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Karen Musalo

@karenmusalo.bsky.social
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Law prof at UC Law, San Francisco, founder of Center for Gender & Refugee Studies. Teach, write and engage in advocacy on forced migration, refugee protection and women's rights. Believe in treating all beings with kindness.

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Karen Musalo @karenmusalo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump Launches Government Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... Finally truth out of the administration.
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Trump Launches Government Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lyrics from Irving Berlin’s 1941 song about Hitler: “When that man is dead and gone” “Satan thought up a plan/dressed as a man/walking the earth/And since he began/the world is hell for you and me/but what a heaven it will be/when that man is dead and gone.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...
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This Can’t Go On for Two More Years
Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.
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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This…
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Elon Musk blocks the Catholic Bishops Conference of Brazil because they criticize Bolsonaro, whom he supports. paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/09/2026
IN MINNESOTA.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/09/2026
They published this the same day they published the news that Mamdani's office is releasing to the public thousands of documents showing Giuliani's office knew how toxic the air was around Ground Zero and lied about it, leading to more deaths than on 9/11.
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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I hear it’s #NationalHummingbirdDay! They have flight feather structures that can play games with sunlight in the right conditions. #birds #RainbowWings
From a year ago, an image of a hummingbird in flight with a rainbow of colors seen in one wing that is backlit by the late afternoon sun.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Didn’t need US military leaders saying it to know it.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/08/2026
Obama’s biggest mistake was wearing a tan suit that wasn’t a gift from Qatar.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Amazingly, letting Americans have healthcare insurance is "communism" for the GOP, whereas the Government seizing a controlling stake in 21 companies is not. They have some very strange idea of what communism is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🎁 ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted (Gift Article)
As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
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M⃨E⃨rlin @merlinmm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
TY @markymark757.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @kygrannyof12.bsky.social @sassysister27.bsky.social @carlchri.bsky.social @firestormz1.bsky.social @dpfrazier22.bsky.social @dougieg633.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @dailykotzn.bsky.social @merlinmm.bsky.social
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Researchers at the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark have conducted multiple landmark, population-wide studies tracking hundreds of thousands to over 1.2 million children using national health registries to examine potential links between vaccines and autism. Every major study found no connection.
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Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions
A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Does anybody know what happened⁉️🤔 #Pinks
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Literally the ravings of a madman. How is it possible that he has not been stopped? I don’t care if you think it’s hopeless, if you are a member of Congress or a newspaper editorial board or a city council or a company or anyone with any kind of pulpit you should be demanding that he be removed .
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The President of the United States repeatedly lying about American citizens and trying to lock them up in a pathetic attempt to cover up a botched renovation of the Reflection Pool that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars should be a much bigger story in the news.
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AnnieR @anet2111.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Joan Baez painted a portrait of Dr. Fauci August 2020, featuring the word "TRUST" as a tribute to his scientific truth-telling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The viral artwork became part of her Mischief Makers 2 art exhibit and sparked a lasting personal friendship between the two.
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Any rational American could have written this.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A reminder that Dr. Anthony Fauci is the recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom before it was trashed up by MAGA, the National Medal of Science and many honorary degrees. He has over 5 decades of public service and has advised 7 Presidents. The orange felon has 34 felonies.
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Debbie Coffee @dcoffee1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
After a lifetime of public service and dedication to the health of Americans and people around the world it is obscene that Dr. Anthony Fauci is being forced to sit in front of this Congressional committee and face these absurd accusations.
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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
USA Today: “The 2026 [Cadillac] Escalade has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price starting in the low $90,000’s, though upgrades take it well north of six figures. Its high-performance V-series runs about $170,000.” Republicans are not the “party of fiscal responsibility” at all.
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'We look sharp': Trump says White House ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades
President Trump announced the White House ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades for government use during a Michigan speech.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
You don't have to be a faith leader or even a person of faith to know that abducting good hardworking people is wrong. Or know that torturing men, women, children and BABIES it's fked up! But they can make a difference, so ask every faith leader(yours) to RAISE THEIR VOICE against #ICELawlessness.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/07/2026
this comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
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Laura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This week, TPS for Haitians is expected to end. No state will feel the impact more than Florida, home to roughly 350,000 -- many of them healthcare workers. “The workers are suffering, but the patients are going to suffer more.” My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Florida's nursing homes are bracing for life without Haitian TPS workers
The Supreme Court ended its legal status. Their patients will pay the price.
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” ~Rachel Carson Let’s sit for awhile and contemplate the beauty of our Mother Earth 🌎 🥰 Enjoy a beautiful day my friends✨ #eastcoastkin #ColorADay #YellowThu
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Leave the World Better Than You Found It! Graham called Trump a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” (2016). By 2020, he was a Trump loyalist. He never faced a reckoning. Every day you decide whether to bend or hold steady when the moment demands your spine. open.substack.com/pub/thejenni...
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Lindsey Graham Is Dead. His Legacy Isn’t.
A senator’s death, a Court he shaped, and the choice every one of us still has to make.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Karen Musalo @karenmusalo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The immorality of world leaders is contagious. Thank heavens for the pope | Simon Tisdall
In a political wasteland dominated by billionaires, war criminals and mega-corporations, the head of the Catholic church is a rare figure of moral leadership, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator...
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants #july4th #4thofjuly wapo.st/4ghLNwh
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On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants
In Lampedusa, island gateway to Europe, the U.S.-born pope stressed human dignity and told America: "in every generation" immigrants "helped to shape the nation’s character.”
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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Justice Jackson is my Lady Liberty this Independence Day. As our Democracy clings to her for dear life, I celebrate and salute her courage, honesty, integrity, erudition, and talent as a communicator. God bless America and God bless Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
"Two-hundred-and-fifty years into this experiment, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson might very well be the exemplar of what this nation can be today because of the generations of people who learned from all that it wasn't and were willing to change. She also appears to be seeking to carry that lesson forward, learning from the past and charting a more inclusive future. "
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Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders

