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Kayla Renée Wheeler

@kaylarw.bsky.social
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Umi. Ohioan. Womanist. Black Islam and Fashion Studies scholar. #BlackIslamSyllabus curator. Cleveland is the reason.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

By Douglas MacMillan
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the Jan. 3 death of detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp, the agency said “staff observed him in distress,” and it gave no cause of death.

An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner told Lunas Campos’s daughter this week that, subject to results of a toxicology report, the office is likely to classify the death as a homicide, according to a recording of the conversation.

In the recording, which the daughter shared with The Washington Post, the employee said a doctor there “is listing the preliminary cause of death as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression,” which means Lunas Campos did not get enough oxygen because of pressure on his neck and chest. Pending the results of a toxicology report, the staffer said on the recording, “our doctor is believing that we’re going to be listing the manner of death as homicide.”In an interview with The Post, Santos Jesus Flores, a man who says he was detained in the segregation unit the day Lunas Campos died, said he saw at least five guards struggling with Lunas Campos after he refused to enter the segregation unit, complaining that he didn’t have his medications. Flores said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, “No puedo respirar” — Spanish for “I can’t breathe.” Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for an hour, after which they took his body away, Flores said.

“He said, ‘I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe.’ After that, we don’t hear his voice anymore and that’s it,” said Flores, who had contacted a family member of Lunas Campos, who in turn put him in touch with a Post reporter. The Post confirmed Flores was in Camp East Montana through ICE’s detainee locator.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
To hear the Oglala tribal president tell it, they are withholding the men and any information about them until the Oglala sign some kind of agreement with ICE
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/11/2025
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape reported atrocities by a paramilitary force since it captured el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, an aid group said Saturday, and the U.N. human rights chief warned that many others remain trapped. to.pbs.org/49Omiz8
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Tens of thousands in Sudan have fled to overcrowded camps after paramilitary captured el-Fasher
Those who reach shelter in Tawila, about 43 miles from el-Fasher, find themselves stranded in a barren area with barely enough tents, many of them improvised from patched tarps and sheets, according t...
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morosoph; ‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙ Spookis‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙ @allwillbewell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If you are feeling frustrated & helpless & have the means: please give! this is a very, very tangible way to make a difference in someone's life!
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Friends I’m running a 5K in Brooklyn on October 12 as a fundraiser for Gaza & UNRWA. If you can, join us or donate here! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
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2025 NYC Gaza 5K
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Under what authority and how did they square it with the Non-Detention Act?
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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 13/06/2025
We made a version of this flier without a background for folks on a toner budget! Grab it at cloud.firestorm.coop/s/nbo9xgb7bn...
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Kira Magrann @kiraserpentine.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
URGENT: Please take a minute to comment on why Covid vaccines should continue to remain available for everyone under 65 years old. One day left to comment and you can do it anonymously www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New — Mahmoud Khalil's legal team says ICE & private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to let him have a contact visit with his wife & newborn baby. They traveled over 1500 miles — hoping Mahmoud could see and hold them for the first time since his arrest over 10 weeks ago.
ICE Refuses to Allow Mahmoud Khalil to Hold His Newborn Son
Mr. Khalil's legal team filed a letter requesting the federal court overseeing Mr. Khalil's case order ICE to permit a family contact visit
**There will be also be a virtual press briefing tonight at 5:30 pm ET (register here)**
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2025
CONTACT: ACLU Media, media@aclu.org
Center for Constitutional Rights, press@ccrjustice.org
JENA, LA - In a decision that underscores the government's ongoing retaliation against Mahmoud Khalil in response to his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison contractor GEO Group have refused to allow a contact visit between him and his family. The officials cite a blanket no-contact visitation policy at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC) and unspecified "security concerns" relating to the presence of a mother and newborn baby in an unsecure part of the facility.
ICE's refusal comes after multiple requests from Mr. Khalil's legal team that point to federal policies explicitly encouraging contact visits between detained parents and their
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children. Mr. Khalil's team has also noted that permission for family visits like these are routinely granted at facilities like the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey, where his attorneys have requested he be transferred.
Mr. Khalil's wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, traveled over 1400 miles from New York to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC) in Jena, Louisiana, bringing their newborn child in the hopes of a contact visit - one where her husband could meet, touch, and hold his son for the very first time. Instead, facility administrators have repeatedly denied these requests and have insisted the visit proceed behind glass, where no human touch is possible.
"I am furious at the cruelty and inhumanity of this system that dares to call itself just," said Dr. Noor Abdalla. "After flying o…
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Seditionist Distribution @seditionist.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Write a letter. Full name: Hinton, Rodney Control Number: 2705475 Securus ID: 27054750810 Housing Location : OUT-CLRMT-COUNT-1-001
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 11/05/2025
This is the GiveSendGo fundraiser link I've seen for Rodney Hinton Jr., it has been spoken on by several online influencers including Faith Hayward who said she spoke directly to Rodney's wife. I'm not in a position to verify it myself. www.givesendgo.com/Rodneyhinton...
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Help us get support for Rodney Hinton's Family
My name is Anna Booker-Hinton, devoted wife to Rodney Hinton, mother of Isaiah and Isla Hinton, and stepmother to Ryan Hinton (deceased). On May 2nd, 2025, o...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 11/05/2025
I haven't seen the same outpouring of support for Rodney Hinton, Jr. that we saw for Luigi Mangione. GoFundMe took down the fundraiser for Hinton, who is accused of killing an officer shortly after he watched bodycam footage of police killing his 18-year-old son.
Rodney Hinton, Jr., a Black man wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, mean mugs a crowd of police as he is led past them in court
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport Laotian, Vietnamese, and Philippino individuals to Libya. Not only are these individuals being denied due process, but they have zero ties to Libya and Libyan migration detention is infamous for extensive abuses.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/04/2025
Harvard just scrapped it's office of Diversity Inclusion and Belonging and has renamed it the office of campus and community life. They will move focus from underrepresented minorities to first generation and low income students instead. Resegregation comes to Harvard.
A letter from Harvard University addressed to the Harvard community. It discusses the institution's historical commitment to expanding human knowledge and building a diverse community. It cites President Garber’s message, emphasizing the need to comply with the Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which makes it unlawful to use race in admissions decisions. The letter stresses the importance of embracing diversity legally and fostering empathy, understanding, and a culture where differences become sources of learning.Continuation of the letter from Harvard University. It references findings from the 2024 Pulse Survey, noting that while many feel a sense of belonging, fewer form relationships across different viewpoints. It stresses the need to foster connections and create a culture of belonging. The Office of Community and Campus Life will refocus on providing forums for schools, expanding programs for engagement, and enhancing support for first-generation and low-income students. Signed by Sherri Ann Charleston, Chief Community and Campus Life Officer.
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Yeet Pray Love @beemore.top · 23/04/2025
TIL Katy Perry has financially manipulated so many old people out of their homes for her own benefit that she's got a law named after her www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
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Katy Perry’s Real Estate Battles Have Inspired A New Law: The Katy PERRY Act
The Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act, or the Katy PERRY Act, seeks to introduce measures to protect older people from potential financial exploitation in real estate transactions.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
They're trying to kill Rumeysa Ozturk for writing a fucking op ed
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Katina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
Dear Dr. Abdelhadi,



The Keough School of Global Affairs, which houses the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, recently learned of your keynote speech at their student conference next weekend. The University of Notre Dame requires that all events or lectures related to Israel/Palestine have ND Police security and planning.  We were unaware of your planned lecture, and since this conference overlaps with two other annual events on campus, we cannot provide security at short notice. For this reason, we respectfully request that you do not participate in the conference. The Kroc Institute will honor any honorarium that was awarded for this event. We apologize for any inconvenience. 



