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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 5h

They haven’t objected to being sent into U.S. cities.

They haven’t objected to extrajudicially killing foreigners abroad.

They haven’t objected to the politicization of the military.

But surely they will object to killing US citizens….

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 12h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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James F. Love IV @jamesfloveiv.bsky.social · 6h

Breaking:
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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 15h

My kind of compact: "This fund would then be used to help any member under direct political or legal attack. The universities involved would also make their legal counsel, governance experts and public affairs offices available to any institution in need."

CU Boulder faculty call for statewide defense compact amid federal threats

Boulder faculty are calling for University of Colorado leaders to propose and help establish a statewide Mutual Academic Defense Compact, which would create a coordinated alliance among colleges an…

www.timescall.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 7h

International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 12h

Worldwide, parties to armed conflicts have damaged critical healthcare infrastructure. In some cases, they have also killed or held captive patients and healthcare workers.

This leaves millions of people in armed conflict areas without a choice.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11h

14 October 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Mirjam Lewkowicz, was born in Gouda.

In September 1943, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with large eyes and curly hair, wearing a patterned bib over a dark shirt.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 8h

So it seems Hamas can’t find the bodies of remaining dead hostages because #Israel has destroyed so much of #Gaza, & in response Israel is going to starve Gazans again. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test

Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

www.theguardian.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

ICE agents surrounded, seized, and zip-tied a U.S. citizen who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them.

She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained, yet she was interrogated for an hour. trib.al/hDC7Vgv

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 8h

AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 11h

The attack on our colleagues’ academic freedom, and anything to do with race and diversity, is in full force at OSU.

Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10h

Reuters isn't revealing the site’s precise location here, to reduce the likelihood that intruders may tamper with the grave. A forthcoming Reuters special report will detail the story of how the Assad government executed the clandestine operation:

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10h

Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

www.reuters.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 8h

Hegemonic decline:"“The declining strength of the US passport..is more than just a reshuffle in rankings— it signals a fundamental shift in global mobility & soft power dynamics..Nations that embrace openness & cooperation are surging ahead, while those resting on past privilege are left behind"”

US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN

Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 15h

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Bonus Episode: Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War?

Podcast Episode · The Horn · 10/13/2025 · 47m

podcasts.apple.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 15h

My kind of compact: "This fund would then be used to help any member under direct political or legal attack. The universities involved would also make their legal counsel, governance experts and public affairs offices available to any institution in need."

CU Boulder faculty call for statewide defense compact amid federal threats

Boulder faculty are calling for University of Colorado leaders to propose and help establish a statewide Mutual Academic Defense Compact, which would create a coordinated alliance among colleges an…

www.timescall.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 15h

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Bonus Episode: Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War?

Podcast Episode · The Horn · 10/13/2025 · 47m

podcasts.apple.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 16h

This is unconscionable

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 18h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 1d

Do we need to come up with a US-hurtling-towards-authoritarianism version of the #NotATarget hashtag used to call attention to the IHL protections afforded to healthcare workers in armed conflict?

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

So glad that @tanvi.bsky.social followed up on this group of people; those who were in Border Patrol detention centers on the days Trump took office, people from countries where deportation wasn't easy for the Trump admin, who ended up dumped in Panama to send a message to other migrants.

Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 18h

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

nymag.com/intelligence...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 18h

Tribes revive fire practices to protect forests from modern wildfires - Washington Post

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

As a human, as a mother, this story made me physically ill.

And that the ORR which just a few years ago was a vehicle to refuge and asylum is complicit in this kidnapping is so gross.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 2d

This episode considers many grave arguments worth reflecting on, including ““I suspect that the legal opinions that led to all of the things that are happening in the Caribbean and perhaps the posting of troops… in various cities weren't influenced by what jags said to their commanders…”

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 2d

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d

"These are children who have never held a weapon. We taught them how to handle assault rifles and machine guns, RPGs. After that, they were sent to the front. We were training them to get killed.”
#KeepEyesOnSudan

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

www.theguardian.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm seeing friends that don't have certain discussions openly anymore because they don't want to lose their jobs or they don't want to be catalogued in one camp or the other."

In many ways, US academia today

Documentary argues George Orwell's greatest fears are materializing

George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term "Orwellian." A new documentary called "Orwell: 2+2=5” argues that Orwell's g...

www.pbs.org

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 1d

Do we need to come up with a US-hurtling-towards-authoritarianism version of the #NotATarget hashtag used to call attention to the IHL protections afforded to healthcare workers in armed conflict?

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 2d

Civilian self-protection. This is the United States too

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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