Kas Roth
@kasroth.bsky.social
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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)!
I'm not religious, but there's a bible quote that this makes me think of. "the Light shone in the darkness and the darkness could not comprehend it"
The Right can’t fathom the idea of people believing in anything, in trusting others, in being willing to sacrifice themselves to keep strangers safe.
All they understand is self-service. This is why they can say anything. Why their principles were never real. This is why they’re so afraid.
All they understand is self-service. This is why they can say anything. Why their principles were never real. This is why they’re so afraid.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I'm not religious, but there's a bible quote that this makes me think of. "the Light shone in the darkness and the darkness could not comprehend it"
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I watched the entire DHS press conference which Bovino just held a few minutes ago. They are tripling down on the fascism. Bovino could not have not been more clear that there is nothing that can't be justified in the name of immigration enforcement, and that there will never be consequences for ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I watched the entire DHS press conference which Bovino just held a few minutes ago. They are tripling down on the fascism. Bovino could not have not been more clear that there is nothing that can't be justified in the name of immigration enforcement, and that there will never be consequences for ICE
I do not believe in the death penalty, but my convictions are sorely tested these days.
Trump: “I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, & working closely with, right from the beginning, the US Military and Secret Service”
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I do not believe in the death penalty, but my convictions are sorely tested these days.
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I talk to MAGA voters a lot. They are open and honest about supporting mass deportation. They think it's a good thing, and they support the mission of ICE.
The language they use to justify it and to excuse the horrors, is *exactly* the same language that centrist Dems use to justify US policing.
The language they use to justify it and to excuse the horrors, is *exactly* the same language that centrist Dems use to justify US policing.
When was the last time you talked to a Trump supporter about how happy they are about all this? I experienced this the other day, and the advantage they have is how morbidly stunning their alternative reality is. They hate being called Nazis, yet refuse to see why violent terror forces are wrong.
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I talk to MAGA voters a lot. They are open and honest about supporting mass deportation. They think it's a good thing, and they support the mission of ICE.
The language they use to justify it and to excuse the horrors, is *exactly* the same language that centrist Dems use to justify US policing.
The language they use to justify it and to excuse the horrors, is *exactly* the same language that centrist Dems use to justify US policing.
List of petty bs annoyances you can do today to piss off a conservative. Please add to the list as you think of things.
1. Change your Wifi name. I suggest FCKIce.
2. Write encouraging notes in the snow, like FCKIce
3. Boost Mutual Aid Funds
4. FUCK ICE
#FuckIce
1. Change your Wifi name. I suggest FCKIce.
2. Write encouraging notes in the snow, like FCKIce
3. Boost Mutual Aid Funds
4. FUCK ICE
#FuckIce
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
List of petty bs annoyances you can do today to piss off a conservative. Please add to the list as you think of things.
1. Change your Wifi name. I suggest FCKIce.
2. Write encouraging notes in the snow, like FCKIce
3. Boost Mutual Aid Funds
4. FUCK ICE
#FuckIce
1. Change your Wifi name. I suggest FCKIce.
2. Write encouraging notes in the snow, like FCKIce
3. Boost Mutual Aid Funds
4. FUCK ICE
#FuckIce
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NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action.
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal responses
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers took quick action in cases challenging the Trump administration's increasingly deadly efforts.
www.lawdork.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM
NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action.
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
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Like so many others, @andral404.bsky.social risked his life and safety yesterday to document.
Would love to see some support sent *his way specifically* this morning: account.venmo.com/u/andresachavez
Would love to see some support sent *his way specifically* this morning: account.venmo.com/u/andresachavez
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Like so many others, @andral404.bsky.social risked his life and safety yesterday to document.
Would love to see some support sent *his way specifically* this morning: account.venmo.com/u/andresachavez
Would love to see some support sent *his way specifically* this morning: account.venmo.com/u/andresachavez
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Newsmax fabricated a quote from me about my father Richard Zimmer today. They never contacted me. It's not just outrageous but funny. He was talented in many ways, but most definitely not at golf or cooking or craftsmanship. www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/z...
