Babs Johnson
@babsjohnsonnola.bsky.social
New Orleanian. Proud Mom. Lifelong child advocate. Passionate supporter of LGBTQ rights.
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
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Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
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The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Unpacked:
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
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Friends call your Senators and House Member and demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
In an historic betrayal a weakened and desperate Trump has taken Putin's side, and we must fight this with everything we got👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/after-his-...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/after-his-...
After His Electoral and Epstein Humiliations, Trump Takes Putin's Side In Ukraine, Threatens To Hang Democrats In Congress, Preps For War With Venezuela
As he grows weaker and his many manifest failures impossible to ignore, our malevolent and desperate leader is becoming more dangerous
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Friends call your Senators and House Member and demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
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NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
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1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents obtained by Popular Information.
Follow this thread for details.
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Follow this thread for details.
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EXCLUSIVE: How the Trump administration sparked a health crisis for ICE detainees
An abrupt decision on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing.
popular.info
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents obtained by Popular Information.
Follow this thread for details.
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Follow this thread for details.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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🚨BREAKING: A group of Republicans wasted no time Wednesday filing a lawsuit to block a redistricting measure overwhelmingly passed by California voters just the night before. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP Immediately Sues to Block California’s Voter-Approved Congressional Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚨BREAKING: A group of Republicans wasted no time Wednesday filing a lawsuit to block a redistricting measure overwhelmingly passed by California voters just the night before. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It seems pretty simple to me: make sure hungry kids have food, make sure health insurance premiums don’t skyrocket, and reopen the government. It’s sad that this common sense approach seems so out of reach for Congress.
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It seems pretty simple to me: make sure hungry kids have food, make sure health insurance premiums don’t skyrocket, and reopen the government. It’s sad that this common sense approach seems so out of reach for Congress.
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Kasparov’s warning: All signs indicate Trump will not give up power voluntarily www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Kasparov’s warning: All signs indicate Trump will not give up power voluntarily
Former Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov says everything about the Trump administration’s behavior suggests it has no intention of giving up power voluntarily. He starkly warns of “free but not fair” mi...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Kasparov’s warning: All signs indicate Trump will not give up power voluntarily www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Looks like people showed up in DC
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Looks like people showed up in DC
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My mother called Speaker Johnson’s office this afternoon to talk about the shutdown and to tell them that her healthcare costs went up 125% as of this week — she was excited because a staffer answered; then they hung up on her.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My mother called Speaker Johnson’s office this afternoon to talk about the shutdown and to tell them that her healthcare costs went up 125% as of this week — she was excited because a staffer answered; then they hung up on her.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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PLEASE WATCH ans SHARE: My Holocaust survivor friend Werner Reich talks about HIS deportation and how Trump is using the same techniques. "If you stop look at people as human and look at them as objects" Werner was in 3 death camps www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSe...
AUSCHWITZ Survivor on DONALD TRUMP's Immigration "Solution" 8/31/16
YouTube video by Sandi Bachom
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September 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
PLEASE WATCH ans SHARE: My Holocaust survivor friend Werner Reich talks about HIS deportation and how Trump is using the same techniques. "If you stop look at people as human and look at them as objects" Werner was in 3 death camps www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSe...
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Senate staff just got an alert: "Capitol Police are responding to an incident at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters. Staff are asked to remain clear of the police activity."
September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Senate staff just got an alert: "Capitol Police are responding to an incident at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters. Staff are asked to remain clear of the police activity."
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#NeverForget
From Animal Planet
A touching tribute on this day of remembrance of 9/11
This amazing story of Roselle, a guide dog for the blind and her heroism !
Take a moment to read and share 🙏
From Animal Planet
A touching tribute on this day of remembrance of 9/11
This amazing story of Roselle, a guide dog for the blind and her heroism !
Take a moment to read and share 🙏
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#NeverForget
From Animal Planet
A touching tribute on this day of remembrance of 9/11
This amazing story of Roselle, a guide dog for the blind and her heroism !
Take a moment to read and share 🙏
From Animal Planet
A touching tribute on this day of remembrance of 9/11
This amazing story of Roselle, a guide dog for the blind and her heroism !
Take a moment to read and share 🙏
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MSM is showing its whole ass right now. They know Kirk wasn’t a good dude, yet they’re bending over backwards to sanitize him, leaving out his entire racist and white nationalist record.
Mathew Dowd was fired by MSNBC for even the mildest of truths.
Mathew Dowd was fired by MSNBC for even the mildest of truths.
September 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
MSM is showing its whole ass right now. They know Kirk wasn’t a good dude, yet they’re bending over backwards to sanitize him, leaving out his entire racist and white nationalist record.
Mathew Dowd was fired by MSNBC for even the mildest of truths.
Mathew Dowd was fired by MSNBC for even the mildest of truths.
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it’s great too that when district courts follow the law as written, one of the chuds on the Supreme Court pops up to scold them for not treating trump like a very special boy
I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says.
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
it’s great too that when district courts follow the law as written, one of the chuds on the Supreme Court pops up to scold them for not treating trump like a very special boy
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This is stark
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is stark
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I know we have seen a lot of agencies being hobbled and dismantled over the last six months. But the coup happening at the FBI should worry you the most asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-fbi-as...
The FBI As We Knew It is Gone
It took a hundred years to create the Bureau as we knew it. And it took one dinner at the White House to destroy it.
asharangappa.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I know we have seen a lot of agencies being hobbled and dismantled over the last six months. But the coup happening at the FBI should worry you the most asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-fbi-as...
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This makes me so mad...
August 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This makes me so mad...
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NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
www.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
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I was JUST talking about this. I have been talking about this & the police state for some time now. Now that they have all the money they need, expect a rapid surge in Donald's police state.
BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreement obtained by the AP.
Trump administration hands over nation's Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I was JUST talking about this. I have been talking about this & the police state for some time now. Now that they have all the money they need, expect a rapid surge in Donald's police state.
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We killed this man.
Our government did it on our behalf & though I donated, knocked doors & made phone calls 4 Dems, it wasn't enough & I won't make the same mistake.
I will quadruple my efforts for the midterms because lives like the kind, hardworking Jaime Alanis' are at stake! Lives like yours!
Our government did it on our behalf & though I donated, knocked doors & made phone calls 4 Dems, it wasn't enough & I won't make the same mistake.
I will quadruple my efforts for the midterms because lives like the kind, hardworking Jaime Alanis' are at stake! Lives like yours!
July 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We killed this man.
Our government did it on our behalf & though I donated, knocked doors & made phone calls 4 Dems, it wasn't enough & I won't make the same mistake.
I will quadruple my efforts for the midterms because lives like the kind, hardworking Jaime Alanis' are at stake! Lives like yours!
Our government did it on our behalf & though I donated, knocked doors & made phone calls 4 Dems, it wasn't enough & I won't make the same mistake.
I will quadruple my efforts for the midterms because lives like the kind, hardworking Jaime Alanis' are at stake! Lives like yours!