Christine Autrand Mitchell
@camautrand.bsky.social
Screenwriter, Fiction Writer, Producer, Polyglot, Professional Worrier, Knitter, Super Smeller
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
NEW: ICE privatized health care for detainees, but the private company they hired hasn't paid the bills in almost a year - causing most private providers to cancel life-saving appointments. The VA used to cover this program, but Trump sold the $68M contract. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANds...
ICE is Delinquent on Medical Bills | Beans Talk
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The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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ALERT: New lawsuit alleges Justice Dept is violating federal law through its “inappropriate”, “unexplained” and “incomplete" redactions of Epstein Files JUST FILED ====> open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
Journalist Katie Phang Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Epstein Files Release
Lawsuit alleges violation of law from “inappropriate”, “unexplained” and “incomplete" redactions
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🚨NEWS🚨 Rep. Massie and I just introduced a bipartisan amendment to strip the pesticide liability shield from the Farm Bill. If a company’s product makes people sick, it should be held accountable. If states and communities want to create stronger protections, they should have every right to do so.
Pingree, Massie Team Up to Strip Big Chemical Immunity from Farm Bill
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Trump: "The entire country could be taken out in one night. And that night might be tomorrow night."
New Reporting: Missing files, FBI investigated possible obstruction of justice following Epstein's death open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Documents reportedly shredded by BOP after Epstein's Death
Corrections officer called FBI, writes letter to judge about document cover-up
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Yes, we've referred Secretary Noem to the DOJ for perjury. Here's why:
He warned us he would run our country like his businesses.
They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.
Full Video of Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivering the Democratic rebuttal to Donald Trump's State of the Union address from Colonial Williamsburg. youtu.be/dJP32_c32Mw?...
FULL VIDEO: Gov. Spanberger's Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
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Trump’s first year in office has left America in a state of chaos. Trump’s tariffs made life MORE expensive. Trump and Republicans CUT health care and allowed monthly premiums to increase for MILLIONS. Trump and Republicans are failing the American people.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Work rules take effect this week for states around the country, cutting access to one of the nation’s most vital anti-hunger programs.
Trump’s SNAP rules are about to imperil food access for millions
Work rules take effect this week for states around the country, cutting access to one of the nation’s most vital anti-hunger programs.
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This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later. Wonder why that is.
This is testimony… 📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti. “After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
📒 NEW STUDY “supports abolition of Daylight Saving Time and adoption of permanent Standard Time to minimize negative consequences including migraines.”
Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift. It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
