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Karen Smithey

@ksmithey.bsky.social
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Winter is coming. Vote in November! I’m an artist, avid gardener, and mom to three weird couch-eating cats and a handful of stray ducks. Also three children, lol. Please, no dms.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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CoachKK @coachkk.bsky.social · 8h
Received my ballot yesterday @abbarsha.bsky.social @milliekitkat.bsky.social @verbalprimate.com @kdrandbear.bsky.social @infinityhwc.com @annmiller.bsky.social @lilmudda.bsky.social @sedahr.bsky.social @northjules.bsky.social @princesskim.bsky.social @johnerock.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social
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Jean Grandner @blueboomer1.bsky.social · 7h
Amazing how that works
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
250 billionaires in California are worth $2.2 trillion. This is not a hard issue. They will be just as rich if they pay a 5% tax, and poor California kids + 3.5 million working families will get healthcare. Honored to join Bernie Sanders to Pass Prop 40.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#BlueWaveIn30Days SHOUT OUT LADIES Trump tells WOMEN "You're NASTY " "QUIET PIGGY " And Republicans in Congress allow this SO All of you NASTY WOMEN Your VOTE IS YOUR VOICE 30 Days ..VOTE THEM OUT Iwillvote.com
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dare I say there will be many more guilt-ridden, haunted stories like this one in our immediate future. As a country, we lost our moral compass; the emergent literature will reflect it for decades. 😫🙏🏾
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Corpsy @corpsepilot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." Elie Wiesel Please make a moment to hear this young man out and then please consider sharing this. It says so much that bears repeating. Carry the message 🔥
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow. What an article. This is horrifying.
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a good solution! One problem with paying congressional people a low amount is that it’s expensive to travel back and forth to the place they are from, and it’s expensive to live in DC. I want regular people to be able to serve, not just wealthy people. Maybe we could provide housing?
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Ann @ann.sheshed.rocks · 01/10/2026
Women, this is what these old white men in our government want you to forget! It has always been a one way war, men have always been protected and in a position of power. When you vote in November keep this in mind! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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Bobbie: Blue Crew @cancermetaltiger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you so much, Mr. Rick Steves. Now, that's the sort of thing rich folk should do with their money.
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Sheryl with an S @beachblond52.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #DOOR This is the world we live in and the scumbag leaders we have. It makes me furious! Please #VoteBlue to end the insanity!
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The people should have to vote on congressional pay raises. (I know, it would be unwieldy. But it would serve them right)
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TAKE NOTE 👇 @alexman1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Take note America 👇 👇👇
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mary Lotts @marylotts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow. Read the updates, if you’re not watching.
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who are you talking about?
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buonomalebrutto.bsky.social @buonomalebrutto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mitch Goldstone (ScanMyPhotos.com) @scanmyphotos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m ENRAGED by this. Trump points out the display mocking former U.S. President Joe Biden, tells Xi “It’s Biden” and Xi laughs. Think about that. An American president mocking another American president IN FRONT OF A COMMUNIST DICTATOR. #Trump #Xi
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This. Terrifying but so true.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is it. The right to due process is for EVERYONE in the United States.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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CaptainWonkoTheSane @captainles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE now says the Doordash delivery driver was shot because he tried to flee. People need to go to jail. Cops aren’t allowed to shoot people for the simple act of running away.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
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💙 amsterdamred 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇪 Please NO DM'S Please. Just an Old Hippie @amsterdamred-5280.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyone or any country that has access should release the Epstein files in full, only REDACTING the victims (children who were sexually assaulted) and leaving the perpetrators UNREDACTED. Everyone needs to know the names of these pedophile scum.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s literally building a fortified bunker, now an arch that holds major weapons, and controls the military and nukes. He has zero plams to leave, people better wake tf up
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"When fascism comes to America, it will not be labeled 'made in Germany', it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course,
'Americanism.' It will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
- Halford E. Luccock (1938)
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is not how trade deficits work. I am not president and I understand that. No words.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
40,000 one-ton bombs. $2.8 BILLION. Biden paused these weapons over concerns about mass civilian casualties in Gaza. Trump is moving forward with the sale. A decision with potentially deadly consequences, and it deserves full attention.
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Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎ @ennievegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are we winning yet 🤔 🙄😡😡😡
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
so true
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Me too.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Indeed, it's far worse than that... Trump is running up a tab of many millions in taxpayer funds for purposes of promoting his own golf course. And the proper word for that is *corrupt.*
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
FUN FACT: The people picking crops, washing dishes, and building homes paid $96.7 billion in taxes… Meanwhile, most billionaires paid absolutely nothing. Who exactly is freeloading?! 😎✨
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Karen Smithey @ksmithey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And we would SAVE money by covering everyone. Make it make sense.
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