John Patrick Gatta

freelance writer/photographer, music, film, logic, science, spirituality, health, New York Rangers

[CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppin]

For anyone who hasn't heard about this yet: ICE showed up at the front door of Dr. Ann Lawani in Lodi, California, while she was still in her pajamas, shackled her at the wrists, waist, and ankles, and shipped her all the way to a detention center in Louisiana.

She’s a frontline nurse who worked through the worst of COVID, directs the master's nursing program at the University of San Francisco (overseeing 230+ nursing students), and takes care of her 83-year-old dad.

When her family and lawyer tried to find out where she was taken, ICE’s online locator came back with "0 results." It turns out ICE quietly changed its policy the day before her arrest to stop listing thousands of detainees in the public database, so her family had no idea where she was for days while she was bounced from Stockton to Bakersfield to El Paso to Louisiana.

DHS put out a statement claiming she had a 2013 removal order, but they conveniently left out that on the *exact same day* in 2013, an immigration judge granted her Withholding of Removal blocking her deportation to Nigeria because she faced persecution there.

She has zero criminal record, has checked in with ICE for 13 years, and has a valid federal work permit through 2029. Because they legally can't send her to Nigeria, Rep. Josh Harder says ICE has been trying to quietly deport her to an undisclosed third country behind her lawyer's back.

Full write-up and breakdown of what happened here:
https://t.co/cu2O8Gz0Md

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[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

This is big: Newly revealed records from the hacked computer of Russian propagandist John Mark Dougin confirm that former DNI Tulsi Gabbard used information from Russia's GRU to peddle disinformation about Ukrainian biolabs.

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

the corruption never ends

[Molotov @ipoolgian]

🚨 IMPORTANTE

Exclusiva de Reuters muestra el verdadero móvil de la operación militar que llevó a la captura de Maduro

La investigación reveló que una semana antes de la operación militar del 3 de enero, el vicepresidente JD Vance abordó la futura venta del crudo venezolano con un operador de la firma Vitol y megadonante de su campaña, allanando el camino para que Vitol y Trafigura recibieran sin licitación el monopolio de comercialización petrolera que ya les ha generado cientos de millones de dólares.

Registros de vuelo ubican el avión oficial de JD Vance y el jet privado de John Addison (operador de Vitol) juntos el 27 de diciembre en Bozeman, Montana, rumbo al exclusivo Yellowstone Club.

Según una fuente enterada del encuentro, Vance preguntó qué tan rápido podrían vender el crudo venezolano si EEUE tomaba el control del suministro.

Aunque Addison negociaba gasolina en EEUU y carecía de experiencia técnica en contratos internacionales de crudo, había donado 300.000 dólares a Vance en 2022 y 7 millones de dólares a comités de Trump en 2024 (el mismo año en que Vitol pagó 50 millones en California por un caso de manipulación de precios donde Addison fue señalado).

Recomendado por Vance, Addison recibió el 5 de enero (dos días después de la operación) la llamada del secretario de Energía, Chris Wright.

La Casa Blanca omitió la licitación pública y el 9 de enero Vitol y Trafigura ya tenían las licencias.

Con más de 200 millones de barriles exportados en lo que va de 2026, expertos estiman que los operadores ganan entre 3 y 3,50 dólares por barril (un margen de 3,5 % a 4 %, superior al 1 %–3 % habitual de Vitol). Ambas firmas mantienen en secreto sus contratos con PDVSA, y Vitol confirmó tener además relación comercial con NABEP, la petrolera de Alejandro Betancourt

Este reporte se suma a la filtración del informe de KPMG publicada ayer por The New York Times, según la cual Vitol y Trafigura concentraron el 61 % de los 12.260 millones de dólares ingresados a la Cuenta de Custodia de Venezuela antes de que Washington transfiriera casi la totalidad de esos fondos de vuelta al Banco Central de Venezuela

Es decir:

Una semana antes del ataque militar, el gobierno de Trump ya estaba coordinando en un club privado de esquí cómo repartir la comercialización del petróleo venezolano a sus megadonantes de campaña sin licitación pública.

https://t.co/U3MFGkmOn9

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

#JimJordanIsAPedophileProtector #JimJordan #GymJordan
Gathering
Of
P*dos

[Ohio Shadow News @OhioCrawler]

Ohio State’s Dr. Strauss whistleblower Michael DiSabato has issued a statement about House Republicans crowning Jim Jordan as their leader.

