Jefferson Beavers
@jeffresno.bsky.social
Chicano/pocho, audiophile, publisher, san joaquín valley born and raised. You can’t spell Jefferson without Fresno.
Fresno, Califas / Yokuts Land
https://jeffersonbeavers.com
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Fresno, Califas / Yokuts Land
https://jeffersonbeavers.com
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
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The FBI is led by MAGA influencers. The fascists have blurred the lines between media, law enforcement, and the government as a whole. And when it comes to an assassination, they use their positions to scapegoat trans people and the left — instead of investigating.
www.jphilll.com/p/maga-inven...
www.jphilll.com/p/maga-inven...
MAGA invents "trans" killer and "left-wing" radicals
State power, law enforcement, and media blur together
www.jphilll.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The FBI is led by MAGA influencers. The fascists have blurred the lines between media, law enforcement, and the government as a whole. And when it comes to an assassination, they use their positions to scapegoat trans people and the left — instead of investigating.
www.jphilll.com/p/maga-inven...
www.jphilll.com/p/maga-inven...
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It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
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It's been a gift to see all of the white people who are publicly defending that man. A true gift. They are offering you an opportunity to clearly identify your antagonists.
September 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's been a gift to see all of the white people who are publicly defending that man. A true gift. They are offering you an opportunity to clearly identify your antagonists.
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Fresnolandia Podcast: Will AI data centers really use up our water?
On this week's Fresnolandia podcast, Danielle and Jordan talk with veteran journalist Lois Henry, the founder and executive editor of SJV Water, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on water in the valley. They talk about the…
On this week's Fresnolandia podcast, Danielle and Jordan talk with veteran journalist Lois Henry, the founder and executive editor of SJV Water, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on water in the valley. They talk about the…
Fresnolandia Podcast: Will AI data centers really use up our water?
On this week's Fresnolandia podcast, Danielle and Jordan talk with veteran journalist Lois Henry, the founder and executive editor of SJV Water, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on water in the valley. They talk about the actual water demand from AI data centers, whether they're really coming for our water, and if we should expect a battle between farmers, water district managers, and the tech giants for water.
fresnoland.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Fresnolandia Podcast: Will AI data centers really use up our water?
On this week's Fresnolandia podcast, Danielle and Jordan talk with veteran journalist Lois Henry, the founder and executive editor of SJV Water, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on water in the valley. They talk about the…
On this week's Fresnolandia podcast, Danielle and Jordan talk with veteran journalist Lois Henry, the founder and executive editor of SJV Water, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on water in the valley. They talk about the…
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The Coast Guard works for ICE now.
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Constantly Using Coast Guard Planes to Move Immigrants
Donald Trump’s deportation henchmen appear to have dramatically increased the use of Coast Guard aircraft to transport immigrants.
www.rollingstone.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Coast Guard works for ICE now.
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Back in May, I reported this story for The Guardian about the incredible role that community colleges play in the lives of immigrant and first generation Latino students—and how the Trump admin’s attacks on higher education pose a grave threat to these students and CC education more broadly:
August 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Back in May, I reported this story for The Guardian about the incredible role that community colleges play in the lives of immigrant and first generation Latino students—and how the Trump admin’s attacks on higher education pose a grave threat to these students and CC education more broadly:
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Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.
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"[M]y principal fear was being deported without my baby ... I don't think I could have survived that."
"[F]or Galvis and her seven-month-old son, the [Sonesta] hotel was not a vacation — it was a jail."
"Private guards contracted by [ICE] stood watch at all times."
"She had no idea when she and her son Naythan [.] would ever get to leave."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"Private guards contracted by [ICE] stood watch at all times."
"She had no idea when she and her son Naythan [.] would ever get to leave."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE Contractor Locked a Mother and Her Baby in a Hotel Room for Five Days
The case raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up deportations
theintercept.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"[M]y principal fear was being deported without my baby ... I don't think I could have survived that."
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When Spanish invaders entered Coca territory in what is today Jalisco, they destroyed Coca foodstuffs and burned our fields.
Then, they forced Christ on us.
Then, they forced Christ on us.
The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples.
