Karen Alexander

We need a Texas State Politics 5 calls app. Who's on it?

You are a good man Mark Cuban.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

😭Why!?!?!?😭

This is how I feel also

I am a USAID Foreign Service Officer posted to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where I have served since 2023. My portfolio focuses on establishing conflict-free supply chains of critical minerals from the DRC to the U.S. The overarching objective of my role is to strengthen the supply chain of DRC’s vast critical minerals sector to the U.S. Much of my job is establishing relationships with Government of DRC officials and informing them of the benefits partnerships with the U.S. offer. Over 70% of the world’s cobalt is produced in the DRC, which is almost entirely shipped to China. My job was to help reduce the country’s dependence through increased trade with the U.S. As part of this, I was a lead coordinator for the U.S.’s support to developing the Lobito Corridor railway, which, if fully developed, will substantially decrease the time to ship minerals from DRC to the U.S. It is a project that has already received $500M in support from the U.S. DFC.

Three days later, we finally arrived back to winter in DC with no warm clothes, a place to stay, or a school for the kids to go to. We arrived to the news that DOGE and the Trump Administration were calling us “criminals” — something particularly hard to stomach after the ordeal we had just survived

This one describes the counter-Chinese focus of the Congo mission -- in part to push back on Chinese access to Cobalt.

As several others did, it describes the gut punch of Trump and Elon calling them criminals.

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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

Okay America, I'm going to be out of the country for a couple days. Don't do anything stupid.

Dear Joe,

I know it feels really wrong to order your AG to release a Special Counsel report because that’s been a bad thing to do for so long. But the Supreme Court says it’s okay now. It’s legal. It’s an official act.

So go ahead, Mr. President. It’s normal now.

~ Everyone

My message to Zuck

To honor one of the most compassionate Americans we've ever known, consider an act of kindness today, for a loved one or even a stranger, however small.

Be the reason someone feels seen today. Sometimes all it takes is a kind word or a sincere gesture.

It will make Jimmy smile.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

I watched the most excellent movie, A Complete Unknown, yesterday. 5⭐️s. Got me thinking we could use a strong musical protest "movement" about now; Dylans and Marleys and Guthries and Seegers. Who's up to the challenge?

So good.

A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves.

They’re about to find out.

Hi Ceryta!

To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.

Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.

Make America Healthy Again lasted less than a Scaramucci

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media 1) Do not read the whole original post or what it links to, which will dilute the purity of your response and reduce your chances of rebuking the poster for not mentioning anything they might&#8217…

1) Do not read the whole original post or what it links to, which will dilute the purity of your response and reduce your chances of rebuking the poster for not mentioning anything they might’ve mentioned/written a book on/devoted their life to. lithub.com/rebecca-soln...

It was a 49% to 48% election.

Fascism won by a hair.

And it took Russian and MAGA bomb threats, a hoax regarding battleground-state police raids, an illegal Musk-funded lottery, $600M given to Trump by just 15 people, Netanyahu meddling in our politics, and Democrats staying home for it to happen.

Saw Rebecca Solnits' post on FB about blocking unwanted lists. What a great idea. So now I'm wondering how to find people's lists I might want to follow. Can anyone help?

No worries. Remember, he can't be bothered to read his briefs.

This is Maisie. She is livin' her best life. 💙

We paid for it. We should be able to see it.

"For years to come, there are many people on the right... that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump."
-Marco Rubio (2016), who was just named Trump's Secretary of State

They are all over this place. So many Corgis. 💙