Karen Rathe
@rathe
Journalist and educator
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Last year, I was in Snohomish County as Trump tried to block critical homelessness grants & pushed major funding cuts. This year, I'm BACK in Everett, and I actually INCREASED funding for key homelessness programs, and I secured NEW guardrails to make sure that money gets out.
Trump gave Amazon $8 billion in tax breaks last year. That was money that would have gone toward lowering your health care costs. Billionaire corporations are getting sweet deals from Trump while your bills go up and up.
NEW: Cardinal Dolan accuses the Trump-Vance ICE of “targeting, harassing, and going into” Catholic parishes. He called it a major violation of religious liberty.
This is The Onion, right?
BREAKING: In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he’s transferring $10 billion from the U.S. government to his “Board of Peace,” which he chairs and can use the funds as he wishes. Where is Congress???
Beyond shameful:
This is Linda Davis, a special education teacher who was killed in a car crash involving ICE agents The agents didn’t render aid. She was minutes from her school and bled to death in her car. They didn’t offer aid to Renee Good or Alex Pretti either. Say her name too.
DC Police Officer Daniel Hodges was brutally beaten in the line of duty on January 6th by Trump's angry mob. Even after being injured, he stayed in the fight to protect the U.S. Capitol. RETWEET to thank Officer Hodges for his service to our nation!
BREAKING NEWS 🚨‼️ BREAKING NEWS🚨 Pope Leo XIV rejects Donald Trump's invitation to join the ”Trump Board Of Peace” saying Trump has no right to act as the World's Police. In Pope Leo's Words: 🗣“Mr President, what peace do you want to offer the world when your
If Britain can arrest Prince Andrew because of Jeffrey Epstein, if Norway can prosecute a former prime minister, how is it that the US can't hold anyone accountable -- indeed, can't even investigate Trump allegations or release names of those who sent damning emails to Epstein?
Back in 2005 I wrote a scathing column about a corrupt CEO named Andrew Wiederhorn, but I haven't thought about him much since. Today we have a new @nytopinion piece about him: After he got out of prison, he emerged as CEO of another company and, according to DOJ, stole $47
IMPORTANT: It appears there’s a chance that the Trump-Vance White House is going to defy a federal court order to allow Pope Leo’s top ally Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Catholic clergy to enter the Chicago-area ICE facility for Ash Wednesday Mass. This would be a historic
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. We will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share. We stood on his shoulders. We send our deepest condolences to the Jackson
The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File from the IRS, but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of free filing options this tax season, which runs through April 15. wapo.st/4tC2vdK
This was a point @BarackObama made for running in '08 when others said wait. He told us that he & Michelle were still parents of young kids, just a few years past struggling with student loans & mortgage, etc. He feared years of privilege & celebrity would dull those memories.
Obama: "At some point, you age out. You're not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. I'm not making a hard and fast rule here, but I think Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment. To the zeitgeist. To the
A number of backdoor efforts to dump more cash into the economy will reward a handful of the president’s favoured constituencies. Most dramatic is the decision to gut the tax-enforcing powers of the Internal Revenue Service economist.com/finance-and-ec…
The Department of Justice has confirmed there were over 1,000 victims of Epstein’s pedophilia sex trafficking operation. Countries around the world, such as France, are taking action against the perpetrators. Except in America. @AGPamBondi has not held a single man accountable.
BREAKING--French police raid multiple locations in Jeffrey Epstein criminal probe, including Arab World Institute france24.com/en/france/2026…
Hegseth is close to retaliating against an AI company that wants to limit how the military uses its AI tools against American citizens. trib.al/w0gxeQs
Highly disturbing:
Federal judges in Washington ruled that the government violated immigrants’ due process rights in more than half of cases so far. But the rulings have not deterred the Department of Homeland Security from spending millions on detention beds and attorneys. investigatewest.org/rulings-found-…
Visited @OctopusEnergy HQ today, where they've announced an investment of nearly $1B in California companies and projects focused on clean tech and climate action. Through our partnerships, we're building a clean energy economy, creating jobs, and winning the future.
Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by russian bombing soared by 26% during 2025, the Guardian reports. This is the price the Ukrainian people pay for Western attempts to bring russia to the table before pressing it enough. Russia took it as weakness. As permission.
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