Karina Lutz
@karinalutz.bsky.social
Eco-Poet, novelist, editor, etc. Author: Preliminary Visions and Post-Catholic Midrashim. Peacenik, permie, retired enviro activist. karinalutz.wordpress.com. Ex @theRealWOTUS
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Until we get serious guardrails in place for ICE and Border Patrol, Democrats must block funding to Trump and Kristi Noem’s DHS.
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Until we get serious guardrails in place for ICE and Border Patrol, Democrats must block funding to Trump and Kristi Noem’s DHS.
phew
Breaking News: A judge ruled that construction could resume on a large wind farm off Rhode Island, after the Trump administration halted the project.
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project
The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 AM
phew
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Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted.
One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter got a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
(Published July 2025)
One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter got a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
(Published July 2025)
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted.
One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter got a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
(Published July 2025)
One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter got a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
(Published July 2025)
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Trump backer and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is getting credit for his prescient $6 billion bet on oil refiner CITGO. Others set to cash in on the deal include Goldman Sachs alums, oil tycoons and private equity billionaires.
www.forbes.com/sites/christ... ( 📸: Getty Images)
www.forbes.com/sites/christ... ( 📸: Getty Images)
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Trump backer and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is getting credit for his prescient $6 billion bet on oil refiner CITGO. Others set to cash in on the deal include Goldman Sachs alums, oil tycoons and private equity billionaires.
www.forbes.com/sites/christ... ( 📸: Getty Images)
www.forbes.com/sites/christ... ( 📸: Getty Images)
shaudenfreuding about certain oil companies feeling left out, while it's still legal.
A development that's sure to shock 0 people, Trump’s Venezuela move could deliver a big win for Paul Singer, a MAGA billionaire whose firm acquired Citgo at a bargain price.
Trump’s Venezuela move could deliver a big win for this MAGA billionaire
Hedge funder Paul Singer, whose firm acquired Citgo at a bargain price, has much to gain from Nicolás Maduro's ouster.
www.motherjones.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
shaudenfreuding about certain oil companies feeling left out, while it's still legal.
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…it should break your heart to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
…it should break your heart to kill.
Trump picking up and taking what's left of his marbles home.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump picking up and taking what's left of his marbles home.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
Poetry readings coming up Jan. 22 and Feb. 1
Upcoming Readings
Jan. 22, 2026 and Feb. 2, 2026 I’ll be doing poetry readings. 7-8:30 p.m. eastern, JAN. 22, THURSDAY, online Readings from the new anthology, The Nature of Our Times, the poetry companion to …
karinalutz.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Poetry readings coming up Jan. 22 and Feb. 1
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
I know there's more important news, but did anyone even notice this?
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump
The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I know there's more important news, but did anyone even notice this?
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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The world is rightly outraged by the illegality of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela.
But an invasion motivated by converting the world’s largest oil reserves into CO₂ emissions is not just a crime against international law - it’s an unconscionable and sadistic assault against our entire planet.
But an invasion motivated by converting the world’s largest oil reserves into CO₂ emissions is not just a crime against international law - it’s an unconscionable and sadistic assault against our entire planet.
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The world is rightly outraged by the illegality of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela.
But an invasion motivated by converting the world’s largest oil reserves into CO₂ emissions is not just a crime against international law - it’s an unconscionable and sadistic assault against our entire planet.
But an invasion motivated by converting the world’s largest oil reserves into CO₂ emissions is not just a crime against international law - it’s an unconscionable and sadistic assault against our entire planet.
Poetry reading by some authors of the Nature of Our Times online Jan. 22, 2026, 7 EST. Deets to come. Meanwhile, relishing the book. natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/the-anthology/
The Anthology · The Nature of Our Times
Call for Submissions. Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders.
natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Poetry reading by some authors of the Nature of Our Times online Jan. 22, 2026, 7 EST. Deets to come. Meanwhile, relishing the book. natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/the-anthology/
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“Utilities and their investors will continue to benefit tremendously, thanks to a regulatory system that allows them to extract enormous profits from everyday people.” — @nickbowlin.bsky.social
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
buff.ly
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Utilities and their investors will continue to benefit tremendously, thanks to a regulatory system that allows them to extract enormous profits from everyday people.” — @nickbowlin.bsky.social
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Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
Stop Trump’s Blockade of Venezuela
Sat December 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Saturday, December 20th @ 1pm
Outside Park Street station in Boston
Join us Saturday, December 20, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally
against war.
@peaceaction.bsky.social
Sat December 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Saturday, December 20th @ 1pm
Outside Park Street station in Boston
Join us Saturday, December 20, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally
against war.
@peaceaction.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Stop Trump’s Blockade of Venezuela
Sat December 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Saturday, December 20th @ 1pm
Outside Park Street station in Boston
Join us Saturday, December 20, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally
against war.
@peaceaction.bsky.social
Sat December 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Saturday, December 20th @ 1pm
Outside Park Street station in Boston
Join us Saturday, December 20, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally
against war.
@peaceaction.bsky.social
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reedgalen.substack.com/p/the-costs-...
A great conversation with Reed Galen about the forever wars and their latest installments.
A great conversation with Reed Galen about the forever wars and their latest installments.
reedgalen.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
reedgalen.substack.com/p/the-costs-...
A great conversation with Reed Galen about the forever wars and their latest installments.
A great conversation with Reed Galen about the forever wars and their latest installments.
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Call your representative, especially, if they are Republicans
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Call your representative, especially, if they are Republicans
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
Camille T. Dungy, in the Nature of Our Times:
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Camille T. Dungy, in the Nature of Our Times:
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The key thing here will be what lines the state alliances break along. If it’s the electrical power co-ops or the public health mutual aid, we got a real thing going.
Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The key thing here will be what lines the state alliances break along. If it’s the electrical power co-ops or the public health mutual aid, we got a real thing going.