Connie Zeigler
@conniezeigler.bsky.social
Historian who mostly writes about architecture and design history; also has a general history newspaper column. Like: old buildings (including modernism), old dogs. Dislike: fascism
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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Israel just wants to destroy.
The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, an attack that local health officials said was the deadliest in weeks and that comes as the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was set to move into its next phase.
Deadly Israeli Strikes in Gaza, as Rafah Border Is Set to Reopen
A local health official said at least 26 people had been killed in the attacks, which the Israeli military said had targeted Hamas commanders. The opening of the border was seen as progress in the cease-fire.
trib.al
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Israel just wants to destroy.
My god. I wish I believed in hell so I could at least be comforted that these people will wind up there.
Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My god. I wish I believed in hell so I could at least be comforted that these people will wind up there.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
People should be acknowledged for not agreeing to do more bad stuff. Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
People should be acknowledged for not agreeing to do more bad stuff. Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Trump can try to revise history but we all saw it apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trump can try to revise history but we all saw it apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Very very sad news. My heart goes out to her loved ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Very very sad news. My heart goes out to her loved ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
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An important work from a rediscovered artist has been absent from public view since the 1970s. A New York curator is hunting for it.
This painting is missing. Do you have it?
An important work from a rediscovered artist has been absent from public view since the 1970s. A New York curator is hunting for it.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An important work from a rediscovered artist has been absent from public view since the 1970s. A New York curator is hunting for it.
“After decades without much in the way of moral formation, America became a place where 74 million people looked at Donald Trump’s morality and saw presidential timber”.
Why have Americans become so mean, sad, and alienated? The answer is simple, @nytdavidbrooks argues. People no longer grow up learning how to be decent to one another: bit.ly/4qskLny
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“After decades without much in the way of moral formation, America became a place where 74 million people looked at Donald Trump’s morality and saw presidential timber”.
Wow. David Remnick with words of utter truth:Donald Trump is a wretched human. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Wow. David Remnick with words of utter truth:Donald Trump is a wretched human. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Let’s see Congress and the Senate censure Trump over this. @fetterman.senate.gov you can lead that move.
Commentary: Rob Reiner's tragic slaying and Trump's awful response
Commentary: Rob Reiner's tragic slaying and Trump's awful response
Months before his slaying, Rob Reiner talked about the power of forgiveness after the "horrific" assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
www.latimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Let’s see Congress and the Senate censure Trump over this. @fetterman.senate.gov you can lead that move.
WTAF Both of them need to go. www.pennlive.com/politics/202...
Fetterman asks Israel’s president to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Fetterman told Israel's president that he has watched the corruption probe proceedings with "growing alarm."
www.pennlive.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
WTAF Both of them need to go. www.pennlive.com/politics/202...
Even this Megyn Kelly lookalike knows that PA’s Sen. McCormick is a do nothing.
Fox News host Martha MacCallum challenged Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) to present the Republican health care plan after he blamed Democrats and the Affordable Care Act for rising costs.
'Where is your plan?' Senate Republican confronted on Fox News while slamming Obamacare
Fox News host Martha MacCallum challenged Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) to present the Republican health care plan after he blamed Democrats and the Affordable Care Act for rising costs.During a Tuesday interview, McCormick acknowledged that "health care costs have gone up dramatically," blaming it on ...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Even this Megyn Kelly lookalike knows that PA’s Sen. McCormick is a do nothing.
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Here’s a good option for the White House occupants: resign.
The coming Obamacare cliff could affect 22 million Americans, Toluse Olorunnipa reports, and Congress and the White House can’t figure out what to do.
‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’
Health-care costs are about to spike in a way that Americans can’t afford.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here’s a good option for the White House occupants: resign.
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On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote on social media, “Genuine question: Why is the Trump Administration so hellbent on people going hungry?”
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote on social media, “Genuine question: Why is the Trump Administration so hellbent on people going hungry?”
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A federal watchdog urged consumers on Monday to immediately stop using and safely dispose of two models of lithium-ion batteries made for a popular e-bike brand, warning of serious fire risks.
Batteries for Rad Power Bikes Get Federal Fire Risk Warning
A federal watchdog said two models of batteries found in Rad Power Bikes should be immediately, and safely, disposed of. The bike company disputes the safety agency’s findings.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A federal watchdog urged consumers on Monday to immediately stop using and safely dispose of two models of lithium-ion batteries made for a popular e-bike brand, warning of serious fire risks.
Let’s hope even Texas will send these repelling nitwits away for life
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Let’s hope even Texas will send these repelling nitwits away for life
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USAID left a void in Mozambique after the Trump administration dismantled the agency. And it appears that ISIS has stepped into the vacuum.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh traveled to the African nation to see firsthand how quickly things have changed.
Stream the full story at https://CNN.com/allaccess
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh traveled to the African nation to see firsthand how quickly things have changed.
Stream the full story at https://CNN.com/allaccess
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
USAID left a void in Mozambique after the Trump administration dismantled the agency. And it appears that ISIS has stepped into the vacuum.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh traveled to the African nation to see firsthand how quickly things have changed.
Stream the full story at https://CNN.com/allaccess
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh traveled to the African nation to see firsthand how quickly things have changed.
Stream the full story at https://CNN.com/allaccess
“The taste, it should be said, is an acquired one.”
‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch
‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch
In India’s Mizoram state, people have an intricate system of harvesting and consuming the pungent and nutritious bugs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“The taste, it should be said, is an acquired one.”
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An FBI agent-in-training filed a lawsuit after he was handed a letter signed by the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, saying that he was being “summarily dismissed” because of “political signage.” The only thing that could be, he quickly realized, was a rainbow pride flag that had hung near his desk.
F.B.I. Trainee Sues After Being Abruptly Fired Over Display of Gay Pride Flag
He described his dismissal as the latest move by senior F.B.I. officials to play politics, damaging morale and hindering the bureau’s ability to carry out its public safety mission.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An FBI agent-in-training filed a lawsuit after he was handed a letter signed by the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, saying that he was being “summarily dismissed” because of “political signage.” The only thing that could be, he quickly realized, was a rainbow pride flag that had hung near his desk.
Cripes!
Ambassador Mike Huckabee, President Trump’s envoy to Israel, met at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in July with Jonathan Pollard, an American who spent 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, Pollard said. The unusual meeting appeared to be a sharp break with years of precedent for U.S. diplomats.
Ambassador Huckabee Held Meeting With Jonathan Pollard, Ex-Spy, at U.S. Embassy in Israel
Jonathan J. Pollard, who was convicted of espionage, said in an interview that the meeting, which was highly unusual for a U.S. diplomat to attend, had been friendly.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Cripes!
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