Ricardo Rangel
@rdrangell.bsky.social
Abogado generalista dedicado a fortalecer la democracia. Trabajo en gobernanza, sistemas anticorrupción, participación y educación cívica. 🇨🇴
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Like dozens of judges (including Trump appointees) who’ve had to spell out what their rulings mean, a resolution before the Senate today spells out, in the case of Venezuela, what “Congress’s power to declare war” means.
This should pass easily—if Congress still cares about being a coequal branch.
This should pass easily—if Congress still cares about being a coequal branch.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Like dozens of judges (including Trump appointees) who’ve had to spell out what their rulings mean, a resolution before the Senate today spells out, in the case of Venezuela, what “Congress’s power to declare war” means.
This should pass easily—if Congress still cares about being a coequal branch.
This should pass easily—if Congress still cares about being a coequal branch.
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María Leonor Oviedo Pinto, magistrada del Tribunal Superior, se apartó parcialmente de la mayoría que dejó a #UribeAbsuelto. En Cuestión P. explicamos el significado de este salvamento de voto y lo que revela del debate interno en la Sala Penal. Lee👇 cuestionpublica.com/el-juicio-de...
El juicio de la historia: ¿Qué revela el fallo que absolvió a Álvaro Uribe en segunda instancia?
La Sala Penal del Tribunal Superior de Bogotá absolvió en segunda instancia a Álvaro Uribe de todos los cargos de soborno en actuación penal y fraude procesal, por los que había sido condenado en…
cuestionpublica.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
María Leonor Oviedo Pinto, magistrada del Tribunal Superior, se apartó parcialmente de la mayoría que dejó a #UribeAbsuelto. En Cuestión P. explicamos el significado de este salvamento de voto y lo que revela del debate interno en la Sala Penal. Lee👇 cuestionpublica.com/el-juicio-de...
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Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
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Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
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mad king
April 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
mad king
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Yuval Abraham, director del oscarizado documental «No Other Land», denuncia que los colonos israelíes han agredido a Hamdan Ballal, otro de los directores de la película, y que después han asaltado la ambulancia que lo llevaba al hospital y lo han capturado. Se desconoce su paradero. Qué horror.
March 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yuval Abraham, director del oscarizado documental «No Other Land», denuncia que los colonos israelíes han agredido a Hamdan Ballal, otro de los directores de la película, y que después han asaltado la ambulancia que lo llevaba al hospital y lo han capturado. Se desconoce su paradero. Qué horror.
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the DOJ just stood in front of a federal judge & said it, no implying was involved; they're arguing that if cops get you out of US territory before a judge issues an order demanding that you're accounted for--not freed, accounted for in a legal process--you never get to see a judge
astonishing
astonishing
They're implying that if the government blackbags a US citizen without charges, and no one manages to get a writ of habeas corpus in front of a judge before the government gets that citizen into international waters, there is no longer any enforceable legal or constitutional protections???
March 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
the DOJ just stood in front of a federal judge & said it, no implying was involved; they're arguing that if cops get you out of US territory before a judge issues an order demanding that you're accounted for--not freed, accounted for in a legal process--you never get to see a judge
astonishing
astonishing
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New dark chapter in American history just dropped:
Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US, regardless of status, may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense.
It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US, regardless of status, may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense.
It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New dark chapter in American history just dropped:
Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US, regardless of status, may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense.
It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US, regardless of status, may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense.
It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
Officials have begun large-scale destruction of classified documents, including using shredders and ‘burn bags’
Officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAid) have begun a large-scale destruction of classified documents at their…
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
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Sent to USAID essential personnel this morning
March 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sent to USAID essential personnel this morning
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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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USAID leadership sent an email to agency staffers on Tuesday instructing them that they will have 15 minutes to enter their former offices at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C., to retrieve their personal belongings. www.aol.com/usaid-staff-...
USAID staff given 15 minutes to gather belongings from Washington, D.C., office
As President Donald Trump's administration guts the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), former federal workers are being told to say goodbye to their desks -- and to do so quickly. USA...
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February 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
USAID leadership sent an email to agency staffers on Tuesday instructing them that they will have 15 minutes to enter their former offices at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C., to retrieve their personal belongings. www.aol.com/usaid-staff-...
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Ay, ay, si supieran lo que pitufi-encontramos... 🤭 Los tentáculos de la red de 'Papá Pitufo' llegaron hasta la hija del exfuncionario de la DIAN, Óscar Ambuila (sí, la del Lamborghini) y mucho más 🤯. Espéralo a las 5 p.m. por TODAS las redes de Cuestión P y en cuestionpublica.com 🔥
February 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ay, ay, si supieran lo que pitufi-encontramos... 🤭 Los tentáculos de la red de 'Papá Pitufo' llegaron hasta la hija del exfuncionario de la DIAN, Óscar Ambuila (sí, la del Lamborghini) y mucho más 🤯. Espéralo a las 5 p.m. por TODAS las redes de Cuestión P y en cuestionpublica.com 🔥
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NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
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Paul Martin received a termination email Tuesday night, a day after his office published a report on the impact of Trump’s foreign aid freeze.
USAID’s Inspector General fired with ‘no reason given’
www.devex.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Paul Martin received a termination email Tuesday night, a day after his office published a report on the impact of Trump’s foreign aid freeze.
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ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
interc.pt
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
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I wrote about the importance of "prebunking," in light of rumors that Elon Musk may have purchased $40 million in Super Bowl ads to spread misinformation about the "fraud" and "corruption" in this vital agency. I hope you will read and share asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...
Prebunking Elon Musk's Super Bowl Propaganda
Perception is reality.
asharangappa.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wrote about the importance of "prebunking," in light of rumors that Elon Musk may have purchased $40 million in Super Bowl ads to spread misinformation about the "fraud" and "corruption" in this vital agency. I hope you will read and share asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...
Tecnología y poder. Capital y control. Protesta y manifestantes. Y, por supuesto, sobre la obra 'Calculating Empires'. 👉 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
De Gutenberg a Elon Musk: historia, poder y tecnología
‘Calculating Empires’, la premiada obra de Kate Crawford y Vladan Joler, traza un apasionante mapa de la estrecha relación entre poder y tecnología a lo largo de los siglos como instrumento de dominac...
elpais.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tecnología y poder. Capital y control. Protesta y manifestantes. Y, por supuesto, sobre la obra 'Calculating Empires'. 👉 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
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JUST IN: A US judge said he will enter a 'very limited' temporary order blocking the Trump administration from taking certain steps to dismantle the US Agency for International Development reut.rs/40PYNQh
February 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
JUST IN: A US judge said he will enter a 'very limited' temporary order blocking the Trump administration from taking certain steps to dismantle the US Agency for International Development reut.rs/40PYNQh
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“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.”
From our @science.org news team 🧪
From our @science.org news team 🧪
'It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.”
From our @science.org news team 🧪
From our @science.org news team 🧪
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Meanwhile, there is a suspected outbreak of Sudan virus in Uganda. Sudan virus is related to Ebola virus, but none of the currently available vaccines or antibody therapeutics are effective against Sudan virus. Viruses thrive on disruption and chaos. www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread
Americans are among those exposed to the virus in Uganda.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Meanwhile, there is a suspected outbreak of Sudan virus in Uganda. Sudan virus is related to Ebola virus, but none of the currently available vaccines or antibody therapeutics are effective against Sudan virus. Viruses thrive on disruption and chaos. www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
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Heard a version of this from a source earlier today: Everyone from USAID working abroad forced to uproot their lives, let alone abandon their work, on three days notice. Uprooting thousands of families on no notice, in an intentionally humiliating and harrowing way.
February 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Heard a version of this from a source earlier today: Everyone from USAID working abroad forced to uproot their lives, let alone abandon their work, on three days notice. Uprooting thousands of families on no notice, in an intentionally humiliating and harrowing way.
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A Guardian journalist reporting that Trump is about to claim the authority to shut down an entire federal agency:
February 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A Guardian journalist reporting that Trump is about to claim the authority to shut down an entire federal agency:
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USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is now offline.This massive online repository, which housed nearly 50 years of USAID's work, is no longer accessible. Over 150,000 documents—including oral histories, program planning materials & records of past USAID projects—have disappeared.
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February 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is now offline.This massive online repository, which housed nearly 50 years of USAID's work, is no longer accessible. Over 150,000 documents—including oral histories, program planning materials & records of past USAID projects—have disappeared.
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