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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈

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Boston Globe opinion columnist and associate editor. Lego nerd. NY Mets fan. Rockfordphile. Occasionally seen & heard. She/Her. OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · Nov 24

Imagine what this nation could be if it uplifted Black women the way Black women uplift democracy.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 10h

Nothing says a nation irredeemably gone to hell like its government kidnapping children and whisking them out of state.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 11h

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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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13h

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 14h

Nor did Trump order that flags be lowered in Officer Rose's memory.

Billie Etchison @sybilte420.bsky.social · 1d

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 20h

Choosing one of the world’s biggest artists to perform for one of the world’s biggest television audiences is "controversial" only to those who believe that anything that refuses to deify America as a white, English-speaking nation is unacceptable. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

MAGA says Bad Bunny isn’t ‘unifying’ enough to perform at the Super Bowl. We know what they really mean. - The Boston Globe

The NFL needs to stand up to right-wing pressure to change the halftime show.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 21h

A reminder as to how much of Trump's power lies in his belief that his supporters are complete idiots.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 21h

Chaka's cover of "Love Has Fallen on Me" is such an underrated gem.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Amen.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

I love duet scenes where both actors are hitting the high notes with ease. Keaton is magnificent.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

#RIPDianeKeaton

The Godfather: Part 2 (4/8) Movie CLIP - It Was an Abortion (1974) HD

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

The young and the messy!

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Without that, I wouldn't have had a dating life in my 20s.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Huh! I'd forgotten about that. Such hypocrites.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

It's like waking up in the upside down, isn't it?

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 1d

Last month Trump said he wanted proof that COVID vaccines are effective. Yesterday, during his "semiannual" physical, Trump received a COVID vaccine as well as a flu shot.

That's because vaccines — which Trump's administration have made harder to get — work.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

So this gargoyle is running the country straight to hell while Trump spends his days mainlining AI slop about Portland in flames.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

Calling someone fascist is violence. Being fascist, according to this fascist administration, not so much...

shalise manza young @shalisemyoung.bsky.social · 2d

don’t call it fascism or naziism though

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

ICE keeps telling and showing us that they'll arrest/detain/brutalize anyone anywhere for any reason (gripping a steering wheel too tight?), but a lot people still aren't convinced that such injustice done to one endangers all.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

Liars. She was arrested because she was a journalist doing her job.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

That Republicans seem willing to destroy this country with a lengthy shutdown should be a clear indication as to just how damning the Epstein files must be for Trump.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 2d

Cruel and cowardly.

Republicans are canceling votes yet again instead of working with Democrats to re-open the government.

They'd rather stay on vacation than stand with families, release the Epstein Files, and address the healthcare crisis they created.

A tweet from a report that reads: Scheduling update is official: Votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14th.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 2d

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”

The Nobel committee didn’t just snub Trump — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado received the peace prize — its announcement gave him the middle finger. Bravo.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

Explain this to me like I’m an extremely pissed off taxpayer.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone with a box set called "Love. God. Murder." is inherently cool.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 3d

Trump's DOJ will do every damn thing except release the Epstein files.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 3d

Trump’s disrespect toward Black women isn’t new — it’s part of a long, ugly pattern that many Black Americans have faced. Shalise Manza Young recounts her perspective.

Trump can growl at Black women, but he can't take our shine

Black women are a force of nature, and like a hurricane, that is why they are feared.

contrarian.substack.com

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