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Mario Alejandro Ariza

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Covering Florida for @propublica. Secure comms: Signal -786.210.6548 marioariza1@protonmail.com. Author of Disposable City: Miami's Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe.

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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hi. I cover Florida for @propublica.org. Sometimes, my cat Obi-Wan helps out. Both of us are asking management to grant our bargaining unit a fair contract. Everyone here works really hard, and is really talented. We deserve adequate pay, just cause layoff protections, and strong AI guardrails.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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National Writers Union @nwu.org · 08/04/2026
We're in solidarity with @propublicaguild.org workers in their fight!
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today, I and the rest of the @propublicaguild.org are on strike. Why? Because we deserve a fair contract - one that locks in just cause, AI protections, and fair wages for all union members.
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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Join me live, 10am PT at kalw.org's Your Call: time for the 25th Amendment? @markjacob.bsky.social pulls that apart for us. Then: @propublica.org's @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & @marioarizabaez.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum.... Phone in: 866-798-8255 or email yourcall@kalw.org.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
NEW: Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
In Congress, Pete Hoekstra said tariffs were bad for business and consumers. “The market should dictate the price of steel, not the government,” he testified in 2003. Today, as ambassador to Canada, though, Hoekstra has been a top defender of Trump’s tariffs. @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
1. This year traffic stops by Florida cops have led to at least two dozen immigrant kids being separated from their family or caregivers and placed in federal shelters. For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
ICE has sent more immigrant kids into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous 4 years combined. Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden. Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security. Read more: propub.li/3KUBsIL
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
On this day in 1940, Walter Benjamin took his own life in the town of Portbou, after being denied entry by Spanish officials. “If the killing of Lorca was Fascism’s first crime against literature, Benjamin’s death was undoubtedly the second.” - The Listener
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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Former Reform Party UK MP caught taking bribes from Russia for positive comments www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2025
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Are you a Floridian with Citizens Insurance? Know if you have a dispute with them and go to arbitration, as required, you most likely will lose. Reporter @marioarizabaez.bsky.social explains... www.propublica.org/article/citi...
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A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2025
Half of all cases resolved during Citizens’ mandatory arbitration process between March 2024 and July 7, 2025, settled for $500 or less to the policyholder. An additional 28% were settled by Citizens for an average of $30,000. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with little recourse when their claims were denied. My first for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/citi...
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A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
NEW: A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 28/07/2025
On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11. We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane
Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/06/2025
Last year, ProPublica requested records from the FDA as part of an investigation into the safety of America’s generic drug supply. The agency declined to quickly release the names of drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories.
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ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs
The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the…
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16/06/2025
"Local police in Oregon casually offered various surveillance services to federal law enforcement officials from the FBI and ICE, and to other state and local police departments, as part of an informal email and meetup group of crime analysts." #Oregon #USA #Policing #Deportation
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Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Homeland Security records reveal that Trump admin officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to an El Salvador prison were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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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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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The most important and underrated skill of any journalist is that when they don't know something to pick up the phone and call someone smarter.
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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Since fall, 2022, I've been trying to figure out why Newtok's relocation is riddled with problems - the same kind this move was supposed to solve. Newtok’s residents are Americans - not a “they,” but an “us,” and that’s why I chased this story for so long. www.propublica.org/article/newt...
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Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.
The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
British authorities have authorised charges of rape, human trafficking and assault against Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate There are a total of 21 charges relating to 3 women, and the brothers are due to be extradited to the UK after a case in Romania ends www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...
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U.K. Authorizes Rape Charges Against Andrew Tate and His Brother
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Aliyya Swaby @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram. His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Schools in Tennessee must use threat assessments to determine if a threat of mass violence is “valid,” but they often carry them out inconsistently. For its part, the doesn't release data on how effective schools’ threat assessments are. @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
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A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess If He Made a Threat.
The way school officials handled his case also exposes glaring contradictions in two recent state laws that aim to criminalize school threats and require schools to expel students who make them — with...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/05/2025
tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
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Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is how El Chivo got killed.
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404 Media @404media.co · 21/05/2025
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online 🔗 www.404media.co/researchers-...
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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/05/2025
Tax cuts pushed by the Trump administration are amplifying debt and deficit concerns among bond investors, a powerful group of market players who influence interest rates.
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Why the ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill Is Worrying Bond Investors
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/05/2025
Study finds that psilocybin is effective in treating severe depression.
