Nurse Dawn Wooten:
Interviewed by Jacob Sobaroff about the “Uterus Collector” complaints.
Nurse Wooten who contributed to the whistle blower complaint said “That is how detainees refer to this physician.”
The inmates “would ask me why did I have to have a hysterectomy?”
Nurse Wooten to Jacob Sobaroff:
“Because you don’t have a valid answer for them. It is a mind blowing and it is mind boggling.
When you get in your vehicle after a 12 hour shift and you cry yourself home, and you’re the only one in the vehicle asking why, what is going on, what is happening? I don’t have an answer, why is nobody hearing them or taking them seriously? I don’t have an answer. So shift after shift, then it gets to be to where you don’t want to report to work because you don’t have an answer. You don’t have a reason and they’re going to ask you why.”
(shown on Maddow)
Sobaroff: “What happened to the woman that you spoke with that had the hysterectomies do you know?”
Nurse Wooten: “A lot of them were deported back to their countries.
I don’t know if they were transferred the others to other facilities.”
Sobaroff: “Do you think that what happened to the women that you spoke with is going to happen to other women in the future?”
Nurse Wooten:
“If there’s not going to be a change, there’s not going to be a change.
If there’s not going to be a correction, there’s not going to be any correction. If there are not people like myself that are brave enough to have a voice for other people, and not be so afraid to speak out. A lot of people desire to speak out but are afraid of losing their jobs. I spoke out, I was demoted. So I was made the example of. I whistle blew because I love to do what I love to do. And if it was my son, or my daughter, my mother or my father that was in that situation, then I would want somebody to speak out on their behalf as well.”
Soboroff:
“You obviously know the detainees well inside Irwin. What would be your message to them today?”
Nurse Wooten:
“My message to the detainees today, would be “All hope is not lost…there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I apologize on behalf of Irwin County Detention Center for what goes on concerning them in the facility”. And I understand totally. Am not in that situation. But I understand totally what it feels like just to be overlooked and neglected.”
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Four other lawyers detained by women say they had unnecessary hysterectomies.
ICE is disputing experimental procedures. Jacob Soboroff, author of “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy” speaks with Rachel Maddow:
Maddow:
“You had this remarkable interview with this whistle blower (Dawn Wooten)…but to be clear,
as compelling as her first person story is, the allegations aren’t coming solely from her. There are things that other people, and that other lawyers for other people, have declared as part of this complaint that would seem to back up what she is saying.”
Sobaroff:
“Yes I’m glad you brought that up.
For us it was important to corroborate the allegations in this whistle blower complaint from Ms. Wooten. And I wanted to speak with her myself which obviously I did. But also to corroborate the allegations of the migrants who were detailed in the whistle blower complaint. So Julie and I spoke to four different lawyers today, and every one of them has said that they had a client who had contact with this doctor where they were told one thing, and ultimately they came out of this either having the procedure, or being recommended to have a procedure that was deeply invasive. And of course at least in two of those cases, a hysterectomy took place. And at least one of those lawyers told us they went to the Detention Center, complained about the treatment from this doctor, but no change was ever made.”
Maddow:
“And to be clear the complaints here from these women and their lawyers who are speaking on their behalf, is essentially not that they never should have been sent out to see a gynecologist, but that whatever was going on with them they did not understand that the treatment was going to be a hysterectomy. And then in some cases the allegation here is that the hysterectomies, whether or not the women consented to them in the first place, were not medically necessary.”
(next paragraph would not post)
Maddow:
“Jacob, what should happen here legally in terms of this complaint?
Obviously she’s casting herself as a whistle blower. There is significant corroboration from the worst of the allegations that she is making. ICE is saying that this will be investigated. The facility is saying that whether this is investigated or not, they deny that any of this is happening. The doctor is saying essentially the same thing. What do you expect to happen in terms of this being looked into, in terms of these women’s claims being investigated, and potentially there being accountability here?”
Sobaroff:
“So the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security will open an investigation. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security will look at this as well, and they were copied essentially on the complaint. And what I think that this gets to, one of the lawyers said to me which I really want to underscore here, is that while she didn’t think this was a large conspiracy by the government necessarily to have these procedures on these women, it is emblematic of systematic LACK of oversight for medical care. And also just well being and welfare of immigrants in immigration detention. As well as you mentioned what happened with Scott Lloyd. With family separations, we didn’t know what was happening because we couldn’t see inside these facilities. And immigration lawyers have expressed to me over and over again today that this particular example, is uniquely heinous if the allegations ultimately are proven to be true. But it’s one of many examples in this system which precede frankly this administration. Immigration detention is a place where people come to seek refuge, seek asylum. But are subjected to prison-like conditions where they have virtually no recourse when something like this happens, or at least that’s the way that they feel. Obviously the government would say differently, and of course their lawyers would disagree.”
Maddow:
“Prison-like conditions and worse. I mean there’s a reason ICE put their denial in the terms immediately about whether this is human experimentation on these essentially powerless detainees and refugees. I understand why they might go right at that because that resonates with all of us who know from the history here. The fact that this is part of the government where we’re training people are working for the U.S. government to treat human beings the way that immigrants and refugees have been treated, it’s on all of us about what the government is saying we stand for and will do in our name.”
Sobaroff:
“It’s important for us to talk about these stories.
I know these are harsh stories to talk about but these are human beings that are undergoing what is alleged to be truly, truly horrific treatment at the hands of the so-called medical professional. And that’s why…at the Department of Homeland Security will be forced to investigate this. And we’ve heard the top officials in Congress on the Hill also called for investigations as well.”
“ICE whistleblower Speaks Out, Alleges Mass Hysterectomies Performed On Migrant Women”
Nurse Dawn Wooten alleges mass hysterectomies performed at Georgia facility: “I had several detained women on numerous occasions that would come to me and say, ‘Ms. Wooten, I had a hysterectomy. Why?’ I had no answers as to why they had those procedures.”
Dawn Wooten to Hayes.
.@MooreMaya announced she has married Jonathan Irons, the man she put her career on hold for to help free from prison following his wrongful conviction 23 years ago ❤️
Janelle Monáe: Rolling Stone.
Talks Writing Stacey Abrams Doc Theme: ‘What Is a Revolution Without a Song?’
“I have to be the energy for other voices who are putting themselves on the front line,” singer says of “Turntables” from All In, a new documentary on activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate”
(https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/janelle-monae-turntables-interview-1057188/)
–plus “I saw Brian Kemp steal the election.”
Have “pro-life” Republicans expressed outrage and demanded an investigation yet into reports of immigrant women being forced to have their uteruses removed from their bodies?
ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy – Official Trailer
“In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States. Coming to theaters Sept. 9, on Prime Video Sept. 18.”
(Prime)
Kanye is tweeting out to Bono and Taylor Swift and others to help him be the Baby Putin of the USA while he posts videos of himself peeing on a Grammy.
2020 is so far down a rabbit hole a Trump tweet might look normal right now.
“Scientific American Backs Biden With Its First Presidential Endorsement In History”
“Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the magazine’s historic endorsement of Joe Biden because of Donald Trump’s “incompetence on science.”
We're at DefCon1 levels of *gross mismanagement* @DHSgov at this point, where each day brings another massive scandal. So many of these scandals are unfolding at once, in real time, that it's worth highlighting the basic chronology of a few of them from past couple of weeks. 1/
Joshua Kushner snagged at least $2.8 million from Trump’s PPP, federal data show. In another business he terminated 1/3 of his workforce, yet received another $1 million in PPP. Kushner’s company provided fraudulent data that there were no layouts or terminations. pic.twitter.com/nGobiE7vqy
I'll keep stressing it…this is all he's got left. This is his campaign the rest of the way. Outlandish, crazy utterances and tweets because he knows he's never going to truly be called out for it by the both sides Beltway Media. https://t.co/42iQkznOqx
🚨BREAKING: Louisiana Federal Court ORDERS ten days of early voting AND greater flexibility in who can cast an absentee ballot. pic.twitter.com/4QiMrzWIcd
Black women are 1.5x more likely to be sent home from work or school because of their hair… Which is why Colorado passed the CROWN Act to prevents this hair discrimination! EVERY state should implement this!! https://t.co/QLJYtHuEA5
Jim Carrey is stepping into 30 Rock — and maybe the Oval Office.
