Kara Paints
Librarian by day, Artist & Illustrator by night. Druid, feminist, and loudmouth.
- okay but democratic voters want to abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who works for it, so
- Former Comms Director for Nancy Mace responds to her claim today that she isn’t able to drink any alcohol because of a medical condition.
- Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
- Melania should have to testify on the Epstein Files if they Clintons do. She had a closer & longer relationship with Epstein than the Clintons. SUBPOENA HER!
- No—he was unique. Not for no reason, but a very good one. It so happens I'm writing an exhaustively sourced report on this topic right now (due out tomorrow). The preview: the full answer to the question Chris is asking is among the most fascinating ones in US history and has little to do with sex.
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View full threadNix the 'underage girls'. Children. Trump and his pals raped children.
- Yes, children. plus, they were raping boys too. We need to continuously demand justice for the victims. The cowards and the enablers will let the perpetrators get away with everything if The People are not vocal and protesting in the streets, just like the anti-ICE protests.
- It would appear that sexual abuse of underage girls was the "bait" for luring wealthy, powerful men with uncontrollable deviant behavior who would then agree to move millions worldwide to weaken or strenghten nations for Epstein's clients that included heads of state.
- "rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
- Tom Homan: “You’re not going to stop ICE. You’re not going to stop border patrol” Ilhan Omar: “Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it”
- i suppose it’s fitting that the model the billionaires have in mind when they want to destroy a journalistic institution and make it a reactionary slop machine is The Free Press
- The National Guard is still on the streets of DC.
- happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
- Under my administration, we've stabilized our finances, balanced seven consecutive budgets, delivered 10 credit upgrades, and more. I'm building off that toward fiscal responsibility and continuing to make progress toward full pension funding.
- It’s time to start blaming all Republicans not just Trump. Trump could not do anything without them.
- Donald Trump is incredibly litigious. He sues and threatens to sue people for anything and everything. He has sued no one for calling him a paedophile... Because the legal scrutiny would not go well for him
- Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
- worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
- Four presidential administrations covered the Epstein files. Zoom out. This is a very old, embedded and elite network.
- I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
- Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.
- It is coming up. Not sure if there's enough votes or people to push it through yet, but it keeps coming up. Hopefully we will get there.
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- My brave little state. Fears of ICE Surge Galvanize Vermonters to Respond www.sevendaysvt.com/news/immigra...
- Stop asking if they’re “rigging the election.” They. Already. Are. But the most dangerous part isn’t the mechanics. It’s the message. They’re doing it in public to make you swallow the real lie: That voting is pointless. If they can get you to quit before Election Day… they don’t even have to win.
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- This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
- I can’t believe how stupid everything is. I just hate the stupidity.
- Yes they should.
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- I went to the nearest Barnes & Noble and awkwardly explained to someone at the help desk that I had a new book out and asked where it might be (it's genre fluid) and it was faced out (!) Then she took some pictures, had me sign their books, and said they'd already sold a copy. A win/win/win.
- Here we are 2026. I've been saying he's not presidential material and don't vote for him for 12 years. How many crimes has to happened before the people go WTF! I can't believe anyone in this country would allow a criminal to be in the presidential office let alone in any position of trust.
- I've heard from people in other cities "I'd like to see them try that in __!" No. No, you wouldn't. We have guns pointed in our faces in MN. I think you'd change your tune if this was happening to you, your family & your neighbors. Nobody knows EXACTLY how to do this. This is NEW to all of US.
- One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals. When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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- Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
- 🗞️In their meaty story announcing the WAPO layoffs, the NYT did not give ONE mention to Bezos bending his fat, little knee at Trump's fat, little feet as the reason. 🗞️This is like reporting on a five-alarm fire and failing to mention the arsonist. 🗞️Our legacy media has completely failed us.
- Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
- I get it. We don't want to discourage people from voting. But do you really think they're going to leave just because we vote them out? "Those elections were fraudulent, we're not swearing those people in." We are going to have to be in Washington D.C. by the millions to take back power.
- We are still waiting for the release of the Epstein files. #impeachpambondi
- Kamala Harris warned everyone. Hillary Clinton warned everyone. I’ll never regret voting for them.
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- If the president cannot be sued while in office, then the president should not be able to file suit while in office. Fair is fair.
- Open letter to our Senators: Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow. We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
- Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark this morning. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time. May his memory be a blessing.
- very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
- O’Hara was incredible forever, on SCTV, the Christopher Guest movies, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, etc. But she didn’t become as famous as her talent warranted until her 60s. Suddenly it was like everyone caught up to her, and she could’ve worked forever. To have her taken away at this moment? No.
- The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.
- Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- Minnesota will be under terrorist siege until ICE leaves. People have a right to defend themselves from this political assault.
