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Pancho Pressman

@panchobia.bsky.social
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Freelance Photojournalist, Documentary Filmmaker. Anon account. Real reporting.

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The Kenya Times @thekenyatimes.com · 17/06/2025
Police officers caught on camera shooting a protester at close range in Nairobi CBD.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u... All dank memes, no power up
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A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/05/2025
Good riddance. Musk and his Musk-rats probably caused more waste than they cleaned out. Now the job falls to the insidious fossil-fuel-funded creep Russell Vought, their henchman at OMB.
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A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
NEW: The Justice Department’s brief at the Supreme Court is undermined by the judicial record and our real time flight-tracking data. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Admin Misleads the Supreme Court About Its South Sudan Deportations
The Justice Department argued that a federal judge forced the Trump admin to detain migrants in Djibouti, but the timeline tells a different story.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 29/05/2025
The only acceptable answer here should have been "absolutely not"
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump administration says that only they can censor Americans
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Got it. Harvard should add a HVAC program
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/05/2025
reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
All successful authors go on Piers Morgan
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
That actually kind of raises more concerns, in my book.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What happened to ”shut up and play”? Or does that only apply to brown people?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2025
Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...
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SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r... Or maybe a new policy that they must go on Joe Rogan and share? Is that where this is headed?
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‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house
The criticism of The Lancet, NEJM and JAMA is not new, but the health secretary may use his position to influence research that journals publish.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/05/2025
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
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Doctors urged to treat pain for IUD insertion and other procedures
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
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The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.
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Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Ada Carol Adkins lives with her two dogs in a trailer tucked into the timbers off Upper Mud River Road in Branchland, West Virginia. “I’m comfortable here, but I’m having health issues,” said the 68-year-old, who retired from her job as a school cook several years ago after having a stroke.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2025
"Tapper and Thompson want to be the center of the conversation because it will help them sell books. But with daily assaults on our constitution by the current inhabitant of the White House, the rest of us have, or should have, more important things to focus on."
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Voters want Dems to stand up to Trump, not self-flagellate
Sorry, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.
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Grist @grist.org · 19/05/2025
As temperatures rise, the US Corn Belt could see insurance claims soar. Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Corn #Climate #Insurance #Farms #Farmers #Agriculture
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As temperatures rise, the US Corn Belt could see insurance claims soar
Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump.” - Scott Bessent, “Meet the Press” (05/18/25) 🤡
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"I find it paradoxical, having risked my life for the BBC in so many war zones, that its World Service’s funding is apparently at risk of being confiscated, among other sources, to pay for an increase in defence spending.” - Martin Bell www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell
In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05... “Gift”
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Terry Gross remembers her late husband, jazz writer Francis Davis
Fresh Air host Terry Gross lost her husband on April 14. They were together for 47 years. Today, she shares some of Francis with the audience, including the story of how they met and became a couple.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution — Guardian US
Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters missed the target on Mikal Mahdi, which lawyers say caused prolonged suffering
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
nation.africa/kenya/counti... Journalism is not a crime
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Filmmakers released after night arrest were quizzed on BBC ‘Blood Parliament’ story, says lawyer
The creatives are accused of publishing false information and cyberbullying.
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Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · 30/04/2025
Gender-based violence experts predict incidents to surge in Kenya as the United States cuts foreign aid. Frank Burkybile details how the funding drop threatens programs that provide shelter, medical care, legal aid, and education to women and girls.
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Gender-Based Violence in Kenya and U.S. Foreign Aid | Think Global Health
Losing U.S. support will jeopardize access to essential services in Kenya that combat gender-based violence and femicide
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FRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
FRONTLINE has received a new grant from the Knight Foundation aimed at continuing the series' Local Journalism Initiative, a project that has supported more than a dozen local newsrooms around the country since 2019. Local reporters can submit proposals to join the next LJI cohort by June 2, 2025.
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FRONTLINE Receives New Grant from Knight Foundation for Local Journalism Initiative | FRONTLINE
The $1.5 million will allow the acclaimed PBS investigative series to continue supporting regional newsrooms’ investigative storytelling.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/05/2025
The Senate voted Thursday to overturn an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants, oil refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of President Joe Biden’s major environmental regulations.
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Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants
If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
www.kqed.org/news/1203808... Sad but not shocking
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California Sent Investigators to ICE Facilities. They Found More Detainees, and Health Care Gaps | KQED
A California law empowers state investigators to check on conditions at ICE detention centers. A new report raises concerns about health care inside them.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/04/2025
Experiments show that when bees are exposed to microplastic pollution, their memory gets so muddled they may forget the scents associated with sugary rewards. As a result, pollination may fail — which is bad news for flowers and crops.
