Rachael Koev
@rachaelkoev.bsky.social
Independent, nonpartisan, pro-democracy, Christian.
Certified translator of Spanish and Portuguese into English
Certified translator of Spanish and Portuguese into English
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MLK wasn’t a mascot for political slogans. He was a theologian. A pastor. A follower of Jesus.
This MLK Day, we don’t need nostalgia. We need conviction.
Following Christ will always mean carrying a cross. Sometimes that cross looks like staying seated on a bus. Or linking arms in the street.
This MLK Day, we don’t need nostalgia. We need conviction.
Following Christ will always mean carrying a cross. Sometimes that cross looks like staying seated on a bus. Or linking arms in the street.
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
MLK wasn’t a mascot for political slogans. He was a theologian. A pastor. A follower of Jesus.
This MLK Day, we don’t need nostalgia. We need conviction.
Following Christ will always mean carrying a cross. Sometimes that cross looks like staying seated on a bus. Or linking arms in the street.
This MLK Day, we don’t need nostalgia. We need conviction.
Following Christ will always mean carrying a cross. Sometimes that cross looks like staying seated on a bus. Or linking arms in the street.
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A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
nbcnews.to
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
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I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute
www.kielinstitut.de
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Apparently the State Department, led Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, released a strategic plan. Goal 1 is U.S. National Sovereignty. Goal 2 is "The Western Hemisphere and Establishment of the Donroe Doctrine."
There's more, but take that in.
www.state.gov/agency-strat...
There's more, but take that in.
www.state.gov/agency-strat...
Agency Strategic Plan - United States Department of State
The Agency Strategic Plan sets forth the vision and direction for how the Department will implement U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance.
www.state.gov
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Apparently the State Department, led Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, released a strategic plan. Goal 1 is U.S. National Sovereignty. Goal 2 is "The Western Hemisphere and Establishment of the Donroe Doctrine."
There's more, but take that in.
www.state.gov/agency-strat...
There's more, but take that in.
www.state.gov/agency-strat...
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Absolutely definitive video analysis of Renee Good killing here. Look at the image framed in red.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Absolutely definitive video analysis of Renee Good killing here. Look at the image framed in red.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
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DHS and Patriot Front post the same white supremacist lyrics.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
DHS and Patriot Front post the same white supremacist lyrics.
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“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
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Marco Rubio, June 2012.
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Marco Rubio, June 2012.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
How are we only 13 days into this year? 😨 I'm exhausted.
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
How are we only 13 days into this year? 😨 I'm exhausted.
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"They drag people out of their houses at any hour of the day and night…families are torn apart. Men, women, & children separated…children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
- Anne Frank, 1942
- Anne Frank, 1942
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"They drag people out of their houses at any hour of the day and night…families are torn apart. Men, women, & children separated…children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
- Anne Frank, 1942
- Anne Frank, 1942
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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(MS NOW) - At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest .. after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good ..”
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
(MS NOW) - At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest .. after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good ..”
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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Two stats I just saw (and double checked)
DHS says they're mobilizing 2000 ICE agents (not sure if this has been independently confirmed given their propensity to lie and exaggerate, but they've certainly sent hundreds)
Minneapolis has SIX HUNDRED COPS TOTAL
WHAT THE FUCK
DHS says they're mobilizing 2000 ICE agents (not sure if this has been independently confirmed given their propensity to lie and exaggerate, but they've certainly sent hundreds)
Minneapolis has SIX HUNDRED COPS TOTAL
WHAT THE FUCK
January 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Two stats I just saw (and double checked)
DHS says they're mobilizing 2000 ICE agents (not sure if this has been independently confirmed given their propensity to lie and exaggerate, but they've certainly sent hundreds)
Minneapolis has SIX HUNDRED COPS TOTAL
WHAT THE FUCK
DHS says they're mobilizing 2000 ICE agents (not sure if this has been independently confirmed given their propensity to lie and exaggerate, but they've certainly sent hundreds)
Minneapolis has SIX HUNDRED COPS TOTAL
WHAT THE FUCK
Barbaric is the right word
Watch this. 17 years old. Demand Articles of Impeachment be brought against Noem (and others, but we can start there).
This is barbaric. In Minneapolis, MN, 17 year-old Target employee Jonathan Aguilar Garcia, a U.S. citizen, was taken by CBP while on the job because they assumed he was an immigrant. He was later dumped at a nearby Walmart parking lot crying and bleeding when they realized he really was a citizen.
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Barbaric is the right word
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Federal agent drew his gun and pointed it right at the face of a non violent protestor. THIS HAS TO STOP NOW
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Federal agent drew his gun and pointed it right at the face of a non violent protestor. THIS HAS TO STOP NOW
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The minority party in Congress runs messaging bills and forces votes all the time that they know they will lose, so they can attack the majority party's members for voting that way. There's no magical difference that makes impeachment different such that you can't do the same thing.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The minority party in Congress runs messaging bills and forces votes all the time that they know they will lose, so they can attack the majority party's members for voting that way. There's no magical difference that makes impeachment different such that you can't do the same thing.