KS Austin
@ksaustin.bsky.social
Writer, editor and news junkie. Fluent in AP Style, redhead and mama bear. Don’t panic—“Make good trouble.” ☮️💙🌎 #Angret
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KS Austin
@ksaustin.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Looking for independent media outlets? Here’s a start. (Also check your town/city for same.) #media
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Are we full-on fascist yet?
Lemon's attorney:
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Lemon's attorney:
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Don Lemon Arrested After Filming Minneapolis Church Protest
Don Lemon, the former CNN journalist, was arrested on Thursday after he covered a protest that interrupted a service at Cities Church in Minneapolis.
www.rollingstone.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Are we full-on fascist yet?
Lemon's attorney:
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Lemon's attorney:
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Last week, a federal magistrate judge declined to sign off on an arrest warrant for Don Lemon, saying there was insufficient evidence.
DOJ arrested Lemon anyway last night, part of its escalating attacks on the First Amendment.
DOJ arrested Lemon anyway last night, part of its escalating attacks on the First Amendment.
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Last week, a federal magistrate judge declined to sign off on an arrest warrant for Don Lemon, saying there was insufficient evidence.
DOJ arrested Lemon anyway last night, part of its escalating attacks on the First Amendment.
DOJ arrested Lemon anyway last night, part of its escalating attacks on the First Amendment.
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Guess what Deputy Ag Todd Blanche is doing a press conference on right now? Not the absurd arrest of Don Lemon but the release of more Epstein files. Clearly they want the Lemon arrest to dominate the headlines so the Epstein story gets ignored but I’m counting on the press to cover both.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Guess what Deputy Ag Todd Blanche is doing a press conference on right now? Not the absurd arrest of Don Lemon but the release of more Epstein files. Clearly they want the Lemon arrest to dominate the headlines so the Epstein story gets ignored but I’m counting on the press to cover both.
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"The arrests of Lemon and Fort are part of a serial pattern of Trump attacking free speech, which is protected by the Constitution." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Journalists arrested as Trump team sets fire to First Amendment
Independent journalist Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, was arrested by federal agents Thursday night for reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota, making him a target in President ...
www.dailykos.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"The arrests of Lemon and Fort are part of a serial pattern of Trump attacking free speech, which is protected by the Constitution." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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One of my constituents died in ICE custody two weeks ago, so I went to Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center, and 2 things stood out to me🧵:
January 29, 2026 at 10:43 PM
One of my constituents died in ICE custody two weeks ago, so I went to Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center, and 2 things stood out to me🧵:
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Want to be one of the helpers? Join a local ICE OUT group.
Want to find out where ICE is? Link below:
www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/where-is-ice...
Want to find out where ICE is? Link below:
www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/where-is-ice...
#ICEOUT Map: Understanding Where ICE Is Right Now
Learn how the #ICEOUT map tracks real-time ICE activity and get essential safety tips for when ICE approaches you.
www.lawfirm4immigrants.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Want to be one of the helpers? Join a local ICE OUT group.
Want to find out where ICE is? Link below:
www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/where-is-ice...
Want to find out where ICE is? Link below:
www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/where-is-ice...
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Jeffries on Fox News points out that the Trump administration has recently demonstrated in Minnesota that they don't actually believe in the First, Second, and Fourth Amendments
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Jeffries on Fox News points out that the Trump administration has recently demonstrated in Minnesota that they don't actually believe in the First, Second, and Fourth Amendments
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Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
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I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I appreciated Professor Chenoweth mentioning the writings of @owasow.bsky.social on how nonviolent people power movements can be more successful than violent movements. I have seen this done in another country I lived in for many years.
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I appreciated Professor Chenoweth mentioning the writings of @owasow.bsky.social on how nonviolent people power movements can be more successful than violent movements. I have seen this done in another country I lived in for many years.
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“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
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My new keychain seems pretty apropos:
January 29, 2026 at 9:52 PM
My new keychain seems pretty apropos:
It should have happened when the first PoC was killed by agents. But 2 White people and the media can’t stop talking about it-? #Minnesota
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over,” Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. “In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution.”
“We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over,” Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. “In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution.”
Opinion | Senator Tina Smith: I Won’t Vote to Fund ICE Until It Gets Out of My State
Minnesotans have stood up for common decency and our founding principles.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It should have happened when the first PoC was killed by agents. But 2 White people and the media can’t stop talking about it-? #Minnesota
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Just as he kept secret his unlawful attack, Trump and his so-called “most transparent administration in history” continue to hide information about the proceeds from the oil he was so eager to claim. I demanded answers from Sec. Rubio and Sec. Bessent on the Trump-Venezuela-Qatar oil bargain.
Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Just as he kept secret his unlawful attack, Trump and his so-called “most transparent administration in history” continue to hide information about the proceeds from the oil he was so eager to claim. I demanded answers from Sec. Rubio and Sec. Bessent on the Trump-Venezuela-Qatar oil bargain.
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ICE, Iran, now election fraud all ti distract that they are 40 days past the legal deadline to release the Epstein files
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
ICE, Iran, now election fraud all ti distract that they are 40 days past the legal deadline to release the Epstein files
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Sincerely praying for you, your family, the mayor and AG, and EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Sincerely praying for you, your family, the mayor and AG, and EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
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Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
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You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
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Dead kids didn’t matter. Endless school shootings didn’t matter. But a single liberal with a firearm? That broke the GOP.
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Dead kids didn’t matter. Endless school shootings didn’t matter. But a single liberal with a firearm? That broke the GOP.
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GOP in 1992: "Clinton will take your guns!"
CLINTON: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2008: "Obama will take your guns!"
OBAMA: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2020: "Biden will take your guns!"
BIDEN: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2024: "Harris will take away your guns!"
DONALD TRUMP: "You can't have guns."
CLINTON: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2008: "Obama will take your guns!"
OBAMA: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2020: "Biden will take your guns!"
BIDEN: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2024: "Harris will take away your guns!"
DONALD TRUMP: "You can't have guns."
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
GOP in 1992: "Clinton will take your guns!"
CLINTON: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2008: "Obama will take your guns!"
OBAMA: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2020: "Biden will take your guns!"
BIDEN: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2024: "Harris will take away your guns!"
DONALD TRUMP: "You can't have guns."
CLINTON: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2008: "Obama will take your guns!"
OBAMA: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2020: "Biden will take your guns!"
BIDEN: "No, I won't."
GOP in 2024: "Harris will take away your guns!"
DONALD TRUMP: "You can't have guns."
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👇🏼 #healthcare
Don't forget: the largest funding spree for ICE in American history was paid for with the largest cut to health care in American history.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
This terror in our streets was no accident. It was in the Republican budget.
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
👇🏼 #healthcare