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Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor of History UC Riverside
Mexican American History | Latinx Cultural Expressions | US & SoCal Historian
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Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D. @jorgenleal.bsky.social · Nov 29
Hello @ucriverside.bsky.social folks! I created a really quick sure quite incomplete starter pack with the first UC Riverside folks I found here. Please send me your UCR recommendations so we can have identify other "Highlanders" here on Bluesky!

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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again

Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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I am very concerned about anticipatory compliance at UC. Provost Katherine Newman has opted to defund a critical program called the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPFP). This incredibly selective postdoc has provided a route to UC faculty for many of my most valued colleagues. +
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Here is what you might say in an email. Please cc standup4PPFP@gmail.com and consider including your dean and chancellor.
Dear President Milliken, I write to insist on the continued funding of the hiring incentive associated with the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). This program has demonstrated its efficacy for hiring exceptional scholars over the past 40 years. It is a primary engine for the transformation of the professoriate and knowledge in the UC system. The PPFP is one of the most competitive postdoctoral and hiring incentive programs in North America. It is an open competition that is in alignment with state law and does not use race, gender, national origin, gender or other protected classifications in its review and selection. The hiring incentive linked to the PPFP is a faculty-driven hiring process, open to all fields. More than 400 current faculty members were hired through this program. Nearly 100% have been tenured. Given the demonstrated impact of the hiring incentive on the scholarly reputation of UC, and given that the cost of the incentive represents a tiny fraction of the UC budget, budgetary prerogatives do not seem like a defensible argument for this decision. Cutting the hiring incentive would be an unacceptable concession to the Trump administration's demand letter and is taking place without transparency or consultation with faculty, deans, or other campus leaders. I ask you to halt this action and to consult with faculty and administrators with a long history of not only supporting but also benefiting from this program.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Part 3: Monday, November 3rd, 2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Part 2: Sunday, November 2nd, 2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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DAILY MEMO: As L.A. Celebrates World Series Win, Feds Target Our Street Vendors

🧵 3 parts

👇🏽 Starting with Saturday, November 1st, 2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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ICE shoots 24-year-old U.S. Citizen in Ontario, CA Reporting

By @eltragon.bsky.social and Aisha Wallace-Palomares
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I wrote about how Border Patrol taking the lead in immigration operations mirrors a shift that happens often in concentration-camp regimes, including Nazi Germany, and some ways we can respond.
When bad things get worse
Border Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Part 2
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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DAILY MEMO: Agents Shoot TikToker in L.A. and Raid San Fernando Valley 🧵

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October 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Calling all #historians who will be at the #WHA2025 in Albuquerque on Saturday!

The #NoKings protest will be from 12:00-2:00 p.m. MDT, at Central Avenue between 3rd and 8th St.

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kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d
They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d
Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT
UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it. UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu #EducationalLiberty #SaveUT
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Part 2
October 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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DAILY MEMO: Another ICE Detention Death and A Woman is Saved From ICE By Police 🧵 2 parts

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October 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I’m proud to announce that @americasvoice.bsky.social is partnering with Remezcla Media Group and leading Latino outlets to bring trusted Spanish-language content on immigration.

Together, we’ll share real facts and a vision for a better way forward for immigrants and America.
Leading Hispanic Newspapers and America’s Voice Partner on Content for Spanish Readers in the U.S. - La Opinión
La Opinión, El Diario, and La Raza partner with leading nonpartisan organization to offer essential information and analysis on immigration in Spanish
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October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
cristianfarias.com Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Oct 5
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Gov. Newsom today praised UC leaders for their dealings with Trump & implied he doesn't trust the University of Southern California -- among the most Trump-compliant major campuses -- will "do the right thing" in response to Trump unless he pressures it www.latimes.com/california/s...
Newsom chides USC to 'do the right thing' for academic freedom and resist Trump compact
Gov. Newsom on Friday again waded into the controversy surrounding President Trump's higher education compact, which has roiled USC since being extended to the university.
www.latimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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As of this week, every public university in California is under investigation from the Trump administration for alleged antisemitism www.latimes.com/california/s...
Cal State universities now target of antisemitism probe by Trump administration
The Trump administration has launched a systemwide investigation into allegations of antisemitism at California State University and has started issuing subpoenas for employees' contact information.
www.latimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM