Kara Karlson
@karakarlson.bsky.social
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Mother.
#DisabilityRights
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#ElectionLaw
attorney. 4th gen Arizonan.
#Momvocate
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One of my proudest moments was when I got AZ policy changed to ensure people with intellectual & developmental disabilities received priority for COVID vaccines. This has been promised, but was quietly rescinded. Helping 42k ppl access life saving vaccines. Higher rate uptake than nat'l avg.
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RFK Jr, this you?
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about 1 hour ago
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A day in the life of a Millennial.
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about 1 hour ago
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For those who are unfamiliar with the various autistic and autistic advocacy factions, this is like Neocons/war hawks linking up with Code Pink and Antifa. Just very, very different groups all recognizing a common threat.
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Josh Marshall
2 days ago
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud.
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Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
https://azmirror.com/briefs/turning-point-leader-former-gop-rep-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-election-fraud/
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"We began with the Russian position" is a dead giveaway. Basic negotiation: You begin w/the position of the party you support. About 10s after he said that, he realized what he had just admitted & hoped no one would notice. At least, if I were negotiating w/him, that would be my bet.
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Good riddance to FB. I lurk there to KIT with some old friends, but that's about it.
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Contrast this with the response of the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum when she was groped on the street, and what she felt she needed to do for other Mexican women who don't have her profile.
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Titillating? Discussing what major new health discoveries we won't get is depressing. Seeing people suffer vaccine preventable diseases is heartbreaking. Wondering what is next and how it will affect you and your family is terrifying. I'd give anything for just titillating.
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Mina Kimes
3 days ago
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
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It is clear that this is targeting "pink collar" jobs. But it is also targeting disabled people, children, and the elderly, who disproportionately utilize these professionals. Suffer the little children, indeed.
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4 days ago
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Gregg Gonsalves
4 days ago
This week was terrible: RFK Jr. put autism/vaccines at center of CDC website; ACIP is about to tank the birth dose of HBV vaccine; loans for public health/nursing degrees just got cut. I cannot express the white hot hatred I have for these people. Get on the phone. Call your representatives.
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Dorit Reiss
5 days ago
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Seeing preventable diseases coming back is both wrong and a right violation.
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/children-vaccines-measles-whooping-cough-rights-united-nations-conventions/
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
5 days ago
Friends, please don’t pick up ByHeart baby formula for awhile. It’s apparently still on the shelves.
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Where are my state's rights folks? Hmm?
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5 days ago
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How are they still calling him a vaccine "skeptic"? Skeptics want to evaluate evidence, they don't invent their own "facts." RFK Jr is, and was long before his confirmation, an ANTI-VAXXER. His ideological touchstone is vaccines=bad.
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RFK Jr. Lied to get confirmed to head HHS. Not my opinion, this is actual proof. What makes you think he's not lying about vaccines and autism? He is. We have volumes of data showing zero link with vaccines, but a strong genetic connection.
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This is going to result in a lot of needless pain, suffering, expense, long term disability, and death. And our youngest children will suffer the most. We must extricate this cancer from our public health governance.
#Momvocate
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5 days ago
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I can't say it better.
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Let me introduce you to price elasticity. Commodities that are generally interchangeable with transparent pricing have "elastic" demand curves, which means price is highly negotiable. Health care is *incredibly* inelastic, because providers are not interchangeable widgets. 1/
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6 days ago
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"Pro-life"?
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6 days ago
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They are, actually, coming for our vaccines. Not just to allow people who don't want to vaccinate to have the right to infect us. I wish I had been wrong about their obvious, oft stated intentions. And I hope my kids have access to more vaccines than I did, not fewer.
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Big, macho ICE agents in teams wearing body armor and weapons can't tolerate the treatment that school girls, teens, and women around the world have to deal with when we have the audacity to walk around outside on any and every day that ends in y. You have my deepest sympathies. /A
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Listen to the language. "Innocent victims." Not all victims. "Innocent" ones. And, as Jim has done in the past, not exposing all the predators. Just the "bad" guys. It's easier when you commit to honest transparency, protecting all the victims, and trying all the perps.
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This is accurate, but shouldn't the focus be on the fact that it's the victims who are finally winning something here? Real children, HUNDREDS, were really hurt. Permanently scarred. Trafficked. And who knows how many committed suicide or died deaths of despair like accidental OD's.
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Phil Lewis
7 days ago
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
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No matter your politics/worldview, Sen Warren is absolutely brilliant and knows her stuff.
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8 days ago
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
8 days ago
You can send a thank-you note to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if you are a measles enthusiast.
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He also suggests he's so good at ending wars that he's stopping a war that...hasn't started yet but is starting soon?
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The idea that individuals with $2k will be able to negotiate... anything...is obviously a lie. If it wasn't, then small businesses (more than one person) would be able to negotiate better rates/deals. They can't. The best ins in AZ is working for the state (HUGE contract). This is a *terrible* idea.
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My first labor, I said that I didn't want the epidural yet, but soon. 30 mins later, nowhere near as far along as this woman is, I got a little more *uncomfortable.* Asked for an epidural. Got it 15 mins later. Wonderful, pain free delivery. Everyone should get this, if they want.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
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Hickman’s Egg Farm in AZ is selling to a Brazilian company, because they couldn’t sustain the business after a catastrophic loss of their chickens due to bird flu. It had been in business for 81 years. Public Health affects every aspect of life, and RFK Jr. is well on his way to destroying it.
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Arizona-based Hickman’s Family Farms set to be acquired by Brazilian company
Hickman’s Family Farms has over five locations across Arizona. The company also has locations in California, Colorado, and Nevada.
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/11/16/arizona-based-hickmans-family-farms-set-be-acquired-by-brazilian-company/?output
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) makes a world of difference for disabled kids and their families. It has, historically, been bipartisan. We all must continue to support it; in doing so, we support our disabled friends, family, and strangers.
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Somehow
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went "too far," and yet, this is the ruling of a court across the pond. All events took place in 2021 or more recently. Looks to me like
#MeToo
did not go far enough. This isn't Epstein, it's part of a much larger, deeper pattern.
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The secrets of Epstein’s inbox [show] a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences. For those inside the circle, the rules of the outside world do not apply."
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"The fragility and weakness of my body, I can handle. The fragility of the safety net is something I fear and worry about constantly." Rest in power Ms. Wong. Disabled activist, & proud "Medicaid welfare queen" whose voice will be heard for generations.
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Eric Michael Garcia
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This is a fantastic tribute to Alice. I know she always knew death was nearby. It doesn't make her absence any less heartbreaking.
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/11/15/disability-activist-alice-wong/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYzMTgyODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0NTY1MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjMxODI4MDAsImp0aSI6ImJkOTE3ZDQ3LWQxZWEtNGFkYi05YWVlLTJiYzYxYzA0YTk0MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vYml0dWFyaWVzLzIwMjUvMTEvMTUvZGlzYWJpbGl0eS1hY3RpdmlzdC1hbGljZS13b25nLyJ9.IFKDvhABurPZQW6za9QGaoJclLQyqi5biD6RGUElgUE
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"Thomas (rapist) is an alumna of Oklahoma State University, where Butler’s (prosecutor) father worked as a director of operations for the college’s football program. Worthington is also an Oklahoma State University alumna." So, college football. 🤮
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10 days ago
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." U.S. Constitution, 1st Amend.
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Boy, I'm glad they made sure our trans service members were removed for "military readiness." Sure feel like our Dept of War is at peak readiness. Don't you? /Sarc This is terrible, and is a true burden for our service members. Congress could end it all, if they had a spine.
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It wasn't long ago, at all.
#Ruby
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TW: Discussion of SA and trafficking in the voice of one of the child survivors.
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ProPublica
11 days ago
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/find-out-why-health-insurance-claim-denied?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1763174100&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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This is why the antivaxx movement is not about "personal freedom."
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Fun fact: nearly all countries in the world prohibit or restrict the immigration of disabled people. This is just a new verse in a long, sad, very old song. If more people experience it, maybe we will finally stop this?
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12 days ago
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Americans can't afford oligarchs.
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Bill Grueskin
13 days ago
This story by
@davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
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David Darmofal
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I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Light reading.
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13 days ago
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Vile. Disgusting. These words seem insufficient to describe the reality. I hope the people who engaged in this atrocity are brought to justice.
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Dorit Reiss
14 days ago
This tight-knit community was recovering from a cultlike leader. Then measles got in.
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This tight-knit community was recovering from a cultlike leader. Then measles got in.
Years after the reign of Warren Jeffs, the Short Creek community on the Utah-Arizona border is focused on rebuilding. Missed vaccines were low on the list of priorities, until now.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tight-knit-community-was-recovering-cultlike-leader-measles-got-rcna240592
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