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Karen Caffrey

@karencaffrey.bsky.social
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💙Psychotherapist, retired attorney, adoptee, Connecticuter, veteran’s wife. Love equal rights, horses, and hiking in the woods. Never obey in advance. 🌊💙 🚫DM will block

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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Special Edition: Spread the Word
January 14, 2026
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I honestly don’t know what’s more concerning. That the president of the United States keeps falling asleep in public or that everyone around him is too scared to wake him up.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Due process for all! This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...
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Amicus Curiae - Friend(s) Of The Court - U.S. Citizens Advocating Due Process - Kilmar Abrego Garcia
We all need to participate in holding the U.S, Government accountable to enforce the demands set forth by the judicial branch to uphold the law in the interest of EVERY CITIZEN. 
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Sorry, my grandmother was not a murderer.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Kurt Vonnegut man
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man.
You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.
And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 01/04/2025
Time to speak up
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Signed!
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This is what happens when you replace DEI with DUI…
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Be like Tina.
Senator Tina Smith & A @SenTinaSmith
More bullsh!t.
@realDonaldTrump, you can't shut down the Department of Education - and you know it. Fox News even knows it. So stop it.
We know you're just trying to wear us out. But for the record, I am not overwhelmed. My zone isn't flooded.
I will fight your illegal behavior until the cows come home, and I'm pretty sure the hundreds of thousands of people who've contacted my office since you started this nonsense are on the same page
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/03/2025
The Trump fever is breaking. Voters who once backed him are waking up to economic chaos, broken promises, and buyer’s remorse. Is this the beginning of the end? Read more adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Fever Is Breaking
Voter Remorse, Economic Chaos, and the Cracks in His Coalition
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Atonement. A start.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The media is not covering the protests against oligarchy that are occurring nationwide. Portland, Oregon - 3/8/2025 at noon ✊
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Good people. ❤️
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 08/03/2025
Time zones always screw me up when traveling - right now it’s 8:30 AM in London and 1939 in America.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Bernie out there working.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Be like Norway. 🇺🇦
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
📌ADVICE: When in doubt, ask yourself what John Lewis would have done.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Resist! Find one near you.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
There was a President in the Oval Office today. His name is Zelensky. He had to fend off two impotent barking dogs sent by Putin. They are named Trump and Vance.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Me too 👍🏻
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Do not obey in advance!
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
So proud of my Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy! ❤️
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Courage, Willow.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Happy No Kings Day to all.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Dear Governor Kathy Hochul: It's time. You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor. Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York. REMOVE ADAMS NOW. Sincerely, A New Yorker
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/02/2025
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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Martin Page @martinpagemusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Greetings and Welcome Pagey Gang! ✌️Let the good vibes roll - Martin
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Yes it is.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
As we approach #America250, its important to remember: it took 92 years to end slavery it took women 144 years to win the vote it took nearly 190 years for Black people to be guaranteed voting rights it took nearly 240 years to legalize same-sex marriage don't give up our ancestors didn't
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a poster that says never ever give up
ALT: a poster that says never ever give up
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Senator Schatz, @schatz.bsky.social, rejects idea that Dems should wait for Trump to touch 'most popular' programs to fight. "I'm not going to just wait until they touch the ACA. That's the kind of pundit-brain, poll-tested bullshit that got us into this mess." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
You are referring to them criticizing what you’ve done around U.S.A.I.D. by saying foreign aid is not good territory for Democrats to fight for?
Yeah. And you think I don’t know that foreign aid is not as popular as Medicaid? Of course I know that. But there are going to be mass deaths from malaria and H.I.V./aids and other preventable diseases and conditions because of what the United States is doing. So do I have to be thoughtful and sometimes clever about how we go about communicating that? Yes. Am I going to wait for a more popular program? No, because what they are doing here is ignoring a federal law.
Which federal law are you talking about?
The Foreign Assistance Act, and then, of course, every appropriations bill that funds the State Department and foreign-ops budget. They’re ignoring multiple federal laws. And I’m just—excuse me for being quaint about this—but I’m not going to just gloss over that and wait until they touch the Affordable Care Act. That’s the kind of pundit-brain, poll-tested bullshit that got us into this mess. We are constantly being told that something isn’t polling well enough yet. And one of the things that Republicans do well is not allow their pollsters to tell them everything. They invent whole stories and then the polling follows.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST @mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏 Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
YES! Substacks fill my Inbox.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hey Jim- You were the best that @cnn.com had to offer & will be deeply missed! I look forward to the next chapter in your career & I'm not just saying that because of the killer Yoda impression you did when I was on your show.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that. We may be on our own, but together we can fight, and we must believe that when we fight, we will win.”
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Tor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“There is no essential separateness between you and me, you and other people, you and other species, or you and the trees. You can look at anyone or anything and say: You are a part of me I do not yet know.” cac.org/daily-medita...
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Guru Nanak: A Sage Warrior
In an interview for the Daily Meditations, Sikh activist Valarie Kaur tells a brief story of Guru Nanak (1469–1539), founder of the Sikh faith:  The
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Just left a message for Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) asking her two questions, 1) Would she follow Pete Hegseth into combat? 2) Would a vote for him make her complicit in silencing victims of sexual assault?
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janfable.bsky.social @janfable.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Stop. Breathe.
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Karen Caffrey @karencaffrey.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Calling it like he sees it. 👍🏻
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