K.P.
kristenperry.bsky.social
K.P.
@kristenperry.bsky.social
Mom to a human, two 🐕, and a 🐢. Lover of reading, gardening, and quilting. Never, ever underestimate the power of a short woman!
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Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Tomorrow, Mike Johnson's majority in the House will be down to one vote, which means, in my humble opinion, that Rep. Thomas Massie has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
February 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Nala, who is normally so sweet and well-behaved, has two forms of kryptonite: tennis balls and smol critters. She apparently trapped a smol critter in the downspout extension and spent 45 minutes happily harassing said critter (the critter, I assume, was somewhat less thrilled with the situation)
September 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Did NOT expect Nala would be the one to get her head stuck in the fence (that’s really much more up Bingo’s alley, TBH), but here we are.

Luckily, all’s well that ends well. (Nala would like me to add that her tennis ball was *also* safely retrieved after it attempted to vacate the yard.)
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In line at the grocery store with a full cart, I noticed that the lady behind me didn’t have a whole lot to get. I offered for her to go in front of me, but she declined because she needed to transfer some money first. As my groceries were getting bagged (1/2)
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on the cuts to the Department of Education:

"These actions are as cruel as they are stupid. All the best research shows that focusing resources on our children is one of the best investments we can make. It reduces future expenditures."
March 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Looks like Trumpty-Dumpty had a great fall
Splat! From the wall [street]

See what I did there?
March 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify.

The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips.

Good job, friends.
January 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nala is wondering if you’d like a nice piece of slushy ice topped with birdseed that was scattered by squirrels raiding the birdfeeder? It’s basically the winter wonderland version of an everything bagel. If so, she’s got you covered!

Photo courtesy of Critter Sitters of Lexington, Inc.
January 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM