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Lesley Bartlett
@lesleybartlett.bsky.social
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Prof @UW-Madison. Ed Policy, Anthro, Multilingual literacies, Migration. Açaí enthusiast.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 13h
Each one somehow better than the last. I try to read them all in rotation every few years

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 14h
I’d have to agree with her. The way Beloved changed my life….

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h
BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard BLOCKED an NSA report of a call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump. I will sit down with the whistleblower lawyer TOMORROW at 12 PM PT on @meidastouch.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact
www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h
you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of ‘faith and family’-based TPUSA show
“I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory),” Kid Rock sings on the 2001 song, which was also for a children’s movie.
ktla.com

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 16h
In praise of librarians

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jeannette Sutton

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 18h
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
www.jsonline.com

lesleybartlett.bsky.social
Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 21h
Join Education Policy Studies @uwmadison.bsky.social to hear Prof. Ranita Ray @ranitaray1.bsky.social talk about her new book Slow Violence: Confronting Dark Truths in the American Classroom on Friday, February 13th at 12pm online at go.wisc.edu/epsevents!

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 1d
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/u...
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility | CNN
As a mother drove her 10-year-old girl to the bus stop, they were intercepted by federal agents. The fourth-grader thought the officers were going to take her to school. Instead, she was put on a plan...
www.cnn.com

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 1d
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : The Language of Languages | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
milkweed.org

Reposted by Eric Goldman, Lesley Bartlett

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Jonathan A. Eisen, Tom Clark , and 13 more

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 2d
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Anne Norton, Sarah Roberts , and 1 more

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d
SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d
Q: Why will football be featured during the Bad Bunny concert?*

A: The Bad Bunny concert is fantastic exposure for the NFL and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put the game of American football in front of fans of the biggest musical artist in the world.
FAQs for This Weekend’s Bad Bunny Concert Featuring Football
What time is kickoff? The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. f...
buff.ly

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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 3d
A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.

66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.

3,137 are represented on this graph.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Jason Lyall, Peter Jacobs , and 1 more

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 3d
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters

and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Andrew Rudalevige

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d
The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Devex @devex.com · 4d
Under the Trump administration, barely any of the nearly $1 billion allocated to global education for fiscal 2025 was used. Could this year be a different story? Advocates sure hope so.
Will the US start funding global education again in 2026?
Will the US start funding global education again in 2026?
www.devex.com

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Lesley Bartlett

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 4d
A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex.

But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
Federal judge orders release of two men in ICE shooting charged with assaulting immigration agents
Defense attorneys cited photos in challenging the government’s account of when the agent fired a shot that wounded the fleeing suspect.
www.startribune.com

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Lesley Bartlett, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

eji.org
Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 4d
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 5d
“Our”

Reposted by Sherry Hamby, Melanie C. Green, Lesley Bartlett , and 2 more

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Bondi accuses Don Lemon of "performing an attack-style infiltration of a church"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.

These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co

Reposted by Steve Peers, David Rothschild, Lesley Bartlett , and 6 more

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.

Reposted by Joshua S. Weitz, Lesley Bartlett

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 5d
The Dilley detention center should be shut down immediately. Because of the close-quarter conditions at Dilley, lack of prompt medical response and capacity, and lack of expertise with diseases such as measles, Dilley is not equipped to combat any spread.

Reposted by David R. Miller, Lesley Bartlett, James Goodwin

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d
Breaking NYT:

Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard met with some of the FBI field agents responsible for the Georgia election office raid.

During the meeting, she called Trump.

Trump addressed the agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising them for their work on the inquiry.
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d
As the House prepares to fight over how much of DHS to shut down, I encourage you to pick your favorite factoid from this @vermontgmg.bsky.social report on CBP/ICE criminality and send it to your MoC.

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co

Reposted by Shibley Telhami, Marc Lynch, Kim L. Scheppele , and 15 more

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d
This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
tonytassell.bsky.social Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 6d
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s www.ft.com/content/092d...
Apollo chief Marc Rowan consulted Epstein on firm’s tax affairs
New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm
www.ft.com