Jennifer Weeks
@jenniferweeks83.bsky.social
Freelance editor and writer, formerly @us.theconversation.com. Many bylines in many places. DC native, mom, Red Sox fan, alto II, Eph. Parallel parking is my special power.
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I am in Milan. It’s work. I help with safety planning for big events.
My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.
My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.
February 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I am in Milan. It’s work. I help with safety planning for big events.
My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.
My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.
It's all about revenge.
This regime's cruelty knows no bounds.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It's all about revenge.
"[M]ajor reforms of ICE and DHS are supported by the vast majority of Americans. Voting against body cameras or independent investigations means voting against 80-95% of the public. You do not want to be on the wrong side of that vote."
New piece: From body cams to masks to independent investigations of recent shootings, the public supports a wide range of major reforms for ICE/federal agents www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"[M]ajor reforms of ICE and DHS are supported by the vast majority of Americans. Voting against body cameras or independent investigations means voting against 80-95% of the public. You do not want to be on the wrong side of that vote."
Dems in array on ICE reforms, with 10 points that have received strong public support in recent polls
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Dems in array on ICE reforms, with 10 points that have received strong public support in recent polls
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Bezos is a walking argument for a wealth cap.
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Bezos is a walking argument for a wealth cap.
Also, att @mayorwu.boston.gov @massgovernor.bsky.social : "Two regions that fare well under [a similar congestion pricing plan] are Boston and Chicago"
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Also, att @mayorwu.boston.gov @massgovernor.bsky.social : "Two regions that fare well under [a similar congestion pricing plan] are Boston and Chicago"
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Nothing says "Russians and Ukrainians are one people" and Kyiv is "the mother of all Russian cities“ quite like trying to destroy its energy system and freeze its citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Nothing says "Russians and Ukrainians are one people" and Kyiv is "the mother of all Russian cities“ quite like trying to destroy its energy system and freeze its citizens.
Louder for the people in back: Immigrants to the US GENERATED MORE IN TAXES THAN THEY RECEIVED IN BENEFITS from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Louder for the people in back: Immigrants to the US GENERATED MORE IN TAXES THAN THEY RECEIVED IN BENEFITS from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
When I taught intro American government in grad school and was working through the Bill of Rights, my students came alive on the 4th amendment with stories about getting frisked, car searches, etc. Americans understand how fundamental this right is #polisky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
When I taught intro American government in grad school and was working through the Bill of Rights, my students came alive on the 4th amendment with stories about getting frisked, car searches, etc. Americans understand how fundamental this right is #polisky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
"You are scaring schools, people and the world. You should be kind, helpful and caring, like normal police, not dangerous, scary and stealing people." 💯💜
At least 3,800 children have been detained by ICE since the start of Trump's current term.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
At least 3,800 children have been detained by ICE since the start of Trump's current term.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"You are scaring schools, people and the world. You should be kind, helpful and caring, like normal police, not dangerous, scary and stealing people." 💯💜
At least 3,800 children have been detained by ICE since the start of Trump's current term.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
At least 3,800 children have been detained by ICE since the start of Trump's current term.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
ICE has not learned the central lesson that the nation’s police departments learned after [George] Floyd’s death... “In order for police to be accepted in communities, they have to have permission to police those communities from the people who live there,” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
‘It’s All Just Going Down the Toilet’: Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
ICE has not learned the central lesson that the nation’s police departments learned after [George] Floyd’s death... “In order for police to be accepted in communities, they have to have permission to police those communities from the people who live there,” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
"[W]hen we encountered local Afghans, we took off our helmets. We removed our sunglasses. We put a hand over our hearts, we looked the Afghans in the eye and said Salaam Alekum, or “peace be upon you"....This wasn’t weakness or wokeness. It was strength, discipline and strategy." wapo.st/4apiZ0n
Opinion | I was a Marine in Afghanistan. ICE’s tactics are strategically incoherent.
Minnesota unrest, photo credibility and the Philadelphia slavery panel removal, in readers eyes.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"[W]hen we encountered local Afghans, we took off our helmets. We removed our sunglasses. We put a hand over our hearts, we looked the Afghans in the eye and said Salaam Alekum, or “peace be upon you"....This wasn’t weakness or wokeness. It was strength, discipline and strategy." wapo.st/4apiZ0n
Just released by Bruce Springsteen: "Streets of Minneapolis."
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Just released by Bruce Springsteen: "Streets of Minneapolis."
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
"The light penetrates the darkness, and it falls on all of us to be that light." Warnock 💯
These words demand attention.
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"The light penetrates the darkness, and it falls on all of us to be that light." Warnock 💯
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Just outside Seattle on I-5 🤘
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Just outside Seattle on I-5 🤘
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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Rand Paul calls for immediately putting the men who killed Alex Pretti on administrative leave and for a full investigation, while subtweeting Stephen Miller et al who immediately labeled the VA ICU nurse an "assassin" and a "domestic terrorist"
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Rand Paul calls for immediately putting the men who killed Alex Pretti on administrative leave and for a full investigation, while subtweeting Stephen Miller et al who immediately labeled the VA ICU nurse an "assassin" and a "domestic terrorist"
Great analysis of the factors needed to move public opinion (which is usually pretty stable) by something like 50 points, with the Tet Offensive and Abu Ghraib as precedents. It's happening right now on immigration enforcement and ICE #polisky
We are at a tipping point on ICE and immigration enforcement. The shootings are so unpopular that Trump appears to have lost his edge on both deportations and immigration more broadly. Abolishing ICE is net popular with independents. & Bovino is out! 2026≠2024 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
The ICE shootings are a tipping point
Donald Trump's approval on immigration has collapsed 17 points since taking office, and support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement has swung 50 points since Sept. 2024.
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Great analysis of the factors needed to move public opinion (which is usually pretty stable) by something like 50 points, with the Tet Offensive and Abu Ghraib as precedents. It's happening right now on immigration enforcement and ICE #polisky
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A little extra love to Minnesota nurses today.
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
A little extra love to Minnesota nurses today.
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Republican ex-congressman Trey Gowdy: “Kyle Rittenhouse was made a hero on the right… Alex Pretti’s gun was lawfully being carried. He never brandished it. And we certainly should not be labeling him a domestic terrorist who was going to execute cops.”
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Republican ex-congressman Trey Gowdy: “Kyle Rittenhouse was made a hero on the right… Alex Pretti’s gun was lawfully being carried. He never brandished it. And we certainly should not be labeling him a domestic terrorist who was going to execute cops.”
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BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
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Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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