Karen

Spelled like the memes.

SC and MA court reporter. Dark humor and facetious attitudes welcome.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

I’m not saying what happened with Venezuela was right or that it was wrong. It’s important I state that up front.

Below is a list of U.S. presidents who have deployed airstrikes or military actions without specific Congressional approval.

This list highlights presidents and their most notable WTO actions. All of these actions were justified under the president’s constitutional authority as Commander in Chief or under previous authorizations such as the 2001 or 2002 AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military Force) None of these are predicated by congressional votes beforehand:

Harry S. Truman
• Korea (1950) – Deployed U.S. forces and authorized airstrikes in Korea without formal Congressional declaration of war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Lebanon (1958) – Ordered U.S. air and naval forces into Lebanon to stabilize a political crisis.

John F. Kennedy
• Cuba (1961 & 1962) – Bay of Pigs (though indirectly supported), and later the Cuban Missile Crisis military posture.

Lyndon B. Johnson
• Vietnam (1964) – Gulf of Tonkin airstrikes occurred before the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed.

Richard Nixon
• Cambodia & Laos (1969–1973) – Conducted secret and unauthorized bombing campaigns as part of Vietnam War.

Ronald Reagan
• Libya (1986) – Bombed Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for the Berlin discotheque bombing.
• Grenada (1983) – Invasion and airstrikes without prior congressional approval.

George H. W. Bush
• Panama (1989) – Invasion and airstrikes to oust Manuel Noriega.
• Iraq (1990 & 1991) – Airstrikes began before Congress passed a resolution approving Desert Storm.

Bill Clinton
• Bosnia (1995) – NATO airstrikes in Bosnia without Congressional approval.
• Iraq (1998) – Operation Desert Fox airstrikes against Saddam Hussein.
• Kosovo (1999) – 78-day NATO bombing campaign without Congressional approval.

George W. Bush
• Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia (2001 to 2009) – Authorized drone strikes relying on the 2001 AUMF but without specific country-by-country authorization.

Barack Obama
• Libya (2011) – Air campaign as part of NATO action to topple Gaddafi, without Congressional approval.

• Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen (2014 to 2016) – Airstrikes against ISIS and other terror groups under 2001 AUMF, no new authorization sought.

Donald Trump
• Syria (2017 & 2018) – Airstrikes against Assad regime over chemical weapons, without Congressional approval.
• Iraq (2020) – Ordered airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

Joe Biden
• Syria (2021 & 2022) – Airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups.
• Somalia & Yemen (ongoing) – Continued air campaigns under prior AUMFs.

Summary:

Every U.S. president from Truman to Biden has authorized military airstrikes or operations without direct and new Congressional approval at some point during their presidency.

[KrisAnne Hall, LibertyAddict @RealKahall]

I've been on the list (listed in two different places) for 14 years now. Vindication is great, but it doesn't pay the bills or get back what their lies took from my family. And let's not forget that OUR GOVERNMENT used the SPLC to write their "domestic terrorism" training courses.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

There are people who will misuse this site, but the benefits outweigh the consequences. As someone who works with the courts and attorneys, I think this could be a valuable resource, especially if a state is refusing to hold judges to the highest standards.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is great.

At least those judges who release violent criminals who go on to hurt more people will be publicly shamed!

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

This is incredibly generous.

TSA agents across the country are relying on food pantries and community donations just to get by.

I remain the lone Dem to vote with my Republican colleagues to fully fund DHS and get people paid.

It should never come to this point.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@PattyMurray Actually, you’re supposed to view these bulls and laws in the narrowest sense.

That there is the possibility that someone MAY (has) committed voter fraud is exactly why you should be in favor.

It’s happened, it’s already happening. Pass the SAVE Act.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

“Goy” is the Hebrew word for “nation”. “Goyim” is the plural form, “nations”. People without a clue may use it in what they think is a derogatory slur, but that’s simply due to ignorance.

@travelingclatt is one of the best teachers regarding Israeli peoples of all kinds and the Middle East. He really brings the dark out into the light.

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

This is the best thing I have watched so far today. Accurate and on point.

Man explains a liberals mindset.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

Not only did my hubby and I NOT get any of the jabs, the city we lived in tried to fine us $300 each for “not quarantining”.

Sent the letters and citations over to our attorney (the same attorney who handled multiple cases against Boston Mayor Wu during the Obscenity). He promptly sparked the City’s behind.

Good times.

[KrisAnne Hall, LibertyAddict @RealKahall]

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS UPSET-
about POTUS “denying Article 1 authority of Congress to be the sole authority on declaring war.”

No I’m not kidding. We currently have a bipartisan movement in Congress upset that Trump dropped bombs on Iran with “no Congressional oversight.”

May I point out first that they are correct. Dropping bombs to effectuate a regime change is not “common defense.” It is a proactive political action and by the Constitution it MUST be authorized by Congress, FIRST.

Having said that, the absolute audacity of Congress getting “upset” that they have no “oversight” over war is stunning. You can’t spend DECADES abdicating authority, shirking responsibility, and avoiding accountability and then attempt to feign outrage over “having no authority.” How are we, who have been trying to teach Americans about the Constitution for YEARS supposed to take you seriously? These same people have attempted to publicly shame us for speaking truth and now they want to argue “constitution?”

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s pretty cool to be vindicated, but the Truth remains, in this case singular and finite:

Shut the hell up and repeal the War Powers Act if you are so upset. Anything less is just BS theater.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@GovPritzker Obviously, you’re directing this as the Islamic regimes, right?

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@marcorandazza Amen and amen. I was 13 years old in 1979. I have never forgotten it.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@RashidaTlaib

[Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati]

🇮🇷 47 years ago, I stood at a window in Tehran as a 3-year-old boy, smelling burning tires and hearing the chants that would steal my country. I didn’t have words for what was happening. Today, I am watching smoke rise over the same city — but this time the smoke is not the end of Iran. It is, God willing, the beginning of her resurrection.

Several weeks ago I wrote in that the fever of 1979 was finally breaking. I never imagined I would wake up to see that fever confronted so directly. Israel — with the clear support of the United States — has launched a preemptive strike deep into Tehran and against the regime’s military machinery. Explosions in the capital. Military targets hit. The IRGC’s aura of invincibility, already cracked, is shattering in real time.

I do not celebrate war. No decent person does. What I celebrate — what millions of Iranians inside the country and in the diaspora have prayed for in secret for decades — is the possibility that a regime which has no right to exist may finally be forced to go.

This is the same regime that:
- Armed and cheered the October 7 massacre against Israel for no reason other than pure genocidal hatred.
- Murdered tens of thousands of its own sons and daughters who dared to walk peacefully in the streets demanding the most basic freedoms.
- Gouges out the eyes of young women for the “crime” of wearing makeup.
- Hangs teenagers from cranes for posting a tweet.
- Exports terror, poverty, and darkness to every corner it can reach including the U.S.

No nation, no people, should have to live under that. Not Israelis. Not Americans. Not Lebanese. Not Syrians. And certainly not Iranians.

I am a physician who has spent his life trying to heal bodies and a son of Iran who has spent his life mourning a stolen homeland. What we are witnessing is not aggression — it is surgery. Painful, necessary surgery to remove a tumor that has metastasized for 47 years. The tumor is the Islamic Republic that has hijacked Iran.

To the brave pilots and special operators of the Israeli Air Force and the men and women of the United States military now carrying out this mission: I pray for you with everything I have.

May God shield you from harm. May every missile find its target and every soldier return home safely to the families who love them. You are not invaders. You are the answer to the prayers of millions who have whispered “enough” in the dark since 1979. You are giving our friends the chance to breathe free air again. The entire region will owe you a peace we have not known in my lifetime.

To my fellow Iranians watching from inside the country right now, heart pounding, maybe hiding in basements or on rooftops: Hold on. The end is clearer than it has ever been. The regime’s fear is real. Their eyes — those same eyes that once stared down at us with absolute power — now show something they haven’t shown in decades: panic. The math has changed. The window of 1979 is finally closing.

To the little three-year-old boy I once was — and to every little boy and girl in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tabriz today who hears explosions instead of lullabies: This time the sounds are not the closing of a door. They are the opening of one.

The road ahead will not be easy. Transitions never are. But the direction is unmistakable. A secular, prosperous, free Iran is no longer a dream — it is becoming an inevitability.

I have lived the stolen life so that others might not have to. Today, for the first time in 47 years, I allow myself to believe that the stealing is almost over.

Thank you, Israel. Thank you, America. The Iranian people — the real Iran — will never forget.

The fever is breaking.
The dawn of 2026 is here.
And this time, the light wins.

🇮🇷❤️🇮🇱🇺🇸

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@RashidaTlaib

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

Celebrations ringing out across Iran tonight...Let that sink in.

When is the last time you heard of a country being bombed… and its civilians are out in the streets celebrating?

That tells you everything about who their real enemy is.

[Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری 🇮🇷 @gghamari]

Iranian here with a message for Israel and the IDF:

Thank you for always being by our side.
Thank you for helping to liberate us.
Together, we will dance again in the streets of Tehran.

Am Yisrael Chai. 🇮🇱

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@thatkindahuman People outside of Iran who know the history of the Persian people are with you all as you battle against incredibly evil people.

People like me and with people like you. ❤️

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

@Not_the_Bee Hi! My name is Karen. You can keep using “Karen” as far as I’m concerned.

Because I’m not a “Karen”.

Sincerely,

KarenSpelledLikeTheMemes

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

Still love most Canadians.

[Karen @WordyEconomics]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

This young woman explains why Chicago residents didn’t protest or riot against ICE the way people did in Los Angeles or Minneapolis.

She says that while working security at an aid office, black residents began noticing that illegal immigrants, particularly Venezuelans, were filling the office every day, had a separate line, couldn’t speak English, and were receiving much larger amounts of assistance than Chicago residents who pay taxes. The differences in treatment and benefits shaped the community’s reaction.

“When they came, they were getting $3K–$4K in LINK and cash, all types of aid from the government. Meanwhile, real citizens who pay taxes were begging for $100 a month in LINK.”

“Y’all know black people talk sh*t, so everybody in the office because it’s two separate lines for the immigrants and the citizens, and there are like a million people outside the offices every morning would notice. They’d be like, “All these motherfvckers here, they’re getting this much money and they’re getting this.” I saw somebody leave a receipt with that balance on it. They’d do a bunch of that, so everybody knew what the Venezuelans had going on, and everyone was getting enraged by it.”

[Nick Tran | The Refined Savage @realNickTran]

I didn't fight Islamic extremists in three different countries to allow them to destroy ours from within. We will win this fight. And when I get to Congress, this BS ends.

I'm Nick Tran, running for Congress in TX-08.

Early voting is now. Your vote is your weapon.

[Younes Sadaghiani @Younesrocks]

The truth about America and Israel being Iranian peoples Ally in removing the Islamic Republic.