DNola
@drjnola.bsky.social
Formerly the blogger G Bitch, still a mad black woman in NOLA. Chronically ill (ankylosing spondylitis), liberal AF, always working on a(nother) novel….
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Congress released a DHS funding bill that doesn’t rein in ICE nor significantly reduce its funding.
Contact your reps to demand they vote no on any funding bill allowing ICE to continue its abuses:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-funding-for-ice/?source=group-ShortText
Contact your reps to demand they vote no on any funding bill allowing ICE to continue its abuses:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-funding-for-ice/?source=group-ShortText
Tell Congress: Oppose All Funding for ICE Without Systemic Reforms
ICE has operated for years with extraordinary power and almost no accountability. The result has been predictable and d
actionnetwork.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Congress released a DHS funding bill that doesn’t rein in ICE nor significantly reduce its funding.
Contact your reps to demand they vote no on any funding bill allowing ICE to continue its abuses:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-funding-for-ice/?source=group-ShortText
Contact your reps to demand they vote no on any funding bill allowing ICE to continue its abuses:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-funding-for-ice/?source=group-ShortText
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
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Was it “self defense” when an ICE agent repeatedly raped a detained woman?
Was it “self defense” when it denied detainees critically needed medical care and killed more than 50 people in detention?
Was it “self defense” when it shipped detainees to a foreign torture camp?
ICE doesn’t “defend”
Was it “self defense” when it denied detainees critically needed medical care and killed more than 50 people in detention?
Was it “self defense” when it shipped detainees to a foreign torture camp?
ICE doesn’t “defend”
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Was it “self defense” when an ICE agent repeatedly raped a detained woman?
Was it “self defense” when it denied detainees critically needed medical care and killed more than 50 people in detention?
Was it “self defense” when it shipped detainees to a foreign torture camp?
ICE doesn’t “defend”
Was it “self defense” when it denied detainees critically needed medical care and killed more than 50 people in detention?
Was it “self defense” when it shipped detainees to a foreign torture camp?
ICE doesn’t “defend”
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As of January 8, The Trace has identified 15 incidents in which immigration agents shot someone and another 15 incidents in which agents held someone at gunpoint since the crackdown began. Renee Good was one of four people who have been killed. Another five people have been injured. thetr.ac/O8mR9
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
As of January 8, The Trace has identified 15 incidents in which immigration agents shot someone and another 15 incidents in which agents held someone at gunpoint since the crackdown began. Renee Good was one of four people who have been killed. Another five people have been injured. thetr.ac/O8mR9
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“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
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January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
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We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis.
We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...
www.mobilize.us
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
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Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
www.rawstory.com/trump-weak-2... No, they’re turning away bc he’s weakening, leaking independent & even MAGA support. Their strongman is neither strong nor a man. #emperorhasnoclothes
Trump 'looks weak' because Republicans are 'starting to peel a apart from him': NYT editor
Building upon a column from The Atlantic‘s Jonathan Lemire, who suggested the president is “suddenly looking a lot smaller” as his polling numbers collapse, the New York Times’ Mara Gay claimed the pr...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
www.rawstory.com/trump-weak-2... No, they’re turning away bc he’s weakening, leaking independent & even MAGA support. Their strongman is neither strong nor a man. #emperorhasnoclothes
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Deportations of Poles from the U.S. have nearly doubled under the second Donald Trump administration amid aggressive ICE raids. The total number of Poles deported from the U.S. is low. Nevertheless, the aggressive nature of ICE deportations has inflamed emotions. tvpworld.com/90746381/ice...
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Deportations of Poles from the U.S. have nearly doubled under the second Donald Trump administration amid aggressive ICE raids. The total number of Poles deported from the U.S. is low. Nevertheless, the aggressive nature of ICE deportations has inflamed emotions. tvpworld.com/90746381/ice...
www.alternet.org/trump-cognit... “David Drucker, senior correspondent for the conservative WA Examiner, told an MS NOW panel that President Donald Trump’s ‘old people’ style is beginning to weigh down Republicans for the midterms.” No, Mr. Drucker, the weight is OBB, ICE, profiteering, lying, etc.
Republicans fretting over Trump 'acting like old people': analysis
David Drucker, senior correspondent for the conservative Washington Examiner, told an MS NOW panel that President Donald Trump’s ‘old people’ style is beginning to weigh down Republicans for the midte...
