Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
Best Microfiction 2020, Best of Boston Literary Magazine, America's Emerging Literary Fiction Writers. MFA at SNHU. Former Nonfiction Editor at Stymie Mag. She/her/hers. karinguyen.wordpress.com.
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Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
· May 18
The mushrooms by the shed stand united in their messaging 🤎
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Yesterday was such a horrible day for Maine and today people continue to live in fear in our cities & towns. You wouldn’t know by the talking points but ICE hasn’t left.
And Mainers are and continue to organize.
#AbolishICE
#mepolitics
And Mainers are and continue to organize.
#AbolishICE
#mepolitics
Statement on CBP/ICE raid at Skowhegan farm today. Read it with links here: maineimmigrantrights.org/major-immigr...
Major Immigration Enforcement Raid at Skowhegan-area Farm This Morning – Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition
maineimmigrantrights.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday was such a horrible day for Maine and today people continue to live in fear in our cities & towns. You wouldn’t know by the talking points but ICE hasn’t left.
And Mainers are and continue to organize.
#AbolishICE
#mepolitics
And Mainers are and continue to organize.
#AbolishICE
#mepolitics
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My intro students are choosing short stories to write about and my inbox is full of names like @kcmeadbrewer.com and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social and @amystuber.com and @demisty.bsky.social and @aaronburch.bsky.social and @ambersparks.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and and and
I love this. 🥹
I love this. 🥹
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
My intro students are choosing short stories to write about and my inbox is full of names like @kcmeadbrewer.com and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social and @amystuber.com and @demisty.bsky.social and @aaronburch.bsky.social and @ambersparks.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and and and
I love this. 🥹
I love this. 🥹
Content warning ⚠️
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Content warning ⚠️
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Pam Bondi is asked whether it's true that 1000 people were tasked at the Justice Department with scrubbing Trump's name from the Epstein files.
She says Trump's name has appeared "countless times" in the Epstein files.
She thinks this is a win.
She says Trump's name has appeared "countless times" in the Epstein files.
She thinks this is a win.
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Pam Bondi is asked whether it's true that 1000 people were tasked at the Justice Department with scrubbing Trump's name from the Epstein files.
She says Trump's name has appeared "countless times" in the Epstein files.
She thinks this is a win.
She says Trump's name has appeared "countless times" in the Epstein files.
She thinks this is a win.
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They’re hiring criminals because they’re willing to ignore the law.
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
They’re hiring criminals because they’re willing to ignore the law.
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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I an harrowed by the fact that it simply isn't cost-effective to actually deport all the people they've rounded up.
Whatever we're doing we need to better, harder, and with more zeal. We know the past and the various villains they're emulating, so we know where this leads if we don't stop it.
Whatever we're doing we need to better, harder, and with more zeal. We know the past and the various villains they're emulating, so we know where this leads if we don't stop it.
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I an harrowed by the fact that it simply isn't cost-effective to actually deport all the people they've rounded up.
Whatever we're doing we need to better, harder, and with more zeal. We know the past and the various villains they're emulating, so we know where this leads if we don't stop it.
Whatever we're doing we need to better, harder, and with more zeal. We know the past and the various villains they're emulating, so we know where this leads if we don't stop it.
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Rep. Raskin: “You ignored the law and even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused, and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.”
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Rep. Raskin: “You ignored the law and even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused, and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.”
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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“While the FBI field office in Boise initially said in a statement that claims of children being zip-tied were ‘completely false,’ officials there later amended that assertion, telling reporters that no ‘young’ children were zip-tied.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM
“While the FBI field office in Boise initially said in a statement that claims of children being zip-tied were ‘completely false,’ officials there later amended that assertion, telling reporters that no ‘young’ children were zip-tied.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
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More on El Paso, from CNN’s Pete Muntean
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
More on El Paso, from CNN’s Pete Muntean
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I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas
We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.
www.justsecurity.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
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This article lists the JFK Federal in Boston as the planned site for more ICE in Massachusetts @universalhub.com
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
This article lists the JFK Federal in Boston as the planned site for more ICE in Massachusetts @universalhub.com
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A Texas congresswoman said the FAA's “unprecedented” decision to halt flights to and from the El Paso airport has "resulted in significant concern in the community."
Texas Congresswoman Says Move To Close El Paso Airspace 'Unprecedented'
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A Texas congresswoman said the FAA's “unprecedented” decision to halt flights to and from the El Paso airport has "resulted in significant concern in the community."
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My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
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If you have any information about this whatsoever, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
If you have any information about this whatsoever, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Do you despise ICE as much as I do?
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
Help Stop ICE and CBP! | Defend Public Health
DHS and ICE are threats to public health through violence and inhumane treatment of detainees. DPH has created a letter that you can send to your elected representatives telling them not to fund these...
www.defendpublichealth.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Do you despise ICE as much as I do?
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
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NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
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"You have used your power to perpetrate great evil." - Rep. Delia Remirez @ramirez.house.gov
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"You have used your power to perpetrate great evil." - Rep. Delia Remirez @ramirez.house.gov
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
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see? saying this is not so hard
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
see? saying this is not so hard
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see that's not particularly difficult messaging
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
see that's not particularly difficult messaging