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Erin Siegal McIntyre

@esmcintyre.bsky.social
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Investigative journalist, professor, reluctant transplant to the American South. Tijuana/Carolina del Norte. Building an army of baby watchdogs. | Author @BeaconPressBks | Mentor @MVJNetwork @TheOpEdProject | Pix @reduxpictures @reuterspictures

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days. Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work. Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
me and my RCFP lawyers outside the courthouse this morning
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/02/2026
Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
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Eric Muller @elmunc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congratulations to these winners. #UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black. Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee. www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
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7 selected for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards | UNC-Chapel Hill
This year’s honorees include a Navy admiral, a comedian, business leaders and philanthropists.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...
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Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act
Defending press freedom for the next generation
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
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USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
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Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America
But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
"Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?" “His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
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Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?
The family man, activist, and football fiend also helped make an Oscar-winning documentary.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 30/07/2025
I think they recognize it precisely BECAUSE 60 Minutes was not slop. Dan Rather and Edward R. Murrow did not make slop. So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay. PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 30/07/2025
"The humans who made these things and gave them meaning don't actually matter at all," says man who is about to lose money making said things shitty and worthless, all because he is too arrogant to appreciate the priceless value of humanity.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Today in North Carolina: A new law from Republicans now lets teachers and volunteers in private schools carry concealed guns on campus. What could go wrong?! Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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NC lawmakers enact law letting private schools arm teachers after defeating veto
Another bill, to remove the permit requirement for carrying concealed handguns, needs one more vote before it can be enacted as well.
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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador | "Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. www.404media.co/flight-manif...
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Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador
Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even the...
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“This is a shameful decision by Paramount,” Reporters Without Borders USA said. “Shari Redstone & Paramount’s board should have stood by CBS journalists & the integrity of press freedom. Instead, they chose to reward Trump for his petty legal assault.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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'Spineless capitulation.' Paramount faces backlash over its $16-million Trump settlement
Journalists and others said the payment will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets. Some called the settlement a stain on the proud legacy of CBS News.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"In what could be the 1st case in which activists have successfully intervened to stop immigrants in the custody of ICE from being flown out of Vermont, 3 women escorted by agency officials turned around, left the airport & were returned to jail..." vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...
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Advocates say they helped prevent 3 ICE detainees from being flown out of Vermont - VTDigger
A spokesperson at American Airlines denied it was the company’s decision to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from boarding a flight with three women in their custody.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Removal of agency sites: Documents obtained by the Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 agency websites, including the CDC's vaccine page and FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program pages. federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...
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Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review
Thomas Shedd, commissioner of GSA's Technology Transformation Services, directed agencies to eliminate the “low-hanging fruit” of unnecessary federal websites.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2025
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself. www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
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The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
And we wouldn’t have known, except for the work of hackers and journalists.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
US aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress" www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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US foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds
The Trump administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, a study in...
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"[Canadian] Mr. Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year and the fourth person to die in custody in Florida, according to the agency’s website." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Module from the EFF: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border Published June 23, 2025 freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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Module: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border
This module focuses on how to prepare and what to expect for those traversing the U.S. southern border, centering journalists serving border communities.Unlike most modules in the J-school digital sec...
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 23/06/2025
Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
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Commentary: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
As tens of thousands of immigrants are detained and held inside federal detention centers, the power of federal lawmakers such as Judy Chu to provide oversight and answers is even more critical — and threatened.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/06/2025
US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government..." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
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A Senator’s Fall From Grace Ends in a Grim Federal Lockup
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean. www.cbs8.com/article/news...
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Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows
The latest report from NASA shows a satellite image of the toxic plume from the Tijuana River spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’ Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...
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How an Italian Mayor Who Turned His Town into a Haven for Migrants Wound Up Facing 13 Years in Jail
'This is how the state pays me back'
