Karen Olstad

Mom, wife, Auntie, Grammie. Former public media exec at stations in WA, AK & OH & Ops Mgr at WWU. Proud WSU alumna. Not a “Karen”

[Karen Olstad @KarenOlstad]

@cougsgo We got FUBO a couple of weeks ago to watch Mariners and dropped Xfinity cable. Added ESPN+ for Cougs. So far, so good.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Like I said: A puppet.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

White folks complaining about DEI while the convicted felon they voted for hands out government jobs to mediocre white men is wild.

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

This is a good time to remember that while Donald Trump is diabolically effective at manipulating the media to run campaigns, he is absolutely TERRIBLE at actually running the government or handling DC politics.

Campaign was the easy part. It's all downhill for him from here.

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Diverse. Qualified. Productive.

That’s the Biden Cabinet.

Only now do we realize just how lucky we were.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

I’m so old that I can remember when America had presidents and attorneys general who didn’t have mugshots.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

Hey Elon, do I have a hockey stick for you!
(courtesy of @jburnmurdoch)

[Melissa Santos @MelissaSantos1]

Washington's tech-heavy economy, recent wage growth, longtime abortion-rights focus and high share of college-educated voters likely played a role, experts told Axios.
https://t.co/ld2jrF0Pfs #waleg #waelex

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Dear Media:

STOP saying Trump "selected" or "appointed" a potential cabinet member like it's a done deal.

He NOMINATES them. And they must be CONFIRMED by the Senate, as required by the Constitution.

It's a presidency, not a monarchy.

xoxo
We the People

[julie rovner @jrovner]

Fascinating- and kinda depressing- piece from my colleague…

[Harvey Freedenberg @HarvF]

Trump has dropped below 50% of the popular vote, and will stay there.

He won. But the new Big Lie was that he now has a "mandate" as a result of his "landslide" victory.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Properly shading each state based on 2024 election results, the U.S. is a far more purple place than it at first appears.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

To recap, the Republican Party has opposed:

-Paid sick leave
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Tax increases on corporations & the rich
-The expanded Child Tax Credit
-Student debt relief

Doesn't sound like the party of the working class to me.

[Paul Schmitz @PaulSchmitz1]

Saying it again 49.9% with a 1.5% margin is not an overwhelming majority.
Stop feeding the narrative that he won overwhelmingly. The nation is split as it has been and he won on the margin. Half the nation said “no” and let’s not act otherwise

[Nick Hanauer @NickHanauer]

Washingtonian here. Pretty simple formula: high minimum wage, best OT policy, paid family leave, working family tax credit, expanded childcare, high road employers, top research institutions, diverse industries, focus on trades, and strong labor unions. Just to name a few. 1/8

[Vincent Evans @VinceEvans]

BREAKING NEWS: Black voters are experiencing the same economy everyone else in America is experiencing.

And still, Black voters did their Black jobs at the voting booth.

[KerrBear 🪷 @MPLSKerrBear]

People can analyze, hypothesize, blame Dems till they are blue in the face. None of it matters.

This is the game right here.

Misinformation works. Those that believed misinformation voted Trump. Those that believed the truth voted Harris.

There is NO candidate that can change this.

Republicans have a well oiled propaganda machine that spans all media platforms and we do not.

Period.

[David DeWitt @DC_DeWitt]

Millions of Americans just refuse to believe in facts and reality. And social media relentlessly promotes lies over reality. We will keep writing fact-based news to arm the people with the power of knowledge, but many people’s clear preference is to arm themselves with ignorance.

[Jay Kuo @nycjayjay]

From Ipsos last month. People who answered factual questions about inflation, crime, and immigration incorrectly were "more likely to opt for Trump," while those who answered correctly preferred Harris.
Disinformation and lack of basic education and knowledge are destroying us.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

So to be clear, Dems rigged the election against Trump in 2020 but then just… forgot to do so again this time round?