Katie Herrmann
@katieherrmann.bsky.social
Lawyer. I make up songs about my dog and sing them to her. Sometimes I run into things.
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Send Help is a masterpiece.
No joke, might be my new favorite movie. Full stop.
Sam Raimi, you beautiful fellow MSU-alum: Well done, sir.
No joke, might be my new favorite movie. Full stop.
Sam Raimi, you beautiful fellow MSU-alum: Well done, sir.
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Send Help is a masterpiece.
No joke, might be my new favorite movie. Full stop.
Sam Raimi, you beautiful fellow MSU-alum: Well done, sir.
No joke, might be my new favorite movie. Full stop.
Sam Raimi, you beautiful fellow MSU-alum: Well done, sir.
Someone get this cat more blankets
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Someone get this cat more blankets
There's a guy in our building who spends an occasional weeknight getting high off his ass and riding the elevator up and down for hours trying to meet as many dogs as possible.
Say what you will but I would honestly miss that dude if we moved.
Say what you will but I would honestly miss that dude if we moved.
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
There's a guy in our building who spends an occasional weeknight getting high off his ass and riding the elevator up and down for hours trying to meet as many dogs as possible.
Say what you will but I would honestly miss that dude if we moved.
Say what you will but I would honestly miss that dude if we moved.
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good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
Convo I've had to have at least half-a-dozen times in the past two weeks:
Doc: "So what brings you in today?"
Me: "I fell on my face."
Doc: "So what brings you in today?"
Me: "I fell on my face."
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Convo I've had to have at least half-a-dozen times in the past two weeks:
Doc: "So what brings you in today?"
Me: "I fell on my face."
Doc: "So what brings you in today?"
Me: "I fell on my face."
Please don't let them have the show.
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Please don't let them have the show.
I'll go ahead and brush my shoulder off.
Per Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the $7.25M verdict that @katieherrmann.bsky.social and I litigated last May was the second highest jury verdict in Virginia in 2025.
I'll take it.
I'll take it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I'll go ahead and brush my shoulder off.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
He doesn't have to hear the very pointed way my mom says, "I see Josh posted something on Facebook."
once every six months or so I’ll post something of Facebook even though the fascist algo over there always kills any engagement. anyway, posted this tonight.
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 AM
He doesn't have to hear the very pointed way my mom says, "I see Josh posted something on Facebook."
Well.
The mural and memorial were intenionally trashed, for sure.
I won't describe or post pics because fuck whoever did it.
To that person: I bet even ICE rejected you. Maybe you'll win them over with your next impotent rage-fueled tantrum, you bigoted loser. Doubt it.
The mural and memorial were intenionally trashed, for sure.
I won't describe or post pics because fuck whoever did it.
To that person: I bet even ICE rejected you. Maybe you'll win them over with your next impotent rage-fueled tantrum, you bigoted loser. Doubt it.
The mural has since been destroyed
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Well.
The mural and memorial were intenionally trashed, for sure.
I won't describe or post pics because fuck whoever did it.
To that person: I bet even ICE rejected you. Maybe you'll win them over with your next impotent rage-fueled tantrum, you bigoted loser. Doubt it.
The mural and memorial were intenionally trashed, for sure.
I won't describe or post pics because fuck whoever did it.
To that person: I bet even ICE rejected you. Maybe you'll win them over with your next impotent rage-fueled tantrum, you bigoted loser. Doubt it.
She loves water, but not in all forms.
Poor girl. We've had some long walks that covered some pretty short distances today.
Poor girl. We've had some long walks that covered some pretty short distances today.
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 AM
She loves water, but not in all forms.
Poor girl. We've had some long walks that covered some pretty short distances today.
Poor girl. We've had some long walks that covered some pretty short distances today.
So, Tik Tok is completely busted now, right?
My best source for all things Tik Tok (my sister) lives in Canada and doesn't know what gives.
My best source for all things Tik Tok (my sister) lives in Canada and doesn't know what gives.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
So, Tik Tok is completely busted now, right?
My best source for all things Tik Tok (my sister) lives in Canada and doesn't know what gives.
My best source for all things Tik Tok (my sister) lives in Canada and doesn't know what gives.
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“we’ll take it from here, Alex” really got me
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
“we’ll take it from here, Alex” really got me
Brushed some snow off posters and came back with flowers.
In Arlington, Virginia.
In Arlington, Virginia.
January 25, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Brushed some snow off posters and came back with flowers.
In Arlington, Virginia.
In Arlington, Virginia.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
Many folks here watched footage of a good man being murdered today.
I feel anger toward the guilty, disgust for the depravity, sorrow for the present, and fear for the future.
My heart feels heavy for everyone whose life he touched. For all of the helpers.
It is OK to not be OK.
Take care.
I feel anger toward the guilty, disgust for the depravity, sorrow for the present, and fear for the future.
My heart feels heavy for everyone whose life he touched. For all of the helpers.
It is OK to not be OK.
Take care.
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Many folks here watched footage of a good man being murdered today.
I feel anger toward the guilty, disgust for the depravity, sorrow for the present, and fear for the future.
My heart feels heavy for everyone whose life he touched. For all of the helpers.
It is OK to not be OK.
Take care.
I feel anger toward the guilty, disgust for the depravity, sorrow for the present, and fear for the future.
My heart feels heavy for everyone whose life he touched. For all of the helpers.
It is OK to not be OK.
Take care.
Dressed like a character from Fargo to go walk the dog in Virginia.
January 25, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Dressed like a character from Fargo to go walk the dog in Virginia.
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“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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Reminder that if you're arrested in Illinois for protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Reminder that if you're arrested in Illinois for protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.
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Pretti’s last words were, reportedly, “are you ok?”
They murdered Good and Pretti, a poet and a nurse, one whose last words were “I’m not mad,” another whose last act was shielding another. Because of course that’s who they killed. Everyday people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Pretti’s last words were, reportedly, “are you ok?”
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I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.