Karen Arbuthnot
@tiger-red.bsky.social
Wife | Mom | Grandma | Retired Civil Servant | ❤️Golden Retrievers 🦮 Gardening 🌷Travel 🛫 Photography 📷 | Never Trumper 💙
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Trump is mobilizing the National Guard against Americans in DC to distract you his administration's massive Epstein Files cover-up.
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump is mobilizing the National Guard against Americans in DC to distract you his administration's massive Epstein Files cover-up.
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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Since Trump began spreading this lie—particularly via the infamously doctored chart he was showing to his fans when the incident in Butler happened—we've seen Trump aide after Trump aide make bizarre statements suggesting that Biden was president in 2020.
I am done believing these are coincidences.
I am done believing these are coincidences.
July 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Since Trump began spreading this lie—particularly via the infamously doctored chart he was showing to his fans when the incident in Butler happened—we've seen Trump aide after Trump aide make bizarre statements suggesting that Biden was president in 2020.
I am done believing these are coincidences.
I am done believing these are coincidences.
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“One Big Beautiful Bill”?
Try one big, bold-faced lie.
They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise.
$2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what?
Tax cuts for the rich.
Try one big, bold-faced lie.
They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise.
$2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what?
Tax cuts for the rich.
https://abcnews.link/fpgSJAo
t.co
June 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“One Big Beautiful Bill”?
Try one big, bold-faced lie.
They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise.
$2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what?
Tax cuts for the rich.
Try one big, bold-faced lie.
They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise.
$2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what?
Tax cuts for the rich.
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“Credit scores are plunging for millions now that the Trump administration has resumed collection on defaulted student-loan payments.”
May 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“Credit scores are plunging for millions now that the Trump administration has resumed collection on defaulted student-loan payments.”
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Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.
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NEW: Hegseth had at least a DOZEN signal chats going, set up using an unsecured "dirty" line on his private phone from his Pentagon office. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Used Multiple Signal Chats for Official Pentagon Business
In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, people familiar with his management practices said.
www.wsj.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
NEW: Hegseth had at least a DOZEN signal chats going, set up using an unsecured "dirty" line on his private phone from his Pentagon office. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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No apologies necessary.
Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No apologies necessary.
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BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer
The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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DOGE is actually INCREASING the deficit.
It has cut only a small fraction of what it’s claimed to cut.
And it’s cutting the IRS and CFPB — both of which GAIN revenue for the government.
So DOGE is a money loser — except for Elon Musk, who profits off fat government contracts.
It has cut only a small fraction of what it’s claimed to cut.
And it’s cutting the IRS and CFPB — both of which GAIN revenue for the government.
So DOGE is a money loser — except for Elon Musk, who profits off fat government contracts.
March 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
DOGE is actually INCREASING the deficit.
It has cut only a small fraction of what it’s claimed to cut.
And it’s cutting the IRS and CFPB — both of which GAIN revenue for the government.
So DOGE is a money loser — except for Elon Musk, who profits off fat government contracts.
It has cut only a small fraction of what it’s claimed to cut.
And it’s cutting the IRS and CFPB — both of which GAIN revenue for the government.
So DOGE is a money loser — except for Elon Musk, who profits off fat government contracts.
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are administered, a move that will be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are administered, a move that will be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It
From Marc | In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration, the government has not won one on the merits.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
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Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.
February 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.
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Imagine if a CEO came into a new business and immediately suspended all payments to all suppliers and service providers, canceled contracts with clients and fired half the staff. Those aren’t the actions of a company steward they’re the actions of a corporate raider stripping the company for parts.
January 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Imagine if a CEO came into a new business and immediately suspended all payments to all suppliers and service providers, canceled contracts with clients and fired half the staff. Those aren’t the actions of a company steward they’re the actions of a corporate raider stripping the company for parts.
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DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.
January 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.
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Because who cares about the elderly on fixed incomes and the disabled?
Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Because who cares about the elderly on fixed incomes and the disabled?