olivia paschal
@oliviapaschal.com
writer & editor | history phd at UVA | organizing with ucwva-uva local 2265 | thinking about capitalism, neoliberalism, big business, and arkansas
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super interesting breakdown of the alleged cost effectiveness of e-commerce v traditional retail from Phenomenal World today www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
Benjamin Y. Fong | Profitability estimates in retail and e-commerce
Capitalist society is structurally oriented towards the future. In Marx’s formulation, capital is the process of realizing the M-C-M’ circuit, wherein an initial investment (M) in commodity production...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
super interesting breakdown of the alleged cost effectiveness of e-commerce v traditional retail from Phenomenal World today www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
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"Sometimes the behavior is simply bizarre. After an attempted abduction left a couple dozen observers standing on a neighborhood street, one ICE vehicle circled the block, broadcasting a looped audio recording of a woman screaming."
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ICE vs. Everyone | Erin West
What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced u...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Sometimes the behavior is simply bizarre. After an attempted abduction left a couple dozen observers standing on a neighborhood street, one ICE vehicle circled the block, broadcasting a looped audio recording of a woman screaming."
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Read Rümeysa Öztürk's piece in Vanity Fair last year about what the administration put her through just for co-authoring an op-ed and what she witnessed in ICE prison.
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Read Rümeysa Öztürk's piece in Vanity Fair last year about what the administration put her through just for co-authoring an op-ed and what she witnessed in ICE prison.
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It
The revocation of Emily Suski’s job offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors everywhere.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
the federal government routinely deploying chemical weapons on its own citizens, is there a word for this?
look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
the federal government routinely deploying chemical weapons on its own citizens, is there a word for this?
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We can see this person is being held on the pavement by two agents. Hard to imagine the pepper spray is anything but retaliatory.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
We can see this person is being held on the pavement by two agents. Hard to imagine the pepper spray is anything but retaliatory.
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watching sobbing teenagers getting pulled out of their cars by masked goons glowering at us through tiny slits in their fully-masked uniforms, brandishing weapons at the crowd, and launching huge amounts of teargas into parks and businesses to make their escape
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
watching sobbing teenagers getting pulled out of their cars by masked goons glowering at us through tiny slits in their fully-masked uniforms, brandishing weapons at the crowd, and launching huge amounts of teargas into parks and businesses to make their escape
adobe acrobat asking me if i would like to summarize the W-9 i'm filling out with its "AI Assistant"
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 PM
adobe acrobat asking me if i would like to summarize the W-9 i'm filling out with its "AI Assistant"
rob reich has a whole second life in posts that end up screenshotted on people’s instagram stories
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
rob reich has a whole second life in posts that end up screenshotted on people’s instagram stories
this is, in fact, NOT the most widely accepted definition of the working class
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
this is, in fact, NOT the most widely accepted definition of the working class
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Good clarification.
Abigail Spanberger did not end Virginia’s 287(g) partnership with ICE yesterday, despite reports to the contrary.
What Spanberger did do is rescind Glenn Youngkin’s order that required the state police + DOC to sign ICE contracts. She terminated the requirement, but not the contracts themselves.
What Spanberger did do is rescind Glenn Youngkin’s order that required the state police + DOC to sign ICE contracts. She terminated the requirement, but not the contracts themselves.
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Good clarification.
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A single anonymous source from the Trump administration providing self-serving, unverifiable, highly suspect information gets the green light, but interviews with people the U.S. government sent to a torture prison backed by expert analysis and reporting from other outlets doesn't make the cut.
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
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January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A single anonymous source from the Trump administration providing self-serving, unverifiable, highly suspect information gets the green light, but interviews with people the U.S. government sent to a torture prison backed by expert analysis and reporting from other outlets doesn't make the cut.
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New story from @jcollins.bsky.social on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they live—by leading them to their homes www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
New story from @jcollins.bsky.social on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they live—by leading them to their homes www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
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Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
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This act of arson was devastating - two torahs were destroyed and the entire library.
Beth Israel is the ONLY synagogue in Jackson.
The synagogue was bombed by the KKK in the 1960s because of its work with the civil rights movement and its fight against racism and segregation.
Beth Israel is the ONLY synagogue in Jackson.
The synagogue was bombed by the KKK in the 1960s because of its work with the civil rights movement and its fight against racism and segregation.
January 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This act of arson was devastating - two torahs were destroyed and the entire library.
Beth Israel is the ONLY synagogue in Jackson.
The synagogue was bombed by the KKK in the 1960s because of its work with the civil rights movement and its fight against racism and segregation.
Beth Israel is the ONLY synagogue in Jackson.
The synagogue was bombed by the KKK in the 1960s because of its work with the civil rights movement and its fight against racism and segregation.
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Parady La, 47. Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz, 68. Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55. Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, 42. These are the names and ages of the four people who have already died in ICE custody in 2026, according to Detention Watch Network.
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Parady La, 47. Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz, 68. Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55. Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, 42. These are the names and ages of the four people who have already died in ICE custody in 2026, according to Detention Watch Network.
Great reporting here from @arkansasadvocate.com. Tyson has a long history of benefiting from government $$ for economic & industrial development that it doesn’t like to own up to—there will be a lot more about this in my book.
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Tyson accepts tax break in region it claims is inhospitable to business | Arkansas Advocate
A tax write-off and Tyson’s simultaneous decision to withdraw from local contracts shows the balancing act the nation’s largest processed chicken manufacturer is performing as it fights a costly envir...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Great reporting here from @arkansasadvocate.com. Tyson has a long history of benefiting from government $$ for economic & industrial development that it doesn’t like to own up to—there will be a lot more about this in my book.
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By Lila Dominguez, Editor in Chief of the Roosevelt Standard, news site of Roosevelt High School: "Later in the afternoon today my high school Roosevelt was paraded by ICE vehicles during dismissal. Our community and staff stepped up to protect one another."
ICE Needs To Get Out Of Minneapolis
On Wednesday January 7th at 3:20 pm I was working in the wrestling basement of Roosevelt Highschool to publish an article about the tragic event that occurred earlier today in South Minneapolis when a...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
By Lila Dominguez, Editor in Chief of the Roosevelt Standard, news site of Roosevelt High School: "Later in the afternoon today my high school Roosevelt was paraded by ICE vehicles during dismissal. Our community and staff stepped up to protect one another."
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Clearly in my feels on this one: I'd love to see the outpouring of media and interest for state schools being stripped of academic freedom the way we breathlessly looked at funding coersion against the ivies. Florida, Ohio, and Texas educate exponentially more students.
Given the news, I just want to say Im proud of the feminist and liberatory curriculum and training I received in Texas A&M's English Department. The work I produced there has won awards. I was tenured based on that preparation and their faculty's right to self-determine content.
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Clearly in my feels on this one: I'd love to see the outpouring of media and interest for state schools being stripped of academic freedom the way we breathlessly looked at funding coersion against the ivies. Florida, Ohio, and Texas educate exponentially more students.
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2025 marked thirty years of Thomas Friedman as the New York Times’ foreign affairs columnist. Belén Fernández surveys the wreckage.
Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
We are three decades closer to the end of Thomas Friedman’s career.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 marked thirty years of Thomas Friedman as the New York Times’ foreign affairs columnist. Belén Fernández surveys the wreckage.
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Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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