Katie Aune
@katieaune.bsky.social
Midwesterner in DC, traveler, sports fanatic, nonprofit fundraiser for a wildlife conservancy in Kenya.
Check out my travel memoir, Finding Katya!
Coming soon: travel coaching & consulting.
Check out my travel memoir, Finding Katya!
Coming soon: travel coaching & consulting.
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NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
August 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
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My radio show in downtown Chicago ended at midnight. By the time I walked out of the building, it was closer to 1 am. The only thing that ever made me feel unsafe walking to my car were the bros who harassed me online; most of whom were MAGA
Trump: "If we need to, we're gonna do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster. We have a mayor there who is totally incompetent and we have an incompetent governor there ... hopefully LA is watching."
August 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
My radio show in downtown Chicago ended at midnight. By the time I walked out of the building, it was closer to 1 am. The only thing that ever made me feel unsafe walking to my car were the bros who harassed me online; most of whom were MAGA
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Despicable. Despicable to write it. Despicable to run it. Despicable to defend it. Denying the genocide in Gaza is enabling it, providing cover for war criminals…no matter the equivocations. But the argument that’s put forth—that if it were real genocide the death toll would be higher—is nauseating
July 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Despicable. Despicable to write it. Despicable to run it. Despicable to defend it. Denying the genocide in Gaza is enabling it, providing cover for war criminals…no matter the equivocations. But the argument that’s put forth—that if it were real genocide the death toll would be higher—is nauseating
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“It turned out, I had made a terrible mistake: I had remained friends with someone who had appeared on Kash Patel’s enemies list. How did Bongino find out about this private friendship? I honestly don’t know. … I faced a choice: get demoted or resign.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
July 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“It turned out, I had made a terrible mistake: I had remained friends with someone who had appeared on Kash Patel’s enemies list. How did Bongino find out about this private friendship? I honestly don’t know. … I faced a choice: get demoted or resign.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
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Remember Biden's State of the Union speech when he rightly said the GOP was gunning to cut Medicare/Medicaid, which he promised to never sign, and the Republicans all boo'd and MTG called him a liar? So who was lying, again?
a woman in a fur coat is sitting in a row of men in suits .
ALT: a woman in a fur coat is sitting in a row of men in suits .
media.tenor.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Remember Biden's State of the Union speech when he rightly said the GOP was gunning to cut Medicare/Medicaid, which he promised to never sign, and the Republicans all boo'd and MTG called him a liar? So who was lying, again?
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Every time a far-right MAGA commits a heinous crime, they like to "lone wolf" the guy. This documentary covers the radicalization of young men online, complete with manifestos and violent, deadly directives.
This Frontline documentary "Terrorgram" is worth your time.
📺 youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o?...
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This Frontline documentary "Terrorgram" is worth your time.
📺 youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o?...
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The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Every time a far-right MAGA commits a heinous crime, they like to "lone wolf" the guy. This documentary covers the radicalization of young men online, complete with manifestos and violent, deadly directives.
This Frontline documentary "Terrorgram" is worth your time.
📺 youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o?...
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This Frontline documentary "Terrorgram" is worth your time.
📺 youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o?...
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Are Dems going to do anything about the fact that pro-Trump PACs continue to run ads pushing his tax cuts, school choice, etc?
June 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Are Dems going to do anything about the fact that pro-Trump PACs continue to run ads pushing his tax cuts, school choice, etc?
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If you live in Louisiana Congressional District 04
You need to know that Mike Johnson is aware of this 👇
And still has plans to push the OBBB through anyway
You need to know that Mike Johnson isn't serving your best interests
You need to know that Mike Johnson is aware of this 👇
And still has plans to push the OBBB through anyway
You need to know that Mike Johnson isn't serving your best interests
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you live in Louisiana Congressional District 04
You need to know that Mike Johnson is aware of this 👇
And still has plans to push the OBBB through anyway
You need to know that Mike Johnson isn't serving your best interests
You need to know that Mike Johnson is aware of this 👇
And still has plans to push the OBBB through anyway
You need to know that Mike Johnson isn't serving your best interests
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Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:
June 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:
Maybe Jake Tapper should focus on this…the guy currently in office destroying the country.
June 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Maybe Jake Tapper should focus on this…the guy currently in office destroying the country.
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what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
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If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President
It’s a world exploding with crises waiting to happen. Donald Trump has made us less prepared for every one of them.
newrepublic.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
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I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e
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There’s always a tweet.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There’s always a tweet.
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Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids. He does, however, name LA, Chicago and New York.
June 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids. He does, however, name LA, Chicago and New York.
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here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
NBC's Jacob Soboroff reports from the Los Angeles protests as law enforcement fires flash bangs
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff was reporting on the ground in Los Angeles when law enforcement started using crowd control tactics against protesters, including firing flash bangs. Soboroff spe...
www.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
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This is what our folks on the ground are saying too
MSNBC reporter on ground in LA right now saying that from what he has seen the protestors have been peaceful but the LA Sheriff’s Dept in particular has been off the chain, quick to use tear gas and rubber bullets in an exceedingly aggressive manner
June 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is what our folks on the ground are saying too
I think there were more people at the protest I went to in Falls Church this morning 😂
It’s 6:04 p.m. in D.C., and we have parading. Crowd has filled in a bit at the route front, but mainly one deep along Constitution Avenue.
June 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I think there were more people at the protest I went to in Falls Church this morning 😂
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When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
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the word "constitution" does not appear in this article
nor does any indication that the Trump regime's actions might be illegal
it does however note "White House officials maintain that the president is ... standing up for 'law and order' as Democrats go soft on violent agitators."
nor does any indication that the Trump regime's actions might be illegal
it does however note "White House officials maintain that the president is ... standing up for 'law and order' as Democrats go soft on violent agitators."
June 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
the word "constitution" does not appear in this article
nor does any indication that the Trump regime's actions might be illegal
it does however note "White House officials maintain that the president is ... standing up for 'law and order' as Democrats go soft on violent agitators."
nor does any indication that the Trump regime's actions might be illegal
it does however note "White House officials maintain that the president is ... standing up for 'law and order' as Democrats go soft on violent agitators."
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We can't let this story die. This is seriously crazy.
June 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We can't let this story die. This is seriously crazy.
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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