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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 8h

I lived in Newburgh for a time and was deeply moved by the place. This is such a tragedy: 13-year-old arrested on murder charge in 11-year-old boy's death in Newburgh abc7ny.com/post/newburg...

13-year-old arrested on murder charge in 11-year-old boy's death in Newburgh

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and is facing a charge of murder after the death of an 11-year-old boy in Newburgh on Thursday morning.

abc7ny.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h

The thugs are out of control: Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver 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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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h

Anybody to the right of Kim Jong Un is "far right" to them, apparently.

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h

"Far right," @npr.org? Are you guys really this ignorant about what is going on in Venezuela right now?

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal. n.pr/4mWZpMT

Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in 'chaos' under current regime

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18h

Puerto Rico Senate leader Thomas Rivera Schatz seeks to further restrict public's access to official information periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/10/con-...

Con temerario desprecio hacia la verdad

Vivimos un momento histórico en que se menosprecian la ciencia, los datos y la verdad. El libreto de uno de los episodios más recientes de esto que parece una serie de horror, a nivel local, lo escrib...

periodismoinvestigativo.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 19h

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 21h

Cuban protester originally sentenced to 5 years in prison for holding sign calling for release of jailed rapper arrives in Madrid with his mother and 7 year-old son www.14ymedio.com/cuba/llega-m...

Llega a Madrid el preso político cubano Luis Robles, “el joven de la pancarta”

Acompañan al opositor su madre, Yindra Elizastigui, y su hijo, de siete años

www.14ymedio.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 22h

One can hardly imagine what they endured over the last two years, but thank God now they are all home. There are too many - far too many - Palestinians and Israelis who will never be coming home. Let's never do this again, world. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

After 738 days, all living Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza

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www.haaretz.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Haiti police stop new offensive by by criminal coalition Viv Ansanm in Kenscoff above Port-au-Prince lenouvelliste.com/article/2607...

Une offensive de « Viv ansanm » à Kenscoff stoppée par la PNH

La population civile de la commune de Kenscoff a été témoin d’un nouvel affrontement entre des unités spécialisées de la Police nationale d’Haïti (PNH) et des membres de la coalition criminelle « Viv ...

lenouvelliste.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Had to spend part of a Sunday I wanted to devote to reading working on an essay about Venezuela & the Nobel Prize because some people remain, in 2025, reflexively suggestible to the most unsophisticated pro-totalitarian propaganda seeking to erase Venezuelans from the discussion of Venezuela.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE. www.inquirer.com/news/ice-rai...

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

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

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon

On May 22, 2025, the US accused the Sudanese army of using chemical weapons in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. The US presented no evidence to support the allegations, which th...

www.france24.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps it needs to be asked why the hostage families feel that the U.S. cares for and listens to them more than the Israeli government www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

At Hostage Square, Witkoff and Kushner gave Israelis what their own leaders won't: Empathy

Representing Donald Trump at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square on Saturday Evening, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Were Received With a Warm Embrace, While the Mere Mention of Net...

www.haaretz.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

DR Congo Accuses Rwanda-backed M23 Of Hundreds Of Killings In September www.barrons.com/news/drcongo...

DRCongo Accuses M23 Of Hundreds Of Killings In September

The authorities in Kinshasa on Saturday accused anti-government M23 fighters of having committed hundreds of "assassinations and summary executions" last month in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

www.barrons.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

They are no different and no better than low-down kidnappers & predators who target children: Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

It was genuinely shocking to me, especially the lack of response from the editors when I presented them with dated, side-by-side screenshots of the text in question.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

These creatures - one can barely call them people - need to be stopped from treating the citizenry, especially children, in this manner.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 2d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

I am genuinely not sure where Ireland's soft spot for Assadist, tankie filth comes from: Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.

www.rte.ie

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

"This is an administration that looks at the flourishing of city life wherever it may be across the country as a threat to their political agenda." Well said, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

They are doing lots of evil in our midst: Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

If you're more upset about María Corina Machado winning the Nobel Prize than you are about all those - many in the flower of youth - murdered, tortured, jailed, raped & forcibly displaced by Venezuela's homicidal dictatorship, stop pretending you're motivated by human rights b/c you're clearly not.

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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 2d

Another day for our neighbors in AZ-CD7 to go without representation in Congress.

Seat Adelita Grijalva.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

I know, it's really tiresome, and the script never changes whether or not one is talking about Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela etc.

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