Mona Kanin, she/her/hers
@mskanin.bsky.social
I embrace careful thinkers and shapers.
I'm a book person in life and literary agent by day @GreatDogLiterary.com.
Queries by referral only please
The opposite of destruction? The Arts!
Opinions my own.
I'm a book person in life and literary agent by day @GreatDogLiterary.com.
Queries by referral only please
The opposite of destruction? The Arts!
Opinions my own.
Would someone please rewrite the @NYT headline? VIDEOS 'APPEAR' TO CONTRADICT ???? WTF
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Would someone please rewrite the @NYT headline? VIDEOS 'APPEAR' TO CONTRADICT ???? WTF
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RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group
DAMN the Fed Health Regime!!! They are the racketeers!!!!
DAMN the Fed Health Regime!!! They are the racketeers!!!!
RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group
The lawsuit by Children’s Health Defense comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics wages its own legal battle against Kennedy’s HHS.
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group
DAMN the Fed Health Regime!!! They are the racketeers!!!!
DAMN the Fed Health Regime!!! They are the racketeers!!!!
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
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They are child traffickers, plain and simple. The heinous criminals they claim to be hunting.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They are child traffickers, plain and simple. The heinous criminals they claim to be hunting.
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PSA: Everything on my Patreon is free to read. No account needed, no paywall. If you've been unsure whether you can share my posts—you can. Please do. Links are ideal, screenshots work too. Whatever gets the information where it needs to go.
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
PSA: Everything on my Patreon is free to read. No account needed, no paywall. If you've been unsure whether you can share my posts—you can. Please do. Links are ideal, screenshots work too. Whatever gets the information where it needs to go.
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
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The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
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#ICEOutForGood march has started in NYC with THOUSANDS of NYers protesting in freezing temps.
We refuse to let this administration target our cities one by one. Our communities deserve to live free from raids, detention, and the expanding reach of surveillance.
We refuse to let this administration target our cities one by one. Our communities deserve to live free from raids, detention, and the expanding reach of surveillance.
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
#ICEOutForGood march has started in NYC with THOUSANDS of NYers protesting in freezing temps.
We refuse to let this administration target our cities one by one. Our communities deserve to live free from raids, detention, and the expanding reach of surveillance.
We refuse to let this administration target our cities one by one. Our communities deserve to live free from raids, detention, and the expanding reach of surveillance.
IN SOLIDARITY
ICE OUT FOR GOOD
Even if we're not in Minnesota, remember to pressure the Senate (202-224-3121).
Everywhere, we can boycott big business, especially:
TARGET
HILTON
DELTA
HOME
ENTERPRISE
(also give the above a call; send a letter)
ICE OUT FOR GOOD
Even if we're not in Minnesota, remember to pressure the Senate (202-224-3121).
Everywhere, we can boycott big business, especially:
TARGET
HILTON
DELTA
HOME
ENTERPRISE
(also give the above a call; send a letter)
January 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM
IN SOLIDARITY
ICE OUT FOR GOOD
Even if we're not in Minnesota, remember to pressure the Senate (202-224-3121).
Everywhere, we can boycott big business, especially:
TARGET
HILTON
DELTA
HOME
ENTERPRISE
(also give the above a call; send a letter)
ICE OUT FOR GOOD
Even if we're not in Minnesota, remember to pressure the Senate (202-224-3121).
Everywhere, we can boycott big business, especially:
TARGET
HILTON
DELTA
HOME
ENTERPRISE
(also give the above a call; send a letter)
And why do people obey in advance?
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
And why do people obey in advance?
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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Thank you, and I do not take that for granted. If we want to reform this party, we have to give people a reason to vote, and that means standing up to fascists and fighting for the right thing to do, even when it’s unpopular.
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Thank you, and I do not take that for granted. If we want to reform this party, we have to give people a reason to vote, and that means standing up to fascists and fighting for the right thing to do, even when it’s unpopular.
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Malice and an unbounded vacuousness of character are not the same as mental illness. No one is served by using the language of the latter to communicate about the former.
January 23, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Malice and an unbounded vacuousness of character are not the same as mental illness. No one is served by using the language of the latter to communicate about the former.
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that's been the thing since family separation started
(I mean, since the Indian Child Welfare Act and before, really)
www.icwlc.org/education-hu...
(I mean, since the Indian Child Welfare Act and before, really)
www.icwlc.org/education-hu...
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
that's been the thing since family separation started
(I mean, since the Indian Child Welfare Act and before, really)
www.icwlc.org/education-hu...
(I mean, since the Indian Child Welfare Act and before, really)
www.icwlc.org/education-hu...
Another disgrace!
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Another disgrace!
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🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
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Do what you can. Keep doing it. And be kind and patient with yourselves. The world feels very awful right now.
G'night, folks 💚
G'night, folks 💚
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Do what you can. Keep doing it. And be kind and patient with yourselves. The world feels very awful right now.
G'night, folks 💚
G'night, folks 💚
Come on @democrats.senate.gov! Come on @housedemocrats.bsky.social. Can you find a way to do the right thing?
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Come on @democrats.senate.gov! Come on @housedemocrats.bsky.social. Can you find a way to do the right thing?
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We know the intention: cruelty, violence, disorientation.
We know others have fought attacks like these.
I remember to breathe; keep calling electeds; seek community;
contribute to mutual aid where it matters most.
I’m grateful to those who warned us—and who still stand up for what’s right.
We know others have fought attacks like these.
I remember to breathe; keep calling electeds; seek community;
contribute to mutual aid where it matters most.
I’m grateful to those who warned us—and who still stand up for what’s right.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
We know the intention: cruelty, violence, disorientation.
We know others have fought attacks like these.
I remember to breathe; keep calling electeds; seek community;
contribute to mutual aid where it matters most.
I’m grateful to those who warned us—and who still stand up for what’s right.
We know others have fought attacks like these.
I remember to breathe; keep calling electeds; seek community;
contribute to mutual aid where it matters most.
I’m grateful to those who warned us—and who still stand up for what’s right.
We know there's a group of electeds who will not vote for the current bill or have made statements that they will defund ICE. Does anyone know of a current list of Dems who have not confirmed their vote so we can call them?
if it’s too difficult for any single person we’ve elected to congress to say, “not one dime for the child stealers”…
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
We know there's a group of electeds who will not vote for the current bill or have made statements that they will defund ICE. Does anyone know of a current list of Dems who have not confirmed their vote so we can call them?
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There are thousands of images of the ICE assault on America. This is one of many that should haunt every person who did anything along the way to get the country to this nightmarish point. We are killing moms, grabbing grandfathers, pepper spraying clergy & kidnapping children. Shame. Shame. Shame.
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 AM
There are thousands of images of the ICE assault on America. This is one of many that should haunt every person who did anything along the way to get the country to this nightmarish point. We are killing moms, grabbing grandfathers, pepper spraying clergy & kidnapping children. Shame. Shame. Shame.
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Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM