Celeste Pewter

Every time pple think of saying, “why aren’t more publications covering [topic xyz],“ please don’t. This is why. been in media for 35 years & rich assholes destroyed it. media of past no longer exists. We are trying. Subscribe. But let go of the idea of “media” from 10-20-30 years ago. That’s gone.

Drawing by 5 year old held in concentration camp in Texas by Trump Administration. It’s a pencil drawing of 4 stick figures with frowns behind a chain link fence depicted by a dozens of vertical and horizontal lines. Written in child-like letters, it says “Let us go” and “I am 5 years old.”

Here is the child’s drawing.

Martha Stewart spoke out because her 14 yo granddaughter demanded that she do so

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Call them in.

Because we all write for children for a reason, and it's not to make it about you in moments of fear or tragedy.

Just. Really, genuinely think about whether this needs to be social media content, okay? And yes, this is a real post I saw.

Kids are reaching out to you in moments of vulnerability and sincerity right now, and as someone who TELLS stories for them - do the right thing and answer them that way.

Don't be performative about it. You have a real chance to help them right now.

And if you see your fellow authors doing this?

Even if your own story is inspiring and you have a relatively well-meaning thesis about telling your story, the answer isn't to post a carousel of yourself w/ your Kirkus stars.

The answer is to keep it off of social media, and to answer the kid sincerely. Not everything has to be for the 'gram.

This has been weighing on me all day, so I'll just say it.

Fellow kidlit authors: if a young reader writes you and tells you they're scared of the world and asks how you stay hopeful, I'm begging you to not use it as a way to advertise your books.

Think of how that comes off.

It was the very LEAST they could do, and say they did something. Count on the #TrumpRegime to always do the very LEAST.

Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry

Demotion isn't the normal level of accountability for murder(s). Keep the pressure on everyone (event Ted Cruz, if his office can track him down on vacation - I assume he hasn't made it back to Texas, it's still quite cold here).

We also still need:

- Kristi Noem to be impeached
- The name of the officer who killed Pretti
- The body camera footage from the officers to be released.

The Bovino demotion is seriously welcome news, but please keep up your calls to your Senators.

DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.

I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

Greg Bovino Loses His Job The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

Who’s next?

One demotion cannot detract from accountability.

Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I really don't want to be that person, I'd really caution against making these types of declarations so quickly.

We've seen this before with January 6th.

Until we figure out a way to defeat MAGA soundly, assuming people are going to change their minds and it's going to hold is a mistake.

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pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident... Maybe this?

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.

Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

Can anyone tell me who John Thune is and what he does for a living?

Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.

Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

for example

I love this so much.

IMAGINE being under 10 in New York and knowing you can hit the Mayor with a snowball and your parents can't even tell you off, because he said it was OK! 🤯
I hope some kid gets him, tells everyone they meet the story for years and then becomes Mayor one day.

This is so smart of the New York Public Library.

Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

When he showed up on the WEATHER CHANNEL, I was like :O that's such good outreach. 😆

Mamdani just showed up on the Weather Channel and cheerfully said if NYC students see him, they can pelt him with snowballs for not calling for a traditional snow day for tomorrow...

And I'm genuinely thankful for his optimism and leadership right now.

This is the third shooting and the second fatal shooting by Defendants' agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks.! The situation is grave; this most recent fatal shooting and Defendants' escalating unlawful conduct provide compelling circumstances for Plaintiffs' request for this Court to treat Plaintiffs' motion as one for a Temporary Restraining Order as filed. If unchecked, Operation Metro Surge will only continue to inflict irreparable harms and wreak havoc on Plaintiffs and their residents. ... The need for emergency relief is urgent and undeniable. Plaintiffs ask the Court to act immediately, and certainly no later than the conclusion of the January 26 hearing, to preserve the status quo by ordering a temporary halt to Operation Metro Surge, requiring Defendants to drastically reduce the number of agents deployed in Minnesota. The record before the Court is more than sufficient to justify this immediate relief: Plaintiffs have demonstrated ongoing, irreparable harm and established serious constitutional claims. Every day that passes without Court intervention compounds these injuries and undermines the very rights this Court is charged to protect. Emergency relief is not only warranted, it is essential. Thank you. 1 For comparison, in the first 11 months of 2025, from January 1 to November 30, there were no officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis where the Minneapolis Police Department was involved. There was a single incident in July of 2025 where there was deadly force directed at an MPD officer. (Robertson Decl. I 2.) CASE 0:26-cv-00190-KMM-DJF Doc. 107 Filed 01/24/26 Page 3 of 3 Sincerely, /s/Liz Kramer Solicitor General Liz Kramer /s/Kristyn Anderson Minneapolis City Attorney Kristyn Anderson /s/Irene Kao Saint Paul City Attorney Irene Kao

BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawyers escalate their request for an immediate TRO to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge following today's ICE killing of Alex Pretti — noting three shootings by ICE in the past three weeks, after 11 months of no officer-involved shootings in Mpls.