Litsa Dremousis
@litsadremousis.bsky.social
ALTITUDE SICKNESS (Future Tense Books). Upcoming: A EULOGY FOR THE LIVING. Left WaPo b/c of Bezos. The Blvr, Esquire, Flare Lit Mag, McSwy's, NPR, NY Mag, NYT, Pictura Journal, P&W, PW, The Rumpus, Short Beasts, et al. #pwME https://litsadremousis.com
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A Big Seattle Reading List
The books you should read from Washingtonians past and present.
www.seattlemet.com
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine named my first book Altitude Sickness (Future Tense Books) to its all-time 20 Books Every Seattleite Must Read list and then to its Big Seattle Reading List. I'm now writing my second book, Fire in the Hole: A Eulogy for the Living.
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Liam Ramos and his family don't deserve this nightmare. No family does.
A Minnesota preschooler detained in Texas with his father cannot be imminently deported, a federal judge has ruled. https://cnn.it/49VG5Lx
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Liam Ramos and his family don't deserve this nightmare. No family does.
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these feds view all of us as cattle and below them. they genuinely would kill more people if given the chance. these people are evil
CNN airs compilation of federal agents acting with extreme aggression towards peaceful observers.
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM
these feds view all of us as cattle and below them. they genuinely would kill more people if given the chance. these people are evil
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There are many places to get news beyond CBS. But the undermining of outlets with really strong journalism infrastructures is a real loss for the public. You can't stand up a new 60 Minutes tomorrow. Same for the Washington Post foreign desk (if it get cuts as rumored.)
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
There are many places to get news beyond CBS. But the undermining of outlets with really strong journalism infrastructures is a real loss for the public. You can't stand up a new 60 Minutes tomorrow. Same for the Washington Post foreign desk (if it get cuts as rumored.)
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Of course.
New from 404 Media: DHS says critical ICE surveillance footage from abuse case was actually never recorded and doesn't matter. "Due to a technical issue, the Video System failed to record video or audio footage during that period."
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
www.404media.co
January 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Of course.
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of the six million Jews and countless others who were murdered in the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of the six million Jews and countless others who were murdered in the Holocaust.
How much easier would life be if our species were just a little bit smarter and kinder?
Just breaks your heart how much better we could be.
Just breaks your heart how much better we could be.
January 27, 2026 at 8:28 PM
How much easier would life be if our species were just a little bit smarter and kinder?
Just breaks your heart how much better we could be.
Just breaks your heart how much better we could be.
Today I'm reminded once again that corporate landlords are the anti-christ.
Seriously, I cannot explain one more fucking time that I'm severely disabled w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis and have had cancer for nine goddamned years and, as such, cannot do always do what an able-bodied person can do.
Seriously, I cannot explain one more fucking time that I'm severely disabled w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis and have had cancer for nine goddamned years and, as such, cannot do always do what an able-bodied person can do.
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Today I'm reminded once again that corporate landlords are the anti-christ.
Seriously, I cannot explain one more fucking time that I'm severely disabled w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis and have had cancer for nine goddamned years and, as such, cannot do always do what an able-bodied person can do.
Seriously, I cannot explain one more fucking time that I'm severely disabled w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis and have had cancer for nine goddamned years and, as such, cannot do always do what an able-bodied person can do.
More of this, please.
Also? Impeaching Kristi Noem is just Step 1.
Also? Impeaching Kristi Noem is just Step 1.
Jeffries: Federal taxpayer dollars should actually be used to make life better for the American people, not kill them. Our position is clear: Kristi Noem needs to be fired immediately, or House Democrats will begin the initiation of impeachment proceedings against her.
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
More of this, please.
Also? Impeaching Kristi Noem is just Step 1.
Also? Impeaching Kristi Noem is just Step 1.
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It's clear an atrocity has been unfolding in Iran, under cover of an Internet blackout.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM
It's clear an atrocity has been unfolding in Iran, under cover of an Internet blackout.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Outstanding piece. Thanks for the gift article.
