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Karen Sprenger

@grlgeek

Cybersecurity geek, book lover, poodle mom; co-author β€œRansomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention”; lifelong Montanan πŸ’™

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Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen complies with federal demand for Montana voter data Trump and U.S. Department of Justice assert authority to determine voter eligibility in the state.

🀬🀬🀬🀬 #mtpol
www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/secreta...

05.02.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Definitely was and didn’t even address my specific questions or requests. I think I’ve gotten the exact same letter at least once before.

28.01.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Office of U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy
Dear Karen,
Thank you for reaching out to my office regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this agency.
ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. Under the Biden Administration, we witnessed an unprecedented migration crisis, exacerbated and incentivized by a willful abandonment of law and order across the Southwestern border. Millions of migrants from over 160 countries flocked to our southern border, at times paying coyotes employed by cartels to guide them, with the expectation they will be able to illegally cross our border and obtain citizenship in the United States. The surge of illegal immigration into the United States allowed for gang members, human traffickers, violent criminals, and over 390 known or suspected terrorists to infiltrate communities in every state.
As our brave men and women at ICE work tirelessly to apprehend violent illegal aliens that have infiltrated our country, it is critical that they are provided with the support and tools they so desperately need to end this nation-wide crisis. I was proud to vote in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. I) which provides ICE S75 billion for its enforcement and detention operations through 2029, giving these federal law enforcement officers the operating budget they require. With these resources, ICE can continue their indispensable work securing our homeland from threats and fighting human trafficking. I will continue to support them as they work to keep our streets clean, capture violent illegal aliens and keep our families safe.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts. It is an honor to serve you in the Senate. Please do not hesitate to contact me or my team about future issues.
Sincerely,
Tim Sheehy

Office of U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Dear Karen, Thank you for reaching out to my office regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this agency. ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. Under the Biden Administration, we witnessed an unprecedented migration crisis, exacerbated and incentivized by a willful abandonment of law and order across the Southwestern border. Millions of migrants from over 160 countries flocked to our southern border, at times paying coyotes employed by cartels to guide them, with the expectation they will be able to illegally cross our border and obtain citizenship in the United States. The surge of illegal immigration into the United States allowed for gang members, human traffickers, violent criminals, and over 390 known or suspected terrorists to infiltrate communities in every state. As our brave men and women at ICE work tirelessly to apprehend violent illegal aliens that have infiltrated our country, it is critical that they are provided with the support and tools they so desperately need to end this nation-wide crisis. I was proud to vote in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. I) which provides ICE S75 billion for its enforcement and detention operations through 2029, giving these federal law enforcement officers the operating budget they require. With these resources, ICE can continue their indispensable work securing our homeland from threats and fighting human trafficking. I will continue to support them as they work to keep our streets clean, capture violent illegal aliens and keep our families safe. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts. It is an honor to serve you in the Senate. Please do not hesitate to contact me or my team about future issues. Sincerely, Tim Sheehy

I contacted our Montana Senators yesterday to request that they vote against funding for ICE. Sheehy has responded already. 🀬
#mtpol #montana

27.01.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry for your loss. Always so hard to lose a member of the family. πŸ’”πŸŒˆ

14.01.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same

20.12.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great to hear! I just picked up the book today.

14.12.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
TIME
PERSON OF THE YEAR
SANDWICH THROWING GUY

TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR SANDWICH THROWING GUY

all i'm saying is that there were better options

12.12.2025 05:25 πŸ‘ 13652 πŸ” 2381 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 88
Sherlock Holmes LEGO bookends half built.

Sherlock Holmes LEGO bookends half built.

Same.

12.12.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are probably counting on never being in session at the same time on a Wednesday so they’ll never have to show.

11.12.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, I forgot - anything by Mary Robinette Kowel, and my absolute favorites The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, starting with The Eyre Affair and his Nursery Crime books too. Full of puns.

01.12.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She’s likely already been through them but if not - all of the Grishaverse novels by Leigh Bardugo, and the Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs, both are great! The early books in Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s might be good but they do include quite a bit of death.

01.12.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

⬇️⬇️ This whole thread! Read it, bookmark it, and then read it again. And practice your incident response!! And test your backups regularly!!!

(And yes, don’t forget that sometimes the β€œattacker” is you making a config error.)

19.11.2025 03:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So, uh, he switches from ALL CAPS to a whisper:

"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."

Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?

18.11.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 609 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 8
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#AI driven #fraud is hitting holiday shoppers at machine speed. Today on #CybersideChats, Sherri & Matt discuss how #phishing kits, prebuilt configs, and bot-driven takeovers enable #CredentialAbuse.

Podcast: www.chatcyberside.com/e/holiday-ha...

Video: youtu.be/TpMD5v5JUNc

#Cybersecurity

18.11.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 39543 πŸ” 14912 πŸ’¬ 570 πŸ“Œ 666
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No one pays ransomware demands anymore - so attackers have a new goal Ransomware payments were made in around 85% of attacks in 2019. But things have changed dramatically since then. Here's why.

No one pays ransomware demands anymore - so attackers have a new goal www.zdnet.com/article/no-o...

30.10.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean to be fair this administration would never be able to get their legs up on the desk, so I guess we’ll have to settle for nitpicking on the little things like leveling buildings, grabbing people off the street, starving people, and sending troops to our cities.

27.10.2025 05:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

22.10.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 13255 πŸ” 4689 πŸ’¬ 997 πŸ“Œ 616
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And this was before everyone got here!

West Yellowstone, Montana, pop 1200, says #NoKings.

#MtPol

18.10.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8
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Polebridge, Montana, and the surrounding North Fork area only has around 100 full-time residents. On Saturday, the hamlet on the edge of Glacier National Park saw more than 60 people attend a No Kings Indivisible rally at the dirt road intersection.

18.10.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 1110 πŸ” 289 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 21

We showed out y'all.

Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

18.10.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 9556 πŸ” 1607 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 60
A sign with a black background and colorful balls stuck to it. The sign reads, β€œFree balls for members of congress who have lost theirs.”

A sign with a black background and colorful balls stuck to it. The sign reads, β€œFree balls for members of congress who have lost theirs.”

A cardboard sign that says, β€œImpeach the president of Puerto Rico!”

A cardboard sign that says, β€œImpeach the president of Puerto Rico!”

A couple of my favorite signs from #nokings #missoula today. #montana

18.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A large crowd of protesters in winter coats and hats in Missoula, Montana.

A large crowd of protesters in winter coats and hats in Missoula, Montana.

A large crowd of protesters in winter coats and hats in Missoula, Montana.

A large crowd of protesters in winter coats and hats in Missoula, Montana.

Cool weather and fog didn’t stop Missoula, MT from showing up. I’m hearing 10k of us attended. #nokings #missoula #nokingsmissoula

18.10.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge crowds in Missoula, Montana.

Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.

18.10.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 1968 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 14
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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics? Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

Citizens United made corporate cash king. Montana might just be the start of dethroning it.

15.10.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Last I heard, we have around 30 planned in Montana, including one in a town with a population of 31 people.

16.10.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Three stacks of books between 9 and 11 books tall on a bedside table.

Three stacks of books between 9 and 11 books tall on a bedside table.

I found my people! ❀️ (I have two other locations like this not pictured. When is it considered a problem?) #booksky

14.10.2025 03:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tried explaining party lines to the younger generation. They were horrified to know that someone in another house could listen to your call.

14.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In kindergarten, our teacher took roll by requiring us to give her the phone number of our house, our parents’ work, or the local sheriff. Yes, it was before 9-1-1 existed in our community. I’m old. #genx

14.10.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0