We want ICE abolished and their agents hauled before Nuremberg style tribunals. Anything less is a policy failure.

I’m actually quite moved by how swiftly she pivots away from her own grief and trauma - real and justified though it is - to remind us not to take our eyes off the women who were assaulted

This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.

Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.

People don't want to hear it but authors do need to get comfortable with doing less in person book tours. A very few strategic stops, plus some podcast interviews, plus some blog post exchanges, plus some virtual events, etc etc etc... It has to be a mix of many things in 2026 and beyond.

“We need you(r) writing. We need you visible. Now more than ever, we need you taking up space, holding a lantern, and lighting the way.”

ICYMI: the moon is full jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-ful...

“If the sun is about our relationship to visibility, then the moon in Leo highlights how our nervous system, our physical body, is able to hold and receive attention. …which is objectively harder to do when our nervous system is being fried by fascism.” jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-ful...

This was a 31-point swing for Democrats. I’m not a politics reporter, but that seems like a pretty big number. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

As the latest Epstein files circulate, I want you to consider one thing: If these men, doing such vile things, about which they communicated with hundreds of people for *decades*, could escape public scrutiny for this long - imagine how many men have gotten away with garden variety sexual assault.

Portland City Council member

It's always this way with rapists and their enablers, but it is worth noticing that the Epstein people are (despite their wealth and status) just the biggest collection of losers. He wasn't palling around with zeitgeist movie stars or talented popular musicians, he had nothing to offer them

NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school. Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools. “I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

People need to understand that a large part of being in a society is actually performative. But being performative is not a bad thing! People wear signals of our virtue so neighbors know how to find each other without needing to say a word. That’s both practical and performative.

"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."

Reminder that christian supremacy — which in practice means deference to the most violently reactionary factions and churches — is a massive goddamn problem. It's a major reason we're here and there's no real way out without confronting it.

amazing seeing photos from all over the country of people showing up—even on the coldest of cold days—to say hell no to this government. keep it up, everyone.

Given how many polling places and how few ICE and CBP field agents there are, they'd have to be pretty targeted doing this, but also the internet would be functionally instantly slathered with videos of brawls and arrests at polling places which is how you get an AmeriMaidan scenario.

Since arrests of student protesters* began, there's no one I believed was more at risk than Leqaa Kordia. Her arrest was hardly noticed, even among the community of solidarity. I think it was 3 mos before a habeas corpus was filed. Her life is in danger. *She was mistakenly considered a student.

otoh i want fifa to lose so much money with ticket cancelation and otoh i am desperate to burst the bubble smug europeans who are like YOURE NOT DOING ENOUGH about ~gestures~ as if our country isn't the size of their continent

A Minnesota resident, Teri Leigh, wrote on her Substack about the community coming together to help others during the invasion of the trump regime on their cities. She wants people to know about things not making the news. Here's just some it and her link: substack.com/@terileigh?u...

Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …

if you haven't deleted tiktok yet, well... why not?

Fellow journalists as soon as we find out a way to financially support Georgia Fort’s legal defense fund we need to boost it as much as possible. I doubt she has the resources Lemon might have. We need to support both of them but she’s not nearly as well known as Don Lemon.

The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

What’s there left to say? Journalism is already on fire, and now journalists of color are getting arrested for doing their jobs. While alt-right media continues to roll in dough, those of us who want to actually speak truth to power can’t find jobs, AND have to worry about safety.

Borders also keep you in

your writing do’s and don’t’s for the first week of february, coming soon: jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/your-writi...

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

this is the bare minimum from CNN but also at least they fucking said something. the bar is in hell.

Lemon was arrested with three other people, including independent Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort.

"The arrests of Lemon and Fort are part of a serial pattern of Trump attacking free speech, which is protected by the Constitution." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.

the brontë sisters, collectively, in practically all their work (WH, JANE EYRE, THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, etc.) were obsessed with exploring power dynamics between men and women and also with violence of all kinds in the home. their work is rich and enduring, but not for the reason you think.

this is your regular reminder that WUTHERING HEIGHTS, the book, is an exquisitely written, genuinely horrifying gothic tragedy with despicable MCs. heathcliff vows to turn his wife black and blue every night for the sin of not being cathy. so like. miss me with the movie fanfic! it's not a romance!

Attended my first “get ready to caucus” DFL meeting tonight. Rural, small town MN. People have already started mutual aid work. People who’ve never met were finding each other, hugging. It feels like things are shifting. Even on the edges.

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores. TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti. Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret. Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.

this is your regular reminder that WUTHERING HEIGHTS, the book, is an exquisitely written, genuinely horrifying gothic tragedy with despicable MCs. heathcliff vows to turn his wife black and blue every night for the sin of not being cathy. so like. miss me with the movie fanfic! it's not a romance!

imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours” how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that

"guys who suck think it's good politics to call for the heads of the admin" is important! there are a lot of guys who suck and we're going to need their votes when it's time to create tribunals

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the thing about politics is a lot of it is performance. building political coalitions involves public appeals to shared values. public appeals are performances. nonpartisan celebrities speaking out is a big deal; it reaches people who aren't usually paying attention to politics. 1

A good time to repost this about Ilhan Omar 💕

gallego sucks (his position on trans issues means I will never trust him) but it's very good that a frontline, moderate-coded member of the senate caucus is calling for miller's head and hopefully it will help drag the rest of the squishes towards this position

This is apparently a common scam--my agent says they see 3-5 a day! Remember: - Writers will not reach out individually to solicit your thoughts/ms/money. - Legit agents will NEVER ask you for money to read your work/represent you. - if in doubt: find the person's site & email directly.

We have to assume that every masked ICE agent is A murderer until the feds disclose which ICE agents are THE murderers.

Two Black electeds attacked in the same week. Seek out and join up with groups in your community that are fighting fascism and racism and xenophobia and hatred. This will be one of our primary jobs for the rest of our lives.

They're so ANGRY that we take care of each other, and not just angry. So CONFUSED by it. And that is why we will win