The politically inclined comedian will join the cast of “Saturday Night Live” this season to play Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, NBC announced.https://t.co/7DuycfXswd
— SNYDE (sorry, not sorry celebrity news) (@snydenydn) September 16, 2020
NEW: Multiple White House staff have tested positive for COVID-19 today. The White House press pool was just informed, but Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is not releasing any further information.
This comes less than 24 hours after international leaders met with President Trump.
Sorry for the negative news in the midst of all your celebrating, Ivanka.
Multiple White House staffers have tested positive for #COVID-19 today one day after after Israeli PM Netanyahu, UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed & Bahraini FM Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani met with them. https://t.co/XnJCef0rQu
Me too, Eric. Please use this link. It goes straight to the campaign, rather than a PAC. There’s a space to fill in any amount you’re comfortable with.https://t.co/xgKm3bff9Rhttps://t.co/n8mfOa9WIn
President Trump made at least 22 false or misleading claims over the hour-and-a-half town hall event, according to a preliminary count https://t.co/sCFVgQNPVn
A county judge has ruled that directive that restricted Ohio counties to one ballot drop box in November was arbitrary and unreasonable, delivering the Republican secretary of state another in a series of blows to his policies. https://t.co/BjVhKbKcEF
– Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden on SNL – Alrighty then! – Michael Caputo takes sixty day leave – Another Trump henchman gone – Here comes the Trump press conference from hell – Trump is going to prison – It's still only 5:20pm
Two more of Donald Trump's far-right, anti-choice judicial nominees were just confirmed to lifetime positions by Senator Collins and Senate Republicans.
The fate of Roe v. Wade and our reproductive freedoms are at stake this election. #mepolitics
CNN has obtained documents reported by NPR that show D.C. National Guard was asked by military officer whether his unit had a “heat ray” that could be used on protesters at Lafayette Square on June 1, when Trump held Bible outside church. w/ @mkrajupic.twitter.com/QKIWAwjesx
There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one. In A Promised Land, I try to provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grapple with as a nation, and how we can heal our divisions and make democracy work for everybody. pic.twitter.com/T1QSZVDvOm
Mitch McConnell has been blocking $25 billion in USPS funding for 124 days, legislation to restore Voting Rights Act for 284 days & legislation to prevent foreign election interference for 328 days but confirmed six more extreme Trump judges in 30 hours https://t.co/3deWpPqLMQ
Trump has a scheme to steal the election before it happens. An elaborate, well-funded strategy has his lawyers getting conservative judges in battleground states to issue orders disrupting mail voting, erecting barriers to voting rights & creating chaos.https://t.co/FsPBHGlvlk
Good Morning, Beloved TODBots 🙏💪💙❤💙💪🙏
Mark Your Calendar, A Promised Land is Coming to a Book Store Near You‼
There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one. In A Promised Land, I try to provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grapple with as a nation, and how we can heal our divisions and make democracy work for everybody. pic.twitter.com/T1QSZVDvOm
Ordering now. 25 languages available, a world-recording-breaking bestseller, we’ve been waiting SO long!! Big excited hugs all around!! Keep Us All The Heart 🕊♥️🙏🏼🌏🕯⏳🕊
Rev. William Barber: "In 15 states, if poor and low wealth people would just vote, 1% to 19% higher than the last time they could change every race from the governors to the Senate to the presidency. This is the group that must be expanded."https://t.co/6feYD6Y4jI
“If income had been distributed as evenly over the past 5 decades as it was in 1975, the median full-time worker in the U.S. would enjoy annual earnings of roughly $92,000/year. As is, that worker makes just $50,000.”https://t.co/yd3SN6FtMk
A script reading by the Princess Bride cast raised $4.2 million for the Wisconsin Democratic party. Well hot damn, we might actually have a shot at winning this thing.
