@nikep.bsky.social
Teacher. Wife. Mom. Kansas Citian. Democracy matters. Support local. Onward.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
Outrage over ICE has spilled into typically apolitical online spaces
Fury over Alex Pretti’s killing has flooded the internet’s most apolitical venues, reflecting a growing outrage over the Trump administration’s crackdown.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
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ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this.
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this.
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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“If you weren't ready to do something illegal or unethical, the president was going to be mad…”
Former Trump official @milestaylor.bsky.social tells Zeteo correspondent @swin24.bsky.social how Greenland got onto Trump’s radar.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/institutio...
Former Trump official @milestaylor.bsky.social tells Zeteo correspondent @swin24.bsky.social how Greenland got onto Trump’s radar.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/institutio...
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“If you weren't ready to do something illegal or unethical, the president was going to be mad…”
Former Trump official @milestaylor.bsky.social tells Zeteo correspondent @swin24.bsky.social how Greenland got onto Trump’s radar.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/institutio...
Former Trump official @milestaylor.bsky.social tells Zeteo correspondent @swin24.bsky.social how Greenland got onto Trump’s radar.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/institutio...
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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The NPR interview with Pritzker Goes well beyond the Chi. immigration raids.
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
JB Pritzker on “Operation Midway Blitz” and what he calls Trump’s “racist ends” | Morning Edition
YouTube video by NPR
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The NPR interview with Pritzker Goes well beyond the Chi. immigration raids.
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
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Note: Criticism of Mr. Kennedy is coming from both sides of the aisle.
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
RFK Jr.’s Senate ravings prove he won’t bring sanity back to public health
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public-health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is.
nypost.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Note: Criticism of Mr. Kennedy is coming from both sides of the aisle.
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
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POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
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What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent.
Inside the World of “The Great British Bake Off”
The show captures disastrous custard-making, quintessentially British faux-modesty, and the blistering hubris of bakers—including me.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent.
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Personally I think the real concern is that the GOP believes most people hate California and DC and thinks they (we) deserve whatever we get and Dems don’t want to defend “liberal establishments.”
we see very clearly in public polling that people in california and D.C. hate the deployments and that americans broadly disapprove of them, but here we have an assertion that the smart strategy is to avoid any discussion of the situation in favor of a pivot to, you guessed it, kitchen table issues.
If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research
August 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Personally I think the real concern is that the GOP believes most people hate California and DC and thinks they (we) deserve whatever we get and Dems don’t want to defend “liberal establishments.”
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America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
How To Fight A Military Occupation
Friction. Obstruction. Demoralization.
www.bannedinyourstate.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
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if sandwiches are outlawed, only outlaws will have sandwiches
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
if sandwiches are outlawed, only outlaws will have sandwiches
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There's so much that's so wrong about Trump's "he stole her" comments on the late Virginia Giuffre. A great columnist pounces on this. @rexhuppke.bsky.social is a great columnist www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Trump says Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre, a heartless and revealing admission | Opinion
Without a hint of empathy, Donald Trump said his former close friend Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' a teenage Mar-a-Lago spa worker named Virginia Giuffre.
www.usatoday.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There's so much that's so wrong about Trump's "he stole her" comments on the late Virginia Giuffre. A great columnist pounces on this. @rexhuppke.bsky.social is a great columnist www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.
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“On Wednesday, OpenAI and edtech company Instructure announced a partnership that brings generative AI into the heart of classroom instruction.” 💀
ChatGPT was a homework cheating tool. Now OpenAI is carving out a more official role in education.
A new partnership weaves the startup's powerful AI models into a learning app used by thousands of schools and colleges.
www.businessinsider.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“On Wednesday, OpenAI and edtech company Instructure announced a partnership that brings generative AI into the heart of classroom instruction.” 💀
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The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites.
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats’ 2026 Rallying Cry Is Staring Them in the Face
Plus: The big difference in where money for the midterms is going so far.
www.thebulwark.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites.
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz
1. Were Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein friends? A. I don’t know. B. If by “friends” you mean that the two men partied together at Mar-a-Lago, tha...
buff.ly
July 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Seriously, stop doing this. Signed a liberal midwesterner.
July 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Seriously, stop doing this. Signed a liberal midwesterner.