Alexander Chee
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
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"Beradt’s tendencies toward consolidation and abstraction were part of a broader contemporary trend that elevated the Holocaust above the contingencies of ordinary history and into the realm of indelible myth."
Raphael Magarik on The Third Reich of Dreams:
Raphael Magarik on The Third Reich of Dreams:
The Dream Logic of Fascism
In Charlotte Beradt’s study of nightmares under Nazism, the analysis often seems inadequate to the material.
jewishcurrents.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Beradt’s tendencies toward consolidation and abstraction were part of a broader contemporary trend that elevated the Holocaust above the contingencies of ordinary history and into the realm of indelible myth."
Raphael Magarik on The Third Reich of Dreams:
Raphael Magarik on The Third Reich of Dreams:
Over 10 displacements, and keeping children alive the whole time. Can you help Mohammed and Elias?
In the heart of Gaza,my children are facing a reality no child should ever know.Every day a struggle for safety,food,and hope.Their smiles are fading under the weight of fear and loss.Iam reaching out to your humanity:please help me protect them
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Over 10 displacements, and keeping children alive the whole time. Can you help Mohammed and Elias?
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Iowa's voucher program working as intended:
$700M spent in first three years
Private school enrollment ⬆️2,536 students (just 0.5% of total public enrollment)
Two largest public school districts announce multimillion dollar cuts, staffing reductions, & school closures
www.kcrg.com/2026/01/20/w...
$700M spent in first three years
Private school enrollment ⬆️2,536 students (just 0.5% of total public enrollment)
Two largest public school districts announce multimillion dollar cuts, staffing reductions, & school closures
www.kcrg.com/2026/01/20/w...
Cedar Rapids school board cuts nearly $13 million from budget
The Cedar Rapids School Board voted to cut nearly $13 million from its budget during a meeting Monday night that lasted more than four hours, addressing a shortfall caused by declining enrollment.
www.kcrg.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Iowa's voucher program working as intended:
$700M spent in first three years
Private school enrollment ⬆️2,536 students (just 0.5% of total public enrollment)
Two largest public school districts announce multimillion dollar cuts, staffing reductions, & school closures
www.kcrg.com/2026/01/20/w...
$700M spent in first three years
Private school enrollment ⬆️2,536 students (just 0.5% of total public enrollment)
Two largest public school districts announce multimillion dollar cuts, staffing reductions, & school closures
www.kcrg.com/2026/01/20/w...
As they say on Tumblr now, thank you for tagging me in this.
“Showing Hudson Williams around the Versace cottage”
via Donatella Versace on Instagram
via Donatella Versace on Instagram
January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
As they say on Tumblr now, thank you for tagging me in this.
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Despair is telling me the knowledge I've amassed over the last two decades is worthless.
It's a lie.
Fuck off despair. Mendacious lil bitch.
It's a lie.
Fuck off despair. Mendacious lil bitch.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Despair is telling me the knowledge I've amassed over the last two decades is worthless.
It's a lie.
Fuck off despair. Mendacious lil bitch.
It's a lie.
Fuck off despair. Mendacious lil bitch.
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Life comes at you fast.
January 20, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Life comes at you fast.
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Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned
To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned
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I'm going to fucking lose it, this man was grown in a lab for me to support
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I'm going to fucking lose it, this man was grown in a lab for me to support
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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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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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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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
🧵
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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I hope people support birchbark books in the twin cities which is run by Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich. birchbarkbooks.com
Birchbark Books & Native Arts / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owned by author Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books is a full range bookstore specializing in Indigenous American books, arts & gifts. Our books are lovingly chosen. Our store is tended with care. We are ...
birchbarkbooks.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I hope people support birchbark books in the twin cities which is run by Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich. birchbarkbooks.com
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Speaking of which: “The researchers found that drinking just ten ounces of hot coffee out of all-plastic cups could result in the drinker ingesting 363,000 pieces of microplastic particles a year.”
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Speaking of which: “The researchers found that drinking just ten ounces of hot coffee out of all-plastic cups could result in the drinker ingesting 363,000 pieces of microplastic particles a year.”
