Anna Lind-Guzik

Opinion | The Epstein Files and Our Broken Public Trust

Knock me over with a feather. They ran it! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

We Must Hold the Line In an era of rising authoritarianism and billionaire autocrats, defenders of human rights cannot afford to retreat.

“Holding the line is exhausting. The victories are small and the setbacks are devastating….Hope is understanding that the line we hold today creates and protects the space where tomorrow’s resistance will grow. And sometimes, against all odds, that resistance succeeds.” @leilaseiitbek.bsky.social

We Must Hold the Line In an era of rising authoritarianism and billionaire autocrats, defenders of human rights cannot afford to retreat.

“This marriage of authoritarian governance and extreme wealth has created a feedback loop of power consolidation, where wealth buys political influence, and political influence protects and expands wealth—a cycle that continues until the very concept of public interest becomes quaint and obsolete.”

We Must Hold the Line In an era of rising authoritarianism and billionaire autocrats, defenders of human rights cannot afford to retreat.

“A world where a handful of billionaires wield more power than elected governments is inherently incompatible with democracy and human rights. When individuals accumulate resources equivalent to national budgets, they become unaccountable centers of power.”
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Motherhood on the Frontlines Meet the single mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.

It's been 4 years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. Since then, thousands of mothers in Ukraine are raising their children alone as a direct result of the ongoing war. As the fighting continues, it is mostly women who care for the country’s vulnerable children.

Meet the mothers of Ukraine.

Still can't get over how there's a whole civilization with a capital city at least as big as Pompeii buried deep under miles of volcanic rock from the biggest eruption in like 10,000 years on Lombok in Indonesia and all we know about them is that they existed till they were destroyed

In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.

We Must Hold the Line In an era of rising authoritarianism and billionaire autocrats, defenders of human rights cannot afford to retreat.

In an era of rising authoritarianism and billionaire autocrats, human rights defenders cannot afford to retreat. "We will hold the line. Not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. Not because victory is guaranteed, but because surrender is unthinkable." Story by @leilaseiitbek.bsky.social.

Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland

I know just the book for her bookshop.org/p/books/neig...

I got sent to the principal in middle school when our math teacher got frustrated and said “why can’t you girls get this as quickly as the boys,” and I fired back, “maybe you’re the problem, Todd”

What does life look like when you're living on a five year plan? @alindguzik.bsky.social chats with Babs Daitch, the octogenarian "lesbian Forrest Gump", about why she never stays anywhere for too long and life lessons.

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“Electrify Everything” Doesn’t Work in Puerto Rico On hurricanes, power, and the people the Inflation Reduction Act leaves behind.

"Puerto Rico is always an afterthought when it comes to U.S. policy, which has the effect of reinforcing its colonial status at every turn." Story by @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social, originally published in 2022. conversationalist.org/2022/09/27/p...

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.

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Into the abyss The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

So, the "Board of Peace" [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world.

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They cant tell you what the “stuff” is but they’re optimistic

I’m too pregnant to take family calls rn I need to keep my blood pressure within reason

nothing quite like studying authoritarianism for decades only to have your family that gets their news from Newsmax and Facebook shut you down with “I dunno I see it differently. He must have a reason, I’m sure it’ll be fine.”

Again, all this could have been stopped at any time by just a handful of Republican lawmakers. It still can be.

Note also that, by Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, Trump's presidency has been unconstitutional and illegitimate this whole time.

Our leaders let him run again, gave him immunity for his crimes and corruption, watched him destroy institution after institution, attack vulnerable communities domestically and abroad, pretended it was normal, and haven’t even attempted impeachment this time around. That’s all anyone will remember.

when people ask me why we need feminist foreign policy

We are now 366 days into Trump "ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours".

We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation".

Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit.

No contact ASAP! He’s never going to change!!

Who could blame Europe for wanting nothing to do with us after this when our elected officials can’t even be bothered to TRY to impeach this deranged gangster putting a gun to their heads. American hubris and navel gazing is insult on top of injury

ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

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Lessons learned the hard way from the countries stuck between Germany and Russia

Failure to imagine a president as batshit and criminal as Trump. Failure to imagine the cowardice and corruption of the entire GOP, not just its leadership. Failure to imagine the Supreme Court rolling over, and the rise of secret police. Failure to imagine the pervasive hold of racism and sexism.

I’ve been beating this drum for over a decade now: American exceptionalism has been our undoing. The failure to imagine our own decline made it impossible to confront reality.

omg the original post, not as the printout version (for ease of reading)