@ameliamontes.bsky.social
Writer/Professor/Chair/Fulbright Scholar in The Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
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What else needs to be said?
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What else needs to be said?
A sublime evening celebrating with Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste on _The Book of Alchemy_ book tour at The Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. An exquisite evening of reading, conversation and song. Thank you Suleika and Jon!
May 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A sublime evening celebrating with Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste on _The Book of Alchemy_ book tour at The Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. An exquisite evening of reading, conversation and song. Thank you Suleika and Jon!
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
A fabulous day having author Reyna Grande zoom into my class today to discuss her memoir _The Distance Between Us_. Such an important class at this moment in history. Thank you Reyna. Thank you students!
April 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
A fabulous day having author Reyna Grande zoom into my class today to discuss her memoir _The Distance Between Us_. Such an important class at this moment in history. Thank you Reyna. Thank you students!
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The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
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Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
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"From Canada and Panama to Gaza, Greenland, and Ukraine (the list grows daily), the world seems stuck on an American ship bent on avenging the president’s wounded psyche."
blog.oup.com/2025/02/moby...
blog.oup.com/2025/02/moby...
Moby-Dick and the United States of Aggrievement
Like the white whale itself, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851) seems ubiquitous across time. For nearly a century, readers have turned to Captain Ahab’s search for the whale that took his leg to unde...
blog.oup.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"From Canada and Panama to Gaza, Greenland, and Ukraine (the list grows daily), the world seems stuck on an American ship bent on avenging the president’s wounded psyche."
blog.oup.com/2025/02/moby...
blog.oup.com/2025/02/moby...
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here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
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British actress Tilda Swinton spoke at the Berlin Film Festival, condemning “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder.”
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
British actress Tilda Swinton spoke at the Berlin Film Festival, condemning “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder.”
Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
Opinion | Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump
No nominee — not Kennedy, not Gabbard — is a provocateur too far for Senate Republicans.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
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When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.
The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.
The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The felons first week in office & Project 2025......
January 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The felons first week in office & Project 2025......
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I was too nervous to tell anyone that I was going to be live this morning on Velshi. Gracias Ali Velshi and MSNBC for inviting me to be in conversation about these times we are in, especially in the Valley
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Consequences’ by Manuel Muñoz
Broken into ten short stories, “The Consequences” takes place in California’s Central Valley in the 1980s. The frank stories depict Mexican and Mexican American laborers, their families, their enemies...
www.msnbc.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was too nervous to tell anyone that I was going to be live this morning on Velshi. Gracias Ali Velshi and MSNBC for inviting me to be in conversation about these times we are in, especially in the Valley
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Vet and Boricuas racially profiled. If you don’t “look” white make sure you carry proof of citizenship. Get a passport card. Don’t let them in without warrants.
January 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Vet and Boricuas racially profiled. If you don’t “look” white make sure you carry proof of citizenship. Get a passport card. Don’t let them in without warrants.
