Lisa/mamapajama
@mamapajama63.bsky.social
Progressive old lady in a deep red state. Learning ally - ready to use my privilege to help anyone vulnerable. Value love, justice, peace, science. Enjoy gardening, bonsai, watercolor, and reading.
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Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
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Maybe Trump just hired people for his second term that he has leverage over and can use it against them if they displease him?
Perhaps that’s why they’re so loyal to him and gush with praise for him during cabinet meetings.
Perhaps that’s why they’re so loyal to him and gush with praise for him during cabinet meetings.
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Maybe Trump just hired people for his second term that he has leverage over and can use it against them if they displease him?
Perhaps that’s why they’re so loyal to him and gush with praise for him during cabinet meetings.
Perhaps that’s why they’re so loyal to him and gush with praise for him during cabinet meetings.
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Rep. Ted Lieu played video of Trump partying with Epstein for AG Pam Bondi.
BONDI SNAPS: This is ridiculous! There’s no evidence Trump committed a crime!
LIEu: I believe you just lied under oath.
PAMMY JO: Don't ever accuse me of a crime!
LIEU: I believe you just lied under oath. *shows proof*
BONDI SNAPS: This is ridiculous! There’s no evidence Trump committed a crime!
LIEu: I believe you just lied under oath.
PAMMY JO: Don't ever accuse me of a crime!
LIEU: I believe you just lied under oath. *shows proof*
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Rep. Ted Lieu played video of Trump partying with Epstein for AG Pam Bondi.
BONDI SNAPS: This is ridiculous! There’s no evidence Trump committed a crime!
LIEu: I believe you just lied under oath.
PAMMY JO: Don't ever accuse me of a crime!
LIEU: I believe you just lied under oath. *shows proof*
BONDI SNAPS: This is ridiculous! There’s no evidence Trump committed a crime!
LIEu: I believe you just lied under oath.
PAMMY JO: Don't ever accuse me of a crime!
LIEU: I believe you just lied under oath. *shows proof*
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Trump tried to corner Canada.
PM Mark Carney didn’t blink. He didn’t fly to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring!
Instead he did what no Canadian leader has done in our lifetime.
He told the president of the United States to go to hell!
Now that’s how you handle a bully!
#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy
PM Mark Carney didn’t blink. He didn’t fly to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring!
Instead he did what no Canadian leader has done in our lifetime.
He told the president of the United States to go to hell!
Now that’s how you handle a bully!
#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump tried to corner Canada.
PM Mark Carney didn’t blink. He didn’t fly to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring!
Instead he did what no Canadian leader has done in our lifetime.
He told the president of the United States to go to hell!
Now that’s how you handle a bully!
#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy
PM Mark Carney didn’t blink. He didn’t fly to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring!
Instead he did what no Canadian leader has done in our lifetime.
He told the president of the United States to go to hell!
Now that’s how you handle a bully!
#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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This isn’t a TV plot-it’s real. Students, renters, women who changed their names, & rural voters w/o easy access to records will be affected. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship w/specific docs or lose their voice. The people get pushed out completely. This is a solution w/o a problem.
February 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This isn’t a TV plot-it’s real. Students, renters, women who changed their names, & rural voters w/o easy access to records will be affected. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship w/specific docs or lose their voice. The people get pushed out completely. This is a solution w/o a problem.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
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I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
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AOC on Noem's lies: "They are asking you to give up your belief in your own senses and instead hand over your belief to anything they say ... look at it for yourself and what you will see is an innocent man being executed in the street."
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
AOC on Noem's lies: "They are asking you to give up your belief in your own senses and instead hand over your belief to anything they say ... look at it for yourself and what you will see is an innocent man being executed in the street."
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🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
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Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
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ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.
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They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
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Where are the resignations from ICE and CBP??? I guarantee you there are at least *some* who know this is wrong but arectaking the path of least resistance (“following orders”). They need to step down and speak up
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Where are the resignations from ICE and CBP??? I guarantee you there are at least *some* who know this is wrong but arectaking the path of least resistance (“following orders”). They need to step down and speak up
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Happening now: a large group of mostly clergy — primarily local faith leaders, some not — are staging an anti-ICE protest at the Minneapolis airport.
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Happening now: a large group of mostly clergy — primarily local faith leaders, some not — are staging an anti-ICE protest at the Minneapolis airport.
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I mean this sincerely, I like that they set up all the Trump administration's lawlessness in MPLS -- arresting toddlers, claiming they can enter homes, using pepper spray sadistically, etc. -- and then they close out the front page with Smith challenging Trump's lawlessness. Well done.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I mean this sincerely, I like that they set up all the Trump administration's lawlessness in MPLS -- arresting toddlers, claiming they can enter homes, using pepper spray sadistically, etc. -- and then they close out the front page with Smith challenging Trump's lawlessness. Well done.
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We don’t have room for a Unit of Severe Preventable Disease where I work. The NICU and PICU are already full.
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We don’t have room for a Unit of Severe Preventable Disease where I work. The NICU and PICU are already full.
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This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.