MikaelKa
@mikaelka.bsky.social
Once an anthropologist always an anthropologist?
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Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
Minnesota Could Prosecute the ICE Shooter. Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.
slate.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
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In most states, the end of open enrollment for 2026 health insurance is next week, on Jan. 15. After that, you won't be able to get coverage or make a plan change without a qualifying event. Here's an overview of states with different deadlines: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/what-ar...
What are the deadlines for the ACA's open enrollment period?
ACA open enrollment for 2026 coverage runs Nov. 1 – Jan. 15 in most states, but some have different deadlines. Check your state’s ACA enrollment dates.
www.healthinsurance.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
In most states, the end of open enrollment for 2026 health insurance is next week, on Jan. 15. After that, you won't be able to get coverage or make a plan change without a qualifying event. Here's an overview of states with different deadlines: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/what-ar...
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11/While Denmark probably does not need to worry about its leader being kidnapped, there are many other channels of US power.
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
www.wired.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
11/While Denmark probably does not need to worry about its leader being kidnapped, there are many other channels of US power.
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
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10/And the US is not being subtle about this. Vassal states will be created through coercion.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...
Trump Says U.S. Is ‘In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
10/And the US is not being subtle about this. Vassal states will be created through coercion.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...
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9/So what is Europe to do? Not this...It has to wake up and understand that an alternative international order is being put on the table. It is not based on rules but hierarchy and extraction. Tepid finger waging will lead to domination.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
EU affirms ‘principles of national sovereignty’ in cautious response to Trump Greenland threats – Europe live
European Commission spokesperson also declines to rule on whether US intervention in Venezuela was legal
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
9/So what is Europe to do? Not this...It has to wake up and understand that an alternative international order is being put on the table. It is not based on rules but hierarchy and extraction. Tepid finger waging will lead to domination.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
The most predictable thing about Trump is that he will always be an even bigger piece of shit than you ever could've imagined.
The most predictable thing about Trump is that in absolutely every situation he will be the biggest piece of shit you can imagine. Every time. No exceptions.
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 AM
The most predictable thing about Trump is that he will always be an even bigger piece of shit than you ever could've imagined.
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How is it possible that it just keeps getting worse? How is it possible?
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
How is it possible that it just keeps getting worse? How is it possible?
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The list of this administration's non-compliance/law-breaking of court orders and any rule of law should be posted and reposted every day, so we can't forget. A chart that shows the growth in criminal actions should appear in the corner of every newscast, substack, YouTube, etc. Every day.
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The list of this administration's non-compliance/law-breaking of court orders and any rule of law should be posted and reposted every day, so we can't forget. A chart that shows the growth in criminal actions should appear in the corner of every newscast, substack, YouTube, etc. Every day.
This is what I feared. That once again it's Putin.
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is what I feared. That once again it's Putin.
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So, I watched a lot more network news (CNN, CBS) yesterday than I normally do, and I am saddened to report that folks who get their impression of how the networks covered this attack from Bluesky are… badly misinformed.
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
So, I watched a lot more network news (CNN, CBS) yesterday than I normally do, and I am saddened to report that folks who get their impression of how the networks covered this attack from Bluesky are… badly misinformed.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela.
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela.
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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This is critically important. Democrats need to pass it if they retake Congress. Trump will veto it. So pass it again. Campaign on it. Given current polling, corruption of the FBI, and the brutality of ICE and BP, there’s no better time to say, “Federal police are not above the law.”
Restoring Bivens rights: one bill "would allow citizens to sue for damages resulting from constitutional violations committed by federal officers," while the other "would create a cause of action against federal law enforcement agencies and police depts for constitutional violations."
These congressmen want to give you the right to sue federal law enforcement for violating your rights
The proposed bills aim to codify a 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed individuals to sue the feds for Fourth Amendment violations.
reason.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is critically important. Democrats need to pass it if they retake Congress. Trump will veto it. So pass it again. Campaign on it. Given current polling, corruption of the FBI, and the brutality of ICE and BP, there’s no better time to say, “Federal police are not above the law.”
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1. Keep your eye on the ball, people
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1. Keep your eye on the ball, people
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
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In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.
Vance's latest rant has set off another misguided round of "free Usha" rhetoric. This isn't just inaccurate--she's wholly a part of this fascist project--it's dangerous. We can no longer afford to imagine fascism as smaller than it is. Hindu fascism is vast, too. No religion is immune.
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.
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If these idiots want to debate provocative questions to further their reactionary movement, I propose we have a similar set of debates like "should we toss billionaires into volcanoes" or "should we launch the oligarchs into the sun?"
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If these idiots want to debate provocative questions to further their reactionary movement, I propose we have a similar set of debates like "should we toss billionaires into volcanoes" or "should we launch the oligarchs into the sun?"
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Every foreign collleague I talk to tells me they feel unsafe and are looking to leave the U.S.
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Every foreign collleague I talk to tells me they feel unsafe and are looking to leave the U.S.
This is exactly accurate to my memory of reading Dreiser 40+ years ago. "Greatest bad writer" I think I've ever read. I still have that copy.
Theodore Dreiser: Greatest bad writer in American history.
(Am Tragedy: Sentence by sentence, ponderous. Cumulatively, in its 800+ page heft, magnificent.)
Can hardly believe that our English teacher, Mathilda Phillips at Redlands High, had us read and discuss the whole thing, chapter by chapter.
(Am Tragedy: Sentence by sentence, ponderous. Cumulatively, in its 800+ page heft, magnificent.)
Can hardly believe that our English teacher, Mathilda Phillips at Redlands High, had us read and discuss the whole thing, chapter by chapter.
In #BookSky news, Boni & Liveright published Theodore Dreiser's magnum opus a century ago today: two volumes, in a slipcase. (Wish this first edition were mine, but it belongs to Baltimore shop Royal Books.) Filmed a quarter century later as the magnificent A PLACE IN THE SUN.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is exactly accurate to my memory of reading Dreiser 40+ years ago. "Greatest bad writer" I think I've ever read. I still have that copy.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com