http://WWW.LAWDORK.COMTwo-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders
The United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the treacherous present.
Law Dork
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🍁Capt.John E. Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This would be on the Cover of Life, Time and Newsweek back in the day
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Raw Story: Trump celebrated the nation's 250th anniversary by taking to Truth Social to make sure Americans knew he thinks Sen. Jon Ossoff looks like Pee-wee Herman. I doubt Jon Ossoff cares what this fascist fuck thinks. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteYourOssoff
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
👇. Sometimes we need a reminder. Positivity my friends can shape your day. There is a fine line between love and hate. When you can go either way choose love.💕 Pass for others to see. Thank you! #Resilience #Love #BSC1
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Do not congratulate SCOTUS for doing the bare minimum in the birthright citizenship case. The MAGA justices killed the Voting Rights Act, blew another hole in campaign finance law, rolled back trans rights and immigrants' rights, and caused so much other harm. Eyes on the prize: expand the Court.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 28/06/2026
Since the start of President Trump’s second term, The New York Times has been documenting examples of moves by members of Mr. Trump’s family or the families of top aides to profit off of Trump administration policy actions. Today we take another look.
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Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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Karen Musalo @karenmusalo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
ICE Is Killing Jobs for Americans, Not Creating Them www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o... Every study shows immigrants are a benefit to our society.
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Opinion | ICE Is Killing Jobs for Americans, Not Creating Them
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
John Roberts will want you to forget everything that happened this week at SCOTUS after he confirms that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment means what it says, please do not fall for it
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PSA: If you dip your hand in the Reflecting Pool, you will be arrested and prosecuted. If you do this, Trump will pay you. 👇
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Secretary of Drunk Pete Hegseth doesn't see the irony of calling potential military promotions "unqualified." He's the poster boy of unqualified. What he's talking about is racism, misogyny, and homophobia. Gift article. 🎁 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” — Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
An American political activist and prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Listen to the science. #Pinks
Watching a flu outbreak sweep through a major military training installation after Pete Hegseth pointlessly politicized the vaccine requirement is a reminder that viruses are unimpressed by amateur political theater.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed. “As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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