K.T. Nguyen

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The perfect encapsulation of Politico.

"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"

It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.

#chicago #journalism #newssky

'It was heartbreaking': Naked zip-tied children dragged from homes in 'surreal' ICE raid Just hours after President Donald Trump said U.S. soldiers should use America's cities as “training grounds,” federal law enforcement officials on Tuesday night descended upon an apartment complex in ...

THIS is how news needs to be reported. On-the-ground witness accounts. (See link below)

*Contrast NYT parroting administration talking points and constant left/right framing.

www.rawstory.com/it-was-heart...

Can we agree baseball isn’t all about analytics? Chemistry and team spirit used to matter. Mets season is an example of percentages and payrolls not = wins. Keep a player like David Robertson who wanted more than anything to stay w/ the Mets. Keep Iglesias. Butto. Low cost, big heart. #lgm #metssky

Thanks, Frank 🩷

Thanks Curtis! Yours was 🔥

Abbreviated version of Anthony Award Best First Novel speech for YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. Visit your local library, sign up for a library card, join Friends of the Library. Read, write, speak while you still can. #booksky #authorsky

Got to meet one of my THIS MAMA IS LIT! podcast guests IRL!

With @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social at Poets & Writers in DC.

Check out K.T.’s episode of TMIL at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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#writingpodcast @literarymama.bsky.social

Loved seeing you! 🩷

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

K.T. Nguyen just won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel at Bouchercon! To help celebrate, listen to her podcast episode on THIS MAMA IS LIT!
(Link below or find TMIL wherever you get podcasts!)
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Thank you and cheers to you!

Thanks, Casey!!!

Genuinely curious. Not sure if I missed something?!

Why is Ron Darling reporting from the stands with Gelbs glowering in the background? #mets #metssky #metsky #gkr #sny #nymets #lgm #garykeithron

Reviews incoming! Horror, thriller, mystery, and suspense selections from @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social
Andrew K Clark, Asha Greyling, and @blacktopkid.bsky.social for your next great read!

Reviews at Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

#bookworm #bookrecs #writingcommunity #booksky

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz 1. Were Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein friends? A. I don’t know. B. If by “friends” you mean that the two men partied together at Mar-a-Lago, tha...

"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."

Exciting!

NOIR AT THE BOOKSTOIRE is this Thursday! Today's featured guest author is @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social.

@christafaust.bsky.social @robwhart.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social

Thanks for having me on!

K.T. Nguyen: Lived Experience as Fiction Eva Langston and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with K.T. Nguyen, author of You Know What You Did, about being the child of immigrants, OCD, and her time as a magazine editor.

ICYMI:

@ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social, author of You Know What You Did, talks w @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about being the child of immigrants, OCD, and her time as a magazine editor.

A lie gets half-way around the block, while the truth is putting its shoes on.

But its shoes are on and I’m going to tell the truth.

Thank you!!!!

Thanks and fun chatting with you about JJ!

Thank you Daphne! It was lovely meeting you.

Susan Rice on Pete Hegseth attacking DEI while betraying his own incompetence: "If you're a white, Christian, cisgender, macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. That's apparently what we've learned from this episode."

Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.

In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.

It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.