Karen Rizman
@karmala48.bsky.social
Retired Sponsored Programs Officer, Harvard University
This is pure evil and cruel beyond words. Trump and his administration are all guilty of crimes against humanity.
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is pure evil and cruel beyond words. Trump and his administration are all guilty of crimes against humanity.
He knows full well that peaceful protesting is not "another crime." This is why Scalise is a coward and supports MAGA. My snarky comment: I bet he went to church this morning to make himself feel like a Christian.
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
He knows full well that peaceful protesting is not "another crime." This is why Scalise is a coward and supports MAGA. My snarky comment: I bet he went to church this morning to make himself feel like a Christian.
The corruption in this government knows no bounds. There are many of us who support you, Senator Kelly, and thank you for your service. Stay strong and do whatever you must to fight against this regime. History will remember this administration with the disdain it deserves.
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The corruption in this government knows no bounds. There are many of us who support you, Senator Kelly, and thank you for your service. Stay strong and do whatever you must to fight against this regime. History will remember this administration with the disdain it deserves.
I keep thinking of Justice Ketanji Brown's dissent in the Trump immunity decision case: “The court … declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can (under circumstances yet to be fully determined) become a law unto himself.”
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I keep thinking of Justice Ketanji Brown's dissent in the Trump immunity decision case: “The court … declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can (under circumstances yet to be fully determined) become a law unto himself.”
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January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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And don’t forget a resurgence measles…
December 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And don’t forget a resurgence measles…
I look forward to your Letters every day. This one is especially poignant and meaningful. Thank you.
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I look forward to your Letters every day. This one is especially poignant and meaningful. Thank you.
Norm, that was me last week. I know exactly how you feel...the woeful ups and downs of Wordle! Getting back in the groove the past few days.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Norm, that was me last week. I know exactly how you feel...the woeful ups and downs of Wordle! Getting back in the groove the past few days.
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I totally blew it on this one. Feeling very humble ❤️
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December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I totally blew it on this one. Feeling very humble ❤️
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Still mesmerized by the Ravi Shankar opening track.
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Still mesmerized by the Ravi Shankar opening track.
It's not making our communities safer. And we all know it could happen to any one of us. It wasn't enough to pepper spray her in the face, he had to go one step further and push her to the ground when she couldn't see what was happening.
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's not making our communities safer. And we all know it could happen to any one of us. It wasn't enough to pepper spray her in the face, he had to go one step further and push her to the ground when she couldn't see what was happening.
There is nothing “morally sound” about the MAGA/Republican party, full stop.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There is nothing “morally sound” about the MAGA/Republican party, full stop.
Ha! For today’s fresh hell, this new “no plan” health insurance has been 10 years in the making. What a great replacement for the ACA…surely the House & Senate will act with due diligence to pass it, right? Or, maybe an EO will be the way to go.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ha! For today’s fresh hell, this new “no plan” health insurance has been 10 years in the making. What a great replacement for the ACA…surely the House & Senate will act with due diligence to pass it, right? Or, maybe an EO will be the way to go.
Justice KBJ's courage, strength, grace, and intellect are to be admired and applauded. As a legal scholar, she runs rings around her Republican appointed peers. My prayer is that she will become the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Justice KBJ's courage, strength, grace, and intellect are to be admired and applauded. As a legal scholar, she runs rings around her Republican appointed peers. My prayer is that she will become the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Please do not stop talking, George!
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please do not stop talking, George!
Every day is a new WTF experience 🤬
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Every day is a new WTF experience 🤬
Summertime (Live (1958/Chicago))
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November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Unfortunately, this does not resonate with Republican lawmakers or ICE. The cruelty of zip tying unclothed children and removing them from their homes at nighttime, simply because they are not white, is sickening and inhumane. Which American value does this uphold?
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Unfortunately, this does not resonate with Republican lawmakers or ICE. The cruelty of zip tying unclothed children and removing them from their homes at nighttime, simply because they are not white, is sickening and inhumane. Which American value does this uphold?
Early trials of gassing groups of people were done in mobile vans packed with people defined as mentally deficient.
September 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Early trials of gassing groups of people were done in mobile vans packed with people defined as mentally deficient.
That is exactly how the Nazis began testing methods of extermination prior to building gas chambers for the mass killing of Jews and other groups considered undesirable to perpetuate the master race. Frightening and despicable.
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
That is exactly how the Nazis began testing methods of extermination prior to building gas chambers for the mass killing of Jews and other groups considered undesirable to perpetuate the master race. Frightening and despicable.