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

Cons/GOP cannot stop themselves

@Repbobhagan @RachelCoyleOhio

[Morgan Trau @MorganTrau]

NEW: Ohio Republican leadership is blocking a vote on a bill that would end child marriage in the state.

@WEWS @WCPO @OhioCapJournal
https://t.co/jSu5rBS8NI

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

@StatBoy_Steven first!

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

And that's who the 11 @TheDemocrats @dnc neglected to impeach
@RepJeffries

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

#VeteransDay2026 #Veterans

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration has laid off over 28,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees.

Around half were veterans themselves.

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

A big box of a buildingdwarfing the American People's House.
Of course.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

The White House ballroom dwarfing The White House is stupid politically, looks like shit visually and is consistent with the I-shit-the-bed-when-I-am-not-wearing-my-diapers Donald Trump ethos.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Republican Sara Polston was just charged with two felony counts of voting illegally while serving a felony sentence. She was convicted of a DUI crash in 2023 & the Oklahoma AG says that she illegally voted in two 2026 State races & was sent back to prison in October.

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

And they call themselves Christians

[‏ً @justjargons]

Canceling over 6 million peoples SNAP assistance right at the holidays is sadistic asf. These people get off on cruelty. This is going to be a difficult winter with all these cuts to SNAP and Medicaid coming. I cant understand why anyone would want people to go without food. It's sickening. 😪 Never forget that this is all MAGA's fault. They own this.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

If you somehow think Hegseth was singled out by the Tomb Guard for laughing, you can search online and find *many* videos of Tomb Guards reprimanding people for being loud and disrespectful.

The only difference in those are tourists and kids, not the Secretary of Defense.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

It took the US 35 years to gain measles elimination status

It took just two years of RFK Jr and MAHA to lose it

Truly pathetic stuff

[The Beaver Program @BeaverProgram]

Ever find yourself trying to explain to a MAGA Moron that LAND DOESN’T VOTE?

Well, the nice folks at LittleVastScience created a short video that even to most brainwashed brain-rotted MAGA moron can understand

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

#VeteransDay2026

[Deep Leaks @DeepLeaksHQ]

This is the fist bump everyone needs to be talking about.

Ted Cruz and fellow Republicans celebrating after blocking a bill to help toxin-exposed veterans survive.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: On Veterans Day, a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery had to SHOUT at a group that included Pete Hegseth and other senior officials after laughter broke out, demanding silence and respect.

This is one of the most sacred places in America, honoring service members who gave their lives and whose identities remain unknown.

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

I’m old enough to remember when one company owning all of this was called a monopoly and was illegal.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Republicans got their fucking asses kicked last Tuesday, and they respond by proposing to cut SNAP benefits for 6.3 million people right before the holidays. They are pure evil.

[John Patrick Gatta @johnpgatta]

#JimJordanIsAPedophileProtector

[SM @sensiblemiddle]

Ohio State Wrestler Adam DiSabato testifies that new GOP House Minority Leader Jim Jordan begged him to change his testimony about Jordan looking the other way while school wrestlers were being molested. Says “Jim Jordan is a coward”.

Good Wednesday

[News to Remember @allchronology]

Scott Colom slams Mississippi’s Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson for using credit agency data to remove Mississippians from the active voter rolls: “Experian told him they were not reliable. And he did it anyway. This chaos is a result of that decision.”