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Liz Oglesby

@lizoglesby.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Geography and Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. Interim director of the University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies.

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 05/10/2026
Here's what's replacing four 200-year-old cottonwood trees, the last of which went down today after a 71-day tree-sit protest ended with aggressive arrests. So bleak. Mason Kumet photo from azluminaria.org/2026/10/05/f...
Double border wall running off to the horizon
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 27/09/2026
My latest declaration in the *Ruidosa Church* case against the Big Bend border wall has 31 pages of charts and tables, showing how rare illegal border crossings have been in an environmentally fragile area where the Trump admin wants to build barriers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
U.S.-Mexico Border Patrol Migrant
Apprehensions by Sector, 2026 (as of July)
Big Bend Share of BorderWide Apprehensions: Pie chart shows Big Bend-26% of border miles but just 2% of total apprehensions.
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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
After more than 4 months imprisoned at a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, a deported Phoenix man was arrested there Friday, in what attorneys are calling retaliation for his speaking out about abusive, dangerous conditions for dozens held at the hotel. tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Arrest of Arizona man deported to Africa called retaliation for speaking out
After more than four months imprisoned at a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, a deported Phoenix man was arrested there Friday, in what attorneys are calling retaliation for his speaking
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is fabulous ⬇️
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026
Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
aiddata.org
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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Liz Oglesby @lizoglesby.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Emily Bregel, at the Arizona Daily Star, is doing some of the best reporting on ICE renditions. It is worth subscribing to the Star.
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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Today, the Archive published a Disappearing Data Chronology--a timeline tracking changes in access to federal information under Trump, including major data losses and restorations, legal challenges to information takedowns, and threats to archival collections. nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi...
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A Disappearing Data Chronology
About the ExhibitThe Disappearing Data Chronology documents fundamental changes to the federal information landscape under the Trump administration, including major data losses and restorations, legal...
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Liz Oglesby @lizoglesby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
aljazeera.com
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo reflect on 50th anniversary of Argentina coup
One of Argentina's most prominent activist groups, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo face cuts under Javier Milei.
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L Ron Mexico @lronmexico.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This really is an encapsulation of what being an American is: experiencing something needlessly cruel and profoundly stupid while propaganda you can’t turn off blares about how free and lucky you are
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"Your Honor, I ask the court -- does this sound like the kind of man who would force himself on an innocent child?"
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Kate Doyle @katidoyle.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Impunity 101 The good news: Canada ruled against a Guatemalan ex-military officer, calling his actions in the horrific 1982 #DosErres massacre “crimes against humanity.” The bad news: Canada refused to use its own War Crimes Act, so the ruling strips his citizenship and kicks him out of Canada.
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Feral Human Rights Lawyer @natcad.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
THIS. Every time bozos in the interior voted to give more weapons to the largest LE agency in the country terrorize people at the border and hold them in incommunicado detention in exchange for less enforcement in the interior, we only made today’s nightmare more possible.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Andrew Muldoon @arjm5184.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
He would still be trying to say Roosevelt Corollary so they skipped that bit.
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Liz Oglesby @lizoglesby.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Latin American Studies centers are being closed down around the United States, including at land grant universities with public outreach mandates, because why would the US public need to know anything about this region? 🤦‍♀️
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/12/2025
Christmas in the East Wing, 2023. 🎄
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Sasse's party in the past year has kneecapped research on the cancer that is killing him
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Meeting, getting to know, and working work with Diversity Visa selectee clients has been one of the highlights of my career. Unsurprisingly, Trump/Miller hate this law and tried to shut it down in Trump 1.0 with COVID as their excuse. Now they’ve found their pretext for Trump 2.0. Sickening.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 18/11/2025
Is the U.S. showing early signs of state capture? Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States. www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
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Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective
Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.
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El Observador Guatemala @elobservadorgt.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
23 organizaciones internacionales expresan preocupación por la detención del abogado Ramón Cadena.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/10/2025
I believe you are looking for: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
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Joel Ranck @this-is-joel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If you’re flying and see a TSA officer, thank them, say “ hang in there” and tell them you appreciate their service. They deserve the respect!
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
not to derail but this has to be the youngest remaining person with this micro-regional accent left right
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/10/2025
Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean. Registration is free and required. See info below. austinkocher.substack.com/p/book-event...
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Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean
Please join me on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 PM EST for a virtual discussion with fellow geographer and longtime friend Luna Vives about her new book The Gates of the Sea. If you’re…
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Arizona Daily Star @tucson.com · 20/10/2025
The University of Arizona rejected the White House education compact Monday, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to the Trump administration that the university will compete on merit for federal
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U of A rejects Trump compact, says it will compete on merit for funding
The University of Arizona rejected the White House education compact Monday, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to the Trump administration that the university will compete on merit for federal
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation. youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
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AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN
YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office
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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Trump sea murder tracker 👇
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2025
This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
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Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Three African nations rebuff U.S. effort to deport Kilmar Abrego García
Eswatini, Uganda and Ghana have declined to accept Abrego, an immigrant from El Salvador whom the Trump administration illegally deported to his native country.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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WOLA @wola-org.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
1/ Trump officials reportedly told Congress the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with “designated terrorist organizations.” Here’s why that’s wrong: the U.S. is not at war. 🧵
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Shocker. The judge knows he'll be fired if he rules in favor of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The system is rigged.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say
Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Good message about supporting local restaurants.
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"Seeing everyone in Washington do crime reminded me of the time I did crime with you"
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 05/09/2025
Detail from UNODC map titled “main cocaine trafficking routes within the Americas, by water, 2023-2024” and noting that arrows’ “color intensity indicates flow density.” Venezuela’s Caribbean looks like a significant, but not a top-tier, trafficking route. www.unodc.org/documents/da...
Two arrows exiting Venezuela are much fainter than arrows exiting Colombia and Ecuador.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 03/09/2025
From WOLA: "Proportionality in the use of force is a fundamental principle of international law. Mere suspicion of carrying drugs, or merely being pursued by naval vessels or other military assets in international waters, are not offenses that carry a death sentence, much less summary execution."
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Lethal U.S. military strike on alleged drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent in the “war on drugs”  - WOLA
Yesterday, the President of the United States shared a video that appears to show a U.S. military strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump’s social media post stated that 11 of tho...
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Liz Oglesby @lizoglesby.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
A communique from migrant advocacy organizations in Guatemala on the possible deportation of the unaccompanied children.
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Selena Larson @selenalarson.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.
THREE PEOPLE
WERE
KIDNAPED
HERE
SUNDAY
AUG
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BY MASKED | <
FEDERAL AGENTS
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Liz Oglesby @lizoglesby.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Yes. This is the experience of the US-Mexico border for the past three decades.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“ … the fascist wave is breaking against a humble collection of quiet heroes: The women and men who have come in to serve that most thankless of civic responsibilities, jury duty,” writes @devilstower.bsky.social 👇🏽
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Have the Democrats promised to end tariffs? Have they said they’d repeal the mass deportation funding? Any of them? Clearly and unequivocally?
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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Gotta say, I'm liking the Pritzker response better than the funny memes, and he does not seem to be playing footsies with anti-trans maniacs like the other guy.
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“Regardless of what happens today in my ICE check-in, promise me this,” Kilmar Abrego Garcia said at a rally before reporting to the ICE facility on Monday. “Promise me that you will continue to pray, continue to fight, resist and love, not just for me, but for everybody.”
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