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Elisabeth Vallet

@elisabethvallet.bsky.social
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Border scholar Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦 Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand @UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social Chroni. @LeDevoir.com #borders & #borderwalls In english & en français (views are my own)

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Folha de S.Paulo @folha.com · 14/10/2026
Protestos estudantis crescem na Albânia
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Protestos estudantis crescem na Albânia; edifício de ministério é incendiado
União Europeia cobra investigação por uso de violência excessiva da polícia; 16 pessoas foram presas
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Les ondes concentriques de cette décennie, qui façonne la politique à l’image du personnage fat occupant le Bureau ovale, n’ont pas fini de se faire ressentir. Elles demeureront longtemps après elle, même lorsque ses acteurs peupleront les pénitenciers" www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...?
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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 11/10/2026
Une brèche dans le blocus illégal des États-Unis : le matériel médical envoyé par le PCF est arrivé à destination à Cuba ➡️ l.humanite.fr/pAr
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
But then this : www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man looks like Neo waking up in the goo pod
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Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@spiegel.de offre aux Allemands l'occasion de repenser leur lien personnel à l'Histoire: "Votre grand-père était-il dans la SS ? Que faisait votre famille sous Hitler ? Faites des recherches ici dans le fichier nazi mis à jour". www.spiegel.de/geschichte/n...
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(S+) NSDAP-Archiv: Finden Sie heraus, was Ihre Familie unter Hitler getan hat
Der SPIEGEL hat Hunderttausende Einträge zu SS-Akten mit den Millionen Mitgliedskarten der NSDAP abgeglichen. Hier können Sie die aktualisierte Kartei durchsuchen und Hinweise finden auf mögliche Mitg...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE agents have shot yet another person in the street, this time a man in his car in the Bronx while his small child sat in the backseat. www.reuters.com/world/us/per...
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New York City man shot in car with child present by ICE agents, mayor says
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a ​child present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, ‌according to the mayor, city po...
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Une décennie plus tard…
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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
*That’s* a headline.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
******** ****** ********
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
La lecture de @mediapart.fr sur les élections au Québec: "Au Québec, la victoire des indépendantistes s’inscrit dans la droitisation du débat public"
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Au Québec, la victoire des indépendantistes s’inscrit dans la droitisation du débat public
Lundi 5 octobre, le Parti québécois a remporté les élections législatives provinciales avec 28 % des suffrages exprimés. Son chef, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, s’apprête à diriger un gouvernement minori…
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Although a historic agreement was reached that would have allowed her to return home, this solution came too late," the Madrid Tenants' Union said in a statement Wednesday. "It was an entirely avoidable situation following a harrowing ordeal." Yet she died away from her home.
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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 08/10/2026
Le gouvernement propose de taxer les ultrariches, les députés refusent Par @mathiasthepot.bsky.social‬
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Le gouvernement propose de taxer les ultrariches, les députés refusent
L’apport-cession, une niche fiscale qui permet aux ultrariches de soustraire des milliards d’euros au fisc, est dans le viseur du gouvernement dans son projet de budget. Mais les députés de la commission des finances l’ont retoqué. La mesure sera rediscutée en séance publique.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
opens Lenine 1917's State and Revolution, Trotsky's 1930 permanent revolution...can't seem to find anything close to Vance's affirmation. Turns to Marx's mid-19th century version of socialism. Or Fourier's. Nope. Nothing like Vance's unicornist version. May be this is actually "Vancism"
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"GLOVEs (...) are taser-like devices that look like standard work gloves, but deliver a painful electric charge (...) causes harm but doesn’t leave marks, making it harder for victims to sue or for public outrage to stem from visible harm." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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Christopher Ramsay 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻🇬🇱 @iotechris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
L’événement pourrait paraître relativement marginal (à la fois niché et éloigné) mais il est en fait terriblement significatif @libobs.bsky.social @marielamensch.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
Ohio, a state that Trump has won three times, has become a battleground for the same reasons that the GOP is predicting a bleak forecast in this year’s midterms: skyrocketing gas prices, bipartisan disdain for data centers, high costs for food and utilities, and Trump’s unpopular war with Iran.
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Trump’s appearance in Ohio underscores all the reasons the GOP is unpopular
Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Puisqu’on parle de liberté d’expression. Cc @libobs.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/10/2026
The White House has blocked Politico from traveling aboard Air Force One for President Trump’s planned trip to Nebraska on Monday, a spokesman for the outlet confirmed. The decision follows an attempted ban of the outlet from the White House grounds.
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White House blocks Politico from trip on Air Force One
The decision follows an attempted ban of the outlet from the White House grounds, and a similar move to block CNN from the presidential plane.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ceci ++
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More performative killing at sea.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 05/10/2026
New boat strike tonight. Yes, they're still happening. The death toll now stands at 238. x.com/Southcom/sta...
Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific
238 reported people killed (including 23 unrecovered survivors).
68 reported attack events.
72 reported boats struck.
3 reported survivors recovered.
45 reported events in the Eastern Pacific. 21 reported events in the Caribbean. 2 reported events in unspecified locations.
32 events ordered by Southern Command Commander Gen. Francis Donovan (101 reported killed). 19 events ordered by President Donald Trump (76 reported killed). 14 events ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (50 reported killed). 3 events listed as “under the direction of U.S. Southern Command” (11 reported killed).
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026
I really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation
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ShipScrewUnscrewer @shipscrewunscrewer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Study on the impact of anti-trans views on trans* mental health: The team surveyed 807 trans and gender-diverse people aged 16 and over, some of whom described the stigma they encountered online or in traditional media as "relentless", "omnipresent" and "inescapable".
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, 42% of college presidents had NO OPINION on CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT? You can't be bothered to agree or disagree with a sentence about the sexual assault risk of half your student body? That's disqualifying. Get another job.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Les partis présentent de "jeunes candidats et souhaitent appeler la jeunesse à voter pour eux" Toutefois, la plupart des jeunes ne se sent " « pas concernés» par cette campagne électorale". Pourtant, le résultat affectera directement leur avenir, GenZ & beyond @leszinfos.bsky.social
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La génération Z
Analyse comparative de ce que les différents partis proposent pour l’avenir du Québec dans lequel la génération Z devra évoluer
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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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.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 30/09/2026
Airmen criticize Air Force’s use of AI in suicide prevention training as ‘uncomfortable and odd’ trib.al/KAYPs8X
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Airmen criticize Air Force's use of AI in suicide prevention training as 'uncomfortable and odd'
The Air Force says incorporating AI-generated imagery standardizes the training, but some airmen criticize it as being “cold and unnatural.”
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#surveillancestate
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI makes mistakes. Who knew. www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/when-al...
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Le 2e effet kiss cool (pour ceux qui ont la ref) des infrastructures frontalières. www.borderreport.com/border-repor...
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Border buoys dislodged and floating down Rio Grande toward Laredo, Texas
At least 120 giant border buoys weighing about one ton each on Friday were floating uncontrolled down the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, toward the South Texas border town of Laredo due to floo…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
When Trump opened up Bears Ears, the hobbyists swooped in [via @grist.org]
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When Trump opened up Bears Ears, the hobbyists swooped in
All the new claims appear to be small-scale local miners interested in uranium.
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Marie Plourde @marieplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Campagne électorale 2026: Laissons les enfants tranquille « Je ne savais pas que l’on allait aller jusqu’à instrumentaliser les enfants pour faire passer son message. » -Mani Soleymanlou, sur le plateau de Tout le monde en parle www.lapresse.ca/elections-qu...
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Immigration | Laissons les enfants tranquilles
Si l’immigration ne peut être tenue responsable de la surpopulation dans les écoles du Québec, les politiciens doivent être tenus responsables des messages dommageables qu’ils envoient lorsqu’ils se p...
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“A day off cannot repair generations of harm or inequities Indigenous peoples continue to experience. But remembering matters.” montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: Why the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should be a statutory holiday in Quebec
A day off cannot repair generations of harm or inequities Indigenous peoples continue to experience. But remembering matters.
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson captures the plight of America’s farmers, who are getting hammered by Donald Trump’s economic policies — and passing on their spiking expenses to U.S. consumers.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Student journalism is also key to the vitality of democracy.
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 30/09/2026
Le CCA célèbre en grand le centenaire de sa fondatrice philanthrope.
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2027, année du centenaire de Phyllis Lambert
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson is warning of a “nightmare scenario” if Republicans lose the House: Democrats could investigate Trump, his family, his Cabinet, GOP donors and powerful business figures.
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MAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of Midterms
With control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would t...
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oui, il en vaut la peine. Mon équipe et moi avons documenté cette trajectoire précisément et ce roman rend vraiment compte de ce qu’on a entendu
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pangram. n'est. pas. fiable. Et donne une probabilité. Une pro-ba-bi-li-té. Ça vaut la peine d'écouter Yves Gingras à @toutpeutarriver.bsky.social #TLMEP
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Le privé, l'IA et la santé... mauvais combo? www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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How AI could be driving your medical bill higher
Insurers are pointing the finger at hospitals for driving up costs, and hospitals are pointing the finger at insurers for using AI to reject patients' claims
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
oh. wow.
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