Adi Weiss
Freelance editor, author, researcher, historian, policy nerd, poet, news and political junkie, knitter, collector of quotes. Word for 2026: intentionally consistent.
- History Notes February 6, 1820: The first eighty-six African American émigrés sponsored by the American Colonization Society set sail from New York City to Sierra Leone to start a settlement (present-day Liberia).
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- Reposted by Adi WeissI was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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- Reposted by Adi WeissThe banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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- Reposted by Adi Weiss“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.” www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- Reposted by Adi WeissBREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)
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- Lawrence running through ways Trump and cohort have been trying to change/revise history. Thanks, @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social for calling him out.
- Has he figured out how to get a cut from this? l.smartnews.com/p-76OPbwnS/o...
- Mar 1: An Afternoon with Kermit Roosevelt III – Roswell’s Roosevelt Legacy www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afterno...
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- In an interview with Tim Miller, Marty Baron said the corruption in the Trump administration, with his family, right there in the middle isn’t getting enough press coverage. I agree.
- Taking a break and rewatching Watchmen. It’s research.
- Reposted by Adi Weiss#Fascism #DV1 #Proudblue Be ready-they're coming after people who criticize DHS In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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- Reposted by Adi WeissThe SAVE Act would block millions of American citizens from voting by effectively requiring a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4tmVIor
- No surprise. Trump endorses Orban for “reelection.”
- Reposted by Adi WeissIn conversation with PEN America, Ben Folds talked about his decision to step down from the Kennedy Center, art as activism, and why he doesn’t believe in writer’s block. Read the full interview at: pen.org/ben-folds-interview/ #benfolds #kennedycenter
- Reposted by Adi WeissAmazon pulls Melania from Oregon cinema after owner’s criticism as rumours mount over ‘fake ticket sales’
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- Reposted by Adi WeissThis is truly incredible. Shakespeare speaking to RIGHT NOW—on the “mountainish” inhumanity of punishing and casting out strangers from your country.
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Adi WeissCourage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
- Reposted by Adi WeissThey were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out. (Part 2)
- Interesting documentary alert: The Jesus Army: Britain’s Largest Cult. I saw it on Hulu.
- Joy is remembering to order Lay’s dill pickle potato chips. Sadness is forgetting to order cucumbers so I can make pickles. But joy is remembering to order jars of my favorite commercial pickles. It’s the little things.
- Reposted by Adi WeissNEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today. "I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..." Law Dork:
- Reposted by Adi WeissTrump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."
- Reposted by Adi Weiss"The big, systematic problems in FOIA predate the Trump administration," FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "I think it’s fair to say that the Trump administration is making it a hell of a lot worse."
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- Reposted by Adi WeissBREAKING: Ed Martin was found, per CNN below, by DOJ to have violated GJ secrecy and also apparently lied about it. If the reporting is accurate, both are federal crimes. Will Martin be charged, given how quick a trigger this DOJ has re Letitia James & James Comey? edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/p...
- Thank you for explaining what it means should Trump somehow nationalize the vote. We know he can’t, but then there’s Trump. Thanks Corey and John.
- History Notes February 5, 1917: Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson’s veto of the Immigration Act of 1917. The law requires a literacy test for immigrants and barred Asiatic laborers, except for those from countries with special treaties or agreements with the United States.
- If you’re interested in history and/or filmmaking, especially documentaries, I recommend the documentary Filmmakers for the Prosecution about how it was used for the Nuremberg trials. It’s excellent. I watched it on AppleTV. Also available on Prime, Fandango at Home, and Kino.
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- Reposted by Adi WeissThese D. Minn. judges are soon going to have little choice but to insist that the U.S. Att'y and senior ICE officials appear in court themselves ... and keep those hearings open and ongoing until those officials' orders to release the prisoners are carried out, in real time. [4]
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- Reposted by Adi WeissPlease listen to this from an eyewitness to what is happening in our country, and in Minnesota specifically.
- I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by Adi WeissMasked thugs on the streets. Measles outbreaks across the nation. Blatant government corruption. Coverup of group of elite sex offenders. Ruling party trying to rig elections. Leader building grandiose monuments to himself. Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service. Third world America.
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- Strolling through YT, I stopped at a reporter about Samantha Guthrie’s mother. The “highlight” was that the reporter’s source told her there was a likely suspect and named that person. The reporter originally called the likely suspect the “prime” suspect. The reporter kept saying the name over.
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- I enthusiastically recommend the PBS limited series Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History. It’s interesting and entertaining. It premiered Tuesday, and the second episode will be on next Tuesday.
- The latest episode of Main Justice with Mary McCord and @weissmann.substack.com is waiting for you. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
- History Notes February 4, 1789: George Washington is elected the first US president. February 4, 1861: Delegates from delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana convene in Montgomery, Alabama, to establish the Confederate States of America.
- The old English sheepdog is adorable. And would keep me warm in the winter.
- I’m in love with a Glen of Imaal terrier.
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- Reposted by Adi WeissICE agent: “I fired 5 shots. She had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.” 😳
- Mitch McConnell hospitalized with flu-like symptoms.
- Just saw an IG post from the Westminster Dog Show. Missed the part say what kind of dog he is, but sheez he’s fast. And the show is done up in my undergrad school colors!
- It was classified a homicide, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be charged as a murder.
