Karen Schwartzkopf
@karenschwartzkopf.bsky.social
Writer, editor, parent, Heat lifer 🏀🔥 recovering magazine editor 💙 public education, gun violence prevention, healthcare, climate advocate. She/her
Climate catastrophe is more accurate TBH - see Nepal
Burgum: "You don't the word 'climate change' as much as you did two years ago, because the legs have been knocked out from under that movement"
October 7, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Climate catastrophe is more accurate TBH - see Nepal
Pass by this on my runs (wogs) and my dog hates Halloween now
October 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Pass by this on my runs (wogs) and my dog hates Halloween now
This is why we have to VOTE YES ON ONE 🗣️ to enshrine reproductive rights in Virginia's constitution 💪 Random men should not be making rules to control women's bodies
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is why we have to VOTE YES ON ONE 🗣️ to enshrine reproductive rights in Virginia's constitution 💪 Random men should not be making rules to control women's bodies
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
Us waiting for Wittman to say ANYTHING about Trump taking $20 million of YOUR tax money to run ads promoting himself
End the corruption!
Vote @shannontaylorva.com
End the corruption!
Vote @shannontaylorva.com
Waiting Cat Meme: Patiently Annoyed
ALT: Waiting Cat Meme: Patiently Annoyed
static.klipy.com
October 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Us waiting for Wittman to say ANYTHING about Trump taking $20 million of YOUR tax money to run ads promoting himself
End the corruption!
Vote @shannontaylorva.com
End the corruption!
Vote @shannontaylorva.com
The NBA preseason starting 🏀🔥 is another opportunity for me to say how much I detest football
October 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The NBA preseason starting 🏀🔥 is another opportunity for me to say how much I detest football
Volunteering at early voting (brought to you by Va Dems) is just the best! 🗣️🗳️💙🇺🇸
October 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Volunteering at early voting (brought to you by Va Dems) is just the best! 🗣️🗳️💙🇺🇸
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
CNN factchecker Daniel Dale: "It’s abundantly clear that there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump...I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar." READ: loom.ly/EPklMOY
I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
loom.ly
September 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
CNN factchecker Daniel Dale: "It’s abundantly clear that there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump...I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar." READ: loom.ly/EPklMOY
Stolen Intelligence 🗣️
September 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Stolen Intelligence 🗣️
Everyone watches women's sports 🏀
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
September 29, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Everyone watches women's sports 🏀
MVPing all over the floor! 🏀🤩
September 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
MVPing all over the floor! 🏀🤩
Maybe (some) people perceive parenting boys as easier than parenting girls because they aren't really doing the work
September 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Maybe (some) people perceive parenting boys as easier than parenting girls because they aren't really doing the work
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
W playoffs start tomorrow 🏀 (and I hate football with every ounce of fiber in my being)
September 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
W playoffs start tomorrow 🏀 (and I hate football with every ounce of fiber in my being)
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
Virginia ELECT said mailers were sent out to 234,852 people after a landmark federal court ruling mostly struck down Virginia’s automatic felony disenfranchisement rule.
The department also said it identified 998 people whose registrations had been incorrectly denied or canceled.
The department also said it identified 998 people whose registrations had been incorrectly denied or canceled.
Nearly 235K Virginians should never have been disenfranchised, state says - VPM
Those residents are eligible to vote, following a federal court ruling.
www.vpm.org
September 24, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Virginia ELECT said mailers were sent out to 234,852 people after a landmark federal court ruling mostly struck down Virginia’s automatic felony disenfranchisement rule.
The department also said it identified 998 people whose registrations had been incorrectly denied or canceled.
The department also said it identified 998 people whose registrations had been incorrectly denied or canceled.
100% the reason I have a 30-yr-old Samantha 💕💙
September 24, 2026 at 12:47 AM
100% the reason I have a 30-yr-old Samantha 💕💙
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
In 31 years, the dearly beloved Dolly Parton gifted approximately 332,411,218 books to kids all over the world with her Imagination Library true heroes 🦋📖
We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly.
We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of
Book Joy 🌈 ✨
We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly.
We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of
Book Joy 🌈 ✨
September 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
In 31 years, the dearly beloved Dolly Parton gifted approximately 332,411,218 books to kids all over the world with her Imagination Library true heroes 🦋📖
We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly.
We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of
Book Joy 🌈 ✨
We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly.
We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of
Book Joy 🌈 ✨
I could get behind Stolen or even Sourced Intelligence but not Super
September 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I could get behind Stolen or even Sourced Intelligence but not Super
Same, girl, same 🗣️
Frankly, I wake up every morning in search of one very specific news headline.
September 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Same, girl, same 🗣️
Is "lawl" the new "nucular"? 🧐
BASH: He's a US citizen
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
September 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Is "lawl" the new "nucular"? 🧐
She'd be really surprised I quit drinking in my late 20s, blown away by the fact that I earned a living writing/editing, and impressed that I stayed married to the same incredible person - 32 years today!
September 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
She'd be really surprised I quit drinking in my late 20s, blown away by the fact that I earned a living writing/editing, and impressed that I stayed married to the same incredible person - 32 years today!
Reposted by Karen Schwartzkopf
Too big to rig.
Turnout too monster to doctor.
Too great to manipulate.
That's what we need in November.
Turnout too monster to doctor.
Too great to manipulate.
That's what we need in November.
September 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Too big to rig.
Turnout too monster to doctor.
Too great to manipulate.
That's what we need in November.
Turnout too monster to doctor.
Too great to manipulate.
That's what we need in November.
Kahleah Copper is fierce 🏀💙🤩🇺🇸
September 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Kahleah Copper is fierce 🏀💙🤩🇺🇸
Everyone remembers where they were on 9/11 💙 How can we share the sense of tragedy with our kids? richmondfamilymagazine.com/parenting/ka...
Under the Same Sky – Remembering September 11
Many of us remember where we were when the World Trade Center buildings were attacked in 2001. How can we share that sense of tragedy and loss with our kids?
richmondfamilymagazine.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Everyone remembers where they were on 9/11 💙 How can we share the sense of tragedy with our kids? richmondfamilymagazine.com/parenting/ka...
Loving this Trump-a-looza branding!
September 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Loving this Trump-a-looza branding!