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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @higheredlabor.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...
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Labor Leaders & Policymakers Release Worker-Led Agenda for Systemic Policy Change
YouTube video by Higher Ed Labor United
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house! We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP. Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts. Check out our website too! local6741.org
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"The Justice Dept drastically scaled back support for anti-crime initiatives across the country, leaving law enforcement scrambling to try to replace money. The cuts were announced in April... totaling about $500 million." www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...
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Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say Under Trump, the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was cut. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say
Under Trump, the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was cut.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Rest easy, Sebastião Salgado.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
"Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda promoted the reform of Article 7, which now recognizes animals as sentient beings in the state’s Constitution—an unprecedented move that solidifies the state’s commitment to animal well-being." www.sandiegored.com/en/news/anim...
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Animals Declared Sentient Beings in Baja California’s Constitution During Governor Marina del Pilar’s Administration
Governor Marina del Pilar is laying the groundwork to prevent animal abuse, cruelty, and abandonment in Baja California.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/05/2025
Wow - honored! 😲 I am close to 10,000 readers, please sign up if you believe in improving the quality and impact of our national immigration debate and staying up-to-speed on the latest policy and data. austinkocher.substack.com
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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
most places burying the lead but BACK ON PBS running day and date!!!
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows." www.wired.com/story/violen...
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Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online
Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"ICE adopts new tactic: Deport before court, removing people facing criminal charges Suspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served, prosecutors and legal experts say." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... from @usatoday.com
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Border’s ‘lucha libre’ history on display at Comic-Con Museum The exhibit is "Sangre, Sudor y Mito," highlights “the art and tradition of Mexican lucha libre,” Thursday, May 22 @ the Comic Con Museum in Balboa Park. www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/b...
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Border’s ‘lucha libre’ history on display at Comic-Con Museum
The masked heroes of lucha libre are stepping out of the ring and into the spotlight at Comic-Con Museum’s latest exhibit called, Sangre, Sudor y Mito, which translates into blood, sweat and …
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 15/05/2025
Investigative journalism is essential to a free society. That’s why we’re proud to host the IRE Conference every year, bringing together the world’s best journalists to teach watchdog skills and inspire the next generation. Explore the #IRE25 schedule and join us! schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/
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IRE 2025 schedule | June 19-22, 2025 | New Orleans
Welcome to the #IRE25 conference schedule!
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Cartel family members entered U.S. in deal with Trump admin, Mexican security chief confirms Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Cartel family members entered U.S. in deal with Trump admin, Mexican security chief confirms
Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"This year’s students felt different: more scared, more open, potentially more radical? They know they need new skills to confront the very real possibility of a post-democratic America. In other words, they need to find their sense of punk. And I was here to help." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
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Opinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila says she still doesn’t know why the U.S. government revoked her visa “It doesn’t mean I did anything wrong,” she said. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/12/u...
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Baja California governor responds to revocation of U.S. visa: ‘I am calm’
The couple announced the revocations on social media Saturday
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos publica el Informe sobre la responsabilidad internacional de Estados Unidos por violaciones a los derechos a la vida, la integridad personal y el acceso a la justicia de Hernández Rojas. www.oas.org/es/CIDH/jsFo...
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CIDH publica informe de fondo sobre caso de Anastasio Hernandez Rojas de Estados Unidos
Washington, DC—La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) publica el Informe de Admisibilidad y Fondo No. 60/25 del Caso 14.042, sobre la responsabilidad internacional de Estados Unidos por violaciones a los derechos a la vida, la integridad personal y el acceso a la justicia de Anastasio Hernández Rojas.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/05/2025
Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them. Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. " donate.wck.org/give/525879#...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The most recent retweet from the new pope is 👀.
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As Trump & Bukele use Oval to 🤣 Feds’ illicit deportation of a US resident (https://bit.ly/3ROMjnP), once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” https://bit.ly/4j700KN
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
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As Trump & Bukele use Oval to 🤣 Feds’ illicit deportation of a US resident (https://bit.ly/3ROMjnP), once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” https://bit.ly/4j700KN

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We continue praying together the Holy Rosary for the health of #PopeFrancis  this evening at 9 PM in St. Peter’s Square, The prayer today will be presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Louis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization. #pope #PopeFrancis
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#PrayForThePope #GoodNews: The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis' health is improving. Let us pray together for his full recovery 
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  Be strong, We are looking forward to seeing you again soon at St. Peter's Square.
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Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration
From americamagazine.org
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JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others https://ncronline.org/node/292716 via 
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost U.S. $1 billion | "Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost U.S. $1 billion
Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies.
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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
POGO: "Mass Deportations Will Rely on Authoritarian Surveillance Surveillance will be supercharged under the auspices of immigration enforcement.' www.pogo.org/analysis/mas...
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Mass Deportations Will Rely on Authoritarian Surveillance
Surveillance will be supercharged under the auspices of immigration enforcement.
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