judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 08/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/judylman...open.substack.comNew Report Calls for Course Correction for New York Opioid Settlement Fund DistributionReport calls on state lawmakers and oversight leaders to redirect settlement dollars toward community-based, lived-experience solutions and require real transparency 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 31/01/2026Our senators must hold the line on DHS funding. We cannot settle for empty reforms while ICE and CBP terrorize our communities, violate our constitutional rights, and kill innocent people. Demand that your Democratic senators use their leverage to secure real restrictions on Trump’s secret police.act.indivisible.orgTell your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOWOn January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire... 16533218
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialWatchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories The high-profile killings of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good are only two among many. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comEight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their storiesThe high-profile killings of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good are only two among many 067
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately. 251150123916
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door: 646133337097
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialPaula Hammond @writerpaula.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing 29410248985
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis. youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...youtu.beWon’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga OriginalYouTube video by Rocket 28092033031
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026What about healthcare subsidies? #msnow # rachelmaddow 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/01/2026Democrats have a lot of leverage right now and we want to see them use it like this. Congress must pass an appropriations bill by next week to keep DHS funded. We must keep demanding that our elected officials meet this moment to get ICE Out For Good: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...axios.comScoop: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICEDemocrats are lining up against the bill. 45837280
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended 010
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/12/2025“What have I done!” 🤡 1241175524884
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/11/2025“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.” abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...abc7chicago.comFederal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: JudgeThe ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force... 8026111022
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/11/2025Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?" Mark Kelly: "It seems to." Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?" Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful." 294131193671
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025worth 4 mins of your time to watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...youtube.comNow is the Time to Speak up for JusticeYouTube video by Justice Connection 13328261365
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025substack.com/@judylmandel...substack.comJudy L Mandel (@judylmandel)This weekend I attended the National Trail of Truth in Washington, D.C. I helped set up the overwhelming tombstone cemetery with nearly 4,000 hand painted tombstones representing those lost to overdo... 020
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...sign.moveon.orgReinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ... 020
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Call and write to ABC to protest the firing of Jimmy Kimmel. They are attacking the first amendment and free speech in America. We can’t let them. 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. In other words, I am the *opposite* of his cowardly employer. 385145932811
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/09/2025❤️ if you think Kimmel and Colbert need to start their own podcasts immediately to amplify the resistance so the truth can be made loud and clear and we can take back the House and Senate come 2026 midterms. 1312197394
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Fascism is seeing people like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert being fired for speaking truth to power against repugnant fascists and their criminal immoral actions. 42880253
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Bad headline: "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments" Good headline: "ABC bows to government pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off air ‘indefinitely’" Kimmel did not criticize Kirk. He said his death was being exploited and implied the killer was pro MAGA 701737467
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Jimmy Kimmel told the truth. He was pulled off the air for telling the fucking truth...about Donald Trump. 892283586
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2025It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents. But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now. 58899863178
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 18/09/2025ABC just ripped Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. This comes just hours after the FCC Chair threatened ABC and Disney. And weeks after Colbert was cancelled. This isn’t freedom of speech. This is MAGA overreach. 831169346
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 20/08/2025substack.com/@mikaanderso...substack.comMika Anderson (@mikaanderson)POST THIS EVERYWHERE EVERY DAY! Epstein survivors will be having press conference on Sept 3rd!!! Details in link The news conference is scheduled to take place at the House Triangle in Washington, D... 010
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 26/07/2025open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comJuly 25, 2025“We’re going to end up shooting some of them.” 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 19/07/2025Now she tells me. 4663476
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 19/07/2025substack.com/@kimosboel/n...substack.comNew Hit Song! The 'Releasing' of Pedophile Trump's Epstein Files Saga!A jazz-age fever dream you didn't know you needed. 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Trump admits to being in the Epstein files, experts believe he’s been actively scrubbing his name, evidenced by his request for the FBI to flag and isolate every mention of him in the case documents.: “They’ve been running these files, and so much of the things that we found were fake with me.” 15530931251
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 19/07/2025We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...sign.moveon.orgKeep Colbert on Air!We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t... 010
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialJoy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Thank you @forbes !!! Love this article: www.forbes.com/sites/imeekp...forbes.comJoy Reid Is No Longer Filtered—And That’s Exactly The PointJoy Reid has entered the independent media game with her latest venture, The Joy Reid Show, where viewers will experience the rawest Reid has been in her career. 541836244
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Legal/minded folks, a question: Two daycare owners have told me they must accept unvaccinated children if their parents cite religious exemption. I am wondering what kind of proof would that require and if there’s legal ground for challenge given that this puts other children in harm’s way? 2722642
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...nytimes.comMedical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice 220112023405
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"One of the NOAA labs slated to be shut down [in Trump's budget] is the National Severe Storms Lab in Norman, Oklahoma, which works to improve flash flood forecasting among other hazards from severe thunderstorms..." www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/c...cnn.comBeleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings | CNNTexas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River. 17630561207
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/07/2025The deluge that killed nearly 80 people along fast-surging Texas rivers early Friday struck a region that has grappled with deadly floods before. And yet, the magnitude of the disaster exposed gaps in its ability to warn people.washingtonpost.comTexas Hill Country is no stranger to flash floods. Why were so many caught off guard?When the precipitation intensified in the early morning hours Friday, many people failed to receive or respond to flood warnings at riverside campsites known to be in the floodplain. 1941204362
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Thank you RFK Jr. - who will never be Bobby Kennedy to me. 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialHavoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 07/07/2025So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?! 1998324219324
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialWatchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025‘No warning at all’: Texas flood survivors question safety planning and officials’ response People who lost everything describe leaving homes and express anger at poor preparedness and officials who seemed to shirk responsibility. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘No warning at all’: Texas flood survivors question safety planning and officials’ responsePeople who lost everything describe leaving homes and express anger at poor preparedness and officials who seemed to shirk responsibility 196
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 07/07/2025open.substack.com/pub/ltcicris...open.substack.com#38 – One Big Beautiful SeminarThe recent passage of HR-1 (a.k.a One Big Beautiful Bill Act), is generating a lot of discussion about the need for Long-Term care Insurance (LTCI). 000
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/07/2025It turns out that "nobody" saw the Texas floods coming by design, this disaster has a culprit and their names are Donald Trump and Elon Musk. #3E #EndAutogenocidespookyconnections.comTexas Flood Disaster: The Deadly Cost of Trump’s DOGE Cuts and NOAA CollapseAt least 51 dead in Texas floods linked to Trump’s DOGE-backed NOAA cuts and delayed alerts. Experts and lawmakers call for accountability and reform amid climate disaster. 15331911138
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 06/07/2025How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers (Gift Article)The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health. 031
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this. 34849980221738
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!' He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...nytimes.comPardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. 919138007025
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/07/2025Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading. 1066300159946
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43709649137474
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 03/07/2025BREAKING: Hakeem Jeffries has been speaking on the House floor for the last 4 hours straight: “I feel the obligation Mr. Speaker to stand on this House floor and take my sweet time.” 38181591893
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/07/2025“If Republicans were so proud of this One Big Ugly Bill, why did debate begin at 3:28 am?” “I’m gonna take my time and ensure that the American people fully understand how damaging this bill will be to their quality of life.” - House Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social early this morning 301253330
Reposted by @judymandel.bsky.socialJoy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Watch now as Hakeem Jeffries holds the House floor to call out Trump and Republicans’ hypocritical, butt-ugly, billionaire bailout bill. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...open.substack.comLIVE NOW: Hakeem Jeffries' long minute (updated)The House Democratic leader is giving his Republican colleagues the business over the Big Billionaire Bailout 29779136
judymandel.bsky.social @judymandel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025substack.com/@akmermaid/n...substack.comAk Mermaid on SubstackNever forget these cowards stabbed America in the back! Vote them out! 000
