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James North

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Covering the Global South for 50 years. Wrote “Freedom Rising,” about apartheid South Africa. Bylines @thenation.com, @newrepublic.com, @truthdig.com. Editor @Mondoweiss.net. Reporting about Trump's assault on #immigrants.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · May 9

The Trump administration has already sentenced tens of thousands of #Africans to death by cutting the #PEPFAR program. But the mainstream U.S. media is largely ignoring the crisis. My article @newrepublic.com. @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @timlongman.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1947...

The Trump Atrocity Happening in Plain Sight on the Media’s Watch

The president’s demolition of the lifesaving Bush-era HIV/AIDS program will kill tens of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Why does nobody care?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

Again, this is not what needs to be done. "Why are you breaking the law & violating the Constitution & your oath of office?" is the question. When he doesn't answer it, the next journalist needs to ask it, & then the next one, & the one after that. Stop giving him & John Thune free passes every day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 9h

The real problem with journalism today, the artificial fair and balanced ethos that Fox introduced, on full display at NPR.

“Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent.”

That headline should read “ICE tactics are growing more violent.”

It is not conjecture, it is not an opinion, it is fact.

NPR @npr.org · 11h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago never disappoints 💪🏽😂

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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 1d

Now playing at an airport near you. Kristi Noem’s TSA propaganda video. Watch till the end.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 1d

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney redux

James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 1d

Fugitive slave patrols. 1850s. Northern states.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

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...

James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 2d

Trump isn't "blowing up boats." He's "murdering" or "assassinating" people without due process.
Were the editors off duty at the #NYTimes? Or don't #Venezuelans count as "people?"

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 4d

Some patients are opting to give birth at home with the help of midwives because of the possible presence of ICE at hospitals.

Ice Fears Put Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies at Risk - Truthdig

Fear of deportation is deterring pregnant immigrants from seeking critical care. Doctors are worried for their health.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

Same here.

James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

Extraordinary bias in the #NYTimes. #Israelis held captive are "hostages." But #Palestinians, most of whom have never been put on trial, are called "prisoners."
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 5d

Mark Bray—a Rutgers professor—is trying to leave America for Europe because he’s getting MAGA death threats and he’s being stopped because he wrote a book about antifa during Trump 1.0. This is so fucked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 5d

Nazi stormtroopers in Halloween costumes.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d

Truly excellent new piece by Lincoln Caplan in @harvardmagazine.bsky.social on John Roberts, seen in full.

Careful, meticulous, devastating case on how "institutionalist" has enabled destruction of crucial institutions. Including his now discredited court.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

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Their outcomes, along with the Court’s actions in the last few years, carry the seeds of American tragedy. Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president. The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy. The chief justice, attempting to thread the needle between principle and practicality, has opened the door to the possibility of the ultimate constitutional crisis: a president’s outright defiance of the Supreme Court.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 9d

#ICE: Nazi stormtroopers in Halloween costumes.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 7d

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’

Allies of President Nicolás Maduro vow to resist any military intervention but experts suspect Venezuela’s leaders were rattled by Trump’s decision to bomb Iran

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 6d

I gifted the article. Can we please do that first.

mk2005.bsky.social @mk2005.bsky.social · 6d

Will they uphold the Constitution against a lawless Commander in Chief?

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Paul Paz y Miño @paulpaz.bsky.social · 7d

"Across the Amazon, environmental defenders are frequently targeted — Colombia has led the world in killings for several years, while Peru also ranks among the most dangerous places to speak out against illegal mining and logging." - @sjgrattan.bsky.social

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Gold demand puts Peru's Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people across the region.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 7d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 7d

Micah Sifry has a new book from the inside of the Israeli peace movement of 50 years ago, before a lot of water under the bridge and Palestinian deaths micahsifry.com/books/whendo...

When Doves Try: Israel’s Peace Now Movement 1978-1983

When Doves Try: Israel’s Peace Now Movement 1978-1983 tells the story of how a handful of young Israeli reserve officers helped ignite the country’s largest grassroots peace movement. In 1978, their o...

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 9d

This #NYTimes headline is beyond belief.
#GazaGenocide

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 8d

Will Trump deploy the 82nd Airborne to Portland? Previous 82nd leaders include giants like Omar Bradley. Will the 82nd's current commander, Major General Brandon Tegtmeyer, obey what might be an unlawful order? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/us-military-portland-oregon-trump-administration

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 8d

Saturday Market unfolded as usual; 9,000 people ran the Portland Marathon; the Thorns beat Bay FC 2-1 and Powell's was jammed full of readers sipping kombucha. Oh, yeh--ICE personnel sent two 84-year-olds to the hospital after beating them to the ground. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion

A report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

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