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Karren Kukral

@karrenk.bsky.social
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RESISTOR Northwest Indiana Dem Precinct Committee Person, Women’s March, Indivisible, never trumper, wife, mom, gramma. I burned my bra before I needed one. 🚫DM’s will be blocked 🚫Crypto 🚫Maga 🚫ONLY FANS-REPORT & BLOCK 🚫Go Fund Me

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
War Pig Pete Hegseth has reported more than $1 Million in an account that he previously listed as holding no more than $50,000, according to his newly released annual financial disclosure. 9/25/26 www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Testosterone-obsessed Pete Hegseth has a bank account that jumped from under $50,000 to over $1 million
Plus, he might also be a crypto bro.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Keith @khankso.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Breaking: Former GOP Lawmaker Declares MAGA ‘Dead’ as Red State Crowd Cheers open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
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Breaking: Former GOP Lawmaker Declares MAGA ‘Dead’ as Red State Crowd Cheers
Former GOP member of Congress says “MAGA is dead,” Republican governor declares emergency over diesel prices, Trump retreats from swing districts in favor of red states
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
For the record: the Pentagon can continue to lie about our reporting regarding the USS Abraham Lincoln all they want. We will continue to tell the truth and bring receipts. Join us at MeidasPlus.com and let’s keep growing this movement.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“For those of us who lost friends bringing democracy to other countries, it’s incredibly noxious seeing this secretary using American power to undermine credible elections in other countries for ideological purposes.” Quite the quote from a senior State Department official.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The detail I can’t get out of my head here is how he told his ex-wife that he had been hired by ICE, but she thought he must have been having a delusion, because how could ICE hire someone who had such a long history of family violence?
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pretty strong summary from election security expert and former Justice Department official (under both parties) David Becker about Trump’s speech tonight “This wasn’t new information”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Emergency court order sought for the Reflecting Pool Six more US House races trend toward Democrats Trump's primetime speech falls flat & is widely pre-empted ... even at peak of summer rerun season New reporting in my DAY AHEAD editorial note open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals schedules oral arguments in Trump Admin's appeal of the DISMISSAL of criminal cases against Letitia James & James Comey for Sept. 15 in Richmond, Virginia Judge ruled prosecutor in Tish James & (1st) James Comey cases was unlawfully appointed
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Annoying bsky.app/profile/midd...
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Denmark described it perfectly
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Describe Trump’s speech last night in one word. I’ll go first: BORING. 🥱
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Last spring I wrote about how the Trump administration was repurposing the war on terror to frame a new cast of supposed foes—migrants, alleged narcos, and domestic political opponents—as terrorists. This farcical counterterrorism confab is part of that effort. www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/united-s...
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The Trump Administration’s “Wars on Terror” – Old and New | International Crisis Group
The Trump White House is repurposing the potent framing of “terrorism” to go after a new set of enemies – drug cartels, migrants and domestic political opponents. Its words and deeds pose serious risk...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Things are going great when the air is so unbreathable that the kids' summer camp cancels outdoor swimming because of the pollution.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 17/07/2026
By defying Congress, Trump has again disregarded constitutional limits on war, underscoring the need for firmer congressional action, write @bcfinucane.bsky.social (Brian Finucane) and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social (Tess Bridgeman).
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How Congress Can End Trump's Iran War and Prevent the Next One
By defying Congress, Trump has again disregarded constitutional limits on war, underscoring the need for firmer congressional action.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The P€do of the United States is doing the exact same thing he did before the 2020 election. Lied. He lied before. During. And after the election. Because he is a psychopathic liar. How pathetic and sad that an 80 year old man acts like a disgruntled teenager.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump has gutted the FBI’s election protection task force, DHS election teams, ODNI cells, and the EAC. If he’s so concerned about the security of our elections… …why is he systematically dismantling the tools to protect them? 🤔
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/07/2026
Thank you, @alsobrooks.senate.gov On behalf of CDC career staff and the public health community, thank you for putting Vought in his place and telling the truth to his ugly face. We salute you. 🫡
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 17/07/2026
Homebuyer affordability slipped for fifth straight month, real estate index shows
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Homebuyer affordability slipped for fifth straight month, real estate index shows
With both home prices and mortgage rates climbing since earlier this year, affording a home has become harder, according to a housing affordability index.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/07/2026
i have never seen someone as clearly vacant behind the eyes as tuberville. there is nothing going on in there. if the electrons are firing they are moving through molasses
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“This is quintessential Trumpian authoritarianism: The state can deprive you of your rights because some portion of the country that voted to elect Donald Trump hates you—hates you for being gay, non-white, liberal, or critical of Daddy Trump.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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A Modest Request: Don’t Grow Numb to This
Goons with guns are bad.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How pathetic is Sen. Thom Tillis? Tillis: Because of my deep respect for the survivors, I won’t vote for Blanche unless he meets with them. The survivors: Well, we had a meeting and Blanche was totally unhelpful, dismissive, and disrespectful, Tillis: I’m good.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
Shapiro: "At the end of the day, what they really have is a bunch of conspiracy theories, and they're just trying to suck up to their boss and please him at a time where he is more and more unhinged and disconnected from reality."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "I saw a tweet yesterday from Olive Garden that in order to take advantage of their never-ending pasta pass, you have to show photo ID. I thought, that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security."
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A dementia added old man who watches too much Fox News and who is saddled with angst about the fact that he never earned or shared real love with anyone is yelling about exactly what you think he would be yelling about right now.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dude's got nothing. No intelligence. No coherent theory of the case. No information that he has shared in a classified or non-classified setting. Just the slowly dawning realization that no one loves him. This is not the time for fear. Kick him while he's down. Cue the Mortal Kombat GIF.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
When I was a kid, one of the more cutting insults you could throw at someone who was talking smack on the playground was "you can dish it out, but you can't take it." Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...
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Design Panel Signals Support for Fencing Off Park Near the White House
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Election experts say that Biden won the 2020 election fairly. A guy who shits himself in public and struggles to pass basic cognitive tests says that Trump won. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/07/2026
Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, blocking vote-counting, or even trying to ban states from encouraging people to vote, we know that Trump will do everything he can to sabotage the midterms. That means it’s time to get into election protection formation.
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Hands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible
**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/07/2026
Warhammer 40,000 is futuristic, dystopian, bombastic, and satirical. But it has become a meme for Trump, a flashpoint over women in sci-fi, and—for some fans—an actual political ideal. New from Christian Ruth:
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In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, There Is Only Culture War
How a forty-year-old satire of fascism became a meme for Trump, a flashpoint over women in sci-fi, and—for some fans—an actual political ideal.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
Pre-order the new book from MeidasTouch, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy, today:
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WTF America?!
From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
“I can’t open an investigation…I’m just the attorney general.” Exclusive details from inside Todd Blanche’s contentious meeting with Epstein survivors.
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Inside the First Ever Meeting Between Epstein Survivors and Todd Blanche
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met Thursday with several accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the meeting appeared to deepen
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/07/2026
Missed Trump's primetime speech? Here's your TLDR. Want the details? Read them here 👉 demdock.com/4wLW7S3
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: I have published 1,500+ pages of national bestsellers on the coup plot Donald Trump is about to move to Stage 2. One-sentence or one-post summaries do it no justice—but this lengthy report will fully prepare you for what’s coming Thursday. Please share widely.
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Donald Trump Has Launched His New Coup Plot
Thursday—July 16—marks the launch of Stage 2 of the January 6 coup plot. Its aim is the end of our democracy, and it’s been in the works for 5 years. The march toward a possible civil war begins now.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
PROOF will release *another* stunning report—yes, in *addition* to my now-pinned report—at 5:30PM ET. It's imperative that those who want to understand what Trump is about to do in his address tonight read this report. It changes everything—and none who read it will doubt that.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Trump Repeatedly Solicited Illegal Campaign Interference From the Chinese Communist Party in the 2020 Election You can’t understand how obscene what Trump is about to say tonight is if you don’t know the contents of this exhaustive report on his past dealings with Communists.
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PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Repeatedly Solicited Illegal Campaign Interference From the Chinese Communist Party in the 2020 Election
The speech Donald Trump will soon give on alleged 2020 Chinese election interference is shocking not just because the U.S. intelligence community disputes his claim but because he is the guilty party.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you are scared to tell the truth, you shouldn’t run the Intelligence Community open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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Jay Clayton Flunked the Test
High drama ensued when Sen. Jon Ossoff began interrogating the DNI nominee
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“After the 2020 election, our intelligence community found “no indications that any foreign actor attempted to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections by altering any technical aspect of the voting process.” (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Denial Has Never Been More Dangerous (Gift Article)
Don’t fall for dramatic claims based on selective declassification.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Gift article economist.com/by-invitatio...
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Would Europeans fight, if it came to that?
Putting boots on the ground would not help Ukraine, but it might help Europe find the stomach for war, writes Nathalie Tocci
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Join the Hands Off Our Vote movement today:
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Hands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible
**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No matter which conspiracy theories Trump peddles tonight, we know he's just trying to come up with an excuse for unprecedented election sabotage. Trump is desperate, and the GOP will do everything they can to cling to power. The way we stop them is by getting into election protection formation.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
An entire personality rooted in "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME ANYMORE, MOM!" Hey, Eric, the government says you shouldn't idle an old car in your garage with a tube running from the exhaust pipe into your mouth either. Why don't you go stick it to those nosy liberals? Show them who's in charge!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Oh, so it's illegal to own a home now? Is that what the libs are saying?"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Good for Jake Tapper here for noting that "but the congressman supports Israel!" is not, in fact, an excuse for his son-in-law spewing antisemitic nonsense.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My man looks like Robert Duvall having a reaction to shellfish
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My man looks like he's the head deacon at First National Crypto Church
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My man looks like Pat Boone being tased
Ken Paxton, mid-bullshit
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