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Elisabeth Vallet
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Border scholar Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦 Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand @UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social Chroni. @LeDevoir.com #borders & #borderwalls In english & en français (views are my own) .. more

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · Mar 5
No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12h
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 31 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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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 10h
#ResistanceRoots
#NationalHispanicHeritageMonth

On May 6, 1937, more than 5,000 mostly Latina women marched in Ybor City and downtown Tampa, Fla., to protest fascism in Spain and around the world. The Antifascist Women’s March was one of the largest demonstrations led by Latinas in U.S. history. /1
Screen shot from a grainy film of the Antifascist Women's March. Film posted on YouTube by the City of Tampa.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h
Far-right parties in Belgium call for "antifa" bans.

The UK's Reform Party is adopting policy positions that are a “copy and paste” of Trump’s.

The American flag is a symbol for Brazil's far-right.

As Trump tears apart the US, experts worry that other countries may dismantle themselves too.
Is America contagious?
Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.
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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 10h
An ICE deportation flight (OAE3710) just departed Baltimore, MD for Accra, Ghana. It originated from Phoenix, AZ, and stopped in El Paso, TX before landing in Baltimore. ICE Flight Monitor is actively monitoring and will update here.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12h
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 31 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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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 21h
Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d
Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com · 2d
The latest from our Jonathan Campion the Little Bustard makes a comeback in Kyrgyzstan with nearly 1,900 nesting birds after being nationally extinct 20 years ago https://ow.ly/BpXn50X9QPI #LittleBustard #KyrgyzWildlife #BirdConservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRecovery
Once Lost from Kyrgyzstan, Little Bustard Population Soars in Northern Valleys - The Times Of Central Asia
The Little Bustard, a pheasant-sized bird native to Asia and southern Europe, has reached a nesting population of around 1,900 individuals in Kyrgyzstan this
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Libération @liberation.fr · 3d
🌍 Liste rouge de l’UICN : si les tortues vertes se portent mieux, les phoques de l’Arctique se rapprochent de l’extinction

La liste des espèces menacées, actualisée ce vendredi, dresse un tableau sombre tout en pointant le succès de politiques de conservation ⤵️
Liste rouge de l’UICN : si les tortues vertes se portent mieux, les phoques de l’Arctique se rapprochent de l’extinction
La liste des espèces menacées de l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, actualisée ce vendredi 10 octobre, dresse un tableau sombre tout en pointant le succès de politiques de conservation.
www.liberation.fr
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d
Truly a man of peace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 5d
😖LA is trying to overturn a federal injunction barring LAPD from using crowd control weapons & “less lethal” munitions against journalists & nonviolent protesters www.latimes.com/california/s... Dear @cityattorneyla.bsky.social, please protect our safety & our rights—& drop both of these cases!
City seeks to overturn judge's order limiting LAPD use of crowd control weapons
The move comes less than a month after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction over allegations that LAPD officers used excessive force against members of the press covering protests against the...
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 5d
LAST WEEK - deadline oct. 15, 2025
Call for papers – Fez Agenda for Border Studies II
International Conference - Fez, Morocco | 18-21 May 2026
 
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 8d
faque #toldya
Trump Is No Longer Denying Support for Project 2025
The President has changed his tune on the conservative policy plan after actively distancing himself from it in the past.
time.com
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 10d
#withoutawarrant prise 25
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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 10d
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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 10d
Sarkozy condamné : « Une semaine de désinformation folle »

