Danny Rivero
@danielrivero.bsky.social
I like digging up dirt, figuratively and literally. Public radio in Miami. 🇨🇺🇺🇸. Pro-Puerto Rico.🏴
Book : https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-freedom-inside-florida-s-decades-long-voting-rights-battle-daniel-rivero/8af38ae9a3cf11c4?ean=9780813081168&next=t
Book : https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-freedom-inside-florida-s-decades-long-voting-rights-battle-daniel-rivero/8af38ae9a3cf11c4?ean=9780813081168&next=t
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Danny Rivero
@danielrivero.bsky.social
· Apr 26
I have a book coming out in October about Florida's decades long battle for voting rights for people with felony convictions
It's an extremely hopeful but ultimately infuriating saga that I reported for years.
Preorder your copy today for Independent Bookshop Day.
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
It's an extremely hopeful but ultimately infuriating saga that I reported for years.
Preorder your copy today for Independent Bookshop Day.
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
We need to emphasize here that the school refused to sue or do anything about this. It was only the action of faculty groups and unions that brought this to court.. and won.
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
We need to emphasize here that the school refused to sue or do anything about this. It was only the action of faculty groups and unions that brought this to court.. and won.
NEW:
Chapters deleted, sections added: Florida's new sociology textbook is 'stop-gap,' says professor
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Chapters deleted, sections added: Florida's new sociology textbook is 'stop-gap,' says professor
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Chapters deleted, sections added: Florida's new sociology textbook is 'stop-gap,' says professor
The controversial new Introduction to Sociology textbook, created by the state of Florida to meet its new academic restrictions, is missing entire chapters like Race and Ethnicity, Global Inequality a...
www.wlrn.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
NEW:
Chapters deleted, sections added: Florida's new sociology textbook is 'stop-gap,' says professor
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Chapters deleted, sections added: Florida's new sociology textbook is 'stop-gap,' says professor
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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"But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism."
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
www.insidehighered.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism."
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Oh man but it really did... I'll be a little happier when Tower is back. I should connect you with a high school intern via DASH we have who's a filmmaker and also interested in doing reporting on film
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Oh man but it really did... I'll be a little happier when Tower is back. I should connect you with a high school intern via DASH we have who's a filmmaker and also interested in doing reporting on film
Thanks for these!
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Thanks for these!
Here's that report - issued in 2019
www.state.gov/cuba-interne...
www.state.gov/cuba-interne...
Cuba Internet Task Force: Final Report - United States Department of State
The June 16, 2017, National Security Presidential Memorandum-5 “Strengthening the Policy of the United States toward Cuba,” (NSPM-5) directed the Secretary of State to convene a task force to examine ...
www.state.gov
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Here's that report - issued in 2019
www.state.gov/cuba-interne...
www.state.gov/cuba-interne...
So Chinese tech gets a foothold instead. Local tech startups can't get on major servers/ services because they are based on the island. Overcompliance.
To illustrate how far it goes - Venmo a friend a few bucks for a "Cuban sandwich." Venmo will block the transaction in fear of violating sanctions.
To illustrate how far it goes - Venmo a friend a few bucks for a "Cuban sandwich." Venmo will block the transaction in fear of violating sanctions.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
So Chinese tech gets a foothold instead. Local tech startups can't get on major servers/ services because they are based on the island. Overcompliance.
To illustrate how far it goes - Venmo a friend a few bucks for a "Cuban sandwich." Venmo will block the transaction in fear of violating sanctions.
To illustrate how far it goes - Venmo a friend a few bucks for a "Cuban sandwich." Venmo will block the transaction in fear of violating sanctions.
If you look up the Cuba Internet Task Force from the first Trump Administration it says specifically and unambiguously that the US has impeded the growth of tech infrastructure on the island, which is self-defeating even for a regime change agenda. Google and others can't get in there.
This is how far the U.S. has gone to make Cubans suffer. It spent billions to ensure global connectivity didn't reach them. If not for Cuba's neighbors like Jamaica & Venezuela, the Internet wouldn't exist in Cuba. No one has suppressed the Cuban people more than the U.S.
www.submarinecablemap.com
www.submarinecablemap.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
If you look up the Cuba Internet Task Force from the first Trump Administration it says specifically and unambiguously that the US has impeded the growth of tech infrastructure on the island, which is self-defeating even for a regime change agenda. Google and others can't get in there.
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This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
Listen one of my best friends is from Suriname someone's gotta say it
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Listen one of my best friends is from Suriname someone's gotta say it
In June, PROMESA, the board signed into law by Obama that effectively controls everything in Puerto Rico, will hit its 10-yr anniversary.
Last year Trump effectively fired all but one board member so now there's no public meetings and it's just an empty vessel of creditors while blackouts continue.
Last year Trump effectively fired all but one board member so now there's no public meetings and it's just an empty vessel of creditors while blackouts continue.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 AM
In June, PROMESA, the board signed into law by Obama that effectively controls everything in Puerto Rico, will hit its 10-yr anniversary.
Last year Trump effectively fired all but one board member so now there's no public meetings and it's just an empty vessel of creditors while blackouts continue.
Last year Trump effectively fired all but one board member so now there's no public meetings and it's just an empty vessel of creditors while blackouts continue.
Hate to be that guy but I'm feeling feisty: he left out Suriname and France (French Guyana is a province of France)
Benito said "God Bless America," and then proceeded to name every country in South and North America.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Hate to be that guy but I'm feeling feisty: he left out Suriname and France (French Guyana is a province of France)
Great paper that cites some of my reporting
Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state - Volume 57 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Great paper that cites some of my reporting
This is America
“god bless America” meaning the continents of North and South America is going to give the worst people alive a collective aneurysm :)
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
This is America
Qué orgullo me dió ese conejito malo
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Qué orgullo me dió ese conejito malo
It takes a spectacular brand of stupid to mess this up so badly
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
It takes a spectacular brand of stupid to mess this up so badly
This is.. correct? The US was founded on very high minded, egalitarian, revolutionary ideals. The revolution was also an expansionist genocidal endeavor. All of these things are true.
The French and the Haitians took words of universal rights and justice more literally than many in the US.
The French and the Haitians took words of universal rights and justice more literally than many in the US.
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is.. correct? The US was founded on very high minded, egalitarian, revolutionary ideals. The revolution was also an expansionist genocidal endeavor. All of these things are true.
The French and the Haitians took words of universal rights and justice more literally than many in the US.
The French and the Haitians took words of universal rights and justice more literally than many in the US.
Unions are very good, and we need many more of them in the South
New: UAW reaches landmark tentative contract deal with Volkswagen in Chattanooga Tennessee, including 20% across-the-board pay hikes www.bloomberg.com/news/article... "This contract is proof that if you stand up and stick together, you can win a better life”
Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Win 20% Pay Hike in Union Deal
Volkswagen AG employees in Tennessee have secured a 20% across-the-board wage hike in a landmark deal with the United Auto Workers union.
bloomberg.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Unions are very good, and we need many more of them in the South
The book gets deep into the extent to which voting rights and criminal justice are tied at the hip. Read: debt.
February 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The book gets deep into the extent to which voting rights and criminal justice are tied at the hip. Read: debt.
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this is really important. even as people continue to say "you shouldn't be afraid to vote," real people are getting sent to real prison for voting in many states.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Florida High Court to Hear Arguments in Politicized “Voter Fraud” Case
The case challenges Gov. Ron DeSantis’s prosecutions of people with felony convictions who thought they were eligible to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
this is really important. even as people continue to say "you shouldn't be afraid to vote," real people are getting sent to real prison for voting in many states.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
I literally wrote a book on this topic in Florida, it's an important case
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I literally wrote a book on this topic in Florida, it's an important case
FAMU only exists because it was written into the reconstructionist constitution, and it has been uncomfortable for the state since. In the 1920s students went into rebellion against the state when it tried to remove "classical" courses (what an irony). Then again in the 70s post-civil rights.
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
FAMU only exists because it was written into the reconstructionist constitution, and it has been uncomfortable for the state since. In the 1920s students went into rebellion against the state when it tried to remove "classical" courses (what an irony). Then again in the 70s post-civil rights.
I have been waiting for this shoe to drop. Virtually all Florida universities have a Black student union, now they might be poof. FAMU's obv was created during and was very active in the civil rights era, organizing bus boycotts and whatnot.
Utah already banned the word "Black" from student unions.
Utah already banned the word "Black" from student unions.
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I have been waiting for this shoe to drop. Virtually all Florida universities have a Black student union, now they might be poof. FAMU's obv was created during and was very active in the civil rights era, organizing bus boycotts and whatnot.
Utah already banned the word "Black" from student unions.
Utah already banned the word "Black" from student unions.