Kristy Koth
@kothinadream.bsky.social
US expat in DE, Publisher of bilingual kids’ books, PhD in French Lit Northwestern, mom to 2 sons (one 🏳️⚧️) and a borrowed son (Ukrainian refugee), happily married for 30 yrs, pretty sure I’m the luckiest person alive.
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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'Why don’t you try doing nothing, sire?' If only Donald Trump would take this advice once offered to the equally irresponsible Kaiser Wilhelm II (via Bloomberg Opinion)
Trump Is a Lot Like Kaiser Wilhelm: Vanity Itself
An admiral writes of a world leader who is familiar to us: “He is vanity itself, sacrificing everything to his own moods and childish amusements, and nobody checks him in doing so. I ask myself how people with blood rather than water in their veins can bear to be around him.”
bloom.bg
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
'Why don’t you try doing nothing, sire?' If only Donald Trump would take this advice once offered to the equally irresponsible Kaiser Wilhelm II (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
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We’ll say it again, ICE is terrorizing our communities. ICE is making us all less safe, less secure, and they are hurting and killing people in our streets.
Senate Democrats MUST BLOCK ICE FUNDING this week. Please call your U.S. Senators (202) 224-3121 📞
Senate Democrats MUST BLOCK ICE FUNDING this week. Please call your U.S. Senators (202) 224-3121 📞
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
We’ll say it again, ICE is terrorizing our communities. ICE is making us all less safe, less secure, and they are hurting and killing people in our streets.
Senate Democrats MUST BLOCK ICE FUNDING this week. Please call your U.S. Senators (202) 224-3121 📞
Senate Democrats MUST BLOCK ICE FUNDING this week. Please call your U.S. Senators (202) 224-3121 📞
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
Vielleicht sollten sich deutsche Nachrichtenmedien die kursierenden Videos aus #Minneapolis, die verschiedene Blickwinkel zeigen, erst einmal anschauen, bevor sie die Lügen des US-Heimatschutzministeriums als ganz normale Aussage wiedergeben.
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Check it out, Evanston, and please share with friends who might be DPOE voters.
Every democratic process — from orgs to formal elections — deserves accurate and accessible information so voters know all of their options.
If you’d like to watch my video answering the DPOE’s questions, you can do so here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvt...
If you’d like to watch my video answering the DPOE’s questions, you can do so here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvt...
DPOE Endorsement 2026 - Kat Abughazaleh - IL-9
YouTube video by Evanston Democrats Endorsement Session 2026
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Check it out, Evanston, and please share with friends who might be DPOE voters.
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Heads up, Evanston.
Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates.
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Heads up, Evanston.
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Just remember, your local healthcare sites are going to be open on Friday in Minneapolis, so if you get frostbite or something else happens, we're going to be there to help you. Don't not go in because of the strike. We don't want that. We want to help you.
January 23, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Just remember, your local healthcare sites are going to be open on Friday in Minneapolis, so if you get frostbite or something else happens, we're going to be there to help you. Don't not go in because of the strike. We don't want that. We want to help you.
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With everything shut down tomorrow Community Kitchen MPLS is having a potluck and making sure there is a warm space and hot food for folks that need it!
These are my people <3
@commkitchenmpls.bsky.social
These are my people <3
@commkitchenmpls.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 AM
With everything shut down tomorrow Community Kitchen MPLS is having a potluck and making sure there is a warm space and hot food for folks that need it!
These are my people <3
@commkitchenmpls.bsky.social
These are my people <3
@commkitchenmpls.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The House passed a bill renewing ICE and CBP's already record-high budget — with no strings attached.
The Senate must reject this bill and rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
The Senate must reject this bill and rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
BREAKING: The House passed a bill renewing ICE and CBP's already record-high budget — with no strings attached.
The Senate must reject this bill and rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
The Senate must reject this bill and rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
From the moment he descended his golden escalator, Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has been textbook fascism.
From the moment he descended his golden escalator, Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has been textbook fascism.
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
From the moment he descended his golden escalator, Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has been textbook fascism.
From the moment he descended his golden escalator, Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has been textbook fascism.
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The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
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“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness,” said her widow, Becca Good.
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
"Had the admin. not deployed taxpayer-funded officers into the state for political reasons, there’s plenty of reason to believe that Renee Nicole Good – poet, mother, and treasured neighbor in her Minneapolis community – might still be alive today."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”
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Damning from the Süddeutsche: "In Trump's America, it's now your own fault if you are shot." Peter Burghardt writes of government "without decency or empathy."
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
Der Tod von Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis wirft Fragen zur Gewalt und zu Trumps Politik auf. Die Regierung gibt der Toten die Schuld.
sz.de
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Damning from the Süddeutsche: "In Trump's America, it's now your own fault if you are shot." Peter Burghardt writes of government "without decency or empathy."
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
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The U.S. is spending $37.5B on ICE this year—more than Canada’s entire military budget. That’s double the EPA, FDA, and OSHA combined.
It costs every household $300/yr for ICE to terrorize their neighbors. Even if ICE meets its cruel goal of 1M deportations, that’s $37.5K per person. For what?
It costs every household $300/yr for ICE to terrorize their neighbors. Even if ICE meets its cruel goal of 1M deportations, that’s $37.5K per person. For what?
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The U.S. is spending $37.5B on ICE this year—more than Canada’s entire military budget. That’s double the EPA, FDA, and OSHA combined.
It costs every household $300/yr for ICE to terrorize their neighbors. Even if ICE meets its cruel goal of 1M deportations, that’s $37.5K per person. For what?
It costs every household $300/yr for ICE to terrorize their neighbors. Even if ICE meets its cruel goal of 1M deportations, that’s $37.5K per person. For what?
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)