Kathryn Ananda-Owens
@kathrynao.bsky.social
Music performance science professor. Classical pianist, classical music producer, canine agility enthusiast, knitter of socks and Lopi sweaters. Retweets =/= endorsements; views I express are my own. Long live democracy.
If we stopped letting private jets fly during government shutdowns, the government might never shut down again.
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If we stopped letting private jets fly during government shutdowns, the government might never shut down again.
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If you're Army and know anything about the plans to deploy the 82nd airborne to Portland, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268
October 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you're Army and know anything about the plans to deploy the 82nd airborne to Portland, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268
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A new threat to free and fair elections has emerged: the federal government. We chronicle the executive branch’s concerted strategy to push its way into election infrastructure where it doesn’t belong. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A new threat to free and fair elections has emerged: the federal government. We chronicle the executive branch’s concerted strategy to push its way into election infrastructure where it doesn’t belong. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
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In 2019, commercial hotels like the Marriott pledged not to work with ICE to detain immigrants.
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate
Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In 2019, commercial hotels like the Marriott pledged not to work with ICE to detain immigrants.
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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For October, looking to profile a former government worker with a disability who was laid off this year at @motherjones.com for National Disability Employment Awareness Month. I imagine this should take roughly an hour of your time. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For October, looking to profile a former government worker with a disability who was laid off this year at @motherjones.com for National Disability Employment Awareness Month. I imagine this should take roughly an hour of your time. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com
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Yes. I also felt this way about the assassinations in Minnesota. In fact, I continue to feel this way about the assassinations in Minnesota.
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yes. I also felt this way about the assassinations in Minnesota. In fact, I continue to feel this way about the assassinations in Minnesota.
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Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
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I gotta say, having the United States Secret Service enforce against me a supposed municipal DC ordinance against hopscotch on DC sidewalks was not on my bingo card for today: www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/operation-...
Operation 100 lbs of blue and yellow chalk!
A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video
www.dogshirtdaily.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I gotta say, having the United States Secret Service enforce against me a supposed municipal DC ordinance against hopscotch on DC sidewalks was not on my bingo card for today: www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/operation-...
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
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My idea is that anyone who sees federal agents trying to do local law enforcement in their city should follow them around playing circus music on their phone at top volume
August 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My idea is that anyone who sees federal agents trying to do local law enforcement in their city should follow them around playing circus music on their phone at top volume
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Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
People cheer as some federal agents get in their cars and leave.
NY plates on their cars.
NY plates on their cars.
August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
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I did an outdoor yoga class in a minneapolis park the other day. And my husband is, right now, playing softball in a Minneapolis park. My son is, right now, standing on dock fishing for northern pike, also in a Minneapolis park.
Stephen Miller doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
Stephen Miller doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
Stephen Miller: "We have communities all across this nation that 20 years ago, before the era of open borders, were completely peaceful, completely stable. Look at a place like Minneapolis. Post mass migration they're unsafe, they're violent, you cannot use the public parks."
July 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I did an outdoor yoga class in a minneapolis park the other day. And my husband is, right now, playing softball in a Minneapolis park. My son is, right now, standing on dock fishing for northern pike, also in a Minneapolis park.
Stephen Miller doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
Stephen Miller doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit
June 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit
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Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...
It's grotesque
It's grotesque
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...
It's grotesque
It's grotesque
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Trump’s actions and his inactions would be the precise conduct of someone whose goal was to destroy our country.
We need to face what that means.
We need to face what that means.
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trump’s actions and his inactions would be the precise conduct of someone whose goal was to destroy our country.
We need to face what that means.
We need to face what that means.
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At Hitler’s urging, President Paul von Hindenburg issued an Article 48 emergency decree ... “If any state fails to take the necessary measures to restore public safety and order, the Reich government may temporarily take over the powers of the highest state authority.”
Hitler vowed to end the “eternal battle” between the states and the central government by dismantling the federated system, crushing states’ rights, and forging “a unified will” for the nation.
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Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda.
He used inflammatory tactics and rhetoric to disable constitutional protections for the Weimar Republic’s 17 federated states, crushing their leadership and imposing his will on the country.
He used inflammatory tactics and rhetoric to disable constitutional protections for the Weimar Republic’s 17 federated states, crushing their leadership and imposing his will on the country.
June 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
At Hitler’s urging, President Paul von Hindenburg issued an Article 48 emergency decree ... “If any state fails to take the necessary measures to restore public safety and order, the Reich government may temporarily take over the powers of the highest state authority.”
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Fulbright board members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the law, compromise U.S. national interests and integrity, and undermine the mission"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fulbright board members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the law, compromise U.S. national interests and integrity, and undermine the mission"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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The Trump tax bill includes tax breaks for silencers, thanks to a Republican lawmaker who owns a gun shop worth millions of dollars.
His gun store was previously under a federal monitoring program after too many guns sold there were used in crimes
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His gun store was previously under a federal monitoring program after too many guns sold there were used in crimes
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
GOP Lawmaker Who Owns a Gun Shop Takes Credit for Silencer Tax Breaks
Rep. Andrew Clyde, who owns a gun shop worth millions of dollars, said he “asked” for the tax breaks for gun silencers in Donald Trump’s tax bill.
www.rollingstone.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Trump tax bill includes tax breaks for silencers, thanks to a Republican lawmaker who owns a gun shop worth millions of dollars.
His gun store was previously under a federal monitoring program after too many guns sold there were used in crimes
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His gun store was previously under a federal monitoring program after too many guns sold there were used in crimes
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This particular, major NSF grant appears to have been terminated by a single person at DOGE who has “admin credentials in our financial system,” said one NSF employee. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
National Science Foundation Ends 196 Grants To Harvard Amid Feud With Trump
“Pure retribution,” one NSF staffer said of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. “We as a nation are shooting ourselves in both feet.”
www.huffpost.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This particular, major NSF grant appears to have been terminated by a single person at DOGE who has “admin credentials in our financial system,” said one NSF employee. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
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“Well, Senator, I see the Constitution as kind of like a puppy. An excitable, untrained puppy that’s starting to really get on my nerves.”
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Well, Senator, I see the Constitution as kind of like a puppy. An excitable, untrained puppy that’s starting to really get on my nerves.”
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Best response to idea that habeas corpus can be suspended for immigrants: “Stephen Miller is not a lawyer but he plays a s‑‑‑ty one on TV. No one in their right mind would take his advice seriously, but sanity is in short supply in this administration,” the aide said. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Best response to idea that habeas corpus can be suspended for immigrants: “Stephen Miller is not a lawyer but he plays a s‑‑‑ty one on TV. No one in their right mind would take his advice seriously, but sanity is in short supply in this administration,” the aide said. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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📢 If you’re able to get to Newark: Protest outside Department of Homeland Security office! 📢
620 Frelinghuysen Ave.
Newark, NJ 07114
Organizations and community members on the ground are asking for support and for all of us to stand with them now.
620 Frelinghuysen Ave.
Newark, NJ 07114
Organizations and community members on the ground are asking for support and for all of us to stand with them now.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📢 If you’re able to get to Newark: Protest outside Department of Homeland Security office! 📢
620 Frelinghuysen Ave.
Newark, NJ 07114
Organizations and community members on the ground are asking for support and for all of us to stand with them now.
620 Frelinghuysen Ave.
Newark, NJ 07114
Organizations and community members on the ground are asking for support and for all of us to stand with them now.