Kate Fellman

North Carolina Republicans just drew a map giving themselves 11 of 14 congressional seats in our 50/50 state. That’s 79% of the seats for one party.

That’s not representation — it’s a brazen attack on democracy and fair elections.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

if you have any other tips and would like your friendly gang of civic enthusiasts to file foia requests, confirm information with multiple, trusted sources, and/or dig into financial records, reach out. this is our strange hobby and we actually enjoy it quite a lot.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans.

U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties.

Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed.

This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda.

It was always about cruelty.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Trump Administration’s Plan for Mass Firing of Federal Workers During Government Shutdown Violates Law, Unions Say - Democracy Forward

AFGE and AFSCME have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s mass firings threats if a government shutdown occurs, alleging the threats are "an unlawful abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress."

democracyforward.org/updates/trum...

Systematic indoctrination of minors into a partisan political movement must be stopped.

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

The case for breaking social media in America Social media is breaking us in America. You could argue it already has. But there is a solution.

If you agree, I wrote about one way to make social media better and (hopefully) make our democracy better.

No paywall.
www.thelivingsouth.com/the-case-for...

Ben Cohen, wearing a blue and white shirt, with Jerry Greenfield, wearing a grey baseball hat and a brown shirt. Both are holding cups with ice cream. A headline reads: "Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company’s Activism Has Been ‘Silenced’"

One of Ben & Jerry’s founders, Jerry Greenfield, has resigned from the ice cream company, saying that its independence had been lost and its social activism “silenced” under the control of its parent company, Unilever. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

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WTAF.

Genuinely embarrassing to be an American right now.

There is no democratic justification for withholding these files. This is a coverup.⁩

Trump isn’t coming to the rescue…

📌 Hundreds of Arkansas farmers are begging the federal government for emergency aid as their farm economy collapses. They’re on the edge of bankruptcy.

Watch until the end. Wow!

JD Vance Owns Company That Sells American Real Estate to Foreign Investors? The Ohio senator's venture capital fund invested in the app AcreTrader.

Here is information on JD's connection to AcreTrader. www.snopes.com/news/2024/10...

Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.

The League of Women Voters registered my wife to vote on the day she became a citizen and she hasn't missed an election since

Trump just banned that

www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...

NC voters should not have to choose between their right to vote and their personal data security.

Exclusive: Congressman Tim Moore failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal stock purchases made around Trump's 'Liberation Day' in a potential STOCK Act violation Moore did not publicly disclose a dozen stock trades that he made throughout April until Friday, which is well after a federal deadline for doing so.

EXCLUSIVE: A GOP congressman from N. Carolina appears to have violated the STOCK Act by failing to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of "Liberation Day"-timed stock purchases from which he profited after quickly selling.

From me in @fortune.com:
fortune.com/2025/06/16/t...

Assassinated Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves legacy as unflashy leader who ‘got the job done’ Hortman led House Democrats through some of the most difficult and consequential political times in recent Minnesota history.

Melissa Hortman was a brilliant leader, a fierce advocate, and a grounded public servant who got things done. She gave Minnesotans her all — with grit, grace, and heart. We lost a true force for good.

www.startribune.com/assassinated...

This is the last post that Representative Hortman made before she was assassinated.

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children

The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted

Women and children in parks

Block the Bombs: Rep. Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza Nearly two dozen congressmembers are backing legislation, the Block the Bombs Act, that would withhold offensive weapons from Israel that violate international law and humanitarian norms. “What Bibi…

Block the Bombs: Rep. Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza

“The Beginning of Fascism”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy As immigrant rights protests spread to Chicago, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and married to a DACA recipient and recently called…

“The Beginning of Fascism”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

SCHATZ: "This is the stuff of dictatorships. He identified himself. That should be enough."