the obvious qualification.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h
When is the round table on the tooth fairy?
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h
It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12h
"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social
The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h
🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h
Michigan Avenue right now.
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 12h
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h
McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h
Doing crowd work from notes. Pitiful
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 23h
Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.
Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing
The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 19h
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 20h
Great for the wealthy . . . until there's no food supply to buy?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h
I was working an entire essay on this very notion this summer and this is reminding me I should pick it back up. TL;DR - every price is someone else's income and whether prices going down on something is "good" depends a whole lot on what you do for a living.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h
ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d
BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
www.choosechicago.com
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Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 1d
Those dangerous antifa terrorists armed with *checks notes* pajamas and doughnuts.

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About two dozen people in pajamas gathered with coffee and pastries outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland on Sunday morning, Oct. 5, 2025, for the Portl...
About two dozen people in pajamas gathered with coffee and pastries outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland on Sunday morning, Oct. 5, 2025, for the Portl...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d
Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 21h
Weird how that didn’t make the cut.
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 21h
Of course . . . how much $$ is the question.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 23h
The Trump admin is might remove anti-corruption #sanctions on mining magnate Dan Gertler, write John Prendergast and Sasha Lezhnev.

The authors say the move would significantly undermine U.S. efforts to broker peace in the DRC and access critical minerals:

www.justsecurity.org/122097/drc-p...
U.S. Sanctions Removal on Mining Magnate Would Set Back Peace and Investment in DR Congo
The U.S. can help end looting, smuggling, and violent extraction of raw materials from the DRC and provide a better footing for peace.
www.justsecurity.org
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 21h
Agree; and see "The Politics Industry" and Tim Miller's "Why We Did It" for more!
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Boboloca @boboloca.bsky.social · 21h
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 21h
Trump admitted he deserves to go to hell?!?
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Michele ✌️💙 @damitman.bsky.social · 21h
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Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Q as Bondi Stonewalls Senate | The Daily Show
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 1d
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 1d
"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
It's a well-established global phenomenon: secret police organizations always recruit losers, mediocrities, people who can't succeed in a competitive environment, whether bureaucratic, academic or commercial. These are people who will follow orders and engage in depraved, violent conduct when asked.
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 1d
People are still missing . . .
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
thank you brett kavanaugh!
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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