Dustin Shattuck
@dustinshattuck.bsky.social
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 27, 2026
January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent t...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 AM
January 27, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup
As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.
www.thenation.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“But for me, this conversation is old, and I’m sure for many of you the conversation is quite old. It’s the cameras that are new. It’s not the violence that’s new.”
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“But for me, this conversation is old, and I’m sure for many of you the conversation is quite old. It’s the cameras that are new. It’s not the violence that’s new.”
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
"For The Homeland is not 'The State' or even 'The Country.' The Homeland is not defined by simple geography."
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"For The Homeland is not 'The State' or even 'The Country.' The Homeland is not defined by simple geography."
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 26, 2026
January 26, 2026
Yesterday President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
January 26, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 25, 2026
January 25, 2026
As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
January 25, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 24, 2026
January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM
January 24, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 23, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 22, 2026
January 22, 2026
Vice President J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 AM
January 22, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
Microsoft Warns Millions Of PC Owners—Remove Windows Update
Microsoft Warns Millions Of PC Owners—Remove Windows Update
Microsoft's new Windows update is a "nightmare" creating "havoc." Here's what you do.
www.forbes.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Microsoft Warns Millions Of PC Owners—Remove Windows Update
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 21, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026
World leaders are gathered at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is taking place from January 19 to January 23.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
January 20, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 19, 2026
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 19, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
‘The escalation of private feuds in the 1450s was not so much the cause as the result of the king’s failure to fulfil his primary task: to dispense even-handed justice.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson · All the flowers shall bow: Wars of the Roses
Given that the most widely accepted date for the start of the Wars of the Roses is 1455, it is unsurprising that the...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
‘The escalation of private feuds in the 1450s was not so much the cause as the result of the king’s failure to fulfil his primary task: to dispense even-handed justice.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 18, 2026
January 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 AM
January 18, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 17, 2026
January 17, 2026
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
January 17, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026
Well, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
January 16, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 15, 2026
January 15, 2026
You know what Americans aren’t talking about very much today after Trump’s threat to detonate the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this week and his threat this morning to invoke the Insurrec...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:31 AM
January 15, 2026
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
This op-ed holds up a mirror to all of us. The mirror also reflects back on the editors and journalists who seek to normalize this administration by playing both sides so late in this game. Yes coverage has gotten better, but there’s still an enormous appetite for BS. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
This op-ed holds up a mirror to all of us. The mirror also reflects back on the editors and journalists who seek to normalize this administration by playing both sides so late in this game. Yes coverage has gotten better, but there’s still an enormous appetite for BS. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
I just realized Granta has a collection of stories on their site. Cute 1 pager from Italo Calvino:
"There was once a country where everyone was a thief.
At night each inhabitant went out armed with a crowbar and a lantern, and broke into a neighbour’s house..."
granta.com/the-black-sh...
"There was once a country where everyone was a thief.
At night each inhabitant went out armed with a crowbar and a lantern, and broke into a neighbour’s house..."
granta.com/the-black-sh...
The Black Sheep
‘And then one day – nobody knows how – an honest man appeared.’ Fiction by Italo Calvino in Granta 46: Crime.
granta.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I just realized Granta has a collection of stories on their site. Cute 1 pager from Italo Calvino:
"There was once a country where everyone was a thief.
At night each inhabitant went out armed with a crowbar and a lantern, and broke into a neighbour’s house..."
granta.com/the-black-sh...
"There was once a country where everyone was a thief.
At night each inhabitant went out armed with a crowbar and a lantern, and broke into a neighbour’s house..."
granta.com/the-black-sh...
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 13, 2025
January 13, 2026
Officials in the Trump administration insist its surges of federal agents into Democratic-led cities are necessary to round up undocumented immigrants, but the agents’ mission increasingly looks as if...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
January 13, 2025
Reposted by Dustin Shattuck
January 12, 2026
January 12, 2026
Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 12, 2026