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Victor Narro

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Immigrant Rights & Labor Activist UCLA Labor Center Project Director Core Faculty for UCLA Labor Studies & UCLA School of Law Follower of spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi Struggling magician aka El Mago del Pueblo

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 15h
Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say
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Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say
When officers arrived, they found David Gonzalez, 32, in handcuffs, with a gunshot wound to his midsection, according to a Fresno Police statement.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 10h
ICE agent Gonzalez woke up and appeared “intoxicated and agitated,” according to the statement. He allegedly attacked the man, causing several visible injuries By @iriskwok.bsky.social & @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say
When officers arrived, they found David Gonzalez, 32, in handcuffs, with a gunshot wound to his midsection, according to a Fresno Police statement.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 17h
Must-read by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social about the 4th anniversary of the audio leak scandal that changed L.A. politics and City Hall for the better. Commentary: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God
The recording that exposed the quartet's machinations ultimately destroyed the type of ethnic politicking that made the careers of too many self-serving power grabbers. The transcript of their back-an...
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 17h
Must-read by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social about the 4th anniversary of the audio leak scandal that changed L.A. politics and City Hall for the better. Commentary: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God
The recording that exposed the quartet's machinations ultimately destroyed the type of ethnic politicking that made the careers of too many self-serving power grabbers. The transcript of their back-an...
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 20h
Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu is one of Southern California’s most breathtaking drives — but also one of its deadliest. By Karen Garcia www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Speed camera shocker: 100,000 violators seen in nine days on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
Preliminary testing data captured approximately 100,000 speeding violations on a stretch of Pacific Coash Highway in Malibu over the course of nine days last month. The eye-popping number underscores ...
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NPR @npr.org · 23h
The Trump administration's effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona judge said his deportation violated due process. n.pr/4Bdv0m6
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U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man's third-country deportation to Africa
The Trump administration's effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona judge said his deportation violated due process.
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Fidel Martinez @fidel.bsky.social · 22h
“Pan’s Labyrinth” turns 20 this year. @carlosfilm.bsky.social spoke to the cinema maestro about the fantastical film that transformed his career. www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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'Pan's Labyrinth' at 20: 'I wanted to see the kid win,' says Guillermo del Toro
As ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ returns to the big screen to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Del Toro says the movie marked a turning point for him: ‘Filmmaking became a religion.’
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]へ
End of public executions in
Kentucky
As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/10/2026
Black text on white page that states:

When New Yorkers get ripped off, they should have the power to fight back.

We’re introducing the POWER Act to give workers, tenants, consumers, small businesses and nonprofits a legal pathway to take on unfair and deceptive business practices.

A tenant shouldn’t have to watch a landlord wrongfully withhold their security deposit. A consumer shouldn’t have to accept predatory loan terms. And New Yorkers shouldn’t have to rely on government alone to hold powerful corporations accountable.

We’re putting power back where it belongs: in the hands of New Yorkers.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a ridiculous answer.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Colleges/schools/universities repeatedly fail women around the world. You build men that get taught through time and time again that they can do extreme harm and that they won’t be harmed in return.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Is College Getting Less Safe for Women?
A lawsuit about an alleged gang rape at Cornell University and a Wired story about sexual cyberharassment reveal how campus rape culture and online misogyny are colliding.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Must-read by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social “‘We don’t call those people expats or returnees — ‘immigrant’ is the only intelligible label we understand,” the profe concluded. “Until we come up with a better label, Becerra’s dad is an immigrant.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: What Steve Hilton doesn't get about Xavier Becerra's parents
What more proof do California voters need that Hilton is laughably out of touch with how we live? Many Mexican Americans consider family members raised in Mexico to be immigrants, even if they were bo...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 07/10/2026
L.A. County supervisors call for 'bold action' to improve restraining order system
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L.A. County supervisors call for 'bold action' to improve restraining order system
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath cited recent reporting by The Times when presenting a motion to improve outcomes for victims of domestic violence and stalking who seek restraining orders and protection from law enforcement.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Since 2021, Fresno has seen “a lot of relocation from the Bay Area and Los Angeles,” said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer. By Terry Castleman www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Young people are fleeing Los Angeles for some surprising places. Fresno in, Texas out?
A Times analysis of U-Haul data shows that young Los Angeles residents are more often leaving for other California cities than older Angelenos who are more likely to leave the state.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GEO Group, a for-profit prison company, filed a complaint in federal court over Senate Bill 942, also called the Civil Detainees’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026. By @nicolenixon.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Private prison company sues California over civil rights law for immigrant detainees
GEO Group operates several detention centers for people being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's challenging a new California law to give detainees privacy rights.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 07/10/2026
ChatGPT's teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report finds
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ChatGPT’s teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report finds
Common Sense Media says ChatGPT for Teens fails on parental alerts, crisis referrals and age checks, urging OpenAI to keep minors off the platform. OpenAI disputes the findings.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026
Hispanic New Yorkers give our city its flavor, sound, & style. Where else do you hear Mixtec & Quechua on the same train? Smell chaufa & champurrado on the same block? See a Dominican barber give a Venezuelan kid a fade, a life lesson, & a new accent in one visit? Last night, we celebrated it all.
A crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees talk and mingle at Gracie Mansion. Mayor Mamdani speaks to a crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees at Gracie Mansion. Containers of plátanos en moleA crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees cheer at Gracie Mansion.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This segment is about DHS's claim that they have identified and arrested over 2,000 "terrorists," a claim laughable on its face. This is largely because the admin has reclassified multiple criminal gangs as "foreign terrorist organizations," and ICE's gang identification is notorious sloppy.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade equipment. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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LAPD union will oppose half-cent sales tax hike pushed by firefighters' union
The LAPD's officer union will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the firefighters' union.
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Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Commentary: Trump's deal for Venezuela's oil is secretive, exaggerated and suspicious
Trump is concealing the details of his deal for Venezuelan oil, but what's known is that it won't do anything to lower U.S. gas prices.
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Lila Seidman @lilaseidman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Newsom signed a bill that will bring back a California program to address conflicts between people and bears, wolves and mountain lions. The move comes amid a record number of wolf pup births -- at least 42! www.latimes.com/environment/...
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California revives Wildlife Coexistence Program amid record wolf pup boom
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that restores California's Wildlife Coexistence Program in an effort to resolve rising conflicts with wolves, bears and mountain lions.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Must-read by @salhernandez.bsky.social We must never give up on Santa Monica! 'What happened to Santa Monica?' Why city struggles as Beverly Hills, WeHo thrive www.latimes.com/california/s...
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'What happened to Santa Monica?' Why city struggles as Beverly Hills, WeHo thrive
While Beverly Hills and West Hollywood bounced back after the pandemic, Santa Monica continues to struggle with retail vacancies and lingering economic woes.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jeffrey Jarquín, a former Nicaraguan political prisoner who said he was tortured for opposing President Daniel Ortega, was jailed at Managua’s Modelo prison immediately after the U.S. deported him. By Kate Linthicum and Ismael López www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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U.S. sends torture survivor back to Nicaragua, where he is immediately jailed again
Jeffrey Jarquín, a former Nicaraguan political prisoner who said he was tortured for opposing President Daniel Ortega, was jailed at Managua’s Modelo prison immediately after the U.S. deported him, ad...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A letter signed by more than 1,000 academics asks colleagues around the world not to be silent about U.S. aggression against Cuba extremearturo.substack.com/p/more-than-...
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich recounts his imprisonment on false espionage charges in Russia in his new memoir, This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian American Story. n.pr/3TDQuYm
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Evan Gershkovich never stopped being a journalist
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich recounts his imprisonment on false espionage charges in Russia in his new memoir, This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian American Story.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
From @theathletic.com: LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting the Polymarket prediction market as he will from playing basketball. The deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions.
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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions
LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 05/10/2026
Erewhon is now a permanent fixture at LACMA, complete with a museum-branded smoothie
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Erewhon is now a permanent fixture at LACMA, complete with a museum-branded smoothie
Erewhon opened as a pop-up cafe at LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries in April, and has now announced it will remain as the museum's permanent cafe.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Where there is hatred let me sow peace; where there is injury let me sow forgiveness; where there is doubt let me sow faith; where there is despair let me give hope; where there is darkness let me give light; where there is sadness let me give joy. - Happy Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi 💖🙏🏼💖🙏🏼
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 04/10/2026
Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man
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Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man
Additional details about the fatal Culver CityBus shooting have emerged, including the identities of the victim and the suspected gunman.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“If politics cannot deliver on the block where you live, why would you trust it to deliver anywhere? If you are making a New Yorker’s life a little smoother, so too you are making their journey to believe in government’s ability to deliver for them.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done (Gift Article)
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This weekend we celebrate the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Today is the 800th anniversary of his death. The life and teachings of Francis of Assisi continue to guide my daily work for justice, teaching me the way of peace, love, humility, and service. Sending peace and love to everyone 💖🙏🏽💖🙏🏽
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Switzerland’s iconic glaciers lost an enormous amount of ice in 2026, a new report shows, signaling an ongoing rapid meltdown driven by climate change that has astonished scientists. wapo.st/4yrWZN2
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Switzerland’s glaciers are losing an astonishing amount of ice. See the meltdown.
Dry winters and a warming climate are taking a toll on centuries-old ice in the Alps, researchers say, with about 20 percent of Swiss glacial ice melting since 2021.
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In an attempt to mitigate the failure of Eric Schmitt the bed, Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order changing the name of the Iowa Hawkeyes to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Breaking: The Atlanta Hawks offer to send Jack Smith a DVD of their thrilling February 3, 2024 overtime win over the Warriors because apparently he missed it.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Counter to what a local prosecutor has claimed, the alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR. trib.al/Je1VsMK
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Cornell Jane Doe's attorney says she told police in 2024: 'I was raped'
Counter to what a local prosecutor has claimed, the alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Democrats want to win the midterms, they should be focusing on ONLY two things in these last few weeks before November 3 — and show how they’re connected. Let me explain... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hear…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The family of an American woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has filed two civil lawsuits related to her death, according to court records filed Thursday in Minnesota federal court. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her death | CNN
The family of an American woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has filed two civil lawsuits related to her death, according to court records filed Thursday in Minnesot...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lots of wise words from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social in this must-read column. "I hope she and other Latino Trump supporters can at least admit that siding with an anti-Latino maniac like him did harm to the very community they claim to proudly represent." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: What the 'Taco Stand Karen' fiasco says about right-wing Latinos
The internet dubbed her “Santa Clarita Karen." Francesca Ortega's face-off with taqueros soon went viral, with almost everyone blasting her crassness.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The verdict is against humanity. It is a form of torture under the [United Nations] convention against torture. Unfortunately, in the Islamic republic’s judicial system, applying torture is effectively legal. It’s against human rights – a crime against humanity.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups
Iranian court upholds sentence against 29-year-old star Parastoo Ahmadi and other musicians in crackdown on women flouting hijab law
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Consumer confidence in the economy fell to the lowest level in more than a decade, according to new survey. People feel even worse about the economy than they did during the pandemic amid high gas prices and wages that have not kept up with inflation. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Americans feel worse about the economy than during the pandemic
A new survey shows consumer confidence in the economy has dropped to the lowest level in more than a decade.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s like I’ve always said: If you are a United States Senator, make sure you have a women’s basketball fan in your office. Never know when the day will come when that will save your ass.
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