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Ravenna
@ravenna321.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Familiar
In December 2015 I flew home to Seattle the day before my father had surgery to remove a malignant tumor, an operation that would prove unsuccessful, ending in his death six weeks later.
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I just added my very first (and maybe last!) post on Substack. It's about my dad (who is not in the picture though it kind of looks like him...)
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Trump's laying the groundwork to nationalize the 'corrupt' elections of 15 states, as he said yesterday. Reeks of serious desperation. It's also the time we see democracy rally and really show its strength. This will not stand.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Trump's laying the groundwork to nationalize the 'corrupt' elections of 15 states, as he said yesterday. Reeks of serious desperation. It's also the time we see democracy rally and really show its strength. This will not stand.
Wait, an internal memo can change the law? Awesome, I'd better start writing some....
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Wait, an internal memo can change the law? Awesome, I'd better start writing some....
God only knows what happens when no one's there to film it.
“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
abc7ny.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
God only knows what happens when no one's there to film it.
Trump's going to make 'Melania' mandatory viewing
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Trump's going to make 'Melania' mandatory viewing
The latest in gaslighting: demand someone lie then force them to apologize for not lying beforehand. Crazytown continues.
Trump: "They got the election wrong, the New York Times. They got the election wrong. They haven't apologized yet."
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The latest in gaslighting: demand someone lie then force them to apologize for not lying beforehand. Crazytown continues.
JD knows this isn't true, they all do, yet here we are.
Their souls must be in agony, immersed in a world of lies and deceit, the truth forced down, sprayed with tear gas and shot five times.
Their souls must be in agony, immersed in a world of lies and deceit, the truth forced down, sprayed with tear gas and shot five times.
Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 PM
JD knows this isn't true, they all do, yet here we are.
Their souls must be in agony, immersed in a world of lies and deceit, the truth forced down, sprayed with tear gas and shot five times.
Their souls must be in agony, immersed in a world of lies and deceit, the truth forced down, sprayed with tear gas and shot five times.
Trump wants this violence to justify whatever hell he unleashes next. Judging from that crowd yesterday tho I think he picked the wrong city to mess with.
There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Trump wants this violence to justify whatever hell he unleashes next. Judging from that crowd yesterday tho I think he picked the wrong city to mess with.
Too bad Mueller didn't Jack Smith them. Would've been nice.
Anytime Republicans want to bring back Jack Smith before a committee to make them look like idiots again defending the indefensible feel free.
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Too bad Mueller didn't Jack Smith them. Would've been nice.
Don't forget his ego, I'm sure that's pretty bruised being forced to back down on Greenland
So the right hand is bruised from shaking hands and the left hand is bruised from hitting it on a desk. Got it.
January 23, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Don't forget his ego, I'm sure that's pretty bruised being forced to back down on Greenland
We have now entered 'Guilty until proven innocent' territory
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 AM
We have now entered 'Guilty until proven innocent' territory
Trump meets the real world for possibly the first time. The bubble bursts. Let's make this a habit.
".. TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump.
“.. 'As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,' Sabula said .."
@washingtonpost.com $F
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“.. 'As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,' Sabula said .."
@washingtonpost.com $F
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Trump meets the real world for possibly the first time. The bubble bursts. Let's make this a habit.
'That's fine Dude. I'm not mad at you.'
Small men with big guns hate it when people don't fear them properly. Punishable by death apparently.
Small men with big guns hate it when people don't fear them properly. Punishable by death apparently.
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
'That's fine Dude. I'm not mad at you.'
Small men with big guns hate it when people don't fear them properly. Punishable by death apparently.
Small men with big guns hate it when people don't fear them properly. Punishable by death apparently.
Just because you have the symbol doesn't mean you have the goods behind it. If Lindsey Vonn gives me her gold medal am I suddenly a great skier?
The President of the United States is so desperate for a Nobel Peace Prize that he’ll take a used one. There is no one tackier and more unhinged.
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Just because you have the symbol doesn't mean you have the goods behind it. If Lindsey Vonn gives me her gold medal am I suddenly a great skier?
Trump should be banned from Philadelphia this summer. He's disqualified himself from celebrating the birthday of a democracy he's actively working to destroy.
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Trump should be banned from Philadelphia this summer. He's disqualified himself from celebrating the birthday of a democracy he's actively working to destroy.
Like going to Pottery Barn, crashing into a shelf of glasses then doing a Homer Simpson out the door, saying 'Don't look at me. I didn't do it'.
Rick Scott: "I'm glad the president didn't just take Maduro and walk away. I'm glad that he's committed to freedom and democracy in Venezuela. Now, I can't tell you how they're going to get there ... "
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Like going to Pottery Barn, crashing into a shelf of glasses then doing a Homer Simpson out the door, saying 'Don't look at me. I didn't do it'.
According to Trump we'll run Venezuela only until a 'judicious' transfer of power is possible. He repeated the word like he just learned it. For the Venezuelan people it means 'Never'.
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
According to Trump we'll run Venezuela only until a 'judicious' transfer of power is possible. He repeated the word like he just learned it. For the Venezuelan people it means 'Never'.
This is what I told my 13 yr old son:
We invaded Venezuela and ousted its leader who's a dictator but mostly because Trump wants their oil, saying the money will go to the people but really it'll go into the pockets of US oil companies.
Did I miss anything?
We invaded Venezuela and ousted its leader who's a dictator but mostly because Trump wants their oil, saying the money will go to the people but really it'll go into the pockets of US oil companies.
Did I miss anything?
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 AM
This is what I told my 13 yr old son:
We invaded Venezuela and ousted its leader who's a dictator but mostly because Trump wants their oil, saying the money will go to the people but really it'll go into the pockets of US oil companies.
Did I miss anything?
We invaded Venezuela and ousted its leader who's a dictator but mostly because Trump wants their oil, saying the money will go to the people but really it'll go into the pockets of US oil companies.
Did I miss anything?
Go big. Period.
Love it.
Love it.
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Go big. Period.
Love it.
Love it.
Trump is watching this and sputtering furiously to anyone who'll listen, 'But that's not what we agreed to in the oval when we were BFFs'. No one will tell him the truth, that he was absolutely owned by Mamdani.
Mamdani: "We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy ... I will govern as a Democratic Socialist"
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Trump is watching this and sputtering furiously to anyone who'll listen, 'But that's not what we agreed to in the oval when we were BFFs'. No one will tell him the truth, that he was absolutely owned by Mamdani.
Pro-Life as long as said life is white and Christian
Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…
December 31, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Pro-Life as long as said life is white and Christian
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin.
“You knew I was a snake before you took me in"
“You knew I was a snake before you took me in"
Boebert finally gets a bill passed for her district after several years of doing nothing and Trump vetoes it.
December 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin.
“You knew I was a snake before you took me in"
“You knew I was a snake before you took me in"
'Nothing worries me'? You're the President of the United States. If you're not worrying you're doing it wrong.
Obama went gray during his time in office. He did his job.
Obama went gray during his time in office. He did his job.
Q: China is doing naval exercises to encircle Taiwan
TRUMP: I have a great relationship with President Xi and I don't believe he's gonna be doing it
Q: Does it worry you?
TRUMP: No. Nothing worries me.
TRUMP: I have a great relationship with President Xi and I don't believe he's gonna be doing it
Q: Does it worry you?
TRUMP: No. Nothing worries me.
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
'Nothing worries me'? You're the President of the United States. If you're not worrying you're doing it wrong.
Obama went gray during his time in office. He did his job.
Obama went gray during his time in office. He did his job.
Wouldn't it be fun if Dems took over both the House and Senate in November? Trump would be apoplectic and powerless. And maybe SCOTUS would have to come to terms with having some additional members. They certainly earned it. Then we could go back to being a goddamn democracy.
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wouldn't it be fun if Dems took over both the House and Senate in November? Trump would be apoplectic and powerless. And maybe SCOTUS would have to come to terms with having some additional members. They certainly earned it. Then we could go back to being a goddamn democracy.
Sounds scared and I don't blame him. A million more chances his incompetent minions at DOJ will let one of the really bad Trump mentions slip through. Maybe something MAGA won't forgive him for. After all, they have daughters too.
Trump: “Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, & work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them”
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sounds scared and I don't blame him. A million more chances his incompetent minions at DOJ will let one of the really bad Trump mentions slip through. Maybe something MAGA won't forgive him for. After all, they have daughters too.
Rising health care costs will completely eclipse that fake raise
December 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Rising health care costs will completely eclipse that fake raise