Lee Romney
@leeromney.bsky.social
Journalist/Producer/Author/Artist. Former LA Times/KALW. Mental health and criminal legal system reform. Co-creator novemberinmysoul.com and co-author, https://www.heydaybooks.com/pr-wkin/
Take a listen to this 21 minute podcast episode by @tradeoffs.org — a team that digs deep into mental health policy from the ground up. Honored to be a guest to discuss my reporting for @calmatters.org tradeoffs.org/2025/05/15/w...
What Happens When Cops Refuse to Respond to Mental Health Calls?
Why are a handful of sheriff’s departments in California refusing to respond to some 911 calls that involve a person with mental illness?
tradeoffs.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Take a listen to this 21 minute podcast episode by @tradeoffs.org — a team that digs deep into mental health policy from the ground up. Honored to be a guest to discuss my reporting for @calmatters.org tradeoffs.org/2025/05/15/w...
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If the Trump admin's allegations of gang activity and terrorism against Abrego Garcia were true, it would have no trouble prosecuting or deporting him legally. So why don't they? One reason might be that none of the evidence offered so far would hold up in court www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good
If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of the crimes he is accused of, then the Trump administration could simply follow the law. Why won’t it?
www.theatlantic.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If the Trump admin's allegations of gang activity and terrorism against Abrego Garcia were true, it would have no trouble prosecuting or deporting him legally. So why don't they? One reason might be that none of the evidence offered so far would hold up in court www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Breaking news: A hotline connecting air traffic controllers at Washington National Airport and their counterparts at the Pentagon had been “inoperable” since March 2022, a Federal Aviation Administration official confirmed Wednesday.
National Airport, Pentagon hotline had been disconnected for three years
Aviation officials learned of the issue after controllers at National had to order two flights to abandon landing attempts this month due to an Army helicopter heading to the Pentagon.
wapo.st
May 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Breaking news: A hotline connecting air traffic controllers at Washington National Airport and their counterparts at the Pentagon had been “inoperable” since March 2022, a Federal Aviation Administration official confirmed Wednesday.
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This was SB99 from 2023. I spoke against this bill on 3 different occasions on the house floor, including the "blood on your hands" speech.
I am glad this bill has been permanently defeated. And that Montana's constitution continues to protect trans people from government overreach and animus.
I am glad this bill has been permanently defeated. And that Montana's constitution continues to protect trans people from government overreach and animus.
May 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This was SB99 from 2023. I spoke against this bill on 3 different occasions on the house floor, including the "blood on your hands" speech.
I am glad this bill has been permanently defeated. And that Montana's constitution continues to protect trans people from government overreach and animus.
I am glad this bill has been permanently defeated. And that Montana's constitution continues to protect trans people from government overreach and animus.
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A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states
After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in seven states.
www.npr.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
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Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.
May 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.
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Who is best suited to safely de-escalate a mental health crisis and coax a person to accept care? And what if that person won’t — or due to the nature of their psychosis or substance use cannot — agree to go voluntarily? calmatters.org/health/menta...
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They called for urgent help with a mentally ill loved one. Why California police refused
Police agencies increasingly won't respond to someone in a mental health crisis unless there's a crime. So who will transport them to get help?
calmatters.org
April 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Who is best suited to safely de-escalate a mental health crisis and coax a person to accept care? And what if that person won’t — or due to the nature of their psychosis or substance use cannot — agree to go voluntarily? calmatters.org/health/menta...
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Increasingly, families with members struggling with mental illnesses are left to their own devices.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Increasingly, families with members struggling with mental illnesses are left to their own devices.
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For decades, police were the frequent answer to these questions. But now, more law enforcement agencies are trying to remove themselves from this role.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
For decades, police were the frequent answer to these questions. But now, more law enforcement agencies are trying to remove themselves from this role.
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Who is best suited to safely de-escalate a mental health crisis and coax a person to accept care? And what if that person won’t — or due to the nature of their psychosis or substance use cannot — agree to go voluntarily? calmatters.org/health/menta...
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They called for urgent help with a mentally ill loved one. Why California police refused
Police agencies increasingly won't respond to someone in a mental health crisis unless there's a crime. So who will transport them to get help?
calmatters.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
Thrilled that Dorsey Nunn’s powerful essay made #TheMarshallProject’s Life Inside feature. Drawn in part from his memoir, What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly (which I co-authored!) www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/20/d...
Cops Took My Christmas Bike. Now I Give Kids the Freedom To Ride.
For formerly incarcerated activist Dorsey Nunn, the most wonderful time of the year is a holiday bicycle giveaway for kids with parents in prison.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Thrilled that Dorsey Nunn’s powerful essay made #TheMarshallProject’s Life Inside feature. Drawn in part from his memoir, What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly (which I co-authored!) www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/20/d...
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This company is polluting a predominantly Black town with pig manure. And the government is making it easier for them to do it
This Company Is Polluting A Predominantly Black Town With Pig Manure. And The Government Is Making I...
New documentary, The Smell of Money, exposes the grievous environmental injustices occurring in eastern North Carolina.
www.essence.com
December 20, 2023 at 5:02 PM
This company is polluting a predominantly Black town with pig manure. And the government is making it easier for them to do it
Hi all. I’m a new arrival fleeing toxiclandia. Sharing my work on conditions of confinement for #transgender women in CA prison. Transferring to women’s prison was supposed to bring safety and dignity. Syiaah Skylit encountered new traumas. Listen first/read 4 more info www.kqed.org/news/1196402...
December 4, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Hi all. I’m a new arrival fleeing toxiclandia. Sharing my work on conditions of confinement for #transgender women in CA prison. Transferring to women’s prison was supposed to bring safety and dignity. Syiaah Skylit encountered new traumas. Listen first/read 4 more info www.kqed.org/news/1196402...