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Gina Ruiz

@ginaruiz.bsky.social
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She/her/ella. Native Angeleno and Chicana writer who occasionally gets around to writing stories. Bibliophile, stationary fiend, dog person, baker, foodie, and scholar.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case challenging the Trump administration’s cruel and illegal policy subjecting millions of immigrants to mandatory detention. We'll see the administration in court.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/09/2026
Meet the hosts of our newest podcast, Let the Record Show! Each episode, Shereen Marisol Meraji and @iammrbeat.bsky.social join us to dive into the ACLU’s long history of going toe-to-toe with the American government.
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ACLU Launches New Podcast ‘Let the Record Show’
"Let the Record Show" covers historical Supreme Court cases.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I may have put too many apples in this pie. It looks like it’s ready to birth an alien.
Hot apple pie just out of the oven.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Raw milk strikes again. Thirteen people across nine states have become sick with E. coli after consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers’ product, with 8 of them having been hospitalized.
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E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit seeking information about ICE's use of the WRAP, a full-body restraint used during deportation flights. We're demanding records describing how ICE is using this dangerous device and how the WRAP has harmed individuals.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*Peers in from beneath a pile of work. What fuckery did I miss?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23/09/2026
Ancient wall discovered in Paris, possibly confirming city's original settlement
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Ancient wall discovered in Paris, possibly confirming city's original settlement
The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said. It may be a fragment of the rampart of Lutetia, built by the Gallic Parisii tribe.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You guys, I had to.
Gotham Joker and Shadows over Gotham inks and the purple and green Joker fountain pen from Ferris Wheel Press
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Book mail! I have 5 copies of FORGED IN FIYAH so 4 to give away. If you would like one and have not pre-ordered already (???) show me a receipt for a new $20+ donation to your favorite Black-owned/operated nonprofit in any sector and I'll send you one signed (at least by me) while supplies last.
Box of forged in fiyah hardcover books
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TIME Magazine names Ronaldo and Lorenzo Salgado Jr., the sons of slain Texas dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, to its 2026 Latino Leaders list: time.com/collection/l...
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These Two Brothers Are Fighting to Protect Immigrant Families After a Tragedy
Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Jr. are turning personal grief into a call to action
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was wondering how long it would take before the money fight started. SMDH. Not long at all.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/09/2026
A judge told the Trump administration to turn a plane around. The administration refused and sent a group of men from Venezuela to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
skeezy perv shoulda got more but this is something at least. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years on New York sex crime conviction
The former film producer pleaded not guilty and denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/09/2026
Let the record show: We’re launching a new podcast! On each episode, our hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Mr. Beat discover the people, places, and narratives behind major court cases from U.S. history.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/09/2026
ICE is purposefully trying to make it harder for lawyers and loved ones to contact people held in detention, making it nearly impossible for some people to challenge their removals. ICE must let the outside world know where they are detaining people.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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ICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A DoorDash driver did not pose a threat when we was shot in the back by ICE goons. They then refused to render aid and so a local police officer had to intervene and find the bullet hole. The bullet is still in his back after a day & they didn't give him medication for the pain. Sadistic monsters.
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg and Robert De Niro at the Lucas Museum opening. #LucasMuseum #ChristopherNolan
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Got my Covid and flu vaccines on Friday, had like six naps yesterday, and today I feel great. Also yay vaccines!
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love this: www.latimes.com/environment/...
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California is losing its oaks. One man is planting 10,000, including in tree-scarce Altadena
For years, he'd been a classroom science teacher in suburban San Diego County. Now he hopes to meaningfully contribute to the regrowth of oaks in burned Altadena.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)
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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 18/09/2026
friends! foes! folks! I hope you'll chime in on this—
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program.
Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 18/09/2026
if not angel, why angel-shaped?
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'With Gaza, I Couldn't Not Speak Out': Ms. Rachel on Controversy, Fame, and the Future
The children’s YouTuber's first album, 'I'm So Happy,' drops, Ms. Rachel discusses how she’s surviving her newfound celebrity.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
NEW: The bipartisan JAWBONE Act passed out of a Senate committee this morning. The bill would stop the Trump administration from bullying broadcasters or social media platforms into censorship. Tell your Senators to vote yes on this crucial bill when it comes up for a full floor vote.
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Stop the Trump Administration's Attacks on Free Speech
The Trump administration is trying to bully broadcasters into censorship. Congress must pass the JAWBONE Act and protect our freedom of speech and freedom of press.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sigh. The reaper keeps reaping the wrong octogenarians: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a...
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Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
As we fight book bans nationwide, we teamed up with authors and artists to compile a list of books that inspire them to build a more equitable future, and show the value of freedom of expression.
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ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Our Reading List to Build a More Perfect Union
Artists, authors, and content creators share their favorite books about civil liberties.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Peter Max too? WTH?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I almost forgot, VIVA MEXICO!
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Viva México: 16 de Septiembre Celebración
ALT: Viva México: 16 de Septiembre Celebración
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/09/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

More than two centuries ago, Father Hidalgo y Costilla’s church bell gave way to the cry of a people known as El Grito de Dolores — a call for freedom that would begin Mexico’s long struggle for independence. 

Today, that same spirit of self-determination lives in Mexican New Yorkers who have helped build this city for generations — from the zapateros of Corona to the banda musicians of Sunset Park. 

As we celebrate an independent Mexico, we also celebrate the Mexican New Yorkers who make our city great. And we recommit ourselves to defending their dignity and right to belong.

In moments of uncertainty and cruelty, New York City does not leave its own behind.

¡Viva México!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2026
We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81
Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.
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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
some loveliness
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ah fuck, not Annie Dillard.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can’t.
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I Can't - Woman Walks Out
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/09/2026
Latine communities are critical to the fabric of our nation, and have led in resistance against abuses of power throughout history. This month, we celebrate our culture, our history, and our indelible place in the United States.
"Latine resistance is inextricable from U.S. history. We celebrate that resistance this Latine Heritage Month." "Latine Heritage Month" and ACLU logo. Colorful decorations surround the words, and a geometric pink and blue border is on the right and left sides of the graphic.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
HTF IS THAT CALMING?????? Monstrous and cruel
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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