Dr. Ashok Karra

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i'm bad at social media. i'm too earnest for this and i like saying more than takes or witticisms. do say hi, and please do take a look at my blog:

http://encouragement.ghost.io

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

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This was a speech during which he did not have to answer any questions, he supposedly knew where he was going to be several days ahead of time, and this is what he came up with

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very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word

Subtle. Very subtle.

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Some days… 💣🦇💥

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8 years ago today Philando Castile was murdered. The criminal legal system failed to convict the cop who shot him despite the recorded evidence. We had to watch that video live just 24 hours after we watched cops shoot Alton Sterling in the back. (The video does not play at link)

July 6th, 2016 | A History of Racial Injusticecalendar.eji.org On this day, Philando Castile was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Trump loves using Black people for rhetorical devices because he knows no one will actually go talk to Black people at that level

Thinking today about Trump’s “black jobs” line. A reminder that Trump never changes his most venal thoughts

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Being invisible won't help, no. We don't live in a meritocracy. Extremely talented individuals who do zero marketing aren't elegant mysteries, they're just invisible.

This is what makes me wonder if it's worth it at all. Is it better to have absolutely no web presence and be an elegant mystery??

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Folks: media’s bad. Biden’s not in good shape electorally or personally. Switching to Harris is a big gamble that adds uncertainty. It’s ALL true. Stop pretending it’s just one or two. And nobody can say confidently what’ll happen if they stick w/ Biden, or go with Harris.

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You know saying the “butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, causes North Atlantic hurricane”? Over-interpretations of random fluctuations in underpowered polls are going to determine whether Biden stays or goes.

Is Biden down 6 nationally or up 5 in Michigan?? Time to choose your own adventure!

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Tomorrow in NYT Opinion, probably: It used to be frowned upon to stand on the left side of an escalator, until now Should cities still have sewer systems? Why you should hate Mr. Rogers too It’s time to put a highway through Central Park You can’t get a $1 slice anymore because of woke

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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

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Chilling. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

A Holocaust Scholar Meets with Israeli Reservistswww.newyorker.com Omer Bartov on his experience speaking with right-wing students who had just returned from military service in Gaza.

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Air strike on Gaza school kills at least 15 people

Air strike on Gaza school kills at least 15 peoplewww.bbc.com The school, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, was sheltering displaced people, Palestinian officials say.

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This is the entire view of the right and one they’re pushing out tons of propaganda about. It’s why we get 10,000 stories of people shoplifting from Walgreens and nothing about tax cheats even though it involves multitudes more money. They want to define crime as existing entirely within the poor

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

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Nothing is stopping every single Democratic elected official and apparatchik from taking the airwaves every single day to articulately and decisively repeat a set of cogent talking points about Trump (ie 45). Nothing. Dem PACs could be slamming him with ads now. Stop whining and do that.

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gratitude to those who have pushed gross donations almost to $4,000 for this month! They need $10,000 and we're so much closer than a couple of days ago. Thank you so much and have a good night.

An update on where we are: $1845 gross donations 65 total donors & about 25 new monthly donors It looks like over $650 will be recurring monthly donors!! This is such a good start! Thank you to everyone who has joined in support! donorbox.org/support-the-... Let's keep it going!

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THIS ISNT A TEE-BALL TOURNAMENT, JOE

This is shockingly solipsistic. And dangerous.

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the breadth of misinformation is unreal. a woman next to us at dinner said she went to cuba when “trump opened the border” and her date said “best president ever.” obama did that!!! trump reversed it!!!

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nuked from orbit 🫡🫡

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This shit goes so hard

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I like the coconut tree memes as much as everyone else but I do think we should all be on the same page about Harris's quote actually making sense when you realize she was telling a story about her mom and illustrating a point about education. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

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Preemptive hurricane reminder that just because Texas is a voter suppressed state whose vocal minority leadership wants the rest of us dead doesn’t mean the actual citizens of Texas don’t deserve to live/aid.

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The Brits called an election on May 22 and it happened on July 4. Imagine that kind of election cycle. Fellow Americans, fantasize with me about what that kind of political and media environment is like.

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Patchwork dressing gown. Made by Sophronia Slingo, who emigrated to New Zealand ~1863, 1860s. Ref RI.RT225 Te Hikoi Museum.

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Homeowners can't get insurance in certain states because climate change is making it prohibitively expensive, but there's SEXUAL ASSAULT INSURANCE for churches

grooming industrial complex in shambles

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THIS is GOOD news for the day! Thank you Sharyn!

FINALLY got my library card today after too much procrastinating. Thanks so much to @prisonculture.bsky.social for the regular reminders to do so. Joining Friends of the Library is next! 📚

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Today’s edition of the newsletter of my man @mattbors.bsky.social has some of the best political/cultural writing I’ve read this year. What can’t this guy do?

This is Warmattbors.substack.com Thoughts on Civil War, Gaza, The Purge, and fun stuff like that.

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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler