Johanna Lapine
@jappl.bsky.social
Mom. Writer. IR and USG SME. Historian. Neurodivergency advocate. Non-violent protester. Believer in better angels.
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Elon and his crew destroyed hundreds of veteran owned businesses. Two-thirds of the contracts DOGE canceled at the VA this year were with veteran-owned businesses. Some contracts were helping the VA register cancer patients or provide health care support to vets. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOGE had a cutting spree. 550 vet-owned businesses felt it.
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Elon and his crew destroyed hundreds of veteran owned businesses. Two-thirds of the contracts DOGE canceled at the VA this year were with veteran-owned businesses. Some contracts were helping the VA register cancer patients or provide health care support to vets. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
“Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: ‘We keep it, I guess.’”
Note: I’m not an expert on international maritime law, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal. I am, technically, an expert in a few fields that allow me to expertly tell you that ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR & they haven’t.
Note: I’m not an expert on international maritime law, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal. I am, technically, an expert in a few fields that allow me to expertly tell you that ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR & they haven’t.
US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says — Reuters
The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington a...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: ‘We keep it, I guess.’”
Note: I’m not an expert on international maritime law, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal. I am, technically, an expert in a few fields that allow me to expertly tell you that ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR & they haven’t.
Note: I’m not an expert on international maritime law, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal. I am, technically, an expert in a few fields that allow me to expertly tell you that ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR & they haven’t.
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Methinks Donny doth protest too much
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Methinks Donny doth protest too much
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We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....
All to ourselves.
All to ourselves.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....
All to ourselves.
All to ourselves.
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"It's a cult of personality surrounded by a bunch of very child-like grifters," The Atlantic staff writer @radiofreetom.bsky.social says of the scandal-plagued Trump admin. "They're there to get clicks" and make "propaganda style clips," adds @bradmossesq.bsky.social. #Velshi
‘Child-like grifters’ are leading the Trump administration – and becoming a huge liability
Some top officials in the Trump administration – like FBI Director Kash Patel, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – have recently been plagued with scandals related to their personal and/or professional conduct. Tom Nichols, writer for The Atlantic, and National Security Attorney Bradley Moss join Ali Velshi to discuss it. Nichols says there’s a “bunch of very child-like grifters” at the head of the government. “One of the things that's so striking about all these people is not just how amateurish they are, but how completely unfocused they are,” Nichols adds.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"It's a cult of personality surrounded by a bunch of very child-like grifters," The Atlantic staff writer @radiofreetom.bsky.social says of the scandal-plagued Trump admin. "They're there to get clicks" and make "propaganda style clips," adds @bradmossesq.bsky.social. #Velshi
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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
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December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
We OWE Poland. They have been helping Ukraine stand in the way of Putin’s push for a renewed Soviet Union, and they have been getting themselves attacked for it. Trump’s actions re: Ukraine, NATO, & the EU is a betrayal of the U.S.’s highest ideals & therefore, is a betrayal of ourselves.
December 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We OWE Poland. They have been helping Ukraine stand in the way of Putin’s push for a renewed Soviet Union, and they have been getting themselves attacked for it. Trump’s actions re: Ukraine, NATO, & the EU is a betrayal of the U.S.’s highest ideals & therefore, is a betrayal of ourselves.
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
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Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
I’m sorry to see Quentin Tarantino so thirsty for attention that he thinks it necessary to make unprovoked attacks on actors whose work he just doesn’t “get”. Art is subjective. You can say something isn’t your taste without being an ass about it - or at least people not desperate for attention can.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I’m sorry to see Quentin Tarantino so thirsty for attention that he thinks it necessary to make unprovoked attacks on actors whose work he just doesn’t “get”. Art is subjective. You can say something isn’t your taste without being an ass about it - or at least people not desperate for attention can.
Kaitlan Collins should do us all a favor and just give her “No fucks given” level stare to Trump until he fully malfunctions. Just leave a greasy orange stain on the floor.
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Trump Melts Down at Kaitlan Collins Over Rising Ballroom Cost — The Daily Beast
Donald Trump raged at the CNN host for questioning a $100 million addition to the ballroom invoice.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Kaitlan Collins should do us all a favor and just give her “No fucks given” level stare to Trump until he fully malfunctions. Just leave a greasy orange stain on the floor.
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Minneapolis doesn’t play. Minnesotans have never been afraid of ice.
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Minneapolis doesn’t play. Minnesotans have never been afraid of ice.
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution