Lisa Voigt
@lisaluso.bsky.social
Professor of Spanish & Portuguese @Yale; previously @Ohio State (2008-2023)
Special Issues Editor, Colonial Latin American Review
Special Issues Editor, Colonial Latin American Review
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Dems have to shut the government down until ICE and CBP are totally defunded.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Dems have to shut the government down until ICE and CBP are totally defunded.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
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Donald Trump is trying to con Americans into believing that immigrants are the greatest threat to our democracy in order to hide the the fact that Donald Trump and his corruption is the greatest threat to our democracy.
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Donald Trump is trying to con Americans into believing that immigrants are the greatest threat to our democracy in order to hide the the fact that Donald Trump and his corruption is the greatest threat to our democracy.
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It seems as though ICE has been instructed to escalate the violence to justify more violence, and to create propaganda to make us forget we outnumber them 10,000 to 1.
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
It seems as though ICE has been instructed to escalate the violence to justify more violence, and to create propaganda to make us forget we outnumber them 10,000 to 1.
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Great Lakes Federation when
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Great Lakes Federation when
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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It’s official. Our campaign for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District is live.
To the supporters who have been with us since day one: thank you. Now, it’s time to grow the team. From the Army to the Statehouse, my focus has always been on integrity and results. My leadership in Congress is critical.
To the supporters who have been with us since day one: thank you. Now, it’s time to grow the team. From the Army to the Statehouse, my focus has always been on integrity and results. My leadership in Congress is critical.
Home - Adam Miller for US Congress (Ohio-15)
Adam Miller is running for US Congress in Ohio, including Dayton, Springfield, Dublin, Hilliard, London, Xenia, Piqua, Troy, and Sidney Ohio.
www.adammillerforcongress.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It’s official. Our campaign for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District is live.
To the supporters who have been with us since day one: thank you. Now, it’s time to grow the team. From the Army to the Statehouse, my focus has always been on integrity and results. My leadership in Congress is critical.
To the supporters who have been with us since day one: thank you. Now, it’s time to grow the team. From the Army to the Statehouse, my focus has always been on integrity and results. My leadership in Congress is critical.
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The U.S. government killed a total of 56 Venezuelans and haven’t uttered a peep about that. That news is feeling even worse on the anniversary of J6, a day when they are also ignoring the harm Trump caused that damned day.
Violence thrives in silence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/n...
Violence thrives in silence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/n...
At least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed in Maduro capture, bringing total death count to at least 56, officials say - The Boston Globe
Venezuela’s attorney general said that “dozens” of officials and civilians were killed and that prosecutors would investigate the deaths in what he described as “war crime.”
www.bostonglobe.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The U.S. government killed a total of 56 Venezuelans and haven’t uttered a peep about that. That news is feeling even worse on the anniversary of J6, a day when they are also ignoring the harm Trump caused that damned day.
Violence thrives in silence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/n...
Violence thrives in silence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/n...
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We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
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Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"Trauma is a shape-shifter." Two necessary pieces on feeling, managing, writing about the impossible and impossibly regular gun violence. Fr Brown anthropologist of gun violence @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about culture, not just policy. But policy too. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...
I’m a scholar of gun violence. Not even I can process what happened at Brown. - The Boston Globe
My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Trauma is a shape-shifter." Two necessary pieces on feeling, managing, writing about the impossible and impossibly regular gun violence. Fr Brown anthropologist of gun violence @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about culture, not just policy. But policy too. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Only in America are young people forced to endure multiple school shootings. This level of violence should be unfathomable, but for students like Mia, it’s a nightmarish reality.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Only in America are young people forced to endure multiple school shootings. This level of violence should be unfathomable, but for students like Mia, it’s a nightmarish reality.
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Guns are the leading killer of college-aged people in the US. We cannot continue to allow this preventable crisis to steal their futures. Text READY to 644-33 to join the millions of Americans in the fight to end gun violence.
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Guns are the leading killer of college-aged people in the US. We cannot continue to allow this preventable crisis to steal their futures. Text READY to 644-33 to join the millions of Americans in the fight to end gun violence.
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“Most of us live off Hope”
Ever true 💔
Ever true 💔
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Most of us live off Hope”
Ever true 💔
Ever true 💔
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Thirteen years separate Sandy Hook and Brown University. In 13 years countless people have died in schools and malls and concerts. In churches and on street corners. From homicide and firearm suicide and domestic violence and hate and racism and unintentional shootings and police shootings.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Thirteen years separate Sandy Hook and Brown University. In 13 years countless people have died in schools and malls and concerts. In churches and on street corners. From homicide and firearm suicide and domestic violence and hate and racism and unintentional shootings and police shootings.
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I got mad and wrote a thing. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social
Public school budget cuts a symptom of systemic corruption | Opinion
Why do we so often find ourselves in this absurd position of watching a school board figuring out the least painful methods of cutting its budget?
www.dispatch.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I got mad and wrote a thing. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social
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In the UK and US, platforms reward speed, emotion and identity signalling. Even well-educated people get pulled into distorted information spaces, so the core problem isn’t ignorance, it’s the incentive environment that shapes how information spreads and sticks.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the UK and US, platforms reward speed, emotion and identity signalling. Even well-educated people get pulled into distorted information spaces, so the core problem isn’t ignorance, it’s the incentive environment that shapes how information spreads and sticks.
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The US is close to an institutional collapse across multiple public health agencies. Trump/RFK have purged anyone with expertise, many have fled and they’ve been replaced w functionaries who are either incompetent or malicious. I don’t think many understand how close to the edge we are right now.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The US is close to an institutional collapse across multiple public health agencies. Trump/RFK have purged anyone with expertise, many have fled and they’ve been replaced w functionaries who are either incompetent or malicious. I don’t think many understand how close to the edge we are right now.
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We cannot talk about immigration without talking about the role U.S. guns play in every part of the equation. From how they drive the violence that causes people to flee home to the way they are used to terrorize immigrants here.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
We cannot talk about immigration to the U.S.
Without talking about U.S. guns
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We cannot talk about immigration without talking about the role U.S. guns play in every part of the equation. From how they drive the violence that causes people to flee home to the way they are used to terrorize immigrants here.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
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To note just one of the many problems with this idea, there are multiple that countries do not permit you to relinquish citizenship — and some of those countries also have jus sanguinis laws that make someone a citizen even if they were born in the U.S. and never left.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To note just one of the many problems with this idea, there are multiple that countries do not permit you to relinquish citizenship — and some of those countries also have jus sanguinis laws that make someone a citizen even if they were born in the U.S. and never left.
Deeply ashamed of the administration at my alma mater Northwestern, but appreciative of the ideas in this post about ways to continue to support the academic mission and freedom there.
"We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators."
— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
@insidehighered.com
— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
@insidehighered.com
Northwestern’s Complicity With the Trump Regime
We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators.
www.insidehighered.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Deeply ashamed of the administration at my alma mater Northwestern, but appreciative of the ideas in this post about ways to continue to support the academic mission and freedom there.
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Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky