Keith M Ellis
@kmellis.com
61, native New Mexican, progressive, and disabled.
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No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
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And there it is.
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
And there it is.
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We are now at the moment where there is no longer any plausible deniability that it isn't what it looks like.
The alarmists were right, and anyone who isn't still plugged into the right-wing media ecosystem is now starting to get it.
*Because* of the horrors, momentum is building in our favor.
The alarmists were right, and anyone who isn't still plugged into the right-wing media ecosystem is now starting to get it.
*Because* of the horrors, momentum is building in our favor.
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We are now at the moment where there is no longer any plausible deniability that it isn't what it looks like.
The alarmists were right, and anyone who isn't still plugged into the right-wing media ecosystem is now starting to get it.
*Because* of the horrors, momentum is building in our favor.
The alarmists were right, and anyone who isn't still plugged into the right-wing media ecosystem is now starting to get it.
*Because* of the horrors, momentum is building in our favor.
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Just an FYI: my Get Out the Vote efforts do not belie the fact that Trump will do everything he can to stop the midterms, and do not in any way intend to imply that voting is our ONLY cause of action, or that we must do nothing until we vote.
Despite Trump's efforts, we still need to vote.
Despite Trump's efforts, we still need to vote.
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Just an FYI: my Get Out the Vote efforts do not belie the fact that Trump will do everything he can to stop the midterms, and do not in any way intend to imply that voting is our ONLY cause of action, or that we must do nothing until we vote.
Despite Trump's efforts, we still need to vote.
Despite Trump's efforts, we still need to vote.
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The levels of rage to make normal people in the Twin Cities laugh derisively when you fall on your ass is surface-of-the-sun level.
But it’s from the same root that caused all those strangers to stop and help me. It’s just that now, instead of bandaids, people need whistles and bodies on the line.
But it’s from the same root that caused all those strangers to stop and help me. It’s just that now, instead of bandaids, people need whistles and bodies on the line.
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The levels of rage to make normal people in the Twin Cities laugh derisively when you fall on your ass is surface-of-the-sun level.
But it’s from the same root that caused all those strangers to stop and help me. It’s just that now, instead of bandaids, people need whistles and bodies on the line.
But it’s from the same root that caused all those strangers to stop and help me. It’s just that now, instead of bandaids, people need whistles and bodies on the line.
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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My 12 month old laid his hand on my shoulder and solemnly said “mama, don’t cry, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots from time to time” which was really impressive because he can’t walk or talk and also because I don’t have kids
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My 12 month old laid his hand on my shoulder and solemnly said “mama, don’t cry, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots from time to time” which was really impressive because he can’t walk or talk and also because I don’t have kids
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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Iran is an Islamic theocracy because of the US. Iran had a democratic government which the US and UK overthrew to install a brutal pro western dictatorship for oil. The 79 revolution was a direct consequence of this. People pretend the government is anti-US for no reason
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Iran is an Islamic theocracy because of the US. Iran had a democratic government which the US and UK overthrew to install a brutal pro western dictatorship for oil. The 79 revolution was a direct consequence of this. People pretend the government is anti-US for no reason
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imagine looking at all the videos of ice abuse, the public outcry and the polling on ice and coming to the conclusion that the problem is rhetoric being too harsh about ice. @thirdway.bsky.social lives in a delusional state and theyve helped to ruin the democratic party.
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
imagine looking at all the videos of ice abuse, the public outcry and the polling on ice and coming to the conclusion that the problem is rhetoric being too harsh about ice. @thirdway.bsky.social lives in a delusional state and theyve helped to ruin the democratic party.
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Jokes about Gen X and lead aside, I think the actual issue with Gen X and fascism is that there's always been an self-centered nihilism that doesn't see others as fully realized humans, masquerading as apathy, that was celebrated and allowed to metastasize all the way to being ok with secret police.
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Jokes about Gen X and lead aside, I think the actual issue with Gen X and fascism is that there's always been an self-centered nihilism that doesn't see others as fully realized humans, masquerading as apathy, that was celebrated and allowed to metastasize all the way to being ok with secret police.
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The same people who denied the existence of any white privilege are the same people who are supporting masked goons demanding papers of people who aren’t white.
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The same people who denied the existence of any white privilege are the same people who are supporting masked goons demanding papers of people who aren’t white.
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I did a whole series of stories for the Washington post late 2020/early 2021 about coup attempts, democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, and got a lot of grief from reactionary centrists about how that was "just the opinion of some elite academics"
Sure. But but it was way better for your career, and the esteem of many of your highly placed professional peers, to be wrong about this and so many people were. They’re doing great btw www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I did a whole series of stories for the Washington post late 2020/early 2021 about coup attempts, democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, and got a lot of grief from reactionary centrists about how that was "just the opinion of some elite academics"
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If your goal is to have a general strike happen and work you should be spending like 100% of your time and effort right now organizing and radicalizing truckers, railroad workers, longshoremen and logistics workers. That's the sector with the "destroy society if they stop working for a week" switch
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
If your goal is to have a general strike happen and work you should be spending like 100% of your time and effort right now organizing and radicalizing truckers, railroad workers, longshoremen and logistics workers. That's the sector with the "destroy society if they stop working for a week" switch
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This is extraordinary. I can’t think of a single Fed statement this defiant — ever. The Fed works through open consensus building and when it must, quiet, patient resistance. I cannot stress how bad things are that Jay Powell is saying these things out loud.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This is extraordinary. I can’t think of a single Fed statement this defiant — ever. The Fed works through open consensus building and when it must, quiet, patient resistance. I cannot stress how bad things are that Jay Powell is saying these things out loud.
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The chair of the fed ripping off his shirt and yelling "you know where to find me, bitch" while very clearly signaling to The Money that Trump is breaking The Money
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The chair of the fed ripping off his shirt and yelling "you know where to find me, bitch" while very clearly signaling to The Money that Trump is breaking The Money
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
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“Jerome Powell was No Angel, associates say” — NYT, probably
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
“Jerome Powell was No Angel, associates say” — NYT, probably
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Seems like this quote might make some court cases over tribal land in the US.
Trump on Greenland: “The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land.”
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Seems like this quote might make some court cases over tribal land in the US.
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I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
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It may be lost on some folk that this guy and many others have been dreaming of killing a liberal soccer mom for years.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It may be lost on some folk that this guy and many others have been dreaming of killing a liberal soccer mom for years.
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Right. They are doing the same thing to a white woman, that happens to countless of your black citizen every day. Painting her as a danger just because she exists. Probably this may help some people to finally listen to what the black community tells everyone for ages.
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Right. They are doing the same thing to a white woman, that happens to countless of your black citizen every day. Painting her as a danger just because she exists. Probably this may help some people to finally listen to what the black community tells everyone for ages.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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He never dropped his phone.
Even while “fearing for his life” and shooting her with the other hand.
Even while “fearing for his life” and shooting her with the other hand.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
He never dropped his phone.
Even while “fearing for his life” and shooting her with the other hand.
Even while “fearing for his life” and shooting her with the other hand.