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Luis F. Carrasco

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Deputy opinion editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pop culture connoisseur. Forever fronterizo. Formerly Seattle, Houston, Tucson, Chattanooga, El Paso, Juárez.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s politics of cruelty and abuse of power may soon be an unpleasant memory. It's no wonder he's relying on concrete and marble to try and leave any sort of legacy Americans can look up to. [Gift link] share.inquirer.com/PkT0fL
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It’s all about him | Editorial
The president continues to plumb the depths of narcissism with a breathtaking array of self-aggrandizing vanity projects.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over the weekend the @inquirer.com Editorial Board published a series exploring how Donald Trump has turned the White House into a cash cow for himself, his cronies, and his kin. share.inquirer.com/6xtdoR
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The Art of the Steal: How Donald Trump has been lining his pockets | Editorial series
A series of editorials exploring how Donald Trump has been lining his pockets since he returned to the White House.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Powerful plea today from my colleagues on the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board, urging Pennsylvania to join most of our neighboring states in blocking local cops from working with ICE under 287(g), in which police terrorize our immigrant communities www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Pennsylvania’s shameful contribution to President Trump’s immigration crackdown | Editorial
Gov. Shapiro should seize the opportunity to counter a cruel attack on the state’s communities.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A college administrator calls the cops on a student reporter A college QB laughs at an AI video of his coach slapping a woman journalist The president lunges at a Black woman reporter who dares question him It's past time to fight back against anti-media violence www.inquirer.com/opinion/viol...
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Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracy | Will Bunch
From Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Philly still hasn’t announced its Hispanic Heritage Month events. @followthelede.bsky.social asks, where’s the list, Mayor Parker? www.inquirer.com/opinion/hisp...
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Mayor Parker, where’s the Hispanic Heritage Month events list? | Sabrina Vourvoulias
The city usually blasts out an email with a roll call of Hispanic Heritage Month happenings. This year it hasn’t — and it fits a pattern of Philly’s electeds giving Latino communities little respect.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump said the only AI guardrails the country needs is “a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.” If only we had one. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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America needs responsible leadership on AI development. It has Trump, instead. | Editorial
Government needs to step in and apply guardrails to artificial intelligence, but Congress has failed to take action while the president is all-in on an unregulated AI future.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Trump administration's immigration policies are out of step with most Americans, who are more divided in their perception of each other than in actual fact. share.inquirer.com/QUouPG
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On immigration reform, Republicans and Democrats agree more than they realize | Luis F. Carrasco
Majorities in both parties back border security, worker visas, and a path to legal status — they just don’t know it.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Local police have a duty to protect their communities. When they engage in immigration enforcement in exchange for a new cop car or two, they are upending people's lives, seeding mistrust, and scaring people away from cooperating with law enforcement. Great reporting by @willbunch.bsky.social
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I abhor facile slogans, but as more and more incidents of abuse pile up, this one’s an easy call: Abolish ICE. share.inquirer.com/jC4A1y
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ICE cannot survive past the Trump administration | Luis F. Carrasco
If ICE is being used to indiscriminately terrorize communities and ignore constitutional protections while disregarding its public safety charge, what is the point of its continued existence?
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“The real divide is between the open-minded MAGA people, the open-minded liberals, the curious conservatives, and the close-minded ideologues,” the head of BridgeUSA told me. share.inquirer.com/ewFs50
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The problem is not that we disagree; it’s how we disagree | Luis F. Carrasco
At the 2026 BridgeUSA National Summit in Philadelphia, college students made the case that talking to people you disagree with isn’t just possible — it’s the whole point of politics.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Philly cops aren't supposed to do high-speed chases unless there's an imminent risk to public safety. So why do cameras show them chasing this 22-year-old ATV driver into the crash that ended his life? www.inquirer.com/crime/sterli...
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A father is searching for answers after lawyers say a police pursuit of an ATV ended in his son’s death
Sterling Jones, 22, died after his ATV struck an Uber driver in May. Lawyers for Jones' father say police should not have been pursuing him in the first place.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
These kind of "both sides" columns are usually DOA, but that's part of the problem. Unless you're riling up one side or the other, no ones want to hear it. share.inquirer.com/77x7h7
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On immigration, your side is lying to you | Luis F. Carrasco
The data undercut the right’s fear campaign. Facts also undo the left’s clean narrative of “perfect” new arrivals. That’s the point.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...
