Diane Umstead
@dojusticenow.bsky.social
Lover of Justice. Connoisseur of Life. Mid-Century Modern. Lifelong Democrat. Opinions My Own!
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Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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It’s almost like Putin is running our foreign policy.
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It’s almost like Putin is running our foreign policy.
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Lots of non-Black people #onhere today saying that "everyone" will move on from the fascist in chief's anti-Black post in a couple of days. I am wondering if Black people are included in the "everyone" or if you just mean yourselves.
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Lots of non-Black people #onhere today saying that "everyone" will move on from the fascist in chief's anti-Black post in a couple of days. I am wondering if Black people are included in the "everyone" or if you just mean yourselves.
The govt obligation is to make sure that each arrest complies with the Constitution & court orders for the release of those wrongly imprisoned. You cannot detain first & then sort out lawful authority later, but the surge in MN has “outpaced the system’s capacity to ensure that compliance.”
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The govt obligation is to make sure that each arrest complies with the Constitution & court orders for the release of those wrongly imprisoned. You cannot detain first & then sort out lawful authority later, but the surge in MN has “outpaced the system’s capacity to ensure that compliance.”
There is no evidence that this administration has any desire to rein in or punish its immigration officers, and Americans should not be fooled by a few days of conciliatory talk. The administration is barreling full steam ahead. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January was a warning of where Trump will go next
The administration's authoritarian project is accelerating.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:51 PM
There is no evidence that this administration has any desire to rein in or punish its immigration officers, and Americans should not be fooled by a few days of conciliatory talk. The administration is barreling full steam ahead. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“This latest release of files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors. As survivors, we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, & retraumatized while Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy…betrayal of the people the process is supposed to serve.
January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“This latest release of files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors. As survivors, we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, & retraumatized while Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy…betrayal of the people the process is supposed to serve.
AG Pam Bondi on social media highlights religious claim behind this attack on the press 1A rights. “Make no mistake under Pres.Trump’s leadership/this admin you have the right to worship freely & safely. If I haven’t been clear already, if you violate that sacred right, we are coming after you.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
AG Pam Bondi on social media highlights religious claim behind this attack on the press 1A rights. “Make no mistake under Pres.Trump’s leadership/this admin you have the right to worship freely & safely. If I haven’t been clear already, if you violate that sacred right, we are coming after you.”
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January 2026 wasn’t just chaotic—it was clarifying.
In one month, the Trump administration showed how quickly a democracy can slide into lawless violence, mass repression, and the open defiance of courts.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.
In one month, the Trump administration showed how quickly a democracy can slide into lawless violence, mass repression, and the open defiance of courts.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.
January was a warning of where Trump will go next
The administration's authoritarian project is accelerating.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:36 PM
January 2026 wasn’t just chaotic—it was clarifying.
In one month, the Trump administration showed how quickly a democracy can slide into lawless violence, mass repression, and the open defiance of courts.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.
In one month, the Trump administration showed how quickly a democracy can slide into lawless violence, mass repression, and the open defiance of courts.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.
All four of the people arrested in the past 24 hours are Black. This morning, the official social media account of the White House posted a picture of Lemon with the caption: “When life gives you lemons…” and an emoji of chains, evoking the chains of enslavement.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
All four of the people arrested in the past 24 hours are Black. This morning, the official social media account of the White House posted a picture of Lemon with the caption: “When life gives you lemons…” and an emoji of chains, evoking the chains of enslavement.
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Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
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I just watched the lyric video of Bruce's new song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP... - powerful
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 30, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I just watched the lyric video of Bruce's new song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP... - powerful
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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The Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is critically important news & not getting the coverage it merits. Read my most recent piece to get the download & understand why this is such a significant development. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Operation Center.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 AM
The Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is critically important news & not getting the coverage it merits. Read my most recent piece to get the download & understand why this is such a significant development. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
Brad Heath, who covers crime, justice, and investigations for Reuters, explained: “President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Brad Heath, who covers crime, justice, and investigations for Reuters, explained: “President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.”
No detention center in Hanover Co VA! You can comment here if you cannot attend hearing tonight. www.hanovercounty.gov/FormCenter/C...
Form Center • Contact the Board of Supervisors
www.hanovercounty.gov
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
No detention center in Hanover Co VA! You can comment here if you cannot attend hearing tonight. www.hanovercounty.gov/FormCenter/C...
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You misspelled "BORED".
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM
You misspelled "BORED".
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Today is January 24th, 2026 and Pam Bondi covered up the Epstein files.
January 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Today is January 24th, 2026 and Pam Bondi covered up the Epstein files.
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They will do anything to not be caught up in the Epstein files. No matter what lives are lost or who we have to bomb in the process. It’s simple if we find out the truth on the Epstein files the GOP and all of them are going down including the supreme court.
DO NOT BE QUIET NOW
DO NOT BE QUIET NOW
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 AM
They will do anything to not be caught up in the Epstein files. No matter what lives are lost or who we have to bomb in the process. It’s simple if we find out the truth on the Epstein files the GOP and all of them are going down including the supreme court.
DO NOT BE QUIET NOW
DO NOT BE QUIET NOW