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Gus Garcia-Roberts

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Gus Garcia-Roberts @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sports + ProPublica, a delicious combination
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2026
When a team of ProPublica reporters first heard that a Putin-linked oligarch named Umar Kremlev attended Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, they couldn’t believe it. Then they found the proof in an Instagram group photo. Listen to this excerpt from our “Paper Trail” podcast:
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 15/09/2026
Didn't read @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social's full @propublica.org story yet? Here's what you missed: www.propublica.org/article/domi...
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Underage Players, Predatory Moneylenders: 7 Findings From Our Dominican Baseball Investigation
ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory, whose lenders and trainers exploit players as young as 11. Here are the key findings from our reporting.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica investigated how talented young baseball players from the Dominican Republic are sometimes robbed of their education and signing bonuses by an unregulated network of high-interest lenders and trainers. Here are the key takeaways.
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Underage Players, Predatory Moneylenders: 7 Findings From Our Dominican Baseball Investigation
ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory, whose lenders and trainers exploit players as young as 11. Here are the key findings from our reporting.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Belfi Rivera was 14 when the Diamondbacks made a handshake deal that would pay him $1.8M after he turned 16. But he saw almost none of it. $630K went to a trainer who brokered the deal, and $950K+ went to a lender whose business partner is Red Sox legend David Ortiz. New, @propublica.org
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh, and here's one baseball folks should be talking about today. Bonus: David Ortiz does not come out lookin' good! www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our brand new episode of "Paper Trail" featuring @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social is here: "The Predatory Industry Behind MLB’s Dominican Superstar Pipeline" www.propublica.org/podcast/domi...
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The Predatory Industry Behind MLB’s Dominican Superstar Pipeline
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Gus Garcia-Roberts @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New for @propublica, how MLB created perfect the market conditions for predatory moneylenders in Dominican baseball, and David Ortiz’s hidden role bankrolling the most notorious prestamista in the DR www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Another news outlet is made stronger because the Washington Post decided to decimate its newsroom. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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Peter Finn Joins ProPublica, Spearheading Washington Bureau Expansion
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 07/02/2026
They’ll be hearing from his father
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
What’s in the “Epstein Files,” and what isn’t, with the great @jasonleopold.bsky.social:
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What Is (And Isn’t) in the Latest Epstein Files Release
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
NEW: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Why are so many people sick in a town where the dominant economic and political force is a hospital? @gingerthompson.bsky.social explores the deep contradictions of American healthcare in this magisterial series: projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
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Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/11/2025
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.” “‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
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Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. “It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said. www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/11/2025
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say. By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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T. Christian Miller @tchristianmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2025
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Screenshot of post on X from VA Secretary Doug Collins. The text reads: @ProPublica is an extreme liberal news outlet that will do anything to make the Trump Administration look bad. But this week, the far-left editors there reached a new low by sending @VernalColeman to stalk @DeptVetAffairs employees at their homes. This creepy behavior will discourage good people from coming to work at VA. @ProPublica, please do better and stop letting your hatred of the Trump Administration continue to warp your judgment.
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
So... some personal news: After 7+ years with the wonderful people at WIRED, next month I am going to be starting a new chapter at ProPublica. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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Caitlin Kelly Joins ProPublica as Senior Editor
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps. A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
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Swept Away: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The terror began immediately. Salvadoran guards beat them with their fists, boots and batons, shot them with rubber pellets, and forced them to lick other men's backs. What happened when we sent 230+ Venezuelans to a prison known for human rights abuses. www.propublica.org/article/vene...
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Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2025
NEW: A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.
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A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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Jack Leonard @jack-leonard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
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U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.
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Gus Garcia-Roberts @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I'm going to badly miss my colleagues at The Post, particularly those in the amazing sports department there. But I'm thrilled to start at @propublica.org today, aiming to bring a sports focus to one of the most badass shops in journalism. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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Gus Garcia-Roberts Joins ProPublica as National Reporter
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Jeferson Escalona, who DHS said was a “self-admitted” member of Tren de Aragua: "They're making false accusations about me. I don't belong to any gang." W/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
President Trump at once appoints the nation's top financial regulators & profits from one of the world's fastest growing crytpo companies. It's one of the most explicit financial conflicts of interest in presidential history. A NYT investigation published today digs into this nyti.ms/44KUVn8
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Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm (Gift Article)
World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 10/04/2025
Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order
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Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order
The company also removed mentions of "diversity" from its corporate site.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 10/04/2025
A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.
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Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report
Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on the Brady list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As global markets melt down, Trump is turning to … pro golf. The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs. It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.
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LIV Golf, Saudi relationships pull Trump to Florida as markets rage
The president’s dinner with golfing leaders, hosted at his club, comes as the global economic order reels from Trump’s tariffs announcement.
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
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An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This story for the New Yorker is the culmination of many years of reporting on and thinking about one thing: What's the deal with pitching? It was nice to reconnect with people I know from the baseball world, and I have now seen the inside of a person's elbow. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
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Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point
An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.
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Shea Serrano @sheaserrano.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
mexicans are perfect
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Apparently I have lost my security clearance for a third time. This is the infamous Beetlejuice policy that the Trump Administration is newly implementing.
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that: - the terminations contained "false" information - they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had n...
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. They’re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream
President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.
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