Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026traceyh415.substack.com/p/overdose-a...traceyh415.substack.comOverdose Awareness DayAugust 31 and every other one 021
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comWhen my leg almost rotted offI was in therapy on Tuesday when a visceral memory popped up in my mind. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comIt’s not “just a pinch”After going through all of the stages of health avoidance including- denial, avoidance, irritation, googling symptoms, and finally acceptance- I final made it to the gynecologist on Monday. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comThe Invisible WomanI am a mother. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026First time seeing a taco truck at a cemetery. 130
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comDistractionsHow to create a trauma getaway 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comHatred of the homeless is popular in an election yearThe Spencer Pratt Approach 010
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 22/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comOriginal SinThe first time I compromised myself for drugs, it did not trouble me. 001
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 14/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comWhiskey SoursOne cold Ohio morning I was staring out the frosty window. 010
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPATracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comStrange BedfellowsSeptember 07, 2015 revised 001
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Happy Mother’s Day to those mothers who never give up on their children. 020
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comStrange BedfellowsSeptember 07, 2015 revised 001
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime. 887290219908
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comThe OverdoseOriginally published 2015. Revised. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/traceyh4...open.substack.comA piece of meYesterday, my child packed up her travel suitcase and left. 020
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 26/02/2026More people who live in California need to speak up about what Gavin Newsom is really like or we are going to end up stuck with him as the democratic candidate. The TLDR is he panders to the right, he has failed on homeless policy, he won’t tax the rich, and he parrots anti trans rhetoric. 060
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Another lesson of the Epstein Files is that we should be taxing the rich instead of relying on their philanthropic dollars 041
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 04/02/20262026 public health nightmares: Measles outbreaks Deaths from pertussis TB outbreak in SF Child dies after drinking raw milk Defunding Covid vaccines The anti science movement is killing children and calling it “freedom” 030
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Is there a Knight of the seven kingdoms fandom on here? 000
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2026the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference. 228236065495
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 28/01/2026My friend lives in MN. ICE have not left. Do not stand for anything less than defunding and abolishing ICE. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I enjoy being vaccinated. More people should try it. It’s pretty cool actually. 020
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 27/01/2026My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib. He thought he was going to die. Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors. And a mob of agents killed him. 9060712201
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Trixie Mattel is making political posts. That shows you ppl have moved on from being worried about their brand deals. They are more worried about their communities. 020
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I just checked Facebook and my non political, right leaning Midwestern relatives are condemning ICE. This administration has activated the soccer mom and hockey dad sleeper cells. 060
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026When you have lost the Washington Post, essentially the mouthpiece of one of the richest men in the world, you have lost the narrative. It was an execution. 030
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/ 9973255711017
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/01/2026WSJ says ICE is lying. Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies 1000276527214
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAJohn Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com 319159385161
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those 9244746213588
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Abolishing ICE is now the moderate position. It’s the bare minimum. 040
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPADimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage. 13856007118637
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Ice murdered that man for the crime of trying to hold them accountable 020
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Today’s democrats are less moderate than mitt Romney was 20 years ago. 030
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026So many of the Trump cronies will flee out of the country to escape prosecution when this is all over but seeing as how so many are racists, seems like they won’t have many places to go 291
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours. 521880781
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAFilter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 20/01/2026For several years the rising number of overdose deaths was accompanied by a "parallel" increase in proportion of fentanyl in law enforcement seizures. The same does not appear to be true when deaths are trending downward.filtermag.orgFentanyl's Prevalence in Drug Seizures Not Linked to Drop in OD Deaths, Research Suggests - FilterAs theories continue to emerge for the dramatic turnaround in overdose deaths, a new study indicates that it’s largely unrelated ... 044
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPABolts @boltsmag.org · 17/01/2026Democratic lawmakers in Virginia voted on Friday to place a measure on the ballot this year that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they exit prison. “It’s time for us to have an automatic process,” says one lawmaker.boltsmag.orgVirginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on VotingVoters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They 013725
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I’m not carrying citizenship documents to please ICE. If ICE wants to detain me, so be it. I’m a convicted felon. I’ve been in custody before. This doesn’t scare me. ICE can waste time processing me while someone else gets away. I’m not complying in advance. 1110
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Spent my afternoon volunteering at the wildlife rescue. The long term residents were happy to see me 030
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Newsom and his team excel at trolling. That’s pretty much the only thing. 010
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The billionaires who sponsored Twitter personalities to dismantle progressive policies definitely got what they paid for. SF, Seattle, Denver, Portland, now Austin. 041
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do. 20226484536
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...semafor.comExclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in QatarThe details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro. 16082348810756
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 15/01/2026So now they restored the money. Wtf is going on there behind closed doors. 100
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 14/01/2026My nervous system is fried right now. 000
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social · 14/01/2026A list of things my ED friend says are being cut that we know of so far 12815
Reposted by Tracey Helton Mitchell MPAAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2026Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem" 639224697779