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Microplastics may confuse bees and other insects, hurting pollination
Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
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Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
State media releases pictures of five coastguard officials stood on the strategic reef with a Chinese flag.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f... Trump Administration’s HHS Cuts: Creating Waste And Inefficiency, Not Eliminating Them
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Trump Administration’s HHS Cuts: Creating Waste And Inefficiency, Not Eliminating Them | Health Affairs Forefront
Rather than reinvent government to better serve the American people, as his predecessors sought to do, HHS Secretary Kennedy has made government less efficient and effective.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 26/04/2025
Trump-appointed prosecutor intimidates medical journals over alleged bias, raising First Amendment fears (𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h... @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
A letter from a Washington prosecutor accused the publication of partisanship “in various scientific debates.”
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
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Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
WHO To Shrink Its Geneva Headquarters Down To Just Four Programme Divisions - With Health Systems A Key Pillar - Health Policy Watch healthpolicy-watch.news/who-to-shrin...
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WHO To Shrink Its Geneva Headquarters Down To Just Four Programme Divisions - With Health Systems A Key Pillar - Health Policy Watch
A new, and near final iteration of WHO’s reorganization will shrink its programme divisions even further than previous drafts - from 10 to only four - with
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Malaria is poised for a devastating comeback in Africa’s “worst moment in 25 years” www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Malaria is poised for a devastating comeback in Africa’s “worst moment in 25 years”
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Trump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cuts
Budget plan would kill two CDC journals, while U.S. prosecutor accuses some nongovernmental publications of being “partisans”
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20/04/2025
President Trump dialed back his trade war—but not on tomatoes. New fees will hit fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico in July unless a new agreement is reached.
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Tomatoes Become One of the First Everyday Casualties of Trade War
New fees will hit fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico starting in July unless a new bilateral agreement is reached.
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If you ask the average person if they are more interested in seeing the JFK assassination files or knowing if their lettuce is going to kill them, killer lettuce is going to win. We need to re-frame the way we think of secrecy and what information should be declassified/disclosed.
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A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
"On February 4, we sued the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of Doctors for America, to reverse the unlawful deleting of critical health information from government websites." www.citizen.org/news...
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Public Citizen’s 100 Days of Fighting Back Against Trump’s Campaign of Destruction - Public Citizen
Since the Trump administration came into power nearly 100 days ago, we at Public Citizen have been advocating, organizing, and…
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Funny how you rarely hear the MAHA “experts” talk about a couple of things that would really help reduce chronic diseases: a living wage for all, and equity in access to healthcare.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A delegation of 7 House Republicans went to CECOT—2 posted photos, while others kept quiet. But a photo from the US Embassy in El Salvador blew their cover. I reached out to their offices & got this response from one: "We cannot confirm or comment on the Congressman’s location for security purposes"
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GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse
Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 17/04/2025
DEADLINE ALERT: The Walrus is accepting applications for an Editorial Fellowship for BIPOC journalists until 11:59 p.m. ET tonight. This is a remote, paid 12-month position, with a June 2025 start date. thewalrus.ca/about/careers/
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Careers & Fellowships | The Walrus
Work with us at The Walrus! As a registered charity, we publish independent, fact-based journalism; produce national, ideas-focused events; and train emerging professionals in publishing and nonprofit management.
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Pancho Pressman @panchobia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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‘We can only die once, so what’s there to fear?’ In war-stricken Sudan, humanitarians persevere to tackle famine | World Food Programme
In November, World Food Programme trucks finally arrived at the famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur and other hard-to-reach locations – this is how
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/04/2025
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.” — Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
Seth Rogen presenting the Breakthrough Prize for physics (Getty)
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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Even as U.S. government agencies rush to wipe climate change information from their websites, others are racing to reconstruct lost data elsewhere. Case in point is a rescued database on climate risks preserved by @theguardian.com. #SEJournalReportersToolbox www.sej.org/publications...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 16/04/2025
The gap between wages and housing prices is widening, fuelling the affordability crisis
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The gap between wages and housing prices is widening, fuelling the affordability crisis
The same market logics that defined the Gilded Age of the early 20th century have quietly returned in our own century, with devastating consequences.
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Trip Jennings @trip-44.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A chief U.S. District Judge in Washington, D.C. said he would launch proceedings to determine whether to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants based on the wartime Alien Enemies Act. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Judge Boasberg to launch contempt proceedings for Trump administration
Judge James E. Boasberg has pressed Trump officials for weeks on their compliance with his order to return migrants deported under the Alien Enemies act.
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