Krystal Racca
@messylefty.bsky.social
Bookseller
Teetotaler
Mum
📍Santa Cruz, CA
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Mum
📍Santa Cruz, CA
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At the end of New York’s second week of rule by democratic socialism, it can certainly be said that Mamdani has hit the ground running.
Mamdani Starts Governing by Getting the Imagery Right
Early signs suggest that the Mamdani era in New York is off to an encouraging start—beginning with the mayor's continued mastery of political spectacle.
www.thenation.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
At the end of New York’s second week of rule by democratic socialism, it can certainly be said that Mamdani has hit the ground running.
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People have donated over $1 million to support TJ Sabula in the last 24 hours.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
People have donated over $1 million to support TJ Sabula in the last 24 hours.
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Happening Now: Hundreds of protesters are holding a noise demo outside of the Graduate by Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis where ICE agents are reportedly staying. Drums, guitars, pots and pans are in-tune to "fuck ICE" and "ICE out" chants. Riot police are currently in the lobby.
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Happening Now: Hundreds of protesters are holding a noise demo outside of the Graduate by Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis where ICE agents are reportedly staying. Drums, guitars, pots and pans are in-tune to "fuck ICE" and "ICE out" chants. Riot police are currently in the lobby.
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Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
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ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
ICE Is on a Violent, Illegal, Immoral Rampage
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
jacobin.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
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A masked federal immigration officer killed Renée Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and poet, shooting her at point-blank range in her car.
The incident is far from the first time immigration officers have shot someone in recent months.
The incident is far from the first time immigration officers have shot someone in recent months.
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
A masked federal immigration officer killed Renée Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and poet, shooting her at point-blank range in her car.
The incident is far from the first time immigration officers have shot someone in recent months.
The incident is far from the first time immigration officers have shot someone in recent months.
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Jonathan Ross worked for Border Patrol before ICE
January 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Jonathan Ross worked for Border Patrol before ICE
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Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
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#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
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"Men fear women will laugh at them; women fear men will kill them."
-- Margaret Atwood, Waterloo University, February 1982
-- Margaret Atwood, Waterloo University, February 1982
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Men fear women will laugh at them; women fear men will kill them."
-- Margaret Atwood, Waterloo University, February 1982
-- Margaret Atwood, Waterloo University, February 1982
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"An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good" - by Danez Smith
"Neighbor, you should have made it home to your child, to the bright warmth of his laughter, but our country is at war with its people, and your goodness makes you an enemy, a citizen insurgent."
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
"Neighbor, you should have made it home to your child, to the bright warmth of his laughter, but our country is at war with its people, and your goodness makes you an enemy, a citizen insurgent."
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
www.harpersbazaar.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good" - by Danez Smith
"Neighbor, you should have made it home to your child, to the bright warmth of his laughter, but our country is at war with its people, and your goodness makes you an enemy, a citizen insurgent."
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
"Neighbor, you should have made it home to your child, to the bright warmth of his laughter, but our country is at war with its people, and your goodness makes you an enemy, a citizen insurgent."
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul. This is what governing for the people looks like. https://www.commondreams.org/news/hochul-backs-mamdani-childcare
Hochul Backs Mamdani Childcare Expansion Plan With Two Years of State Funding | Common Dreams
"The cost of childcare is too damn high," said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as she pledged two years of state funding to h
www.commondreams.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul. This is what governing for the people looks like. https://www.commondreams.org/news/hochul-backs-mamdani-childcare
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his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
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(NOT) BREAKING (NOT NEW) NEWS:
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
(NOT) BREAKING (NOT NEW) NEWS:
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.