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Kelly Weill

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Writer in books and blogs. Author of "Off The Edge" (book) and MomLeft.com (newsletter). Bunch of other words at NYMag, The Daily Beast, Atlantic, your yearbook. kellybweill at gmail

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Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused

10.03.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
In act after act, Trump and his cronies went after political opponents with extreme actions that could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.

A specific law firm, a specific university, a specific union, a specific hospital, and certain nonprofit employees were targeted for unfavorable treatment simply because Trump doesn’t like them and what they stand for.

In act after act, Trump and his cronies went after political opponents with extreme actions that could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent. A specific law firm, a specific university, a specific union, a specific hospital, and certain nonprofit employees were targeted for unfavorable treatment simply because Trump doesn’t like them and what they stand for.

These steps, I wrote, β€œcould only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

09.03.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 601    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATEβ€”Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

09.03.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11004    πŸ” 5551    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 847

5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid

18.02.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA family values Some thoughts on the (alleged!) Musk-St. Clair baby and the tech-trad alliance

perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...

18.02.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cameras have appeared outside homes of Atlanta’s β€˜Cop City’ activists. Why are they there? Cameras are hidden in unmarked boxes on utility poles in a move residents and advocates call β€˜creepy’ and β€˜corrosive’

Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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β€œSteve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance

10.02.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i am having such a nice time

10.02.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yes yes go birds. more importantly i require kansas city to Hurt

10.02.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

10.02.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

legendary run, can’t wait for the book❀️

06.02.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HYPE HYPE HYPE

06.02.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.

03.02.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him

02.02.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

31.01.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 979    πŸ” 618    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 65

miss you, buddy!

31.01.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

milkbone variety pack. there's no telling what flavors this boy's been eating

31.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The inhuman centipede

31.01.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)

31.01.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Welcome to the United States of Suppression Our new series documents the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S.

"where are all the protests?"

read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden adminsβ€”from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampmentsβ€”as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."

28.01.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2827    πŸ” 1123    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 56

unfortunately

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give the bills a gun

27.01.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

you heard me

27.01.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient

27.01.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the buffalo bills

20.01.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSeverance” is about living in the scenic Hudson River Valley

26.01.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events

23.01.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

thanks so much! xe's narration is the best

22.01.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the buffalo bills

20.01.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0