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4/ Shout out to @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social + @tchristianmiller.bsky.social + colleagues for this reporting.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
3/ This is the authoritarian playbook: manufacture a crisis, deploy overwhelming force, & criminalize entire communities.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans…
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2/ ProPublica shows that a midnight operation shattered families & livelihoods & produced nothing to justify the scale of force. The regime promised "criminals" but delivered cruelty.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2/ Miguel’s story reflects the broader reality that entire communities are being denied basic dignity while corporations profit. Movements & lawyers united in resistance can put humanity, not profit back at the center.

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November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"...Lavishing Hegseth’s Pentagon with $32 billion in extra spending will only fuel Trump’s authoritarian agenda.” -@PUBLICCITIZEN

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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM