Jim McKeever
@chingaelmuro.bsky.social
Humanitarian activist and border volunteer in solidarity with human beings fleeing harm. Pissed-off grandfather.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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ICE says it doesn’t deport families — rather, it deports parents who choose to take their children with them. Nice try.
‘We’re fighting physical violence with paper’
Another family separated by ICE. Cruelty for cruelty's sake.
borderhumanity.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ICE says it doesn’t deport families — rather, it deports parents who choose to take their children with them. Nice try.
"So … the government says, let’s see if we can ramp up the cruelty in that category, too."
'Do not be discouraged. You are not forgotten'
Those words sent to an ICE detainee didn't reach her on the first try.
borderhumanity.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"So … the government says, let’s see if we can ramp up the cruelty in that category, too."
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On those new Trump tariffs: I don't think people realize how narrow they are. They're ugly and stupid, but also arguably an attempt to save face after he lost his nerve on broad tariffs
February 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
On those new Trump tariffs: I don't think people realize how narrow they are. They're ugly and stupid, but also arguably an attempt to save face after he lost his nerve on broad tariffs
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Kate, who is a fantastic imm/border reporter herself, spoke to some of us and did a postmortem on what went wrong with imm coverage under Biden:
I stepped a little out of my comfort zone to write a piece about media coverage of my beat during the Biden administration for @objectivejournos.bsky.social (thanks to @tanvi.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social, @aurabogado.bsky.social for talking with me!) 1
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Cover migrants as people, not political props
During the Biden administration, reporters’ assumptions about immigrants impeded nuanced coverage about migrant and border policy.
objectivejournalism.org
January 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Kate, who is a fantastic imm/border reporter herself, spoke to some of us and did a postmortem on what went wrong with imm coverage under Biden:
"People are very fearful of what's coming, and rightfully so, for sure. I think we all are preparing for the worst. The times merit a response that is worthy of all our attention." -- Devi Machete.
Together, we can stop anything they throw at us
A Tijuana activist's strategies to fight for a better world in the time of Trump
borderhumanity.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"People are very fearful of what's coming, and rightfully so, for sure. I think we all are preparing for the worst. The times merit a response that is worthy of all our attention." -- Devi Machete.
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"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
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Wake-up call: six ways to change your attitude to insomnia
Wake-up call: six ways to change your attitude to insomnia
Waking up at night is natural and even beneficial, so we should embrace insomnia and learn to enjoy it
Sleep: we know it feels good, we know it’s necessary. But the deluge of guidance, whether from well-meaning sleep scientists or bio-hackers on TikTok,…
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wake-up call: six ways to change your attitude to insomnia
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I'll keep emphasizing this until it passes, but the Laken Riley Act does more than just create a new ground of mandatory detention, it also creates a sweeping state AG enforcement authority to seek federal court orders that could reshape the system in favor of Ken Paxton and the 5th Circuit's whims.
The 48 House Democrats who voted alongside all 216 Republicans to enable the detention of undocumented immigrants who are arrested (*not necessarily convicted*) for things like shoplifting:
January 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'll keep emphasizing this until it passes, but the Laken Riley Act does more than just create a new ground of mandatory detention, it also creates a sweeping state AG enforcement authority to seek federal court orders that could reshape the system in favor of Ken Paxton and the 5th Circuit's whims.
We have a couple of options as we deal with the emboldened “patriots” and their hate, racism and xenophobia. One approach is "in your face." The other is more diplomatic.
We have two questions for the haters
One is blunt, the other is kind. Both could be effective.
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December 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM
We have a couple of options as we deal with the emboldened “patriots” and their hate, racism and xenophobia. One approach is "in your face." The other is more diplomatic.
Yes, the U.S. deports its veterans. Unified U.S. Deported Veterans-Resource Center in #Tijuana helps bring them back through often long legal battles. President Joe #Biden could make it a lot easier with pardons.
Deported veterans seek pardons from Biden
“I felt like I was treated like trash, like not wanted, you know, used.”
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December 7, 2024 at 2:06 PM
"Trump supporters who are paying attention to his post-election actions should be experiencing the sinking feeling that they were the 'mark' in Trump's con game. ... The painful epiphany that they have been duped is inevitable." -- Robert Hubbell.
