Kelly Van Sant
@agentkellyvansant.bsky.social
Senior literary agent and Contracts Director with KT literary. I open to queries the first 7 days of every month.
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They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
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Now it’s:
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Now it’s:
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
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I'll believe it when I hear from likely targeted folks that *they* believe it's over
If it is true (or whenever it finally happens) then we have a mountain of subsequent questions; Big one is how do we get people back who've been abducted?
If it is true (or whenever it finally happens) then we have a mountain of subsequent questions; Big one is how do we get people back who've been abducted?
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I'll believe it when I hear from likely targeted folks that *they* believe it's over
If it is true (or whenever it finally happens) then we have a mountain of subsequent questions; Big one is how do we get people back who've been abducted?
If it is true (or whenever it finally happens) then we have a mountain of subsequent questions; Big one is how do we get people back who've been abducted?
I mean, I'm still going to all the school patrol shifts I'm signed up for, because I don't believe jack shit outta that guy's mouth.
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I mean, I'm still going to all the school patrol shifts I'm signed up for, because I don't believe jack shit outta that guy's mouth.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
I can watch a little olympic curling while I do my emails as a treat and a temporary distraction from The Horrors.
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I can watch a little olympic curling while I do my emails as a treat and a temporary distraction from The Horrors.
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This morning, federal agents arrested my friend Jamael Lundy for exercising his first amendment rights along with members of the media.
He was violently awakened by federal agents, and I’m disappointed to see the Trump administration weaponize the justice system. 1/
He was violently awakened by federal agents, and I’m disappointed to see the Trump administration weaponize the justice system. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This morning, federal agents arrested my friend Jamael Lundy for exercising his first amendment rights along with members of the media.
He was violently awakened by federal agents, and I’m disappointed to see the Trump administration weaponize the justice system. 1/
He was violently awakened by federal agents, and I’m disappointed to see the Trump administration weaponize the justice system. 1/
Catherine O’Hara, no. No!
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Catherine O’Hara, no. No!
Here’s a free tip to electeds from a contracts director: when entering a deal always open by asking for the best possible terms. Don’t immediately undercut yourself by trying to compromise out the gate or diminish your value. So in this particular case the opener you’re looking for is “ABOLISH ICE.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Here’s a free tip to electeds from a contracts director: when entering a deal always open by asking for the best possible terms. Don’t immediately undercut yourself by trying to compromise out the gate or diminish your value. So in this particular case the opener you’re looking for is “ABOLISH ICE.”
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Which part of this sequence can be reformed
🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Which part of this sequence can be reformed
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In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 AM
In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
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Worth a couple minutes of your time
Minutes after Alex Pretti was murdered, the people of Minneapolis showed up — sick of our neighbors being kidnapped and assassinated, and full of righteous anger.
🎥 Matteo, Schaffer
🎞️ Schaffer
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🎥 Matteo, Schaffer
🎞️ Schaffer
🦺 James E, Mackenzie D
January 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Worth a couple minutes of your time
I have been putting it off because who gives a single fuck about promoting shit right now (not me!!!!!) and yet. I'm teaching a class--From Page to Publication--through Loft Literary that starts next week. Spots still available. More info here: loft.org/classes/page...
From Page to Publication
Your manuscript is finished! Now what? Are you wondering how to get your story off of your computer screen and onto bookshelves everywhere? This class is for you! Step-by-step we'll do a deep dive on ...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I have been putting it off because who gives a single fuck about promoting shit right now (not me!!!!!) and yet. I'm teaching a class--From Page to Publication--through Loft Literary that starts next week. Spots still available. More info here: loft.org/classes/page...
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Let's be clear about what he's actually saying:
"We're going to dox American citizens who have not committed any actual crimes because they got in our way."
"We're going to dox American citizens who have not committed any actual crimes because they got in our way."
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Let's be clear about what he's actually saying:
"We're going to dox American citizens who have not committed any actual crimes because they got in our way."
"We're going to dox American citizens who have not committed any actual crimes because they got in our way."
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Another day harassing random people on the street in Minneapolis. It’s time for me to deliver the badass threat I’ve been rehearsing in my head. I’m going to say it clearly and without my voice breaking at all. Okay, here goes:
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Another day harassing random people on the street in Minneapolis. It’s time for me to deliver the badass threat I’ve been rehearsing in my head. I’m going to say it clearly and without my voice breaking at all. Okay, here goes:
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
But we don’t stop here
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
But we don’t stop here
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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Trying to parent my kid in all this is insane. She’s 12. She’s angry and scared and is looking to me to help her regulate those justified emotions and I can barely regulate myself.
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Trying to parent my kid in all this is insane. She’s 12. She’s angry and scared and is looking to me to help her regulate those justified emotions and I can barely regulate myself.
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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
Boston is my hometown and Minneapolis is now my home and I’m crying.
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Boston is my hometown and Minneapolis is now my home and I’m crying.