Karen Finney

NY AG James on X: "This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. https://t.co/X9U0EsHuGM" / X This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. https://t.co/X9U0EsHuGM

Trump has crossed a red-line no other president has by ordering the DOJ to target his perceived foes. Tish James bravely did her job, Trump is abusing his power. Here is her powerful response: x.com/NewYorkState...

CNN Panel Laughs at Scott Jennings for Defending Trump’s Total BS Scott Jennings was mocked when defending the Trump administration’s false claims about Obamacare on the Source with Kaitlan Collins.

That’s when Finney broke down laughing. “Oh my god, one?! Scott!” she exclaimed, still chuckling. “Oh my god, you’re absurd.” www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-maga-pu...

Saying prayers for Charlie Kirk and his loved ones. Also pray we stand together as Americans against political violence.

No, but it’s important that they spoke out.

The GOP has allowed him to neuter Congress, which is part of why they are so afraid of a free and fair election in 2026 which would allow citizens to vote to take their power back.

“When a leader has no substantive policies to heal a nation’s wounds, he opens new ones with the sword of state violence.”

My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.

Karen Finney (@karenfinney1) Trump Is Defunding Public Safety No, Black women in Chicago don’t want Donald Trump trying to “occupy” the city the way he’s done in Washington, D.C. As one of the 92% of Black women who voted agains...

Trump is defunding public safety:

$158 million cut from gun-violence prevention grants
$300 million cut from Community Violence Intervention grants.
Over $800 million cut in total from DOJ programs funding more than 500 organizations nationwide substack.com/@karenfinney...

Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.

Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say

Another example of the danger posed by Trump leaning in to conspiracy theories: “He had become fixated with the coronavirus vaccine, believing that it was…” Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Virginia Giuffre’s brother: Calling it a hoax is a complete disgrace to everything that my sister has worked for, everything these survivors have worked for and continue to fight for… And that feels very uncompassionate coming from somebody that’s the leader of our country.

Don't miss tomorrow's episode of The Tea with April Ryan live at 5 pm ET!

@aprildryan.bsky.social will be joined by Dr. Heavenly Kimes (@drheavenlyk.bsky.social) and Karen Finney (@finneyk.bsky.social) to discuss the Texas redistricting battle, Trump's threat to federalize DC, and more.

We’ll be talking about the latest - real talk!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Trump’s Defense of Ghislaine Maxwell & Dems Battle Texas Gerrymander | Marc Elias

I joined Symone Sanders, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez to discuss Donald Trump’s defense of Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer and how Democratic governors like Kathy Hochul, JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are fighting back against Texas’ redistricting scheme. youtube.com/watch?v=PHNt...

Thank you.

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Fox News gave new classified email revelation in Hegseth Signal scandal just 40 seconds of airtime

www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Thank you. Yes it’s all very disturbing.

Juneau calls for evacuations before annual outburst flood Although city officials expect a Mendenhall River levee to hold back glacial outburst floodwaters as soon as early August, they don’t want people to test it with their lives.

Juneau officials are asking residents in the Mendenhall Valley’s glacial outburst flood zone to evacuate ahead of this year’s flood, which could come in early August.

Trump is now saying the whole Jeffrey Epstein situation is a hoax - in effect he’s saying the women who’ve come forward were lying. Keep up the pressure, he’s more unhinged than ever.

Trump is now saying the whole Jeffrey Epstein situation is a hoax - in effect he’s saying the women who’ve come forward were lying. Keep up the pressure, he’s more unhinged than ever.

People who burn food rather than feed starving children don't receive the Nobel Peace Prize. "the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it...enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week" www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated The percentage of Americans wanting less immigration has dropped by nearly half this year to 30%, with 79% now saying immigration benefits the U.S.

Americans are seeing through Trump’s lies about immigrants: news.gallup.com/poll/692522/... “The recent jump in perceptions of immigration being a good thing is largely owed to a sharp increase among Republicans and, to a lesser extent, independents”

Quote graphic with the following message: "50% of voters think too little attention is paid to state and local policymaking." The data is sourced from Data for Progress. The phrase "too little attention" is highlighted in teal, while the phrase "state and local" is highlighted in yellow.

This summer, we’re changing that.

Stay tuned to learn more.

The Number of National Black Conventions That Are ‘NOT’ Inviting President Trump Continues to Grow BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — NABJ President Ken Lemon spoke by phone to Black Press USA, expressing, “at this point, there is not a reason to invite President Trump this year.” Last year was a hard-fought...

Amen: blackpressusa.com/the-number-o...

"We who call America home must be willing to continually and courageously evolve as one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all." - @janainelson.bsky.social

Shameful - but are we surprised?