abbey steele
@abbeyst.bsky.social
I research & teach about displacement, civil wars, state-building and Colombia at the University of Amsterdam. AMS / CLE / BOG
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1126-9235
abbeysteele.net
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1126-9235
arme Ohio, gewoon minding its own business
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
arme Ohio, gewoon minding its own business
"Powerful drug-trafficking organizations use violence to operate outside the rule of law, control who can and cannot run for local office, and eliminate community leaders who stand up to them. The attempt on Senator Uribe’s life underscores a grim fact: Democracy is among the drug war’s casualties."
July 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Powerful drug-trafficking organizations use violence to operate outside the rule of law, control who can and cannot run for local office, and eliminate community leaders who stand up to them. The attempt on Senator Uribe’s life underscores a grim fact: Democracy is among the drug war’s casualties."
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BCG helped set up a militarised aid scheme in Gaza, widely condemned by the humanitarian sector, and worked on cost models for relocating Palestinians out of the territory.
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
BCG helped set up a militarised aid scheme in Gaza, widely condemned by the humanitarian sector, and worked on cost models for relocating Palestinians out of the territory.
Reposted by abbey steele
Russia’s entire military budget is only $145 billion. Stephen Miller got even more than that to expel people who don’t pass his racial standards—including naturalized citizens. And when they’re done with that, they’ll come after critics. When they create a gulag economy that big, it doesn’t go away.
$171 billion: That’s the sum the Republican megabill pours into President Trump's immigration agenda. “This money is going to ingrain immigration enforcement in all aspects of local law enforcement,” says an analyst at the American Immigration Council. boltsmag.org/how-the...
How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement
Congress is pouring tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.
boltsmag.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Russia’s entire military budget is only $145 billion. Stephen Miller got even more than that to expel people who don’t pass his racial standards—including naturalized citizens. And when they’re done with that, they’ll come after critics. When they create a gulag economy that big, it doesn’t go away.
it is also striking what the top 4 are! - they don't care about them either.
(though the Dems haven't been much better lately.)
(though the Dems haven't been much better lately.)
July 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
it is also striking what the top 4 are! - they don't care about them either.
(though the Dems haven't been much better lately.)
(though the Dems haven't been much better lately.)
Gisteren vroeg een collega mij nog of ik inmiddels een Nederlandse nationaliteit had, en was verbaasd toen ik zei dat dat niet mogelijk is (zonder afstand te doen van mijn Amerikaanse nationaliteit, wat nogal een gedoe is).
July 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Gisteren vroeg een collega mij nog of ik inmiddels een Nederlandse nationaliteit had, en was verbaasd toen ik zei dat dat niet mogelijk is (zonder afstand te doen van mijn Amerikaanse nationaliteit, wat nogal een gedoe is).