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Single-Dose Psilocybin for Depression With Severe Treatment Resistance: An Open-Label Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Depression varies along a difficulty-to-treat spectrum. Patients whose illness fails to respond to at least five treatments may be considered to have severely treatment-resistant depression...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly ended its body camera program barely four years after it began, according to an internal email obtained by ProPublica. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring…
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Its FOIA Friday. That means I'm going to spend some time today requesting documents from the Feds and the Florida government. Hit me with your ideas and suggestions - or reach out confidentially to me over signal (I'll dm you my number.)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2025
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the DEA made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring…
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 07/05/2025
For more from Mario Ariza: @marioarizabaez.bsky.social -------------------------------------- Find ProPublica here: @propublica.org Subscribe to their newsletters: www.propublica.org/newsletters/ To donate to ProPublica: give.propublica.org/give/346423/...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
NEW: The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring bo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2025
NEW: In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration welcomed the addition of body cameras and touted the “enhanced transparency” they bring. Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring bo...
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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
DeSantis said every sheriff has a Hope Florida expert. That’s news to some sheriffs “We’re not actively engaged in anything with Hope Florida,” Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. By Justin Garcia Tampa Bay Times May 2, 2025 11:00 AM www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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DeSantis said every sheriff has a Hope Florida expert. That’s news to some sheriffs
“We’re not actively engaged in anything with Hope Florida,” Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/04/2025
Insured losses from natural catastrophes could soar to $145 billion this year — well above the 10-year average — as population growth, urban sprawl and climate change combine to supercharge risks, according to a report by Swiss Re Institute.
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Insurers May Face $145 Billion in Catastrophe Losses in 2025
Insured losses from natural catastrophes could soar to $145 billion this year — well above the 10-year average — as population growth, urban sprawl and climate change combine to supercharge risks, according to a report by Swiss Re Institute.
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404 Media @404media.co · 29/04/2025
Instagram Is Blocking Minors from Accessing Chatbot Platform AI Studio 🔗 www.404media.co/instagram-is...
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Instagram Is Blocking Minors from Accessing Chatbot Platform AI Studio
Following Wall Street Journal investigations into the user-generated chatbots, AI Studio is inaccessible for users under 18 years old.
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Energy Department’s mass exodus has begun. Huge staff departures are expected from offices that spearhead advanced nuclear, grid innovation, and domestic manufacturing. @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
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The Energy Department’s mass exodus has begun
Huge staff departures are expected from offices that spearhead advanced nuclear, grid innovation, and domestic manufacturing.
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STAT @statnews.com · 02/04/2025
The Trump administration’s decision to fire 10,000 workers across U.S. health agencies looks set to disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in grants and deprive Americans with disabilities of critical services they depend on.
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HHS firings undermine federal government's ability to care for vulnerable Americans
Layoffs across health agencies could disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in grants and critical services for Americans with disabilities.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
NEW: @miaminewtimes.com reports on another case of a Venezuelan man, a father of two with no criminal record, seemingly sent to rot in prison in El Salvador because he has a tattoo of a crown on his chest. He got it at 19 as part of matching tattoos with an ex-girlfriend.
Miami New Times: Venezuelan Man in Florida May Have Been Deported to El Salvador Over Tattoo.
The family's previous attorney said Marcano's crown tattoo likely played a role in his deportation. By Alex DeLuca. March 25, 2025. Two pictures are underneath. One shows Luis sitting on a chair with flashing a peace sign, in paint-stained pants. The other shows him inside in front of a Christmas tree, smiling. The caption reads: "Like many of the other Venezuelan men recently brought to El Salvador, Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva's family says that he has no affiliation whatsoever with Tren de Aragua. Photos by Angela (Marcano's girlfriend)"
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Stanley told Daily Nous he was “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university” but he wants to raise his kids “in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.” www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
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UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about Trump
Fascism scholar Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second Trump administration
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/03/2025
DHS insiders say Trump’s Homeland Security agenda is now a single issue. “The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”
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Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention
Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,”…
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Mara Shalhoup @mara-shalhoup.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Hurray for the arrival of @marioarizabaez.bsky.social as @propublica.org’s Florida reporter!
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Mario Ariza Joins ProPublica as Florida Reporter
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Some personal news: I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining ProPublica's South newsroom as its Florida Reporter. It's an honor and a privilege to cover my home state. For now, you can reach me with tips and story ideas over signal at 786-210-6548.
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Mario Alejandro Ariza @marioarizabaez.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"The director of the program to enrich uranium took a job with NATO... "Also gone is the director of the program to modernize production of spheres of radioactive plutonium that are fitted into warheads... "The office that oversees the Los Alamos lab lost 9 staff... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts
Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting th...
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