Karen W
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Advocate for knowledge, kindness, and personal responsibility.
The U.S. Dept of State annually releases human rights reports that, among other things, are an important source of information for asylum applications. Those reports changed radically this year in a way that denies facts and long-standing American values. www.techdirt.com/2025/08/25/s...
State Dept. Guts Human Rights Reporting, Removing Anything The Administration Doesn’t Think Violates Human Rights
Not content to rewrite American history to better serve white people, the Trump administration is now rewriting world history on the fly by recasting terminal human rights violators as “not a…
www.techdirt.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The U.S. Dept of State annually releases human rights reports that, among other things, are an important source of information for asylum applications. Those reports changed radically this year in a way that denies facts and long-standing American values. www.techdirt.com/2025/08/25/s...
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Good read. Keep it going.
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
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April 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Good read. Keep it going.
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April 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
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I want to share with you three rules for fighting tyrannical fear and intimidation, gleaned from discussions I’ve had with a number of people who have lived in repressive regimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-fear-and-intimidation
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I want to share with you three rules for fighting tyrannical fear and intimidation, gleaned from discussions I’ve had with a number of people who have lived in repressive regimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-fear-and-intimidation
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EXCLUSIVE: This just happened onstage in front of 6,000 Bostonians at the Dropkick Murphys concert. "This is America, no kings here!" @dropkickmurphys.com nails it again!!
March 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
EXCLUSIVE: This just happened onstage in front of 6,000 Bostonians at the Dropkick Murphys concert. "This is America, no kings here!" @dropkickmurphys.com nails it again!!
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
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Proud to join almost 1,000 other DOJ alumni supporting those who are standing up for the non-partisan administration of law. The oath we all took is to uphold the Constitution, not to advance a president’s political agenda.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Proud to join almost 1,000 other DOJ alumni supporting those who are standing up for the non-partisan administration of law. The oath we all took is to uphold the Constitution, not to advance a president’s political agenda.
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I’ve been working on an article about how to save spoons on social media & include disabled people in resistance
My spoon deficit was high so I decided to wait & publish tomorrow
My exhausted brain hit send instead of save 🤦♀️
I’m taking my own advice & logging off until my cutlery is replenished!
My spoon deficit was high so I decided to wait & publish tomorrow
My exhausted brain hit send instead of save 🤦♀️
I’m taking my own advice & logging off until my cutlery is replenished!
Spoon Saving Social Media Tips and How to Resist Online
The current political landscape is having a devastating impact on the health of those within the disability community. A look at how we can save spoons and leverage our unique powers to resist.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I’ve been working on an article about how to save spoons on social media & include disabled people in resistance
My spoon deficit was high so I decided to wait & publish tomorrow
My exhausted brain hit send instead of save 🤦♀️
I’m taking my own advice & logging off until my cutlery is replenished!
My spoon deficit was high so I decided to wait & publish tomorrow
My exhausted brain hit send instead of save 🤦♀️
I’m taking my own advice & logging off until my cutlery is replenished!
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
It seems a timely reminder that our government has three branches (Constitutionally-defined!) youtu.be/tEPd98CbbMk?...
SchoolHouse Rock Three Ring Government
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February 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It seems a timely reminder that our government has three branches (Constitutionally-defined!) youtu.be/tEPd98CbbMk?...
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An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
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February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
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Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues:
- Develop new cancer treatments for kids
- Are curing sickle cell disease
- Build new tech to help premature babies survive
- Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose
- And more
#NIH #MedSky #research #science
- Develop new cancer treatments for kids
- Are curing sickle cell disease
- Build new tech to help premature babies survive
- Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose
- And more
#NIH #MedSky #research #science
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
The Jan. 6 pardons were atrocious. Firing those involved in the investigations and prosecutions is even worse.
My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.
February 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Jan. 6 pardons were atrocious. Firing those involved in the investigations and prosecutions is even worse.
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BREAKING WAPO:
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. attorney fires more than 2 dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors in D.C.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BREAKING WAPO:
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.