Rochelle
@rochellerudnick.bsky.social
Taking life (and photos) one day at a time. She/her.
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The son of a veteran who died in 2024 says Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was his dad's ICU nurse and read out a final salute after his father's death.
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The son of a veteran who died in 2024 says Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was his dad's ICU nurse and read out a final salute after his father's death.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.
December 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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It's really simple
Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow
Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow
Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race
Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's really simple
Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow
Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow
Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment.
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
Gaza is starving
Palestinians seeking food are being killed by the IDF. It's time for the entire world to say enough.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment.
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
July 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
June 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
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The New York Times gets it wrong. It takes an out-of-town newspaper to get it right www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Editorial: Don't rank Andrew Cuomo
Four years after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo resigned in disgrace, New York City's Democratic voters should look elsewhere for leadership.
www.timesunion.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The New York Times gets it wrong. It takes an out-of-town newspaper to get it right www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
May 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Virtually all human rights organizations in Israel call the government to halt its attacks and open the crossings for aid. This is from 19th May. Signed by B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, Mizrahi Civic Collective, Mothers Against Violence, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, Yesh Din, etc.
May 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Virtually all human rights organizations in Israel call the government to halt its attacks and open the crossings for aid. This is from 19th May. Signed by B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, Mizrahi Civic Collective, Mothers Against Violence, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, Yesh Din, etc.
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We, Jews have a hard time hearing that our people are the perpetrators of genocide. We tend to prefer seeing ourselves as the victims. Nevertheless, we must face this hard truth. What we, the Jewish State, are doing in Gaza is unconscionable. And it must stop. open.substack.com/pub/elanaszt...
Genocide. Yes. We are doing this.
We, the Israeli people, are committing the appalling and indefensible act of destroying the people of Gaza.
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We, Jews have a hard time hearing that our people are the perpetrators of genocide. We tend to prefer seeing ourselves as the victims. Nevertheless, we must face this hard truth. What we, the Jewish State, are doing in Gaza is unconscionable. And it must stop. open.substack.com/pub/elanaszt...
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I was a history teacher and I know we have to be documenting this moment. When we look back, I don’t want us to say we didn’t know what was happening.
Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.
Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.
May 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I was a history teacher and I know we have to be documenting this moment. When we look back, I don’t want us to say we didn’t know what was happening.
Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.
Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.
May 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM