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Laurie Herbert Constantinou

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Political strategy & comms; Clerk, LA Democratic Party; DSCC Rep for HD 23; working to make sure more voices are heard in the rooms that matter so, together, we can build a better Louisiana that works for ALL! 💙 #NOLATwitter #NOLAsky #tnrt #NoKings

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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · Jul 16

Imagine Water Works’ 2025 N.O. Community Resource Guide to free/low-cost services (healthcare, food, jobs, shelter, anti-violence, legal aid, addiction, disability, disaster assistance etc) in the GNO area (mostly Orleans & Jefferson Parishes) Check it out!

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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 5d

It’s supposed to be but I would recommend that you (and all of us) call and email that person at the bottom: Tanya Phillips (225) 339-3839 or [email protected]

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Michele @geauxwithmichele.com · 5d

Just so we're abundantly clear #nolasky this is a prequel for a state takeover because no one on the Council budget committee (including those re-elected and the mayor elect) bothered to investigate or keep tabs on the budget.

Public meeting notice about appointment of fiscal administrator for new orleans

Increased fund balance between mayor proposed and city council passed budget

Letter from mayor to city council about the budget Jan 2025

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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 5d

This is bad bad bad, y’all. Show up tomorrow if you can, #NewOrleans!

#NOLAsky #NOLATwitter #NOLA #lalege #Louisiana

A public notice issued by the State of Louisiana ahead of a meeting tomorrow to take over the finances of the city of New Orleans. The official seal of the state of Louisiana is in the top left corner and the text says:

FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:30 p.m.
Senate Committee Room F
State Capitol
Members
As per R.S. 39:1351
Michael J. "Mike" Waguespack, CPA
Legislative Auditor
1600 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 339-3839
AGENDA
Honorable Liz Murrili
Attorney General
1885 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 326-6000
Designee:
Erin Day
Deputy Director, Civil Division
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes - July 30, 2025
3. City of New Orleans -- Consideration of Appointment of a Fiscal Administrator
4. Public Comment
5. Other Business
6. Adjournment
Honorable John C. Fleming, MD
State Treasurer
P.O. Box 44154
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 342-0010
Designee:
Rachel Kincaid
First Assistant State Treasurer
THIS NOTICE CONTAINS A TENTATIVE AGENDA AND MAY BE REVISED PRIOR TO THE MEETING
This committee may convene in Executive Session to consider any of these topics. Any formal action taken by the Council will be in open, public session.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance relative to the meeting or matters on the agenda, please contact Tanya Phillips at (225) 339-3839 or tphillips@lla.la.gov

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⚜ Jambalaya Val ⚜ @jambalayaval.bsky.social · 7d

Among his many sins, Cassidy promoted RFKJr. for DHS secretary, essentially medical malpractice.

Now he wants to compound that by nominating TFG for the Nobel?

BILL CASSIDY MUST GO.
Louisiana, we cannot have him represent us any longer.

#NOLAsky

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Chair Cassidy, Majority Whip Barrasso Nominate President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, Praise Historic Operation Warp Speed | U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and John Barrasso (R-WY), Senate Majority Whip, introduced a r...

www.cassidy.senate.gov

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 6d

#nolasky we’re on the bad list here

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025
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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 6d

Ughhh, *to fail. I hate typos!

Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 6d

Only a complete & utter POS wants their biggest city fail. Worse, 18%Clownfish & Lizzie want this so they can completely take over #NewOrleans & put us under Baton Rouge control—>red alert of the highest order. Call #lalege now‼️🚨🚨

#NOLAsky #Louisiana #NOLA #JankyJeff

www.wwltv.com/article/news...

Gov. Landry urges lawmakers to block New Orleans’ cash lifeline amid deepening fiscal crisis

Facing the threat of missed payrolls, city leaders seek emergency funding — but Landry urges lawmakers to deny the loan.

www.wwltv.com

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 7d

If and when all our healthcare premiums shoot up, we need to start creating active resources and communities based SOLELY around medical tourism assistance to help those in need get the care in other countries ASAP.

We can’t let folks fall through the cracks if we can help it.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

So incredibly corrupt. Shout out to everyone who complained endlessly about Hunter but says nothing about this. @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepFaison

techstartups.com/2025/10/24/t...

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 9d

Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it .

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9d

SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.

SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.

Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.

People need & deserve assistance

Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich

Be mad about that

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Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 @debpixcom.bsky.social · 8d

🎯

Jenny Wright
@JenEWright

My annual reminder that food banks are not part of our social safety net, they are a sign that our social safety net is not working.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 8d

I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 8d

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs

Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs. The Reagan Foundation said that they, “created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,” and “did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.” The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canada’s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their “rescue” on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States. Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!). Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didn’t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD. Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 8d

Bezos’ future’s so bright, he’s gotta wear shades 🫠☢️💥

jashead @jashead.bsky.social · 8d

It amazes me that all these geniuses* are so dumb.

*I made a billion dollars selling stuff and stealing other people's stuff (Amazon Basics), therefore I must be a genius.

Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'

Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8d

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 9d

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

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Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social · 8d

Ask Cyprus how their “temporary” ceasefire border worked out for them…

See also Ukraine, Korea, Pakistan, etc.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Fears Gaza ‘temporary’ ceasefire line could become permanent new border

Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade A supposedly temporary yellow line marking Gaza’s ceasefire is taking an increasingly physical form as the precarious truce shows signs of stalling, with potentially dramatic consequences for Palestine’s future. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops have started installing yellow concrete markers every 200 metres to delineate the area remaining under Israeli control during the first phase of the ceasefire. Continue reading...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 9d

1. Reagan’s speech is real

2. It’s public domain

3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians

4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check

5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone.

New York has her back.

Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

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