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Karen Friedmann

@plasticballerina.bsky.social
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NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. Anti-fascist, environmentalist/stop AI Data Centers. Wife, mom, friend to many, hospice social worker, plant hoarder, nature, and book lover. Wannabee collage and found object artist. Animal lover, heart stone collector and giver.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Exactly! 🎯
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good Christ, what in the Nip/Tuck FUCK is going on with these MAGA women? 😱
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Oligarch Watch @muskwatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
By choosing Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon’s “Future of Warfare” project, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a potential 2028 Republican presidential candidate, has secured a close working relationship with his party’s single largest political donor.
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Hegseth, a potential 2028 candidate, installs Musk as key Pentagon advisor
By choosing Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon’s “Future of Warfare” project, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a potential 2028 Republican presidential candidate, has secured a close working relationshi...
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 08/10/2026
Transphobia looks like: - using the terms "Biolgical women" and "Biolgical man" - using the term "trans-identified" - Accepting the segretion of trans + people from their cis peers - Deliberately misgendering a trans + person - Deliberately using their pre-transition name
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” Edward Abbey quote poster spotted in Carlton, Victoria
"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell”
Edward Abbey quote poster
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
NEWS: The DNC is suing Trump for illegally diverting $20 million in taxpayer funds—including money intended for line-of-duty memorials—to air pro-Trump propaganda ads ahead of the midterms.
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DNC Sues Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Ahead of Midterms
The lawsuit alleges Trump personally ordered $20 million in federal funds diverted toward campaign-style TV spots—including money budgeted for commemorative events such as line-of-duty memorials.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They call it development. But development doesn't trigger droughts, starve farmers, and drive gorillas to extinction. That's ecocide. #CongoBasin
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump WH Admits It Canceled Energy Grants Based on How States Voted A federal court stipulation says the Trump WH used states’ 2024 votes and Senate representation as a partisan litmus test for canceling clean-energy grants nationwide. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MEMPHIS... she's not wrong...😕
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is the hell what you do when you see a woman being attacked. These two are heroes. Take notes, Fellas. The world needs more men standing up for women. Don't be a piece of shit rapist, for fuck's sake.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bad news for planet Earth
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Equinor makes gas discovery in North Sea
Norway's ‌Equinor said on Thursday it has discovered gas at the ​Gullfaks South field in ​the North Sea, some 190 ⁠kilometres (118 miles) northwest of ​Bergen.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸
This sculpture is a satirical piece titled "[The Orange Plague] created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt.

The Imagery: The 2.6-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze sculpture depicts a naked, oversized Donald Trump riding on the back of a smaller man. He is holding a golf club in one hand and a pair of scales in the other. 

The Meaning: According to Galschiøt, the piece is a satirical commentary on modern political power, climate policy, and the subversion of the rules-based international order. 

Recent Exhibition: In October 2026, the statue drew global headlines when it went on public display inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, organized by Danish MEP Per Clausen.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Exactly 💯
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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Facts! #FDT #Pinks
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It's so weird how our grandfathers stormed Normandy beach and killed Nazis without ever having their testosterone tested by a guy with his own makeup studio
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 41 states.
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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This screenshot of a Rolling Stone writer sneering that people who claim they haven’t heard of “Choosin’ Texas” are lying for clout is how I learned of the existence of “Choosin’ Texas.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Poor, sad, stupid orange white man. He would sell his soul—and country—for a few hollow words of praise."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The chemistry is so real
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They aren't Christians, Nationalist align with white supremacy. Nationalistic regimes demand absolute loyalty, treating criticism of the government or state as unpatriotic or treasonous. Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and the rest are Nationalist. Their God is trump, his God is money.
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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... I hate all the stupid MAGAs Mango puts in place, but mm it's exponentially worse when a woman allows herself to be used to harm other women. #USDemocracy
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Trump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortions
Dr. Heidi Overton also tells senators she's also open investigating abortion pill manufacturers.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
"Paid for by the US Government" just means paid for at the expense of American taxpayers. Trump is setting your tax dollars on fire for ILLEGAL political propaganda.
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Federal Judge Pauses Deportation of Man Shot by ICE in Texas www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Federal Judge Pauses Deportation of Man Shot by ICE in Texas
The Venezuelan immigrant was taken into federal custody with a bullet still lodged in his back, his lawyer says.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Authoritarians want to consolidate state power over what information the public can know. Just a timely reminder.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
9/21/26 101 freeway in Encino A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Silencing it is fascism. PERIOD.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The NAACP is suing to stop the orange felon from illegally sending armed agents to intimidate people of color at election polls. Thank you NAACP.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A “free press” means that the President does not get to make this distinction. A “free press” that is only free if it agrees with me is not free.
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5thQuarterSports @5thquartersports.com · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Giants QB Jaxson Dart takes a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick at the start of tonight's Monday Night Football game.
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