Karen Batson

she/her mother, teacher, bellydancer, musician, liberal, follower of Jesus

[Andy Staples @AndyStaples]

They know the Odyssey is a story about people trying to get home after winning a war against the Trojans, right?

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

My four-year-old refers to his imagination as "my magic." Why on earth would we ever tell children they need AI?

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Wow, gender affirming care

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Please avoid all salads, including word.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

It shouldn't be remotely controversial that the death of a man with his 3-year old daughter in the back seat who wasn't even the target of the mission is heartbreaking and must be investigated thoroughly. They dragged his lifeless body out of the car and still handcuffed him. ICE has lost any semblance of trust or respect. We must demand immediate change from top to bottom before more die unnecessarily. This is a moral imperative.

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Black men and Black children deserve to grow old. Nolan Wells should be alive today.

My heart breaks for his family and loved ones, and I support their calls for an independent investigation.

[mavsmarie @mavsmarie]

It’s a bummer you pushed legislation that doesn’t allow victims of the same accident you had to get the same monetary benefit.

[Thinklings Books @ThinklingsBooks]

Fantasy doesn't deny reality; it reminds you reality is bigger than it looks.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Rest in peace,
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52,
and
Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26,
beloved children of God.

[Karen Batson @khepridances]

Or to have paid attention at all in our history courses. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈 @worldreads]

terrible time to have a history degree & pattern recognition skills

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

One of the most jarring things about adulthood is the realization of how many truly incompetent people are in the most important jobs. When I was a kid, I just assumed everyone “important” was smart or they wouldn’t be important. Boy, was that fucking wrong.

[Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis]

A moment that absolutely crystallized, absolutely defined positive masculinity for me. Sam Neill the icon that you were and continued to be.

[Josiah Hawthorne @JosiahHawthorne]

...And?

[April Ajoy @aprilajoyr]

One of the saddest things about Lindsey Graham is that we saw glimpses of his conscience. I actually liked him in 2016 when he went hard against Trump. And again after January 6, he heavily condemned the insurrection and Trump. He knew Trump was terrible for the country. He even told us that. But he always ended up supporting him, choosing power over morals. I imagine that had to be terrible to live with... knowing you're ignoring your conscience daily. Killing your own soul.

A lot of people support Trump out of ignorance. Lindsey wasn't that. He knew better and I grieve the person he could have been.

I hope Graham's passing will wake up other Republicans. Trump won't save you from death, but your support of him will ruin your legacy.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

The greatest piece of political propaganda in our time was convincing millions of people that caring for others and the planet was somehow a threat to America.

[Burt Solomons @burtrsolomons]

So true. Texas will never really improve public education for the benefit of our children & grandchildren so long as @GregAbbott_TX is governor & @DanPatrick are in office. It’s an unfortunate fact of life of where we are politically in Texas right now.

[Karen Batson @khepridances]

@AuthorGFAllen My Dad read the illustrated Hobbit from the cartoon with me when I was little.

[Karen Batson @khepridances]

I feel attacked.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

I watched my cat play with a towel for 10 minutes and thought,
“Wow… it takes so little to make her happy.”
Then I realized I’d been watching her the entire time.

[Mike Johnson @MikeJoh14725926]

This is so weird. The Texas Education Agency took over Houston ISD, threw out the superintendent and school board members. Installed their own hand-picked superintendent and board members. Now, TEA is threatening to overhaul the district that they already took over. I feel bad for all the families in Houston ISD. They deserve better than this.

@GovAbbottPress
@teainfo

[Karen Batson @khepridances]

@jasonllevin In order to respect a President, that president needs to respect their constituents and their role. 45/47 does neither.