Karen Schwartz
@pithywidow.bsky.social
Former Marie Claire contributing editor, NY Sun columnist and occasional NYT Styles writer. Ex-tweeter. F*ng b*.
Pinned
18 years. 18 is the numeric value of the word “chai”—life—in Judaism. Definitely feels like a lifetime ago. But he’s still here, and never won’t be. His memory is a blessing.
Just as time knew to move on since the beginning
And the seasons know exactly when to change…
I'll be loving you always
Just as time knew to move on since the beginning
And the seasons know exactly when to change…
I'll be loving you always
Definitely worth a watch
While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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January 22, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Definitely worth a watch
I ❤️ MN
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I ❤️ MN
Where we are as a country
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Where we are as a country
Area narcissist remains a narcissist
I wrote about Trump's terrible immigration poll numbers and why he doesn't seem to care. www.pbump.net/o/trump-does...
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Area narcissist remains a narcissist
In fairness who better to bury the Epstein files than an actual pedophile
And that’s why Trump wanted him as AG. Imagine the leverage!
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 AM
In fairness who better to bury the Epstein files than an actual pedophile
Unconscionable
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Unconscionable
Wonder why Trump wanted him to be Attorney General
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Wonder why Trump wanted him to be Attorney General
The man ran on Haitians are eating pets and closed his campaign a Nazi rally.
People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 AM
The man ran on Haitians are eating pets and closed his campaign a Nazi rally.
My law degree is from the Old Website but this seems v. consciousness of guilty
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My law degree is from the Old Website but this seems v. consciousness of guilty
🎶 Agreeeee 🎶
once SCOTUS made the decision to slow walk it, it was over, because the later things went the more costly it would have been for Republicans for Trump to be prosecuted.
I think the problem is that there was never an appeals-proof case, and you could not leave the fate of the republic up to SCOTUS, so time was more important than people gave it credit for.
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🎶 Agreeeee 🎶
If only the (hot) prosecutor was testifying about this tomorrow
I think my biggest break from this site's zeitgeist is I earnestly believe that the United States Government spent 2021-2024 trying to build a case strong enough to survive appeals and see Donald Trump die in prison, or in the alternative force SCOTUS to break the Constitution declare Trump a king.
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
If only the (hot) prosecutor was testifying about this tomorrow
We are a deeply unserious country, but I doubt you can get far with this in Minnesota
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
We are a deeply unserious country, but I doubt you can get far with this in Minnesota
Turns out our Gestapo is a gang of lawless thugs
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Turns out our Gestapo is a gang of lawless thugs
What could possibly be worth abasing yourself like this
Mike Johnson accuses Norway of “making a political decision & not awarding the Nobel Prize to probably the most deserving individual in history of the prize. There are 8 to 10 wars & conflicts that’ve been resolved by President Trump, & he got snubbed.”
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
What could possibly be worth abasing yourself like this
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The analogy between Hitler and Trump and Gestapo and ICE absolutely holds up. Where it breaks down is instead of doing a Krystallnacht, the citizens of America are protecting—not attacking—their neighbors.
The difference is only us.
The difference is only us.
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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!!! 🤯
I did a Zoom class visit yesterday to talk about Cue The Sun & when a HS student asked about the cultural impact of reality TV, I talked a bunch about Trump. Today I got a nice note from the teacher pointing out that some of the students had no idea that Trump had ever been a reality star!
January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM
!!! 🤯
Can we split screen with George Clooney en France
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Can we split screen with George Clooney en France
The battle is always malevolence v. stupidity
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The battle is always malevolence v. stupidity
Where is greed tho
This simple Venn diagram I made a decade ago still explains everything.
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Where is greed tho
Today in No Puppet
"Putin has sought to undermine NATO for nearly two decades.
"Now, as Trump pushes to control Greenland, Moscow is cheering.
"A Kremlin spokesman said, 'Trump will undoubtedly go down in the history books. Not only in the history of the US, but in world history.'"
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
"Now, as Trump pushes to control Greenland, Moscow is cheering.
"A Kremlin spokesman said, 'Trump will undoubtedly go down in the history books. Not only in the history of the US, but in world history.'"
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Russia Cheers the Growing NATO Rift Over Greenland
Putin has long sought to undermine the Western alliance that he sees as a threat.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Today in No Puppet
But Joe Biden was too old to be POTUS
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
But Joe Biden was too old to be POTUS
Mobster admires house, says something happening to it "would be a shame"
[holding someone at gunpoint]
I won't hurt you if you just give me your wallet
Headline: Area Man Not Shot
I won't hurt you if you just give me your wallet
Headline: Area Man Not Shot
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Mobster admires house, says something happening to it "would be a shame"
Mobster admires house, says something happening to it "would be a shame"
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Mobster admires house, says something happening to it "would be a shame"
Bond villain abroad, Batman villain at home
The president of the United States is a Bond villain
Trump: "So we want a piece of ice for world protection. And they won't give it. They have a choice. You can say yes and we will be very appreciative, or you can say no and we will remember."
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Bond villain abroad, Batman villain at home