A self-limiting virus
December 7, 2024
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December 7, 2024 at 10:04 AM
"Trump supporters who are paying attention to his post-election actions should be experiencing the sinking feeling that they were the 'mark' in Trump's con game. ... The painful epiphany that they have been duped is inevitable." -- Robert Hubbell.
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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The surge in private prison stocks since Trump’s reelection highlights a stark truth: these companies' bottom line is tied directly to the expansion of mass immigrant detention.
What Trump’s Victory Means for the Private Prison Industry
The two largest companies that manage detention centers and correctional facilities are poised to profit from aggressive immigration policies.
www.brennancenter.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
The surge in private prison stocks since Trump’s reelection highlights a stark truth: these companies' bottom line is tied directly to the expansion of mass immigrant detention.
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Interesting use of the word "collided."
Is it used to remove responsibility and intention from the agent driving his vehicle towards the person in front of him?
How do you read this?
Is it used to remove responsibility and intention from the agent driving his vehicle towards the person in front of him?
How do you read this?
December 4, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Interesting use of the word "collided."
Is it used to remove responsibility and intention from the agent driving his vehicle towards the person in front of him?
How do you read this?
Is it used to remove responsibility and intention from the agent driving his vehicle towards the person in front of him?
How do you read this?
Documentary on MSNBC this Saturday. The evil past is prelude, unfortunately. -- “There have been miserable policies towards immigrants from probably every administration, the first Bush on through to Donald Trump. But none of those administrations felt the need to do what he did..."
‘Harm to children was part of the point’: a harrowing film on US family separations
Errol Morris’s bleak documentary Separated has gained in relevance since it premiered with more ‘state-created orphans’ to come under a second Trump administration
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Documentary on MSNBC this Saturday. The evil past is prelude, unfortunately. -- “There have been miserable policies towards immigrants from probably every administration, the first Bush on through to Donald Trump. But none of those administrations felt the need to do what he did..."
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I’m seeing a lot of… interesting things on Bluesky about immigration. If you’ve reported on this long enough, it can start to feel like Groundhog Day—like with each administration, we’re starting over from scratch.
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I’m seeing a lot of… interesting things on Bluesky about immigration. If you’ve reported on this long enough, it can start to feel like Groundhog Day—like with each administration, we’re starting over from scratch.
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Deporting all 13M undocumented immigrants in the U.S. isn’t just inhumane—it’s economically disastrous. A mass deportation could cost at least $315B, with longer-term efforts nearing $1T.
This excludes massive infrastructure needs & $105B lost in annual taxes. More: theintercept.com/2024/11/19/t...
This excludes massive infrastructure needs & $105B lost in annual taxes. More: theintercept.com/2024/11/19/t...
“Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Officials on Trump’s Military Deportation Plan
Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out.
theintercept.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Deporting all 13M undocumented immigrants in the U.S. isn’t just inhumane—it’s economically disastrous. A mass deportation could cost at least $315B, with longer-term efforts nearing $1T.
This excludes massive infrastructure needs & $105B lost in annual taxes. More: theintercept.com/2024/11/19/t...
This excludes massive infrastructure needs & $105B lost in annual taxes. More: theintercept.com/2024/11/19/t...
“These were items people carried with them until the bitter end, only to have them taken away,” he said. “What did that accomplish? It was punitive and dehumanizing.” www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/a...
Documenting the Stories of Migrants Detained at the Border
While working as a janitor at a U.S. customs station in Arizona, the artist Tom Kiefer photographed confiscated items, from rosary beads to wallets to love letters.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
“These were items people carried with them until the bitter end, only to have them taken away,” he said. “What did that accomplish? It was punitive and dehumanizing.” www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/a...
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RFK Jr is an extraordinarily dangerous man, with a body count in Samoa, and any reporter who just calls him “a vaccine skeptic” is doing the world a profound disservice.
November 16, 2024 at 2:54 PM
RFK Jr is an extraordinarily dangerous man, with a body count in Samoa, and any reporter who just calls him “a vaccine skeptic” is doing the world a profound disservice.
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