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Steve Marble
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Editor at Capital & Main, x L.A. Times editor | shared in 2011 Pulitzer | aging surfer | helpless Dodger fan| opinions are my own
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Photos, Video, Protests — Homeland Security Tightens Rule on Anti-ICE Activities
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November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like it.’ Aggressive ICE Raids Led One Man to Ask: Should I Self-Deport? @jeremotographs.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/ive-never-se...
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Some people in ICE custody are being strip searched following in-person visits with their loved ones.

Other detainees have opted out of in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

By @bgirledukate.bsky.social:
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People in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches After Visits With Loved Ones
Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don't want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The latest from @aaroncantu.bsky.social
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Oct 2
California has nearly 300 data centers running around-the-clock power to run AI models like ChatGPT.

But by 2030, data centers in the state could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of Los Angeles to the grid.

Story by @aaroncantu.bsky.social

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The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The latest from Kate Morrissey
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Sep 23
Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers.

One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers
One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Latest from @jfern.bsky.social
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Sep 22
In May, New Mexico’s water quality commission issued a rule that banned fossil fuel wastewater from being used outside oilfield work and testing.

Emails now show that Gov. Lujan Grisham may have pushed the commission to overturn the ruling.

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New Mexico Governor Puts Finger on Scale in Oilfield Wastewater Vote
Gov. Lujan Grisham appears to push commission to overturn its recent ruling barring the use of produced water outside the oilfield.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The latest from @jfern.bsky.social
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Sep 15
Across the U.S., oil well operators declare bankruptcy and abandon highly contaminated and dilapidated facilities for state and federal agencies to clean up.

Such cleanup could cost New Mexico taxpayers $1.6 billion in the coming years.

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New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings
After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Trump’s campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, and it's hurting businesses in California.

One restaurant owner says sales have dropped by 30%-40% because immigrant customers fear leaving their homes, reports @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Raids Push Workers Into the Shadows, Disrupting the Economy
Trump's campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, hurting businesses and eroding workers’ rights.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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President Trump's flurry of actions — from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs — are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

By @jessicagoodheart.bsky.social

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Trump’s Policies Are Adding Up to a Hostile Work Environment
A flurry of actions, from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs, are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Self-deport or remain locked up in crowded detention centers?

With a promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home, ICE is pressuring detained immigrants to give up their asylum cases and leave the U.S.

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ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up.
A promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home tempts many who've grown weary of being locked up in crowded detention centers.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The lates from @cerisecastle.bsky.social‬
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 1
At least 9 U.S. citizens have been taken into the custody of agents with ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection after observing or protesting near immigration raids in the LA area.

@cerisecastle.bsky.social reports.

#ICEraids #ICE #Immigration #LosAngeles #LocalNews
August 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is a gift basket of conservative dreams bundled in one legislative act. But how will the bill affect oil and gas development, particularly in New Mexico?

@jfern.bsky.social discusses the bill with Kyle Tisdel @westernlaw.org:

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The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage
Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president's energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”
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July 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Trump Administration Moves to Cut Vital Petrochemical Watchdog, Putting Texans and Others at Risk - @Ellevarela capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...
July 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The latest from @bgirledukate
July 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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latest from @jerryredfern
July 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Trump’s proposed changes to FEMA & feud w/ Gov. Gavin Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response – leaving the state w/ a shortfall of emergency response resources that could cause an “apocalyptic scenario” for disaster victims.

@jeremotographs.bsky.social reports w/ @propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Latest from @bgirledukate
capitalandmain.bsky.social Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 8
In a video appearance with an immigration judge, a detainee pulled out a jar of bright red blood and set it on the table in front of him. Many of the people in the courtroom gasped in unison.

“I have cancer. This is the blood I’ve lost today.”

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With a Jar of Blood as Evidence, Detained Man Tells Immigration Judge ‘I am Dying Little by Little’
Judge denies bond for Guatemalan man worried about colon cancer as his condition appears to have grown worse in recent court hearings.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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The presence of ICE in Los Angeles has put the city on edge.

Now, once a week, volunteers patrol the streets across L.A., keeping watch with the aim of alerting the community to any #ICE operations.

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Trained Volunteers Patrol L.A. Streets as ICE Raids Intensify
Neighborhood groups monitor immigration enforcement amid rising fear and federal scrutiny.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Since Trump’s reelection, the @nytimes.com and other news orgs, including @apnews.com and the @washingtonpost.com seem to have backed off from questioning his mental health — even though Trump’s statements have only become more dissociative and harder to follow.

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Sanewashing the President
Since his return, newsrooms have downplayed Trump’s decline, helping normalize a presidency defined by incoherence, paranoia, and cruelty.
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June 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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latest from @markkreidler
June 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration.

The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.

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Attacks on Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival in Danger
The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration. The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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“Our forests are at a dire risk. That is part of climate change. That is daunting to think about."

A warming climate — fueled in part by New Mexico's oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder, reports @jfern.bsky.social

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New Mexico’s Governor Declares Drought Emergency. Sort Of.
A warming climate — fueled in part by the state’s oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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In 2020, a Congressional oversight committee found that widespread failure to provide necessary medical care contributed to ICE detainee deaths.

At least six people have died in ICE custody since President Trump took office, per the @aila.org.

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Detained Man Says ICE Isn’t Treating His Colon Cancer
The Guatemalan man told officials that he had colon cancer when he first arrived at Otay Mesa Detention Center, according to his medical records.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility are all jammed in a town of 35,000.

The community of Chester, Pennsylvania, has twice the asthma rate of the rest of the state, and the highest rate of infant mortality in the state.

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Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.
A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility all jammed in a town of 35,000. “Our children literally cannot breathe.”
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June 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM