Sara Jacobelli
@sarajacobelli.bsky.social
I live in New Orleans & write stories. Bartleby Snopes. Drunk Monkeys. Uproar. New York Times Metropolitan Diary. The Story Shack. Fiction on the Web. Page & Spine. First Stop Fiction. 50-Word Stories. 101 Words. Postcard Shorts. (and more!)
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In a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, two vehicles full of Border Patrol agents speed down the street. They might spend hours waiting to detain an immigrant—only to be thwarted by a united neighborhood effort.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, two vehicles full of Border Patrol agents speed down the street. They might spend hours waiting to detain an immigrant—only to be thwarted by a united neighborhood effort.
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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Sad news for the music world with Raul Malo lead singer of the Mavericks passing away at age 60. I ❤️The Mavericks!
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sad news for the music world with Raul Malo lead singer of the Mavericks passing away at age 60. I ❤️The Mavericks!
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Listen to Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy.
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Listen to Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy.
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A new digital platform is being established to preserve the archives of news outlets that have been shut down or are facing extinction in authoritarian countries. The platform, a joint project of PEN America and Bard College, is called Kronika apnews.com/article/cens...
Digital platform aims to preserve journalism from outlets closed or threatened
PEN America and Bard College have started a digital platform, Kronika, designed to preserve the journalism of independent news outlets that have been closed or threatened by authoritarian governments.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A new digital platform is being established to preserve the archives of news outlets that have been shut down or are facing extinction in authoritarian countries. The platform, a joint project of PEN America and Bard College, is called Kronika apnews.com/article/cens...
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"A brutal assault on freedom of speech": PEN America responds to the Trump administration’s proposal to require tourists from 42 countries to give U.S. Customs and Border Protection their social media posts from the last five years: pen.org/press-releas...
Intrusive U.S. Tourist Requirements Threaten Free Speech and Cultural Exchange
(NEW YORK) — PEN America today responded to the Trump administration’s proposal to require tourists from 42 countries to give U.S. Customs and Border Protection their social media posts from the last ...
pen.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A brutal assault on freedom of speech": PEN America responds to the Trump administration’s proposal to require tourists from 42 countries to give U.S. Customs and Border Protection their social media posts from the last five years: pen.org/press-releas...
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Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker.
www.fascism.link
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
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When a President threatens people,to get his own way,then he is not a President. He is behaving like a mob boss.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
When a President threatens people,to get his own way,then he is not a President. He is behaving like a mob boss.
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Democrats publish more photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew – live
Democrats publish more photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew – live
House oversight committee publishes 19 photos from 95,000 they have received from the disgraced financier’s estate today
The admiral in charge of US military forces in Latin America will retire two years early, AP reports, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday’s seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats.
Three US officials and two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Admiral Alvin Holsey was pushed out by defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Two officials said Hegseth had grown frustrated with Southern Command as he sought to flex US military operations and planning in the region. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Democrats publish more photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew – live
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Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal
“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
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In South Carolina, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon. Three voters, all currently living in nursing homes, are challenging the law.
Disabled voters are challenging South Carolina's draconian ballot laws
In a state at war with the Voting Rights Act, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In South Carolina, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon. Three voters, all currently living in nursing homes, are challenging the law.
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Pam Bondi gave the FBI 30 days to compile a list of "terrorists" whose crimes are being pro-immigrant, pro-trans rights, or anti-capitalist, & directed the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to prioritize "rooting out all culpable participants".
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate 'extremist groups'
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar "extremist groups," and asked the FBI to compile...
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pam Bondi gave the FBI 30 days to compile a list of "terrorists" whose crimes are being pro-immigrant, pro-trans rights, or anti-capitalist, & directed the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to prioritize "rooting out all culpable participants".
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Ready to roast Jane? 🔥🫒 Join @janefonda.com, JanePAC & special guests on December 17 for a night Jane won't forget! Celebrate Jane’s 88th, and support our work to flip the House in 2026.
Get tickets at JanePAC.com/roast or text "TOAST" to 40506!
Get tickets at JanePAC.com/roast or text "TOAST" to 40506!
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ready to roast Jane? 🔥🫒 Join @janefonda.com, JanePAC & special guests on December 17 for a night Jane won't forget! Celebrate Jane’s 88th, and support our work to flip the House in 2026.
Get tickets at JanePAC.com/roast or text "TOAST" to 40506!
Get tickets at JanePAC.com/roast or text "TOAST" to 40506!
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Please take the time. It matters much more than you imagine.
Used Democracy For America's tool to write to the DOI, USFWS, and NOAA to comment against revisions to the Endangered Species Act that would weaken it in favor of corporate interests.
#DidThisToday
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
#DidThisToday
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Federal Agencies: Protect Endangered Wildlife, Not Industry Interests
This is urgent. The Trump administration has introduced four new rules that would severely weaken the Endangered Species Act — the law that has kept iconic species like the California condor, Florida ...
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Please take the time. It matters much more than you imagine.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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It's International Cheetah Day!
Zoologist Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (1990) & is one of the world's foremost cheetah experts. She works toward a holistic approach to saving the #cheetah & its ecosystems in the wild. #conservation #WomenInSTEM
cheetah.org/about/who-we...
Zoologist Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (1990) & is one of the world's foremost cheetah experts. She works toward a holistic approach to saving the #cheetah & its ecosystems in the wild. #conservation #WomenInSTEM
cheetah.org/about/who-we...
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's International Cheetah Day!
Zoologist Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (1990) & is one of the world's foremost cheetah experts. She works toward a holistic approach to saving the #cheetah & its ecosystems in the wild. #conservation #WomenInSTEM
cheetah.org/about/who-we...
Zoologist Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (1990) & is one of the world's foremost cheetah experts. She works toward a holistic approach to saving the #cheetah & its ecosystems in the wild. #conservation #WomenInSTEM
cheetah.org/about/who-we...
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People of New Orleans! Do you see ICE agents in action. Report it on Waze as "Icy Conditions." Keep people in the loop.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
People of New Orleans! Do you see ICE agents in action. Report it on Waze as "Icy Conditions." Keep people in the loop.
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Here’s the next ojos training from Unión Migrante. Sunday 11/30 2pm in person. Bywater. Text one of the numbers on the flyer for the location.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here’s the next ojos training from Unión Migrante. Sunday 11/30 2pm in person. Bywater. Text one of the numbers on the flyer for the location.
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New Orleans. It's never too late to join the Resistance.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New Orleans. It's never too late to join the Resistance.
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new orleans, i think you know what to do here!!
FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
new orleans, i think you know what to do here!!
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The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
504 whistle kit zines - Google Drive
pdfs of NOLA whistle kit zines
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...