*Another woman comes forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to @guardian. *Former model Amy Dorris says alleged assault occurred at US Open in 1997. *”His hands were very gropey…”https://t.co/UVGsPPUOiJpic.twitter.com/2BoXuM77So
FBI Director Wray testifies that foreign election interference this cycle is aimed "primarily to denigrate Vice President Biden, and what the Russians see as kind of an anti-Russian establishment." pic.twitter.com/Hv7lcAWHTR
There’s no one more reflective, more honest, and more thoughtful than @barackobama. I’ve seen that in so many ways throughout our life together. And after seeing him pour his whole heart into this book, I know you will too. #APromisedLand ❤️ https://t.co/P7WSZp378a
"A surprisingly effective progressive effort this spring to undermine Trump’s approval ratings on the economy provides a model for how the president’s opponents can hurt Trump where he’s strongest," @GrahamDavidA writes: https://t.co/QvZaXa4Q6Q
“Michael Cohen thinks Trump is ‘setting himself to be an autocrat'”
Trump “It’s all about power. It’s being a dictator, it’s being a king. He doesn’t see being President of the United States as being a president for all the people….he sees it the other way around, that he’s doing a favor to all American and that Americans should be working for him. I mean he really believes he can turn the United States into a monarchy and he would be its ruler.” About Putin…He always used to say it doesn’t matter who you
vote for – all that matters is who is counting the vote.
Congressman Pramila Jayapal – at least 17 immigrant women involved:
“Jayapal Statement on New Details Regarding Forced Unnecessary Medical Procedures—Including Hysterectomies—Being Performed on At Least 17 Immigrant Women in Irwin County, Georgia”
“Late yesterday, I was briefed by three attorneys representing women who were detained at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga. and subjected to forced, invasive procedures by a gynecologist connected with the private, for-profit detention center. It has become painfully clear to me that the initial reports brought to light on Monday by whistleblower Dawn Wooten and Project South are likely part of a pattern of conduct.”
“Since the initial story broke, I understand that there are at least five independent attorneys representing women who have found themselves to be part of this horrific pattern, subjected to unnecessary forced sterilization or medical procedures over the last several years. It appears that there may be at minimum 17 to 18 women who were subjected to unnecessary medical gynecological procedures from just this one doctor, often without appropriate consent or knowledge, and with the clear intention of sterilization. Because the majority of immigrants are pro se (unrepresented), it is also possible that there are additional similar cases for individuals who have already been deported or did not have legal representation.
“My conversations with attorneys were stunning and represent the most abhorrent of human rights violations.
One woman, Pauline, who was nearly deported this morning, consulted the doctor simply about her menstrual cycle. She was put under for what she was told would be a simple procedure, only to wake up and find that the doctor had removed part of her reproductive organs without her knowledge or consent. Another woman, already deported, apparently went in to see the doctor for a simple condition related to diabetes and ended up having gynecological surgery. Two additional women apparently were shackled to the bed, reported to have had surgical procedures, including one apparent hysterectomy, without any consent.
“I am horrified and outraged to hear these stories, which contain may consistencies and raise serious questions about not only this particular doctor but about the entire detention system—largely for-profit—that is complicit in the abuses of rights and has long run roughshod over and ignored neglected the health, wellbeing and human rights of immigrants.
“Earlier today, I led 172 of my House colleagues in calling for an immediate and full Congressional investigation to get to the bottom of this situation. That requires that Pauline and other women immediately receive a stay of their deportations so that they can participate in this investigation. Similarly, ICE must immediately ensure that any person who may have been subjected to forced medical procedures immediately be assured the ability to remain in the United States so that we can follow all the facts and get to the bottom of these horrific allegations.
“Additionally, this investigation must go well beyond Irwin County. Medical abuses, including poor obstetric care, in ICE custody have been documented for years. Forced sterilization, particularly of women of color, has a long and sordid history in America. To have it occurring in 2020 is beyond unacceptable. Every woman—and man—should be absolutely outraged and immediately call for justice. Everyone—regardless of their immigration status, their language, or whether they are incarcerated—deserves to control their own reproductive choices and make informed choices about their bodies.”
(https://jayapal.house.gov/2020/09/16/new-details-regarding-forced-medical-procedures-on-immigrant-women/)
The Obama Diary 
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thanks!!
XOXO Nice to see you on top, MP!
❤️ You are in my thoughts, as are all the people along our West Coast. Climate change is real. Please stay safe
Um….how did we lose the end of PBO’s video…
Damn! Maybe a tease:)
mp…where’d he go?
Well, I don’t actually know…. but wherever it is, he’s doing the Renegade!
even now…
No one inspires action like Barack and Michelle Obama! Glad we have automatic voter registration and vote-by-mail in smoky, suffering Oregon.
