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Elisabeth Vallet

@elisabethvallet.bsky.social

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Border scholar
Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦
Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand
@UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · Mar 5

No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when we were discussing it 2 years ago?!

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:

The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025

Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025

Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings

bit.ly

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Kathleen Kennedy, Élisabeth Vallet , and 1 more Brendan Nyhan, Kathleen Kennedy, Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.

“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...

South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work

More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.

www.texastribune.org

Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social · 2d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

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Olivier Niquet @olivierniquet.com · 2d

Les patinoires des quartiers défavorisés de Montréal davantage impraticables

"Toutes les patinoires d’Outremont sont ouvertes, mais aucune ne l’est à Montréal-Nord"

www.tourniquet.quebec

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 3d

Migrants found hiding in frigid woods after walking to Quebec from U.S. montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 9d

Geography matters.
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...

Reposted by Christian Nadeau

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 9d

Ce dernier discours aura été à l’image de cette présidence 2.0 "un dirigeant empourpré, les 2 mains accrochées au podium, vomissant un staccato de mensonges dans une vocifération à la nation violente, acide et erratique. Quelque part entre un numéro de cirque et les funérailles de la bienséance"

L’année qui valait une décennie

Pendant que chacun s’évertue à suivre des yeux la balle qui le concerne, le monde change. Irrémédiablement.

www.ledevoir.com

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11d

Il faut lire cet ouvrage de Sacco comme une grille de lecture du monde actuel,de la polarisation d'une société, et l'on en ressort avec ce sentiment qu'on devrait pouvoir faire mieux parce qu'on sait désormais comment ça arrive. #OuPas

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

In his most recent book, “The Once and Future Riot,” the comics journalist Joe Sacco is investigating not only tumultuous past events but also the future they might create, Robert Rubsam writes.

A Cartoonist’s Complicated Search for the Truth

In his newest book, Joe Sacco worries about the kind of future that political violence might create.

bit.ly

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

In his most recent book, “The Once and Future Riot,” the comics journalist Joe Sacco is investigating not only tumultuous past events but also the future they might create, Robert Rubsam writes.

A Cartoonist’s Complicated Search for the Truth

In his newest book, Joe Sacco worries about the kind of future that political violence might create.

bit.ly

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11d

www.fox8live.com/2025/12/17/i...

ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues

A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.

www.fox8live.com

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 11d

Members of #Nepal's Indigenous communities who are regularly recruited for the poaching of various endangered animals and plants end up getting arrested and prosecuted, while major players and ring leaders are rarely caught.

Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade

Nepal is both the source and transit site for wildlife poaching, and has long flourished as a route for the illegal trade.

globalvoices.org

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 11d

Our top story, from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, the Observer has reported out the impacts of LNG facilities in the industrialized town of Freeport and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Peering Into the Rio Grande Valley’s Fossil Fuel Future

As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.

www.texasobserver.org

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11d

“It’s pretty rich they’re calling this THINGS THAT MATTER... It should really be called, things Bari Weiss wants to lecture America about. And after the first so-called Town Hall, it’s pretty clear America doesn’t want to be lectured at by Bari Weiss.”

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

CBS launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop

Following the Bari Weiss-moderated sitdown with Erika Kirk that was a massive ratings flop, CBS News has doubled down on the format and is launching a new town hall series in partnership with Weiss’ “...

www.independent.co.uk

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

The new Syria still has an ISIS problem. Its leader is serious about battling extremists, but most of the country is effectively without a state, Robert F. Worth writes:

What’s Behind the ISIS Attack in Syria

Ahmed al-Sharaa is serious about battling extremists, but his country isn’t fully under government control.

bit.ly

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11d

Scream to the Nation Address

Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 12d

The president screamed at Americans to like him tonight in a White House address filled with lies.

w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com

zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...

Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation

Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.

zeteo.com

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:

Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait

Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Mark D. White, Hester Blum , and 1 more Lisa W. Fazio, Mark D. White, Hester Blum, Élisabeth Vallet

NPR @npr.org · 11d

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.

n.pr

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Lola Hierro @lolahierro.bsky.social · 11d

La justicia europea considera responsable a #Frontex por primera vez de la expulsión ilegal de un refugiado. El fallo marca un antes y un después en la rendición de cuentas de la institución para el equipo legal de #Front_lex, la organización que ha defendido a #Hamoudi.
elpais.com/internaciona...

La justicia europea considera responsable a Frontex por primera vez de una devolución en caliente

El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE considera que la agencia de vigilancia de fronteras sí estuvo implicada en la expulsión ilegal de un refugiado sirio. El fallo marca un antes y un después en la rendic...

elpais.com

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11d

😂

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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 12d

The president screamed at Americans to like him tonight in a White House address filled with lies.

w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com

zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...

Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation

Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.

zeteo.com

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d

🤷🏻‍♀️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump announces tax funded “warrior dividends” for troops

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d

Time for Anti-doping control?

an orange in a tuxedo with the words that 's right below it

ALT: an orange in a tuxedo with the words that 's right below it

media.tenor.com

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d

Ceci
(But of course odds of this person having nuclear weapons would be low)

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12d

2/2

If you heard this from someone in a bar, at an assisted-living facility, in a sanity-competence hearing, etc you'd know you were not dealing with a person in control of facts, reality, or himself.

Every medical professional knows this. Every normal person does.

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

“Good evening America- I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it… this is what the Biden administration allowed to happen to our country… transgender for everybody…”

Trump is giving a humiliating speech to deflect responsibility and distract from his failures, drowning in Christmas decorations

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12d

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 12d

Another boat strike today. Let's dedicate this one to the 214 Republicans and 2 Democrats who voted against stopping these illegal murders.

The death toll from 26 attacks now stands at 99.

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
26 reported attacks. Total reported killed: 99 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location
2-Sep-25 11 "in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility" (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago)
15-Sep-25 3 "in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility"; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters
19-Sep-25 3 "in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility" near the Dominican Republic
3-Oct-25 4 "in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela"
14-Oct-25 6 "in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela"
16-Oct-25 2; 2 reported survivors "in the Caribbean"
17-Oct-25 3 "in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility"
21-Oct-25 2 "in the Eastern Pacific"
22-Oct-25 3 "in the Eastern Pacific"
23-Oct-25 6 "in the Caribbean Sea"
27-Oct-25 8 * "in the Eastern Pacific"
27-Oct-25 4 * "in the Eastern Pacific"
27-Oct-25 3 * "in the Eastern Pacific"
29-Oct-25 4 "in the Eastern Pacific"
1-Nov-25 3 "in the Caribbean"
4-Nov-25 2 "in the eastern Pacific"
6-Nov-25 3 "in the Caribbean… in international waters"
9-Nov-25 3 "in the eastern Pacific… in international waters"
9-Nov-25 3 "in the eastern Pacific… in international waters"
10-Nov-25 4 "in the Caribbean… in international waters"
15-Nov-25 3 "in the Eastern Pacific… in international waters"
4-Dec-25 4 "in the Eastern Pacific"
15-Dec-25 3 "in international waters… in the Eastern Pacific"
15-Dec-25 2 "in international waters… in the Eastern Pacific"
15-Dec-25 3 "in international waters… in the Eastern Pacific"
17-Dec-25 4 "in international waters… in the Eastern Pacific"
* One individual survived one of these three attacks, but was not recovered and is now included in the death toll.

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d

Lies at a rythm unmatched before

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 12d

Fact checking team must be exhausted by now 🍑

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