Kirsi Cheas
@kirsicheas.bsky.social
Finnish postdoctoral researcher focusing on collaborative investigative journalism across the U.S.-Mexico border & border between the D.R. and Haiti. Interdisciplinary activist. Website: https://journalismbeyondthewall.org
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Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Honduras' attorney general said Monday that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump. n.pr/4prsNx7
Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon
Honduras' attorney general said Monday that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Honduras' attorney general said Monday that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump. n.pr/4prsNx7
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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As the US ramps up deadly strikes on Venezuelan boats to fight alleged drug trafficking networks, we look at Washington's long history of leveraging drug smuggling to support foreign policy goals around the world.
🔗: aje.io/ysi9ys | #Infograph
🔗: aje.io/ysi9ys | #Infograph
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As the US ramps up deadly strikes on Venezuelan boats to fight alleged drug trafficking networks, we look at Washington's long history of leveraging drug smuggling to support foreign policy goals around the world.
🔗: aje.io/ysi9ys | #Infograph
🔗: aje.io/ysi9ys | #Infograph
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This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
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Don’t miss our third –and most consequential– report from Tegucigalpa 👇
Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and dipl...
beta.elfaro.net
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Don’t miss our third –and most consequential– report from Tegucigalpa 👇
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No More Deaths has been working to find the arrestees in the weeks since, to no avail. “They’ve somewhat disappeared into the ICE custody black hole.”
Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing “Impunity”
The raid on humanitarian aid providers on the U.S.-Mexico divide was the first where Border Patrol entered structures without a warrant.
interc.pt
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
No More Deaths has been working to find the arrestees in the weeks since, to no avail. “They’ve somewhat disappeared into the ICE custody black hole.”
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How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers aje.io/usdhib
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers aje.io/usdhib
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One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...
Irrefutable Images
One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find…
beta.elfaro.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Trump’s push in Honduran election and his backing of Asfura reflect a mix of 1980s-style anti-communism and geopolitical opportunism 🧵https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/article313274743.html?taid=692d2589c7c4790001ec12ba&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Trump’s push in Honduran election and his backing of Asfura reflect a mix of 1980s-style anti-communism and geopolitical opportunism 🧵https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/article313274743.html?taid=692d2589c7c4790001ec12ba&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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The decisions come a day after President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” among other threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The decisions come a day after President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” among other threats.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Bukele has dealt with three US administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele’s bet on Trump catapulted him back to the seat of US power. beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...
Podcast: Bukele and Washington: Honeymoon, Breakup, and Back Together
Nayib Bukele has dealt with three U.S. administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele bet on…
beta.elfaro.net
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bukele has dealt with three US administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele’s bet on Trump catapulted him back to the seat of US power. beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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"When I picked my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash," Maria Avalos said in a statement after her son was released.
"I fear for my grandkids growing up in a country that targets and profiles dark-skinned people."
"I fear for my grandkids growing up in a country that targets and profiles dark-skinned people."
Viral Videos Show Toddlers Caught Up in ICE Arrests
Children are increasingly coming into harm’s way as immigration agents step up aggressive arrests and raids across the country.
time.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"When I picked my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash," Maria Avalos said in a statement after her son was released.
"I fear for my grandkids growing up in a country that targets and profiles dark-skinned people."
"I fear for my grandkids growing up in a country that targets and profiles dark-skinned people."
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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