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
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.
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Amen! Pelosi stayed at a critical time in our nation — after an insurrection and deadly pandemic. Don’t think she stopped leading because she gave up the speaker/minority leader slot. I’m sure she did plenty of advising from behind the scenes!
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Amen! Pelosi stayed at a critical time in our nation — after an insurrection and deadly pandemic. Don’t think she stopped leading because she gave up the speaker/minority leader slot. I’m sure she did plenty of advising from behind the scenes!
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Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.”
That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. Ho...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.”
That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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This is a real post from a longtime journalist, presented here without comment other than to say that I know for a fact that there is indeed much worse for people to learn about Trump and Epstein than the already horrifying fact that there are photos of Trump with topless young girls
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is a real post from a longtime journalist, presented here without comment other than to say that I know for a fact that there is indeed much worse for people to learn about Trump and Epstein than the already horrifying fact that there are photos of Trump with topless young girls
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Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
I’m here for it, John!
More clickbait: substack.com/profile/5411...
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m here for it, John!
Indeed she did. Nancy was perhaps the most powerful and effective speaker of the house this nation has ever had.
Every day this year has been a further reminder that Nancy Pelosi only made it look easy.
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Indeed she did. Nancy was perhaps the most powerful and effective speaker of the house this nation has ever had.