Karen Cardoza

Geeky Mom, grandma, special educator, reader, boater, Pats fan, nature girl, dog lover, knitter, homebody, lifelong learner. also @KarenCardoza

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

Me… it’s me.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

News flash: On Tuesday night, regardless of what the vote tallies say, Trump will declare victory. 

He will claim the only reason he may lose is “vote stealing.”

Undermining the legitimacy of an election is how demagogues destroy faith in democracy.

Kamala for President.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

My heart is breaking. 😭 Everything this woman said is spot-fucking-on. If America is going to survive and be "the shining city upon the hill" — the greed, selfishness, nihilism and hatred that is the ideology of Trump and MAGA fascism needs to be crushed. 🥺👇

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

until the day i die i will never understand how this wasn’t the end of it

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The former chief marketer for NBC apologizes to the American people for giving us Donald Trump by helping to sell “The Apprentice” myth to the American people.

This is humiliating for MAGA…

“I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster,” writes John D. Miller in a piece entitled “We Created a Monster: Trump Was a TV Fantasy Invented for 'The Apprentice'” for U.S. News & World Report.

“For nearly 25 years, I led marketing at NBC and NBCUniversal,” Miller explains. “I led the team that marketed ‘The Apprentice,’ the reality show that made Donald Trump a household name outside of New York City, where he was better known for overextending his empire and appearing in celebrity gossip columns.”

He goes on to state that his team “created the narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty” which was a “substantial exaggeration” that “created a false narrative by making him seem more successful than he was.”

Miller points out that Trump had to declare bankruptcy four times before the show premiered and at least twice over the course of its 14 seasons.

“The imposing board room where he famously fired contestants was a set, because his real boardroom was too old and shabby for TV,” writers Miller.

In a section that is certain to bruise Trump’s ego, Miller states that he was the “perfect choice” for the show because “more successful CEOs were too busy to get involved in reality TV and didn’t want to hire random game show winners onto their executive teams.”

Meanwhile, Trump “had no such concerns” and “plenty of time for filming.”

“I never imagined that the picture we painted of Trump as a successful businessman would help catapult him to the White House,” writes Miller, likening all of their advertising around the show to “fake news” because it was so “highly exaggerated.”

“I discovered in my interactions with him over the years that he is manipulative, yet extraordinarily easy to manipulate,” he goes on. “He has an unfillable compliment hole. No amount is too much. Flatter him and he is compliant. World leaders, including apparently Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, have discovered that too.”

Miller calls Trump “remarkably thin-skinned” and describes his adversarial relationship with the show. The future president would claim that the show was number one in the ratings, even when the numbers refuted that claim.

Not surprisingly, Trump was full of bad suggestions for the show. He wanted to make “a team of Black players compete against white players.” Miller tried to convince him against it by appealing to Trump’s greed and telling him that it would alienate sponsors.

“While we were successful in marketing ‘The Apprentice,’ we also did irreparable harm by creating the false image of Trump as a successful leader. I deeply regret that,” writers Miller. “And I regret that it has taken me so long to go public.”

“Now America is facing a critical choice. Should this elderly, would-be emperor with no clothes, who is well known for stretching and abandoning the truth, be president again?” he asks.

“I spent 50 years successfully promoting television magic, making mountains out of molehills every day,” he continues. “But I say now to my fellow Americans, without any promotional exaggeration: If you believe that Trump will be better for you or better for the country, that is an illusion, much like ‘The Apprentice’ was.”

“Even if you are a born-and-bred Republican, as I was, I strongly urge you to vote for Kamala Harris. The country will be better off and so will you,” concludes Miller.

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[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@StaceyCKs1 💯

[Rebecca Fachner @rebecca_fachner]

Dear Dems.

Don’t get overconfident

Don’t get overconfident

Don’t get overconfident

Signed, 2016

[PedsHemeDoc @PedsHemeDoc]

If you’re upset about the idea of kids getting tampons and lunch in school but not upset about them getting shot in school, you don’t actually give a crap about kids.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

PSA: 📣

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@SteelCityHelps 💯 #2

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

Wtf… this unanimous voting, even against alliance members sucks. Even Matt? Ugh #BB25

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@teachergoals “I hope you have children exactly like yourself!”

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@teachergoals Freeze Pops.

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@OrrellAEI @gtconway3d Zero as well!

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

This is what perfection SOUNDS like. Volume UP.

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@KellyBatesRI Same!! It’s winter and we live in New England. It’s supposed to SNOW, not rain in January!!!

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

@amybruni Me too!!!!! We are getting ripped off this winter in RI!

[Karen Cardoza @mrsb]

THIS! 🥲🥲🥲

[Jeri Ryan @JeriLRyan]

Aaaand I’m sobbing…
There’s hope for our future yet. ❤️

[David Wade @davidwade]

Patriots owner Robert Kraft has invited this Patriots fan to this weekend’s game at Gillette.

Jerry Edmond -at his first NFL game- kept his composure while an obnoxious and aggressive Raiders fan got in his face.

I think his 2nd game will be better!