Linda Russo
@lindarusso.bsky.social
Latin Americanist: The Andes, Southern Cone, Mexico. Public Health and Anthroplogy.
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Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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January 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
1/2
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
Anya Parampil: How the CIA Turned Venezuela Into a Narco-State Scapegoat
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open.substack.com/pub/thegrayz...
Anya Parampil: How the CIA Turned Venezuela Into a Narco-State Scapegoat
Anya Parampil joins Judge Napolitano to dismantle Washington’s “narco-state” fairy tale about Venezuela—a projection that obscures decades of CIA complicity in drug trafficking through the region.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Anya Parampil: How the CIA Turned Venezuela Into a Narco-State Scapegoat
open.substack.com/pub/thegrayz...
open.substack.com/pub/thegrayz...
Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as the Mayor of New York City www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
Video: Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as the Mayor of New York City
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the mayor of New York City in the first moments of New Year’s Day.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as the Mayor of New York City www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
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Grassroots movements didn’t just inspire Nancy Pelosi—they fueled her. She never forgot that change starts in neighborhoods, not Capitol Hill. Her power came from listening to people, amplifying their stories, and turning their demands into law. #ThankYouNancy
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Grassroots movements didn’t just inspire Nancy Pelosi—they fueled her. She never forgot that change starts in neighborhoods, not Capitol Hill. Her power came from listening to people, amplifying their stories, and turning their demands into law. #ThankYouNancy
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Official VA emails advising veterans and federal employees to blame the "Radical Left" for the shutdown instead of Trump are facing criticism for using government channels for partisan propaganda, which violates the Hatch Act.
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Official VA emails advising veterans and federal employees to blame the "Radical Left" for the shutdown instead of Trump are facing criticism for using government channels for partisan propaganda, which violates the Hatch Act.
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This is on the HUD website
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is on the HUD website
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Stephen Colbert Begs Viewers to Grasp Wildest Part of Trump’s AI ‘Medbed’ Gaffe
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Stephen Colbert Begs Viewers to Grasp Wildest Part of Trump’s AI ‘Medbed’ Gaffe
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September 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Stephen Colbert Begs Viewers to Grasp Wildest Part of Trump’s AI ‘Medbed’ Gaffe
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'A despot': Ken Burns signals danger of 'greatest existential threat' to the US right now
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'A despot': Ken Burns signals danger of 'greatest existential threat' to the US right now
twp.ai
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
'A despot': Ken Burns signals danger of 'greatest existential threat' to the US right now
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As Trump gets ready to send more National Guard into a Democratic city, it's useful to see what the Memphis Police have to say about 9-month YTD crime in the city:
Murder: 6 yr low
Agg assault: 5 yr low
Sex assault: 20 (!) yr low
Robbery, burglary, larceny: 25 (!!) yr low
Not.
On.
Fire.
Murder: 6 yr low
Agg assault: 5 yr low
Sex assault: 20 (!) yr low
Robbery, burglary, larceny: 25 (!!) yr low
Not.
On.
Fire.
September 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As Trump gets ready to send more National Guard into a Democratic city, it's useful to see what the Memphis Police have to say about 9-month YTD crime in the city:
Murder: 6 yr low
Agg assault: 5 yr low
Sex assault: 20 (!) yr low
Robbery, burglary, larceny: 25 (!!) yr low
Not.
On.
Fire.
Murder: 6 yr low
Agg assault: 5 yr low
Sex assault: 20 (!) yr low
Robbery, burglary, larceny: 25 (!!) yr low
Not.
On.
Fire.
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US Tourism officials & politicians keep downplaying the drop in tourism.
Canadian snowbirds, who spend their winter & bring a lot of money into the US economy, are selling off their properties & not coming back. Florida & Arizona will be ground zero for this.
Winter is coming, Canadians are not.
Canadian snowbirds, who spend their winter & bring a lot of money into the US economy, are selling off their properties & not coming back. Florida & Arizona will be ground zero for this.
Winter is coming, Canadians are not.
Trump dump? More than half of Canadians with U.S. properties want to ditch them - National | Globalnews.ca
A majority of those planning to sell — 62 per cent — said the main reason they wanted to sell was 'due to the current political administration in the United States.'
globalnews.ca
August 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
US Tourism officials & politicians keep downplaying the drop in tourism.
Canadian snowbirds, who spend their winter & bring a lot of money into the US economy, are selling off their properties & not coming back. Florida & Arizona will be ground zero for this.
Winter is coming, Canadians are not.
Canadian snowbirds, who spend their winter & bring a lot of money into the US economy, are selling off their properties & not coming back. Florida & Arizona will be ground zero for this.
Winter is coming, Canadians are not.
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One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.
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NEVER FORGET: Trump’s military parade in June COST an estimated $92M. NOW the Quantico event logistics of transporting, housing, & securing HUNDREDS of officers & support staff IS WASTE (& SECURITY RISK), ESPECIALLY when defense budgets are ALREADY strained (& Trump wants to STOP Trans Healthcare).🔥
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NEVER FORGET: Trump’s military parade in June COST an estimated $92M. NOW the Quantico event logistics of transporting, housing, & securing HUNDREDS of officers & support staff IS WASTE (& SECURITY RISK), ESPECIALLY when defense budgets are ALREADY strained (& Trump wants to STOP Trans Healthcare).🔥
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
Federal Bureau of Prisons Ends Union Protections for Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Federal Bureau of Prisons Ends Union Protections for Workers
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Federal Bureau of Prisons Ends Union Protections for Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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It was pretty damned close. Imagine wining the popular vote by 3 fucking million and not being the winner.
September 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It was pretty damned close. Imagine wining the popular vote by 3 fucking million and not being the winner.