Karen Mueller

Today is *not* a “peaceful transfer of power.” It’s the completion of a violent coup attempt that began this morning four years ago. Yes, Trump won the ‘24 election; but he was only able to run because we failed to fully confront the fact of that violent coup attempt.

06.01.2025 14:46 — 👍 4913    🔁 1381    💬 99    📌 88

January 6, peaceful today, unlike 2021. The instigator of that violent coup attempt will be returning to power soon in a flurry of lies and chaos. We need to stay vigilant and call out the lies when we hear them, and stand up for the rights of all.

06.01.2025 17:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More about Dr. Oz by @alineitzelmd.bsky.social👇🏻

"Trump & his allies are reportedly eyeing major slashes to Medicaid in order to carry out tax cuts for the wealthy elite. Oz has previously said that uninsured Americans have no “right to health” and has been paid to promote Medicare privatization.

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Definition of “kakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

20.11.2024 13:57 — 👍 46518    🔁 9784    💬 1522    📌 619

Authoritarianism Expert Delivers Chilling Assessment On Trump Cabinet Picks It's not “just that these people are not qualified enough" or even "totally unqualified," warned Timothy Snyder, who said their selection aims to do one thing.

“Taken together, these appointments suggest an attempt to make our government dysfunctional, to make it fall apart, to pervert it, until it’s not capable of doing anything at all.” They’re not just unqualified but “anti-qualified.”
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No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not The Moment To Remain Silent Naomi Shulman makes the post-election case for speaking out.

“Nice people make the best Nazis”- from 2016.
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16.11.2024 15:52 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Meet the kittens, (Dame) Judi, aka Eek, and her sister Maddie Sunna (Norse sun goddess).

16.11.2024 15:39 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been thinking about this quote from Brenè Brown this week:

15.11.2024 02:35 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just back from a trip to the UK, for work and travels. Here’s a shot from Exmoor National Park.

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