Molly Kovel
@mlk39.bsky.social
she/her. Civil rights attorney @ ACLU, fiber arts hobbyist, new yorker, birder, mother of tweens
(greatx5 grandma in the photo)
(greatx5 grandma in the photo)
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Molly Kovel
@mlk39.bsky.social
· Jan 8
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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increasingly it seems that the most prescient spy movie of our time is burn after reading
The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 AM
increasingly it seems that the most prescient spy movie of our time is burn after reading
This is my kind of pageantry
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This is my kind of pageantry
Incredible read. Especially the part where Julie Le says that she is concerned that as a non-white person she and her family might be at risk from ICE.
![[the court]: And I hear the concerns about all the energy that
this is causing the DOJ to expend, but, with respect, some
of it is of your own making by not complying with orders.
Do you understand that?
Ms Le: I do. And I share the same concern with
you, Your Honor. I am not white, as you can see. And my
family's at risk as any other people that might get picked
up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern
to heart. But, again, fixing a system, a broken system, I](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3sc62j243hevx2umbdkotvot/bafkreiftfsamm7b2enzbapuixa3qnmslm4pywtxvq5kbp5stfkuclsk62e@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Incredible read. Especially the part where Julie Le says that she is concerned that as a non-white person she and her family might be at risk from ICE.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
From the Tacoma community on Reddit: Look what pulled into Tacoma
Explore this post and more from the Tacoma community
www.reddit.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
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People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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I'm really looking forward to hearing from the same people who have spent decades yelling about the Second Amendment that this shooting was somehow justified because the observer (allegedly) had a gun.
It turns out, it was never about *all* of our liberty.
It turns out, it was never about *all* of our liberty.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I'm really looking forward to hearing from the same people who have spent decades yelling about the Second Amendment that this shooting was somehow justified because the observer (allegedly) had a gun.
It turns out, it was never about *all* of our liberty.
It turns out, it was never about *all* of our liberty.
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they executed a guy for filming them
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
they executed a guy for filming them
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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“Liam’s older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing”
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM
“Liam’s older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing”
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Hi there, I would like to talk about paywalls
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad about them
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad about them
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Hi there, I would like to talk about paywalls
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad about them
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad about them
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If you have experienced unlawful conduct by federal agents, we urge you to consider reporting that to the ACLU-MN: www.aclu-mn.org/ice-feds-form/.
Rights Violated by ICE or Federal Forces? Let us know! - ACLU of Minnesota
www.aclu-mn.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If you have experienced unlawful conduct by federal agents, we urge you to consider reporting that to the ACLU-MN: www.aclu-mn.org/ice-feds-form/.
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just heads up talking to an average american since saturday is kinda like talking to a raccoon with its foot crushed in a trap. just angry primal brain steam level incoherence that gets worse every minute
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
just heads up talking to an average american since saturday is kinda like talking to a raccoon with its foot crushed in a trap. just angry primal brain steam level incoherence that gets worse every minute
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.