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This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch
Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Enjoyed having a conversation with the fine folks at Philly Unpacked. Who Gets to Speak Freely in America? youtu.be/ipqXSrrL7kU?...
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A Pennsylvania state trooper was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The Trump administration turned it into a political rallying cry about Haitian immigrants. share.inquirer.com/6l4Z1L
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How the White House turned a Pa. trooper’s death into an immigration scare story | Luis F. Carrasco
Trooper Michael E. Pahira Jr. was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The Trump administration turned it into a political rallying cry about Haitian immigrants.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump’s obsession with immigration enforcement is shortsighted, un-American, and increasingly and indiscriminately deadly. share.inquirer.com/xuJL71
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Four people killed by ICE agents. A lawless administration. It won’t stop unless voters act. | Editorial
What is happening with ICE is not about enforcing immigration law; it is about a president using the vast power of the United States against those he deems a target.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
People may reasonably ask: If Salgado Araujo was close to obtaining legal status, as his son said, why hadn’t he done so before? The answer is that he most likely couldn’t. share.inquirer.com/OXcG72
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The wait to get ‘legal status’ in the U.S. cost Lorenzo Salgado Araujo his life | Luis F. Carrasco
A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The kind of restrictionist immigration policies favored by the administration would add billions to the national debt over 10 years, and leave every American poorer. share.inquirer.com/EeQ6QR
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The billion-dollar case for keeping DACA and TPS recipients | Luis F. Carrasco
While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Trump’s policies are breaking up families, devastating communities, and hurting the country. If there is no bottom-line benefit to what they are doing, then we must ask ourselves: What is the point of all this useless cruelty? share.inquirer.com/X9G7mW
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DACA under threat: Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown comes for the Dreamers | Luis F. Carrasco
Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are facing delays, detention, and deportation.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
That shameless opportunists would prey on people's worst instincts for political gain is not surprising. But that this conspiracy theory now undergirds U.S. policy is chilling and should never be normalized. share.inquirer.com/ecuuZs
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How an anti-immigrant and antisemitic conspiracy theory became U.S. policy | Luis F. Carrasco
The “great replacement theory” is an idea based on fear of change, of losing power, of looking around you and not recognizing your country anymore. But America has nothing to be afraid of.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Visas, work permits, legal permanent residency, and citizenship applications are all frozen, not because of anything an immigrant did, but because of where they were born. share.inquirer.com/vjj7mq
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The Trump administration’s $1 billion immigration swindle | Luis F. Carrasco
Hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants find themselves in limbo, many losing their jobs and risking deportation, after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refuses to process their cases.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
While some of the facts are in dispute, the picture that emerges from several bystander videos is that it was police — primarily Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree — who seemingly escalated the confrontation. share.inquirer.com/fDkVIG
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Quakertown police mimic ICE brutality | Editorial
Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan has charged five teens with aggravated assault. He must also bring that level of accountability to police engaged in the melee.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It is not unreasonable for people to be concerned about voter fraud or noncitizens voting. Not because it happens at a scale that could swing an election, but because Republicans have been pounding on that drum for so long that some can’t help but sway to the beat. share.inquirer.com/rK3vRe
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Republicans continue to sow distrust in elections. The SAVE America Act won’t change that. | Luis F. Carrasco
As Sen. Dave McCormick recently noted, more than half of Americans worry about fraud at the polls. The reason is Republicans like Pennsylvania's junior senator.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Although the administration has taken that lack of accountability to a nauseating low — interfering in federal and local investigations — impunity around immigration enforcement did not begin when Donald Trump took office. share.inquirer.com/xyEmiT
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Trump didn’t bring impunity to immigration enforcement | Luis F. Carrasco
As border residents can tell you, what’s playing out in places like Chicago and Minneapolis is, in many ways, nothing new.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
If you think it’s unfair to include legal immigrants in a discussion about the president’s immigration crackdown, then you haven’t been paying attention to the Trump administration’s broader plans. Data by @fwd.us share.inquirer.com/U2w3AN
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Trump’s immigration crackdown threatens Americans’ pocketbooks | Luis F. Carrasco
Under the president’s policies, which also curtail legal immigration, families will end up paying an extra $2,150 a year for goods and services by 2028.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Federal agents have now plainly executed two U.S. citizens. The American people can see the lawless mayhem in Minneapolis with their own eyes. share.inquirer.com/H8MuGh
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Another senseless killing in Trump’s senseless war against Americans | Editorial
The president's masked thugs have now executed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The administration’s reflexive lying is emblematic of the moral rot at the heart of President Donald Trump’s militarized mass deportation efforts. It reflects a world view where all immigrants are criminals, and all dissenters are rioters or terrorists. share.inquirer.com/QiiVO9
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The killing of Renee Nicole Good and the moral rot of Trump’s reckless immigration enforcement plan | Editorial
The conduct of too many federal agents involved in ICE raids violates the norms of decency, contradicts use of force policies, and disregards rights enshrined in the Constitution.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Maduro is a corrupt and undemocratic leader who has brought economic ruin and death to Venezuela. But if the Trump doctrine is the removal of corrupt and undemocratic leaders, where do the military actions end? share.inquirer.com/4ICpRw
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Trump’s attack on Venezuela further flouts the Constitution he swore to uphold | Editorial
By invading the South American nation without the approval of Congress, Trump threatens to make the United States a pariah with no moral authority for other dictatorships around the globe.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Most Americans want immigration control; they are not anti-immigrant. Let alone supporters of what’s becoming a “papers, please” society under Donald Trump, where simply having the wrong skin tone or speaking another language can put a target on your back. share.inquirer.com/mQ6WC9
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Reaction to Trump’s unpopular policies offers hope for fixing our broken immigration system | Luis F. Carrasco
The kind of militarization seen at the border is now knocking at people’s doors in places like Chicago and New Orleans, and Americans don’t like what they see.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Trump’s 2025 performance has reminded many voters that his undeniable luck, charisma, and bravado may be entertaining, but the reality of governance demands more. The office of the presidency demands more. share.inquirer.com/yhhiTV
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Trump's failing 2025 performance reminded voters he's unfit for office | Editorial
In less than a year in the White House, Donald Trump has used the power of the presidency to demolish institutions and run roughshod over the rule of law.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
As 6-year-old Abigail sat next to her mother inside the courtroom, coloring an image of two cats sitting side by side handed to her by the court clerk, it was hard to see what the White House is so afraid of. share.inquirer.com/DBrNAs
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At the border, fear and uncertainty as Trump seeks to remake the immigration court system | Luis Carrasco
In immigration courtrooms across the country, ICE agents stand in wait to arrest people who are following the rules.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Everyone suffers under the current seesaw approach to immigration, where an immigrant can come here “the right way” under one administration, only to see things turn out wrong under the next. share.inquirer.com/WpTiXX
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Trump may have shut down the border to asylum-seekers, but he can’t end immigrants’ hope | Luis F. Carrasco
The president has succeeded in curtailing illegal immigration through a mix of enforcement, deterrence, and cruelty, but it is unsustainable.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The only thing more shocking than Donald Trump having dozens of people killed on his word — no trial, no jury, just execution — is that a poll found more than 70% of voters seem to be fine with this. But are they? share.inquirer.com/Af2lQw
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We’re executing people with impunity. Why are so many of us OK with this? | Luis F. Carrasco
In clear violation of the law, the Trump administration has killed at least 42 people across 10 reported strikes on boats that were allegedly carrying drugs.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
No shots have been fired in this cold war, but the long-term economic damage will leave most Americans worse off. share.inquirer.com/LaT7OM
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Trump’s cold war against immigration rages on | Luis F. Carrasco
Beyond the daily outrage of the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts, there is another insidious level to the anti-immigrant push.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
As the shutdown took hold Wednesday, Republicans demanded that Senate Democrats “abandon their radical demands and fund the government.” Those radical demands? That affordable healthcare access for millions of Americans be protected. share.inquirer.com/DPByq5
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There are no winners in a government shutdown, but Democrats are right to fight | Editorial
Increasingly outrageous actions from Trump and his administration, including the absolute disregard of Congress’ power of the purse, have left Democratic leaders with little recourse.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New column in which I successfully abstained from making a Milei/Trump hair joke. share.inquirer.com/oH7254
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Trump’s cronyism crosses borders as we bail out his Argentine buddy | Luis F. Carrasco
We can argue on the merits of propping up Argentina’s economy, but the president rewarding his political allies is no way to run foreign policy in Latin America.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"Trump can’t take a joke. Even worse, he and his supporters want to punish any free speech they don’t agree with. But you can’t just have free speech for right-leaning Americans," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Trump’s attacks on free speech are only the beginning | Editorial
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after the comedian, long a Trump target, ran afoul of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Boycotts, firings, protests. However much you or I can loathe so-called cancel culture — it’s legal. What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is something else. share.inquirer.com/yhEAeu
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Why Jimmy Kimmel’s forced hiatus isn’t just another cancel culture rampage | Luis F. Carrasco
Free speech comes with consequences, but the government doesn't get to have a say.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's back to the writing mines for me as I start a new weekly column for The Inquirer. share.inquirer.com/K92dWu
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What makes America exceptional isn’t genetic | Luis F. Carrasco
American exceptionalism lies in its foundational promise of equality enabled by the rule of law — values that are under siege by white supremacists who are desperately holding on to power.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The biggest scandal in U.S. history is hiding in plain sight. The president and his family are boosting their wealth by $1 billion every month, selling the power and prestige of the White House. Giving this a name - Cryptogate - and a concise guide. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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Your guide to Cryptogate, Trump’s $4 billion corruption scandal that’s 10 times bigger than Watergate | Will Bunch
Here's an in-depth guide to the key players, companies, and deals behind Donald Trump's scheme to cash in on his presidency.
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Sabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Mi gente, read this column by @notesfromhel.bsky.social right now! www.inquirer.com/opinion/eddi...
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Eddie Irizarry's fatal shooting is a turning point for Puerto Ricans | Helen Ubiñas
This city is full of our Puerto Rican community's labor, our stories and our influence. But where is our recognition, our acknowledgement, and our respect?
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Deepest dive yet on immigrants sent to a Salvadoran prison, and who Trump labeled “the worst of the worst,” shows the government knew only 6 were convicted of violent crimes, more than half had no criminal record at all, and none are known gang members. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
In these bleak times, with a disgraceful occupant in the Oval Office who has nothing but contempt for democracy, are we really expected to celebrate this nation or its leaders, asks @notesfromhel.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/opinion/pres...
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10 toes down on the side of truth and love | Helen Ubiñas
The Eagles' Super Bowl win and back-to-back holidays have made it one big lovefest in the City of Brotherly Love, but it’s hard to enjoy the party when it feels like it’s the last call for democracy.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Two high-profile decisions during Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday's first months in office have cast doubt on his independence, writes the Editorial Board. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Is Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday putting politics over Pennsylvanians? | Editorial
Sunday's failure to join a suit to stop federal funding cuts impacting Pa. research institutions and the resignation of the state consumer advocate have cast doubt on the Republican's independence.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Immigrants who are in the country illegally did break the law, but there is no justice in rounding people up and deporting them. There is no great wrong being set right. share.inquirer.com/IDhzaf
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Our neighbors are being targeted by ICE. Who is stepping up to protect them? | In Conversation
Three Latino members of The Inquirer's Opinion staff discuss the climate of fear surrounding Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
My favorite TV shows of 2024: Shogun Mr. & Mrs. Smith A Man on the Inside Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Slow Horses Disclaimer Shrinking English Teacher Acapulco We Are Lady Parts
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The world stared into an abyss of dictators, appeasement, and looming world war when suddenly the sky began falling...in central New Jersey We were here in 1938, and now we're back. What's really behind a moral panic over drones? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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What a Jersey drone panic is really telling us | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s so bad about ABC News’ $15 million Trump cave-in.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Yale historian Timothy Snyder said the first rule to combat tyranny is: Do not obey in advance. Yet, many are doing just that. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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A worrisome sign as media companies and tech leaders start lining up to bend the knee to Trump | Editorial
The widespread capitulation before Donald Trump even takes office is a dark omen for the American system of government built on checks and balances.
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Luis F. Carrasco @lfcarrasco.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hunter Biden’s ill-advised pardon sends a dangerous message | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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