"No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors."
"No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors."
GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this.
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Outstanding piece. Thanks for the gift article.
"No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors."
"No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors."
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If you know any academic teaching about whiteness and white supremacy this semester, make damn sure you take the time to buy them a drink, to check in on them, to make sure they're okay.
We're gonna need it.
We're gonna need it.
Today was a long teaching day.
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 AM
If you know any academic teaching about whiteness and white supremacy this semester, make damn sure you take the time to buy them a drink, to check in on them, to make sure they're okay.
We're gonna need it.
We're gonna need it.
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ICE really came into Minnesota expecting us to quickly say goodbye to our neighbors.
Clearly they did not realize Minnesotans are physically incapable of that.
Clearly they did not realize Minnesotans are physically incapable of that.
January 27, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Sweet dreams, all.
The Nazis had immunity. Until Hitler died. Then they were hanged.
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Sweet dreams, all.
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller.
www.afge.org/publication/...
www.afge.org/publication/...
AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.
www.afge.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller.
www.afge.org/publication/...
www.afge.org/publication/...
"Big change is comin’
Could be bad, and it could be great.."
"Big Change", Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
BTW, he just made his entire catalog available to Greenland to help offset some of the stress caused by U.S. thuggery. God love him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKx...
Could be bad, and it could be great.."
"Big Change", Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
BTW, he just made his entire catalog available to Greenland to help offset some of the stress caused by U.S. thuggery. God love him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKx...
neil young and the chrome hearts - big change (Official Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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January 27, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Big change is comin’
Could be bad, and it could be great.."
"Big Change", Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
BTW, he just made his entire catalog available to Greenland to help offset some of the stress caused by U.S. thuggery. God love him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKx...
Could be bad, and it could be great.."
"Big Change", Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
BTW, he just made his entire catalog available to Greenland to help offset some of the stress caused by U.S. thuggery. God love him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKx...
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ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
I keep thinking about the Rwandan Forgiveness Commission.
Over the course of Summer 1994, Hutus slaughtered one million of their Tutsi neighbors.
We're nowhere near that far gone.
Yet they eventually found a way to live w/ one another again.
And I wonder how we'll ever get there.
Over the course of Summer 1994, Hutus slaughtered one million of their Tutsi neighbors.
We're nowhere near that far gone.
Yet they eventually found a way to live w/ one another again.
And I wonder how we'll ever get there.
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I keep thinking about the Rwandan Forgiveness Commission.
Over the course of Summer 1994, Hutus slaughtered one million of their Tutsi neighbors.
We're nowhere near that far gone.
Yet they eventually found a way to live w/ one another again.
And I wonder how we'll ever get there.
Over the course of Summer 1994, Hutus slaughtered one million of their Tutsi neighbors.
We're nowhere near that far gone.
Yet they eventually found a way to live w/ one another again.
And I wonder how we'll ever get there.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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I want to go back to Marimar Martinez' request to lift protective order in her case. She was shot by CBP in October. As w/Good & Pretti, they lied to cover up shooting.
As a threshold issue, Bovino was just 1-degree of separation from all 3 shootings.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As a threshold issue, Bovino was just 1-degree of separation from all 3 shootings.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I want to go back to Marimar Martinez' request to lift protective order in her case. She was shot by CBP in October. As w/Good & Pretti, they lied to cover up shooting.
As a threshold issue, Bovino was just 1-degree of separation from all 3 shootings.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As a threshold issue, Bovino was just 1-degree of separation from all 3 shootings.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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LA people: ICE IS IN KTOWN
1/26: 10:15 a.m. CBP 🧊 cluster raids starting in Koreatown, Pico/Union, Salvadoran Corridor this morning.
ICE also in Riverside
ICE also in Riverside
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
LA people: ICE IS IN KTOWN