Joanna Kakissis
@joannakakissis.bsky.social
Or is it Joannica Kisses? NPR international correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Greek-Dakotan. Meowmy.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
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🇵🇱🇺🇸 Polish media illustration:
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🇵🇱🇺🇸 Polish media illustration:
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
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"Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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🇫🇮🇺🇦 Stubb: I spoke with Zelensky. The negotiations were a step forward, but there are still major issues which remain to be resolved.
Any decision falling in the remit of EU or NATO will be discussed and decided by EU and NATO members in a separate track.
Any decision falling in the remit of EU or NATO will be discussed and decided by EU and NATO members in a separate track.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇫🇮🇺🇦 Stubb: I spoke with Zelensky. The negotiations were a step forward, but there are still major issues which remain to be resolved.
Any decision falling in the remit of EU or NATO will be discussed and decided by EU and NATO members in a separate track.
Any decision falling in the remit of EU or NATO will be discussed and decided by EU and NATO members in a separate track.
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Scientists have created a grain-of-sand–sized robot that can be guided by magnets to deliver drugs to precise locations in the human body.
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scientists have created a grain-of-sand–sized robot that can be guided by magnets to deliver drugs to precise locations in the human body.
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
“During the siege, residents killed by shelling were often buried in makeshift graves wherever they fell. Now, construction crews sometimes unearth human remains.” #Mariupol. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
In Russian-Occupied Mariupol, Everything Ukrainian Must Go
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November 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“During the siege, residents killed by shelling were often buried in makeshift graves wherever they fell. Now, construction crews sometimes unearth human remains.” #Mariupol. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
“The plan was negotiated by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine, and Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and spends most of his time making business deals.”
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“The plan was negotiated by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine, and Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and spends most of his time making business deals.”
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NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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BREAKING @npr.org: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who rose to prominence as one of President Trump's biggest defenders and recently became one of his biggest critics, is leaving Congress effective 1/5/26.
After break with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
BREAKING @npr.org: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who rose to prominence as one of President Trump's biggest defenders and recently became one of his biggest critics, is leaving Congress effective 1/5/26.
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An aide to a Republican congressman from New Jersey faked being the victim of what she claimed was a politically motivated slashing in July, a narrative that quickly unraveled when investigators found spare zip ties in her Maserati, federal prosecutors said.
Representative Jeff Van Drew’s Aide Faked Anti-Trump Slashing Attack, U.S. Says
Natalie Greene, 26, who worked for Representative Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, falsely claimed she was attacked at a nature reserve, the authorities said.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
An aide to a Republican congressman from New Jersey faked being the victim of what she claimed was a politically motivated slashing in July, a narrative that quickly unraveled when investigators found spare zip ties in her Maserati, federal prosecutors said.
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NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
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Our servicemembers take an oath to defend the Constitution–not any one person or political party.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Our servicemembers take an oath to defend the Constitution–not any one person or political party.
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Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? on.ft.com/485zOMr Spoiler alert: it did. Panorama edited Trump to make him look bad. But Prescott edited Trump to make the BBC look bad.
Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote?
Wording used by Michael Prescott was itself an edit of Trump’s actual words
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November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? on.ft.com/485zOMr Spoiler alert: it did. Panorama edited Trump to make him look bad. But Prescott edited Trump to make the BBC look bad.
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Denver’s bison were once zoo animals. Now they’re food and sustenance for Indigenous residents www.cpr.org/2025/11/19/d... via @sambrasch.bsky.social
Denver’s bison were once zoo animals. Now they’re food and sustenance for Indigenous residents
Since 2018, Denver has allowed a local organization to hold a ceremonial event to harvest one of its roughly 70 buffalo.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Denver’s bison were once zoo animals. Now they’re food and sustenance for Indigenous residents www.cpr.org/2025/11/19/d... via @sambrasch.bsky.social
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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NPR: The U.S. deported 50 people to Ukraine this week, a Ukrainian border official said on Tuesday, in what appears to be the single largest such deportation from the U.S. since the country has been at war with Russia. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/g...
U.S. deports dozens of migrants to Ukraine amid war
Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NPR: The U.S. deported 50 people to Ukraine this week, a Ukrainian border official said on Tuesday, in what appears to be the single largest such deportation from the U.S. since the country has been at war with Russia. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/g...
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“Europe’s weakness on security had negated its potential strength on trade. One form of frailty had led to another.”
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The scramble for Europe is just beginning
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The scramble for Europe is just beginning
The scramble for Europe is just beginning
As the EU struggles to defend its interests, outside powers play divide and rule
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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“Europe’s weakness on security had negated its potential strength on trade. One form of frailty had led to another.”
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The scramble for Europe is just beginning
on.ft.com/4r82M79
The scramble for Europe is just beginning
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I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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Our photographer Tyler Hicks has been covering the war in Ukraine since 2022. “Nearly every thriving city, town and village I’ve visited near the front lines has been obliterated, become unreachable, or been occupied by Moscow’s forces. Pokrovsk is now one of them.” See more photos: nyti.ms/49RmrSw
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our photographer Tyler Hicks has been covering the war in Ukraine since 2022. “Nearly every thriving city, town and village I’ve visited near the front lines has been obliterated, become unreachable, or been occupied by Moscow’s forces. Pokrovsk is now one of them.” See more photos: nyti.ms/49RmrSw
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As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
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November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM