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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I would love to work.
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Iris Gant @irisgant.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
Synthesized 17 studies for full inclusion to the literature review. Now time to finally write. #PhDLife
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Australian Journal of International Affairs @austjia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New online: Monica Jeong asks, why is South Korea's refugee policy so out of line with its humanitarian engagement diplomacy and its "middle power" status? Jeong finds the answer in a discourse analysis of identity construction. ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky
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South Korea is a self-identified 'middle power,' aspiring to assume greater responsibilities, including the promotion of universal values and humanitarian diplomacy. Yet, it maintains one of the lowest refugee acceptance rates among OECD members. Existing research attributes this restrictiveness to ethnic nationalism, anti-refugee sentiment, and a refugee status determination (RSD) process shaped by an institutional ethos that prioritises law and order over refugee protection. This research shifts the focus from institutional and societal constraints to identity constructions.
Adopting a critical constructivist framework, it analyzes National Assembly debates and Ministry of Justice policy discourses between 2008 and 2024 to examine how South Korea's self-understanding as a middle power is constructed and negotiated through representations of refugees as 'others.' The analysis finds that although South Korea promotes humanitarian engagement, its middle power identity is continually negotiated through the way different refugee groups are constructed (i.e. as humanitarian subjects, security threats, reciprocal contributors, or fellow nationals) in relation to the national 'self.' Ultimately, this research argues that the coexistence of competing understandings of what it means to be a humanitarian middle power rather than a cohesive national narrative, is a significant factor underlying South Korea's continued restrictive refugee policies.
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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nope.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/03/2026
🔴 Iranian medical authorities say 20 hospitals & emergency medical service stations have been hit since the start of the attacks, w/ parts of Gandhi Hospital in Tehran, including its emergency department, angiography unit, & infertility ward, completely destroyed. Officials added that more than...

🔴 BREAKING: Iranian medical authorities say 20 hospitals and emergency medical service stations have been hit since the start of the attacks, with parts of Gandhi Hospital in Tehran, including its emergency department, angiography unit, and infertility ward, completely destroyed. 

Officials added that more than 10 healthcare workers have been killed in the strikes.
Iran Nuances
@IranNuances
Medical staff gather at Gandhi Hospital in Tehran, #Iran, to condemn targeted attacks on healthcare facilities:
- 20 hospitals & EMS stations hit so far.
- Gandhi Hospital’s ER, Angiography, & Infertility wards completely destroyed.
- 10+ healthcare staff killed.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Reporter: Did the United States bomb a girls elementary school in southern Iran on the first day of the war and kill 175 people? Trump: We think it was done by Iran. They're very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever. It was done by Iran.
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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
has destroyed*
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 05/03/2026
The House & the Senate will hold separate votes on a War Powers Res. on Thu., sponsored by Reps Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie & Sens Tim Kaine & Rand Paul respectively. The War Powers Res. seeks to halt Pres. Trump's war of aggression on Iran through the constitutional authority vested in Congress...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We're plundering Venezuela
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Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal
The arrangement shows the tightening commercial bounds between Venezuela and the U.S.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Reports indicate at least 100 children have already been killed in strikes on schools. That is unconscionable. Three U.S. service members are dead as a result of this entirely preventable war of choice. The blood of these service members, these children, and every civilian rests in Trump’s hands.
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US military says three of its troops killed in first Iran operation casualties
Three U.S. service members have been killed and another five have been seriously wounded, in the first casualties of the unfolding U.S. operations against Iran, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Tax billionaires out of existence.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
"Are we saying that there are no conspiracies? Of course there are conspiracies!" @naomiaklein.bsky.social & I are back with 'Unshocked' - & this week's episode is a deep dive by us into conspiracy theories, Epstein files, Trump, Bannon, Thiel, Chomsky, & more. Full show: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...
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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Presidents*
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/02/2026
An Irish immigrant with a valid US work permit has been held in ICE detention in Texas for nearly 5 months despite having no criminal record, the Irish Times reports. Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for over 20 years, is married to a US citizen & was in the final stages of a green card...
An Irish immigrant with a valid US work permit has been held in ICE detention in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record, the Irish Times reports. Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for over 20 years, is married to a US citizen and was in the final stages of a green card application when he was arrested in September. He describes detention conditions akin to a “concentration camp,” limited access to outdoors, and constant hunger. A judge initially approved his release on bond, but the US government later blocked it. 

His lawyer says the case is highly unusual and reflects arbitrary enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE did not respond with comment on the story at the time of publication.

(Photos from Irish Times)
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Democrats idea of fighting fascism.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We just passed $3 million raised, powered by 57,000+ grassroots donors with an average gift of $31. This campaign is built by people, not the ultra rich or special interests like AIPAC. You decide who Congress answers to.
Graphic excitedly announcing a campaign milestone, showcasing a photo of Kat bursting with glee. The graphic copy says: 

WE JUST PASSED $3,000,000 RAISED!
How? [arrow to go to next slide graphic]Follow-up graphic, showcasing another excited photo of Kat. The graphic copy says: 

POWERED BY MORE THAN 57,000+ GRASSROOTS DONORS, 
8,700+ JUST IN ILLINOIS!

And we did all of this with almost no call time.. instead talking directly to voters on livestreams, $220,000+ RAISED ON STREAM!
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MS NOW @ms.now · 04/02/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows California to use new congressional map
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 01/02/2026
The secure messaging app Signal remains one of our go-to tools for staying secure while conversing with sources, colleagues, friends, and family. Find out why we love it in our digital security newsletter.
freedom.press
For sharing secrets, Signal is key
As heart-shaped chocolate boxes fill store aisles, allow us a moment to write a love letter to one of our favorite tools: Signal.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
These documents are unbearable to read. What sick disgusting people. The QAnon people were onto something about pedophiles running this world.
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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/01/2026
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Abolish DHS
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 28/01/2026
The Ministry of Defence says there are around 12,300 US military and civilian defence personnel in Britain. #DCUKparliament
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/01/2026
Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.
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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#AcademicSky I find this so disheartening. Feels like we're racing to the bottom. (and we know it, but will do it anyway, as is often the case with races to the bottom).
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/01/2026
Congolese soldiers and pro-government militia fighters have reentered the strategic town of Uvira.
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Congolese soldiers reenter key eastern city after M23 rebels' withdrawal, army and residents say
Congolese soldiers and pro-government militia fighters have reentered the strategic town of Uvira. The army and residents confirmed this on Monday, a month after it was seized by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
E-STEEM #Postdoc Program University of Vienna. Designed to support women in #STEM & economics - funds >20 full postdoc positions! www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver... #AcademicChatter #Research #WomenInScience #WomenInTech #jobfairy
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E-STEEM: Postdoctoral Positions for Women in STEM and Economics - University of Vienna | Oliver H.
I am a host for the E-STEEM Postdoc Program of the Universität Wien. In case you have not heard of it yet: This program is designed to support women in STEM fields and economics and funds >20 full pos...
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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 15/01/2026
NEW: @aclu.org filed a class action suit today alleging ICE, CBP, & other agents violated Minnesotans’ constitutional rights through "the administration’s policy of racially profiling, unlawfully seizing, and unlawfully arresting people without a warrant and without probable cause"
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 13/01/2026
More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the Oct. ceasefire, UNICEF says, 60 boys & 40 girls. Speaking from Gaza, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said children are still being killed by airstrikes, drones, tank shelling, & live fire, while others are dying from exposure as winter...
More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the October ceasefire, UNICEF says, 60 boys and 40 girls. 

Speaking from Gaza, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said children are still being killed by airstrikes, drones, tank shelling, and live fire, while others are dying from exposure as winter conditions worsen in tent camps.

“It’s bleak outside now,” 
@1james_elder
 said. “I wish I could take a camera and show you that 30, 40 kilometer winds ripping through tents on the beach. It’s bitterly cold. It’s bitterly wet.”
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
We love to see universities caving to right wing hysteria both literally and figuratively paying the price for it
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The board of directors behind one of Australia's biggest literary events, Adelaide Writers Week, has announced their decision to remove prominent Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from their 2026 festival programme, citing ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre:
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/01/2026
🔴 U.S. DEMANDS ON VENEZUELA, PER ABC NEWS AND REUTERS ▪️ABC reports that the Trump administration has told interim authorities in Caracas they must meet a set of conditions before Venezuela is allowed to pump or sell more oil: 1. Expel China, Russia, Iran & Cuba & sever economic & strategic ties...

