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karenwootton.bsky.social

@karenwootton.bsky.social
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small town lawyer, Mom; quixotic about democracy and other things; fan of civil discourse; New Mexican.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become ambassador to Greece when she asked a donor for $100K to pay AmEx, in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to AmEx.” Gift link. 👇 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 7h
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h
“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base
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@nic_carter
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this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al columnAndrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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social obligation
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 23h
The on-going coup . . .
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald, if you're reading this.... Come to Michigan.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A funeral was held Monday for all of the 95 people that we know of whose deaths have been caused by ICE. The funeral procession drove through the heart of Williston on its way to White Cap Business Park, where one of the 2 ICE surveillance centers in the country is located.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas' Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight. (Published July with @arktimes.bsky.social)
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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children. Paxton alleges a vague conspiracy between doctors and vaccine makers. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. But for a donation of $10,000 or more they can buy an exemption from Paxton's probe.
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1/ Louis Mosley is the grandson of Britain’s notorious fascist leader, Oswald Mosley. Today he leads Palantir in the UK & Europe. His ancestry gets attention. His own words about power, technology & democracy deserve a closer look. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Packed with 30,000 artifacts of hate—ranging from the toys that conditioned generations to the relics that enforced segregation—Ferris State University’s brand-new $22 million Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery is now officially open. (cont.) www.theroot.com/from-racist-...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What booming economy? Is everyone at FT on hallucinogens? The best time to delete this was before it went up, and the second-best time is right now. Like right this very second. This is *humiliating* for FT—to confuse the AI stock bubble with a whole fucking economy. A whole-of-institution fail.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Welcome to my neighborhood 🫶 A vibrant neighborhood built on radical love, fierce unity, and unapologetic community culture.
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❌👑 @chicken-chick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But I’m sure it’s fine when it comes to lethal war stuff 🙄
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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A quick note on that 5 byline... bsky.app/profile/gill...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell. The ruling: suicide. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "We're gonna win big, and we've gonna shove it up their ass"
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
✅ Generating power ✅ Protecting against drought ✅ Delivering clean water It's not too good to be true! It's the kind of conservation engineering that California is pioneering! I'm working on legislation to promote these cutting-edge designs nationwide. www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQED
California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.
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Paul Hikari @paulhikari.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember, folks. Elon Musk doesn't want you to see this movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/10/2026
Women had experienced harassment for generations. In 1975, a group of women at… CORNELL decided to name it. Lin Farley put a name to it: “sexual harassment.” #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Book cover titled “Sexual Shakedown” by Lin Farley.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seems like a good time to mention the history of protecting Federal Judges who rape staff. www.liseolsen.com/code_silence...
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Book - Code of Silence
Sexual misconduct by federal judges and the women who blew the whistle.
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where are the stories of rapists who pursued intensive therapy and became activists trying to save young men from becoming rapists?
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/10/2026
"A dozen orcs stormed the Palantir offices in Seattle this week to apply for jobs at the surveillance tech company. Palantir's militarized AI products attracted the horde of orcs, who hoped that their history of serving the Dark Lords would land them a gig. Unfortunately, Palantir didn't bite." 🤣
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Maddow’s right about broken priorities. Trump is at war with Iran, yet two FBI counterterrorism officials were reportedly demoted over calls to Stephen Miller’s wife. Bending the FBI to a White House insider is corruption, and we’re the ones left exposed. #PayToPlayPresident
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Better link here ICYMI---this is huge. Making state and federal campaign finance data accessible from the same portal has been a project years in the making. Congrats, @opensecrets.org! What a service! www.opensecrets.org/state-profiles
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State Profiles: Money in Politics by State - OpenSecrets
Pick a state to follow the money in its state elections and its U.S. House and Senate races: who raises it, who gives it, and from where.
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🇺🇸 ⚠️ Rep. Adelita Grijalva : @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social "Ahmed Soliman was deported from Arizona to Equatorial Guinea — a country he has no connection to. After speaking out about horrific detention conditions, he was hooded, beaten, and hospitalized.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 01/10/2026
www.latimes.com/politics/sto... #SheShed
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His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide
Samuel Gonzalez Terrones, 21, struggled with depression and schizophrenia. His mom's arrest by ICE became too much to bear.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
F'g madness
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Gina de M @ginad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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outspoken1net.bsky.social @outspoken1net.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2024/05/06/u...
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Man or bear? A viral question has revealed some uncomfortable truths | CNN
The viral social media question, asked of women, seems simple: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? Many women have chosen the latter. The hypothetical question has sparked wid...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump regime has killed at least 234 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every one of these people view their positions in the government as an opportunity to cash in on multiple grifts while traveling the world and having a great time at our expense.
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Perfect to work with this corrupt Regime of lying liars.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...
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karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Loving the comments on the hypocrisy.
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