Kari Johnson

Kari Johnson

@karijohn.bsky.social

Animal lover, bleeding heart liberal, wife of USAF retired husband, grandma, aging services non-profit strategic director. karij at Daily Kos. 💙Stronger Together 💙Resist 💙Revolution

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Yes! I'll have analysis on the order at @prospect.org tomorrow, but for now, warm yourself by the fire of the judge's blazing hot rage. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: In a blistering order, Judge Hinderaker details how the Trump admin only has done anything in the case of Ahmed Soliman when ordered to do so. As such, he now orders DOJ to address each of the 11 steps he sees as being needed to bring Soliman back to the U.S.

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What the media does and doesn't report is a choice, as is how they frame it, and they seem to have chosen a side. But they act highly offended when we point that out.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

How is it that another credible rape allegation and multiple assertions of further wrongdoing emerge about the president the week before an election and no one were to care? New concessions to the Russians? More revelations about his family Russia ties? About Kushner Trump corruption? How? How? How?

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Michelle Obama has an amazing point (as usual): Never let anyone convince you your vote doesn't matter. Make a plan, bring your favorite people, and turn voting into a celebration! Find a Party at the Polls event with @WhenWeAllVote & make your voice heard! #BlueWaveIn7Days 🌊

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"I don't give a damn, I'm gonna say it: We're making a frickin fortune." Trump, Saturday, with gas at $4.29. The Iran strike is ready within 96 hours of his order. He is holding it until the votes are in. So who is "we"? narativ.org

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This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

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Very useful history here, delivered very efficiently:

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

This week’s installment of my Stop the Presses newsletter recalls the Republicans’ history of cheating in elections. They’ve often gotten away with it. Let’s make sure cheaters don’t prosper this time.

You all know what to do...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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NEW: Press freedom groups have sued the Trump administration — alleging in federal court that attempting to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House violates the First Amendment rights of ordinary citizens to access information about the U.S. government.

washingtonpost.comWhite House is sued again over media bans as press groups seek wider injunctionThe new lawsuit says that prohibitions like the ones aimed at CNN, MS NOW and Politico — which a judge has paused — violate the rights of ordinary citizens.

Punk.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Q: "Do you regret the ad?" Vivek Ramaswamy: "We're standing for truth. Irony is they are lying about an ad that was about her lying. The fact of the matter is I am running against somebody who is crazy, unstable, and dishonest."

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Note: In 2016 Trump won with the help of coordinated messaging amplified by bots. He still relies on that coordinated messaging, tho the Epstein schism undermined that some. But this SEEMS to say you don't stay off Xitter and Facebook--you coordinate to game it.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

Pro-Lula Brazilians doing en masse digital organizing against the platforms is interesting. Basically took website/influencer growth hacking techniques—eg everyone go like/comment/share this, get the algorithm to pick it up—and applied them to electoral politics at a grand scale. Thread:

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It is now 311 days since Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated full release of Epstein Files—and they're still not released. Never before has an innocent person refused to release facts that would exonerate them from accusations of rape, sex trafficking, and being a PDFile. Sounds quite guilty.

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I just love these Trump supporters calling for the smelling salts over Obama's Cheescake factory quip saying he's mocking middle America. These are the very people who worship the man who vomits gilt gew gaws everywhere like he's Louis the XIV and brags about how much money he's making as president.

He is a hateful racist. How many more of these sick "rallies" is doing, they are just desperate to rile up maga racist assholes.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is straight up saying during speeches that he wants white people coming to the country but not black. I don’t know what else people need to see.

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Americans have a choice. You can vote for Nazism—which is 100% what this is—or you can vote for America. Anyone votes for Nazism should never be forgiven by anyone they love or even anyone they know casually. Voting for Nazism is an unforgivable sin for good reason. It is treachery against America.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

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Replying to @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

The people who infuriate and terrify you: the hateful and the small-minded and the cruel who drive you to tears and to hopelessness? They will be voting. They will not allow someone else to interpret what their silence means. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo The People Who Aren’t Planning On Voting,An estimated 89 million registered voters did not vote in the 2024 general election.

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This is a really terrible ad Blake Gendebien has put out. (the article linked is a few weeks old but I am just seeing it air in my local area, although he is not my district). Seriously he brags about being a "conservative democrat"! www.wwnytv.com/2026/10/15/g...

wwnytv.comGendebien releases new ad, pushes for Trump voter supportBlake Gendebien says many Republicans aren't happy with their party. Anthony Constantino says the same thing about Democrats.

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Replying to @barackobama.bsky.social

If we’re willing to organize and mobilize, if we’re willing to turn out in big numbers in Ohio and across this country, if we’re willing to vote for change and vote for Democrats up and down the ballot, then this election might just mark the moment this country began moving in a better direction.

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As a veteran, I'm furious he told those poisoned by Camp Lejeune's water they'd only get help IF REPUBLICANS WIN. This rotten son of a bitch sees veterans as tools to manipulate. I know, that’s not news. We’ve known this. But..that makes it no less disgusting or disturbing. VOTE.

He is insane.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😬 Trump sounds like hell during bizarre pre-rally gaggle 😬 Trump could barely speak, but what he said was nutso. He claimed his uncle invented radar, said he could "violate" Prizker and send troops into Chicago, and had a weirdly contradictory answer when asked who he golfed with today. Supercut:

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ELON HAS: - Cut off satellites to Ukraine - Spent $500 million on the midterms - Put $1 billion into Skydance - Had the Musk documentary banned from social media and pulled from theaters - Threatened any politician who comes after him with violence - Has appeared to be very high on ketamine again

#HappyCaturday from Salem (she is mad as all heck at these awful republicans and hopes you will vote, vote early, help others vote!) and me! #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBluesky #Vote

😡 Hope Florida is voting democrat.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

I gave Yasmany Moreno a heads-up that up to 100 third-country nationals would be joining him in Central African Republic, and that I’d heard a lot of them might be Cubans and Venezuelans. This morning, he says 90 Cuban men and 5 Cuban women have arrived. Here he is welcoming some of them.

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Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep. A THREAD.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

1. I am very tired of being asked to be stupid. I know that is not the most important thing right now. There are many more serious consequences to electing a criminal president who is burning up the economy.

😡 Cruel and inhumane.

MeteorBlades@meteorblades.bsky.social

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, around 5.5mn people, including roughly 2mn children, have lost SNAP assistance (food stamps) since Trump signed the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025. Underfed kids are beautiful, eh? www.commondreams.org/news/5-milli...