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples
An Indigenous scholar explains how starvation was used to acquire the lands of Indigenous peoples. Her great-grandparents experienced ‘starvation winter’ on the Blackfeet reservation.
theconversation.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When Spanish invaders entered Coca territory in what is today Jalisco, they destroyed Coca foodstuffs and burned our fields.
Then, they forced Christ on us.
Then, they forced Christ on us.
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I considered the Department of Homeland Security’s new white nationalist recruitment memes, in the context of the well-documented history of DHS downplaying and disregarding white nationalism and “domestic extremism.” As upsetting as these posts are, it also tracks.
DHS’s Neo-Nazi Memes Show the Agency for What It Is
From the beginning, the Department of Homeland Security has downplayed the threat of white nationalism while focusing its law enforcement power on groups it deems a threat to an imaginary ideal Americ...
newrepublic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I considered the Department of Homeland Security’s new white nationalist recruitment memes, in the context of the well-documented history of DHS downplaying and disregarding white nationalism and “domestic extremism.” As upsetting as these posts are, it also tracks.
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California’s lawmakers love to talk, but these eight barely say a word
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most California lawmakers love to talk, but some hardly say a word. Since the legislative session began in December, the average lawmaker has…
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most California lawmakers love to talk, but some hardly say a word. Since the legislative session began in December, the average lawmaker has…
California’s lawmakers love to talk, but these eight barely say a word
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most California lawmakers love to talk, but some hardly say a word. Since the legislative session began in December, the average lawmaker has spoken for 6.3 hours. But eight lawmakers have talked for around an hour or less – six of them Republicans, who are a superminority in the Legislature, according to a CalMatters Digital Democracy analysis.
fresnoland.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
California’s lawmakers love to talk, but these eight barely say a word
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most California lawmakers love to talk, but some hardly say a word. Since the legislative session began in December, the average lawmaker has…
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most California lawmakers love to talk, but some hardly say a word. Since the legislative session began in December, the average lawmaker has…
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"Kemp’s new book covers...400 societies over 5,000 years...the lessons he has drawn are often striking: people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens."
OFTEN. IMPROVED.
OFTEN. IMPROVED.
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Kemp’s new book covers...400 societies over 5,000 years...the lessons he has drawn are often striking: people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens."
OFTEN. IMPROVED.
OFTEN. IMPROVED.
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In an essay for VF, Rümeysa Öztürk details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent being held in a South Louisiana ICE detention center: “Even God cannot hear us here,” said one woman.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In an essay for VF, Rümeysa Öztürk details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent being held in a South Louisiana ICE detention center: “Even God cannot hear us here,” said one woman.
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
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For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal
Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.
slate.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm
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My latest piece @thenation.com is the loving, heartfelt tribute you've been waiting for: "Real American Scumbag: Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab
In the 1980s, the professional wrestler portrayed himself as an all-American hero—but he was really a “jabroni” the entire time.
www.thenation.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My latest piece @thenation.com is the loving, heartfelt tribute you've been waiting for: "Real American Scumbag: Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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My next book publishes in October. I hope that you’ll consider pre-ordering it: “In Poppy State, California plants serve as structural anchors in a wildly inventive work of narrative nonfiction that is part botanical criticism, part personal storytelling, and part study of place.”
July 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My next book publishes in October. I hope that you’ll consider pre-ordering it: “In Poppy State, California plants serve as structural anchors in a wildly inventive work of narrative nonfiction that is part botanical criticism, part personal storytelling, and part study of place.”
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The Border Patrol El Centro Sector employs five dedicated agents to make what are essentially ICE “fancams” for social media. But they’re not editing in CapCut like most people on TikTok 😳
Reporter @marinamasako.bsky.social shares five key takeaways from watching their social media videos.
Reporter @marinamasako.bsky.social shares five key takeaways from watching their social media videos.
July 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Border Patrol El Centro Sector employs five dedicated agents to make what are essentially ICE “fancams” for social media. But they’re not editing in CapCut like most people on TikTok 😳
Reporter @marinamasako.bsky.social shares five key takeaways from watching their social media videos.
Reporter @marinamasako.bsky.social shares five key takeaways from watching their social media videos.
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