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A Houston teenager with autism was reported missing. He was found days later — in federal immigration custody where he remains separated from his family.

Our anti-immigrant policies are putting innocent lives at risk and ripping families apart. This senseless cruelty must end.
Missing Houston teen located at immigration facility, family questions HPD
Teenager Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia, who was reported missing, was located by authorities and is now being held by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, leading to a dispute over whether HPD improperly co...
www.fox26houston.com
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Seems bad. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com
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journaldemontreal.com
«J’ai été sauvée par le système. Ma mère ne serait pas vivante et je n’aurais pas survécu à cette détresse», confie, émue, la députée solidaire aujourd’hui bardée de diplômes.
De l’aide sociale à l’Assemblée nationale: le parcours difficile et extraordinaire d’Alejandra Zaga Mendez
Le filet social et le panier de services québécois ont littéralement sauvé la vie de la députée solidaire.
www.journaldemontreal.com
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by Élisabeth Vallet

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How one borderline can threaten the reconstruction process
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
en.afp.com
AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
Lessons to be learned: consolidate democratic institutions and scientific bodies*before* the shock happens
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 6d
🧵🚨

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
Lessons for the rest of the world. We can see it coming
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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journaldemontreal.com
La Ville de Québec a demandé le 3 octobre la collaboration de la population pour économiser l’eau, «le débit des rivières ayant atteint des niveaux historiquement bas». Un avis qui n’aurait rien de spécial en juillet ou en août, mais qui surprend l’automne.
Les villes sont aussi touchées par la sécheresse, qui rend difficile l’approvisionnement en eau potable
Les précipitations peu abondantes au cours des derniers mois ont des impacts sur de nombreuses municipalités.
www.journaldemontreal.com
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petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Really good piece from Jane Bradley and co at NYT.

Earlier this summer Democracy for Sale revealed how anti abortionists, including ADF, were pumping money into the U.K.

Free Speech Union still hasn’t responded to our queries. Funny that…

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
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washingtonpost.com
Federal officials are bracing for the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown to collide with the U.S. economy this week as missed paychecks and the absence billions of dollars of government services sink in.
The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public
Federal officials are bracing for the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown to collide with the U.S. economy this week as missed paychecks and the absence billions of dollars of government ...
www.washingtonpost.com
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journaldemontreal.com
[OPINION] Nous avons intérêt à tirer leçon de ce qui a mené les États-Unis vers cet abîme démocratique pour éviter d’y tomber aussi! (Laure Waridel)
Protéger notre démocratie, c’est maintenant
Ce qui se passe aux États-Unis devrait faire frémir toute personne attachée à la liberté et à la vérité.
www.journaldemontreal.com
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Andrew Scott, Michelle Everson , and 2 more

henrymance.ft.com
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Martin Tomko, Wendy Pearlman

petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
en.afp.com
AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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by Élisabeth Vallet

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d
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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bambooshooti.bsky.social
#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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motherjones.com
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.
www.motherjones.com
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iceflightmonitor.bsky.social
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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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan , and 23 more

caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
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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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Anna O. Law, Cathy N. Davidson , and 5 more

victorerikray.bsky.social
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.
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Stephen M. Walt, Kim L. Scheppele , and 2 more

jfallows.bsky.social
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.
www.harvardmagazine.com
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Steven Heydemann, Robert C. Richards , and 3 more

marisakabas.bsky.social
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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timesca.com
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
ow.ly
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liberation.fr
🌍 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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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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
www.theguardian.com
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by Christina Pagel — Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop , and 20 more

chrischirp.bsky.social
🧵🚨

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

dearsarah.bsky.social
😖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...
www.latimes.com
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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
LAST WEEK - deadline oct. 15, 2025
Call for papers – Fez Agenda for Border Studies II
International Conference - Fez, Morocco | 18-21 May 2026
 
colloquemurs.uqam.ca/en/borders-a...
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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
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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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
#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.
www.404media.co
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by Élisabeth Vallet

elisabethvallet.bsky.social
ceci.
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.
apnews.com
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Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, Dominique Bourg

mediapart.fr
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.
l.mediapart.fr
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