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Janet Fitch

@janetfitch.bsky.social
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Novelist. Most recent novels, THE REVOLUTION OF MARINA M and CHIMES OF A LOST CATHEDRAL, epic novels of the the Russian Revolution.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/05/2026
Wow! Jasmine Crockett just endorsed Xavier Becerra for governor, and I was here to see it. Amazing morning. [Dulan’s Restaurant]
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it. Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Check your stocks if you have any. Private prison GEO Group's biggest investors-- Blackrock 14% Vanguard 10% Turiya Advisors Pentwater Cooper Creek State Street Goldman Sachs Barrow Hanley Continental General UBS Group Ag #privateprisons #divest
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Take a look at your stocks if you have any. Here are the biggest investors in CoreCivic-- the private prison firm: Blackrock Vanguard Goldman Sachs State Street Cooper Creek Rubric Capital Geode Capital Mgmt.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
⚠️A decorated Iraq war veteran, Sascha Riley, was trafficked in the Epstein/Trump ring when he was between 9-13. His testimony included statements about witnessing snuff films. THIS is why tRUMP is trying to burn down the world. You can read and listen here: lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry...
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"Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2
Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/01/2026
🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I love this. Paula Borsook getting her due at last, with her prescient 1999 book, "Cyberselfish."
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The Trump Crisis @thetrumpcrisis.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
392,000 American MAGA followers.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Why do they keep saying this is suicide? And until these private detention centers allow regular oversight visits by elected officials, every death is potentially murder.
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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Questions: 1) Who are these "ICE agents"? 2) What is their law enforcement background? 3) Are they, in effect, bounty hunters? Do they receive a bonus for every arrest? 4) Why are they masked? 5) Who told them to wear masks? 6) Have they been encouraged to be violent? If so, by whom?
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
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Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If we had a functioning fourth estate every single television news program and news paper would be asking sitting members of Congress how they feel about the arrest and treatment of Senator Padilla.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/06/2025
Did Trump’s FBI just arrest a sitting U.S. Senator—at a Kristi Noem press conference? 🚨 BREAKING: MSNBC is reporting California Senator Alex Padilla was shoved from the press conference and handcuffed. This isn’t okay. Everyone should be alarmed by this!
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Aaron McCall @aaronmccall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The assault and arrest of a sitting US SENATOR (Senator Alex Padilla) is a RED LINE! Call your senators office to demand they stand up against this!
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wonder how many masked ICE squad members are pardoned J6 insurrectionists, Proud Boys, 3 Percenters, KKK, etc. I think that might be quite the Venn diagram.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
when they hire a 22 year old to lead the domestic terrorism unit of DHS, it tells you they're going to turn a blind eye to domestic terrorists. Hands off militias, bombers and shooters. I bet they pardon the next Timothy McVey.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
22 year old Trump campaign worker Thomas Fugate, who has been appointed by Trump to lead a DHS counter-terrorism unit.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
What good is writing at a time like this? New videos on my YouTube channel--'Writing Vs the World,' also 'The Hardest Scenes to Write' and 'Conveying Big Emotion'--and if you like what I'm doing there, subscribe! bit.ly/4mqRatL
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/05/2025
Two airliners abandoned landing attempts at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon when an Army Black Hawk took a “scenic route” near the flight path and circled the Pentagon before landing at a military heliport.
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Airliners abort landings as Army helicopter makes ‘scenic’ loop around Pentagon
The Black Hawk was trying to land at the Pentagon’s heliport, bringing it close to a pair of airliners, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 20/04/2025
This is ominous. I can’t see a single ship coming into or going out of the Golden Gate.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/04/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 19/02/2025
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025
Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Shadows on every side. Today I'm answering questions about NOIR on Writing Wednesday, LIVE at noon, PT, 3 pm ET, on my YouTube channel. And if you like what I"m doing over there, subscribe! www.youtube.com/@janetfitchs...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I absolutely love this idea.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
ABA
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day.
Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.
Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few.
But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong.
It is also contrary to the rule of law.
The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair.
We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Be on guard against Newspeak. Avoid repeating Newspeak phraseology like "DEI". People. Hardworking people of color, women, gays and other minorities. American workers. Historically disadvantaged groups. To repeat their language, even in protest, reinforces it. Fight the drift. #newspeak
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Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @shannondrake.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Oh not if we have something to say about it Evidence being leveraged is probably responsible for a great portion of why we’re here #Musk and #Trump both have heavy ties to #Epstein and #Maxwell Let’s bury them in their own vile misdeeds
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I keep thinking of it as DODGE.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Here's the thing. Democracy is not the most efficient way to run a country. You have to listen to everybody, you have to come to a consensus. It takes time. There are debates. But it is the most desirable form of government, the one most likely to favor the ordinary citizen.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dem senators rising to the occasion. Hold that floor.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Political purges in the military do not strengthen the military, they weaken it. Cronyism does not strengthen the military, it weakens it. Power grabs do not strengthen the country, they weaken it. A broad base is stronger than a narrow one.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"Future is Now," latest post on my Writing Wednesday YouTube channel, live-streamed earlier today. How are we going to write about this moment? #Future #fictionwriting And if you like what I'm doing there, subscribe! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba41...
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Future Is Now | Janet Fitch's Writing Wednesday
YouTube video by Janet Fitch's Writing Wednesday
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Doomscrolling so intensely, almost missed this! THE LONG GAME, the noir film based on my story "The Method" comes out on Valentine's Day! Theatrical, streaming, the works. Stars Kathleen Turner, Sekai Abeni and Jackie Earle Haley. Nice to get a little good news. #filmnoir
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/02/2025
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
6. Other Musk underlings embedded at OPM following President Donald Trump’s inauguration include: Amanda Scales (xAI) Brian Bjelde (SpaceX) Riccardo Biasini (Boring Company) Gavin Kliger The arrangement presents acute privacy and security risks, one of the OPM staffers said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
At last check, Houston is still on the Gulf of Mexico.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
wired.com
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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Janet Fitch @janetfitch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Diversity is strength. Nature supplies nothing but diversity. "Purity" is unnatural.
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Kevin Hell-iott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Purge-ski:
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