Reposted by Karen SontagMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true. 633285219217
Reposted by Karen SontagCanuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol 354138744359
Reposted by Karen SontagElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done. 668138593647
Reposted by Karen SontagPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to. 1002939729
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Can’t wait for the day when Trump is gone and all of his aiders and abettors will be radioactive. 000
Reposted by Karen SontagGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What really sucks about Trump’s historic Iran fuck up is it will be extremely hard to recover from even for a competent well meaning Administration 1822634
Reposted by Karen SontagSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13/09/2026Climate issues raising family costs: the cost of insurance for the typical homeowner jumped by 24 percent between 2021 and 2024, according to research by the Consumer Federation of America. Free-to-pollute isn’t free to you. 1124480
Reposted by Karen Sontag California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT WE NEVER HEARD OF FAKE NEWS UNTIL WE GOT A FAKE-ASS PRESIDENT…👇 PATHETIC. 😎✨ 1713086963
Reposted by Karen SontagAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5943728713400
Reposted by Karen SontagCat @commandersnmgal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hey Congress, what’s the holdup? 471434396
Reposted by Karen SontagChris 🍁 @chrischoptain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026convincing americans they had to wait to vote to stop the insanity has been the single greatest achievement of the epstein class any other country would have shut this shit down already there are more normal citizens than there are hatefully evil fuckers do the math ppl 1252257596
Reposted by Karen Sontagalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate 372147014389
Reposted by Karen SontagEverett @oddswithgop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m in agreement with these observations and predictions. There is absolutely nothing to be proud of about the America trump has created! F him! 🤬 49650280
Reposted by Karen SontagSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026More brain drain: “Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north. 551535533
Reposted by Karen SontagDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2026Climate change is a moral catastrophe because countries like Nepal who are least responsible for causing it suffer the most. 341139273
Reposted by Karen SontagDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science. 340163595428
Reposted by Karen SontagRob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"If Trump should die before I wake ... I pray the Lord the news ain't fake" 39814
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I am sick with dread as I read the news every day. How to destroy a country in less than two years. 000
Reposted by Karen SontagCory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is what you get when you don't study history and learn from it. 18653482512
Reposted by Karen SontagJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A real question: What is a specific thing Trump has done that is *not* consistent with his being a paid agent of Russia, China, or NorK? (I *don't* think he is paid agent. Just vain, greedy, resentful, and ignorant. But old category of 'useful idiot' may be of use here, from RUS/PRC/NKor POV.) 1331792396
Reposted by Karen Sontag California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Normal is gone… Done. Accept that, and fight back, because what Trump has planned for all of us, is far worse than anything he's done yet. Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! Trump. Is. Evil. Incarnate. 😎✨ 1602789819
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026When will the people tire of being lied to, ripped off and put in danger? 000
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Why not, he’s made it to an advanced age and had lots of fun along the way. 000
Reposted by Karen SontagSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/08/2026Lake Mead lowest ever. Siberia hits 90. Vienna 105. Northwest on fire. Ocean heat record. Nothing to see here folks.washingtonpost.comLake Mead, the nation’s biggest reservoir, hits lowest level on recordThe milestone is yet another sign of the escalating water crisis on the Colorado River, which scientists say is worsened by climate change. 43576813167
Reposted by Karen SontagThe Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Republicans attacking Anthony Fauci is 'one of the darkest days in our Senate's history’ #LastWord 46765348
Reposted by Karen SontagRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026We have been subject to the sociopath for a year and a half — 18 months of the most loathsome, least competent, and most corrupt person ever to be president of the United States. But here's the good news.robertreich.substack.comSunday thought: When the sleeping giant dancesFriends, 781593479
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 27/07/2026God, I sure hope it’s before that. This country won’t survive a full term of him. 010
Reposted by Karen SontagMartha Acuna @marthaacuna.bsky.social · 26/07/2026We don’t deserve dogs 🐶 🥲♥️ Good morning friends! 482112491835
Reposted by Karen SontagACLU @aclu.org · 26/07/2026Participants in our National Advocacy Institute for youth and our broader community joined us to honor our collective fight to build a more perfect union and to uplift key individuals' contributions. Our honorees included Bruce Springsteen and Colin Kaepernick for their tireless, powerful advocacy.usatoday.comBruce Springsteen honored alongside Colin Kaepernick by ACLUBruce Springsteen accepted an ACLU award and reflected on activism. See what he told the crowd. 5249021149
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Sadly, it qualifies her to vote exactly as Trump wants in memory of her brother. 050
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It ain’t been right for a while. A fitting, undignified ending for a man who stopped at nothing to manipulate the system. 010
Reposted by Karen SontagAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true. 30290461370
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Weekend at Mitch’s: the ultimate indignity and they don’t even care because they lie, cheat and steal to win. 000
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The ultimate indignity and they don’t even care because they lie, cheat and steal to win. 010
Reposted by Karen SontagAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Red foxes running inside a circular exercise wheel. 🦊 Such wheels are used in wildlife rehabilitation centers for enrichment and to help foxes practice natural running behaviors, with the aim of them being released back into the wild at the right time. #fox #rescue #rehab 371314191
Reposted by Karen Sontagleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient. 1047286898159
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 02/07/2026No wonder Donald Trump thinks he’s a genius. All the rest of us are letting him get away with the greatest grift in history. 000
Reposted by Karen SontagDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”nytimes.comOpinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This 10435301231
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In years to come, it will be the ultimate dishonor to refer to a politician as a member of the Trump party. 000
Reposted by Karen SontagLoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I stopped watching CBS a long time ago!! Please Share! 47069982593
Reposted by Karen SontagChris Matthews🇦🇺 @larksong4.bsky.social · 13/05/2026So we are now at the: 'throw off all pretence of democracy and do whatever it takes to maintain power'stage of fascism. The people of the USA are going to have to fight like Hungary to overcome this. 13942181288
Reposted by Karen SontagKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 12/05/2026All the questions you're desperate to ask an infectious disease expert about hantavirus -- answered by an infectious disease expert:wired.comAll Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease ExpertHere’s what you need to know, from why the cruise ship outbreak won’t spark the next pandemic to how hantavirus spreads. 1135
Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Here’s what keeps me up at night: the Republicans have condoned so much abusive, treasonous and criminal behavior from Trump, it’s going to take something truly cataclysmic to get them to act. 020
