Karen Kaivola
@kkaivola.bsky.social
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Retired academic. Avid reader, lifelong learner, principled pragmatist.
A timely and sobering dose of reality. Sharing a gift article to offer access without a NYT subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/opinion/jan-6-anniversary-trump-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BVA.1nad.7l0gcWHAaXYi&smid=bs-share
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Tom Nichols
10 months ago
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/ukraine-us-relations-trump/681880/?gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweGv4UX7UfPGsjCiyiwxP-8I&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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New York Times Opinion
11 months ago
āRepublican voters signed up for āThe Trump Show: Politics Edition,āā writes Tressie McMillan Cottom. āMusk is producing and distributing that show, one chaotic bite at a time.ā
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Opinion | Look Past Elon Muskās Chaos. Thereās Something More Sinister at Work.
Everything is content.
https://nyti.ms/3CIxZtj?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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50501: The Peopleās Movement āš
11 months ago
Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at
https://buff.ly/417VjtT
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Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything? Lots of helpful advice here about how to remain informed (without getting overwhelmed), get involved, and stay sane.
#resist
#takingaction
#stayingsane
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sherrilyn/p/democracy-is-crumbling-is-anybody?r=z3vl7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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Greg Sargent
11 months ago
Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear. New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
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Pope Francisās Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGAās Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administrationās rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191427/pope-francis-jd-vance-maga-dark-soul
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Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show! What an important, timely, and powerful reminder of the subversive power of art...and why it is feared by authoritarian leaders.
#kendricklamar
#halftime
#resist
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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Kendrick Lamarās Drake-baiting at the Super Bowl was a smokescreen - review
Hip-hop kingās performance will undoubtedly go down as one of the most important halftime shows in the history of the event, if not the most significant mass-televised rap performance of all time
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kendrick-lamar-review-super-bowl-halftime-show-2025-b2695117.html
11 months ago
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Keys for Liberty
11 months ago
Halftime Bliss Kendrick Lamar was defiant, proud, vindictive, playful and celebratory, subversive, trolling and joyful. Heās our resistance blueprint.
#DemCast
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An extraordinary piece by Caitlin Flanaganā¦
about 1 year ago
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Eliot A. Cohen
about 1 year ago
MAGA isn't conservative, and I am not sure that conservatism still exists; and contemporary progressivism is no better. Here's my solution:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@theatlantic.com
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A Guide for the Politically Homeless
Those left adrift by Trumpās rise must now engage in a new project.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/guide-politically-homeless-2024-election/680795/?gift=KGDC3VdV8jaCufvP3bRsPjkS1BRgw_dTtm0UO5Xze0c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Ezra Klein
about 1 year ago
This weekās episode of The Ezra Klein Show, with Pulitzer Prize winning historian and Atlantic writer
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7yWP...
youtu.be/dwtUoJfkHlQ?...
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Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
https://youtu.be/dwtUoJfkHlQ?si=aVcmU18xmOiENMPR
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Helen Kennedy
about 1 year ago
ABC: Trump team threatening lawmakers that Musk will fund primary opponents if they don't bow down to his nominees.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump team warns Republicans to support Cabinet picks or face primary funded by Musk
As controversy continues to cloud some of Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has a sharp warning for Republicans who don't fall in line, ABC's Jonathan Karl reports.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-team-warns-republicans-support-cabinet-picks-face/story?id=116094924
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In the midst of all the current noise and ugliness, I'm so grateful for and inspired by the courage, humanity, integrity, and eloquence of elected representatives
#SarahMcBride
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#SummerLee
@summerlee.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Highly recommend! "Authoritarian tactics are already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look." "It's not the future, it's the present."
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Autocracy in America
Politics Podcast Ā· 7 Episodes Ā· Weekly Series
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocracy-in-america/id1763234285
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An astute, thoughtful analysis of what has led us to the present moment - with suggestions for how we might move beyond it. Highly recommend (and hope this link will work for those who are not subscribers to The Atlantic).
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isnāt working. We need something new.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/?gift=p7vyEe_QpRBqcuRmA7sfFhbNt_jj662gK_Nt3mJjUN8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 year ago
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