Jane Esberg
@janeesberg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at UPenn. Authoritarianism and conflict, esp in Latin America. Aspiring cat lady. http://janeesberg.com
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
“Mario Guevara was here legally in the country, yet similarly he was targeted for removal because the government disliked him exercising his First Amendment rights,” Nora Benavidez, senior counsel for the media advocacy group The Free Press, said share.google/hcJkNtpEuva8...
Journalist arrested during summer ICE protests deported to El Salvador
Award-winning Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara has been deported to El Salvador in what press freedom advocates alleged was done “in retaliation for his reporting.” A leader with the Commi…
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October 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Mario Guevara was here legally in the country, yet similarly he was targeted for removal because the government disliked him exercising his First Amendment rights,” Nora Benavidez, senior counsel for the media advocacy group The Free Press, said share.google/hcJkNtpEuva8...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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So they're cancelling cancel culture so they can... (checks notes)... cancel culture?
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
So they're cancelling cancel culture so they can... (checks notes)... cancel culture?
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Over the last year, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Joan Scott. It was clear how much the experience of her father -- victim of McCarthyism -- shaped her as a scholar and person. This essay is a powerful testament to that.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Over the last year, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Joan Scott. It was clear how much the experience of her father -- victim of McCarthyism -- shaped her as a scholar and person. This essay is a powerful testament to that.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
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Trump's airstrike on a boat in the Caribbean crossed lines not even the worst War on Terror drone strike did. Never before did the US deliberately hit a nonthreatening target, in an area where the US military freely operates, when arrest was easily doable.
My latest (first in @foreignpolicy.com!!):
My latest (first in @foreignpolicy.com!!):
Trump’s Speedboat Attack Crossed All the Lines
The killing of 11 people went beyond any strike in the war on terror.
foreignpolicy.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Trump's airstrike on a boat in the Caribbean crossed lines not even the worst War on Terror drone strike did. Never before did the US deliberately hit a nonthreatening target, in an area where the US military freely operates, when arrest was easily doable.
My latest (first in @foreignpolicy.com!!):
My latest (first in @foreignpolicy.com!!):
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BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump resume immigration raids targeting Latinos, Spanish speakers and certain workers
Apparent 6-3 ruling. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the order is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees." @courthousenews.bsky.social
Apparent 6-3 ruling. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the order is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees." @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump resume immigration raids targeting Latinos, Spanish speakers and certain workers
Apparent 6-3 ruling. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the order is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees." @courthousenews.bsky.social
Apparent 6-3 ruling. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the order is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees." @courthousenews.bsky.social
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This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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Scientists’ role in defending democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Let's all support this vital need: the ability to tell the truth. 💪
"Those in the science community who are willing & able to be more visible can step up. Acting together will be more impactful than going it alone."
Let's all support this vital need: the ability to tell the truth. 💪
"Those in the science community who are willing & able to be more visible can step up. Acting together will be more impactful than going it alone."
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Scientists’ role in defending democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Let's all support this vital need: the ability to tell the truth. 💪
"Those in the science community who are willing & able to be more visible can step up. Acting together will be more impactful than going it alone."
Let's all support this vital need: the ability to tell the truth. 💪
"Those in the science community who are willing & able to be more visible can step up. Acting together will be more impactful than going it alone."
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“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
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It’s hard not to read this as overtly eliminationist rhetoric and it’s frankly terrifying to me.
I condemn this. I condemn this. I condemn this.
And I condemn everyone who believes in anything like it.
I condemn this. I condemn this. I condemn this.
And I condemn everyone who believes in anything like it.
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s hard not to read this as overtly eliminationist rhetoric and it’s frankly terrifying to me.
I condemn this. I condemn this. I condemn this.
And I condemn everyone who believes in anything like it.
I condemn this. I condemn this. I condemn this.
And I condemn everyone who believes in anything like it.
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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An intense, shocking read, raising all kinds of questions. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
An intense, shocking read, raising all kinds of questions. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.
From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:
From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:
Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says
Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.
www.texastribune.org
June 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.
From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:
From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:
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A Trump administration official has told lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil that the government has no immediate plans to release him, in spite of a judge’s order barring his detention on the grounds for which he was originally arrested. nyti.ms/4465JKP
June 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A Trump administration official has told lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil that the government has no immediate plans to release him, in spite of a judge’s order barring his detention on the grounds for which he was originally arrested. nyti.ms/4465JKP
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Tanks rolling through the nation's capital.
The president explicitly threatening peaceful, lawful protesters.
On the other coast, the US Marines deployed on US soil against the American people.
Just another Tuesday in Trump's America.
The president explicitly threatening peaceful, lawful protesters.
On the other coast, the US Marines deployed on US soil against the American people.
Just another Tuesday in Trump's America.
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Tanks rolling through the nation's capital.
The president explicitly threatening peaceful, lawful protesters.
On the other coast, the US Marines deployed on US soil against the American people.
Just another Tuesday in Trump's America.
The president explicitly threatening peaceful, lawful protesters.
On the other coast, the US Marines deployed on US soil against the American people.
Just another Tuesday in Trump's America.
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Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
June 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
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In what feels like a repeat of the Eric Adams situation, namely federal prosecutors resigning rather than going along with a naked effort to weaponize their office, a prosecutor in Tennessee resigns over the Abrego Garcia charges:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources
abcnews.go.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In what feels like a repeat of the Eric Adams situation, namely federal prosecutors resigning rather than going along with a naked effort to weaponize their office, a prosecutor in Tennessee resigns over the Abrego Garcia charges:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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6800 people who already probably have leases for next year, spent years of their lives working to get to where they were now upended because Trump and Noem and Stephen Miller want to crush a major export sector of this economy, oh, and also a source of cures for diseases and knowledge of all sorts.
May 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
6800 people who already probably have leases for next year, spent years of their lives working to get to where they were now upended because Trump and Noem and Stephen Miller want to crush a major export sector of this economy, oh, and also a source of cures for diseases and knowledge of all sorts.