Kristen
@mediaperuana.bsky.social
Writing, mostly about Latin America. Knitter, yogi, translator, feminist, mom, probably some other stuff too
https://www.thecollector.com/author/kristen-jancuk/
https://www.thecollector.com/author/kristen-jancuk/
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Update on the Cuban man whose 1/3 death in the Fort Bliss detention camp was ruled a homicide after an autopsy:
- Camp management called 911 and said he tried to hang himself.
- That manager “hung up on a reporter after being asked about the 911 call.”
Great work by reporter Douglas MacMillan:
- Camp management called 911 and said he tried to hang himself.
- That manager “hung up on a reporter after being asked about the 911 call.”
Great work by reporter Douglas MacMillan:
ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide
The statements to 911 operators the night Geraldo Lunas Campos died appear to conflict with autopsy’s later finding of ‘homicide.’
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Update on the Cuban man whose 1/3 death in the Fort Bliss detention camp was ruled a homicide after an autopsy:
- Camp management called 911 and said he tried to hang himself.
- That manager “hung up on a reporter after being asked about the 911 call.”
Great work by reporter Douglas MacMillan:
- Camp management called 911 and said he tried to hang himself.
- That manager “hung up on a reporter after being asked about the 911 call.”
Great work by reporter Douglas MacMillan:
Oh ffs.
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Oh ffs.
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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Emphasizing that ICE is deliberately arresting people who are in the asylum process precisely because they are easy pickings; after all, they're complying with the government!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Emphasizing that ICE is deliberately arresting people who are in the asylum process precisely because they are easy pickings; after all, they're complying with the government!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
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Anti-Somali smear artist Nick Shirley has been sniffing around Baltimore. Starve his lie machine.
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Anti-Somali smear artist Nick Shirley has been sniffing around Baltimore. Starve his lie machine.
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
Listening to JD Vance is guaranteed to make you sterile.
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Listening to JD Vance is guaranteed to make you sterile.
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Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
I know it’s fake but we could all use a laugh
January 23, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s fake but we could all use a laugh
Vote them all out, along with Jeffries, who refuses to keep his house in order. Fucking ghouls.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Vote them all out, along with Jeffries, who refuses to keep his house in order. Fucking ghouls.
Anyone in that audience who didn’t scream “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” is a coward.
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Anyone in that audience who didn’t scream “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” is a coward.
The Titanic: sunk by hubris, incompetence and shoddy materials. And they actually made things worse by trying to turn.
Checks out.
Checks out.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Titanic: sunk by hubris, incompetence and shoddy materials. And they actually made things worse by trying to turn.
Checks out.
Checks out.
His middle name is Conejo—Rabbit. Imagine you’re 5 and your middle name is Rabbit and you’re so excited to have your rabbit hat because it’s the same as your name.
And then the whole world sees your rabbit hat because you’re kidnapped by the Gestapo.
And then the whole world sees your rabbit hat because you’re kidnapped by the Gestapo.
They shipped off a five year old wearing a hat with rabbit ears to detention in Texas.
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
His middle name is Conejo—Rabbit. Imagine you’re 5 and your middle name is Rabbit and you’re so excited to have your rabbit hat because it’s the same as your name.
And then the whole world sees your rabbit hat because you’re kidnapped by the Gestapo.
And then the whole world sees your rabbit hat because you’re kidnapped by the Gestapo.
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The compartmentalization I’m doing right now is crazy work, like in the same day I should not be all “hey make sure you have your papers on you when you go to walk the dogs” and then an hour later at the store like “fuck they’re out of capers”
January 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The compartmentalization I’m doing right now is crazy work, like in the same day I should not be all “hey make sure you have your papers on you when you go to walk the dogs” and then an hour later at the store like “fuck they’re out of capers”
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
JFC. I hate this. All we had to do was vote for the competent Black woman. But no. And now we live in a police state. Yes, the locus of the police state keeps changing but that doesn’t make it any less real.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:07 PM
JFC. I hate this. All we had to do was vote for the competent Black woman. But no. And now we live in a police state. Yes, the locus of the police state keeps changing but that doesn’t make it any less real.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Then you will lose in November, you abject cowards.
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Then you will lose in November, you abject cowards.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
If you honestly think the Democrats are “doing everything they can” as the minority party to stop Trump, please walk directly into the sea.
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
If you honestly think the Democrats are “doing everything they can” as the minority party to stop Trump, please walk directly into the sea.
A human being is not equipped to handle the amount of embarrassment this man is inflicting on us day in and day out. My face is now permanently set to cringe.
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A human being is not equipped to handle the amount of embarrassment this man is inflicting on us day in and day out. My face is now permanently set to cringe.