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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 20h

When I grew up, the NYTimes was the paper of record. Now it feels like it has become a propaganda arm of the federal government.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Faith leaders make a historic 96-mile march to protest extreme conditions inside ICE detention centers. Jacob Soboroff interviews clergy along the route in this compelling segment. Well worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUo...

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A regular reminder that the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and many similar groups are not projects of the US conference of bishops; and while presenting themselves as such are often not in line with the fullness of Catholic doctrine.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“In their dissents, Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson castigated their colleagues for failing to appreciate ‘our own fallibility’ and for risking irretrievable harm.” Their warnings were prophetic. The majority are responsible for this barbarism. America must abolish the death penalty now.

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jeanie31199.bsky.social @jeanie31199.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is COURAGE. This is strength. This is family. Stand together.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday, community groups and immigrant advocates started a 96-mile pilgrimage from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to the Metropolitan Detention Center in DTLA to call for an end to all detention centers and an end to cruel immigration policy. 🎥: Erwin Recinos and Aisha Wallace-Palomares

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Zacharydideas @zacharygg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The United States has gone from being a country that helped save the free world, to being leader of the free world, to being a country that the free world needs to be protected from. The only way to change that is from within. Vote. Please vote.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As US policy pushes workers toward poverty and oligarch wealth escalates, people seek a future that prioritizes community over profit. Hybrid examples: In Belgrade small businesses thrive alongside free public transit, while Vienna keeps housing affordable by owning a large percent of city apts.

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Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time

Socialism's appeal is at a new high, but it remains less popular than capitalism and well below free enterprise.

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Zacharydideas @zacharygg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The good thing about Democrats voting out an incumbent democrat is it sets a precedent that this is no longer about party affiliation, but about change. It puts politicians on notice that people are fed up and want change. Vote anyone out that does not produce results for the PEOPLE.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mayor Bass’s "Inside Safe" program has failed to treat people with severe mental illness with the care they deserve. LAHSA-funded non-profit leaders face indictments. If these agencies were less corrupt and more effective, fewer vulnerable people would be in the LAPD's crosshairs.

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'Woefully inadequate': Bass orders review of how LAPD deals with mentally ill people

A new executive directive announced Thursday by Mayor Karen Bass seeks to boost crisis intervention training for police officers, among other reforms.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve stayed on Facebook to keep in touch with friends, but this is a severe privacy rights violation and a violation of public trust.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

LAPD collaboration with ICE betrays the trust of Los Angeles residents. Transparency is not optional: LAPD leadership must obey court orders and release all moonlighting records without delay.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Re: “It’s extraordinarily unusual to see this many undecided voters at this point in the race,” he said. This isn't unusual—it's a pattern. Undecided voters usually become non-voters. When neither candidate motivates people, staying home is the expected result.

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles @esotouric.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Profoundly unsettled by the text messages sent between Lakiya Malone and Alexander Soofer, conspiring to bill LAHSA for non-existent Abundant Blessings homeless services clients they called "ghosts," as about seven people die on L.A. streets each day. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes — Also this should’ve happened after “quiet piggy”, etc (Also would’ve been nice if the Tennessee press corps had stood with us when Speaker Sexton banned us from TN GOP leadership pressers instead of voting to keep us out year after year)

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Devastating gift article on the Kennedy Center overhaul: Trump’s team closed the Africa Lounge, archiving priceless artwork gifted by 27 nations to mourn JFK in 1963, while installing gold plaques honoring Trump and RFK Jr. This is a cultural nightmare.

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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Two heads of Los Angeles homeless-aid non-profits have been arrested for alleged corruption. One allegedly embezzled $7.5M+ in public funds to finance a nightclub, restaurant, and bingo hall. The other faces charges for taking $180K+ in bribes. It's no wonder the crisis persists. Link to the article

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LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars and using money for personal gain

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

US media is ignoring a threat to its own survival. Reminds me of visiting Iraq in 1978: endless Saddam Hussein state TV and his face on every wall. Add in their shared obsession with gilding everything in sight, and the parallels get way too real.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This tragedy should give LA leaders pause. Helicopter traffic over LA—from news crews, tourists, and VIPs alongside emergency services—has become excessive, robbing neighborhoods of sleep and peace - as well as safety.

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The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards (Gift Article)

The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Meanwhile in Belgrade, a city that feels joyful and free, there is a reflecting pool sitting quietly, filled with cool clear water, and no fanfare. As an American, I appreciate the fact that I can eat salad without fear, buy groceries for much less than in the US, and ride transit for free.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My mom and her Las Vegas postman formed a friendship over years of regular visits, staying in touch through letters even after he retired to Florida. While their connection was unofficial, formalizing postal check-in frameworks is a wise, vital way to support seniors far beyond emergency heatwaves.

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As France’s Elders Swelter in the Heat, Postal Workers Come to the Rescue (Gift Article)

To help prevent heat-related deaths, the French government has asked postal workers to check in on older people.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Food contamination is tied to farmworker abuse. Treat workers humanely, and safety risks disappear. These failures don't happen under functioning governments where corporate greed isn't the primary value, politicians can't be bought, and a bag of salad actually costs less.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Mayor Bass & Nithya Raman both exploited this issue to get elected. "Inside Safe" operates with zero transparency, benefiting building owners over the unhoused. Its signature feature is corruption. Meanwhile, these "communities" are understaffed & terrifying for the people living in them.

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Los Angeles Homeless Population Grows Again, After 2 Years of Decline (Gift Article)

Los Angeles had an increase in homeless residents between early 2025 and early 2026. The rise could hurt Mayor Karen Bass as she runs for re-election.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Want to beat Democratic Socialists? Simple: out-govern them. Act like the EU nations where groceries are cheaper, cities actually build housing, everyone has healthcare, small businesses thrive, and they aren't currently dealing with a cyclospora epidemic.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It's very sad to watch a subpar mind further disintegrate in real time, but it is also essential for American journalists to make clear to readers that everything the President of the United States is now saying publicly is an utter and frighteningly dementia-fueled hallucination

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Gift Article from The New York Times. The owner of Green Water Services received a no bid contract and is a Trump donor. It's perfect that they are called "Green Water Services."

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Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nothing a couple gallons of hydrogen peroxide won’t fix. Algae in the Reflecting Pool continues to grow …

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Zacharydideas @zacharygg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The product they used is made by Sika. Cleaning it with 12% Hydrogen Peroxide voids the warranty.

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Zacharydideas @zacharygg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hydrogen peroxide can severely damage elastomeric coatings. The material they just installed to coat the pool is an elastomeric product. The Hydrogen peroxide will temporarily remove the algae. However, it will permanently damage the new 14 million dollar coating. IDIOTS.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Gift Article from The New York Times. Americans "overlook the example of this global pope at their peril. The deeper lesson of the first U.S. pontiff may be that our interdependent world has become, in Cabrini’s words, 'too small' for bygone fantasies of American exceptionalism."

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Opinion | America’s First Pope Pays Homage to Its First Saint

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Housing permits stalled, schools struggling, film jobs disappearing. LA is becoming "a sunny Detroit." America needs more political options, the ability to replace failing leaders quickly, and executives and politicians who serve their communities as well as their shareholders.

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Fareed Zakaria GPS 6/14/26 | CNN Breaking News Today June 14, 2026

YouTube video by Arte inspira

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Mitigating the homelessness crisis starts with removing barriers. Three low-cost solutions: Free ID replacement to unlock jobs and services. Free mailboxes to provide a reliable point of contact. Permanent housing for the chronically mentally ill who don't have enough income to pay for housing.

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How Can We Reduce Homelessness? These Success Stories Point the Way

Programs aimed at families and veterans offer a road map to address the problem in the coming decades.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's true Bass, Raman and LAHSA exploit homeless people for political and financial gain, but this article fails to mention the US forces the sick and poor to live on the streets and refuses to house people with severe mental illness. The US is not a Christian nation; it's the exact opposite.

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Trump Suspends Funding for Los Angeles Homeless Agency

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gift Article. (I was a Dem for decades, but dropped out because of the Party’s approach to violent crimes committed by minors in Oregon and the systemic failures to follow the Oregon Constitution on victims’ rights. A party that does not protect communities is not truly for the people.)

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Latest Indicator of Political Discontent: 43% of Voters Dissatisfied With Both Parties

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The US is refunding part of the $160B collected from Trump’s tariffs. Too late for businesses that failed, and these refunds won't reach the ordinary people here and abroad who actually paid for his inflation.

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With Big Decisions Ahead, the Supreme Court Collides With a Testy Trump

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The AP says, "Trump immunity from IRS audit shocks experts, who warn it could undermine trust in tax system." I'd say Trump has undermined trust in government across the board. The corruption is so extreme it makes Nixon look like a saint who (as the article cites) paid his taxes when audited.

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Trump immunity from IRS audit shocks experts, who warn it could undermine trust in tax system

Donald Trump has a reputation for slashing his taxes using techniques that some experts find aggressive.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This story guts me. Time and again, law enforcement, state governments, and politicians fail to protect our communities. I’ve seen this firsthand in Oregon, where the “rights” of people who plan or commit devastating violence are protected more fiercely than those of victims or vulnerable people.

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San Diego Shooter So Alarmed Police in 2025, They Seized Father’s Guns

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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Has Montana found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United?! It's a great start!! #WeThePeople

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/01/2026

You have the right to ask to see the warrant 📌You have the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant 📌You have the right to remain silent Door-to-door enforcement without judicial oversight is not “law and order.” #NoWarrantNoICE

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Wow. Tillis is another one who is not upholding his oath to the Constitution. How is it a good idea for our largest and most funded police force to keep their identities secret as they exercise their power to kill with impunity? This will make it near impossible to hold them accountable.

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Hi All, I go to a church in Los Angeles that is part of a group called Sacred Resistance. They gave us a link today to ask Target to support getting ICE out of Minnesota. Here's the link for those who would like to join this action. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Target: ICE OUT NOW

Join us in demanding Target: Publicly call for an immediate end to the ICE “surge” into MN and for ICE to leave the state; Exercise their 4th Amendment rights and publicly post signage denying ent...

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Amanda Neal Roth @amandanealroth.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The USA should have its participation withheld if it intends to deploy ICE. ICE agents have established a clear pattern of abuse that produces fear, destruction, and death. ICE must not be involved in the Olympics, the World Cup, or the Super Bowl. ICE must not be at events meant to unite people.

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US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger

The US federal agency says it will not play an immigration role at February's event in Milan-Cortina.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A reminder that Liam Ramos, the son of legal residents in Minnesota, is still being held in a Texas prison. A five year old little boy - and America’s global reputation - now scarred for life. (📸 Ali Daniel’s/AP)

Little Liam Ramos stood facing an ICE vehicle with his cartoon blue wooly hat. A state-sponsored terrorist ICE agent is holding him by his rucksack.

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

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