Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
Reader, writer, democrat, and advocate for marginalized people.
Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
No msgs.
Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
No msgs.
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Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
· Oct 4
#STAYWOKE:ALERT&AWAKE
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
"In place of the post–World War II rules-based international order, the Trump administration’s NSS commits the U.S. to a world divided into spheres of interest by dominant countries."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"In place of the post–World War II rules-based international order, the Trump administration’s NSS commits the U.S. to a world divided into spheres of interest by dominant countries."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say
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CNN on Instagram: "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in Marc...
1,556 likes, 154 comments - cnn on December 3, 2025: "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission obje...
www.instagram.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say
www.instagram.com/reel/DR0FY_k...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR0FY_k...
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EXCLUSIVE: A top Trump pollster advised House Republicans to fend off Democrats' Obamacare attacks by focusing on reducing drug prices.
Trump pollster’s health care advice for Republicans: pivot to drug prices
Tony Fabrizio did not recommend an extension of Obamacare subsidies, as he previously counseled.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A top Trump pollster advised House Republicans to fend off Democrats' Obamacare attacks by focusing on reducing drug prices.
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Jimmy Kimmel thinks it may be time for President Donald Trump to take a screen break.
The late-night host on his Tuesday episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night.
Read more at: bit.ly/4oAMAZH
The late-night host on his Tuesday episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night.
Read more at: bit.ly/4oAMAZH
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Jimmy Kimmel thinks it may be time for President Donald Trump to take a screen break.
The late-night host on his Tuesday episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night.
Read more at: bit.ly/4oAMAZH
The late-night host on his Tuesday episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night.
Read more at: bit.ly/4oAMAZH
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“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning, this order cannot even be considered as persuasive."
I know that's right
just the other day I said judges should understand the shadow docket has little to no value as precedent!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
I know that's right
just the other day I said judges should understand the shadow docket has little to no value as precedent!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning, this order cannot even be considered as persuasive."
I know that's right
just the other day I said judges should understand the shadow docket has little to no value as precedent!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
I know that's right
just the other day I said judges should understand the shadow docket has little to no value as precedent!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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And that Colorado case was not a Fourth Amendment challenge, but one premised on federal law and relying on ICE guidance issued in response to a civil settlement from longstanding litigation out of Chicago.
TL;dr
SCOTUS aside, advocates are employing multiple strategies to protect communities.
TL;dr
SCOTUS aside, advocates are employing multiple strategies to protect communities.
Final Settlement Regarding ICE Warrantless Arrests and Vehicle Stops: Overview of Settlement Requirements and Remedies - National Immigrant Justice Center
2022 Settlement Limiting ICE’S Authority to Make Warrantless Arrests in Place Until May 2025: Class Members in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri may be eligible for release ...
immigrantjustice.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And that Colorado case was not a Fourth Amendment challenge, but one premised on federal law and relying on ICE guidance issued in response to a civil settlement from longstanding litigation out of Chicago.
TL;dr
SCOTUS aside, advocates are employing multiple strategies to protect communities.
TL;dr
SCOTUS aside, advocates are employing multiple strategies to protect communities.
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Notably, just last week, another federal judge in Colorado issued a similar statewide order certifying a class and forbidding immigration agents from conducting warrantless arrests without probable cause of flight risk.
Judge there specifically distinguished the current practice from Lyons.
Judge there specifically distinguished the current practice from Lyons.
www.aclu-co.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Notably, just last week, another federal judge in Colorado issued a similar statewide order certifying a class and forbidding immigration agents from conducting warrantless arrests without probable cause of flight risk.
Judge there specifically distinguished the current practice from Lyons.
Judge there specifically distinguished the current practice from Lyons.
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While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Excerpt from ruling:
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning,
this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jech7rem6vijss4euf4fijao/bafkreidy2tm2mkrt4kkxcnhlmc6uess22cabrg7b5juyauqoolvoqd7teu@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brett Kavanaugh is proud of your service.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh is proud of your service.
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BREAKING: Plaintiffs suing over the Trump administration's effort to attach anti-trans and anti-"DEI" conditions to domestic violence and homelessness grants go back to court asking to enforce its existing preliminary injunction because a new HUD homelessness programs grant application ignores it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BREAKING: Plaintiffs suing over the Trump administration's effort to attach anti-trans and anti-"DEI" conditions to domestic violence and homelessness grants go back to court asking to enforce its existing preliminary injunction because a new HUD homelessness programs grant application ignores it.
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Between Musk and Trump, neither is a reliable source.
Everyone knew tariffs were a tax that would be paid in jobs & income.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
Everyone knew tariffs were a tax that would be paid in jobs & income.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
Elon Musk says he warned Trump against tariffs, which U.S. manufacturers blame for a turn to more offshoring and diminishing American factory jobs
U.S. manufacturing has contracted for the ninth consecutive month, fresh data found.
finance.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Between Musk and Trump, neither is a reliable source.
Everyone knew tariffs were a tax that would be paid in jobs & income.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
Everyone knew tariffs were a tax that would be paid in jobs & income.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
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“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
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Barbarity
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Barbarity
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⚡️Projections starting to come in calling it for Van Epps 🤖 , despite a huge, very respectable overperformance from Aftyn Behn that speaks volumes about the stiff, angry winds Republicans face the coming midterms. #TN7
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
⚡️Projections starting to come in calling it for Van Epps 🤖 , despite a huge, very respectable overperformance from Aftyn Behn that speaks volumes about the stiff, angry winds Republicans face the coming midterms. #TN7
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It took some effort but this is truly one of the dumbest takes I've ever seen.
Y’all talked too much about the TN-7 race, turned it high salience, juiced turnout, and wrecked Dems’ chances of sneaking in a win.
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It took some effort but this is truly one of the dumbest takes I've ever seen.
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holy shit
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
holy shit
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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
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The Trump administration filed its request asking a federal judge to allow it to reconsider approval of the New England Wind 1 project planned off the coast of Massachusetts
Trump Makes Next Move to Revoke New England Wind Farm Permit
The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to thwart the New England 1 wind farm planned off the coast of Massachusetts.
bloom.bg
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Trump administration filed its request asking a federal judge to allow it to reconsider approval of the New England Wind 1 project planned off the coast of Massachusetts
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responses to this thread with people talking about their efforts to get accommodations are just super depressing. the last thing we need is more barriers to care.
I think a lot of people don't realize how difficult it is to get accommodations for disability. in school, at work. there are invariably tons of hoops; it's slow. often it's humiliating.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
responses to this thread with people talking about their efforts to get accommodations are just super depressing. the last thing we need is more barriers to care.
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FACT-CHECK: TRUE ✅ 🐔 🐔
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
FACT-CHECK: TRUE ✅ 🐔 🐔
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🎙️ Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has stirred up public anger over negligence, safety standards and official accountability.
On the Big Take Asia Podcast, we look into the political fallout and how the public outcry is causing unease in Beijing. ⤵️
On the Big Take Asia Podcast, we look into the political fallout and how the public outcry is causing unease in Beijing. ⤵️
Big Take Asia
We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
🎙️ Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has stirred up public anger over negligence, safety standards and official accountability.
On the Big Take Asia Podcast, we look into the political fallout and how the public outcry is causing unease in Beijing. ⤵️
On the Big Take Asia Podcast, we look into the political fallout and how the public outcry is causing unease in Beijing. ⤵️