Here it is: a map of London marked with every location in any Iris Murdoch novel, for those who might want or need it. Thank you @joshuajfriedman.com.
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Here it is: a map of London marked with every location in any Iris Murdoch novel, for those who might want or need it. Thank you @joshuajfriedman.com.
I am trying to remember a website I found that had mapped every London setting for every Iris Murdoch novel. Does this ring a bell? There's a book also, but the online map was amazing. My searches keep finding the book but not the site.
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I am trying to remember a website I found that had mapped every London setting for every Iris Murdoch novel. Does this ring a bell? There's a book also, but the online map was amazing. My searches keep finding the book but not the site.
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UPDATE: We met ChongLy Thao, who goes by Scott, today along w his son, Chris. Scott told us about being taken, driven around til the agents figured out he was a U.S. citizen & not their alleged target, then dropped back off at home w no apology.Came back later and ICE was back, idling in the street.
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
UPDATE: We met ChongLy Thao, who goes by Scott, today along w his son, Chris. Scott told us about being taken, driven around til the agents figured out he was a U.S. citizen & not their alleged target, then dropped back off at home w no apology.Came back later and ICE was back, idling in the street.
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It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
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Maine there is a Facebook group recruiting people to infiltrate groups supporting their neighbors during an ICE occupation.
Andy writes about it here.
People are joining the Pine Guard “militia” with their full government names.
#hostilepress #hostilepressME
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Andy writes about it here.
People are joining the Pine Guard “militia” with their full government names.
#hostilepress #hostilepressME
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
As much I've resisted writing about Richard Coffron over the years, I decided to do a little profile on him after his latest "Pine Guard" stunt. open.substack.com/pub/andyobri...
MAGA Shitposter Richard Coffron Trying to Form Group to Disrupt Anti-ICE Protests in Maine
MAGA shitposter Richard Coffron of Hallowell announced his big nefarious plan to form a pro-ICE “unit” called “Pine Guard” to surveil and “expose” anti-ICE protestors on his popular Maine X Community ...
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Maine there is a Facebook group recruiting people to infiltrate groups supporting their neighbors during an ICE occupation.
Andy writes about it here.
People are joining the Pine Guard “militia” with their full government names.
#hostilepress #hostilepressME
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Andy writes about it here.
People are joining the Pine Guard “militia” with their full government names.
#hostilepress #hostilepressME
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...
Maine pauses undercover license plate requests amid ICE concerns
According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Maine plates will not be used for "lawless purposes."
wgme.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...
Ramzi is raising money to feed his family in Gaza this week, if you can help: chuffed.org/project/1319...
Help ramzi from Gaza
My name is Ramzi from Gaza, I am 20 years old. My house was destroyed and we are living the most difficult days of our lives. My family consists of 4 members and we suffer every day. We have been disp...
chuffed.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Ramzi is raising money to feed his family in Gaza this week, if you can help: chuffed.org/project/1319...
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I am Aboud, a child from Gaza, 13 years old
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $150. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $150. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
January 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I am Aboud, a child from Gaza, 13 years old
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $150. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $150. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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Important also to note that while Boring is now getting passengers to the Vegas airport, it is getting them there ON SURFACE STREETS
They're pitching this as a "traffic fix." The whole system in Vegas moves about as many people as the 23 Dickerson WeGo route -- just less efficient and with a much worse operator:passenger ratio.
Below from /r/nashville
Below from /r/nashville
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Important also to note that while Boring is now getting passengers to the Vegas airport, it is getting them there ON SURFACE STREETS
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In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
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"they don't care about polls." okay. the next question to ask is, "how has this worked out for them?" and he answer is that it has led to the rapid deterioration of their political position, which erodes their ability to influence or compel other actors.
I wish part 2 was true. They don’t care about polls.
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"they don't care about polls." okay. the next question to ask is, "how has this worked out for them?" and he answer is that it has led to the rapid deterioration of their political position, which erodes their ability to influence or compel other actors.