Lana Lawrence
@msfocused.bsky.social
Retired photojournalist (exhibited: Lib of Congress), Pub: WaPo. Ex-Journal editor, trauma survivor/advocate since early 1980s. Papers at Brown University.
Walked the Edmond Pettus Bridge w/ John Lewis.
Walked the Edmond Pettus Bridge w/ John Lewis.
Pinned
Lana Lawrence
@msfocused.bsky.social
· Jun 19
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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Here come the “raping teenage girls isn’t actually that bad” arguments from the right.
I mean Megyn Kelly seems like exactly the right spokesperson for the ACTUALLY IT’S EPHEBOPHILIA movement.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here come the “raping teenage girls isn’t actually that bad” arguments from the right.
BUT *HIS* EMAILS!!!
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
BUT *HIS* EMAILS!!!
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
😢 Senseless and likely preventable.
PRO PUBLICA: “In Tennessee (one of the highest rates of women killed by men) a deadly blind spot in probation supervision when domestic violence victims are vulnerable… From 2019-2022 six shot to death during the gap— all young Black mothers…” www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
😢 Senseless and likely preventable.
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1 of 3:
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Kansas Redistricting Was on the Fast Track. Then Some Republicans Said No.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Time to bring this Hill essay about courage back around re: #Epstein #SupportSurvivors
With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Time to bring this Hill essay about courage back around re: #Epstein #SupportSurvivors
Deplorable!! Release the files!!
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Deplorable!! Release the files!!
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The difference, among other things, between disinflation and deflation. substack.com/home/post/p-...
President Trump's claims on affordability
Evaluating the president's claims with data. An experiment.
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The difference, among other things, between disinflation and deflation. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Interesting read. I’d like to hear more experts weigh in on the use of estrogen.
On Nov. 10, the FDA announced it will revise its labeling requirements for menopausal hormone therapy.
FDA Rewrites the Story on Estrogen: A Win for Women
After menopause misinformation on hormone therapy, the FDA removed its black box warning on estrogen—a victory for women’s health and science.
msmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Interesting read. I’d like to hear more experts weigh in on the use of estrogen.
Yes!! Another win!!
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yes!! Another win!!
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The best take on all of this shutdown came from @shannonrwatts.bsky.social who told me this would only end by Republicans killing the filibuster or Democrats caving. That’s it. But Schumer somehow broadcast that Republicans would cave when they never gave any indication they would.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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SNAP got funded for a year. Gov employees are getting reinstated with back pay, Military families pay. These are not small wins! ACA fight is NOT OVER!! Stop infighting and focus on the horrible messaging by the GOP!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
SNAP got funded for a year. Gov employees are getting reinstated with back pay, Military families pay. These are not small wins! ACA fight is NOT OVER!! Stop infighting and focus on the horrible messaging by the GOP!!
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Interesting!!
A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/3JrUohY
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Interesting!!
Dr. Andrea is not crazy. She’s on-point!!
Call me crazy but I don't see how an administration/party hell bent on starving 42 million Americans can be trusted to come up with a legitimate health care plan.
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Dr. Andrea is not crazy. She’s on-point!!
Not only does Dr. Freyd touch on betrayal trauma, she demonstrates enormous #courage in the face of it in this video.
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Jennifer Freyd 2025 - Institutional Betrayal and the Path to Courage
YouTube video by jjfreyd
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not only does Dr. Freyd touch on betrayal trauma, she demonstrates enormous #courage in the face of it in this video.
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Sick coal miners deep in Trump country fight back, saying they are being suffocated by government policies aimed at helping industry while stripping away worker health and safety regulations written in blood over decades.
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sick coal miners deep in Trump country fight back, saying they are being suffocated by government policies aimed at helping industry while stripping away worker health and safety regulations written in blood over decades.
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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"The Bible will not sit alongside Mein Kampf. The cross will not yield to the swastika. We must ask right now: Jesus or Hitler? We cannot have both."
Great piece. Please read and send this to your maga relatives who think they're still following Christianity.
Great piece. Please read and send this to your maga relatives who think they're still following Christianity.
The Church Better Start Taking Nazification Seriously - Christianity Today
Tucker Carlson hosted neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. The stakes are high for American Christians.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The Bible will not sit alongside Mein Kampf. The cross will not yield to the swastika. We must ask right now: Jesus or Hitler? We cannot have both."
Great piece. Please read and send this to your maga relatives who think they're still following Christianity.
Great piece. Please read and send this to your maga relatives who think they're still following Christianity.
They want us to hate “Obamacare” through these increases.
Heartbreaking. I’ve asked subscribers to send me screenshots of their premium increases, and I can’t even tell you how many emails I’m getting like this.
Folks can’t pay these rates. This family is in TX, but it’s happening everywhere. Congress MUST extend the ACA tax credits.
Folks can’t pay these rates. This family is in TX, but it’s happening everywhere. Congress MUST extend the ACA tax credits.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
They want us to hate “Obamacare” through these increases.
Sandwich Guy — and justice prevail.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sandwich Guy — and justice prevail.