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December 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
www.alternet.org/trump-cognit... “David Drucker, senior correspondent for the conservative WA Examiner, told an MS NOW panel that President Donald Trump’s ‘old people’ style is beginning to weigh down Republicans for the midterms.” No, Mr. Drucker, the weight is OBB, ICE, profiteering, lying, etc.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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FDA will "define chest binders as medical devices."
"[Trying] to call a chest binder a medical device, specifically because it is marketed towards trans people, in order to control it and make it inaccessible, is absurd and clearly discrimination."
#USA #Healthcare
"[Trying] to call a chest binder a medical device, specifically because it is marketed towards trans people, in order to control it and make it inaccessible, is absurd and clearly discrimination."
#USA #Healthcare
FDA Threatens Companies Selling Binders
The FDA sent twelve businesses threatening letters on Tuesday, demanding that they register their chest binders as medical devices with the FDA.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
FDA will "define chest binders as medical devices."
"[Trying] to call a chest binder a medical device, specifically because it is marketed towards trans people, in order to control it and make it inaccessible, is absurd and clearly discrimination."
#USA #Healthcare
"[Trying] to call a chest binder a medical device, specifically because it is marketed towards trans people, in order to control it and make it inaccessible, is absurd and clearly discrimination."
#USA #Healthcare
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If the Democrats retake Congress this must be on the priority list of legislative initiatives.
Yes, Trump will veto it. But signing this bill must be a campaign issue for any 2028 Dem candidate.
reason.com/2025/12/17/t...
Yes, Trump will veto it. But signing this bill must be a campaign issue for any 2028 Dem candidate.
reason.com/2025/12/17/t...
These congressmen want to give you the right to sue federal law enforcement for violating your rights
The proposed bills aim to codify a 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed individuals to sue the feds for Fourth Amendment violations.
reason.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If the Democrats retake Congress this must be on the priority list of legislative initiatives.
Yes, Trump will veto it. But signing this bill must be a campaign issue for any 2028 Dem candidate.
reason.com/2025/12/17/t...
Yes, Trump will veto it. But signing this bill must be a campaign issue for any 2028 Dem candidate.
reason.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Pedophile in chief
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Pedophile in chief
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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House Democrats have introduced War Powers Resolutions to block further military assaults on Venezuela. We’re expecting a House vote this week, so call your representative ASAP and demand that they vote YES to check the regime’s lawless violence: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
House Democrats have introduced War Powers Resolutions to block further military assaults on Venezuela. We’re expecting a House vote this week, so call your representative ASAP and demand that they vote YES to check the regime’s lawless violence: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
www.rawstory.com/midterm-2674... Not a “slip” but big money truth: we have the $ to tilt Congress etc in OUR favor, fuck voters, clean air/water, taxes for infrastructure & public education, health care,…. #CitizensUnited
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
www.rawstory.com/midterm-2674... Not a “slip” but big money truth: we have the $ to tilt Congress etc in OUR favor, fuck voters, clean air/water, taxes for infrastructure & public education, health care,…. #CitizensUnited
www.rawstory.com/don-bacon-26... They fucked around (decade-+ to make a plan) & are finding out. #GOPLies #GOPDGAF
Republican fears health care failure will be weaponized against GOP like a 'sledgehammer'
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) delivered a dire warning for his party in conversation with CNN's Manu Raju on Thursday: if they can't do anything to fix the impending health care cliff, they're going to get sl...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
www.rawstory.com/don-bacon-26... They fucked around (decade-+ to make a plan) & are finding out. #GOPLies #GOPDGAF
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A charity focused on child sex trafficking held their event at Mar-a-Lago where Jeffrey Epstein used to hang out with Trump
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A charity focused on child sex trafficking held their event at Mar-a-Lago where Jeffrey Epstein used to hang out with Trump
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The WIC program sees lower participation rates in Louisiana, where the number of food retailers that accept the benefits has fallen by nearly half over the past dozen years. @greglarose.bsky.social reports an audit looks into the reasons behind the trend lailluminator.com/2025/12/09/w...
Far fewer grocery stores accepting WIC benefits in Louisiana, audit finds • Louisiana Illuminator
Another factor contributing to lower WIC participation rates in Louisiana is an increase in mothers who breastfeed their infants.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The WIC program sees lower participation rates in Louisiana, where the number of food retailers that accept the benefits has fallen by nearly half over the past dozen years. @greglarose.bsky.social reports an audit looks into the reasons behind the trend lailluminator.com/2025/12/09/w...