Sergio Perez
@sergioperez.bsky.social
Executive Director @ The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
https://www.centerforhumanrights.org
Civil rights attorney fighting for a more just and fair Los Angeles.
Views are mine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioperez23/
https://www.centerforhumanrights.org
Civil rights attorney fighting for a more just and fair Los Angeles.
Views are mine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioperez23/
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Sergio Perez
@sergioperez.bsky.social
· Jun 9
In all the mess, there is a euphoria to remembering that I was born in & live in a city that has my family's back.
My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley.
I love you, Los Angeles.
My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley.
I love you, Los Angeles.
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Kyla Houbolt (@luaz.bsky.social), from Becoming Altar (@subpresspoetry.bsky.social)
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Kyla Houbolt (@luaz.bsky.social), from Becoming Altar (@subpresspoetry.bsky.social)
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1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
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Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Russians won't represent their country at Winter Olympics even if Ukraine war ends, IOC chief says
Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Covent...
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Always a pleasant experience to fly internationally the morning after your country enters into an illegitimate war.
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Always a pleasant experience to fly internationally the morning after your country enters into an illegitimate war.
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This feels like a culmination of several deep pathologies: congressional passivity, executive aggrandizement, national security exceptionalism, politics as theater, war as theater.
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This feels like a culmination of several deep pathologies: congressional passivity, executive aggrandizement, national security exceptionalism, politics as theater, war as theater.
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JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
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U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela as Trump escalates pressure on Maduro regime, sources say www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela as Trump escalates pressure on Maduro regime, sources say
President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, ratchet up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
www.cbsnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela as Trump escalates pressure on Maduro regime, sources say www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
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President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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"Geo" share this video from where he's pruning cherry trees. "It is very cold out here. Start at 6: 30 am and it's breezy with a lot of humidity in the air. Our hands feel like they’re freezing. We work in 8 hour day and are paid CA minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
January 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Geo" share this video from where he's pruning cherry trees. "It is very cold out here. Start at 6: 30 am and it's breezy with a lot of humidity in the air. Our hands feel like they’re freezing. We work in 8 hour day and are paid CA minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
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The story that continues to haunt me into 2026.
Even the KY men who lobbied for default 50/50 custody legislation, admit a significant number of husbands will use this law strictly to avoid child support or as leverage to continue their spousal abuse.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Even the KY men who lobbied for default 50/50 custody legislation, admit a significant number of husbands will use this law strictly to avoid child support or as leverage to continue their spousal abuse.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Divorce Plunged in Kentucky. Equal Custody for Fathers Is a Big Reason Why.
Kentucky’s law setting the standard of 50-50 shared child custody was hailed as a victory for fathers’ rights. Critics say it also puts mothers and children at risk.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The story that continues to haunt me into 2026.
Even the KY men who lobbied for default 50/50 custody legislation, admit a significant number of husbands will use this law strictly to avoid child support or as leverage to continue their spousal abuse.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Even the KY men who lobbied for default 50/50 custody legislation, admit a significant number of husbands will use this law strictly to avoid child support or as leverage to continue their spousal abuse.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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New data from SD: 98% of recent ICE arrestees are male, nearly all Hispanic, mostly from Mexico and Honduras. Meanwhile, the Latino Festival in Sioux Falls was canceled this year because "people just don't feel comfortable coming."
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
ICE’s year in SD, from small towns to Operation: Prairie Thunder
South Dakota extends Operation: Prairie Thunder—a joint ICE and Highway Patrol initiative involving 287(g) agreements—to continue anti‑crime patrols statewide, focusing on drug enforcement and…
www.kotatv.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:18 AM
New data from SD: 98% of recent ICE arrestees are male, nearly all Hispanic, mostly from Mexico and Honduras. Meanwhile, the Latino Festival in Sioux Falls was canceled this year because "people just don't feel comfortable coming."
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
This is also one of the low-key reasons why Trump so readily warmed up to Mamdani - he doesn’t perceive him as a legitimate challenger to the Presidency.
One underrated thing Mamdani has going for him is that he has always known he is ineligible for the presidency
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is also one of the low-key reasons why Trump so readily warmed up to Mamdani - he doesn’t perceive him as a legitimate challenger to the Presidency.
Suffering from serious NYC-envy today.
LA has consistently & historically lacked a political culture that centers the needs of its residents - not suburban commuters, outside industry, or megaevents.
We need to start rewarding/cultivating politicos who love LA in all its messy beauty.
LA has consistently & historically lacked a political culture that centers the needs of its residents - not suburban commuters, outside industry, or megaevents.
We need to start rewarding/cultivating politicos who love LA in all its messy beauty.
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Suffering from serious NYC-envy today.
LA has consistently & historically lacked a political culture that centers the needs of its residents - not suburban commuters, outside industry, or megaevents.
We need to start rewarding/cultivating politicos who love LA in all its messy beauty.
LA has consistently & historically lacked a political culture that centers the needs of its residents - not suburban commuters, outside industry, or megaevents.
We need to start rewarding/cultivating politicos who love LA in all its messy beauty.
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
January 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
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Ma mitzpacti in yancuic xihuitl!
(“May the New Year bring you joy” in Classical Nahuatl.)
(“May the New Year bring you joy” in Classical Nahuatl.)
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Ma mitzpacti in yancuic xihuitl!
(“May the New Year bring you joy” in Classical Nahuatl.)
(“May the New Year bring you joy” in Classical Nahuatl.)
Trump & Miller are destroying our economy:
“Flores found that the number of people reporting private sector employment in California in late May and early June fell by 3.1% — a drop so significant it was exceeded in recent memory only by the employment downturn during the COVID-19 lockdown.”
“Flores found that the number of people reporting private sector employment in California in late May and early June fell by 3.1% — a drop so significant it was exceeded in recent memory only by the employment downturn during the COVID-19 lockdown.”
Immigration raids linked to significant California job losses, analysis finds
Immigration raids linked to significant California job losses, analysis finds
A UC Merced study used U.S. census data to track changes in the number of Californians reporting private sector employment across several months in 2025.
www.latimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Trump & Miller are destroying our economy:
“Flores found that the number of people reporting private sector employment in California in late May and early June fell by 3.1% — a drop so significant it was exceeded in recent memory only by the employment downturn during the COVID-19 lockdown.”
“Flores found that the number of people reporting private sector employment in California in late May and early June fell by 3.1% — a drop so significant it was exceeded in recent memory only by the employment downturn during the COVID-19 lockdown.”
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This is LA on a random Tuesday
Happy New Years from Berlin where everyone per usual has lost their minds
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is LA on a random Tuesday
Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t get enough credit for continuously acknowledging & including Spanish speakers in his movies & stories.
You can tell where the guy grew up, his connection to SoCal, and his fidelity to all of that just by watching Punch-Drunk Love & One Battle After Another.
You can tell where the guy grew up, his connection to SoCal, and his fidelity to all of that just by watching Punch-Drunk Love & One Battle After Another.
January 1, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t get enough credit for continuously acknowledging & including Spanish speakers in his movies & stories.
You can tell where the guy grew up, his connection to SoCal, and his fidelity to all of that just by watching Punch-Drunk Love & One Battle After Another.
You can tell where the guy grew up, his connection to SoCal, and his fidelity to all of that just by watching Punch-Drunk Love & One Battle After Another.