Karen Keefe

Former CWRU professor Krauss appears in Epstein files On Nov. 12, the U.S. House Oversight Committee released more than 20,000 documents in connection to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files show the extent of the financ...

Release the Epstein Files in total. Stop protecting these depraved predators. Justice for the survivors!
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Because of ICE, I’ve Been in Hiding for Months. It Has Transformed Me. Days of anxiety, of frustration, and of feeling that everything is on hold while the world keeps moving forward outside. By SM 12:02 PM CST on February 20, 2026

If there’s an Anne Frank, there’s fascism.

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On Lynchings in America Support my blog with a Tip Typically when we think about lynching, we rightfully connect the killings to the tremendous numbers of Black men, women and children killed during the Jim Crow Era. They w...

today on my blog, I wrote an op-ed about the history of lynching, and why its extrajudicial nature is so aptly documented by Black journalists like Georgia Fort and Black activists like Nekima Levy-Armstrong the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/on-lynchings...

I am thrilled that my poem, Grief Take Down, has found its home in the magazine, Howl and Hold, Issue#2 Altars. I am so grateful to EIC, Lori Zaspel.

NYS lawmakers push bill mandating public schools teach lessons on Jan. 6 Capitol riots A bill in the NYS legislature would require instruction in public schools on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

“In an age when conspiracy theories are able to inspire and incite such wanton political violence, it is more important than ever that our schools equip the next generation with the truth, free from bias, and without prejudice, in order to protect our democracy,”

#HansomeMonday

Really, @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy has been 💯% right about pretty much everything for FIFTY years.

Maybe he knows a thing or two that merit your attention?

As families come together to light the kinara, Jen and I wish all those celebrating a joyful Kwanzaa.
 
May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future.
 
Happy Kwanzaa, California!

Thank you CB🤖❤️🦋

Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025

Lovely to see THE DEAD WITHHELD by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app on Reactor's Best Books of 2025 🖤 and in such fine company too ✨

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Congratulations

"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.

"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
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Truth

Congrats, Miami, on the win! Eileen Higgins has won the 2025 mayoral election becoming the city’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years. And a huge thank-you to all the poll workers and volunteers who made it possible! 💙🌊

Tell Congress: Demand DHS Secretary Kristi Noem resign Contact Congress today!

Tell Congress it's time to evict Kristi Noem.

“Thank you for the compliment, Mr. President, now back to my question… “. AND every reporter needs to follow suit and keep asking the, “stupid” question. Interrupt him! Do not allow him to continue this … STAND UP

If only he was just a clown, “a CON”

I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.

Things are changing. Especially in red states.

Book cover of This Wilderness & Other Concerns by Martin Kennedy Yates, published by The Broken Spine. The cover artwork depicts an urban canal or waterway running between old brick and industrial buildings, with graffiti on one wall and a dark, moody atmosphere. A quote from writer and poet Jonathan Davidson reads: “These poems are a pleasure both to encounter and to read.”

"Post-pandemic Britain with lyricism sharper than a Thames-side razor wire."
Not your average stocking filler.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
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New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.

I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

Protect our babies!

As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging

Pete Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat as Democrats slam administration over attacks – live Defense secretary says he ‘moved on to my next meeting’ as sensitive military operation was under way; top Democrat calls Hegseth ‘spineless’ and ‘a national embarrassment’

NARCO!

POLO!

NARCO!

POLO!

NARCO, NARCO, NARCO, NARCO!

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