Janette Kirchner
@janette.bsky.social
SAHM to 2 & 1 in heaven. Reader & Writer of romance novels, poetry, fan fiction. Demisexual & Bi. She/Her. Xbox/twitch: isiswings1592
Website: https://janettekirchnercom.wordpress.com/
Website: https://janettekirchnercom.wordpress.com/
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Janette Kirchner
@janette.bsky.social
· Oct 17
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
Excerpts from Virginia Giuffre's book.
TW: child sexual assault, gas lighting, threats, exploitation, trafficking, abuse (throwing it in there because many red flags popped up for me)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
TW: child sexual assault, gas lighting, threats, exploitation, trafficking, abuse (throwing it in there because many red flags popped up for me)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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'Women and girls are bearing the brunt of #Sudan ’s war, facing what officials describe as “the world’s worst” sexual violence — committed with near-total impunity, according to Social Affairs Minister Sulaima Ishaq al Khalifa of Sudan’s army-backed government.'
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM
'Women and girls are bearing the brunt of #Sudan ’s war, facing what officials describe as “the world’s worst” sexual violence — committed with near-total impunity, according to Social Affairs Minister Sulaima Ishaq al Khalifa of Sudan’s army-backed government.'
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You deserve to know the names, institutional roles, and political affiliations of anyone whose salary you are paying
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
You deserve to know the names, institutional roles, and political affiliations of anyone whose salary you are paying
This is who you're giving the benefit of the doubt to @governorwalz.mn.gov
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 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
This is who you're giving the benefit of the doubt to @governorwalz.mn.gov
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Be safe and stay warm, New York.
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Be safe and stay warm, New York.
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video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
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STOP scrolling. This child needs you now.
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and urgently needs surgery with metal plates just to walk again. Every dollar, every share helps save his childhood and future. Please donate and share—don’t look away. 💔🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and urgently needs surgery with metal plates just to walk again. Every dollar, every share helps save his childhood and future. Please donate and share—don’t look away. 💔🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
STOP scrolling. This child needs you now.
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and urgently needs surgery with metal plates just to walk again. Every dollar, every share helps save his childhood and future. Please donate and share—don’t look away. 💔🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and urgently needs surgery with metal plates just to walk again. Every dollar, every share helps save his childhood and future. Please donate and share—don’t look away. 💔🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
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hey hey hey, I wrote this book! she's a former high school drama teacher (she left because of fascist book banning nonsense), he's a grown-up heartthrob attempting a career comeback. he's starring in a steamy historical streaming show, and she's the intimacy coordinator.
$1.99 ✦ Bad Reputation by Emma Barry
Workplace romance. He's a former teen star who has been cast in the new historical romance streaming series. She's the intimacy coordinator on the set.
Contemporary Romance (MF) amzn.to/4qH0Phj
Workplace romance. He's a former teen star who has been cast in the new historical romance streaming series. She's the intimacy coordinator on the set.
Contemporary Romance (MF) amzn.to/4qH0Phj
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
hey hey hey, I wrote this book! she's a former high school drama teacher (she left because of fascist book banning nonsense), he's a grown-up heartthrob attempting a career comeback. he's starring in a steamy historical streaming show, and she's the intimacy coordinator.
The news story is from 2023. Her name was Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez
A gentle reminder (because years meld together at a certain point) that Joe Biden was President when little Anadith was killed.
A gentle reminder (because years meld together at a certain point) that Joe Biden was President when little Anadith was killed.
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The news story is from 2023. Her name was Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez
A gentle reminder (because years meld together at a certain point) that Joe Biden was President when little Anadith was killed.
A gentle reminder (because years meld together at a certain point) that Joe Biden was President when little Anadith was killed.
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This tracks with LA. They make the spectacle, act like it's over when Bovino leaves and then continue the same level of crackdown without a spotlight after everyone gets used to it.
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This tracks with LA. They make the spectacle, act like it's over when Bovino leaves and then continue the same level of crackdown without a spotlight after everyone gets used to it.
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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Nine DAs are coalescing to work on prosecuting federal agents for 'overreach':
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Nine DAs are coalescing to work on prosecuting federal agents for 'overreach':
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
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Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez was a baby. Not much older than little Liam Rios.
She didn't deserve to die. Little Liam Rios didn't deserve to be kidnapped. They're good children.
I was still reading my kids bedtime stories when they were 8 year old (it was also when they told me to stop.)
She didn't deserve to die. Little Liam Rios didn't deserve to be kidnapped. They're good children.
I was still reading my kids bedtime stories when they were 8 year old (it was also when they told me to stop.)
2,700 immigrants died under Biden's watch, including 8 year old Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez.
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
Biden administration marked by migrant deaths and disappearances
The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion
prismreports.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez was a baby. Not much older than little Liam Rios.
She didn't deserve to die. Little Liam Rios didn't deserve to be kidnapped. They're good children.
I was still reading my kids bedtime stories when they were 8 year old (it was also when they told me to stop.)
She didn't deserve to die. Little Liam Rios didn't deserve to be kidnapped. They're good children.
I was still reading my kids bedtime stories when they were 8 year old (it was also when they told me to stop.)
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2,700 immigrants died under Biden's watch, including 8 year old Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez.
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
Biden administration marked by migrant deaths and disappearances
The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion
prismreports.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
2,700 immigrants died under Biden's watch, including 8 year old Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez.
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
I'm glad people are fighting back. Don't stop once your favs get in office.
prismreports.org/2025/01/15/b...
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We had Vice President Harris and Biden telling people to not come here.
If memory serves, Biden reduced how many Haitian asylum seekers could come into the country and that was *after* Haiti's leader was assassinated.
And then there was this: youtu.be/w5TFycl444U?...
If memory serves, Biden reduced how many Haitian asylum seekers could come into the country and that was *after* Haiti's leader was assassinated.
And then there was this: youtu.be/w5TFycl444U?...
Border Patrol Use Whips And Horses To Chase Asylum Seekers
YouTube video by AJ+
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
We had Vice President Harris and Biden telling people to not come here.
If memory serves, Biden reduced how many Haitian asylum seekers could come into the country and that was *after* Haiti's leader was assassinated.
And then there was this: youtu.be/w5TFycl444U?...
If memory serves, Biden reduced how many Haitian asylum seekers could come into the country and that was *after* Haiti's leader was assassinated.
And then there was this: youtu.be/w5TFycl444U?...
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I really want to my cynicism to be proven wrong. But I keep thinking back to how a whole lot of people stopped caring once a democrat was in the White House.
Even though that democrat had reopened the detention homes Trump used for migrant teens.
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Even though that democrat had reopened the detention homes Trump used for migrant teens.
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Biden Administration Doubles Down on Harmful Child Detention as ORR looks to Expand Network of Sites
Washington, D.C. - A year since the Biden Administration opened dozens of “emergency intake sites” in response to unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the US-Mexico border, at least three emerge...
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I really want to my cynicism to be proven wrong. But I keep thinking back to how a whole lot of people stopped caring once a democrat was in the White House.
Even though that democrat had reopened the detention homes Trump used for migrant teens.
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Even though that democrat had reopened the detention homes Trump used for migrant teens.
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
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Jesus Christ
When it comes to ICE in Italy:
United States Air Force crew killed 20 people at Cavalese in Italy trying to fly under a cable car line in 1998.
USA claimed jurisdiction over Italy.
The pilot was only punished for destroying video recording of the flightt.
news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi...
United States Air Force crew killed 20 people at Cavalese in Italy trying to fly under a cable car line in 1998.
USA claimed jurisdiction over Italy.
The pilot was only punished for destroying video recording of the flightt.
news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1998: Military jet causes cable car tragedy
news.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Jesus Christ
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Oh… oh no…
if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Oh… oh no…
Genocidaires need to love each other! -Biden admin people
Biden era officials continue to rage at Netanyahu for not acknowledging how unflinchingly and unconditionally pro-Israel the Biden administration was
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Genocidaires need to love each other! -Biden admin people
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Maybe the next administration shouldn't pride itself on supplying someone who hates them with everything they want and more.
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Maybe the next administration shouldn't pride itself on supplying someone who hates them with everything they want and more.
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And I want folks to note particularly the bond set for Carl Braden when he was released pending appeal [after 7 months in prison]. $40K. The state's highest bond ever up to that point.
Understand: They found a race traitor more dangerous than rapists and murderers of every severity and stripe.
Understand: They found a race traitor more dangerous than rapists and murderers of every severity and stripe.
Journalists are unironically talking about how fast “journalistic freedom and documentation “ could become criminalized while ignoring racial issues
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Anne Braden - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
And I want folks to note particularly the bond set for Carl Braden when he was released pending appeal [after 7 months in prison]. $40K. The state's highest bond ever up to that point.
Understand: They found a race traitor more dangerous than rapists and murderers of every severity and stripe.
Understand: They found a race traitor more dangerous than rapists and murderers of every severity and stripe.
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Journalists are unironically talking about how fast “journalistic freedom and documentation “ could become criminalized while ignoring racial issues
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Anne Braden - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Journalists are unironically talking about how fast “journalistic freedom and documentation “ could become criminalized while ignoring racial issues
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
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"Either you find a way to oppose the evil, or the evil becomes part of you and you are a part of it, and it winds itself around your soul like the arms of an octopus... If I did not oppose it, I was... responsible for its sins."
- Anne Braden
- Anne Braden
Journalists are unironically talking about how fast “journalistic freedom and documentation “ could become criminalized while ignoring racial issues
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Like Anne Braden didn’t get charged with straight up sedition and her husband didn’t do 9 months infront of HUAC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...
Anne Braden - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"Either you find a way to oppose the evil, or the evil becomes part of you and you are a part of it, and it winds itself around your soul like the arms of an octopus... If I did not oppose it, I was... responsible for its sins."
- Anne Braden
- Anne Braden
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I did hear from Amal thankfully. She's been feeling unwell and her blood pressure dropped sharply. The campaign is still quite sluggish and she really needs to raise the money for Naser"s medicine soon. ❤️🙏
gofund.me/4fd2dfc05
gofund.me/4fd2dfc05
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I did hear from Amal thankfully. She's been feeling unwell and her blood pressure dropped sharply. The campaign is still quite sluggish and she really needs to raise the money for Naser"s medicine soon. ❤️🙏
gofund.me/4fd2dfc05
gofund.me/4fd2dfc05
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So good to see this price and all the folks and stories in it! Also, a self-plug: the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com) is always open for donations, if folks have physical ephemera or digital records to be preserved (but not made accessible publicly online)!
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
So good to see this price and all the folks and stories in it! Also, a self-plug: the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com) is always open for donations, if folks have physical ephemera or digital records to be preserved (but not made accessible publicly online)!