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Jerry Redfern

@jfern.bsky.social
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Jerry Redfern Journalist covering oil, gas, politics and the climate in New Mexico for Capital & Main Any political opinions or views expressed are personal and not the editorial positions of Capital & Main.

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Did a long interview with the VP of the WATR Alliance about the group's push to allow treated oilfield wastewater to be used outside the oilfield. The issues are complicated, the conversation occasionally wonky, but tell me you don't learn something from this. Recorded with NMPBS – link below
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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Latest story in the Navajo Nation-Tallgrass pipeline saga Read all about it in the first comment @capitalandmain.bsky.social dmainnews @tonizhoniani.bsky.social #reporting #fossilfuel #oilandgas
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Hmm...
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into California, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine. youtube.com/shorts/pIghM...
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California Is Importing More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil
YouTube video by Capital & Main
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
As is traditional, I celebrate Liberation Day by reposting my thread on the final days of Mussolini for newer followers who may not have seen it. Buon 25 aprile a tutti! "Fascism is not an opinion; it is a crime." Sandro Pertini
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Well, you can't accuse him of being woke.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Eye-popping story from @aaroncantu.bsky.social & @capitalandmain.bsky.social of how a loophole allows Russian oil to pour into California gas tanks (with a map!) capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...
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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil
The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
SPLC indicted on fraud charges b/c it used paid informants to figure out what right-wing hate groups were up to, sez that amounts to funding right-wing hate groups. Um, wut? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges by Alabama grand jury
Justice department’s inquiry focused on the civil rights organization’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, the CEO said
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
California is importing refined products from abroad just as the Iran war tightens global crude oil supplies. Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into the state, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine. capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...
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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil
The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/04/2026
Countdown Standard xkcd.com/3232/
Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.
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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“There’s an easy answer to this...If you really want to get this [orphan well] problem solved, you just require the operator to put up a full-cost bond.” Turns out plugging bonds in NM are a joke...and a crime. Outstanding reporting fm @jfern.bsky.social - again. sourcenm.com/2026/04/07/o...
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Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico • Source New Mexico
A recently unsealed lawsuit in New Mexico district court claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
No comment...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/04/2026
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 100 land mines during his five-year career as a mine-detector in Cambodia. To honor his bravery, a seven-foot statue of him was recently unveiled. Magawa died in 2022, but his legacy lives on.
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Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue
“Magawa was one of the best rats we’ve ever had,” said Michael Raine, who works for Apopo, a nonprofit that trains animals to detect land mines.
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Tristan Baurick @tristanbaurick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
LNG is touted as a climate-friendly fuel, but a new LNG terminal under construction in Louisiana is expected to emit more than 9.5 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. That's more than every existing and proposed LNG project in the US and more than any oil refinery in Louisiana.
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Massive Louisiana LNG project could pollute more than all existing and proposed terminals - Verite News New Orleans
Woodside’s $18 billion liquefied natural gas facility is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any LNG terminal in the U.S.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today, April 7, is Kwibuka32, the commemoration of the 32d anniversary of the first full day of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Past US presidents marked the date with stock statements of “never again.” Today the president instead echoed the language & threats of the perpetrators.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A #NM court case could change how states deal with oil & gas well transfers and the growing orphan well crisis Big co's often sell low-profit wells to smaller co's that squeeze what oil they can but don't don't have $$ for the inevitable cleanup Enter: state fraud law @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The latest from @jfern.bsky.social
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Communities across Imperial Valley are now contemplating what dwindling water resources might mean for their region and for the rest of the country, which relies heavily on the region’s water-intensive farms for winter vegetables. capitalandmain.com/a-drying-col...
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A Drying Colorado River Threatens Imperial Valley’s Future
Declining flows and the warming climate imperil farms, green energy projects and the economy of one of California’s poorest counties.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On a Tuesday evening in lower Manhattan, a group of New Yorkers sat, shoulder-to-shoulder on the lobby floor of a Hilton. Crowds swarmed the windows as activists shouted their demand: Hilton must end its contracts with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. capitalandmain.com/the-common-g...
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The Common Ground of the Climate and ‘ICE Out’ Movements
Sunrise Movement and environmental groups see fighting
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Here’s a cool story you should read:
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Whoa... sourcenm.com/2026/03/24/s...
