Kathryn Coffey
@literacygurl.bsky.social
PhD Ed Leadership, Retired teacher. Interested in education policy, ELA & Math literacy, kayaking, fiddling, gardening 💫 Michigander
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February 28, 2025. A shameful day for America. I’m angry, embarrassed, and disgusted beyond words. I stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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Wonderful Catherine O'Hara
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Below: with Eugene Levy as the legendary Mitch and Mickey, in 'A Mighty Wind' (2003).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUK...
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Below: with Eugene Levy as the legendary Mitch and Mickey, in 'A Mighty Wind' (2003).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUK...
Mitch & Mickey on Lee Aikman's Folk Hour - "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" (1966) - A Mighty Wind
YouTube video by DVD Extras
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January 30, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Wonderful Catherine O'Hara
r.i.p.
Below: with Eugene Levy as the legendary Mitch and Mickey, in 'A Mighty Wind' (2003).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUK...
r.i.p.
Below: with Eugene Levy as the legendary Mitch and Mickey, in 'A Mighty Wind' (2003).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUK...
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"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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To those who think I don't support the First Amendment, even though I represent countless journalists and media orgs (🤷♂️), yet another effort my firm is undertaking to protect our free speech rights.
My law firm sent demand letter on behalf of @thesteadystate.org to DHS to seek renouncement of statements by Border Patrol official Greg Bovino that there will be “consequences” for those who exercise 1st Amendment protected activity.
Letter is here:
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-steady...
Letter is here:
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-steady...
The Steady State Sends Demand Letter to Department of Homeland Security Over Threats to Protected Speech
The Steady State
steadystate1.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
To those who think I don't support the First Amendment, even though I represent countless journalists and media orgs (🤷♂️), yet another effort my firm is undertaking to protect our free speech rights.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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She warned us all. Nobody wanted to listen. She was right about all of it. He’s even more unhinged than we imagined. We could be just living our peaceful lives right now.
But, no.
But, no.
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 AM
She warned us all. Nobody wanted to listen. She was right about all of it. He’s even more unhinged than we imagined. We could be just living our peaceful lives right now.
But, no.
But, no.
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BILL CLINTON: "Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back."
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
BILL CLINTON: "Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back."
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A grassroots network of mutual aid volunteers called Safe Haven has been doing nearly round-the-clock jail support for everyone released from detainment at Whipple, the federal building ICE operates from.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
January 26, 2026 at 12:02 AM
A grassroots network of mutual aid volunteers called Safe Haven has been doing nearly round-the-clock jail support for everyone released from detainment at Whipple, the federal building ICE operates from.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
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Curious why ICE and CBP agents are so brutal? Here's a useful explainer I wrote last week, before Saturday's outrageous murder, about how uniquely unsuited ICE and CBP are for this moment—and why they were so corruptible into Trump's own fascist secret police: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 25, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Curious why ICE and CBP agents are so brutal? Here's a useful explainer I wrote last week, before Saturday's outrageous murder, about how uniquely unsuited ICE and CBP are for this moment—and why they were so corruptible into Trump's own fascist secret police: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
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unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
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Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate conflict. These guys seem to be doing the exact opposite.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate conflict. These guys seem to be doing the exact opposite.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year.
Watch and share.
Watch and share.
WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year.
Watch and share.
Watch and share.
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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who are some minnesota nonprofit/community aid orgs you trust?
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
who are some minnesota nonprofit/community aid orgs you trust?
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I spent an hour watching today live. I had to disconnect from it for a bit.
Conclusion that's easy to reach is one I reached a long time ago: None of this should be happening, ICE shouldn't in the streets, the military shouldn't be in the streets, and the blame goes right to the White House.
Conclusion that's easy to reach is one I reached a long time ago: None of this should be happening, ICE shouldn't in the streets, the military shouldn't be in the streets, and the blame goes right to the White House.
I agree
I remember how I felt after frantically posting right around the time of renee good and - i was a little a little bit afraid to go back and see what the heck I said.
I'm trying to do the opposite.
I remember how I felt after frantically posting right around the time of renee good and - i was a little a little bit afraid to go back and see what the heck I said.
I'm trying to do the opposite.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I spent an hour watching today live. I had to disconnect from it for a bit.
Conclusion that's easy to reach is one I reached a long time ago: None of this should be happening, ICE shouldn't in the streets, the military shouldn't be in the streets, and the blame goes right to the White House.
Conclusion that's easy to reach is one I reached a long time ago: None of this should be happening, ICE shouldn't in the streets, the military shouldn't be in the streets, and the blame goes right to the White House.
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Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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Exercising your 1st amendment rights is NOT domestic terrorism
“To actually be called a ‘domestic terrorist,”… “an individual must commit one or more of 51 underlying ‘federal crimes of terrorism,’” which involve nuclear or chemical weapons, plastic explosives, air piracy, and so on.”
“To actually be called a ‘domestic terrorist,”… “an individual must commit one or more of 51 underlying ‘federal crimes of terrorism,’” which involve nuclear or chemical weapons, plastic explosives, air piracy, and so on.”
January 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Exercising your 1st amendment rights is NOT domestic terrorism
“To actually be called a ‘domestic terrorist,”… “an individual must commit one or more of 51 underlying ‘federal crimes of terrorism,’” which involve nuclear or chemical weapons, plastic explosives, air piracy, and so on.”
“To actually be called a ‘domestic terrorist,”… “an individual must commit one or more of 51 underlying ‘federal crimes of terrorism,’” which involve nuclear or chemical weapons, plastic explosives, air piracy, and so on.”
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I can't fathom how any law professor watching this Administration drag citizens out of their homes and arrest them because of "mistaken identity" without a judicial warrant or hauling citizens off the streets for *reasons* would conclude, "maybe we don't need to follow the 4th Amendment after all."
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I can't fathom how any law professor watching this Administration drag citizens out of their homes and arrest them because of "mistaken identity" without a judicial warrant or hauling citizens off the streets for *reasons* would conclude, "maybe we don't need to follow the 4th Amendment after all."
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"...and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...
'The Fourth Amendment Literally Exists to Prevent This': Memo Claims ICE Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants | Common Dreams
Lawyers, journalists, and others are alarmed by an internal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo claiming that ICE agents can forcibly enter a private residence without a judicial warrant, cons...
www.commondreams.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 AM
"...and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...
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Remember, as the National Park Service previously encouraged us to:
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Remember, as the National Park Service previously encouraged us to:
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.