@lkwriter.bsky.social
Novelist. Marine biology, coral reef enthusiast. Interests: French language and politics, travel, mystery & spy fiction, literary classics, women artists.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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Trump killed half the federal government with something like 30% approval. No, we do not need to secure 90% approval for eliminating ICE before we do it. ICE must die.
Then convince that other 45%. That’s your job as an activist, not Congress’ job.
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Trump killed half the federal government with something like 30% approval. No, we do not need to secure 90% approval for eliminating ICE before we do it. ICE must die.
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These lines; give the speech writer a raise!
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“Our view is the middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“Our view is the middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 AM
These lines; give the speech writer a raise!
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“Our view is the middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“Our view is the middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”
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this is the closest we're ever going to get to "I can't believe the leopards ate my face" in the wild
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
this is the closest we're ever going to get to "I can't believe the leopards ate my face" in the wild
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Bizarre editorial choice by @nytimes.com to portray Trump's threats toward Europe as strong and fearsome rather than as a madman and unhinged tyrant spiraling out of control before our very eyes
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Bizarre editorial choice by @nytimes.com to portray Trump's threats toward Europe as strong and fearsome rather than as a madman and unhinged tyrant spiraling out of control before our very eyes
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To understand what's happening here, you have to understand that people are framing this as "what would I do if the Nazis came back?"
Case in point: a lawyer friend told me she just quit her cushy in-house counsel job to do full time pro bono for detainees.
Case in point: a lawyer friend told me she just quit her cushy in-house counsel job to do full time pro bono for detainees.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
To understand what's happening here, you have to understand that people are framing this as "what would I do if the Nazis came back?"
Case in point: a lawyer friend told me she just quit her cushy in-house counsel job to do full time pro bono for detainees.
Case in point: a lawyer friend told me she just quit her cushy in-house counsel job to do full time pro bono for detainees.
I think he's having a psychotic break.
Trump, who is not mad, has made 30 Truth Social posts in the last 30 minutes, topics including Muslims in the UK, Biden stealing the election, how right he is on Greenland, and other topics.
January 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I think he's having a psychotic break.
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Trump, who is not mad, has made 30 Truth Social posts in the last 30 minutes, topics including Muslims in the UK, Biden stealing the election, how right he is on Greenland, and other topics.
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Trump, who is not mad, has made 30 Truth Social posts in the last 30 minutes, topics including Muslims in the UK, Biden stealing the election, how right he is on Greenland, and other topics.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
"How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia? "
This post by @pkrugman.bsky.social on "Sundowning" is worth reading.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundow...
Agree with this conclusion:
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundow...
Agree with this conclusion:
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia? "
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Arrest them all. There is no version of reality in which this meets the “necessary and proper” stands of Naegle. These thugs are NOT protected by their federal role. ARREST THEM.
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Arrest them all. There is no version of reality in which this meets the “necessary and proper” stands of Naegle. These thugs are NOT protected by their federal role. ARREST THEM.
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Please read this excellent reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Please read this excellent reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social.
Unfit for office. Demand resignation. Allowing person with escalating dementia to continue in office is a danger to US and world.
He posted a private note from the President of another country.
BREAKING
President Trump has posted what appears to be a private message from President Macron of France where Macron says:
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”
President Trump has posted what appears to be a private message from President Macron of France where Macron says:
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Unfit for office. Demand resignation. Allowing person with escalating dementia to continue in office is a danger to US and world.
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New Navigator data suggests Democrats would be wise to create a unified national front - Congress, Govs, Big Mayors - to come out against Trump's new, ruinous European tariffs: 1/
navigatorresearch.org/one-year-in-...
navigatorresearch.org/one-year-in-...
One Year In: Americans Give Trump a C- Grade
Polling report on the latest views of President Trump’s first year in office, including how Americans think his policies have impacted the country, and how they would rate his performance as President...
navigatorresearch.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
New Navigator data suggests Democrats would be wise to create a unified national front - Congress, Govs, Big Mayors - to come out against Trump's new, ruinous European tariffs: 1/
navigatorresearch.org/one-year-in-...
navigatorresearch.org/one-year-in-...
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Except with the tariffs, China *did* escalate against the US and ended up with the upper hand.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Except with the tariffs, China *did* escalate against the US and ended up with the upper hand.
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"...the...top Democratic appropriator, acknowledged that the legislation does not include some of the 'broader reforms Democrats proposed,' such as preventing DHS from detaining and deporting U.S. citizens or blocking the department from using other agencies’ personnel for immigration enforcement. "
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"...the...top Democratic appropriator, acknowledged that the legislation does not include some of the 'broader reforms Democrats proposed,' such as preventing DHS from detaining and deporting U.S. citizens or blocking the department from using other agencies’ personnel for immigration enforcement. "
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seems like we went from 'every trump post is breaking news' to 'don't bother reporting on the 300 insane things he posts at 2am'
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
seems like we went from 'every trump post is breaking news' to 'don't bother reporting on the 300 insane things he posts at 2am'
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I would love to see a lot more of this.
We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I would love to see a lot more of this.
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This is not a healthy thing, to feel.
Nobody should have to think about a government this much. We're all being terrorized by an septuagenarian with the nuclear codes.
This is crazy.
This man is not fit for office and yet...
Nobody should have to think about a government this much. We're all being terrorized by an septuagenarian with the nuclear codes.
This is crazy.
This man is not fit for office and yet...
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is not a healthy thing, to feel.
Nobody should have to think about a government this much. We're all being terrorized by an septuagenarian with the nuclear codes.
This is crazy.
This man is not fit for office and yet...
Nobody should have to think about a government this much. We're all being terrorized by an septuagenarian with the nuclear codes.
This is crazy.
This man is not fit for office and yet...
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Trump wants us all to pay big bucks for French wine and champagne because France won't give him $1 billion for nothing. That makes sense. Tell me again that Trump doesn't have dementia.
President Trump threatened on Monday to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine, including Champagne, if President Emmanuel Macron of France declined to join his proposed “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Trump wants us all to pay big bucks for French wine and champagne because France won't give him $1 billion for nothing. That makes sense. Tell me again that Trump doesn't have dementia.
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It’s really hard to bear the contrast on my TL of regular ass Minnesotans doing some of the bravest shit I’ve ever seen in the face of state sponsored terror followed by a deep blue state senator posting: “errrm how does taking Greenland help lower the price of groceries?”
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 AM
It’s really hard to bear the contrast on my TL of regular ass Minnesotans doing some of the bravest shit I’ve ever seen in the face of state sponsored terror followed by a deep blue state senator posting: “errrm how does taking Greenland help lower the price of groceries?”
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From a friend in Minneapolis...reposting because of Joanne Freeman's (@jbf1755.bsky.social) latest 'thoughts for those who can't sleep'!
www.youtube.com/live/YyMht56...
www.youtube.com/live/YyMht56...
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM
From a friend in Minneapolis...reposting because of Joanne Freeman's (@jbf1755.bsky.social) latest 'thoughts for those who can't sleep'!
www.youtube.com/live/YyMht56...
www.youtube.com/live/YyMht56...
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The fines Trump pardoned weren't just generic punishments, much of it was restitution to victims of the crime. This means that in exchange for bribes, Trump gave away money that belonged to crime victims. It's very MAGA!
Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments
The president’s second-term pardons have wiped clean dozens of financial crimes and significantly more fines and restitution than in past administrations.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The fines Trump pardoned weren't just generic punishments, much of it was restitution to victims of the crime. This means that in exchange for bribes, Trump gave away money that belonged to crime victims. It's very MAGA!