RK
@rohtweets.bsky.social
Current lawyer, former scientist. Mostly college football (Ski-U-Mah! EMAW!!) and kdrama. Sometimes I write fiction. Not a serious person.
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We really need those that work at Target Corporate , UHC, Best Buy corporate, US bank, Medtronic, Cargill, Optum, and whatever corporations that have big offices here…
We really need you on Friday.
Grind it all to a stop. Friday.
We really need you on Friday.
Grind it all to a stop. Friday.
🔁 SHARE WIDELY: This Friday, Jan 23, Minnesotans are taking unified action.
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM
We really need those that work at Target Corporate , UHC, Best Buy corporate, US bank, Medtronic, Cargill, Optum, and whatever corporations that have big offices here…
We really need you on Friday.
Grind it all to a stop. Friday.
We really need you on Friday.
Grind it all to a stop. Friday.
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BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
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Vile bigotry is the first thing, and the second thing is how would Tommy Tuberville know about mounting any kind of defense from anything
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Vile bigotry is the first thing, and the second thing is how would Tommy Tuberville know about mounting any kind of defense from anything
Have you all never met anyone who went to B school? FFS.
Fernando Mendoza speaks like a coach or politician.
He’s dropped “migration” and “conglomerate” in interviews over the past month.
So why and how does the QB talk like that?
He’s dropped “migration” and “conglomerate” in interviews over the past month.
So why and how does the QB talk like that?
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Have you all never met anyone who went to B school? FFS.
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It is at least once a week that I am reminded to be grateful for the fact I was never interested in the Alexa, ring, or smart tech in my house craze.
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
It is at least once a week that I am reminded to be grateful for the fact I was never interested in the Alexa, ring, or smart tech in my house craze.
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Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
With Greenland Threats, Trump is Destroying the Western Alliance
A point-by-point breakdown of Donald Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre about a Nobel Peace Prize and control of Greenland
www.arcdigital.media
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
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Back then, wannabe dictators either declared dictatorship or staged a coup. Today wannabe dictators use “electoral autocracy” — they come to power via elections but then hollow out the electoral system through voter suppression, banning rivals from running for office, intimidation, & other tactics.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Back then, wannabe dictators either declared dictatorship or staged a coup. Today wannabe dictators use “electoral autocracy” — they come to power via elections but then hollow out the electoral system through voter suppression, banning rivals from running for office, intimidation, & other tactics.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
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In an unhinged letter to the Norwegian prime minister, Donald Trump falsely claimed that there are no documents indicating Denmark's claim to Greenland.
In fact, the US signed a still-binding 1917 treaty with Denmark to certify that it would not challenge Danish control of Greenland.
In fact, the US signed a still-binding 1917 treaty with Denmark to certify that it would not challenge Danish control of Greenland.
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
history.state.gov
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
In an unhinged letter to the Norwegian prime minister, Donald Trump falsely claimed that there are no documents indicating Denmark's claim to Greenland.
In fact, the US signed a still-binding 1917 treaty with Denmark to certify that it would not challenge Danish control of Greenland.
In fact, the US signed a still-binding 1917 treaty with Denmark to certify that it would not challenge Danish control of Greenland.
@daebakpodcast.bsky.social Interesting thing we have discussed before in the content of #kdrama. (And long before that in the context of fanfiction and fandom too)
“Romance is…written off as something fluffy and unserious, a weird thing that women like, whereas in fact it’s often deeply serious and hegemonically challenging, which are the real-life weird things that women like…could we, as a holding position, agree that we love it…because it’s good?”
Thrilled to see @jenreadsromance.bsky.social talking all the sense in the Guardian today!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
@daebakpodcast.bsky.social Interesting thing we have discussed before in the content of #kdrama. (And long before that in the context of fanfiction and fandom too)
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Ronny Chieng does a great bit about this where he goes "look, the deal was the rest of the world would buy your debt and make your shit for you, and your side of the deal was you'd go to school and invent more shit all the time and gradually make everybody better, except you decided 'nah'"
January 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Ronny Chieng does a great bit about this where he goes "look, the deal was the rest of the world would buy your debt and make your shit for you, and your side of the deal was you'd go to school and invent more shit all the time and gradually make everybody better, except you decided 'nah'"
We were on a long haul flight with our 10-month old baby. He was extremely fussy and crying the whole time.
An older woman offered to hold him for a bit while I went to the bathroom. I don’t know how she did it, but he was asleep when I got back and stayed calm the rest of the flight!
An older woman offered to hold him for a bit while I went to the bathroom. I don’t know how she did it, but he was asleep when I got back and stayed calm the rest of the flight!
TIMELINE CLEANSE
When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?
When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?
January 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
We were on a long haul flight with our 10-month old baby. He was extremely fussy and crying the whole time.
An older woman offered to hold him for a bit while I went to the bathroom. I don’t know how she did it, but he was asleep when I got back and stayed calm the rest of the flight!
An older woman offered to hold him for a bit while I went to the bathroom. I don’t know how she did it, but he was asleep when I got back and stayed calm the rest of the flight!
Meanwhile, the federal government is cutting funds for higher education in all areas.
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
January 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Meanwhile, the federal government is cutting funds for higher education in all areas.
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by contrast, minnesotans have a clear strategic goal in mind: the removal of ICE and CBP from their streets. and their discipline reflects that clarity of purpose.
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
by contrast, minnesotans have a clear strategic goal in mind: the removal of ICE and CBP from their streets. and their discipline reflects that clarity of purpose.
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If the DOJ asked the people of Minnesota to be witnesses in their investigation of Walz and Frey, we would assure them that they’ve done absolutely nothing, and at times worse than nothing
January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
If the DOJ asked the people of Minnesota to be witnesses in their investigation of Walz and Frey, we would assure them that they’ve done absolutely nothing, and at times worse than nothing
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Students are back at the U of MN this week, too, so it's going to be a hard week.
Please keep Minnesotans in mind as a new week starts. It’s heavy as hell in the air, and we’re out here resisting as hard as we can as temperatures drop into the negative teens and twenties.
Donate, share resources, and signal boost vetted stories to keep spreading truth and awareness.
Donate, share resources, and signal boost vetted stories to keep spreading truth and awareness.
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Students are back at the U of MN this week, too, so it's going to be a hard week.
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"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
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We honor Dr. King not just for what he said, but for the steadiness he showed in uncertain times.
He believed moral clarity matters most when the country feels divided.
That lesson still applies. 🤍
He believed moral clarity matters most when the country feels divided.
That lesson still applies. 🤍
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
We honor Dr. King not just for what he said, but for the steadiness he showed in uncertain times.
He believed moral clarity matters most when the country feels divided.
That lesson still applies. 🤍
He believed moral clarity matters most when the country feels divided.
That lesson still applies. 🤍
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Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
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You can read law office history generated by edgy law profs new to the subject or my book that took 16 years of research/writing. It traces migration & citizenship law and policy from the colonial period to 1888, the long period when local govts controlled international + interstate migration. 1/
January 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
You can read law office history generated by edgy law profs new to the subject or my book that took 16 years of research/writing. It traces migration & citizenship law and policy from the colonial period to 1888, the long period when local govts controlled international + interstate migration. 1/
Possibly a case of malicious compliance?
Beyond the fact that this bugfuck insane letter was written and sent to the leader of Norway, the State Dept agreeing to distribute it to other heads of state instead of objecting and honorably resigning or at the very least planning some kind of coverup is a sign of deep institutional collapse.
So this is why Trump is fixated on Greenland. Vengeance strikes again. This guy is dangerous.
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Possibly a case of malicious compliance?
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The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an annual event to raise awareness of risks to members of the profession, has in recent years picked Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as its subject. For 2026, it has chosen the US. An international coalition of lawyers’ groups, backed by the UN’s special rapporteur
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an annual event to raise awareness of risks to members of the profession, has in recent years picked Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as its subject. For 2026, it has chosen the US. An international coalition of lawyers’ groups, backed by the UN’s special rapporteur