@caromonsivais.bsky.social
Poet-Historian-Chicanx-Fronteriza/Assistant Professor U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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REP. @crockett.house.gov: “Elon Musk is the real welfare queen.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
REP. @crockett.house.gov: “Elon Musk is the real welfare queen.”
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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78 yr old "Dante" is a UFW member who's worked in CAs vegetable fields for 25 yrs. He'll retire at the end of 2025. "Through my work, I supported my children’s education & provided for my wife. I'm proud that with my hands and effort, I brought food to so many families." #WeFeedYou
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
78 yr old "Dante" is a UFW member who's worked in CAs vegetable fields for 25 yrs. He'll retire at the end of 2025. "Through my work, I supported my children’s education & provided for my wife. I'm proud that with my hands and effort, I brought food to so many families." #WeFeedYou
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NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
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Looking forward to sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving table? Some of them will come thanks to these Kern County farm workers who labor long hours harvesting this yummy treat. #WeFeedYou
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking forward to sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving table? Some of them will come thanks to these Kern County farm workers who labor long hours harvesting this yummy treat. #WeFeedYou
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Texas shows what future water wars could bring, Rachel Monroe writes: “agriculture pitted against industry pitted against municipalities; the wetter parts of the states fighting to protect ‘their’ water from thirsty and fast-growing cities.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NPr1Mi
Texas’s Water Wars
As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Texas shows what future water wars could bring, Rachel Monroe writes: “agriculture pitted against industry pitted against municipalities; the wetter parts of the states fighting to protect ‘their’ water from thirsty and fast-growing cities.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NPr1Mi
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
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Teodoro, from a predominantly Mayan region in Guatemala, is one of hundreds of parents who still have not been reunited with their children after they were separated at the US border under the first Trump administration. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
Podcast: Torn Apart Under Trump Six Years Ago, a Guatemalan Father and Son Still Hope to Reunite
Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the first Trump administration. Hundreds still remain apart. In this episode, we travel to Guatemala…
beta.elfaro.net
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Teodoro, from a predominantly Mayan region in Guatemala, is one of hundreds of parents who still have not been reunited with their children after they were separated at the US border under the first Trump administration. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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The “dual state” theory was invented to describe the Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe the Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
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On September 8, Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans came to an end, leaving more than 50,000 immigrants, who have been in the United States for over two decades, at risk of deportation. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
Podcast: End of TPS Exposes Over 50,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans to Deportation
The end of TPS for Hondurans and Nicaraguans leaves more than 50,000 immigrants at risk of deportation, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court denies provisional parole to publisher Jose Rubén Zamora,…
beta.elfaro.net
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On September 8, Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans came to an end, leaving more than 50,000 immigrants, who have been in the United States for over two decades, at risk of deportation. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
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Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats
Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”
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NEW: Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile.
Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War
Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile.
Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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"You know what? I like free speech so much I’ve decided you can’t use it without my permission. I’ve decided free speech is a collector’s item and it should be kept in mint condition. Let’s be honest: It’s basically an antique."
I Like Free Speech So Much That I’ve Decided It’s Just Mine Now
“President Trump said networks giving him negative coverage may deserve to have their licenses revoked, ramping up threats administration officials...
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"You know what? I like free speech so much I’ve decided you can’t use it without my permission. I’ve decided free speech is a collector’s item and it should be kept in mint condition. Let’s be honest: It’s basically an antique."
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Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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“The state of Texas is only 40 percent white, but white voters control over 73 percent of the state’s congressional seats,” Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, said.
New Texas Election Map Is Racially Biased, Lawsuit Says
Voting-rights advocates are suing, saying Texas Republicans' new congressional maps weaken the electoral influence of Black voters.
buff.ly
August 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“The state of Texas is only 40 percent white, but white voters control over 73 percent of the state’s congressional seats,” Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, said.
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"The oft-mentioned tyranny being opposed by gun owners is really just the sense that the wrong people are encroaching on the privileges and prerogatives of whiteness."
From 2020:
From 2020:
How gun culture and the government fell back in love
Thanks to racism and the war on terror, the two natural allies are walking hand in cold, dead hand again.
www.motherjones.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"The oft-mentioned tyranny being opposed by gun owners is really just the sense that the wrong people are encroaching on the privileges and prerogatives of whiteness."
From 2020:
From 2020:
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Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”
www.motherjones.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
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