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Kristina Newhouse

@askingwhynow.bsky.social

Contemporary art curator and writer. Artist legacy consultant. I shout at the wind daily about the state of our union.

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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to Trump administration executive orders and actions.

Curious? Count stands at 620.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions at www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

08.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ever for sale.

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Four Big Tech Companies Avoided $51 Billion in Taxes in Wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act Four of the corporations whose CEOs flanked President Trump at his 2025 inauguration ceremony have now disclosed that they collectively received $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025, much of that...

Four big tech companies avoided $51 billion in federal income tax last year.

Here's how much they paid:

Tesla: 0%
Amazon: 1.4%
Meta: 3.6%
Alphabet: 8%
itep.org/trump-meta-t...

06.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Mona Lisa’s Face Redacted in Latest Trove of Epstein Files The decision to cover the world’s most famous portrait feels particularly misguided as the DOJ faces accusations of releasing sensitive victim information.

Incompetent, unserious or both?

hyperallergic.com/mona-lisas-f...

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πŸ’―

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The Winter Olympics start today, and we will feel pride and honor for our country.

But when we see our criminal, delusional President, we feel none of those things.

I’ve faced off with him before, and now I’m ready to take him on in Congress.

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Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines The Jan. 6 select panel has obtained the draft order and a document titled "Remarks on National Healing." Both are reported here in detail for the first time.

First floated in 2020 www.politico.com/news/2022/01...

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Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress' A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

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The big winners in Minneapolis? The sheet glass and auto glass manufacturers and installers. Are people tracking the wanton property damage happening?

05.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Noem's f*ckbuddy was Bovino's handler. Awesome. Explains why he crawled into Trump's office on hands and knees with her after the Pretti killing to get protection.

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Homan has done nothing. Purely performative. His conditions for "drawing down" to a mere 2000 agents will likely not be met, giving DHS an excuse to continue the cruelty.

04.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Homan has done nothing. Purely performative. His conditions for "drawing down" to a mere 2000 agents will likely not be met, giving DHS an excuse to continue the cruelty.

04.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Homan has done nothing. Purely performative. His conditions for "drawing down" to a mere 2000 agents will likely not be met, giving DHS an excuse to continue the cruelty.

04.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload

This Minneapolis prosecutor was so overwhelmed by the caseload that she told a judge, "she would welcome being held in contempt of court because it would allow her to get a good night’s sleep."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

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The journalists should walk out en masse, every frickin' time he demeans a woman reporter.

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β€œ.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”

@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...

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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

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A β€˜shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health

Some heroes wear lab coats. #cdc

www.scientificamerican.com/article/stat...

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β€œImagine if we had to follow the law”

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holy shit

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Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.

This should have been the case long before they killed two Americans.

Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border.

apnews.com/article/immi...

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She Took Her 13-Year-Old Daughter to a Labor March. ICE Tear-Gassed Them Both. β€œIt seemed like it happened really fast. And there just were so many babies and kids and elderly people among us.”

"I really thought this was going to be a family-friendly event. Like, we are not people who are interested in throwing down with cops or getting ourselves in trouble." www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...

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Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.

There are many children suffering in detention. #noice www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...

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When one mother was taken by ICE, another stepped in to donate breastmilk Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.

19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...

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This is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.

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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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What a bunch of sh*tbirds in ICE.

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Spring is coming

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1/ Ian Austin has since been re-arrested along with Don Lemon, which he believes is bc the video we made of him (below) criticizing the Trump regime and encouraging fellow vets to wake up had gotten millions of views.

It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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