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Santa Fe jury awards New Mexico $375M in Meta child exploitation case • Source New Mexico
A Santa Fe jury found Meta willfully violated New Mexico’s consumer protection laws and ordered them to pay $375 million in damages.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The #NewMexico Legislature ended today after a month of lawmaking As per the last few years, things went well for the #oilandgas industry. A recurring bill to reduce #greenhousegas emissions met its demise, again Read all about it: capitalandmain.com/more-lost-ho... @capitalandmain.bsky.social
Photo of Albuquerque at duck with the text "More lost horizons: how New Mexico's climate plan flamed out again
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions - by Capital & MainThe Clear Horizons & Emissions Codification Act died on the New Mexico Senate floor when seven Democratic senators joined all of the minority Republican caucus to kill it. 
While several Democrats spoke in favor of the bill, also known as SB18, Not one person spoke against it, a hint that the vote was decided before the February 11 hearing began.In a later interview, bill sponsor Mimi Stewart said Republicans didn't fight the climate bill that day because, "they didn't need to. They could jsut wait for the seven Democrats that voted with them."The last three years were not jsut the hottest on record, they were even warmer than the historic warming trend would predict.
Some scientists are saying that if an El Niño sets up in the Pacific Ocean next year as expected, 2027 could be warmer still.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce New Mexico’s greenhouse gas emissions. capitalandmain.com/more-lost-ho...
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More Lost ‘Horizons’: How New Mexico’s Climate Plan Flamed Out Again
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
Screenshot of Elon Musk post on Ex: “Elon Musk y
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For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.
The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars.
It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city.
That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Check out my latest with @capitalandmain.bsky.social and NMPBS...
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Dozens of homes that were remediated after surviving L.A.’s 2025 fires have tested positive for hazardous levels of lead and asbestos. Residents are getting sick, and are worried about the long term impacts to their health. #LAfires #News
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
When faced with floods of misinformation and insults from the heights of government, exiled Burmese journalists tell their US counterparts to do as they do: Don't quit, "Do your job." Latest with @karenjcoates.bsky.social for @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/in-a-time-of...
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In a Time of Extreme Peril, Burmese Journalists Tell Stories From the Shadows
American foreign policy complicates an already difficult situation for those reporting on the civil war in Myanmar.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#Journalism - adjacent job alert! @capitalandmain.bsky.social is looking for an audience and engagement person. Should be easy b/c our stories rock. capitalandmain.com/careers
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Careers and Freelance Opportunities
Investigating Money, Power and Society.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
New Mexico's 2019 Energy Transition Act requires utilities to sell 100% fossil-free electricity to customers by 2045. A couple months ago, the Southwest Public Service Company dropped a massive application before the NM Public Regulation Commission... 1/5 capitalandmain.com/utility-asks...
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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant
Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”
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Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Latest for @mongabay.com w. @andyball.bsky.social & @vantha.bsky.social uncovers a gold mine has poisoned the O'Ta Bouk River in Virachey National Park. Water, soil & fish from the river are contaminated, sickening the Indigenous communities downstream who depend on the river for everything.
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Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities
*Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining companies BANGKOK, Thailand/RATANAKIRI, Cambodia — “When you touch the wat...
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New story: TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate. capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs... @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
“I mean, hell, the country’s making [them] just very, very wealthy. Why would you not put a little bit back into what you tear up?” ~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil. capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
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The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
File under: reasons to not be a teetotaler: Source: CBS News search.app/ip5xB
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Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A natural gas producer is suing @capitalandmain.bsky.social over the story "Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say." capitalandmain.com/pennsylvania...
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Pennsylvania Gas Producer Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks
A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight t...
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Worth reading:
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/10/2025
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Juan González, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, lived in Pasadena for three decades before a wildfire, heart attack and ICE raids got him thinking about “self-deporting” back to Mexico.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Um, where you gonna get that #hydrogen? LA says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen - LA Times share.google/wx8XNsBnDCST...
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In controversial move, LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen
The DWP board approved an $800-million plan to convert two units at the Scattergood Generating Station in Playa Del Rey to run on green hydrogen.
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Bat bombs to the rescue in #NewMexico
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
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Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
From #NewMexico:
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-impacts-landfall-cuba-haiti-bahamas
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
IRL catches up with Kim Stanley Robinson... heatmap.news/climate-tech...
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Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
You can't not like this:
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found. capitalandmain.com/oil-and-gas-...
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Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains
One of the prohibited substances can cause cancer; new state law forced operators to identify chemicals.
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Tó Nizhóní Ání @tonizhoniani.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar? apnews.com/article/trum...
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US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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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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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Water drugs?
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