Par À l’air libre
Sarkozy condamné : « Une semaine de désinformation folle »
Depuis une semaine, éditorialistes, commentateurs et même certains journalistes dépeignent l’ancien président en victime. En oubliant le fond de l’affaire. « À l’air libre » avec Fabrice Arfi et Yunnes Abzouz de Mediapart, Marine Babonneau du « Canard enchaîné » et le chercheur Nicolas Kaciaf.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 10d
Trump admin targets judge over wife's 'numerous critical statements'
Trump admin targets judge over wife's 'numerous critical statements'
President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice are targeting the Oregon judge set to seek an emergency order to stop the president's deployment of troops to Portland, with the administration filing a "suggestion of recusal" Thursday to force the federal judge to recuse himself from the case ov...
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Amarie @humanwolf.bsky.social · 10d
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As trump denies #ClimateChange as a “ hoax”climate change is demanding that the US Military MUST ADAPT🔥💥🔥
#ClimateDenialWontWork
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#ResistanceEarth
#OV1
Climate Change on the Frontlines: How the U.S. Military is Adapting - Climate Fact Checks
It’s almost ironic: on one side, President Donald Trump continues to downplay or deny the threat of climate change, while on the other, the U.S. military is facing the very real consequences of a warm...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d
Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d
On se souviendra, pour notre propre gouverne, qu’il faut à peine 8 mois, moins d’une année à une démocratie pour sombrer. L’ennemi de l’intérieur est le point de bascule.
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NPR @npr.org · 12d
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
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NPR @npr.org · 12d
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13d
European leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief today as Moldova remained on its pro-EU path in a high-stakes parliamentary election marred by Russian influence operations.
EU grins, Russia grouses after pro-Europe forces win Moldovan election
“Moldova, you’ve done it again. No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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Lénaïg Bredoux @lenabred.bsky.social · 14d
Jugement Sarkozy : la piteuse diversion contre Mediapart.

14 ans d’enquêtes, 14 ans de calomnies et d’injures à l’égard de notre journal.

Cette fois, cette fois encore, la justice est passée. Il faut pas céder à cette opération de diversion.

(En accès libre)

blogs.mediapart.fr/la-redaction...
Jugement Sarkozy : la piteuse diversion contre Mediapart
Depuis l’annonce de la condamnation à cinq ans de prison ferme avec mandat de dépôt différé de Nicolas Sarkozy, l’ancien président de la République et ce qu’il lui reste de proches multiplient les at…
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 14d
No will, no way.
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De Morgen @demorgen.be · 14d
Na een nieuwe golf van Russische uitlokkingen in West-Europa – luchtruimschendingen, intimidatie, mysterieuze drones – klinkt de roep om terug te slaan steeds luider. Maar zéggen dat je militair vergeldt, betekent ook dat je het moet doen. Is die bereidheid er wel?
Schaduwoorlog met Rusland komt in een hachelijke fase: ‘De handschoenen mogen uit’
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 14d
Et omettre l'éléphant dans la pièce 🦄
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Libération @liberation.fr · 14d
Mondiaux de cyclisme : Pogacar encore roi au Rwanda

Même type de parcours, même scénario : l’imbattable Slovène a remporté ce dimanche son second titre mondial d’affilée, un an après une démonstration du même acabit en Suisse
Mondiaux de cyclisme : Pogacar encore roi au Rwanda
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Libération @liberation.fr · 14d
Mondiaux de cyclisme : Pogacar encore roi au Rwanda

Même type de parcours, même scénario : l’imbattable Slovène a remporté ce dimanche son second titre mondial d’affilée, un an après une démonstration du même acabit en Suisse
Mondiaux de cyclisme : Pogacar encore roi au Rwanda
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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 14d
A Labour peer who fled the Nazis as a child has pleaded with the Government to rip up rules he warns are pulling Gazan families apart.
Labour peer who escaped Nazis as a child makes Gaza 'splitting up families' plea
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De Morgen @demorgen.be · 14d
Na een nieuwe golf van Russische uitlokkingen in West-Europa – luchtruimschendingen, intimidatie, mysterieuze drones – klinkt de roep om terug te slaan steeds luider. Maar zéggen dat je militair vergeldt, betekent ook dat je het moet doen. Is die bereidheid er wel?
Schaduwoorlog met Rusland komt in een hachelijke fase: ‘De handschoenen mogen uit’
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 16d
“There are many living witnesses to what happened,” Mastromonaco says. “But it’s either not broadly acknowledged or it’s trivialized, perceived as anecdotal and insignificant. But it wasn’t anecdotal, and it wasn’t insignificant.” @thewalrus.ca
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Were Immigrant Kids Barred from Quebec’s French Catholic Schools? | The Walrus
Former students say yes, historians say no. A new investigation is forcing the province to confront its past
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