Karen L. Carter
@kcingr.bsky.social
Art Historian / Professor / late 19th century France Dog lover Opinions posted here are my own
The SAVE Act is stalled and looks dead in the Senate — but they keep trying to revive it. Stay loud and tell your Senators to kill it for good.
Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
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Stop the Save America Act from passing in the Senate. On Thursday the Senate is expected to vote on the Defense Reauthorization bill. The GOP is planning to sneak in the Save America Act. Email your Senators now and tell them to vote no. secure.now.org/a/save-ameri...
🚨Creating an enemies lists 🚨Attacking the press 🚨Sending taxpayer $ to criminals 🚨Pardoning fraudsters Every GOP governor and senator needs to be asked a simple question: Is this acceptable conduct from the POTUS? Weak little boys like Speaker Johnson Leader Thune need to grow a spine!
It’s lupin season here in Nova Scotia. The sight (and smell) of these wildflowers always transports me back to my childhood.
BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn files suit to block Trump’s ‘slush fund’
The existence of the new lawsuit is a reminder that the “slush fund” controversy is unfolding on multiple fronts.
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Montana has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United through ballot referendum. And now, Hawaii is following suit with a new bill in its state legislature that would do the same. Here's what you should know about the plans, and how they could be replicated where you live.
Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.
Join us March 28th nationwide for #NoKings!! ❌👑 HOST a protest: bit.ly/nokingshost FIND a protest: bit.ly/nokings328 Download the NO KINGS stencil: bit.ly/328stencil #FDT #AbolishICE #50501Movement #NoKings328
The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
Mass movement and protest is very effective and has shaped the arc of US history, say historians and political scientists. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
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In 2022, Democrats passed the PACT Act, the largest expansion of veterans' healthcare in generations. But Republicans are hard at work undermining the care veterans earned, slashing benefits, privatizing services and harming those who served. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...
Hundreds of VA clinicians warn that cuts threaten vets' health care
Hundreds of current and former VA clinicians have sent an open letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, warning that cuts and increased privatization threaten the VA health care system.
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Throngs of protesters gather in an estimated 2,600 "No Kings" demonstrations across the country to object to Trump's presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Protesters Denouncing Trump Unite Across the Country
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It was powerful to see so many people across West Michigan standing up and making their voices heard today — thank you Paw Paw, South Haven, and Holland! #NoKings
#NoKings in Grand Rapids is huge. Diverse, lots of older folks, lots of American flags, lots of Bible verses.
Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
It should be way bigger news that Trump effectively killed any attempt by foreign countries to build new factories in the United States with this idiotic ICE move. Just incalculable long term damage. Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
Confusion, Anger, Relief: Korean Engineer Tells of Week in U.S. ICE Detention
More than 300 employees at a Hyundai battery plant returned home after being detained in a Georgia immigration raid.
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
🚨 URGENT — JULY 18 VOTE 🚨 This rescission could eliminate or gut: • NPR & PBS • PEPFAR • USAID • Housing, Health, Education We must stop it. 🟥 This is about who we are as Americans. 🟦 It’s about accountability. 🟨 It’s about survival. Repost (please 🙏). Like. Share. It’s too important not to.
Propaganda I’m NEVER falling for: Private retirement programs are better than Social Security. Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% and has NEVER missed a payment in nearly 90 years.
Help raise awareness about the specifics of Trump’s Tax Scam by using our social toolkit. When people know what’s in the GOP’s dangerous reconciliation bill, they overwhelmingly oppose it — but a lot of people still aren’t aware of the details. We need to change that: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings
Thousands showed up for the No Kings protest in Grand Rapids, MI today
No Kings, Greater Grand Rapids, MI turns out!
Sen. Cory Booker: When you see a democratic nation having their executive begin to arrest mayors, begin to arrest judges, begin to arrest a United States senator who was simply asking for answers to their questions [...] this is something that we should not tolerate.