Sincerely,

Mary Gallagher


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Mary E. Gallagher
Marilyn Keough Dean
Keough School of Global Affairs
University of Notre Dame
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I've been unable to think of little else since watching the video of masked secret police from ICE whisking away Rumeysa Ozturk - a shocking scene of police state repression I never hoped to see in America What's even worse is why she was disappeared. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/rume...
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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I’d see in America | Will Bunch
Masked federal agents in an unmarked vehicle snatched a Tufts student off the street for an op-ed she wrote in a college newspaper.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
When you arm cops to the teeth and watch them murder Black folks with impunity, then make a flag to show their pride in doing just that, don’t be surprised when they’re gleeful foot soldiers of the fascists. This is what they dreamed of.
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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I'm honored to kick off Sudan Solidarity Collective's new Workshops4Sudan fundraising initiative. Please sign up for my talk, 'Black Beyond Borders.' I'll discuss Black US migration, mobility, statelessness, and citizenship. I'll also discuss rejecting Black nativism and xenophobia!
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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'm so excited to work with these new Crossroads Fellows over the next year.
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Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Outlining book #2 instead of working to finish book #1. What is wrong with me????????????????????? The answer is procrastination due to perfectionism/a fear of failure. 🙃
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Woltergeist 2: The Other Side-Eye @wolter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I wish this outcome but if there’s two things I know about my fellow Americans it’s 1. We believe we are fiercely independent and will fight for our right not to do what we’re told and 2. We are actually shockingly conformist and long for a strongman to tell us what to do.
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Also, for what it’s worth, I thought that was a pretty clearly political performance, and I also think if we’re relying on the superbowl halftime show to have a significant impact on the political moment we are once again completely misreading the room!
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The image of the night.
A love suden and love Gaza flag during Kendrick’s performance
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Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My course caps increased so much that I'm basically teaching another class. Trying to write on a 4-4 load is A LOT.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Posting my @theemancipator.org article. “Accepting the segregationists terms of debate by acceding their alleged concern for universal values does their work for them...Countering them must begin with calling segregationists by their rightful, ugly name.” theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
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Eliminating DEI isn't just racist — it's segregationist
New segregationists’ need to use euphemisms shows the weakness of their intellectual position and the Civil Rights Movement’s moral clarity.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
same thing circulated during twitter takeover leaks. iirc also rumor of changing one or a few words for similar variation. press can maneuver around this by copy pasting to google doc where excess spacing will show with red squiggly, or not pubbing doc itself and summarizing it.
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Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I picked a helluva time to be the Africana Studies program director at my job. Lol
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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Lots of great new digital projects on Black religions on our SPIRIT HOUSE site and new ones added this week!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously. Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause." They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
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Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Would love for this to happen, but I also know that universities as institutions and the administrator-managerial class knows one strategy and that is fielty to whoever's in charge.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
"Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship: The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court."
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Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship
The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
77 years since the Nakba began, Palestinians continue to resist erasure & displacement. Today, after 15 months of genocide, a million returned to northern Gaza, defying those who tried to erase them. Their unbreakable spirit proves no force can extinguish the right of return. 🇵🇸
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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Plainclothes officers in Zurich violently detained Palestinian journalist @aliabunimah.bsky.social on Jan. 25. Authorities plan to deport him this week, raising concerns among human rights groups about freedom of expression in Europe. Asma Barakat reports ⬇️ www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
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Palestinian Journalist Ali Abunimah Arrested in Zurich, Sparking Outrage
Palestine Square
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Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I really hope more people begin to divest from the idea that our liberation is tied to "buying Black" and/or Black capitalism.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 25/01/2025
Healthcare workers: Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent. I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
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Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗
Enhance the ethical care of all patients when immigration agents enter hospitals
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Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
You can buy directly from most of these stores if you go directly to their websites. You might end up paying more for shipping that takes a bit longer, so maybe buy in bulk or split the costs with a friend who also patronize the business. The most effective boycotts are FULL boycotts.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...
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