@jenrobertsnc.bsky.social
Former Mayor of Charlotte, Wife, Mother, Activist, supporting community, equality, inclusion, environment, racial justice
Authoritarianism is here. Secret police arresting US citizens for speaking out.
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Authoritarianism is here. Secret police arresting US citizens for speaking out.
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Rabbiatu is a nurse who worked during COVID, had been in the U.S. 30 years. A judge ordered that she could not be sent back to Sierra Leone for her safety, for fear of torture (!). So our evil regime sent her to Ghana (in shackles), and Ghana dragged her back to Sierra Leone.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Rabbiatu is a nurse who worked during COVID, had been in the U.S. 30 years. A judge ordered that she could not be sent back to Sierra Leone for her safety, for fear of torture (!). So our evil regime sent her to Ghana (in shackles), and Ghana dragged her back to Sierra Leone.
This is what happens when secrecy and cruelty meet incompetence. Pretty much our federal government in a nutshell right now . And families pay the price.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Families struggle to locate loved ones detained in Charlotte Border Patrol operation
Family members of people detained in CBP’s recent Charlotte operation say they’re struggling to locate their loved ones, and advocates warn the problem is widespread.
www.wfae.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is what happens when secrecy and cruelty meet incompetence. Pretty much our federal government in a nutshell right now . And families pay the price.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Hey by the way #PatHarrigan - if you are going to talk about CMPD get the name right - they are NOT the Charlotte Metropolitan Police Dept. They are the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. Are you sure you’re from around here ?
"Scared of Charlotte" is a whole new level of "scared of cities" that I'd never even considered possible
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "I have asked Josh Stein, our governor, to consider working with President Trump to allow the National Guard to come into Charlotte ... use the National Guard as a force multiplier and they can a lot of load off the Charlotte PD."
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hey by the way #PatHarrigan - if you are going to talk about CMPD get the name right - they are NOT the Charlotte Metropolitan Police Dept. They are the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. Are you sure you’re from around here ?
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Maine voters are projected to reject a ballot measure that would have added voter ID requirements and adjusted absentee voting rules, according to the Associated Press.
Maine Question 1 results 2025
Live Maine question 1 election results over requiring photo IDs to vote among other changes.
wapo.st
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Maine voters are projected to reject a ballot measure that would have added voter ID requirements and adjusted absentee voting rules, according to the Associated Press.
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Zohran Mamdani, whose triumphant campaign was built on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century. Along the way, he energized South Asian and Muslim communities that rarely receive sustained attention from politicians.
Mamdani is New York’s First Muslim and South Asian Mayor-Elect
Zohran Mamdani’s ascent was powered by a relentless focus on affordability. Along the way, he energized South Asian and Muslim communities that rarely receive sustained attention from politicians.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Zohran Mamdani, whose triumphant campaign was built on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century. Along the way, he energized South Asian and Muslim communities that rarely receive sustained attention from politicians.
Elizabeth neighborhood Pumpkin Wall is up! This is its 21st year- I remember when it first started!
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Elizabeth neighborhood Pumpkin Wall is up! This is its 21st year- I remember when it first started!
Yup It’s still a man’s world. But that’s changing. Women’s sports will continue to rise. Stay strong.
As the WNBA continues to grow in popularity, targeted abuse has spiraled into a leaguewide problem. Hate speech and misinformation, much of it boosted by right-wing media and content farms, have joined forces to spin demeaning or harmful narratives about players.
The W.N.B.A Gets More Attention Now. That’s Not Always a Good Thing.
The league’s popularity has given rise to online sexism and racism — and misinformation that traffics in both.
nyti.ms
October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yup It’s still a man’s world. But that’s changing. Women’s sports will continue to rise. Stay strong.
Get ready for a peaceful Oct 18 “No Kings” rally. This will be global. It will be creative . No tyrants. No kings. We want democracy #NoKings
October 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Get ready for a peaceful Oct 18 “No Kings” rally. This will be global. It will be creative . No tyrants. No kings. We want democracy #NoKings
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A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, even as President Trump turned to the Texas guard in a widening hunt for military forces to send to Democratic cities. Follow live: nyti.ms/3KCr5t4
October 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, even as President Trump turned to the Texas guard in a widening hunt for military forces to send to Democratic cities. Follow live: nyti.ms/3KCr5t4
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This Wednesday (Oct. 1) at noon, join us for a "Lunch & Learn" with Tim Heaphy on:
Defending Democracy: Confronting Political Violence in the 21st Century
Register at: catawba-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Defending Democracy: Confronting Political Violence in the 21st Century
Register at: catawba-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This Wednesday (Oct. 1) at noon, join us for a "Lunch & Learn" with Tim Heaphy on:
Defending Democracy: Confronting Political Violence in the 21st Century
Register at: catawba-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Defending Democracy: Confronting Political Violence in the 21st Century
Register at: catawba-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Love math nerds. Well done Rivka! She’s proven what voting rights advocates have been saying all along :
www.forbes.com/sites/kevina...
www.forbes.com/sites/kevina...
18-Year-Old Proves Voter ID Laws Cut Turnout, Wins Science Award
Rivka Lipkovitz used advanced statistical methods to study voter ID laws, finding turnout effects by election type—earning her a top Regeneron STS prize.
www.forbes.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Love math nerds. Well done Rivka! She’s proven what voting rights advocates have been saying all along :
www.forbes.com/sites/kevina...
www.forbes.com/sites/kevina...
Showing this weekend in Charlotte.
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Showing this weekend in Charlotte.
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Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.
Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal 'jawboning'
Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.
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Liberal democracy is “dependent on the existence of nonpolitical institutions,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social tells @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. “It has to be the case that when you win an election, you don’t get to control everything.”
Watch more from #TAF25: bit.ly/46lDaLT
Watch more from #TAF25: bit.ly/46lDaLT
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Liberal democracy is “dependent on the existence of nonpolitical institutions,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social tells @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. “It has to be the case that when you win an election, you don’t get to control everything.”
Watch more from #TAF25: bit.ly/46lDaLT
Watch more from #TAF25: bit.ly/46lDaLT
Today we are all Jimmy Kimmel.
September 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today we are all Jimmy Kimmel.
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At least 40 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City as residents described nonstop Israeli attacks, from drones and jets to explosive robots used to destroy neighbourhoods, medical sources and witnesses told Al Jazeera aje.io/mespwe
Panic in Gaza City as Israel advances on centre, ‘sandwiching’ population
People run for lives from air strikes and explosive-laden ‘robots’, as lifelines collapse in Gaza’s biggest urban centre.
aje.io
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
At least 40 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City as residents described nonstop Israeli attacks, from drones and jets to explosive robots used to destroy neighbourhoods, medical sources and witnesses told Al Jazeera aje.io/mespwe
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The decision to suspend one of American television’s best-known hosts reflects pressure from within the company’s commercial orbit and the US media regulator’s looming presence on.ft.com/4mIfh69
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The decision to suspend one of American television’s best-known hosts reflects pressure from within the company’s commercial orbit and the US media regulator’s looming presence on.ft.com/4mIfh69
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In what amounts to his furthest-reaching threat to media freedoms, President Donald Trump said U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if they’re too critical of him.
Trump threatens licenses of TV stations that criticize him
Trump’s remarks represent a startling break with the nation’s long-standing traditions of freedom of speech and of the press enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
ebx.sh
September 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In what amounts to his furthest-reaching threat to media freedoms, President Donald Trump said U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if they’re too critical of him.
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The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town has overwhelmingly won an election, four years after White residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve. https://cnn.it/4p0fkwn
Alabama town’s first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election | CNN
The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town has overwhelmingly won election, four years after white residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve.
cnn.it
September 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town has overwhelmingly won an election, four years after White residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve. https://cnn.it/4p0fkwn
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Pete Hegseth’s move to reinstall a Confederate statue is, at worst, a move to show that “he and the Trump administration are making common cause with apologists who believe that the wrong side won the Civil War,” Mike Nelson argues.
The Enemy That Hegseth and Trump Insist on Honoring
The U.S. won the Civil War. So why is the administration so keen on the Confederate side?
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pete Hegseth’s move to reinstall a Confederate statue is, at worst, a move to show that “he and the Trump administration are making common cause with apologists who believe that the wrong side won the Civil War,” Mike Nelson argues.
This is because we no longer have leaders who care about intelligence - or who exhibit any.
The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced.
Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce by 40%, cutting budget by more than $700 million
The Office of National Intelligence says it will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually.
bit.ly
August 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is because we no longer have leaders who care about intelligence - or who exhibit any.