Anne Strutz
@fortunategirl.bsky.social
Actor/writer. I don't understand anything anymore. But I still like poetry.
Pinned
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When they boxed Elliott and I in and came to my car they literally said to us right away:
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
Trump admin is building a list of people to retaliate against for engaging in legal, 1st amendment protected activity.
Watching the watchers: ICE uses facial recognition to track citizen observers in Minnesota, federal court filing says
Federal immigration enforcement agents are using facial recognition technology to track and record U.S. citizen observers, according to a federal court declaration in Minnesota.
kstp.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
When they boxed Elliott and I in and came to my car they literally said to us right away:
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
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a friend pointed out to me a historical fact that i had forgotten but cannot stop thinking about- anne frank was not executed at her concentration camp but instead died of typhus
The government says the people being deported are violent criminals, and they treat them inhumanely. But mostly they are subjecting ordinary people to extraordinary punishments.
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
a friend pointed out to me a historical fact that i had forgotten but cannot stop thinking about- anne frank was not executed at her concentration camp but instead died of typhus
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BHM Profile: Susie King Taylor served her country and fought for people's freedom during the Civil War. Taylor worked as a nurse, teacher, and laundress for black troops. She later published her own memoir, documenting black military life. www.wjcl.com/article/blac...
Black History Month Profile: Susie King Taylor
Susie King Taylor was the first African American woman to openly serve with the U.S. Army.
www.wjcl.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
BHM Profile: Susie King Taylor served her country and fought for people's freedom during the Civil War. Taylor worked as a nurse, teacher, and laundress for black troops. She later published her own memoir, documenting black military life. www.wjcl.com/article/blac...
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Decades ago I proofread a Regency romance novel called Emily Goes to Exeter.
I still think about it, and of how much I enjoyed it.
GO READ THAT. SOMEONE WROTE IT.
I still think about it, and of how much I enjoyed it.
GO READ THAT. SOMEONE WROTE IT.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Decades ago I proofread a Regency romance novel called Emily Goes to Exeter.
I still think about it, and of how much I enjoyed it.
GO READ THAT. SOMEONE WROTE IT.
I still think about it, and of how much I enjoyed it.
GO READ THAT. SOMEONE WROTE IT.
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it’s also worth noting that ICE are breaking laws all the time on the road. swapping license plates, blasting through red lights and crashing cars with no recourse from the cops. MPD have made it clear that they are aware that they can selectively enforce the law if they want
Same. I get that it's technically illegal, but the city enterprise (Frey) has offered *zero* solutions at best, and at worst, harassed ICE protestors.
I'll stop supporting the blockades when the city comes up with a better idea of how to protect our neighbors.
I'll stop supporting the blockades when the city comes up with a better idea of how to protect our neighbors.
You’ll never hear me shit on the blockades. They’re working and I think it is genuinely the right move with how large a presence we have out there.
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
it’s also worth noting that ICE are breaking laws all the time on the road. swapping license plates, blasting through red lights and crashing cars with no recourse from the cops. MPD have made it clear that they are aware that they can selectively enforce the law if they want
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Bad Bunny is not an immigrant.
I hope this helps, but of course it won't.
I hope this helps, but of course it won't.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Bad Bunny is not an immigrant.
I hope this helps, but of course it won't.
I hope this helps, but of course it won't.
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When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
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Please read and repost RAVE's bio. This beautiful, sweet, playful dog needs a home.
👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇
www.getbuddy.com/adopt-pet/do...
👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇
www.getbuddy.com/adopt-pet/do...
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Please read and repost RAVE's bio. This beautiful, sweet, playful dog needs a home.
👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇
www.getbuddy.com/adopt-pet/do...
👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇💗👇
www.getbuddy.com/adopt-pet/do...
Huh…
"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report
The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Huh…
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza. https://to.pbs.org/4qlCsVi
Trump to hold first Board of Peace meeting this month in Washington
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.
www.pbs.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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PREORDER MY FRIEND’S BOOK
We're down to the wire for "Moses and the Doctor." This is the last weekend that you can preorder from Astoria Bookshop and receive a signed copy along with the custom cards that we made featuring Dr. J and Moses Malone. Do it before Tuesday! www.astoriabookshop.com/item/koW0Owl...
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
PREORDER MY FRIEND’S BOOK
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the media really is going to require that they kill one of us in the street every week in order for them to cover this appropriately
NEW Trump has burned through much of his immigration political capital before ICE could scale up its mass deportation tools. Now he wants a “softer” tune to stop the agency from becoming a pariah, and to shift attention from Minneapolis to his border record www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the media really is going to require that they kill one of us in the street every week in order for them to cover this appropriately
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“tom homan has ended random patrols and stops” is just a crazy thing to say when they pulled someone over *on the highway* with like 15 agents 2 days ago. yesterday my friend saw them pull someone over and ask for papers and let them go!
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“tom homan has ended random patrols and stops” is just a crazy thing to say when they pulled someone over *on the highway* with like 15 agents 2 days ago. yesterday my friend saw them pull someone over and ask for papers and let them go!
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Mother Bethel is the oldest independent Christian denomination founded by Black people and it was founded at 6th and Lombard Streets as a reaction to white supremacy.
A formerly enslaved man was thrown out of an Old City church. He then founded America’s first African Methodist Episcopal church.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Mother Bethel is the oldest independent Christian denomination founded by Black people and it was founded at 6th and Lombard Streets as a reaction to white supremacy.
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Today’s Black History Month focus: Eunice Hunton Carter.
Harlem attorney. Relentless investigator. One of the first Black women prosecutors in New York.
And she helped take down Lucky Luciano, years before “organized crime” was a TV genre.
history.nycourts.gov/about_period...
Harlem attorney. Relentless investigator. One of the first Black women prosecutors in New York.
And she helped take down Lucky Luciano, years before “organized crime” was a TV genre.
history.nycourts.gov/about_period...
Eunice Carter, First Black Woman Assistant District Attorney in NYS - Historical Society of the New York Courts
Eunice Carter’s life and career was celebrated in Invisible No More: The Eunice Carter Story with a special focus on her work in the prosecution of Lucky … More Eunice Carter, First Black Woman Assist...
history.nycourts.gov
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Today’s Black History Month focus: Eunice Hunton Carter.
Harlem attorney. Relentless investigator. One of the first Black women prosecutors in New York.
And she helped take down Lucky Luciano, years before “organized crime” was a TV genre.
history.nycourts.gov/about_period...
Harlem attorney. Relentless investigator. One of the first Black women prosecutors in New York.
And she helped take down Lucky Luciano, years before “organized crime” was a TV genre.
history.nycourts.gov/about_period...
Currently reading Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy & was struck by this passage among many striking passages.
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Currently reading Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy & was struck by this passage among many striking passages.