Anna Dorman
@annalovesvoting.bsky.social
Counsel @ Protect Democracy. Consumer of carbs (preferably bagels). Opinions and excellent jokes my own.
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"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I hate the whole “wine moms” thing. It‘s like we can only be proud of or talk about women if we include a lil condescension as a reminder women don’t really belong in the public sphere.
January 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I hate the whole “wine moms” thing. It‘s like we can only be proud of or talk about women if we include a lil condescension as a reminder women don’t really belong in the public sphere.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Here's why "Clemency for Tina Peters endangers us all" by me and my colleague @protectdemocracy.org, just published in the @denverpost.com. LSS: "Acquiescence today only invites future harassment" @colorado.gov www.denverpost.com/2026/01/15/t...
Clemency for Tina Peters endangers us all (Opinion)
Governor Polis has cited humanitarian reasons for possibly granting clemency to convicted felon, Tina Peters. If he were to do so, his good intentions today would invite terrible outcomes for Color…
www.denverpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Here's why "Clemency for Tina Peters endangers us all" by me and my colleague @protectdemocracy.org, just published in the @denverpost.com. LSS: "Acquiescence today only invites future harassment" @colorado.gov www.denverpost.com/2026/01/15/t...
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
Shit is really hard right now. Remember you can make polenta in the slow cooker.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Shit is really hard right now. Remember you can make polenta in the slow cooker.
"This isn’t about defending one person. It’s about ensuring that American businesses can borrow, plan and invest with the confidence that rates are set based on evidence, not political interference."
Smart stuff from @audreyroofeh.bsky.social
Also: Follow @integrity-mttrs.bsky.social!
Smart stuff from @audreyroofeh.bsky.social
Also: Follow @integrity-mttrs.bsky.social!
Our Executive Director @audreyroofeh.bsky.social writes in the @nytimes.com about the risks of investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
📰 Read Audrey's letter here: tinyurl.com/5cxz8jzv
📰 Read Audrey's letter here: tinyurl.com/5cxz8jzv
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"This isn’t about defending one person. It’s about ensuring that American businesses can borrow, plan and invest with the confidence that rates are set based on evidence, not political interference."
Smart stuff from @audreyroofeh.bsky.social
Also: Follow @integrity-mttrs.bsky.social!
Smart stuff from @audreyroofeh.bsky.social
Also: Follow @integrity-mttrs.bsky.social!
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Here’s an important next read from @protectdemocracy.org and our own Rule of Law Program Director @statesunited.org on states pursuing accountability when the federal government fails to. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t | Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel
As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Here’s an important next read from @protectdemocracy.org and our own Rule of Law Program Director @statesunited.org on states pursuing accountability when the federal government fails to. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bro, they are closing schools because teachers need time to make virtual options for non-white students because lawless federal paramilitaries are terrorizing them.
Annnnnddddd St Paul schools are closing next week for 2 days to prepare for virtual learning options.
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Bro, they are closing schools because teachers need time to make virtual options for non-white students because lawless federal paramilitaries are terrorizing them.
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ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
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One cannot separate this administration and its actions from the right-wing media universe. Agents of the government generate content, which is then used/abused/disseminated through RW influencers until it becomes mainstream "news" (and influences future Trump policy).
www.wired.com/story/right-...
www.wired.com/story/right-...
Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis
Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICE’s surge on American cities.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
One cannot separate this administration and its actions from the right-wing media universe. Agents of the government generate content, which is then used/abused/disseminated through RW influencers until it becomes mainstream "news" (and influences future Trump policy).
www.wired.com/story/right-...
www.wired.com/story/right-...
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ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
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Watch this. Listen to this woman find an unbelievable amount of righteous rage and courage.
Watch as her community comes out and backs her up. Watch as they give her the strength to stay firm after she was given absolutely garbage advice by the 911 operator.
There are more of us. We can win.
Watch as her community comes out and backs her up. Watch as they give her the strength to stay firm after she was given absolutely garbage advice by the 911 operator.
There are more of us. We can win.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Watch this. Listen to this woman find an unbelievable amount of righteous rage and courage.
Watch as her community comes out and backs her up. Watch as they give her the strength to stay firm after she was given absolutely garbage advice by the 911 operator.
There are more of us. We can win.
Watch as her community comes out and backs her up. Watch as they give her the strength to stay firm after she was given absolutely garbage advice by the 911 operator.
There are more of us. We can win.
Subject ICE to the same (v limited heavily caveated) liability as your local police officers or we won’t give your (deeply corrupt) government another cent is yet another eminently reasonable option on the table for Dems.
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Subject ICE to the same (v limited heavily caveated) liability as your local police officers or we won’t give your (deeply corrupt) government another cent is yet another eminently reasonable option on the table for Dems.
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NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE.
They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event.
If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...
They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event.
If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...
In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good's killing by ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith-based networks, which developed organizing infrastructure and relationships during the Floyd era, are joined by newcomers as resistance efforts have intensified following...
religionnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE.
They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event.
If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...
They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event.
If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...
Top Secret Classified Confidential [the amount of time I spend customizing colors on my spreadsheets]
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Top Secret Classified Confidential [the amount of time I spend customizing colors on my spreadsheets]
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
Bolts, per usual, doing incredible work.
Eleven American Samoans in Alaska face serious prison time for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. Theirs is a wild story of colonialism, cops, “voter fraud” panic, small-town beef, and family. I spent months on this + am so glad to now be able to share it: boltsmag.org/prosecuted-f...
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...
boltsmag.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Bolts, per usual, doing incredible work.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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It’s completely insane to me that Democrats are going to vote to fund this government this month.
“There’s no good exit strategy.” that seems like their problem unless you care more about the filibuster than democracy.
“There’s no good exit strategy.” that seems like their problem unless you care more about the filibuster than democracy.
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
It’s completely insane to me that Democrats are going to vote to fund this government this month.
“There’s no good exit strategy.” that seems like their problem unless you care more about the filibuster than democracy.
“There’s no good exit strategy.” that seems like their problem unless you care more about the filibuster than democracy.
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
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They are not invincible. Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/a...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/a...
Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs
Upstart airline Avelo said it would stop flying deportation flights for ICE, citing unpredictable revenue and added costs.
www.cnbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
They are not invincible. Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/a...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/a...