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Karen Elder
@theklelder.bsky.social
Live in LA's Koreatown. Work in the Travel Industry. Stuck in traffic. She/Her
What the actual...?! Yet they will claim to be Christians. 👀
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Trump did this
The US Administration has decided to destroy a top network for clinical trials to test new treatments for children with brain cancer.

This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Where was Republican outrage here?
Oregon state Senate Republicans have staged walkouts on multiple occasions, most notably in 2019, 2020, and 2023, to block legislation on issues such as climate change, gun control, and abortion rights.

Good for the goose, good for the gander.
So #Texas Republicans are outraged at the quorum breaking Democrats?

Where was their outrage after Uvalde?
Where was their outrage after the electrical grid failure during the freeze?
Where is their outrage over the flooding disaster?
What hypocrisy!
August 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why did anyone need to be told? Didn't we all know that already? 😡
A judge ruled that LA police can't use nonlethal weapons against journalists or force them out of protest areas.

The Los Angeles Press Club sued the city's police department after officers allegedly used weapons against journalists while they were covering anti-ICE protests.
Judge rules Los Angeles police can't use nonlethal weapons against journalists
The Los Angeles Press Club sued the city's police department after officers allegedly used weapons against journalists while they were covering anti-ICE protets.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Rural hospitals across the U.S. say they're already being forced to consider tough choices — like cutting services for children or cancer patients — after Trump signed into law the GOP tax bill that included sweeping cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Rural hospitals brace for painful choices after Trump's Medicaid and Obamacare cuts
An estimated 17 million people could lose their health insurance, putting financial strain on hospitals.
www.nbcnews.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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“People will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so," House Speaker Mike Johnson said.

Several experts and organizations expose this for the lie that it is.
Mike Johnson and Russ Vought Continue to Lie About Medicaid Cuts
House Speaker Mike Johnson and OMB Director Russ Vought denied that people will lose Medicaid coverage under the Republican budget. Experts disagree.
www.rollingstone.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.
UVA Tried To Shut Down Its Historical Tours Discussing Slavery. These Students Resisted.
A conservative alumni group took issue with the discussion of difficult parts of UVA’s history.
www.teenvogue.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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TRUMP HAS NOW DEPORTED MULTIPLE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WITH CANCER

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state
www.aarp.org/travel/trave...
6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling
In some instances, government agents can search your digital devices legally after an international trip
www.aarp.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Still thinking about yesterday's #PaleyFest panel of #PokerFace. Such a wonderful show and the new season is going to be fantastic!
March 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions westvirginiawatch.com/2025/03/07/g...
GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions • West Virginia Watch
Conservative lawmakers have filed a new batch of bills that would grant legal rights to fetuses and fertilized embryos.
westvirginiawatch.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
While I enjoy @thetraitorsus.bsky.social, the misogyny at the round table in this finale is annoying. How dare she do exactly what he is doing?! 👀 Hold on while I clutch my pearls.
March 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Knowing your rights, exercising your rights, and informing others about their rights is not a crime. It’s a constitutional right.

These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️
How to Defend Immigrants Against the Most Common ICE Tactics
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information.
www.teenvogue.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Say again...?
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Talking to my dad today. The price for the diabetes medicine he takes has gone from $153 to $548. Per month. If he can't get something cheaper, he'll stop taking it. As will so many people. Are we great enough yet?
March 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
Trump administration plans mass firing at office that funds homelessness programs
Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.
How Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store
U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've been traveling and without much social media for the last week. Do I even want to know what I've missed?
February 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm traveling and trying, unsuccessfully, to limit checking for what fresh hell has been unleashed. There's been too much to process but this is frightening. I've never felt extreme concern about a flight before.
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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This is why you can’t conduct foreign policy in broad strokes.

Everything you do as the President has reverberating consequences.

This could allow another ISIS resurgence.
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Did not see this coming. 👀
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM