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Odette Yousef

@oyousef.bsky.social
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Domestic Extremism Correspondent at NPR.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted. The verdict is still being read.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Suddenly feeling deeply invested in the succession fight over the throne of a country I only learned about like a month ago. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Emergence of secret heir stokes succession crisis in grieving African kingdom
A committee of elders has announced a successor to the late king of Tooro. His family says he had a son who should succeed him.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
On the WNBA/violent extremism nexus. www.npr.org/2026/08/29/n...
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Why is one WNBA team calling in national security experts?
The WNBA's popularity has risen in recent years, but so have threats and abuse directed at its players. One team is taking a novel approach to this, by partnering with national security specialists.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yes. I've wondered if her declining health was related to his passing.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you're looking to immerse yourself in a masterful audio experience that properly recognizes the musical genius, adept businesswoman and gracious human that Dolly Parton was, this one's for you: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Dolly Parton's America
Music History Podcast · Series · In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, hist...
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
OMG. I am so sad about Dolly Parton 😔
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“For months… federal agents secretly made recordings of meetings held at churches, libraries, restaurants and schools around the Twin Cities. They infiltrated private group chats… and gathered information on community members who had not been accused of any crimes.”
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“One agent had a Jerusalem cross sticker on the back of his phone, a Christian symbol dating to the Crusades that more recently has been associated with white supremacy.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Federal agents crash into car while detaining man in Albany Park
It unfolded around 8:07 a.m. near Lawrence and Kedzie avenues as a black SUV began chasing a shirtless man before a different black SUV pulled out of a grocery parking lot and hit a woman’s car as tha...
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Thanks for reading the article and your feedback! Appreciate the apology. Headlines are hard.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
If you are interested in reading further about anti-feminist conspiracism, here is more: www.theirms.org/blog/governi...
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Governing Gynocracy: The Evolution of Anti-Feminist Conspiracy Theories (EXCERPT) — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
In the wake of the San Diego mosque shooting, we have received requests for our work on anti-feminist conspiracism. The following is an excerpt from the chapter that appears in the book Conspiracy as...
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
No - as the story says, Jews were mentioned first in the manifesto, followed by women. Islam only comes further down.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
But a complete set of conspiracist narratives that put women in the role of puppetmaster, and therefore (these extremists would say) legitimize violence against the “system” that women have set up specifically to rob them of their entitlements
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Right, but antisemitism is not simply othering. Those conspiracies feed the grievance narratives that then are used to hurt other, often unrelated, groups. This is what we are starting to see with anti-woman conspiracism as well. Not just the othering and dehumanization of women—
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Anyhow, that was long. I had hoped the writing conveyed that. Appreciate the feedback and will try to do better with future stories.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
But what DiBranco outlines in her white paper and work is that anti-feminist conspiracism operates in ways that echo antisemitic conspiracism. It is increasingly foundational to violence that ends up hurting a broad - and seemingly unrelated - range of targets.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
And so the link between violent misogyny and attacks targeting Muslims, African Americans, LGBTQ people, Latinos, and so on, is not apparent. Of course the misogyny in the far right movement is clear (and for the record I do link to the Elliot Rodger attack in this story) —
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hi! First, I appreciate the feedback. I didn’t write the headline, but I also feel that it accurately captures the gist of what I wrote - because in cases such as the Islamic Center of San Diego, or the 2011 attack in Norway, the targets were not women.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The film plus Q&A in Chicago were excellent. It’s playing here until Thurs. If you’re somewhere else, check out the site to see if it’ll play where you are.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Well, if ever there was a film that your streaming services owned by media conglomerates don’t want you to see… it’s this one. Highly recommend. stealthisstory.org
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Very interesting!
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Orban has served almost 20 years. He was first elected to that office in 1998, then lost in 2002. Then he has continually held that position since he won the 2010 election.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s my job. But also, I think in this moment it’s important for everyone to familiarize themselves with the channels of thought that are either informing, or advancing through, government right now.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We will also repeal birthright citizenship, and make it retroactive. We will also send the “anchor babies” back with their mothers." (5/5)
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The legal ones are here on visas. We will simply not renew their visas, and when their visas expire, we will make sure that they leave... (4/5)
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Then non-white illegals must simply be deported. The most economical way is to get them to deport themselves by cutting off their employment and benefits... (3/5)
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
There are non-white citizens and non-white aliens. And among the aliens, there are legal and illegal aliens. We need to deal with the aliens first. We will begin by closing the borders to non-whites... (2/5)
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just casually reading "The White Nationalist Manifesto" (published 2018) this morning. Here's an excerpt relevant to today's news: "To understand how it is possible to restore white homelands in a gradual, orderly, and humane manner, we need to make some distinctions... (1/5)
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This story was so interesting!
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This story needs to be circulated widely. www.wabe.org/woman-charge...
wabe.org
Woman charged with attempted murder under Georgia abortion law
A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Kingsland has been charged with attempted murder, the first time that a mother has been charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"The senior vice president of the pro-Israel political nonprofit J Street, Ilan Goldenberg, said Kent's warnings of an Israeli conspiracy to deceive the U.S. 'plays on the worst antisemitic tropes.'" Joe Kent's resignation letter is... something. www.npr.org/2026/03/17/n...
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Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Excellent point
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This was also a nightly observation in Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. I’m so glad some reporting is out on it now.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I’m appreciative of the work you are doing and I hope more people become familiar with it!
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
THIS
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Really makes me wonder what the prompts were to generate the images
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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Reverend Jesse Jackson spent his life advancing equality and respect for diversity. He said: "Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth." #jessejackson #equality #dei #inclusion
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 17/02/2026
Lawful extremism breaks containment w/ @oyousef.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
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Extremist rhetoric is often found in government messaging. Who's the target?
In a rare move, the White House took down a racist post last week from one of President Trump's social media accounts. But extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Someone grab Kim up. The way she reports and tells stories is masterful. She is also the most generous of people and an insanely talented DIYer.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Stunning details in testimony submitted by @vermontgmg.bsky.social to the Illinois Accountability Commission. It concerns the history, record and culture of CBP and Border Patrol. Worth a read, from beginning to end. drive.google.com/file/d/1y0im...
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IAC-Testimony.withlinks.pdf
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Just perfect!
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Yes, I recall this! Such a terrible and life-altering thing to have happened. Also, completely unrelated - as a Chicago resident I am compelled to ask you about your surname. How did it come to be??
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
and so were, in fact, potentially lethal. For example, shooting pepper guns at close range, etc.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It was also interesting to hear expert testimony a few weeks ago at the first IL Accountability Commission public hearing on the use of “less-lethal” weaponry. They reviewed several cases and offered evidence that these were deployed in a manner that did not conform to manufacturer specifications —
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For the last few months, I kept a document where every time I saw reports of fed immigration agents shooting or pointing their gun at someone, I made a note. The list grew and grew. It now includes 4 deaths. Here is what I noticed keeping that list. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
themarshallproject.org
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I’ve been waiting for this kind of profile on Greg Bovino. Some stunning (and some… just weird?) details in here. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Please copy edit your headlines 😭
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
😩
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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"They have radicalized a set of people through their own actions," Gonzalez said, "and that'll be a generation before that goes away." www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
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As Trump's immigration raids hit New Orleans, a Chicago group shares resistance tips
A neighborhood network in Chicago has been helping other cities that face immigration enforcement raids.
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