Linsay Rousseau aka The Rogue Voice
@linsayrousseau.com
Writer📝Actor 🎭Activist✊Elita-1 in Transformers: War for Cybertron | Lockpick in COD MW3 ⚔️ The Rogue Voice 🏳️🌈
Political Commentary on TikTok & YouTube
Political Commentary on TikTok & YouTube
The Gilead Gazette: Trump's ICE jails women who were the victims in domestic violence calls, scuba has its Me Too moment, Trump calls a man who says rape victims must "prove it" beautiful, and Dr. Oz cuts off trans kids' care. Watch now:
The Gilead Gazette: ICE Jails Abuse Victims, Scuba's Me Too Moment, Trump Rates Men's Butts
Watch now (8 mins) | Plus diving’s Me Too moment, and the agency that certifies mermaids but won’t comment on sexual assault.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The Gilead Gazette: Trump's ICE jails women who were the victims in domestic violence calls, scuba has its Me Too moment, Trump calls a man who says rape victims must "prove it" beautiful, and Dr. Oz cuts off trans kids' care. Watch now:
My latest video is built on this reporting from Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias at @motherjones.com: ICE is taking kids from their parents and labeling them "unaccompanied." Read it.
Who is the government holding in its shelters for “unaccompanied” immigrant children?
Turns out, a growing number of these kids were taken away from loving parents and other relatives.
Turns out, a growing number of these kids were taken away from loving parents and other relatives.
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
www.motherjones.com
October 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
My latest video is built on this reporting from Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias at @motherjones.com: ICE is taking kids from their parents and labeling them "unaccompanied." Read it.
ICE is taking kids from their parents inside the US and stamping them "unaccompanied" so it can hold them in shelters and foster care for months. An 11-year-old from El Paso spent 3+ months in custody, then got flown to Venezuela alone. DHS: "ICE does not separate families." Watch now:
ICE Is Taking Kids From Their Parents And Labeling Them "Unaccompanied"
Watch now (2 mins) | ICE is taking kids from their parents inside the US and labeling them “unaccompanied” so it can hold them in shelters and foster care for months.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
ICE is taking kids from their parents inside the US and stamping them "unaccompanied" so it can hold them in shelters and foster care for months. An 11-year-old from El Paso spent 3+ months in custody, then got flown to Venezuela alone. DHS: "ICE does not separate families." Watch now:
ProPublica found crime rings stole $470 million in SNAP benefits last year from families who need help buying groceries. Chip cards would stop most of it. Congress won't pay for them. Meanwhile JD Vance is out hunting Lamborghinis.
NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food.
Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.
Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
ProPublica found crime rings stole $470 million in SNAP benefits last year from families who need help buying groceries. Chip cards would stop most of it. Congress won't pay for them. Meanwhile JD Vance is out hunting Lamborghinis.
The Hyde Amendment isn't a law. It's a budget rider Congress has put back in every year for 50 years. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on the EACH Act, the bill that would end abortion coverage bans.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
October 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Hyde Amendment isn't a law. It's a budget rider Congress has put back in every year for 50 years. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on the EACH Act, the bill that would end abortion coverage bans.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
JD Vance keeps hunting for Lamborghinis on food stamps. Crime rings skimmed $470 million in SNAP benefits from 990,000+ families last year, the fix costs less than half that, and the Trump administration cut the money for it. Victims get nothing back.
Watch now:
Watch now:
Vance Hunts Food Stamp Lamborghinis While Thieves Steal $470 Million
Watch now (3 mins) | ProPublica found crime rings stole $470 million in SNAP benefits last year, and the Trump administration cut the money to stop them.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
JD Vance keeps hunting for Lamborghinis on food stamps. Crime rings skimmed $470 million in SNAP benefits from 990,000+ families last year, the fix costs less than half that, and the Trump administration cut the money for it. Victims get nothing back.
Watch now:
Watch now:
Anti-abortion leader Kristan Hawkins lobbied for Texas's abortion pill bounty law, then ordered abortion pills on camera for a stunt. Now a Texas mom is suing her under it. The post said stay tuned. Oh, we will.
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October 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Anti-abortion leader Kristan Hawkins lobbied for Texas's abortion pill bounty law, then ordered abortion pills on camera for a stunt. Now a Texas mom is suing her under it. The post said stay tuned. Oh, we will.
linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/anti-abort...
linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/anti-abort...
My East Potomac tree video got a sequel: no more chainsaws through at least Oct. 26. Thanks to @kyledcheney.bsky.social for being in the room.
JUST IN: Judge Reyes has barred the Trump administration from cutting down additional trees on the East Potomac golf course through at least Oct. 26.
October 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
My East Potomac tree video got a sequel: no more chainsaws through at least Oct. 26. Thanks to @kyledcheney.bsky.social for being in the room.
Most people who get an abortion already have kids. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on what forced pregnancy does: it pushes women deeper into poverty and takes away control over how they build their families.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
October 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Most people who get an abortion already have kids. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on what forced pregnancy does: it pushes women deeper into poverty and takes away control over how they build their families.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Trump's Park Service chainsawed at least 430 trees at a 106-year-old public golf course in D.C. over a holiday weekend, after warning the judge at 4:55 on a Friday. The superintendent learned Trump's plans from social media. If they'll do this in the capital, what makes Yosemite safe?
Watch now:
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Trump’s Park Service Chainsawed 430 Trees on National Park Land for His Golf Course
Watch now (3 mins) | They warned the judge at 4:55 on a Friday. By Saturday morning, the chainsaws were running.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Trump's Park Service chainsawed at least 430 trees at a 106-year-old public golf course in D.C. over a holiday weekend, after warning the judge at 4:55 on a Friday. The superintendent learned Trump's plans from social media. If they'll do this in the capital, what makes Yosemite safe?
Watch now:
Watch now:
DOJ has an unwritten rule against moves like this close to an election. They searched Ilhan Omar's home three weeks out anyway. @rawstory.com was in my sources on this one.
The Justice Department appeared to depart from a longstanding, unwritten practice when it secured a warrant to search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) three weeks before the midterm election.
‘This is what I voted for!’ MAGA froths as DOJ appears to defy ‘rule’ with Ilhan Omar raid
The Justice Department appeared to depart from a longstanding, unwritten practice when it secured a warrant to search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) three weeks before the midterm election.Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar’s Washington-area home Monday morning as part of a cr...
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October 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
DOJ has an unwritten rule against moves like this close to an election. They searched Ilhan Omar's home three weeks out anyway. @rawstory.com was in my sources on this one.
A party that will trade away trans people for votes will trade away whatever you care about next. Erin's been saying it. Listen.
Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
October 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A party that will trade away trans people for votes will trade away whatever you care about next. Erin's been saying it. Listen.
A judge just ordered the Trump administration to stop buying taxpayer-funded ads starring Trump. I covered him raiding the border budget for these. Follow @democracydocket.com for the paper trail.
NEW: In a win for democracy, a judge ruled that the Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump for the midterms.
Advocacy groups sued the administration last week over the ads, arguing it turned a federal agency into the president's political arm.
Advocacy groups sued the administration last week over the ads, arguing it turned a federal agency into the president's political arm.
Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads halted by federal judge
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy ...
www.democracydocket.com
October 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
A judge just ordered the Trump administration to stop buying taxpayer-funded ads starring Trump. I covered him raiding the border budget for these. Follow @democracydocket.com for the paper trail.
The Marshall Project's reporting on immigrant kids kept in hotels, away from advocates and family, was in my This Week in Tyranny. Their Opening Statement newsletter is worth your inbox.
Today’s Opening Statement features original TMP reporting on the Trump administration’s use of hotels to keep immigrant children away from advocates and loved ones. Plus a look at the men of a Vermont prison famous for taking up quilting. mailchi.mp/themarshallp...
October 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The Marshall Project's reporting on immigrant kids kept in hotels, away from advocates and family, was in my This Week in Tyranny. Their Opening Statement newsletter is worth your inbox.
The Secretary of Defense's firing squad livestream led my This Week in Tyranny. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social got @rephuffman.bsky.social on record: it raises legal issues and merits impeachment. Follow Jonathan.
EXCLUSIVE @rephuffman.bsky.social tells me that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's remarks about Nidal Hasan's executions raise legal issues with livestreaming it.
And that they merit Hegseth's impeachment.
And that they merit Hegseth's impeachment.
Huffman: Hegseth Invoking Religion Raises Execution Legal Issues
Military Religious Freedom Foundation says Hegseth citing a “radical Islamist” created a “galaxy” of issues
jonathanlarsen.substack.com
October 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The Secretary of Defense's firing squad livestream led my This Week in Tyranny. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social got @rephuffman.bsky.social on record: it raises legal issues and merits impeachment. Follow Jonathan.
Homeland Security raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home before dawn today, three weeks before an election she's on the ballot in, over her immigration paperwork.
After months of smears from Trump, Vance and DHS, this is what intimidation looks like. If they'll do it to a member of Congress, who's next?
After months of smears from Trump, Vance and DHS, this is what intimidation looks like. If they'll do it to a member of Congress, who's next?
October 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Homeland Security raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home before dawn today, three weeks before an election she's on the ballot in, over her immigration paperwork.
After months of smears from Trump, Vance and DHS, this is what intimidation looks like. If they'll do it to a member of Congress, who's next?
After months of smears from Trump, Vance and DHS, this is what intimidation looks like. If they'll do it to a member of Congress, who's next?
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. On Friday, Trump bragged "I resurrected Christopher Columbus." That same day his BLM let oil companies explore the Western Arctic with no environmental review, four miles from the Iñupiat village of Nuiqsut. Committed to the bit, I'll give him that.
October 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. On Friday, Trump bragged "I resurrected Christopher Columbus." That same day his BLM let oil companies explore the Western Arctic with no environmental review, four miles from the Iñupiat village of Nuiqsut. Committed to the bit, I'll give him that.
The Hyde Amendment turns 50 this year. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on what it is: Henry Hyde couldn't ban abortion for everyone in 1976, so he banned it for people on federal insurance, starting with Medicaid.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
October 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The Hyde Amendment turns 50 this year. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on what it is: Henry Hyde couldn't ban abortion for everyone in 1976, so he banned it for people on federal insurance, starting with Medicaid.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
This Week in Tyranny: Hegseth wants to livestream a firing squad while hiding his own war dead. Trump lifts Russia sanctions for Putin. ICE shoots a dad in front of his 5-year-old and offers kids $3,000 to leave. No election observers for the midterms.
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This Week in Tyranny: Hegseth to Livestream Execution, ICE Shoots a Dad, Trump Cuts Putin a Deal
Watch now (8 mins) | Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a firing squad execution while the Pentagon hides its own war dead. Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel after a call with Putin.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
This Week in Tyranny: Hegseth wants to livestream a firing squad while hiding his own war dead. Trump lifts Russia sanctions for Putin. ICE shoots a dad in front of his 5-year-old and offers kids $3,000 to leave. No election observers for the midterms.
Watch now:
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@propublica.org: a consulting firm landed a $67 million Pentagon deal shortly after George Kollitides started there. Then came a $281 million no-bid contract working with his own office. Convenient.
The Defense Department first awarded the consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal a $67 million deal shortly after George Kollitides started at the Pentagon.
Then came a bigger, no-bid contract for the firm: $281 million working with Kollitides’ office.
Then came a bigger, no-bid contract for the firm: $281 million working with Kollitides’ office.
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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October 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
@propublica.org: a consulting firm landed a $67 million Pentagon deal shortly after George Kollitides started there. Then came a $281 million no-bid contract working with his own office. Convenient.
A federal judge just called a Flock search 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. I've been yelling about these cameras for a while. @404media.co has been doing the actual digging.
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
www.404media.co/federal-judg...
www.404media.co/federal-judg...
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
www.404media.co
October 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A federal judge just called a Flock search 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. I've been yelling about these cameras for a while. @404media.co has been doing the actual digging.
I covered Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike in the Gilead Gazette. @marisakabas.bsky.social talked to a reporter who was in the witness room when the curtain closed on a woman who was clearly still alive. Read it.
NEW: When Christa Pike became the first person to survive multiple lethal injections, witnesses at the prison that day suddenly became a part of history.
I spoke with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social of Nashville Banner about the things he saw in the execution chamber—and the things he could only hear:
I spoke with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social of Nashville Banner about the things he saw in the execution chamber—and the things he could only hear:
What it's like to witness a botched execution
Q+A with Steven Hale of The Nashville Banner, who watched as Christa Pike survived two lethal injections.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I covered Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike in the Gilead Gazette. @marisakabas.bsky.social talked to a reporter who was in the witness room when the curtain closed on a woman who was clearly still alive. Read it.
This is the reporting behind the lead story in this week's Gilead Gazette. @garnethenderson.com at @autonomynews.co found a $4.3 million family planning grant going to a group that's never taken in more than $50k in a year. Follow them both.
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties.
One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
www.autonomynews.co
October 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This is the reporting behind the lead story in this week's Gilead Gazette. @garnethenderson.com at @autonomynews.co found a $4.3 million family planning grant going to a group that's never taken in more than $50k in a year. Follow them both.
"Bring back Roe" isn't enough. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on why: the Hyde Amendment blocked Medicaid coverage of abortion the whole time Roe was law.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
October 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"Bring back Roe" isn't enough. Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, on why: the Hyde Amendment blocked Medicaid coverage of abortion the whole time Roe was law.
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
Full interview: linsayrousseau.substack.com/p/live-abort...
The Gilead Gazette: RFK Jr. gives birth control training to anti-abortion groups. Hegseth is sued for hiding his women-in-combat study. A GOP nominee says a child's rape can turn into "something incredible." ChatGPT and Grok will strip a Muslim woman's hijab.
Watch now:
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The Gilead Gazette: RFK Jr. Funds Birth Control Foes, Hegseth Vs. Women Troops, AI Strips Hijabs
Watch now (6 mins) | RFK Jr. handed birth control training money to anti-abortion groups, one with no listed staff. Hegseth is being sued for hiding his study on women in combat.
linsayrousseau.substack.com
October 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The Gilead Gazette: RFK Jr. gives birth control training to anti-abortion groups. Hegseth is sued for hiding his women-in-combat study. A GOP nominee says a child's rape can turn into "something incredible." ChatGPT and Grok will strip a Muslim woman's hijab.
Watch now:
Watch now: