Kathryn Ananda-Owens

Every time my Puerto Rican stepmom leaves the house, she takes her passport. And the worst part is that IC€ could smash her car windows in anyway, because the Supreme Court made it okay to profile her for driving while brown.

If we stopped letting private jets fly during government shutdowns, the government might never shut down again.

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

Why not call them up to protect against acts of aggression?

So we should give up? What’s your point?

The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.

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

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

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...

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

Yes. I also felt this way about the assassinations in Minnesota. In fact, I continue to feel this way about the assassinations in Minnesota.

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 🙃

Operation 100 lbs of blue and yellow chalk! A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video

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-...

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

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

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

Surprised it wasn’t the “EPSTEIN/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops.”

It’s just a matter of time before he names it the “EPSTEIN/KENNEDY CENTER” by accident.

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.

Wondering whether they’ll go after Mar-a-L and other properties too.

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a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

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.

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

Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...

It's grotesque

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.

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.”

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.

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...

Is the hair flipping a tell?

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.

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...

It shouldn’t have run anywhere.

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.”

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...

“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.”