Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
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Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
· Aug 15
I don’t know why I post this stuff but just trying to occasionally lighten the timeline slightly or something.
Armcherries, rise up: we have a potential unauthorized evacuation by the President, we have no choice but to offer a forensic video analysis www.reddit.com/r/esist/s/hU...
From the esist community on Reddit: My Friends We Were Just Given The Means To End Trump, And It's Not The Epstein Files.
Explore this post and more from the esist community
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February 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Armcherries, rise up: we have a potential unauthorized evacuation by the President, we have no choice but to offer a forensic video analysis www.reddit.com/r/esist/s/hU...
I'm half watching the Grammy's while doing some work and I could have missed something, but, uh, yeah so far I'm not feeling like artists are meeting the moment? HOLD...thank you Olivia Dean
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm half watching the Grammy's while doing some work and I could have missed something, but, uh, yeah so far I'm not feeling like artists are meeting the moment? HOLD...thank you Olivia Dean
It is still quite snowy in NYC I see
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
It is still quite snowy in NYC I see
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I’m really looking forward to this, and especially to talking about some of our reporting on immigrant dairy workers which began just a few miles from Madison… please come if you can make it!
Online and in person on Tuesday, March 3, the amazing @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social will be a part of a public conversation on ethics and immigration reporting. Free and open to the public. More info: ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2026/01/28/p...
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I’m really looking forward to this, and especially to talking about some of our reporting on immigrant dairy workers which began just a few miles from Madison… please come if you can make it!
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Same.
I think money matters a good deal in a normal election cycle, but this isn’t a normal year. This year will be a brand and voter anger election. The constant fundraising appeals from Dems only makes me dislike them, particularly when they do this while being super squishy on Capitol Hill.
February 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Same.
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Our organized outrage is working — but we cannot let up now and allow Democrats to settle for empty reforms. To secure real restrictions on ICE and CBP that will actually protect our communities, we need to keep up the pressure on Congress.
Tell your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...
act.indivisible.org
February 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Our organized outrage is working — but we cannot let up now and allow Democrats to settle for empty reforms. To secure real restrictions on ICE and CBP that will actually protect our communities, we need to keep up the pressure on Congress.
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm." A must read.
Liam Conejo Ramos is not alone. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm." A must read.
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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A noteworthy takeaway from tonight's Texas result is that the Republicans spent a metric truckload of money on this race. They spent millions more than the Democrats. The loss itself aside, this is a gigantic, flashing warning sign for the GOP's finances.
February 1, 2026 at 6:54 AM
A noteworthy takeaway from tonight's Texas result is that the Republicans spent a metric truckload of money on this race. They spent millions more than the Democrats. The loss itself aside, this is a gigantic, flashing warning sign for the GOP's finances.
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this is beautiful and harrowing...
To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
this is beautiful and harrowing...
"Known as “Melt the ICE” caps, the pattern for the knitted hat — selling at $5 — has been ordered more than 85,000 times since being offered online in mid-January www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/s...
In Minneapolis, Knitters Are Protesting With Red Hats
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Known as “Melt the ICE” caps, the pattern for the knitted hat — selling at $5 — has been ordered more than 85,000 times since being offered online in mid-January www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/s...
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34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
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This graph has been making the rounds and it should. It’s a horror movie in graph form.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
This graph has been making the rounds and it should. It’s a horror movie in graph form.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
Cool zine, not sure who made it
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Cool zine, not sure who made it
Monsters. Jesus.
"X can not come at 7 p.m. tomorrow because of soccer."
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Monsters. Jesus.
Begging a pedophile to connect with you on LinkedIn…I can’t. I just can’t.
"The two were also connected on LinkedIn — many mentions of Ariely in the Epstein files were emails prompting Epstein to accept Ariely’s invitation to connect."
Y'all will never convince me to join this cursed website
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Y'all will never convince me to join this cursed website
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show
Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.
www.dukechronicle.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Begging a pedophile to connect with you on LinkedIn…I can’t. I just can’t.
I started reading this with the full expectation that I probably wouldn't even finish the piece, but this is really fascinating and gripping story about The Rock. Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/m...
What Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson Knows About Pain
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I started reading this with the full expectation that I probably wouldn't even finish the piece, but this is really fascinating and gripping story about The Rock. Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/m...
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It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
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DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
“I am petrified, to be sure,” said Andrea, an ICE observer in Chicago who asked to be identified by a pseudonym for safety reasons. “But [I have] no intentions to back down or not show up. That just isn’t an option.”
for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“I am petrified, to be sure,” said Andrea, an ICE observer in Chicago who asked to be identified by a pseudonym for safety reasons. “But [I have] no intentions to back down or not show up. That just isn’t an option.”
Really good listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Ta-Nehisi Coates: This Is Armed Identity Politics
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 01/29/2026 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Really good listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Once again, nothing is original. It's all been said before.
A List of Complaints from 1926
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January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Once again, nothing is original. It's all been said before.
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We are almost a week in, 60,000+ still don’t have power, and a cold weather advisory tonight through the weekend.
There should be investigations into how poorly this storm was handled by NES, local, state, and federal government.
There should be investigations into how poorly this storm was handled by NES, local, state, and federal government.
‘People have died. People are dying.’ Nashville leaders push NES to release restoration timeline for all customers immediately
‘People have died. People are dying.’ Nashville leaders push NES to release restoration timeline for all customers immediately
“What concerns me is that they keep saying they’re working on it. And we’re running out of time to work on it.”
www.wsmv.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:01 PM
We are almost a week in, 60,000+ still don’t have power, and a cold weather advisory tonight through the weekend.
There should be investigations into how poorly this storm was handled by NES, local, state, and federal government.
There should be investigations into how poorly this storm was handled by NES, local, state, and federal government.
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SC has already seeded cases in NC and Washington states. “We are losing decades of public health successes, and children will get very sick and die from preventable illnesses,” said Martha Edwards, head of AAP’s SC chapter.
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 PM
SC has already seeded cases in NC and Washington states. “We are losing decades of public health successes, and children will get very sick and die from preventable illnesses,” said Martha Edwards, head of AAP’s SC chapter.