Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
@robinks.com
Freelance journalist (NYT, Baffler, etc) / Writing a book about the American workplace for Harper Books / Newsletter of updates: http://eepurl.com/dxpAjT / robinks.com /
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now that's the power of a union
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
now that's the power of a union
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Best part of this, by the great @dankaufman70.bsky.social, transcends its specific, and also crucial, subject matter: how timorous institutionalist in the anti-Trump coalition get challenged by young people (here, a caucus called "FUN"!) itching for a fight.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Best part of this, by the great @dankaufman70.bsky.social, transcends its specific, and also crucial, subject matter: how timorous institutionalist in the anti-Trump coalition get challenged by young people (here, a caucus called "FUN"!) itching for a fight.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
what a stat
CBP—the nation’s largest law enforcement agency—has been plagued for two decades by a tidal wave of crime, corruption, and misconduct.
Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005.
Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption runs far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
what a stat
"Defund the police" was actually a great position and now Democrats are finding their only way to combat ICE is to defund them in Congress.
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Defund the police" was actually a great position and now Democrats are finding their only way to combat ICE is to defund them in Congress.
From reporting on ICE, I found too much attention is being paid to the bonus' that agent receive for signing up and agents incompetence. The problems with ICE is the problem with policing in general: arrest first, question later; racial targeting; horrible incentives; violence; impunity.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
From reporting on ICE, I found too much attention is being paid to the bonus' that agent receive for signing up and agents incompetence. The problems with ICE is the problem with policing in general: arrest first, question later; racial targeting; horrible incentives; violence; impunity.
You're not even attempting a society of equals when there are people running around with guns and bulletproof vests.
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
You're not even attempting a society of equals when there are people running around with guns and bulletproof vests.
The presence of federal police in Minnesota should make it clear to everyone that policing, especially as practiced in America, has no place in a democratic society. No one should ever be able to act with impunity and behind a veil of secrecy.
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The presence of federal police in Minnesota should make it clear to everyone that policing, especially as practiced in America, has no place in a democratic society. No one should ever be able to act with impunity and behind a veil of secrecy.
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After Trump elevated a video with unfounded claims of fraud in Somali-American run childcares and used it as context for the ICE occupation of Minnesota, childcare providers around the country have been subject to vigilante harassment and surveillance www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Childcare Providers Around the Country Are Being Targeted by Vigilante Surveillance
In response to bogus allegations of fraud in Minnesota, strangers are filming them, knocking on their doors, demanding to be let in. It’s scaring parents and costing providers.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
After Trump elevated a video with unfounded claims of fraud in Somali-American run childcares and used it as context for the ICE occupation of Minnesota, childcare providers around the country have been subject to vigilante harassment and surveillance www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Reporting from the Twin Cities, Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (@robinks.com) “kept hearing about the lengths to which ICE is going to ensnare people who criticize the agency or obstruct its terror campaign.”
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Reporting from the Twin Cities, Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (@robinks.com) “kept hearing about the lengths to which ICE is going to ensnare people who criticize the agency or obstruct its terror campaign.”
I went back home to Minneapolis and St. Paul and reported on the quickly expanding devastation of Operation Metro Surge. I hope you'll give it a read.
“The size of Operation Metro Surge is delirious, outlandish,” writes @robinks.com. “Neighbors juggling jobs, kids, and their own fears are up against three thousand federal agents.”
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I went back home to Minneapolis and St. Paul and reported on the quickly expanding devastation of Operation Metro Surge. I hope you'll give it a read.
Reposted by Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
“The size of Operation Metro Surge is delirious, outlandish,” writes @robinks.com. “Neighbors juggling jobs, kids, and their own fears are up against three thousand federal agents.”
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“The size of Operation Metro Surge is delirious, outlandish,” writes @robinks.com. “Neighbors juggling jobs, kids, and their own fears are up against three thousand federal agents.”
"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago."
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago."
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
PDF link if you need it robinks.com/wp-content/u...
robinks.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
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This is phenomenal from my friend @robinks.com.
I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This is phenomenal from my friend @robinks.com.
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Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (@robinks.com) on the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities https://go.nybooks.com/3M3LKY0
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (@robinks.com) on the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities https://go.nybooks.com/3M3LKY0
what the fuck is clarksworld
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
what the fuck is clarksworld
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Good and angrifying essay from @robinks.com.
I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Good and angrifying essay from @robinks.com.
I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I traveled home to Minnesota to report on the rolling fallout of Operation Metro Surge. Both the occupation and neighborhood responses was breathtaking in scale. History in the making.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Thanks to the @economichardship.bsky.social for support
Thanks for reading and sharing!
November 20, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Thanks for reading and sharing!