🔴 U.S. DEMANDS ON VENEZUELA, PER ABC NEWS AND REUTERS

▪️ABC reports that the Trump administration has told interim authorities in Caracas they must meet a set of conditions before Venezuela is allowed to pump or sell more oil:

1. Expel China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba and sever economic and strategic ties with them
2. Partner exclusively with the United States on oil production
3. Favor the U.S. in oil sales, particularly heavy crude
4. Hand over control of oil logistics, including tankers and shipments, to block deliveries to rivals
5. Accept U.S. leverage based on financial pressure, with officials saying Venezuela has only weeks before insolvency due to full tankers and blocked exports
6. Transfer 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to U.S. control, with proceeds managed by Washington, according to Trump

Reuters separately confirms that U.S. officials are pressing Venezuela to cooperate with Washington by opening the oil sector on terms favorable to U.S. companies, cracking down on narcotics trafficking, halting migration flows, expelling Cuban security personnel, and ending cooperation with Iran, with U.S. officials demanding visible progress within weeks.Anne Flaherty
@AnneKFlaherty (X): 
Rubio set at least two conditions for Venezeula's new gov't before it will be allowed to sell more oil:

- sever ties w China/Russia/Iran/Cuba
-partner only w US on oil production

Exclusive new reporting with 
@AllisonMPecorin
 
@rachelvscott

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-demands-venezuela-kick-china-russia-partner-us/story?id=128963238
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
To ABCNewsAus, TheAustralian, AFR, SkyNews, @theguardian.com Aus. & all ‘news’ media using words like ‘Aquire’ about Trump's illegal desire to invade another foreign nation, stage a military coup & overthrow a democratically elected gov. Gutless, propaganda spewing wankgoblins. Do your fucking jobs!
Headlines from Australian news outlets 7th January 2026
ABC Australia - US discussing possible military option in pursuit of acquiring Greenland
The Australian - Trump considering military options to acquire Greenland
AFR (Australian Financial Review) - Australia news live: US reaffirms interest in Greenland acquisition
Sky News - Donald Trump discussing a range of options for acquiring Greenland
The Guardian Australia - White House says using
US military is 'always an option' for acquiring
Greenland
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why."

Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!"

First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization."

Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces.

Proud to be an American today!

USA 🇺🇸"Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster."

Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars

If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position"

Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to say whether the US's attack on Venezuela broke international law
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
Eagle Ed Martin &
@EagleEdMartin
X.com
A confident America!
•8 Jesse Kelly • @JesseKellyDC •4h
Colonization is one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world and the only reason most don't know this is because they were educated by communists who hate Western civilization. x.com/billnehr/statu...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The great isolationist ‘America First’ GOP President Donald Trump has in less than a year in office declared himself the ‘owner’ of Gaza and the ‘ruler’ of Venezuela.
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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Looks like The Democrats have forgotten have to spell or say impeach.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/01/2026
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target? MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah. WELKER: Is that a yes? RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Narrator: It was an invasion. Calling it an arrest operation, special military operation, etc, doesn’t alter the fundamental and flagrant illegality.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 04/01/2026
🚨 New footage shows explosions around Caracas, Venezuela, as parts of the city’s south near a major military base lost electricity. Low-flying aircraft were seen and heard from across the capital, according to Reuters.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/01/2026
Athens, Greece: Protesters set US flag on fire outside the US embassy following the capture of Nicolás Maduro
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The Donk @thedonk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Your reminder that the internet is forever
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I think it’s important for all the non Americans out there to know that Americans also hate America
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/01/2026
Trump: “Something will have to be done about Mexico,” says Donald Trump, after the capture of Nicolás Maduro and attacks on Venezuela In an interview with Fox News, Trump assured that the cartels govern Mexico. “I have asked her on numerous occasions: 'Do you want us to eliminate the cartels?'”
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