Karen M. Poremski

Karen M. Poremski

@kmporemski.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, knitter, spinner, spouse, parent, bossed around by cats. Fan of bike races. Haver of chronic illnesses. Living in a place named for the Delaware people.

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The "wants to project" unity thing is literally a fake, imaginary narrative that the media invented to try to help Trump. It's not visible anywhere in Trump's own deranged social media posts and certainly not anywhere in his fellow Republicans' RNC speeches.

Trump wants to project a unity message after the assassination attempt. How long will it last?

Trump wants to project a unity message after the assassination attempt. How long will it last?www.theguardian.com The ex-president is understood to be softening his RNC speech, but top Republicans are sticking with a caustic tone

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If you get covid, test every day after you test negative to catch the rebound. I was neg for days then got a whisper of a pos line. I started avoiding people, and in 18 hours I got sick and turned big positive. Everyone I know who got this variant has rebounded from 3 to 11 days afterwards.

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under trump’s project 2025, a middle-class family with two children would pay $2,600 in additional federal income tax by comparison, a married couple with two children and earnings of $5 million a year would enjoy a $325,000 tax cut

Project 2025 would overhaul the U.S. tax system. Here's how it could impact you.www.cbsnews.com Project 2025, a blueprint for the next Republican president, proposes major economic changes that could impact millions of Americans.

Oh goodness. Wishing you safe travels!

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Just so we're clear:

so the dude with full AK-47, ski mask, ammo, etc., gets arrested after approaching the RNC, but an unhoused Black man well away from even the vehicle perimeter for the RNC, all the way across a major highway, gets shot to death by five cops. got it.

You can do it!

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Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

Roxi Horror 💀🌸

Excellent work, glad you're here!

Knits With Cats

Whewwww!

Oh no. Wishing you a quick and full recovery!

post malone ergo propter malone

Your revolution will be merchandized.

Elizabeth Spiers

That was so good! Thank you for sharing.

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They have such winning ideas like “why don’t we charge people who want to know if that tornado is gonna hit their house.”

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reportswww.theatlantic.com Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Just a reminder: Trump inherited the lowest homicide rate of any president in 50 years. He was the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher homicide rate than when he entered. And the rate has dropped every year since he left. www.foxnews.com/video/635815...

RNC day 2 to focus on crime and safety as victims' families speak out | Fox News Videowww.foxnews.com Erin Rachwal, who lost her son to fentanyl poisoning and Sheri and Aaron Sparks, who lost their son in the Waukesha parade attack, on the need to hold criminals accountable and stop the influx of illi...

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I made this into a proper response to the absolutely misplaced calls to "turn down the heat": newrepublic.com/article/1838...

My first thought this morning after I remembered the news was how many people over the last few years have put their bodies between armed far right guys and kids going to the library or a bookstore

Where Were Calls for De-Escalation When Libraries Were Being Targeted?newrepublic.com Trump’s fans seem determined to blame this shooting on their victims.

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I'm working on policy proposals to protect consumer rights when companies brick smart devices. So please share devices that you've owned that stopped working because the company that made it killed software support or went out of business. Also, please share this request. Thank you.

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If the organizers of the Tour de France think it's worthwhile protecting the health of athletes from #COVID19 with mask rules, can someone tell me why medical facilities and hospitals don't think it's worth protecting the lives of ill, immunocompromised and vulnerable patients in the same manner?

That Covid Life

About a week too late, I think. The ASO has been letting riders compete who test positive but have "mild symptoms." So irresponsible!

My condolences.

This is the truest thing about him. He is absolutely for sale.

Pwnallthethings

I mean, seriously. These people are delusional. Just look at what he was doing when they trundled him off the stage; did that seem unifying, or measured, or humble?

Benjamin Dreyer

That is absurd.

Haha, after I lived there a while & was getting ready for a visit to my sister in D.C. in July, I had to double check with her: so I won't need tights and a jacket? Heck no!! (It was especially weird because I had grown up in Md. and somehow forgot what hot & humid was like.)

Tobias Wilson-Bates

Lord have mercy.

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Just a reminder that People mag has a great Project 25 write up that you can share with your less politically aware friends and fam people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

"Bold and bloodied"--?? I kept thinking: get out of there, you idiot.

Totally agree about Jonas--I am actually shocked he's doing so well! Really impressive, not just physically but also mentally & emotionally. I would imagine a crash like that would cause some major ptsd.

Matty Jorgs is doing SO GREAT but I bet they were missing Sepp today. I did!

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Clarence Thomas took $267,000 from a health insurance executive, then issued rulings that made health insurance companies more money, while harming millions of Americans. This is a bribe. This isn’t complicated. Expand the Supreme Court.

Clarence Thomas, a $267,000 RV, and Why American Health Care Suckswww.rollingstone.com Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got an RV from a top health insurance executive. Then he protected the industry.