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Karen Caplan

@quillkdc.bsky.social
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Public uni dean, historian, activist, cyclist, knitter, gardener, anti-Zionist Jew. Speaking in the voice of my dog, and your dog too! bsky.app/profile/mcjewishcollective… "Don't call the police, they won't help none." --Buck Meek

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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 19h
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hmmmm, it's almost as if people who know things.... know things.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Well, this is a disaster.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Super wholesome content
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A woman saying she was raped *is* evidence.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
omg that's me
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The antisemitism I’m seeing about Brad Lander today is wild. Unfollowing people I’ve followed for years who’ve lost their minds, saying he’s the wrong type of Jew and somehow all the Jews who voted for him were tricked into it. Some real bad shit from a lot of “we’re the normal ones” Democrats.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When a Jew wins a landslide election in the most Jewish city in the United States, where massive numbers of Jews turned out to reject a terrorist org that lobbies for genocide:
Meghan McCain &
@MeghanMcCain
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To my beautiful Jewish friends in America. We love you. You
are not alone. We are just as freaked out as you are and see
with clear eyes exactly what is happening.
11:51 PM • Jun 23, 2026 • 1M ViewsThe Misfit Patriot
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If you're a Jew living in NYC in 2026, you're about as safe as a
Jew living in Germany in 1929.
Move, now. That's not your home anymore, trust me.
11:41 PM • Jun 23, 2026 • 106.2K ViewsLaura Loomer
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If you're a Jew in NYC, now is your time to move. After
tonight's election in New York, nobody who is Jewish is safe.
I'd love to see the Trump administration address this Islamic
takeover of America and the exploding Jew hatred.
We need leadership on this issue. It's dangerous.
12:47 AM • Jun 24, 2026 • 237.9K ViewsJoel Pollak
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Party like it's 1933
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CLEAN SWEEP FOR ZOHRAN!!! It's a new day in the Dem party.
11:04 PM • Jun 23, 2026 - 26.2K Views
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
American Jew, here. Rabbi, actually! AIPAC is not, in fact, "Millions of people." It's a lobbying *org* that spends a lot of money to influence lawmakers with the goal of getting substantial military spending to another govt., & associated goals. US Jews are a *people*, with diverse opinions!
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is totally what it is.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🗣️ ALL EYES ON DELANEY
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Enjoy.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just can't get my head around why this is so hard for some people to understand. I mean, I can, but I can't.
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AL @jebushchrist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
antisemitism includes stirring up anger and resentment against Jews by lying about what someone says. fuck Schumer. plenty of good reasons to want him gone (including things said *in this video*), but you don’t get to just make shit up about videos from 2018 to attack Jews.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/04/2026
The NYT, a paper devoted to spreading the propaganda of rich “centrists” and right wing Trump apologists, isn’t critiquing the wealthy or defending the needy; it’s just trying to stigmatize public services and evangelize for means testing to undermine a socialist mayor. Just my opinion!
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Now I'm wondering if there's a whole population that watches NewsMax that thinks the US won in Vietnam.
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Jimmy (not one of those) Rothschild(s) @alsomuchcattle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
When you watch the new HP show you are giving money to someone who will turn around and use that wealth to build structures of society that eliminate women, including cis ones, who don't conform to her very specific vision of femininity (which is, fwiw, right there in the text) from public life.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
THIS
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Things that are also true:
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People overseas love their kids just as much as you love yours. Your kids aren’t more special just because they were born on US soil
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 21/02/2026
"It is what the Fourth Amendment was written to prevent."
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 21/02/2026
Judge Goodwin is an 83-year-old Clinton nominee who got all his degrees at WVU
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 20/02/2026
The Supreme Court:
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
IMPORTANT
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Oof.
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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
100 percent.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This. Yeah, I'd prefer our law enforcement not train in Israel, but that's hardly the root of the problem.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
absolutely should not
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
www.bendthearc.us/nj_call_a3558 or palestine.salsalabs.org/notoihracall...
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Make a call: Protect Free Speech, Reject S1292/A3558
The NJ Assembly is trying to pass A3558, a bill that would codify a dangerous definition of antisemitism into law and stifle free speech. We can't let that happen — make a call today:
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Montgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Yesterday, we held our first Hanukkah celebration, complete with a latke competition, Yiddish songs, learning about the history of Hanukkah with Rabbi Ariel Tovlev, menorah crafts and more! Happy Hanukkah and happy holidays to all! 🕎
Hanukkah greeting from MCJCGroup picture at Hanukkah partyLatke competition judges in action Discussing texts during the Hanukkah party
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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
How come when the children put a hat on Frosty and he comes to life it’s cute and kitschy, but when I write “emet” on this lump of clay and it comes to life suddenly I’m “bringing destruction on the whole village” and I have to “make it stop??”
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
This is a thing? Geez.
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 09/12/2025
This is great because it demonstrates that transphobes actually do know that gender has nothing to do with anatomy or genetics. These are gingerbread men despite having no penis or testicles, and DNA that is mostly butter.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Did you perhaps want to sign but didn't get around to it! You still can! Bit.ly/mcjc-cvh
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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is unadulterated antisemitism, for the sake of hating Jews for existing and publicly celebrating our holidays. Under the MAGA hat (literally in this case), with over 18k likes.
Twitter post from Lloyd Turnbacher III @lloyd_turn

"Get this satanic shit out of my Dixie."

Followed by a photo of the poster flipping off a big Chabad style electronic menorah, on the streets. With Christmas decorations visible in the background.

Posted at 3:21 PM 07 Dec 25 • 375K Views

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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi elected Lt. Gov of Virginia, making her the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office anywhere in America.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 22/10/2025
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date	Number Reported Killed	Approximate Location	Notification URL
September 2, 2025	11	“in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago)	View
September 15, 2025	3	
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters	View
September 19, 2025	3	“in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic	View
October 3, 2025	4	“in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela”	View
October 14, 2025	6	“in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela”	View
October 16, 2025	2; 2 reported survivors	“in the Caribbean”	View
October 17, 2025	3	“in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility”	View
October 21, 2025	2	“in the Eastern Pacific”	View
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Montgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
MCJC Member Adina Cohen has filed a civil rights complaint after Club Pilates North Bethesda banned her for wearing shirts with messages like “Jews Say Ceasefire Now.” Read the press release from CAIR ⬇️ www.cair.com/press_releas...
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CAIR Submits Civil Rights Complaint Against North Bethesda Pilates Studio for Discrimination Toward Md. Jewish Woman 
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16/10/2025
Commentary: A wide majority of Jewish Americans say President Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion — that it’s a thinly veiled disguise to justify his assault on higher education, as revealed by a national survey.
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Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities
A wide majority of Jewish Americans say Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion, as revealed by a national survey.
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
An Israel that was serious about a two state solution would be treating Barghouti as a potential Mandela. That Israel doesn't exist. The one that does is trying to kill the man.
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
This is the group that I helped to found and currently chair. Feel free to share far and wide; this is frankly unacceptable behavior from an elected official.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
EMERGENCY TIMELINE CLEANSE: Godzilla says Trans Rights 🏳️‍⚧️ youtu.be/xG1T0URuTWw
youtu.be
"Coming Out" - a stop motion short about a trans kid.
YouTube video by Cressa Maeve Áine
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
So, did any WHITE profs who are on the watchlist have this experience? I ask because the only one I know has not.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 11/09/2025
Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table
Kirk said that Jewish people control “not just the colleges; it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it.” Kirk also said ”the number one funding mechanism of radical, open border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions, and nonprofits" is “Jewish donors.” Claims that wealthy Jewish people and donors control major institutions and Hollywood are common antisemitic tropes. [Salem Media Group, The Charlie Kirk Show, 10/26/23; The Washington Post, 10/17/22; The Times of Israel, 11/17/22]
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Karen Caplan @quillkdc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The thing about the right's outrage at anyone pointing out the hateful nature of Charlie Kirk's politics is that you know that behind the scenes they are thrilled to have this to blame on the left.
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