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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹

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National reporter, formerly HuffPost. Email me: nhbaptiste@gmail.com

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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When it’s all said and done, they’ll fail to denaturalize and deport her. Remember, this is the same administration that couldn’t even convict a guy for throwing a sandwich. But they’ll definitely do a lot of harm and damage along the way—which is their real goal.
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...
nydailynews.com
ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers
The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
every once in awhile, I am reminded that some people vote to punish others, not to change their own circumstances... and we all have to live here together
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Leave us ALONE 😭
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Bride of Dr. Funkenstein @kristinarobinson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exactly the same scenario as in Biddeford, Maine. “We were concerned for the safety of the public and the child in the vehicle” sooooo you discharged your weapon through the windshield into the driver’s face to make the toddler passenger……………. safer?
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 09/10/2026
“Although [Mr. Belgal] was initially hospitalized, it appears that ICE moved quickly to transfer him out of the hospital to an unknown location—raising grave concerns for his health and well-being.” from @maketheroadny.bsky.social’s habeas petition filed today
courthousenews.com
ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026
“The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.”
theatlantic.com
The GOP’s Message to Immigrants
Be white and Christian, or America doesn’t want you.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's been almost a decade since I wrote this piece about Arkansas but I often think about that execution spree because of what it showed me up close about the death penalty, prisons, and torture in this country.
theintercept.com
Arkansas Justice: Racism, Torture, and a Botched Execution
Despite its long history of torture, racism, wrongful convictions, and botched executions, Arkansas is still intent on carrying out the death penalty.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We absolutely should be horrified by reports of planned public executions and see them as an overt re-embrace of spectacle lynchings--while also understanding that the story of the "modern" death penalty in this country is inextricable from that history, rooted in racial violence & white supremacy.
theintercept.com
Alabama’s Lynching Memorial and the Legacy of Racial Terror in the South
At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I've been thinking and talking and writing about the death penalty for my whole adult life and the past week+ has been truly surreal and exhausting, not only because of the onslaught of horrors but because there seems to be so little historical memory of what this system is and always has been.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LOL Paxton’s sweating right now looking at a list of his enemies
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
damn, someone really hates Ken Paxton lol
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
Earlier this week, Tennessee botched the execution of Christa Pike, reinforcing what @nhbaptiste.bsky.social wrote in 2018: "Presumed to be a painless and more humane alternative to the electric chair, there is no scientific evidence proving that lethal injection is either."
motherjones.com
The cruel durability of capital punishment
I went to Tennessee and found out why the last days of the death penalty may never come.
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances" 

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"About 50 Haitians used to regularly worship at Ruby’s church, but that number dropped to two when ICE arrived in Springfield over the summer. 'Families who had prayed with us, sung with us, and served alongside us are now afraid to leave their homes.'" ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/f...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
5 Haitians from Springfield, Ohio, have been deported after Trump ended protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the women's sports defenders have logged on
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
when my kid is screaming “no, no, no!!” because he doesn’t want to get in the car but he’s speech delayed so a win is a win
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Woman Reacts with Disapproval: NO.
ALT: Woman Reacts with Disapproval: NO.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
listen...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 23/09/2026
they were wishcasting. they thought "well, it's not exactly great that Trump won, but at least he is going to take the wokes down a peg or three. we are frankly eager for him to curb stomp MeToo, BLM, Gaza protestors, every union organizer, etc"
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
motherjones.com
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I didn't hold back. These centers are a blight on higher education and we should say so. dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
“Center for Intellectual Freedom is a really Orwellian name because they’re forcing mandatory classes on students who don’t want it,” Ray said. “Just as a matter of pure consistency, if closing African American Studies was just a financial decision, the center should be closed.” Ray said universities do a better job fostering free thought than any other institution — including churches, workplaces, and the military.

“You can say and do things at universities that you cannot do anywhere else,” he said. “So the notion that universities are a problem when it comes to free speech is just a lie.”
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
damn, polls must look terrible lol
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
theguardian.com
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Three openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments All four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour have withdrawn in solidarity with fellow opening act Macklemore, as backlash grows to his removal from the tour over onstage comments in support of Palestine. Finneas, the singer who was scheduled to open for Sheeran on six South American dates in November, withdrew from the tour on Tuesday afternoon, hours after Sheeran posted his own lengthy statement to Instagram explaining pressure from venue owners to remove Macklemore for pro-Palestine comments made during two shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. Continue reading...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
npr.org
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 11/09/2026
Yesterday, McClatchy laid off more than 90 unionized media workers across 17 publications. The departure of these talented reporters, visual journalists & writers will immediately leave gaping holes in local coverage for dozens of communities across the US.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
standing there awkwardly while the president of the United States tells thousands of people that he thinks you’re ugly for like the 10th time
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
will these be coming with the DOGE checks?
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
lmfaoooo
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The goal of the people who want Mayor Mamdani to stay away from 9/11 Memorials is not about this event. Their goal is the elimination of Muslims from politics, the media and from America. They view Muslims as a threat to their agenda. It's time the media talk about what is really happening!
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
must be nice!
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
unfortunately, I am still thinking about brunette Trump
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For MSNOW, I wrote about the Trump administration threatening to strip colleges of their tax-exempt status as part of its larger segregationist agenda.
ms.now
Opinion | Trump’s next high education target: schools that help Black students
Victor Ray: American universities must stand up to Trump's plan to re-segregate higher ed
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2026
"He was the very image of a young person engaged in American civic life. But he was systematically denied his dreams by a MAGA movement that didn’t see him as equal." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Pierre Damas Bel in the latest edition of Huddled Masses:
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Trump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life.
This promising young Haitian immigrant was humiliated and tormented until he lost hope.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
2:05 pm 2:21 pm @atrupar.com
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They will not stop until it is illegal for Black and brown people to go to college. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
nytimes.com
Schools Giving Aid to Minority Students Could Lose Tax Exemptions Under Trump’s New Rules (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest in the Guardian - where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump admin spends billions to deport Black and brown people while doubling dollars for white ‘refugees’ | Heba Gowayed
‘Where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way’
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 02/09/2026
Today, thousands of Haitians are in chains because Donald Trump decided their lives are a crime. There is no excuse for treating our neighbors with such contempt. The Senate must take the long overdue step of passing our legislation to restore TPS for Haiti. My full statement:
Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Pressley and Clarke Condemn Deportation and Dehumanization of Haitian Nationals (1/2)

“Today, thousands of Haitians are in chains because Donald Trump decided their lives are a crime. They broke no laws, yet that did not stop the Trump Administration from forcing them into the grips of Haiti's violent gangs and instability.

“The Trump Administration has declared Haiti unsafe to travel to, and in recent days alone, gang massacres have left dozens dead, more have been kidnapped, and some of the Haitians this administration deported have already been killed.Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Pressley and Clarke Condemn Deportation and Dehumanization of Haitian Nationals (2/2)

"The American people are sickened by the suffering and blatant targeting this administration has inflicted upon thousands of Haitian nationals, who contribute to our communities and whose Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was unjustly taken away. Instead of listening to the American people, the Trump Administration has doubled down on its cruelty. There is no excuse for treating our neighbors with such contempt.
 
"The deportations of Haitian TPS holders may have only started weeks ago, but the vicious dehumanization of their communities began long before. Cruelty to Haitians is a policy choice.

“Congress has the power to stop it. We call upon the Senate to immediately take the long overdue step of passing our legislation to restore TPS for Haiti. The lives of Haitians and Americans alike are at stake.”
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And still, he was able to get on a flight back home almost immediately and I guess go on TV? Thousands and thousands have been forced to languish in jail indefinitely in squalid conditions and then some are deported to countries they’ve never been to and don’t speak the language.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“I wish President Trump could hear the mom’s wails. The family wants people to know that this was a suicide and they want people to know that President Trump, (Stephen) Miller, and Markwayne Mullin’s inhumane immigration policies made this happen." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
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Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say
A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.
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Joe Murphy @joemurph.com · 01/09/2026
Exclusive numbers on August ICE arrests from @nbcnews.com: "ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026..." [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
ICE arrests 50 thousand people in August, continuing record pace
ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing newrepublic.com/post/214946/...
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You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing
Here’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The humiliation of the ankle bracelet was too much. I hope his family is able to find peace and that the people who support this administration never get a good night's sleep again. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
College student steps into highway traffic, is killed after losing TPS
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle monitor.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
i thought the guy in the grocery store was on speaker phone with his wife but he was actually having a full conversation with AI about a substitute for scallions
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/09/2026
Verily I have blogged it
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The Supreme Court Keeps Finding Reasons to Give Trump What He Wants
The justices in the majority say they aren’t deciding on the “legality” of Trump’s ballroom. They also can’t wait to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2026
Breaking News: The new CDC director ordered agency officials to challenge two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania, shunning the agency’s normal procedure of accepting data shared by states.
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C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths
Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I don’t think I’d be bragging about 1.2 million food-related deaths if I was the guy in charge of preventing food-related deaths
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