Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Angie Nixon's people-power campaign is getting ready to flip a Senate seat in Florida. Join us Thursday to meet her. We need your help to send this REAL Democratic fighter to DC. share.indvs.org/s/fxcPNu3P 010
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We demand Wilber has immediate access to his loved ones and his attorney (who are currently struggling to get access to him), AND a full independent investigation into what happened. We stand in solidarity with Wilber and the people of Texas. ICE OUT NOW. 010
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026GIFT article on Trump Republicans gunning to kill endangered animals. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/p...nytimes.comThe Trump Administration Defangs the Endangered Species Act (Gift Article)A new interpretation of the law would mean that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, would be illegal. 012
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So, it's okay to kill endangered animals now - no problem. I'm livid and crying at the same time. They LIED - again. They watered down the rule about "harm," got thousands of complaints they ignored, and then they chose to ignore their own rule. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...newsfromthestates.comTrump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered speciesThe Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public.Individual... 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Registered college kids today with #IndivisibleNOVAwest! 🔥It's National Voter Registration Day, and we're getting #VoteReady! If you’re not registered at all, get registered. And if you have any trouble or need more help, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay share.indvs.org/s/4bfOzCaGshare.indvs.orgCheck Your Voter Registration: Select Your State 011
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Trump and Congressional Republicans are the BEST!! ...... at BANKRUPTCY. DEBT. RIPOFFS. 🫡 NEWS NUGGET: U.S. debt topped $40 trillion for the first time. The Treasury Department said the total public debt outstanding reached $40.047 trillion Tuesday, more than double the level from a decade ago. 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026haveibeenflocked.comhaveibeenflocked.comHave I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit LogsHave police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate. 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.americanprogress.org/article/fact...americanprogress.orgFact Sheet: Costs of Iran WarThe Trump administration’s war in Iran has cost at least $1,200 per household. With no end in sight, American families are paying a price. 010
Reposted by Karen MortensenSolidarity Social @solidarity.social · 11/06/2026By popular demand, we are rolling up our sleeves to launch precinct-connect.us to go beyond tools for organizers. Precinct Connect is live in: GA, SC, NC, OH, IA & KS. Other states to follow soon. Let us know if a precinct lookup doesn't work. We are readying actions/campaigns. Connect Away!precinct-connect.usOrganize for an inclusive and accountable DemocracySet your precinct to chat with your precinct team, access a list of actions and campaigns and decide what to work on together — in your precinct or in precincts that need help. 67724
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How to keep messing up the Reflecting Pool while wasting millions - do it the Trump way. GIFT article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comSee the Reflecting Pool's Problems That Trump's Renovations May Not Fix (Gift Article)See the problems that have plagued the Lincoln Memorial pool for decades and why President Trump’s repairs might not fix them. 020
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026GIFT article www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comAre You Enjoying Your Girl Rights Yet?They’re like regular rights, just skimpier. 053
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026MAKE THIS GO VIRAL, PEOPLE! Top notch data analysis. You can't argue with it. Came directly from DHS. You can download the program that shows the data itself. From the source. GO. 034
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The vice president is scheduled to go to Hungary on Tuesday to campaign for the country’s authoritarian leader, Viktor Orban, a Kremlin-allied white nationalist who proclaims that Europeans “do not want to become peoples of mixed race.” - Dana Milbank, New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Much Humiliation Can Vance Take? 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I'm so proud of my Alma Mater St. Olaf College, having a focus on civic engagement. This is the future. wp.stolaf.edu/news/alyssa-...wp.stolaf.eduAlyssa Melby is inaugural director of the new Svoboda Center for Civic EngagementLaunched within the Buntrock Institute for Freedom and Community in fall of 2025, the Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement serves as a one-stop shop for civic engagement at St. Olaf College. Leading… 011
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 22/03/2026"In President Trump’s America, there may be only two genders, but our military adventures can identify however they please." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The more you've stolen through fraud, the more likely it is that Trump will pardon you. He relishes having criminals indebted to him; it's a ready pool of talent to draw on and encourages loyalty, vs following those inconvenient barriers to wealth called laws. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...nytimes.comTrump Vowed to Crack Down on Fraudsters, but He’s Pardoned Dozens 110
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I'm attending MoveOn's event, “[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...mobilize.us[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union · MoveOnAt the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and t... 000
Reposted by Karen MortensenRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... 26567022219
Reposted by Karen MortensenSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S. 228139033697
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Tell Congress to Demand HHS Restore & Protect Child Care Funding NOW action.momsrising.org/sign/tell-co...action.momsrising.orgTell Congress to Demand HHS Restore & Protect Child Care Funding NOWDear Member of Congress, We are alarmed by this Administration’s abrupt freezing of child care, TANF, and SSBG funding for 5 states (California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York) using unfo... 010
Reposted by Karen MortensenMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 31/01/2026If they want to speak about a war, the rules of war apply www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...wired.comICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers KilledWIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere. 417043
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 31/01/2026redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/va-co...redwineblue.controlshift.appConstitutional Amendment Series: Redistricting in VAVirginia is going to be busy in the voting booths this year! VA state representatives have approved a constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to redraw VA’s federal congressional distri... 011
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Twin Cities news from the St. Paul Pioneer Press - Federal Judge orders lawful refugees to be flown back to Minnesota, released. 🎉 And another federal judge says ICE has violated nearly 100 court orders - more in January alone than some agencies have violated in their entire existence. 😡 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 29/01/2026GIFT article - Do not be fooled into thinking that Trump and MAGA have had a change of heart following the feds' murder of Alex Pretti. This is nothing more than a "tactical retreat," as David French explains in this New York Times opinion piece.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Lies Have a Purpose 021
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 28/01/2026New Yorker Cartoon - Dystopian Conditions Ahead: Use Caution. Artist: Matt Reuter 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I used to think it wasn't helpful to call it fascism; people would think I was crying wolf, exaggerating, living in a liberal bubble. But now? Now it's time. What must it feel like to be a MAGA disciple now? When do they start questioning the state narrative? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comYes, It’s FascismUntil recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. 163
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 15/01/2026CALL TO ACTION - Mpls is a warning! There's a January 30 DEADLINE to pass a new budget for the abusive DHS (ICE/CBP) headed by Noem, and Democrats can BLOCK it with enough votes. Tell your Dem & GOP senators NO votes for DHS without SERIOUS limits, listed here. Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW!act.indivisible.orgTell Congress to rein in ICE NOWOn Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a... 000
Reposted by Karen MortensenSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12/01/2026ICE is now behaving in such a way that even Tucker Carlson’s favorite Holocaust minimizing, Hitler-apologist “historian” is like “hey now guys, this is getting a little out of hand.” 10739151444
Reposted by Karen MortensenEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Please stop and read this statement from Renee Good's wife. 39906362
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Three kids don't have their mom because of this. Are you speaking up? Silence is complicity. Action is your antidote to anger and heartbreak. Don't spread lies or rumors - get the truth - but then speak it, and speak often. 010
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 08/01/2026If you're concerned about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis - where I happen to have a whole lot of college friends - please consider registering for this emergency response call. This horrible, needless violence needs to stop, and this should be a clarion call to all on the sidelines.mobilize.usRapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · IndivisibleJoin us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n... 010
Reposted by Karen MortensenWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 06/01/2026They need to start freaking out more. The Venezuela raid has apparently left Trump thinking he’s all-powerful and now he wants to do it again and again. Beyond the insanity of running foreign policy on short-term whims, it’s also literally the kind of thing that could set off global war. 791506320
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 06/01/2026URGENT action JAN 7! Sign up now - THIS WORKS! Indivisible PHONE BANK to BLOW UP Republican senators' phones. You securely autodial voters in 5 key states - connect them with their GOP senators, who vote THIS WEEK to TAKE BACK those war powers. Jan 7 Noon ET Rapid Response Phone Bank - SIGN UP NOW!mobilize.usRapid Response Phonebank: No War With Venezuela · Indivisible**The Trump administration is dragging us into war with Venezuela.** On the night of January 2, they launched an attack that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro. Now Trump has de... 021
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This is for you if you think Democrats need to start really listening to voters. Join me for Swing Left's event, “Inside Ground Truth: How We Win in 2026 and Beyond” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...mobilize.usInside Ground Truth: How We Win in 2026 and Beyond · Swing LeftTrump and MAGA aren’t invincible. Together, we can stop their assault on our democracy, our neighbors, and our future. You’ve stood up this year—from protesting en masse to driving huge Democratic win... 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Reggie Williams was walking to the store... "...Four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows. They carried rifles and wore body armor—but no identifying badges." "He thought of his family. “Deep down, I felt like I was not gonna make it home,” said Williams, who is Black."propublica.org“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task ForceA pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the... 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Let's all cancel our Spotify subscriptions until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice, and we should refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/zPlaFOfBapp.sosha.aiDon’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify 050
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025F-ing wow. The Washington Post editorial board has flushed itself down the toilet. Do not resuscitate. Is Bezos writing it himself now? 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025"What separates democracy from authoritarianism, the rule of law from lawlessness and a decent society from an indecent one is not just the goal but the process. The government can, and should, reduce illegal immigration, but it should do so in a way that upholds American ideals."nytimes.comOpinion | Being Latino in the United States Should Not Be a Crime 000
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Rebecca Solnit: "The shitbomb video and smashing of the East Wing are useful self-portraits they're giving us. The open corruption, cruelty, and destruction are insults, degradations, crimes – but most of all they're wake-up calls." 1/2 110
Reposted by Karen MortensenChris ❌👑 @carmstrong.bsky.social · 24/10/2025HCR: "And as I keep saying, this election and I suspect the next two elections are not going to be partisan. They're about protecting our democracy." 011
Reposted by Karen MortensenChris ❌👑 @carmstrong.bsky.social · 24/10/2025The wonderful Heather Cox Richardson happened to make her own impassioned plea for getting involved in your local elections in today's Politics Chat (deep link to the relevant bit): www.youtube.com/live/b0ze3Oa...youtube.comPolitics Chat, October 23, 2025YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 121
Reposted by Karen MortensenIndivisible NOVA West @indivisnovawest.bsky.social · 23/10/2025VIRGINIA!! If you marched in #NoKings, voting is your next best step. Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote using a STANDARD ballot or to request an ABSENTEE ballot! 052
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 22/10/2025This is a voice from the Commonwealth of Virginia - WE NEED YOUR HELP! It's no holds barred, all the way to the finish line. 001
Karen Mortensen @cbirdfly.bsky.social · 21/10/2025TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...act.indivisible.orgTELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHTWith historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds.... 010
Reposted by Karen MortensenBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Video: President @barackobama.bsky.social Endorses @spanbergerforva.bsky.social for Governor in New Ads (Obama: "VA’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year. We know Republicans will keep attacking abortion rights and the rights of women.") bluevirginia.us/2025/10/vide... 34118