Kathryn Rutz
@kathryngr.bsky.social
I read, write, mother, breathe, and believe there is another way. I worked in scholarly #publishing for years, + nonprofit comms. Human rights are inalienable. #blue
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov has signed a law that that allows people to sue ICE agents for unlawful detentions & BANS immigration arrests around Illinois courthouses.
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov has signed a law that that allows people to sue ICE agents for unlawful detentions & BANS immigration arrests around Illinois courthouses.
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
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A long but very important read. Your brain is a battleground right now. You need to be prepared to defend it. 👇🏻
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A long but very important read. Your brain is a battleground right now. You need to be prepared to defend it. 👇🏻
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When checkpoints go up in a fascist autocracies hardening phase it means violence or kinetic contact is imminent.
In Bosnia, Ukraine and elsewhere the pattern is clear when the forces espousing eliminationist rhetoric and deploying secret police for terror raids put up checkpoints violence follows
In Bosnia, Ukraine and elsewhere the pattern is clear when the forces espousing eliminationist rhetoric and deploying secret police for terror raids put up checkpoints violence follows
ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
When checkpoints go up in a fascist autocracies hardening phase it means violence or kinetic contact is imminent.
In Bosnia, Ukraine and elsewhere the pattern is clear when the forces espousing eliminationist rhetoric and deploying secret police for terror raids put up checkpoints violence follows
In Bosnia, Ukraine and elsewhere the pattern is clear when the forces espousing eliminationist rhetoric and deploying secret police for terror raids put up checkpoints violence follows
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This effort my the Trump regime was always bound to fail because people he calls illegals are so enmeshed and integrated into our communities that no amount of scapegoating and vilifying is going to work. These people are our neighbors and we know better.
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This effort my the Trump regime was always bound to fail because people he calls illegals are so enmeshed and integrated into our communities that no amount of scapegoating and vilifying is going to work. These people are our neighbors and we know better.
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Typical shameless, mealy-mouthed framing from the Times here. Citizenship doesn’t “elude the grasp” of people in the final stages of naturalization! It is being taken from them by sadistic scofflaws. Why can’t you say that?
Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of oath ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen. The actions are the latest attempt to tighten who can call themselves an American. w/ Orlando Mayorquín www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Eludes Their Grasp
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Typical shameless, mealy-mouthed framing from the Times here. Citizenship doesn’t “elude the grasp” of people in the final stages of naturalization! It is being taken from them by sadistic scofflaws. Why can’t you say that?
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The guy whose blown off ear
healed in a few days and left no scar, for months still can’t seem to stop the bruising on his hand.
Weird.
healed in a few days and left no scar, for months still can’t seem to stop the bruising on his hand.
Weird.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The guy whose blown off ear
healed in a few days and left no scar, for months still can’t seem to stop the bruising on his hand.
Weird.
healed in a few days and left no scar, for months still can’t seem to stop the bruising on his hand.
Weird.
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I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
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This is what happens without due process when the federal Nazis think it's okay to trample on the rights of the innocent to go after the guilty. No one in America should be okay with this because you may be the next person dragged from your car and handcuffed without any legal justification.
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is what happens without due process when the federal Nazis think it's okay to trample on the rights of the innocent to go after the guilty. No one in America should be okay with this because you may be the next person dragged from your car and handcuffed without any legal justification.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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After tRump abelist slur, Indiana Repub with Down's child to vote no on redistricting to favor Repubs. “I will be voting NO on redistricting, perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republican whose child has Down syndrome opposes redistricting after Trump’s ableist slur
Michael Bohacek, an Indiana state senator, says US president’s ‘choices of words have consequences’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After tRump abelist slur, Indiana Repub with Down's child to vote no on redistricting to favor Repubs. “I will be voting NO on redistricting, perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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Hegseth needs to be removed and jailed. “Kill Them All” he said.
Exactly what a drunk would say. Especially one working with a regime who has fired all Pentagon lawyers who would have been knowledgeable about war crimes.
This is not OK!
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#DemVoice
#wtpBLUE
Exactly what a drunk would say. Especially one working with a regime who has fired all Pentagon lawyers who would have been knowledgeable about war crimes.
This is not OK!
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#DemVoice
#wtpBLUE
WASH POST: Officials in Congress & the Pentagon “increasingly concerned” Trump & Hague-Seth will scapegoat Admiral Bradley for killing two boat bombing survivors.
(No honor. Only selfishness. Hence their freakout about the “disobey illegal orders” video) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
(No honor. Only selfishness. Hence their freakout about the “disobey illegal orders” video) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hegseth needs to be removed and jailed. “Kill Them All” he said.
Exactly what a drunk would say. Especially one working with a regime who has fired all Pentagon lawyers who would have been knowledgeable about war crimes.
This is not OK!
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#DemVoice
#wtpBLUE
Exactly what a drunk would say. Especially one working with a regime who has fired all Pentagon lawyers who would have been knowledgeable about war crimes.
This is not OK!
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#DemVoice
#wtpBLUE
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Pound for pound, nonprofit news outlet @propublica.org is doing the best investigative reporting in the US today. That's not a knock on others, some of which are really incredible (looking at you, Texas Monthly).
It's just a testament to how high a bar propublica sets for both quantity and quality
It's just a testament to how high a bar propublica sets for both quantity and quality
ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pound for pound, nonprofit news outlet @propublica.org is doing the best investigative reporting in the US today. That's not a knock on others, some of which are really incredible (looking at you, Texas Monthly).
It's just a testament to how high a bar propublica sets for both quantity and quality
It's just a testament to how high a bar propublica sets for both quantity and quality
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I’m sure the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent White House in history’ won’t mind a thorough investigation into the second strike.
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m sure the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent White House in history’ won’t mind a thorough investigation into the second strike.
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.