Andrew Karre

It should not be remotely controversial to run for office on abolishing this guy.

Meanwhile, we have Democrats voting to condemn socialism.

The design is the work of the brilliant Theresa Evangelista (featuring a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, of course). Theresa has worked on all of Joy's novel covers since BLOOD WATER PAINT. Joy and I are forever grateful for her work.

Suffer a Witch by Joy McCullough: 9780593855904 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books For readers of Know My Name by Chanel Miller and fans of Broadway’s John Proctor Is the Villain, a stunning memoir in verse about sexual abuse, survival, and sisterhood from the New York Times bestsel...

SUFFER A WITCH is a memoir by @joymccullough.bsky.social, and working on it with her has been one of the most intense and rewarding experiences of my career. I'm so excited to begin sharing it with readers in 2026—and to share the cover today.

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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.

Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

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As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

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Tremendous call to action to fight book banning from by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social at the ALAN Breakfast as she accepts the ALSN Award on behalf of @authorsabb.bsky.social

“The function of literature is not to instill obedience.”

I understand that there are thousands of humans in this city who are really bad at driving.

But somehow it feels quite different to risk an encounter with a human driver's mistake than it does to risk an encounter with a billionaire tech bro fever dream.

On a personal note, I ride a bike year round on our roads. Lots of people in the Twin Cities do. Some local asshole has a Tesla with the license plate "nohnds." The first time I saw that car, it was like seeing a really stupid angel of death.

Waymo seems like the whole damn heavenly choir.

I saw screenshots this morning of Trump threatening members of Congress with death for this video but I hadn't seen the video. So if, like me, you've been inadequately online this week, this is what Trump thinks is worthy of EXECUTION.

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

I have absolutely no confidence Waymo will be anything other than a menace.

This whole thread, but especially this part.

Driving safely in a city winter is a community activity. One does not simply drive alone in Minneapolis in February. One participates in a delicate interchange with every other soul on or near the roads—which are often completely covered in snow and ice.

Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...

NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.

In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Vaccine Safety MENU V For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. • HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.

The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.

Period.

This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.

The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country

"Jamal’s plight and murder was a warning sign for America, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country."

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“Some described her condition as a “ticking time bomb.” Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died.

If America has been consistent about anything since the Civil War, it has been consistent in relentless tailoring the law to harm Black people. This is a prime example.

I believe we will eventually understand that these state abortion laws are functionally identical to the web of laws and doctrines (especially qualified immunity) that make it nearly impossible to prosecute police misconduct effectively.

Jim Crow by another name.

Tierra Walker was murdered by the state of Texas. Her death was a desirable outcome for the Texas GOP, a sign of the law functioning as intended by its authors. Any other conclusion is a joke.

In normaler times, this is front page, above the fold, all caps behavior by an American president

Every American newspaper's op-ed page should be focused on Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and legacy for the rest of the week.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

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Trump dismisses criticism of' Saudi crown prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen'

Jamal Khashoggi was a WaPo columnist when he was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul at the direction of the Saudi government. The entire world condemned it, except Trump. This wasn’t “things happen.” It was a state-sanctioned assassination for exercising free speech.

New Florida Curriculum on Communism is a “Dangerous Recasting” of McCarthyism (MIAMI)-- PEN America today criticized Florida's new social studies standards that established a unit on “The History of Communism” for grades 6-12, calling it a “dangerous recasting” of McCarthyism as patriotism. PEN America Florida Director William Jo...

A “dangerous recasting” of McCarthyism as patriotism: PEN America statement on Florida’s new social studies standards that establish a unit on “The History of Communism” for grades 6-12 https://pen.org/press-release/new-florida-curriculum-is-dangerous-recasting-of-mccarthyism/

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, issued a statement saying that I was lying about the circumstances leading up to my firing. Then I was invited by the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee to testify in front of Congress. The administration sent armed U.S. Marshals to my home to deliver a letter warning me about testifying. A career employee who was still at the department helped me get it called off before they got to my house, where my teenager was home alone. I felt the purpose was to intimidate me. And I think it was intended to send a message to other department employees, too, who might be thinking about speaking up. I needed a lawyer. I spent the entire weekend calling all of the lawyers that I know at law firms around D.C. Everybody I talked to was saying: “Thank you so much for what you’re doing. We’ll do whatever we can behind the scenes to support you.” But nobody actually wanted to sit behind me at a congressional hearing. Nobody wanted to put their name on a letter to Todd Blanche.

The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.

I appreciate @andrewkarre.bsky.social for discussing this aspect of book bans so well. Teenagers think about sex and sometimes even have sex, and to pretend otherwise is both harmful and ridiculous.