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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 30m

Former VP Kamala Harris says she has asked young women if they think breaking barriers means starting on one side of the barrier and just ending up on the other side. "No, there is breaking involved... you might get cut and you might bleed and it's worth it every single time."

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 2h

"A German national celebrated Kirk's death and attempted to justify his murder, writing 'when fascists die, democrats don't complain.' Visa revoked," the U.S. State Department just tweeted out posting this screenshot of a post.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump administration revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments following the Charlie Kirk assassination. They were from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and South Africa, AP reports. apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 5h

Where news outlets stand on the Pentagon's new media rules, via the @washingtonpost.com.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 7h

Argentinian President Javier Milei just left the Blair House for his White House meeting with Trump.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 8h

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, takes center stage at the "Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit" in Washington, D.C.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

El Presidente Boric visitó la tumba del Papa Francisco. El difunto pontífice "fue uno de los mayores encubridores de pederastia clerical a nivel global", dice la Red de Sobrevivientes, calificando el gesto como "sumamente revictimizante para las víctimas chilenas de dicho encubrimiento".

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is promoting their "Fire Storm 250" Airborne Machine Gun at the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV received Chilean President Boric in a private audience at the Vatican today.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity, will skip the summit in Egypt "due to time constraints ahead of the start of the holiday."

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

"They removed me from the plenum just because I raised the simplest demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees on: To recognize a Palestinian state." Knesset MP Ayman Odeh.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 1d

"This is not only the end of a war. This is the end of the age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God," President Trump says at the Knesset. "This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East."

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 2d

Jacob Kiplimo won the 2025 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:02:23 (unofficial), becoming the first Ugandan to win a World Marathon Major.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 3d

Multiple protesters disrupted former Vice President Kamala Harris' book tour stop in Chicago today. "She claims to be a feminist, yet refuses to take accountability for her role in mass murdering Palestinians in Gaza," the U.S. Palestinian Community Network posted.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 3d

"If you want to talk about legacy, let's talk about the legacy of mass deportations," former Vice President Kamala Harris told pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted her book tour in Chicago.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 3d

"I've become increasingly concerned about the rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe," former U.S. President Barack Obama warns. "We are seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system," he added.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 4d

Wrapped in Mexican and U.S. combination flags, these two women face off with police officers in riot gear at the Broadview ICE facility.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago is at the center of President Trump's immigration crackdown. Massive ICE raids have angered local leaders, prompting activists to patrol their own streets and confront federal agents. Our DW News report from Illinois: www.dw.com/en/how-activ...

How activists in Chicago are working against ICE raids – DW – 10/10/2025

Chicago is at the center of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. ICE raids and National Guard deployments have sparked anger, and activists are patrolling their own streets to track and confront fede...

www.dw.com

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 4d

The United States approved a Qatari Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, Secretary Hegseth just announced.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 4d

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy." ¡Felicitaciones!

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 6d

Now: Protest against ICE and the National Guard deployment underway in downtown Chicago.

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 6d

"The Pentagon is still asking us to affirm in writing our 'understanding' of policies that appear designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution for simply doing our jobs." - Pentagon Press Association

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 6d

The ICE processing center in Broadway, Illinois.

The sticker reads "Silverio Villegas-González. Murdered by ICE." The 38-year-old was shot and killed on Sept. 12 after allegedly dragging a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with his car during a traffic stop.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 6d

U.S. President Trump calls for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of Chicago. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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