Kelly Weill
@kellyweill.bsky.social
Writer in books and blogs. Author of "Off The Edge" (book) and MomLeft.com (newsletter). Bunch of other words at NYMag, The Daily Beast, Atlantic, your yearbook.
kellybweill at gmail
kellybweill at gmail
Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused
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These steps, I wrote, “could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
March 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
These steps, I wrote, “could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid
February 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid
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perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
MAGA family values
Some thoughts on the (alleged!) Musk-St. Clair baby and the tech-trad alliance
gabydelvalle.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
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Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Cameras have appeared outside homes of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ activists. Why are they there?
Cameras are hidden in unmarked boxes on utility poles in a move residents and advocates call ‘creepy’ and ‘corrosive’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Steve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Steve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance
i am having such a nice time
February 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
i am having such a nice time
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
give the bills a gun
February 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HYPE HYPE HYPE
Some personal news: I'm writing a book about the future of right-wing media
PICK ME coming fall 2026
PICK ME coming fall 2026
February 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
HYPE HYPE HYPE
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Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.
Final stretch and we're going to try to bump those preorders up even more—use the code for 20% off OWNED if you order today or tomorrow!
Only through the Hachette site: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-...
Only through the Hachette site: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-...
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.
he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him
February 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him
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The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
orwh.od.nih.gov
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
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The inhuman centipede
what I think is happening here is that somebody posted on X the (false) notion that Jo Ellis was the pilot of the crashed Black Hawk and it got whatever level of pickup it takes to make Grok ingest it, and then people eat Grok’s dogshit and post about it, feeding the cycle
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The inhuman centipede
don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)
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"where are all the protests?"
read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
Welcome to the United States of Suppression
Our new series documents the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S.
www.teenvogue.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"where are all the protests?"
read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
give the bills a gun
January 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
give the bills a gun
my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient
January 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient
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for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events
January 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events
my husband got me this hat with moveable velcro letters and unfortunately i think it’s going to become a core part of my personality
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
my husband got me this hat with moveable velcro letters and unfortunately i think it’s going to become a core part of my personality
experiences, wrapped
December 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
experiences, wrapped
my preschooler has come up with a great bit: every time we pass this random, spiky-roofed industrial building on the train into Melbourne, Australia, he bellows “the Sydney Opera House!!” in his NY accent. mortifying. no talking him out of it, either
December 29, 2024 at 3:08 AM
my preschooler has come up with a great bit: every time we pass this random, spiky-roofed industrial building on the train into Melbourne, Australia, he bellows “the Sydney Opera House!!” in his NY accent. mortifying. no talking him out of it, either
havimg 3 glasses of wine at christmas dinner and telling my kids the paw patrol dogs died of parvovirus
December 25, 2024 at 5:22 AM
havimg 3 glasses of wine at christmas dinner and telling my kids the paw patrol dogs died of parvovirus