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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)

@maiaknp.bsky.social

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YA author and occasional rabblerouser. ⭐️ Alaska-grown Midwest transplant. ⭐️ Drummer in a Judy Blume tribute band. ⭐️ Please do not talk to me about basketball. ⭐️ https://maiaknolan.com Rep: Paula Weiman, ASH Literary

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · Sep 10

Some professional news: Very happy to share that I have signed with @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social at @ashliterary.bsky.social! I’m super excited about their vision for my book and can’t wait to get to work.

ashliterary.com#maianolan

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 22h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 22h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 13h

Found it -- sounds like it happened late September

ICE arrests 7 in Madison home; local police say they weren't told

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers reportedly arrested the seven people in northeast Madison Thursday. ICE has not responded to questions.

captimes.com

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 13h

My American children are discussing whether Messi or Ronaldo is better

The socialist nightmare is here

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 15h

I saw a news report that they disappeared some people in Madison, too. It’s only a matter of time.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 18h

Hey Anchorage fam! #AlaskaSky

Lyndon Air Cargo is sending planes to Anchorage to collect donations for the impact villages!

Details to follow

But if you would be so kind to think of donating water, food, clothing, supplies, pet food, etc., I know everyone would greatly appreciate it 🫶🏼

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TMJ4 News @tmj4.com · 17h

An empty lot at 60th and Green Tree in Milwaukee will soon become a beacon of hope for veterans experiencing homelessness. The city's new Veterans Community Project Village will feature 40 tiny homes.

Milwaukee's First Veterans Village Breaks Ground to Combat Veteran Homelessnes

www.tmj4.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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afwido.bsky.social @afwido.bsky.social · 1d

Direct link to give alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Send every ICE employee to the fucking Hague.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 1d

Just out of curiosity, how have you been getting the information about school since they started using the app TWO YEARS AGO? Asking for a friend.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 4d

I’d say it’s ironic that the government celebrating the inaugural (and truly criminal) immigrant of the old days is the same one funding ICE raids against the innocent immigrants of today.

If it wasn’t just white supremacy at play, that is.

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 4d

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

The WHITE HOUSE
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4d

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone knows that the classic scientific method is saying something that is wildly stupid and then trying to find proof for it.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 4d

Now let's hear from the White House that is famously committed to fighting antisemitism

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

Holy cow did they arrest Mary Magdalene

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 5d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

This is quite good.

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

The little salmon in there!

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

Valdez

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

If you can't run your business without stealing, your business is a criminal enterprise. Hope that helps.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 5d

If ICE thinks it's okay to assault a pastor in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing in the dark.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

Being middle-aged & from Alaska is wild because for example the newly-elected mayor of the city where I was born is a woman who once dated my now-husband but the mayor of the borough where that city is located is the younger brother of my childhood best friend and also all our friends are judges now

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 5d

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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