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Adrian H. Huerta, PhD
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Tenured faculty member @ USC - studying: boys/men of color; educational inequalities; gang-involved populations; violence prevention. PhD from @UCLA. Aspen Fellow. 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 he/him
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒:

A child-care worker at a preschool on Chicago’s North Side was detained by federal immigration agents as children were being dropped off — despite having a valid work permit and no criminal history. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
😳 😮 🫢 this is embarrassing 😳 😮 🫢
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This is fucking amazing
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Did you know some California students are getting into college without even applying?

It's called direct admissions.

EdSource reporter Michael Burke explains.

Learn more: bit.ly/4nnBfLX
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls a special session to redraw congressional districts, expanding Trump’s push to add GOP seats.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls a special session to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries
Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun has called a special session and directed state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Congratulations to @akezar.bsky.social, who was selected as a 2025 ASHE Fellow. This class of professionals will be honored at #ASHE2025.

shorturl.at/TSPsl

@julieposselt.bsky.social, @adrianhuertaphd.bsky.social, @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social, @zcorwin.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Love my city! ❤️🌉❤️
#sanfrancisco #nokings #YesOn50
📸: Photo by Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty Images
October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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We got the Lucha contingency out here
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.
I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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A top Trump administration official said the White House would be “immediately pausing” more than $11 billion in projects in cities led by Democrats, including San Francisco.
White House says it will halt $11B in projects in Democratic-led cities — including S.F.
A top Trump administration official said the White House would be “immediately pausing” more than $11 billion in projects in cities led by Democrats, including San Francisco.
bit.ly
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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JUST IN: Trump has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George SANTOS.
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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BREAKING: The White House has confirmed it's called the 5 institutions who haven't signed its compact to a meeting this afternoon. Insiders tell us it's "an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign" @knottkatherine.bsky.social has the scoop www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
White House to Meet with Universities Regarding Compact
The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.
www.insidehighered.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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NEW - White House spokesperson responds: “As long as they are not begging for federal funding, universities are free to implement any lawful policies they would like. However, the notion that universities should benefit from taxpayer money without responsibilities in return is terribly misguided.”
October 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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If Trump helped with the release of prisoners and hostages there, maybe he could release the political prisoners held illegally in US concentration camps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...
What We Know About the Deal Between Israel and Hamas
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM