Michael Deibert
@michaeldeibert.bsky.social
Author and journalist. Writing at https://michaeldeibert.substack.com. Enemy to autocrats. Friend to all cats. Piti piti, zwazo fe nich-li
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People of the left & right both must realize that, whatever its stated goals & allegiances, autocracy/caudillismo is its own ideology.
“The Cuban authorities have an obligation to guarantee the full and unconditional freedom of all prisoners of conscience...The authorities must also put an end, once and for all, to detentions for political reasons" www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Cuba: One year after selective releases, we demand the immediate release of people detained for political reasons
Cuba must unconditionally release prisoners of conscience and end the use of the criminal justice system to silence criticism and punish activism.
www.amnesty.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“The Cuban authorities have an obligation to guarantee the full and unconditional freedom of all prisoners of conscience...The authorities must also put an end, once and for all, to detentions for political reasons" www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
UN High Commissioner: ‘Darfur atrocities could spread to Kordofan’, ICC probes Sudan www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
UN High Commissioner: 'Darfur atrocities could spread to Kordofan', ICC probes Sudan - Dabanga Radio TV Online
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that the atrocities committed...
www.dabangasudan.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 PM
UN High Commissioner: ‘Darfur atrocities could spread to Kordofan’, ICC probes Sudan www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
They're killing people in the West Texas desert: Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 AM
They're killing people in the West Texas desert: Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"The prosecution of McIver was the first in a pattern of escalating attacks by the Trump Administration against Democratic officeholders [and] the list keeps growing." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 AM
"The prosecution of McIver was the first in a pattern of escalating attacks by the Trump Administration against Democratic officeholders [and] the list keeps growing." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested in 1958 outside of a courtroom in Birmingham, Alabama. Those snatching people from courthouses, places of work and worship and the streets of our nation today are following the dishonorable legacy of MLK’s jailers. Photo by Charles Moore.
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested in 1958 outside of a courtroom in Birmingham, Alabama. Those snatching people from courthouses, places of work and worship and the streets of our nation today are following the dishonorable legacy of MLK’s jailers. Photo by Charles Moore.
Basic economics tells us this: Americans Bear Almost All the Cost of Trump Tariffs, Study Shows www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Americans Bear Almost All the Cost of Trump Tariffs, Study Shows
President Donald Trump’s duties on imported goods are paid almost entirely by American importers, their domestic customers and ultimately US consumers, a study from a German think tank concluded.
www.bloomberg.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Basic economics tells us this: Americans Bear Almost All the Cost of Trump Tariffs, Study Shows www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICE must be defunded and destroyed: Family members and a lawyer say they have been blocked from access to the bedside of Bonfilia Sanchez Dominguez, while her husband was detained and shipped to Texas within 24 hours sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
ICE agents detain Mounds View couple en route to ER
An early-morning trip to the ER turned into a nightmare for a Mounds View couple with Liborio Parral Ortiz shipped to Texas and the family blocked from access to the bedside of his wife by ICE agents ...
sahanjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
ICE must be defunded and destroyed: Family members and a lawyer say they have been blocked from access to the bedside of Bonfilia Sanchez Dominguez, while her husband was detained and shipped to Texas within 24 hours sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Kill someone unlawfully? Fine. Criticize the government? They'll come after you: Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe www.startribune.com/justice-depa...
Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe
Frey and the governor’s office both said Sunday that the DOJ has not contacted them about the investigation.
www.startribune.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Kill someone unlawfully? Fine. Criticize the government? They'll come after you: Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe www.startribune.com/justice-depa...
This letter from Trump to Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, where he ties his desire to invade Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Prize, is real & the work of a disordered mind. Sullen, self-pitying MAGA cultists & those too "pure" to vote for Kamala Harris have much to answer for.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This letter from Trump to Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, where he ties his desire to invade Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Prize, is real & the work of a disordered mind. Sullen, self-pitying MAGA cultists & those too "pure" to vote for Kamala Harris have much to answer for.
The campaign by some media outlets to recast the pitiless chavista fanatic Delcy Rodríguez as some sort of moderate technocrat is mystifying to me.
January 19, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The campaign by some media outlets to recast the pitiless chavista fanatic Delcy Rodríguez as some sort of moderate technocrat is mystifying to me.
Yale Humanitarian Research Lab: ‘Possible siege preparations around North Kordofan capital, El Obeid’ www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
Yale Humanitarian Research Lab: ‘Possible siege preparations around North Kordofan capital, El Obeid’ - Dabanga Radio TV Online
The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University in the USA has identified activity suggesting preparations...
www.dabangasudan.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Yale Humanitarian Research Lab: ‘Possible siege preparations around North Kordofan capital, El Obeid’ www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
Man, Mexico's outgoing ambassador to the United Kingdom sounds like a piece of work: Josefa González-Blanco abandona la Embajada de Reino Unido con 16 denuncias por acoso laboral: “Ella no tiene empleados, tiene sirvientes” elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
Josefa González-Blanco abandona la Embajada de Reino Unido con 16 denuncias por acoso laboral: “Ella no tiene empleados, tiene sirvientes”
Al menos 40 funcionarios han salido durante la gestión de la funcionaria, que será sustituida por el exfiscal Alejandro Gertz Manero
elpais.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Man, Mexico's outgoing ambassador to the United Kingdom sounds like a piece of work: Josefa González-Blanco abandona la Embajada de Reino Unido con 16 denuncias por acoso laboral: “Ella no tiene empleados, tiene sirvientes” elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
Anyone surprised at Roger Waters' grotesque defense of the slaughter of thousands of Iranians by that country's dictatorship must know he has been a font of poison & atrocity denial on issues ranging from Venezuela to Syria to Ukraine for years & years. He's ALWAYS on the side of the oppressor.
January 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Anyone surprised at Roger Waters' grotesque defense of the slaughter of thousands of Iranians by that country's dictatorship must know he has been a font of poison & atrocity denial on issues ranging from Venezuela to Syria to Ukraine for years & years. He's ALWAYS on the side of the oppressor.
Colombia's Catatumbo enters its second year of humanitarian crisis amid fighting between ELN and FARC dissidents with no signs of relief elpais.com/america-colo...
El Catatumbo entra a su segundo año de crisis humanitaria sin señales de alivio
Los combates entre el ELN y las disidencias del llamado Frente 33 mantienen el desplazamiento forzado de más de 90 personas, el confinamiento de decenas y el reclutamiento de menores
elpais.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Colombia's Catatumbo enters its second year of humanitarian crisis amid fighting between ELN and FARC dissidents with no signs of relief elpais.com/america-colo...
Committee to Protect Journalists says Haiti transitional council is seeking to stifle freedom of expression through draconian anti-free speech decree lenouvelliste.com/article/2633...
Le CPT élargit les sanctions pour diffamation, le CPJ dénonce un recul des libertés de la presse
À quelques semaines de la fin de son mandat, le Conseil présidentiel de transition (CPT) veut museler la liberté d’expression, acquise au prix de nombreuses luttes.
lenouvelliste.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Committee to Protect Journalists says Haiti transitional council is seeking to stifle freedom of expression through draconian anti-free speech decree lenouvelliste.com/article/2633...
Cuban regime sentences journalist José Gabriel Barrenechea to six years in prison for protesting island's chronic blackouts www.14ymedio.com/cuba/tribuna...
Un tribunal cubano confirma seis años de cárcel para José Gabriel Barrenechea por protestar durante un apagón
Cinco personas más fueron condenadas por los mismos hechos, dos de ellas a ocho y siete años, respectivamente
www.14ymedio.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Cuban regime sentences journalist José Gabriel Barrenechea to six years in prison for protesting island's chronic blackouts www.14ymedio.com/cuba/tribuna...
Nicaragua dictatorship releases some political prisoners only to arrest others confidencial.digital/nacion/unos-...
Unos salen, otros entran: La lista de presos políticos en Nicaragua no para de crecer
Excarcelaron a 24, pero días antes arrestaron a 60, y sigue la puerta giratoria de presos políticos en Nicaragua
confidencial.digital
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Nicaragua dictatorship releases some political prisoners only to arrest others confidencial.digital/nacion/unos-...
Huit civils exécutés par des présumés miliciens de Tchini ya Tuna près de Bunia www.radiookapi.net/2026/01/18/a...
Huit civils exécutés par des présumés miliciens de Tchini ya Tuna près de Bunia
Huit personnes, enlevées il y a une semaine par des présumés miliciens de Tchini ya Tuna dans la localité de Balingina, située à plus de soixante kilomètres de Bunia, ont été exécutées sommairement pa...
www.radiookapi.net
January 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Huit civils exécutés par des présumés miliciens de Tchini ya Tuna près de Bunia www.radiookapi.net/2026/01/18/a...
East Darfur a vast displacement camp after 1,000 days of war www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
East Darfur a vast displacement camp after 1,000 days of war - Dabanga Radio TV Online
By Abdelmoneim Madibu for Radio Dabanga and Sudan Media Forum Joint Newsroom After more than...
www.dabangasudan.org
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM
East Darfur a vast displacement camp after 1,000 days of war www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
"The sun was hanging low behind the trees by the time we crossed the state line. "
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Sunshine State
The sun was hanging low behind the trees by the time we crossed the state line.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"The sun was hanging low behind the trees by the time we crossed the state line. "
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It has been noted before, but this is right out of the Maduro/Ortega/Putin/Erdoğan playbook: DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say
The Justice Department is investigating whether the two Democratic officials impeded immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, according to sources.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It has been noted before, but this is right out of the Maduro/Ortega/Putin/Erdoğan playbook: DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The sensible path forward is to proceed under the assumption that Trump will attempt to derail the 2026 midterm elections and to prepare in advance to defend the democratic right to vote of the citizens of this country.
January 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The sensible path forward is to proceed under the assumption that Trump will attempt to derail the 2026 midterm elections and to prepare in advance to defend the democratic right to vote of the citizens of this country.
"A 17-year-old boy and citizen working at a Twin Cities Target was tackled by agents and bundled into a van...A woman trying to get to a doctor’s appointment had her window smashed and was torn from her car. A seemingly unconscious man was carried limply by agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"A 17-year-old boy and citizen working at a Twin Cities Target was tackled by agents and bundled into a van...A woman trying to get to a doctor’s appointment had her window smashed and was torn from her car. A seemingly unconscious man was carried limply by agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her reports ICE agents asking, "where the Asian people live" www.kare11.com/article/news...
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her reports ICE agents asking, "where the Asian people live"
Her said she has been advised to carry her passport with her in case ICE agents approach her.
www.kare11.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her reports ICE agents asking, "where the Asian people live" www.kare11.com/article/news...
It is somehow only fitting the the great pedophile protector is now targeting kids: ICE operations are encroaching on schools and day cares www.startribune.com/minnesota-da...
ICE operations are encroaching on schools and day cares
Day cares in Minnesota say ICE is targeting their workers.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It is somehow only fitting the the great pedophile protector is now targeting kids: ICE operations are encroaching on schools and day cares www.startribune.com/minnesota-da...