And Trump promptly contradicts him.
This . All Day.
Funny. I hadn’t even thought of this
Dr. Biden knows
Nurse Dawn Wooten:
Interviewed by Jacob Sobaroff about the “Uterus Collector” complaints.
Nurse Wooten who contributed to the whistle blower complaint said “That is how detainees refer to this physician.”
The inmates “would ask me why did I have to have a hysterectomy?”
Nurse Wooten to Jacob Sobaroff:
“Because you don’t have a valid answer for them. It is a mind blowing and it is mind boggling.
When you get in your vehicle after a 12 hour shift and you cry yourself home, and you’re the only one in the vehicle asking why, what is going on, what is happening? I don’t have an answer, why is nobody hearing them or taking them seriously? I don’t have an answer. So shift after shift, then it gets to be to where you don’t want to report to work because you don’t have an answer. You don’t have a reason and they’re going to ask you why.”
(shown on Maddow)
Sobaroff: “What happened to the woman that you spoke with that had the hysterectomies do you know?”
Nurse Wooten: “A lot of them were deported back to their countries.
I don’t know if they were transferred the others to other facilities.”
Sobaroff: “Do you think that what happened to the women that you spoke with is going to happen to other women in the future?”
Nurse Wooten:
“If there’s not going to be a change, there’s not going to be a change.
If there’s not going to be a correction, there’s not going to be any correction. If there are not people like myself that are brave enough to have a voice for other people, and not be so afraid to speak out. A lot of people desire to speak out but are afraid of losing their jobs. I spoke out, I was demoted. So I was made the example of. I whistle blew because I love to do what I love to do. And if it was my son, or my daughter, my mother or my father that was in that situation, then I would want somebody to speak out on their behalf as well.”
Soboroff:
“You obviously know the detainees well inside Irwin. What would be your message to them today?”
Nurse Wooten:
“My message to the detainees today, would be “All hope is not lost…there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I apologize on behalf of Irwin County Detention Center for what goes on concerning them in the facility”. And I understand totally. Am not in that situation. But I understand totally what it feels like just to be overlooked and neglected.”
Dear God! Our country will pay a heavy price for these atrocities for generations to come.
So, Michael Caputo is taking a 60-day leave of absence from HHS, coz, you know, “his health & well-being of his family”. M’kay! 😏😷
Just go away altogether, dood! For our health, etc. 😎
LOVE this sign!!❤️
Four other lawyers detained by women say they had unnecessary hysterectomies.
ICE is disputing experimental procedures. Jacob Soboroff, author of “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy” speaks with Rachel Maddow:
Maddow:
“You had this remarkable interview with this whistle blower (Dawn Wooten)…but to be clear,
as compelling as her first person story is, the allegations aren’t coming solely from her. There are things that other people, and that other lawyers for other people, have declared as part of this complaint that would seem to back up what she is saying.”
Sobaroff:
“Yes I’m glad you brought that up.
For us it was important to corroborate the allegations in this whistle blower complaint from Ms. Wooten. And I wanted to speak with her myself which obviously I did. But also to corroborate the allegations of the migrants who were detailed in the whistle blower complaint. So Julie and I spoke to four different lawyers today, and every one of them has said that they had a client who had contact with this doctor where they were told one thing, and ultimately they came out of this either having the procedure, or being recommended to have a procedure that was deeply invasive. And of course at least in two of those cases, a hysterectomy took place. And at least one of those lawyers told us they went to the Detention Center, complained about the treatment from this doctor, but no change was ever made.”
Maddow:
“And to be clear the complaints here from these women and their lawyers who are speaking on their behalf, is essentially not that they never should have been sent out to see a gynecologist, but that whatever was going on with them they did not understand that the treatment was going to be a hysterectomy. And then in some cases the allegation here is that the hysterectomies, whether or not the women consented to them in the first place, were not medically necessary.”
(next paragraph would not post)
Maddow:
“Jacob, what should happen here legally in terms of this complaint?
Obviously she’s casting herself as a whistle blower. There is significant corroboration from the worst of the allegations that she is making. ICE is saying that this will be investigated. The facility is saying that whether this is investigated or not, they deny that any of this is happening. The doctor is saying essentially the same thing. What do you expect to happen in terms of this being looked into, in terms of these women’s claims being investigated, and potentially there being accountability here?”
Sobaroff:
“So the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security will open an investigation. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security will look at this as well, and they were copied essentially on the complaint. And what I think that this gets to, one of the lawyers said to me which I really want to underscore here, is that while she didn’t think this was a large conspiracy by the government necessarily to have these procedures on these women, it is emblematic of systematic LACK of oversight for medical care. And also just well being and welfare of immigrants in immigration detention. As well as you mentioned what happened with Scott Lloyd. With family separations, we didn’t know what was happening because we couldn’t see inside these facilities. And immigration lawyers have expressed to me over and over again today that this particular example, is uniquely heinous if the allegations ultimately are proven to be true. But it’s one of many examples in this system which precede frankly this administration. Immigration detention is a place where people come to seek refuge, seek asylum. But are subjected to prison-like conditions where they have virtually no recourse when something like this happens, or at least that’s the way that they feel. Obviously the government would say differently, and of course their lawyers would disagree.”
Maddow:
“Prison-like conditions and worse. I mean there’s a reason ICE put their denial in the terms immediately about whether this is human experimentation on these essentially powerless detainees and refugees. I understand why they might go right at that because that resonates with all of us who know from the history here. The fact that this is part of the government where we’re training people are working for the U.S. government to treat human beings the way that immigrants and refugees have been treated, it’s on all of us about what the government is saying we stand for and will do in our name.”
Sobaroff:
“It’s important for us to talk about these stories.
I know these are harsh stories to talk about but these are human beings that are undergoing what is alleged to be truly, truly horrific treatment at the hands of the so-called medical professional. And that’s why…at the Department of Homeland Security will be forced to investigate this. And we’ve heard the top officials in Congress on the Hill also called for investigations as well.”
Needs to be a much bigger story and the House needs to hold hearings.
Priorities
National vote-by-mail and automatic voter registration like we do in OREGON!
“ICE whistleblower Speaks Out, Alleges Mass Hysterectomies Performed On Migrant Women”
Nurse Dawn Wooten alleges mass hysterectomies performed at Georgia facility: “I had several detained women on numerous occasions that would come to me and say, ‘Ms. Wooten, I had a hysterectomy. Why?’ I had no answers as to why they had those procedures.”
Dawn Wooten to Hayes.
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WTF
Damn Kentucky!
They are a lost cause.
Ugh!
Janelle Monáe: Rolling Stone.
Talks Writing Stacey Abrams Doc Theme: ‘What Is a Revolution Without a Song?’
“I have to be the energy for other voices who are putting themselves on the front line,” singer says of “Turntables” from All In, a new documentary on activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate”
(https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/janelle-monae-turntables-interview-1057188/)
–plus “I saw Brian Kemp steal the election.”
Crickets. Imagine that.
ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy – Official Trailer
“In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States. Coming to theaters Sept. 9, on Prime Video Sept. 18.”
(Prime)
Sad
I feel sadder for his kids.
We will all need mental health before year’s end. Sad.
“Scientific American Backs Biden With Its First Presidential Endorsement In History”
“Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the magazine’s historic endorsement of Joe Biden because of Donald Trump’s “incompetence on science.”
Good Afternoon TODville on a Wednesday from MN🙏💪🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌
He’s crazy
Thread
Benen: “Trump tries un-admitting that he misled US, downplayed pandemic”
Step One: Trump misleads the public about a life-or-death threat.
Step Two: Trump admits he misled the public.
Step Three: Trump tries un-admitting it.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-tries-un-admitting-he-misled-us-downplayed-pandemic-n1240190)
❤️
How sweet!!
Be aware
Sounds about right. Vote these grifters out
I’ve never seen such dirty, shiny white people.
MSM!! Call out the BULLSHIT Every Single time!’
No brainer
Both hands raised
gosh, loving all the pods and how they drop in the middle of the week…shall miss very much.
FL Michelle thank u.
Sorry for the negative news in the midst of all your celebrating, Ivanka.
Good way to overcome the panic
From the Hill: JUST IN: Trump campaign asks federal judge to stop New Jersey’s early mail-in vote coun
Senator Collins need to go, she has been a disaster.