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Newsmax fabricated a quote from me about my father Richard Zimmer today. They never contacted me. It's not just outrageous but funny. He was talented in many ways, but most definitely not at golf or cooking or craftsmanship. www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/z...
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I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
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They see it as "engineered chaos" because they don't know wtf they're doing.
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
They see it as "engineered chaos" because they don't know wtf they're doing.
The amount of bootlicking, pathetic, belly-crawling fuckwits that will roll over and wiggle for this Nazi shit is disgusting.
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The amount of bootlicking, pathetic, belly-crawling fuckwits that will roll over and wiggle for this Nazi shit is disgusting.
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NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
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Thinking about how Rev James Reeb was 38 when he answered the call to march in Selma. Before he could march, white goons beat him so hard he died two days later. As a kid, 38 seemed a sort of abtract "that's a full adult life" and while it it is it is also so so young. Good and Pretti were both 37.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Thinking about how Rev James Reeb was 38 when he answered the call to march in Selma. Before he could march, white goons beat him so hard he died two days later. As a kid, 38 seemed a sort of abtract "that's a full adult life" and while it it is it is also so so young. Good and Pretti were both 37.
Shooting an unarmed man in the back is a war crime. Celebrating it and likening it to a videogame is the act of a stupid thug whose only motivation is killing people who are his betters. And he will do it again.
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Shooting an unarmed man in the back is a war crime. Celebrating it and likening it to a videogame is the act of a stupid thug whose only motivation is killing people who are his betters. And he will do it again.
We're back to underground fighting Nazi shit. Protect each other.
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We're back to underground fighting Nazi shit. Protect each other.
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Primary all of them
Staring at a five-alarm fire, Democrats work up a good mouthful of spit.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion
The party has few good options for restraining ICE, which is flush with cash thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Primary all of them
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Owners of Minnesota's professional sports teams remain silent about Trump's war against Minnesota, as do leaders of their leagues:
NBA Timberwolves
WNBA Lynx
NFL Vikings
MLB Twins
NHL Wild
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
NBA Timberwolves
WNBA Lynx
NFL Vikings
MLB Twins
NHL Wild
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minnesota’s corporate silence on ICE surge
Major companies in Minnesota have been largely mum on the immigration enforcement operation in the state.
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Owners of Minnesota's professional sports teams remain silent about Trump's war against Minnesota, as do leaders of their leagues:
NBA Timberwolves
WNBA Lynx
NFL Vikings
MLB Twins
NHL Wild
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
NBA Timberwolves
WNBA Lynx
NFL Vikings
MLB Twins
NHL Wild
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Another cause thst could definitely use your help.
UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
UNITE HERE Local #17 Hardship Fund | Working Partnerships
Help Working Partnerships meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Another cause thst could definitely use your help.
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Thanks to @sarabethb.bsky.social and @theajp.bsky.social for supporting local news efforts around the country and building public awareness about the progress that is being made. @deepsouthtoday.org is proud to be part of the AJP portfolio of nonprofit newsrooms.
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Opinion | Local Newspapers Are Closing. Local News Is Surviving.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thanks to @sarabethb.bsky.social and @theajp.bsky.social for supporting local news efforts around the country and building public awareness about the progress that is being made. @deepsouthtoday.org is proud to be part of the AJP portfolio of nonprofit newsrooms.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Something important about how regular folks have responded to the occupation in Minnesota is that it has created a permission structure for other people across the country to feel like they can fight this regime. Over the past couple of weeks I've seen a lot of people finally step off the sidelines.
January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Something important about how regular folks have responded to the occupation in Minnesota is that it has created a permission structure for other people across the country to feel like they can fight this regime. Over the past couple of weeks I've seen a lot of people finally step off the sidelines.
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Full press release from @mplsunions.bsky.social is here: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Full press release from @mplsunions.bsky.social is here: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...