Kathryn Anderson
@katanders.bsky.social
Writer, singer, storyteller, world traveler, entrepreneur, MBA. Okie roots. Creates adventures. Chats w/dogs. Optimist. She/her. GenX. Women’s rights!
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Kathryn Anderson
@katanders.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Vibes not the economy, eh?
Like I’ve said since election day, it was misogyny and racism. We still haven’t grown past that as a country, and it is killing us.
Like I’ve said since election day, it was misogyny and racism. We still haven’t grown past that as a country, and it is killing us.
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These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Scathing and accurate, from the great Marty Baron
More big layoffs at the once-formidable Washington Post.
Former editor Marty Baron responds:
Former editor Marty Baron responds:
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Scathing and accurate, from the great Marty Baron
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Republicans are not fiscal conservatives and never have been.
They are fascists who use fear of wasteful spending to trick voters into giving them power.
They are fascists who use fear of wasteful spending to trick voters into giving them power.
"A blank check to Palantir" is not just a figure of speech either
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Republicans are not fiscal conservatives and never have been.
They are fascists who use fear of wasteful spending to trick voters into giving them power.
They are fascists who use fear of wasteful spending to trick voters into giving them power.
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"ICE and CBP are using chemical agents almost recreationally and prophylactically, in moments where there’s no physical harm or risk to them — moments where their violence is the only violence at the scene."
How fatally flawed are ICE and CBP? Here's a wild statistic: In rough terms, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even *greater* rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"ICE and CBP are using chemical agents almost recreationally and prophylactically, in moments where there’s no physical harm or risk to them — moments where their violence is the only violence at the scene."
So, Bezos was just cosplaying being a real man (when he bought the Post) until it required showing real courage at a time when America needs courageous men. Shameful.
The FBI’s disturbing raid on a Washington Post reporter ignited widespread outrage across journalism, but Jeff Bezos stayed conspicuously silent—angering some inside the newsroom, Status has learned.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Bezos Abandons His Post
The FBI’s disturbing raid on a Washington Post reporter ignited widespread outrage across journalism, but Jeff Bezos stayed conspicuously silent—angering some inside the newsroom, Status has learned.
www.status.news
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
So, Bezos was just cosplaying being a real man (when he bought the Post) until it required showing real courage at a time when America needs courageous men. Shameful.
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Someone bought the domain Nazis.us and pointed it to the DHS website. #GoodTrouble
Home | Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.
Nazis.us
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
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If the capitol police reacted on Jan 6 the way ICE did in this encounter there would have been dozens dead
There was amazing restraint and heroism by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 6, 2021. They were viciously attacked by rightwing extremists and rioters incited by Trump.
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
If the capitol police reacted on Jan 6 the way ICE did in this encounter there would have been dozens dead
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"The notion that Donald Trump claims this is somehow making the country safer is absurd. It’s making the country more dangerous… The domestic terrorists are ICE!"
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"The notion that Donald Trump claims this is somehow making the country safer is absurd. It’s making the country more dangerous… The domestic terrorists are ICE!"
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The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration
Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Great and normal country we live in where priests feel the need to die in order to protect citizens from their own government.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Great and normal country we live in where priests feel the need to die in order to protect citizens from their own government.
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Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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Today ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Today ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
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Many have warned that the extra-judicial murders the regime has carried out in the Caribbean and the Pacific was softening the ground for similar actions here eventually in the US.
And here we are. 4/
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And here we are. 4/
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Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
January 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Many have warned that the extra-judicial murders the regime has carried out in the Caribbean and the Pacific was softening the ground for similar actions here eventually in the US.
And here we are. 4/
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And here we are. 4/
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The man who shot and killed that woman in Minneapolis today had the word "police" on his chest.
But these ICE agents are not police. We don't have a national police force. Policing is state and local in the US. "Police" implies local origins, understandings, connection, and accountability. 1/
But these ICE agents are not police. We don't have a national police force. Policing is state and local in the US. "Police" implies local origins, understandings, connection, and accountability. 1/
This angle shows Trump’s ICE agent standing on the side of the vehicle and firing into the open window at the driver. This was murder.
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The man who shot and killed that woman in Minneapolis today had the word "police" on his chest.
But these ICE agents are not police. We don't have a national police force. Policing is state and local in the US. "Police" implies local origins, understandings, connection, and accountability. 1/
But these ICE agents are not police. We don't have a national police force. Policing is state and local in the US. "Police" implies local origins, understandings, connection, and accountability. 1/
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This was always going to happen. It was just a matter of when. No way was that ICE agent justified in shooting that woman. No fucking way. And this will happen again. And again. And again. Unless ICE gets off our streets.
So get ICE off our streets now. NOW.
So get ICE off our streets now. NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This was always going to happen. It was just a matter of when. No way was that ICE agent justified in shooting that woman. No fucking way. And this will happen again. And again. And again. Unless ICE gets off our streets.
So get ICE off our streets now. NOW.
So get ICE off our streets now. NOW.
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Gov Walz vows justice
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Gov Walz vows justice
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BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after ICE just killed a civilian: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after ICE just killed a civilian: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
“Dude you did a murder for what? Will haunt me.
😳🇺🇸 Claimed as ICE agents shot a woman in her car during an operation in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
“Dude you did a murder for what? Will haunt me.
ICE must be disbanded now and the murderer of this woman should be held legally accountable for his actions. This federal government-sanctioned violence on our streets must come to an end.
Content warning.
This video shows clearly that the 37-year-old woman that ICE agents murdered in Minneapolis today was not posing a threat to them.
Even the mayor of Minneapolis says "To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
We must force ICE out of every city. They are kidnappers and murderers.
This video shows clearly that the 37-year-old woman that ICE agents murdered in Minneapolis today was not posing a threat to them.
Even the mayor of Minneapolis says "To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
We must force ICE out of every city. They are kidnappers and murderers.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
ICE must be disbanded now and the murderer of this woman should be held legally accountable for his actions. This federal government-sanctioned violence on our streets must come to an end.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE: "Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE: "Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
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NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”
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Even in the most charitable interpretation, giving up Minneapolis’s prerogative to investigate the homicide seems to expose a misunderstanding of the dynamics of the situation.
Minneapolis Chief Brian O'Hara confirms that the FBI is in charge of the investigation. He says MPD role is maintain the security of the crime scene.
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Even in the most charitable interpretation, giving up Minneapolis’s prerogative to investigate the homicide seems to expose a misunderstanding of the dynamics of the situation.