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Elisabeth Vallet
@elisabethvallet.bsky.social

Border scholar
Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦
Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand
@UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social
Chroni. @LeDevoir.com
#borders & #borderwalls
In english & en français
(views are my own) .. more

Political science 65%
Sociology 12%
Pinned
No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie

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NPR @npr.org · 10h
UPDATE: The administration's appeal to the high court over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes despite new efforts to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.
Trump administration again asks Supreme Court intervene on order for full SNAP benefits
The administration's appeal to the high court over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes despite new efforts to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.
n.pr

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Alors que s’ouvre la trentième COP au Brésil, à quoi servent de tels sommets ? La transition écologique est-elle une illusion alors que les énergies fossiles sont toujours dominantes ?

Notre émission avec Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Laurence Marty, Sébastien Dutreuil et Jason Temaui Man.
Climat : « On ne peut rien faire. Mais on ne peut pas ne rien faire »
Alors que s’ouvre la trentième COP au Brésil, à quoi servent de tels sommets ? La transition écologique est-elle une illusion alors que les énergies fossiles sont toujours dominantes ? Notre émission « À l’air libre » avec Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Laurence Marty, Sébastien Dutreuil et Jason Temaui Man.
l.mediapart.fr

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A small crowd demonstrated at the entrance to Centennial Airport on Sunday, protesting Colorado-based Key Lime Air over its operation of detainee transport flights for ICE.
Activists protest Colorado's Key Lime Air over ICE flights | Colorado Newsline
Picketers demonstrated against Key Lime Air over its operation of detainee transport flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
coloradonewsline.com

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Aucun lien avéré entre autisme et paracétamol, réaffirme une vaste étude qui contredit les délires de Trump
Aucun lien avéré entre autisme et paracétamol, réaffirme une vaste étude qui contredit les délires de Trump
Une importante compilation de travaux scientifiques publiée ce lundi 10 novembre dans la revue médicale britannique «BMJ» rappelle notamment que cet antidouleur est le plus recommandé pour les femmes enceintes.
www.liberation.fr

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Police crack down as hundreds protest against Delhi’s toxic air
Police crack down as hundreds protest against Delhi’s toxic air
Police crack down as hundreds protest against Delhi’s toxic air
www.independent.co.uk

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Asie du Sud-Est : le naufrage d’un bateau de réfugiés confirme la reprise de l’exode des Rohingyas

Les Rohingyas continuent de quitter la Birmanie en proie à une guerre civile meurtrière, qui a déplacé plus de 3,5 millions de personnes en quatre ans.
Asie du Sud-Est : le naufrage d’un bateau de réfugiés confirme la reprise de l’exode des Rohingyas
Une embarcation accueillant une centaine de personnes a chaviré au large de la Malaisie. Une catastrophe pour cette région frappée par les coupes dans l’aide américaine et où l’on constate une nette reprise des trafics humains.
www.liberation.fr

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Aux Etats-Unis, la capitulation d’une poignée d’élus démocrates ouvre la voie à la fin du shutdown

Cette capitulation inattendue sidère d’autant plus le parti démocrate qu’elle a lieu cinq jours à peine après une série de victoires d’élections partielles.
Aux Etats-Unis, la capitulation d’une poignée d’élus démocrates ouvre la voie à la fin du shutdown
En échange du revirement aberrant de huit sénateurs démocrates après quarante jours de bras de fer, les républicains n’ont lâché qu’une promesse d’organiser un vote sur l’assurance santé.
www.liberation.fr

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This shutdown is a reminder that “an executive branch unbound by Congress or the courts has a unique ability to inflict and prolong pain on the people,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
Why This Shutdown Is So Dangerous
The way the president is disrupting essential services shows the dangers of his vision for big government.
bit.ly

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Nice characterization of the executive branch’s reliance on past practice to justify congressionally unauthorized military actions.
At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.
How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit
At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.
www.motherjones.com
In Alaska, public schools are the “last place of refuge,” the state’s emergency management director said. They’re often the only structures tall enough to avoid flooding and large enough to house hundreds of people.

But they’re also falling apart.

By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis.
Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergenc...
www.propublica.org
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
🎯🎯

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These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
www.motherjones.com

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God. Here’s the status report Bovino filed in the Broadview ICE facility case. It’s worth reading.

He’s like, “OK FINE we’re getting clocks and clean bedding, but we still don’t think everyone should be allowed a toothbrush.”
#56 in Moreno Gonzalez v. Noem, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cv-13323) – CourtListener.com
STATUS Report by Gregory Bovino, Commander-at-Large, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Marcos Charles, Acting Executive Associate Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Opera...
www.courtlistener.com

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“It isn’t just about money. It’s also about not feeling constantly undermined and micromanaged while working in a system that has increasingly become harder to navigate.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Drimonis: How about we 'first do no harm' to our doctors?
Shouldn’t the profession's guiding principal, attributed to Hippocrates, also apply to the well-being of the physicians themselves?
montrealgazette.com
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

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CNN just called the next Virginia governor: Abigail Spanberger defeats Winsome Earl-Sears.

Virginia will have its first democratic governor since 2017 and also its first female governor.

For now the percentage, according to CNN, are:

Spanberger (D): 54.7%
Earl-Sears (R): 45.1%

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The DC Sandwich Thrower''s trial started today.

His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured.

The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges.

A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.
New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
even if it's a hoax, I feel like the mere threat of bombing a polling place is political violence
Homan: "Others are in the country illegally but may not have a criminal history, but guess what? They're coming too. ICE is no longer turning a blind eye to illegal aliens in this country."
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

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Le système est profondément dysfonctionnel et on impose à ses acteurs d’apporter des solutions non réalisables #chercherlerreur
Loi 2 sur les médecins | François Legault doit stopper la réforme
En quelques mots, une médecin de 32 ans a réglé le cas de la loi 2 que le ministre Christian Dubé veut imposer aux médecins du Québec.
www.lapresse.ca

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C'est une évolution terrible et un choix de société évocateur : pour la première fois, avec ce PLF 2026, le budget de la Défense est plus élevé que celui de l'Education.

Le budget de l'Education ne sera donc plus le premier budget du pays.

Comme le dit si bien @lunavives.bsky.social , le roi des cartes sera à Montréal, le 13 novembre.
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Des pouvoirs de la carte : entre art, science, politique et manipulation - Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques - UQAM
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Ah, yes. Only straight white men are qualified to be judges. How silly of us to forget.