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Karen Hielsberg

@birdergal.bsky.social

Happily retired wife, mother, and grandmother, strongly committed to democracy and the rule of law. Actively pursuing my interests in travel, birding, photography, nature and movies. Interested in aging well by staying healthy through diet and exercise.

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This is as important as the Epstein files...

Insurrection in Portland and Chicago?

Roll the tapes on Jan. 6

Less we forget...

07.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad they are talking to the foreign press...might be the best way to get the word out given how fear and intimidation has muffled what used to be the U.S. free press.

07.10.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคช

07.10.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still smarting over the total disregard and disrespect our military continuously receives from Hogsbreath and Trump on a daily basis. I count 12 family members who have served in 4 branches of the military; I hate seeing all they have stood for and the service they gave denigrated so despicably.๐Ÿ˜ข

07.10.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely trying to provoke cause to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare Martial Law. Stay strong, Chicago...right now you are our firewall.

07.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree...I have taken my basic high school Spanish all over the world and used it to speak to residents in Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Trinidad/Tobago, Cuba and here at home in Puerto Rico. Being able to dialog with folks with other viewpoints this way has broadened my world perspective immeasurably.

07.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup...and I suspect there are many ICE agents who have similar resumes. Couldn't be successful in law enforcement any other way, so now they get to be rogue tough guys.

06.10.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, very pro-life isn't it?

06.10.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Truer words were never spoken!

06.10.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Chicago citizen confronts the hypocrisy of a fellow Hispanic man working for ICE, shaming him and making a powerful point by asking how his family ended up in the United States.

05.10.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10608    ๐Ÿ” 3993    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 359    ๐Ÿ“Œ 259

I love this! โค๏ธ

05.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36939    ๐Ÿ” 16664    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 798    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2356
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I canโ€™t get over this. Trump bailed out Argentina farmers with $20 billion of our tax dollars, then China turned around and bought soybeans from them instead of US farmers.

Not AMERICA FIRST, America got played.

05.10.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4063    ๐Ÿ” 1762    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 184    ๐Ÿ“Œ 84
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Breaking news!!!!!!

05.10.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 551    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Feel the powey

04.10.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1123    ๐Ÿ” 240    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Our commitment to nonviolence is going to be tested.
The unnecessary use of force speaks to ICE serving the regime and not We The People.

04.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 860    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46

I think it's clear now that the most evil, malevolent, dangerous man in the US is Stephen Miller.

05.10.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2484    ๐Ÿ” 506    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

US fugitives wanted for serious crimes like rape, homicide and human trafficking go to Mexico to hide. A crack Mexican intelligence unit, the Fugitive Hunters, find, arrest, and deport them back to U.S. Big difference between their procedures and ICE...they actually have warrants! Watch on HULU.

04.10.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely loved Stevie! We saw him play at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, along with Eric Clapton, the night before he died in a helicopter crash at the same location. He had conquered his drug addiction and gave the best performance of his life.

04.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No! They don't have coverage under Medicaid unless it is a "life or death" emergency. Otherwise it is covered by the hospital's charity policy or written off as a bad debt (says someone who directed a health system's patient financial services department for 35 years).

04.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would never happen here because she was a British citizen and stood for every climatological, environmental and ecological cause that the current regime detests...basically too good a person of character and a great humanitarian.

04.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree, it will be a domestic terrorist act by the federal government for the sole purpose of creating chaos during one of the most unifying events we still have in this country.

04.10.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent point!

04.10.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here...I have shed those former friends, and it has been a big relief!

04.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have to keep up the pressure on ICE...there are more of us than there are of them.

04.10.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love that Gavin Newsom has the ammunition to fight fire with fire, and is not afraid to use it!

04.10.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reading this book now...it explains white Christian nationalism and describes a new pathway to take away from that corruption of faith and back to the true teachings of Jesus.

04.10.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He strikes me as the new Mike Pence. I cringed at how his absolute allegiance to Trump meant 100% agreement and support of all the crazy stuff in the first term. Now Mike Johnson has stepped into that role...totally a little bitch.

04.10.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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