KayelaWrites
@kwrights.bsky.social
I write #kidlit stories about finding hope and strength during times of darkness. Nonfiction Enthusiast. Story Collector. Library Lover. Adult ELL teacher. Gardening is my therapy #Adoptee for family preservation
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KayelaWrites
@kwrights.bsky.social
· Jan 23
So let's fight against family separation in any form.
It's all devastating and causes life-long trauma.
Get angry about all of it!
#adoption
#familypolicing
#immigrants
It's all devastating and causes life-long trauma.
Get angry about all of it!
#adoption
#familypolicing
#immigrants
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In a critical loss for the DOJ, a federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that they can refuse to carry out illegal orders.
"The tide Is turning": Democratic military vets respond to Trump's failure to indict them
Six members of Congress stood up for the Constitution. They won.
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
In a critical loss for the DOJ, a federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that they can refuse to carry out illegal orders.
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We're planning to expand the database to include more ICE profiteers' donations to congress. We'd love to hear your suggestions about what companies we should include! Feel free to comment below or DM me. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies and Executives Have Donated Millions to Members of Congress
Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.
inthesetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
We're planning to expand the database to include more ICE profiteers' donations to congress. We'd love to hear your suggestions about what companies we should include! Feel free to comment below or DM me. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
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I’m on the Senate floor right now with @booker.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov to talk about the crisis of our disappearing democracy. Never before has a President tried to indict Members of Congress for their political opposition to the President.
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I’m on the Senate floor right now with @booker.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov to talk about the crisis of our disappearing democracy. Never before has a President tried to indict Members of Congress for their political opposition to the President.
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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"Beatrice’s idea to broadcast a nightingale singing with her cello in 1924 broadened the experience of millions of people around the world. The broadcast was the first time listeners heard birdsong over the airwaves."- @patricianewman.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Beatrice’s idea to broadcast a nightingale singing with her cello in 1924 broadened the experience of millions of people around the world. The broadcast was the first time listeners heard birdsong over the airwaves."- @patricianewman.bsky.social
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Happy #BookBirthday @patricianewman.bsky.social BEATRICE AND THE NIGHTINGALE PeachtreeBooks Illus. Isabelle Follath #biography #picturebook #music erindealey.com/book-birthda... @pbpros.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social
Happy #BookBirthday to Beatrice and the Nightingale + Six Qs with Sibert Honor author Patricia Newman - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
We celebrate the #BookBirthday of Beatrice and the Nightingale + Six Qs with Sibert Honor author Patricia Newman
erindealey.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Happy #BookBirthday @patricianewman.bsky.social BEATRICE AND THE NIGHTINGALE PeachtreeBooks Illus. Isabelle Follath #biography #picturebook #music erindealey.com/book-birthda... @pbpros.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social
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⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek JUST IN CASE by @meganclendenan.bsky.social ; illus. by @cicchese-art.bsky.social ( @charlesbridge.bsky.social ) "The book doesn’t shy away from why we need to...protect the seeds...but the tone in words + pics remains calm + reassuring" www.hbook.com/story/review...
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek JUST IN CASE by @meganclendenan.bsky.social ; illus. by @cicchese-art.bsky.social ( @charlesbridge.bsky.social ) "The book doesn’t shy away from why we need to...protect the seeds...but the tone in words + pics remains calm + reassuring" www.hbook.com/story/review...
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adoption, colonialism & capitalism go hand in hand:
"With overseas couples paying up to $30,000 per child in the late 1980s, adoption became an immensely profitable industry, particularly in a country economically devastated by war."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"With overseas couples paying up to $30,000 per child in the late 1980s, adoption became an immensely profitable industry, particularly in a country economically devastated by war."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Torn Asunder | Oscar Lopez
As Guatemala and El Salvador were being torn apart by violent US-backed regimes, tens of thousands of children—many of them war orphans, others forcibly taken from their birth parents—were being adopt...
www.nybooks.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
adoption, colonialism & capitalism go hand in hand:
"With overseas couples paying up to $30,000 per child in the late 1980s, adoption became an immensely profitable industry, particularly in a country economically devastated by war."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"With overseas couples paying up to $30,000 per child in the late 1980s, adoption became an immensely profitable industry, particularly in a country economically devastated by war."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas
We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.
www.justsecurity.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
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in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
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Last week we shared our thoughts about NCFA’s claim that it would air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Shortly afterward, we learned the ad was not actually part of the Super Bowl broadcast, that we had been mislead, and we want to talk about that. 🥚
Why Adoptees Are Calling Out NCFA
An opportunity to look more closely at who speaks for adoption in the United States.
www.adopteeadvocatesofmichigan.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Last week we shared our thoughts about NCFA’s claim that it would air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Shortly afterward, we learned the ad was not actually part of the Super Bowl broadcast, that we had been mislead, and we want to talk about that. 🥚
Whoa.
"....the National Council for Adoption told the public it would air a pro-adoption, anti-abortion commercial during the Super Bowl halftime. Instead, the ad appeared just before Turning Point USA’s halftime programming, which was a very different platform with a very different audience."
"....the National Council for Adoption told the public it would air a pro-adoption, anti-abortion commercial during the Super Bowl halftime. Instead, the ad appeared just before Turning Point USA’s halftime programming, which was a very different platform with a very different audience."
Last week we shared our thoughts about NCFA’s claim that it would air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Shortly afterward, we learned the ad was not actually part of the Super Bowl broadcast, that we had been mislead, and we want to talk about that. 🥚
Why Adoptees Are Calling Out NCFA
An opportunity to look more closely at who speaks for adoption in the United States.
www.adopteeadvocatesofmichigan.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Whoa.
"....the National Council for Adoption told the public it would air a pro-adoption, anti-abortion commercial during the Super Bowl halftime. Instead, the ad appeared just before Turning Point USA’s halftime programming, which was a very different platform with a very different audience."
"....the National Council for Adoption told the public it would air a pro-adoption, anti-abortion commercial during the Super Bowl halftime. Instead, the ad appeared just before Turning Point USA’s halftime programming, which was a very different platform with a very different audience."
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Call to action from Adoptee Rights Campaign! One of my dear friends and Iranian adoptee sisters is in removal proceedings by DHS to be deported. Please reach out to your congressional/senate representatives, and any other sources, who may be helpful in stopping this madness! 🥚 #adopteesky
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Call to action from Adoptee Rights Campaign! One of my dear friends and Iranian adoptee sisters is in removal proceedings by DHS to be deported. Please reach out to your congressional/senate representatives, and any other sources, who may be helpful in stopping this madness! 🥚 #adopteesky
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I'm looking forward to this book about the trees of the world! Coming in March by @mcusolito.bsky.social and Marya Wright.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I'm looking forward to this book about the trees of the world! Coming in March by @mcusolito.bsky.social and Marya Wright.
I own them all.
You should read them.
You should read them.
Dr. Paul Farmer didn’t just practice medicine, he documented injustice, amplified the voices of the poor, and taught generations through his writing.
Here are some of his most powerful works: https://www.pih.org/article/top-10-books-written-by-dr.-paul-farmer
Here are some of his most powerful works: https://www.pih.org/article/top-10-books-written-by-dr.-paul-farmer
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I own them all.
You should read them.
You should read them.
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Medical concern is often treated as risk.
For disabled families, that can mean surveillance instead of care.
This post breaks that down.
#adopteesky
For disabled families, that can mean surveillance instead of care.
This post breaks that down.
#adopteesky
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Medical concern is often treated as risk.
For disabled families, that can mean surveillance instead of care.
This post breaks that down.
#adopteesky
For disabled families, that can mean surveillance instead of care.
This post breaks that down.
#adopteesky
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We found over 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We found over 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
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Were you investigated for a positive drug test while giving birth? Help our team continue their reporting on referrals to law enforcement for alleged drug use during pregnancy by sharing your story:
Investigated for a Positive Drug Test While Giving Birth? Tell Us What Happened Next.
Help our team continue their reporting on referrals to law enforcement for alleged drug use during pregnancy by sharing your story.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Were you investigated for a positive drug test while giving birth? Help our team continue their reporting on referrals to law enforcement for alleged drug use during pregnancy by sharing your story:
For those who support reproductive justice and family policing abolition.
"But this new investigation shows a much broader swath of patients being surveilled by hospitals, child welfare authorities, and law enforcement than previously known..."
Posting to 🥚 for my fellow interested adoptees.
"But this new investigation shows a much broader swath of patients being surveilled by hospitals, child welfare authorities, and law enforcement than previously known..."
Posting to 🥚 for my fellow interested adoptees.
Tens of thousands of new mothers have been flagged to police over unreliable drug tests.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests—sometimes triggered by women’s prescribed medications. [@themarshallproject.org]
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests—sometimes triggered by women’s prescribed medications. [@themarshallproject.org]
Tens of thousands of new mothers have been flagged to police over unreliable drug tests
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy—and that’s a significant undercount.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
For those who support reproductive justice and family policing abolition.
"But this new investigation shows a much broader swath of patients being surveilled by hospitals, child welfare authorities, and law enforcement than previously known..."
Posting to 🥚 for my fellow interested adoptees.
"But this new investigation shows a much broader swath of patients being surveilled by hospitals, child welfare authorities, and law enforcement than previously known..."
Posting to 🥚 for my fellow interested adoptees.
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My Iranian adoptee friend who is in the removal process by DHS is the anonymous adoptee in this story. Her fears have come true. 🥚💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember
Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
My Iranian adoptee friend who is in the removal process by DHS is the anonymous adoptee in this story. Her fears have come true. 🥚💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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As a Korean adoptee I never really quite know what to do for #seollal. It feels a little like cosplaying my lost culture, whilst also trying to reclaim it. A Korean acquaintance of mine just posted that she will be doing a kimchi workshop for seollal, using her mother's recipe. > #adoption 🥚
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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I love that @haymarketbooks.org has published a children's picture book advocating for prison abolition. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...
Prisons Must Fall
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I love that @haymarketbooks.org has published a children's picture book advocating for prison abolition. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...
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"But ever since this patio was built last spring, it has allowed me to catch my breath from the mayhem of prison. My general sadness lifted every time I visited the patio. There, I could read and write without distraction, and I could reimagine my life without prison."
We Built a Patio at My Prison. It Has Changed My Life
Incarcerated women built a patio, and we use it for Bible study, leisurely picnics, to engage in mindfulness or yoga, and to play cards or crochet.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"But ever since this patio was built last spring, it has allowed me to catch my breath from the mayhem of prison. My general sadness lifted every time I visited the patio. There, I could read and write without distraction, and I could reimagine my life without prison."
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Family separation is not a failure of individual parents.
It’s a historical tool.
This essay breaks down how the family policing system operates through surveillance, and why understanding it is part of Black history.
Read it here ⬇️
buff.ly/XDG8ucd
#adopteesky
It’s a historical tool.
This essay breaks down how the family policing system operates through surveillance, and why understanding it is part of Black history.
Read it here ⬇️
buff.ly/XDG8ucd
#adopteesky
The Family Policing System Is Part of Black History
The family policing system hides behind “child welfare.” Learn how CPS surveillance, neglect labels, and bias drive family separation, especially for Black families.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Family separation is not a failure of individual parents.
It’s a historical tool.
This essay breaks down how the family policing system operates through surveillance, and why understanding it is part of Black history.
Read it here ⬇️
buff.ly/XDG8ucd
#adopteesky
It’s a historical tool.
This essay breaks down how the family policing system operates through surveillance, and why understanding it is part of Black history.
Read it here ⬇️
buff.ly/XDG8ucd
#adopteesky