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Jessie Losch
@jessielosch.bsky.social
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MPH. Single mom by choice, caffeine-relier-oner, fútbol watcher, vegan stress baker. Mostly yelling about abortion access. I want to pet your dog She/her/ella 🇺🇾💚
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Jessie Losch @jessielosch.bsky.social · Jul 9
So uh…I had a baby, and wrote a thing about it.

www.huffpost.com/entry/pregna...
I Felt Terrified To Raise A Baby Girl In This World. Then, 5 Words From My OB-GYN Gave Me Hope.
“She left the room as I lay on the table, absorbing the surprising power of that sentence.”
www.huffpost.com
jessielosch.bsky.social
In the Great Sleep Wars of 2026, it is:
Me- 0
Baby- 100

It is 2:36 am EST and we are lying on the floor pretending like she has any intention of sleeping any time soon.
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
The interview w/Idaho sheriff involved in the raid (who I covered OFTEN years ago) is striking. He disputes zip-tied kids until shown pic of 14YO girl (same pic that made FBI backtrack months ago)

Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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jeannebobeanieisat.bsky.social
“…because the right views vaccines as elitist and ivermectin as populist.”
Damn.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Someone who isn’t as filled with rage & migraine meds needs to write the story about how the same people banning abortion, sex Ed, GAC & vaccines under the guise of “protecting children” are gleefully detaining & imprisoning children and busily protecting pedophiles.
February 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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katzish.bsky.social
Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”
lataco.bsky.social L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3d
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...

By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
“When Gustavo had a fever, the medical staff told her he was old enough for his body to fight it off without medication, so she sat up with him all night, draping him in cold compresses.”

This entire country is draped in shame.

www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Uruguay en los juegos olímpicos del invierno y mencionado en el súper bowl por Bad Bunny?! Che!! Uruguay noma!!!
a group of people holding up a flag with a sun on it
ALT: a group of people holding up a flag with a sun on it
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
the public health response to this has to be “close the camps and free them all” and nothing less
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”

From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
Page 1 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “Hello I am Ender and I am 12 years old, I have been at this center  for 2 months. I arrived here for an immigration appointment and I don’t think they should grab immigrants who are innocent, like instead of grabbing criminals because I mean they prefer to lock up children than look for people who really shouldn’t be in the U.S. They told me I could only be here 21 days but I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals, going outside and that the majority of guards never pay attention to people, eating dinner  always the same as the day before, seeing people cry every day for the same reasons, trying to sleep in that horrible uncomfortable bed, going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…” Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “…going to wait for the bad answers from the judges, hearing the bad news from people who no longer have hope, having to share a room with minimum 3 families, and all that so they send us back to our countries.” Below the text is a drawing in pen of three women, titled “My family” and labeled with “Mama,” “Sister,” and “me” in Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Libertarians did NOT, in fact, try to warn us about Trump. Repro and immigration advocates did- but some people just don’t listen until the right kind of white dude says it* (*writes a NYTimes op Ed about it)
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.

one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
The winner of the Super Bowl is “world champion”? Admittedly I’m not a 🏈 girlie but remind me how many other world nations play in this tournament?
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
I’ll say this about the Super Bowl; I hope the team with the clearest eyes and fullest heart wins.
February 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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regimecpa.bsky.social
I hate gerrymandering, we should just not let Republicans vote.
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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faithfalkner.com
Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
9:02 a.m. Feb. 7 | Becca Good: 'Renee always showed up' Becca Good released a statement Saturday, one month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis: "Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other. For that, I want to say thank you. Thank you to this incredible community for showing up again and again — organizing food and rides, making sure our kids get to school, checking in on neighbors, and standing together in the cold. I am so proud to call Minneapolis my home. Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last. You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine. They are neighbors, friends, coworkers, classmates. And we must also know their names. Because this shouldn’t happen to anyone. Renee always showed up — as a volunteer, a teacher, a mom, a friend — always helping out, making things a little better for others. Seeing the world now celebrate the parts of her that I’ve always known — the kindness, the humor, the warmth — reminds me of her spirit. Renee and I believed that if we lived every day in the world as we wanted it to be, we could build toward making that world a reality. So I am doing that every day — and every night, as I kiss my son at bedtime and tell him things are going to get better. “
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
jessielosch.bsky.social
This is what Rosa deLauro just said she won’t defund. THIS.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d
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.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Other people will do the technical Olympics commentary so let me say that every single skater at this men’s short program is in need of a haircut and also, subtitles are hilarious when the music is not in English.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Dear wait staff and servers of Italy; please feel free to spit liberally in any dish JD Vance and any ICE agent orders. Love,
The US
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
My seven month old just turned to me and said, “mami, why must we continue to torture ourselves by watching Spurs?”
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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omarltl.bsky.social
This is a place you cannot get to if you see/feel these people as equals, it's a study in dehumanization
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6d
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
www.stevevladeck.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
If there’s an Olympic team for booing JD Vance, put me on it. We’ll sweep gold.
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
jessielosch.bsky.social
For all the “just do it legally” people: Liam’s family came here legally, followed all the rules they were supposed to. And the administration is still traumatizing and punishing them.
jbendery.bsky.social Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 6d
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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poopraven.bsky.social
I realise I've said for a while that eating the rich could lead to prion diseases, I must caution everyone that the risk is greatly increased by the rich already having eaten people.

I must insist on ensuring they remain several steps removed from our food chain. Please dispose responsibly.
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 AM
jessielosch.bsky.social
Every work and advocacy call I’ve been on, someone mentions the need for self care. And then we all laugh because who has the time or resources for that when the world is on fire and our government is killing us.
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM