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Annie Spell

@anniespell.bsky.social
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Opinionated female, retired liberal lawyer, First Amendment advocate and Mom.

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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 11h
I know you know, but it makes me feel better to post this.
If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war. If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hearing they selected websites randomly to be tested and that AI successfully called a law enforcement's tip line does not make me feel safer.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Louisiana, the Republican Secty of State has changed the voter portal site. To check whether your status is one of the 67,000 voters kicked off the rolls type: voterportal.sos.la.gov then, click: Search by Voter.
Photo depicts arrow pointing to Search by Voter link with directions: Louisiana, the Republican Secty of State has changed the voter portal site. To check whether your status is one of the 67,000 voters kicked off the rolls type: https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ then, click: Search by Voter.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Step aside, MAGA Steve Scalise (La R-1), Southeastern Louisiana has an opportunity to elect a teacher, union member and Democrat to the House of Representatives.🥰
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The government killing for killing makes no sense. No person should ever kill another. Streaming a live murder is barbaric.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Looking forward to this plot twist: Teacher Lauren Jewett (D) wins and replaces Steve Scalise (R) as US House Rep for Louisiana's District 1 (most of Southeastern La). 😎 www.laurenjewett.com
laurenjewett.com
Lauren Jewett for Congress | Louisiana's 1st District
Teacher. Union member. Community leader. Running to put Louisiana families first.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm voting for third-generation farmer and Democrat Jamie Davis to be Louisiana's next Senator and I'm super happy about it.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The threats are coming from inside the White House.
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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just a few small steps to death camp status.
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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Swearing on a stack of banned books instead of a bible is bad ass.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm voting for the farmer, Jamie Davis to be Louisiana's next Senator.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Covington, Louisiana NAACP ❤️ forum with the Democrat, teacher, union member and candidate, Lauren Jewett who we need to support to unseat MAGA Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA-District 1) - mostly Southeastern Louisiana. Lauren's site: www.laurenjewett.com/about
Screen grab of Lauren Jewett for US House of Representatives District 1 Louisiana with photo of Lauren and text: A teacher, union member, and community leader running to put Louisiana families first.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Color me not surprised the political party in control of who is held accountable for trafficking children for rape in the Epstein files is the same political party in control of where single females and children will go after being imprisoned at England Airpark Alexandria, LA Child Detention site.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Same. We have a very old and large pine tree in our front yard. I was feeling gratitude that it made it through another Hurricane season. Now, I'm holding on to hope, she'll make it through the weekend.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Louisiana, the Republican Secty of State has changed the voter portal site. To check whether your status is one of the 67,000 voters kicked off the rolls type: voterportal.sos.la.gov then, click: Search by Voter.
Photo depicts arrow pointing to Search by Voter link with directions: Louisiana, the Republican Secty of State has changed the voter portal site. To check whether your status is one of the 67,000 voters kicked off the rolls type: https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ then, click: Search by Voter.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
4 weeks out from midterms and Louisiana Republican Secretary of State has "mishandled" eligibility status of 67,000 voters. Oct 7 @lailluminator.com Greg Larose article. Also changed is how voters can check their status. To check your status in LA, in search bar type: voterportal.sos.la.gov 1/2
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‘Human error’ switches status of 67,000 Louisiana voters to inactive • Louisiana Illuminator
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s office expects to restore the correct status for thousands of voters by Wednesday after a mishap during routine maintenance earlier this week switched them to inacti...
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
England Airpark authority must cancel the contracts to imprison babies and children in Alexandria, Louisiana
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Louisiana Starlink investigated.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've missed you. 🥰
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you, @propublica.org
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"At the Jena [Louisiana] facility, they reported that there had been detainee deaths, people being shackled for more than 24 hours, contaminated food, filthy cells and bathrooms, physical abuse ..., and the use of solitary confinement as retaliation." from @veritenews.org article
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ICE is opening a concentration camp for children in Alexandria, Louisiana run by a private company with a horrendous human rights record. Because of significant opposition, the local government and ICE are doing everything they can to keep what's happening a secret www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
nola.com
‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 04/10/2026
With November’s midterm elections approaching, a grassroots organization is calling on candidate for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat, Julia Letlow, to accept an invitation to debate Jamie Davis. ow.ly/losV50ZU936
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not as bleak - I'm hanging on to that feeling.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Orleans Claiborne Planned Parenthood Louisiana is reopened and providing in-person and telehealth services.
Planned Parenthood Louisiana building front
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😡"[T]the unaccompanied migrant children set to arrive at the Alexandria ICE facility will reportedly not be in custody of ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement], but rather, they will be in custody of ICE." - from article by @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Appreciate the "click here for fact check" link.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MAGA Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry hiding Meta data center and SpaceX information in 300+ NDAs and giving away billions in tax benefits has done nothing to move Louisiana from it's highest poverty rate (double the national average), but voting against Republicans will.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No person should ever kill another person.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bearing witness to Child Detention at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana today after a prayer walk to the building interning babies, children, single females and single mothers. In community with Erin Tracy, friends, clergy, Free Families @buddyspell.bsky.social holds "Los Vemos" sign.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Don’t ever get immune to the inhumanity and dehumanization of what the Trump/Miller project is doing to children and families" - Charles Idelson, from article.
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 30/09/2026
Reporter Diego Perdomo was on Fox 8 Nola to talk about what a $5 million funding cut would mean for New Orleans' Low Barrier Shelter and residents who rely on it. ow.ly/umBV50ZTiUH
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Done
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
and babies and single females and single mothers - England Airpark
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"[C]hildren in the country alone should not rely for care on the same agency that is trying to deport them, experts said." England Airpark Alexandria, Louisiana must cancel the contracts.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epstein Terminal for the win
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JaeVegalo @jjee81.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Durante meses, un grupo de habitantes del centro de Luisiana y su creciente coalición de aliados se han unido para impedir que el centro de detención para familias y niños se establezca en Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
England Airpark must cancel the contracts for child internment in Alexandria, lA.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well done, Knoxville!
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Louisiana's ticket? Jamie Davis (D), farmer for Senator; Lauren Jewett (D), teacher to replace Steve Scalise (R-D1); and, Conrad Cable (D), farmer to replace Mike Johnson (R- D4).
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Louisiana vote Jamie Farmer and Democrat - jamieforlouisiana.com
jamieforlouisiana.com
Jamie Davis for U.S. Senate — Louisiana First.
Jamie Davis won the Democratic primary in all 64 parishes. Now he takes on the Washington insiders to lower costs, save rural hospitals, and put Louisiana first. Election Day is November 3.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You call it noise; I call it refusing to surrender while you sit quietly by.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dilly Detention Center #2, England Airpark prison for Children, Single Females and Single Mothers in Alexandria, Louisiana opens next week. Evil can dress up or "stage" it all they want, but if the people inside can't leave England Airpark, it is a prison; it is Dilly Detention Center #2.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another reason England Airpark authority must cancel the contracts for the internment of children? Drinking level imprisonment site next to AEX and busiest deportation hub in Alexandria is 575,000 times higher than federal drinking water limit.
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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Community standing up and fighting back against child detention centers at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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