Andy Kopsa
@andykopsa.bsky.social
Tired most of the time. May or may not be notable. Jsem farmářské dítě z Iowa nyní NYer slova: NYTimes, FP, Atlantic, Cosmo, Al Jazeera, Guardian, Playboy, etc. Iowa on the Hudson. http://linktr.ee/andykopsa
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Just my grandpuppy Eggs
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just my grandpuppy Eggs
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Breaking News: Pam Bondi assigned a prosecutor to look into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats including Bill Clinton, at President Trump’s urging.
Trump Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
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November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Breaking News: Pam Bondi assigned a prosecutor to look into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats including Bill Clinton, at President Trump’s urging.
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in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
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The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social
Judge to Decide Whether to Block National Guard Deployment as Trump Sends California Troops to Illinois
Lawyers for the Department of Justice told U.S. District Court Judge April Perry the president deployed the National Guard because “levels of violence against federal law enforcement executing their l...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
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Wells: "Take the president at his word, when it has been unfiltered by his lawyers."
Trump's orders are unthethered by reality, Wells says, echoing the words of the federal judge presiding over the Oregon case.
Trump's orders are unthethered by reality, Wells says, echoing the words of the federal judge presiding over the Oregon case.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wells: "Take the president at his word, when it has been unfiltered by his lawyers."
Trump's orders are unthethered by reality, Wells says, echoing the words of the federal judge presiding over the Oregon case.
Trump's orders are unthethered by reality, Wells says, echoing the words of the federal judge presiding over the Oregon case.
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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...
Better Than Ezra - 368 | Left Anchor
Now that the dust has started to settled around the whole Charlie Kirk thing, we've brought on Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown, to discuss his Boston Review piece ab...
www.leftanchor.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...
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New post: Following a special meeting to put Superintendent Ian Roberts on admin leave, Des Moines School Board president Jackie Norris defended the district's hiring process and criticized "the name-calling and misinformation that is meant to divide us."
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Board puts DSM superintendent on leave, decries "misinformation"
Jackie Norris defended the district's hiring process and criticized "the name-calling and misinformation that is meant to divide us."
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September 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
New post: Following a special meeting to put Superintendent Ian Roberts on admin leave, Des Moines School Board president Jackie Norris defended the district's hiring process and criticized "the name-calling and misinformation that is meant to divide us."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/27/s...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/27/s...
I hate to be that guy but Tuesday's scheduled gathering of all the US generals at Quantico feels a whole lot like an invasion doesn't it?
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I hate to be that guy but Tuesday's scheduled gathering of all the US generals at Quantico feels a whole lot like an invasion doesn't it?
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."
September 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
Welcome - I was feeling salty and Gen-X-y - November 2024
Welcome
To the pleasuredome
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September 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Welcome - I was feeling salty and Gen-X-y - November 2024
DMPS Gets a New Superintendent -- I've been writing about and following Des Moines Public School system for some time. This is from my Substack - but the story for @inthesetimes.com is in the links.
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DMPS Gets a New Superintendent
From DMPS news release
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September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
DMPS Gets a New Superintendent -- I've been writing about and following Des Moines Public School system for some time. This is from my Substack - but the story for @inthesetimes.com is in the links.
open.substack.com/pub/andykops...
open.substack.com/pub/andykops...
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4PM Today (Friday, Sept 26): Protest at the Neil Smith Federal Building in downtown Des Moines in support of Dr Ian Roberts.
Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.
Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.
September 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
4PM Today (Friday, Sept 26): Protest at the Neil Smith Federal Building in downtown Des Moines in support of Dr Ian Roberts.
Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.
Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.
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Just called Senators Grassley and Ernst about why the Des Moines Superintendent (Dr. Ian Roberts, Olympic track athlete originally from Guyana) has been detained by ICE in Pottawattamie County jail (Council Bluffs not Des Moines).
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ICE detains Des Moines Public Schools superintendent in county jail • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just called Senators Grassley and Ernst about why the Des Moines Superintendent (Dr. Ian Roberts, Olympic track athlete originally from Guyana) has been detained by ICE in Pottawattamie County jail (Council Bluffs not Des Moines).
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I want to clarify Mr Roberts bio reads he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana - I read that from my lived experience perspective (my dad born to immigrant Czech) as born to immigrants to the United States. Either way? Where he was born makes no goddamn difference this is an outrage.
September 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I want to clarify Mr Roberts bio reads he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana - I read that from my lived experience perspective (my dad born to immigrant Czech) as born to immigrants to the United States. Either way? Where he was born makes no goddamn difference this is an outrage.
ICE detention database cannot be searched by "United States" as country of birth. This, is bullshit.
September 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
ICE detention database cannot be searched by "United States" as country of birth. This, is bullshit.
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Yesterday it was Jorge Elieser González Ochoa. Today it’s DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts. This is unacceptable.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yesterday it was Jorge Elieser González Ochoa. Today it’s DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts. This is unacceptable.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
Iowans deserve answers and accountability from federal authorities. We cannot stay silent as members of our community are being swept away without cause.
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Progress Iowa Executive Director & DMPS parent Mazie Stilwell: “No Iowan is safe. We’re living under a fascist regime because Nunn, Miller-Meeks, Hinson and every single Iowa Member of Congress has been in lockstep with the MAGA administration that is terrorizing our communities"
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Progress Iowa Executive Director & DMPS parent Mazie Stilwell: “No Iowan is safe. We’re living under a fascist regime because Nunn, Miller-Meeks, Hinson and every single Iowa Member of Congress has been in lockstep with the MAGA administration that is terrorizing our communities"
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More from Mazie Stilwell: "President Trump is willing to use political power against anyone who disagrees with him. While the details of Dr. Roberts’ detainment have yet to be released, we cannot let him, or anyone in America, be detained without due process."
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
More from Mazie Stilwell: "President Trump is willing to use political power against anyone who disagrees with him. While the details of Dr. Roberts’ detainment have yet to be released, we cannot let him, or anyone in America, be detained without due process."
This part
Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.
What the fuck?
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This part
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Ambiguous is maybe the better word. People are reading that wording to mean he was born here and that this is merely a case like Brad Lander being detained for interfering with ICE kidnapping. If ICE plan to deport him its a way bigger deal. bsky.app/profile/andy...
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ambiguous is maybe the better word. People are reading that wording to mean he was born here and that this is merely a case like Brad Lander being detained for interfering with ICE kidnapping. If ICE plan to deport him its a way bigger deal. bsky.app/profile/andy...
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Not really conflicting--his official bio doesn't say he was born in the U.S.
"Dr. Roberts proudly shares that he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana, and spent most of his formative years in Brooklyn, NY."
"Dr. Roberts proudly shares that he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana, and spent most of his formative years in Brooklyn, NY."
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not really conflicting--his official bio doesn't say he was born in the U.S.
"Dr. Roberts proudly shares that he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana, and spent most of his formative years in Brooklyn, NY."
"Dr. Roberts proudly shares that he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana, and spent most of his formative years in Brooklyn, NY."