Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
Reader, writer, democrat, and advocate for marginalized people.
Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
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Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
No msgs.
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Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
· Oct 4
#STAYWOKE:ALERT&AWAKE
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
Donald Trump who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, renamed the Department of Defense, the Department of War!
There is only one clear mission for the WH. Hurt anyone who isn't rich.
It's the consistency in policy.
There is only one clear mission for the WH. Hurt anyone who isn't rich.
It's the consistency in policy.
Good grief!
Former DOJ attorney Liz Oyer just said something that should stop everybody cold:
The Justice Department has started calling Immigration Judges “Deportation Judges.”
She breaks down what that shift means: for due process, for families, & for a system already weaponized against the most vulnerable.
The Justice Department has started calling Immigration Judges “Deportation Judges.”
She breaks down what that shift means: for due process, for families, & for a system already weaponized against the most vulnerable.
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Donald Trump who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, renamed the Department of Defense, the Department of War!
There is only one clear mission for the WH. Hurt anyone who isn't rich.
It's the consistency in policy.
There is only one clear mission for the WH. Hurt anyone who isn't rich.
It's the consistency in policy.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Why are the conservative six on the SC going to give this madman even more power?!?! Part of the reason we’re in this mess is because of their ridiculous immunity ruling. They want a dictator. The American people do not. They have to go!!!
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Why are the conservative six on the SC going to give this madman even more power?!?! Part of the reason we’re in this mess is because of their ridiculous immunity ruling. They want a dictator. The American people do not. They have to go!!!
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Supreme Court conservatives poised to back Trump in FTC firing case
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member and give a historic boost to presidential power ...
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Why are the conservative six on the SC going to give this madman even more power?!?! Part of the reason we’re in this mess is because of their ridiculous immunity ruling. They want a dictator. The American people do not. They have to go!!!
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Why are the conservative six on the SC going to give this madman even more power?!?! Part of the reason we’re in this mess is because of their ridiculous immunity ruling. They want a dictator. The American people do not. They have to go!!!
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Good grief!
Former DOJ attorney Liz Oyer just said something that should stop everybody cold:
The Justice Department has started calling Immigration Judges “Deportation Judges.”
She breaks down what that shift means: for due process, for families, & for a system already weaponized against the most vulnerable.
The Justice Department has started calling Immigration Judges “Deportation Judges.”
She breaks down what that shift means: for due process, for families, & for a system already weaponized against the most vulnerable.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Good grief!
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Ah yes. The brilliant scientist is on it!
Q: Would you support ending federal vaccine mandates and just making those recommendations for schools?
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ah yes. The brilliant scientist is on it!
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Nobody ever asks Chuck Schumer if he condemns these people but they'll ask Zohran to condemn something a random student says.
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nobody ever asks Chuck Schumer if he condemns these people but they'll ask Zohran to condemn something a random student says.
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Hillary Clinton loves to complain about TikTok but if the New York Times and Jake Tapper on CNN were forced to focus on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich as much as they like to focus on *literally making things up about Rashida Tlaib*, Israel would have -100 public approval.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hillary Clinton loves to complain about TikTok but if the New York Times and Jake Tapper on CNN were forced to focus on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich as much as they like to focus on *literally making things up about Rashida Tlaib*, Israel would have -100 public approval.
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Worth noting just how impressive it is that public opinion has so steadily turned against Israel in the United States considering the fact that news like this basically does not get covered in any of the legacy media publications.
🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Worth noting just how impressive it is that public opinion has so steadily turned against Israel in the United States considering the fact that news like this basically does not get covered in any of the legacy media publications.
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@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
is running for U.S. Congress. As a physician she cares for the needs of others. This expertise will be used to help the community of California’s 22nd District thrive.
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
is running for U.S. Congress. As a physician she cares for the needs of others. This expertise will be used to help the community of California’s 22nd District thrive.
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
is running for U.S. Congress. As a physician she cares for the needs of others. This expertise will be used to help the community of California’s 22nd District thrive.
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
is running for U.S. Congress. As a physician she cares for the needs of others. This expertise will be used to help the community of California’s 22nd District thrive.
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
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#SuperSundayParties 🎉
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December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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As alarming as Stephen Miller's latest comments are, today's lashing out is a sign of how weak he knows the absurd, made-up legal claims are.
This is a man who knows his racism isn't an actual constitutional argument.
This is a man who knows his racism isn't an actual constitutional argument.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As alarming as Stephen Miller's latest comments are, today's lashing out is a sign of how weak he knows the absurd, made-up legal claims are.
This is a man who knows his racism isn't an actual constitutional argument.
This is a man who knows his racism isn't an actual constitutional argument.
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A dispiriting week for institutions but nobody better than @mjsdc.bsky.social and @malcolmnance.bsky.social to break down the impacts of Birthright Citizenship, Texas gerrymanders and double tap strikes. Thanks for listening.
SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 12/06/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A dispiriting week for institutions but nobody better than @mjsdc.bsky.social and @malcolmnance.bsky.social to break down the impacts of Birthright Citizenship, Texas gerrymanders and double tap strikes. Thanks for listening.
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I wrote that siding with Trump on this “would not be a difference of opinion, an alternative path, or even a politicized decision. It would be a decision effectively overturning a key portion of the Fourteenth Amendment, and it would need to be treated as such.”
Birthright citizenship, firing powers, the National Guard, and Trump's made-up "peace prize"
A Trump era Friday in December is not a normal Friday in December.
www.lawdork.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I wrote that siding with Trump on this “would not be a difference of opinion, an alternative path, or even a politicized decision. It would be a decision effectively overturning a key portion of the Fourteenth Amendment, and it would need to be treated as such.”
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Well, this is a very bad way of describing this.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Well, this is a very bad way of describing this.
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The first third of the manuscript for”The Court We Need” is due tomorrow!
Getting in some early-morning writing during our 7YO’s 6:00 am(!) figure skating practice…
Getting in some early-morning writing during our 7YO’s 6:00 am(!) figure skating practice…
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The first third of the manuscript for”The Court We Need” is due tomorrow!
Getting in some early-morning writing during our 7YO’s 6:00 am(!) figure skating practice…
Getting in some early-morning writing during our 7YO’s 6:00 am(!) figure skating practice…
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.
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Jo Ann Allen Boyce was one of the courageous “Clinton 12.6.” She passed away at 84.Before attending Clinton, she had to walk past it daily to ride 20 miles to the Black segregated school.
She faced violent KKK mobs and segregationists as one of the first children to integrate a Tennessee school.
She faced violent KKK mobs and segregationists as one of the first children to integrate a Tennessee school.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Jo Ann Allen Boyce was one of the courageous “Clinton 12.6.” She passed away at 84.Before attending Clinton, she had to walk past it daily to ride 20 miles to the Black segregated school.
She faced violent KKK mobs and segregationists as one of the first children to integrate a Tennessee school.
She faced violent KKK mobs and segregationists as one of the first children to integrate a Tennessee school.
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"Natural" does not = Good
Nature is not good or bad,
Also nature will kill you before you even get a chance to think about whether it's "good" or "bad"
Nature is nature. It eats, it reproduces, it mutates, it abides. It is the great equalizer. I hate her and I love her. 🧪
Nature is not good or bad,
Also nature will kill you before you even get a chance to think about whether it's "good" or "bad"
Nature is nature. It eats, it reproduces, it mutates, it abides. It is the great equalizer. I hate her and I love her. 🧪
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Natural" does not = Good
Nature is not good or bad,
Also nature will kill you before you even get a chance to think about whether it's "good" or "bad"
Nature is nature. It eats, it reproduces, it mutates, it abides. It is the great equalizer. I hate her and I love her. 🧪
Nature is not good or bad,
Also nature will kill you before you even get a chance to think about whether it's "good" or "bad"
Nature is nature. It eats, it reproduces, it mutates, it abides. It is the great equalizer. I hate her and I love her. 🧪
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The "natural immunity" bullshitters, you know the ones.
It's like saying it's better to bomb a city as a stress test than run emergency preparedness drills.
"Natural" infection leaves battle scars that cause chronic disease.
Vaccines are the SAFEST way to "train" your immune system. 🔬🩺 #MedSky
It's like saying it's better to bomb a city as a stress test than run emergency preparedness drills.
"Natural" infection leaves battle scars that cause chronic disease.
Vaccines are the SAFEST way to "train" your immune system. 🔬🩺 #MedSky
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The "natural immunity" bullshitters, you know the ones.
It's like saying it's better to bomb a city as a stress test than run emergency preparedness drills.
"Natural" infection leaves battle scars that cause chronic disease.
Vaccines are the SAFEST way to "train" your immune system. 🔬🩺 #MedSky
It's like saying it's better to bomb a city as a stress test than run emergency preparedness drills.
"Natural" infection leaves battle scars that cause chronic disease.
Vaccines are the SAFEST way to "train" your immune system. 🔬🩺 #MedSky
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A handful of people were protesting Trump on Friday a couple blocks away from the Kennedy Center in the view of those headed to the World Cup draw.
The protest happening in the shadow of the Watergate Complex might have been a bit too on the nose. But, also, maybe not.
Today, at Law Dork:
The protest happening in the shadow of the Watergate Complex might have been a bit too on the nose. But, also, maybe not.
Today, at Law Dork:
Birthright citizenship, firing powers, the National Guard, and Trump's made-up "peace prize"
A Trump era Friday in December is not a normal Friday in December.
www.lawdork.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
A handful of people were protesting Trump on Friday a couple blocks away from the Kennedy Center in the view of those headed to the World Cup draw.
The protest happening in the shadow of the Watergate Complex might have been a bit too on the nose. But, also, maybe not.
Today, at Law Dork:
The protest happening in the shadow of the Watergate Complex might have been a bit too on the nose. But, also, maybe not.
Today, at Law Dork:
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The focus on Friday became the SCOTUS news that the court will be hearing the birthright citizenship case.
But, there were several other things happening during the day Friday that provided a sharp reminder of just what any day in the Trump era could be like.
But, there were several other things happening during the day Friday that provided a sharp reminder of just what any day in the Trump era could be like.
Birthright citizenship, firing powers, the National Guard, and Trump's made-up "peace prize"
A Trump era Friday in December is not a normal Friday in December.
www.lawdork.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The focus on Friday became the SCOTUS news that the court will be hearing the birthright citizenship case.
But, there were several other things happening during the day Friday that provided a sharp reminder of just what any day in the Trump era could be like.
But, there were several other things happening during the day Friday that provided a sharp reminder of just what any day in the Trump era could be like.
Reposted by Debra Johnson
Eliminating Black holidays from free admission and imposing a de facto voter ID scheme affecting everyone may well be arbitrary and capricious.
I say there’s a lawsuit here. Let the Supreme Court own the racism.
I say there’s a lawsuit here. Let the Supreme Court own the racism.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Eliminating Black holidays from free admission and imposing a de facto voter ID scheme affecting everyone may well be arbitrary and capricious.
I say there’s a lawsuit here. Let the Supreme Court own the racism.
I say there’s a lawsuit here. Let the Supreme Court own the racism.
If you read thrillers or horror and haven't read Tananarive Due or Stephen Graham Jones, you are in for a treat.
Both of these authors write novels with complete worlds. The best books are the ones you can live in.
Both of these authors write novels with complete worlds. The best books are the ones you can live in.
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you read thrillers or horror and haven't read Tananarive Due or Stephen Graham Jones, you are in for a treat.
Both of these authors write novels with complete worlds. The best books are the ones you can live in.
Both of these authors write novels with complete worlds. The best books are the ones you can live in.