So true!
Goodnight TOD.
All time best-seller coming out in Nov. 😃
*record
😄😄😍Ms. Cosgrove! 😍😁😁
Oh bless! 😍😍😂
This is why need a blue wave. Yes we can!!
Good Morning, Beloved TODBots 🙏💪💙❤💙💪🙏
Mark Your Calendar, A Promised Land is Coming to a Book Store Near You‼
Morning everyone. TWO VOLUMES!!!
Ordering now. 25 languages available, a world-recording-breaking bestseller, we’ve been waiting SO long!! Big excited hugs all around!! Keep Us All The Heart 🕊♥️🙏🏼🌏🕯⏳🕊
*record
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I’m with Michael Steele
Thread
Anyone in IL? Why would Dick Durbin do this??
Anti Russian establishment?? YES!!! Imagine that!
“Michael Cohen thinks Trump is ‘setting himself to be an autocrat'”
Trump “It’s all about power. It’s being a dictator, it’s being a king. He doesn’t see being President of the United States as being a president for all the people….he sees it the other way around, that he’s doing a favor to all American and that Americans should be working for him. I mean he really believes he can turn the United States into a monarchy and he would be its ruler.” About Putin…He always used to say it doesn’t matter who you
vote for – all that matters is who is counting the vote.
Congressman Pramila Jayapal – at least 17 immigrant women involved:
“Jayapal Statement on New Details Regarding Forced Unnecessary Medical Procedures—Including Hysterectomies—Being Performed on At Least 17 Immigrant Women in Irwin County, Georgia”
“Late yesterday, I was briefed by three attorneys representing women who were detained at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga. and subjected to forced, invasive procedures by a gynecologist connected with the private, for-profit detention center. It has become painfully clear to me that the initial reports brought to light on Monday by whistleblower Dawn Wooten and Project South are likely part of a pattern of conduct.”
“Since the initial story broke, I understand that there are at least five independent attorneys representing women who have found themselves to be part of this horrific pattern, subjected to unnecessary forced sterilization or medical procedures over the last several years. It appears that there may be at minimum 17 to 18 women who were subjected to unnecessary medical gynecological procedures from just this one doctor, often without appropriate consent or knowledge, and with the clear intention of sterilization. Because the majority of immigrants are pro se (unrepresented), it is also possible that there are additional similar cases for individuals who have already been deported or did not have legal representation.
“My conversations with attorneys were stunning and represent the most abhorrent of human rights violations.
One woman, Pauline, who was nearly deported this morning, consulted the doctor simply about her menstrual cycle. She was put under for what she was told would be a simple procedure, only to wake up and find that the doctor had removed part of her reproductive organs without her knowledge or consent. Another woman, already deported, apparently went in to see the doctor for a simple condition related to diabetes and ended up having gynecological surgery. Two additional women apparently were shackled to the bed, reported to have had surgical procedures, including one apparent hysterectomy, without any consent.
“I am horrified and outraged to hear these stories, which contain may consistencies and raise serious questions about not only this particular doctor but about the entire detention system—largely for-profit—that is complicit in the abuses of rights and has long run roughshod over and ignored neglected the health, wellbeing and human rights of immigrants.
“Earlier today, I led 172 of my House colleagues in calling for an immediate and full Congressional investigation to get to the bottom of this situation. That requires that Pauline and other women immediately receive a stay of their deportations so that they can participate in this investigation. Similarly, ICE must immediately ensure that any person who may have been subjected to forced medical procedures immediately be assured the ability to remain in the United States so that we can follow all the facts and get to the bottom of these horrific allegations.
“Additionally, this investigation must go well beyond Irwin County. Medical abuses, including poor obstetric care, in ICE custody have been documented for years. Forced sterilization, particularly of women of color, has a long and sordid history in America. To have it occurring in 2020 is beyond unacceptable. Every woman—and man—should be absolutely outraged and immediately call for justice. Everyone—regardless of their immigration status, their language, or whether they are incarcerated—deserves to control their own reproductive choices and make informed choices about their bodies.”
(https://jayapal.house.gov/2020/09/16/new-details-regarding-forced-medical-procedures-on-immigrant-women/)
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/a-promised-land/