Reposted by Elisa MuylAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The Buffalo Medical Examiner rules that the death of a legally blind elderly Burmese refugee dropped off by Border Patrol at a closed shop late at night in winter was a homicide. He died of a burst ulcer caused by severe stress brought on by dehydration and hypothermia. 10525011057
Reposted by Elisa MuylBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...startribune.comDetained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice.Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions. 10725101474
Reposted by Elisa MuylTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026“Chronic hunger” at American concentration camps reported by USA Today. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...usatoday.comICE says it provides 'proper meals.' Detainees see crystalized jelly, rancid beans and iced bolognaIn the business of immigration detention, researchers say, "bad food is the business model." 12636102216
Reposted by Elisa MuylLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Father of six, grabbed in front of his crying children as he was about to take them to school. 81154723
Reposted by Elisa MuylKen Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 16/03/2026ICE has killed someone new.nbcnews.comAfghan asylum seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custodyMohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, a father of six who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, had no known health issues when he was detained in Texas, his family said. 291865918
Reposted by Elisa MuylAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF 836153618048
Reposted by Elisa MuylLeah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.wired.comICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going NextICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations. 18148712944
Reposted by Elisa MuylThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/01/2026At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.nyti.msVenezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. AttackThe official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family. 45381298
Reposted by Elisa MuylJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025www.vox.com/future-perfe... 400,000 dead in two years.vox.comThe bloodshed in Sudan is visible from spaceFour questions about the Sudanese civil war, answered. 35425
Reposted by Elisa MuylGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero 23536042396
Reposted by Elisa MuylJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 08/11/2025"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.” 22768913218
Reposted by Elisa MuylThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNScnewyorkermag.visitlink.meThe Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsThe short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. 42792145980
Reposted by Elisa MuylEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dec 2024 - Costa Rican man crosses into U.S. Feb. 2025 - ICE detains him. He talks to his family daily. June - He disappears. Aug - His family finally finds him detained and in a vegetative state. Sept. - He's air ambluenced home. Oct. 26th - He dies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comFamily speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative stateRandall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment 710668
Reposted by Elisa MuylMichael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures. 6528371223
Reposted by Elisa MuylJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 24/10/2025One very notable potential primary challenger for Hakeem Jeffries is off the board. Chi Ossé, an up and coming city council member, is not running for Congress (per Emily Ngo of Politico NY). @elisa-muyl.bsky.social got this iconic quote from Ossé in our politics issue www.wired.com/story/wired-... 161
Reposted by Elisa MuylEunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comPregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates sayThe ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing. 431337727
Reposted by Elisa MuylGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 21/10/2025More video of the tank on Lafayette a short while ago outside 26 Federal Plaza, and federal agents making arrests of counter protesters. 12337173
Reposted by Elisa MuylJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Very cool package I got to work on for the latest @wired.com politics issue w/ @makenakelly.bsky.social & Elisa Muyl (our politics fellow & CUNY grad student who really made this thing shine). Save a tab on some of these names: www.wired.com/story/wired-...wired.comThe 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of PoliticsIntroducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era. 25515
Reposted by Elisa MuylWIRED @wired.com · 31/07/2025Experts say Gaza’s malnutrition crisis has progressed to a newer, deadlier phase, and the World Health Organization believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations.wired.comThe Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition CrisisThe WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations. 619691
Reposted by Elisa Muylevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 31/07/2025“There’s so much traumatic injury, like blast wounds and broken bones. But they’re not healing, because people don’t have the nutrients to build the collagen necessary to close them. So wounds that are a month, even two months old, still look as fresh as if they had occurred in the last week.”wired.comThe Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition CrisisThe WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations. 314564
Reposted by Elisa MuylWIRED @wired.com · 21/07/2025Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research. www.wired.com/story/how-tr...wired.comHow Trump Killed Cancer ResearchAttempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research. 27904433
Reposted by Elisa MuylElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/07/2025Cancer patients are being kicked out of clinical trials that could save their lives because Donald Trump thinks scientific research is too woke. 32752256
Reposted by Elisa MuylWIRED @wired.com · 23/07/2025SCOOP: Elon Musk’s associates at DOGE have begun vacating their headquarters at the General Services Administration in Washington, DC, and they’re leaving behind an apocalyptic scene of toddler play sets, mattresses, and pillows. We got photos. 👇wired.comPhotos: Here Are the Piles of Used Bedding and Children’s Play Sets Left Near DOGE’s Old OfficesElon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains. 49735291
Reposted by Elisa MuylWIRED @wired.com · 23/07/2025It looks like a scene out of a zombie movie. But it’s not; it’s the aftermath of DOGE’s wholescale assault on the GSA, and the federal government writ large. DOGE isn’t gone, but as it morphs into its new phase, the children’s toys have been left behind.wired.comThis Is DOGE 2.0Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government. 28517
Reposted by Elisa MuylZeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social · 21/07/2025NEW by @lmatsakis.bsky.social: Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is betting that Trump’s tariff bills will be struck down in court. The company is buying the rights to potential tariff refunds. www.wired.com/story/cantor...wired.comTrump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against ThemA subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou... 68034
Elisa Muyl @elisa-muyl.bsky.social · 08/07/2025My first @wired.com piece: I asked over a dozen of the US's largest health insurers whether they would continue to cover currently routine shots for children if the RFK Jr. appointees on the federal vaccine panel were to stop recommending them. Only one said yes: www.wired.com/story/insure...wired.comWith RFK Jr. in Charge, Insurers Aren’t Saying If They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids If Government Stops Recommending ThemRFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped. 2314277
Reposted by Elisa MuylJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 02/07/2025On that note — @emuyl-wired.bsky.social has her first @wired.com byline today! Really interesting look at the uncertainty in the insurance landscape around what RFK Jr. is doing on child vaccines www.wired.com/story/insure...wired.comWith RFK Jr. in Charge, Insurers Aren’t Saying If They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids If Government Stops Recommending ThemRFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped. 129125
Reposted by Elisa MuylEmily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025This is not good. Health insurers aren’t saying whether they’ll cover vaccines for kids if the CDC stops recommending them. Story by our wonderful WIRED fellow @emuyl-wired.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/insure...wired.comWith RFK Jr. in Charge, Insurers Aren’t Saying If They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids If Government Stops Recommending ThemRFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped. 1219069