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<rss version="2.0"><channel><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social</link><title>@finneyk.bsky.social - Karen Finney</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mvecbp3xmk22</link><description>Join Us in honor of National Voter Registration Day and National Black Voter Day!</description><pubDate>13 Sep 2026 00:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvecbp3xmk22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3muwj3hedrc27</link><description>https://karenfinney1.substack.com/p/talarico-is-right-a-rigged-economy?selection=c3191f14-622c-4884-94ec-f4fa1a5db2b3&amp;r=54nswe&amp;utm_medium=ios</description><pubDate>07 Sep 2026 12:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwj3hedrc27</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mucmcbfn3s2j</link><description>Powerful must read: https://jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/is-this-ethnic-cleansing-what-i-saw?r=54nswe&amp;utm_medium=ios We need to contend with – and ultimately defeat – the goal of those driving this whole enterprise: the expulsion of another people from their land so that they can take it for themselves.</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucmcbfn3s2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3msikn6xq6225</link><description>A must read from @jenrubin.bsky.social :&#xA; https://substack.com/@jenrubincontrarian/note/c-309912176?r=54nswe&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=notes-share-action</description><pubDate>07 Aug 2026 12:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3msikn6xq6225</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3msh3ksr5ps2y</link><description>While President Biden and Democrats cut childhood poverty in half - Trump, Kennedy and Republicans are making changes that will make kids poorer, hungrier and less educated:  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/rfk-jr-head-start-antipoverty-program.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</description><pubDate>06 Aug 2026 22:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh3ksr5ps2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3msbj6infa223</link><description>Natl coverage of Michigan has turned this primary into a proxy war over Israel and Gaza while voters drown in medical debt, and costs. Ignoring the full dynamics erases the stakes for voters &amp; obscures what people across MI &amp; the country are saying about their anger over costs and daily struggle</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 17:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbj6infa223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mq6ygaey522g</link><description>https://open.substack.com/pub/karenfinney1/p/graham-platner-power-and-the-politics?r=54nswe&amp;utm_medium=ios</description><pubDate>09 Jul 2026 06:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6ygaey522g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mpmybq3up22x</link><description>“Like so many of his policies, what Trump proposed was a direct attack on the Constitution and on the separation of powers it enshrines. It would have dragged us backward toward the hereditary caste system the amendment was written to abolish. https://substack.com/@karenfinney1/note/p-204363453?r=54nswe&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=notes-share-action</description><pubDate>02 Jul 2026 02:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmybq3up22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mm5q4snbrk26</link><description>Trump &amp; GOP say there’s no money for childcare, healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, lowering costs of gas &amp; groceries BUT they will use our hard earned money to pay off Jan. 6th rioters who attacked the Capitol and line the pockets of Trump’s rich friends.</description><pubDate>18 May 2026 20:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5q4snbrk26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mkr4utlhvc2l</link><description>The Voting Rights Act is effectively gone. This is the fight.&#xA;So where is No Kings?&#xA;Will white progressives show up—fully, consistently, and in partnership with Black and Brown organizations—or will they continue the pattern of relying on our votes while sidelining our leadership?</description><pubDate>01 May 2026 02:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkr4utlhvc2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mknkvbyrkc26</link><description>The Supreme Court just legalized modern Jim Crow. States can now rig the system to silence Black &amp;brown voters&amp;shift power to a small few.Millions of Americans lose their voice. Congressional representation shifts, presidential outcomes tilt, &amp;our government doesn’t reflect we the people.</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknkvbyrkc26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mjut4ftc2223</link><description>“the funds in question were drawn from the national treasury, which traditionally supports essential services such as veterans&#39; hospitals and disaster relief. https://x.com/jamestate121/status/2045627168630141168?s=12</description><pubDate>19 Apr 2026 20:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjut4ftc2223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mjnjfuhw2s2k</link><description>Proud this labor of love has been launched w/the help of an incredible team! Elections at every level are shaping our jobs, our healthcare, and our future.&#xA;But millions of eligible Black voters remain unregistered.&#xA;That’s power we can build—right now. &#xA;#OneMillionBlackVotersRising</description><pubDate>16 Apr 2026 23:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnjfuhw2s2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mjk24zguds2q</link><description>While we’re talking about this story &amp; Trump posting a pic of himself as Jesus, we’re no longer talking about Melania’s presser and the Epstein files, or new revelations about the DOGE corruption. “Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/vance-pope-trump-georgia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</description><pubDate>15 Apr 2026 13:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk24zguds2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mj5rwvhcvk2k</link><description>My latest on Substack: Trump isn&#39;t Capable of Grown Up Diplomacy. &#34;In global conflict...words are precise because of the signals they send to allies and adversaries alike.&#34; https://substack.com/@karenfinney1/note/c-241282485?utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;r=54nswe</description><pubDate>10 Apr 2026 16:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5rwvhcvk2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mj3vmuqbec2b</link><description>Having worked for a First Lady who also tried to shut down a bad story- yes - you know it’s bad when they send FLOTUS out. Which is only a good strategy if the message answers more questions than it raises…&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>09 Apr 2026 22:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3vmuqbec2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mijed5wie22j</link><description>Note that his comments come just after reports the GOP looking at cuts to healthcare to fund Trump’s war.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>02 Apr 2026 13:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijed5wie22j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mhr5uxjxb22w</link><description>Not to mention that the $200M Noem spent on an ad campaign could have paid the salaries of about  4,000 TSA agents for a year.</description><pubDate>23 Mar 2026 22:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr5uxjxb22w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mhr5t4zp5k2w</link><description>Be clear: Trump is leveraging pain and suffering of TSA workers, travelers, airport &amp; airline workers; deploying the ICE terror campaign from MN to airports across the country - to prevent accountability for his personal militia &amp; control the 2026 election. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5796693-trump-republicans-save-act/</description><pubDate>23 Mar 2026 22:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr5t4zp5k2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mhc3ssdxrc2u</link><description>https://substack.com/profile/310159886-karen-finney/note/c-229378119?utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;r=54nswe</description><pubDate>17 Mar 2026 23:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhc3ssdxrc2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3me76hhhbbs22</link><description>More than you can count on your hands and toes.  Donald Trump is racist.  Full stop. Being racist is wrong and evil.  That is a moral conclusion based on values not a partisan political slur, which is how his racism is usually treated.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>06 Feb 2026 15:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3me76hhhbbs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mdqdis3osk2q</link><description>First we have to ensure there is an election.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>31 Jan 2026 17:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqdis3osk2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mdqdgktgzs2q</link><description>ICE continues to escalate/ https://abc7ny.com/post/ice-minneapolis-news-agents-claim-alberto-castaeda-mondragn-hit-wall-shattered-skull-triggers-tension-hospital/18514566/</description><pubDate>31 Jan 2026 17:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqdgktgzs2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/finneyk.bsky.social/post/3mdnygkpqoc2l</link><description>Trump and Bondi have said houses of worship are so sacred journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by Federal agents last night for doing their constitutionally protected jobs - reporting the news and yet it’s fine for ICE to invade places of worship:</description><pubDate>30 Jan 2026 19:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ixvvc6dojsorvf3gvbaks6up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnygkpqoc2l</guid></item></channel></rss>