a message for janky jeff & other like-minded minions
we will not accept a political order built on inhumanity, bullets, and jizz.
This message is for Janky Jeff, Governor of Louisiana, laughed at behind every closed door. Little Napoleon short on brains.
This message is for all the men doing the laughing. You’ve made yourselves fat feasting off the abundance of the world. We are coming to take it back.
This message is for all the white women doing their bidding-you have been cuckqueaned. You will never bear the fruits of this political order.
This message is for the pearl clutchers. Soon you will be clutching your loved ones because they will come for you, too. It is already written in their book.
Y’all want us to cower.
Y’all want us to submit.
Y’all want us to accept this shit as the political order, abdicate our agency, roll over and go to sleep.
But it is impossible to close our eyes. Our eyelashes are being held open by George Floyd and Trayvon Martin and Mahmoud Khalil and Ronald Greene and Kilmar Abrego Garcia and every single Palestinian child murdered or starved with our tax dollars. We are gripped by every injustice they have endured. They are in our throats as we scream FUCK ICE.
We are with Los Angeles. We are with every mother who has had her child ripped from her arms. We are with every protester putting their bodies on the line. We are with every immigrant who is trying to build a better life for their families. Who have contributed immeasurably to our communities, our economies, and our culture.
We will not back down. We will not submit. We will not accept a political order built on inhumanity, bullets, and jizz.
Your cowardice is laughable. Your bullying is impotent. It makes us sing louder. It makes us dance longer. You are the butt of our jokes. You are a universal joke. There is no tearing us apart because we are built on a collective promise of humanity. A promise that you have broken.
So, do what you must, but know that we are coming for you. Know that this will end as it always does. Humanity prevails.
in the news
1. Trump wants to close FEMA after hurricane season: 'A governor should be able to handle it'
Talking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he planned to start closing FEMA as it exists now and “wean” states off federal aid. The agency handles relief and recovery after hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires and other catastrophic disasters.
“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump said.
“A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor,” he added.
2. Louisiana Legislature targets out-of-state doctors who provide abortion pills
The Louisiana Legislature has approved a bill targeting out-of-state abortion-inducing drug providers, giving more time to individuals who want to sue someone who performed, attempted to perform or substantially facilitated an abortion.
The legislation is part of an effort from anti-abortion advocates to crack down on doctors who ship abortion-inducing medication to states where the procedure is illegal. In nearly all instances, abortion has been illegal in Louisiana since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
House Bill 575 by Rep. Lauren Ventrella, R-Greenwell Springs, easily passed both chambers. She dubbed her proposal the “Justice for Victims of Abortion Drug Dealers Act,” though it would apply to all forms of the procedure. It extends the window for abortion lawsuits from three years to five years and allows out-of-state doctors and activists to be sued.
The bill will become law unless vetoed by Gov. Jeff Landry, which is unlikely.
3. Lawmakers reject insurance bills that had direct relief for Louisiana homeowners
With just two days left to write new laws in the 2025 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers have halted the only two insurance proposals this year that critics said would have directly provided relief to homeowners struggling to afford skyrocketing rates.
Senate Bill 235 and House Bill 356 drew wide public interest as homeowners wait for state officials to rein in the coverage costs. Average homeowner insurance premiums in Louisiana are the eighth highest in the nation, according to the industry news site Insure.com.
Both were also among the few insurance bills that had bipartisan support, though not quite enough from conservatives.
4. LA protests live updates
Protests have swept across Los Angeles and beyond since federal deportation raids there on Friday prompted clashes. As standoffs intensified in Los Angeles, similar demonstrations have cropped up in other cities, and more were expected on Wednesday including in Raleigh, N.C.; Eugene, Ore., and St. Louis, where protesters planned to shut down an overpass.
In Los Angeles, 700 Marines were receiving training on how to handle civil disturbances and not yet assisting the National Guard troops or federal immigration agents. Under Department of Defense policy, they can detain, but not arrest, people, and then they must hand them over to local officials as soon as possible.
At the White House, Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary, opened her briefing by attacking Ms. Bass and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and insisting that “left wing riots” would not halt the ICE raids.
5. In final days of session, legislature advances Landry immigration agenda
Two controversial state bills in the Louisiana State Legislature — both designed to aid federal and state crackdowns on immigration — are in the final stages of becoming law after passing overwhelmingly in the Louisiana State House of Representatives Monday (June 9).
With days to go in the spring legislative session, Louisiana’s House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of Senate Bill 100, which requires agencies to track undocumented immigrants who receive state services, and Senate Bill 15, which makes it a crime for law enforcement agents, and others, to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies. The session is set to adjourn on Thursday.
The bills both advance the priorities of Gov. Jeff Landry, a conservative immigration hardliner and ally of President Donald Trump.
watch this
1. Doechii Criticizes Trump While Accepting BET Award
I want yall to consider what kind of government it appears to be when everytime we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us. What type of government is that?
—Doechii
2. Watch California Gov. Gavin Newsom's full speech on federal response to L.A. protests
Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting our communities. They are traumatizing our communities. And that seems to be the entire point.
—Governor Newsom
what you can do
Condemn Trump’s Use of National Guard and Military Against Americans*
*from 5calls.org. If you enter your zip, they will provide phone numbers for your reps to call, along with a script
Background:
On Friday, June 6th, hundreds of residents rallied in downtown Los Angeles to protest ICE immigration raids of local businesses to target migrant workers. Federal agents assaulted and arrested protestors during the stand-off, including labor union leaders. In response to escalating demonstrations and against the wishes of LA mayor Karen Bass or California governor Gavin Newsom, Trump signed a memo ordering 2,000 National Guard members to protect federal immigration officers. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also put 500 Marines on high alert to support Trump’s crackdown.
Trump’s deployment of the National Guard without consent of California’s governor is a dangerous escalation of his authoritarian tactics. Further, he does not intend to limit this action to California or Los Angeles or even to areas where protests are already happening; his memo authorizes the National Guard and active duty military troops to protect federal immigration officers and operations wherever “protests against these functions are occurring or likely to occur.” Trump also directed Hegseth to coordinate troop deployments with state governors, plural, signaling the possibility of Republican-controlled troops being sent to Democratic-controlled states.
Trump has long shown no hesitation to use the military on domestic soil to attack perceived threats to his fascist agenda. Representatives and governors must condemn and resist Trump’s attacks on our communities and constitutional rights.
more reading, listening, and resources:
You can download the Nah Brah Political Shitstorm Prep Plan Workbook here. It’s a quick shitstorm prep sesh to make sure you have your basic political shit in order, including: voter registration, knowing who your elected officials are, reassessing where you're getting your local news/information, getting familiar with local advocacy networks, discovering volunteer opportunities, subscribing to reliable local news sources, and assessing your strengths, capacity, joys, and sustainability practices, etc.
You can download the The Nah Brah Session Starter Kit here. I put this together a couple of years ago, and it still slaps imo. It’s a quick rundown on the basics you need to create impact during the 2025 legislative session. For beginners. For basic brahs. Easy to read. Easy to follow.
You can read my essay series about the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina here. Published on the 29th of every month in remembrance of where we were twenty years ago today.