Liz Oglesby
@lizoglesby.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Geography and Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. Interests: immigration and border research and activism, Latin America, Tucson, good reads.
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Is the U.S. showing early signs of state capture?
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective
Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.
www.justsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Is the U.S. showing early signs of state capture?
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
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23 organizaciones internacionales expresan preocupación por la detención del abogado Ramón Cadena.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
23 organizaciones internacionales expresan preocupación por la detención del abogado Ramón Cadena.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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I believe you are looking for: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I believe you are looking for: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
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If you’re flying and see a TSA officer, thank them, say “ hang in there” and tell them you appreciate their service. They deserve the respect!
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If you’re flying and see a TSA officer, thank them, say “ hang in there” and tell them you appreciate their service. They deserve the respect!
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not to derail but this has to be the youngest remaining person with this micro-regional accent left right
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
not to derail but this has to be the youngest remaining person with this micro-regional accent left right
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Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean. Registration is free and required. See info below.
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Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean
Please join me on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 PM EST for a virtual discussion with fellow geographer and longtime friend Luna Vives about her new book The Gates of the Sea. If you’re…
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October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean. Registration is free and required. See info below.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/book-event...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/book-event...
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The University of Arizona rejected the White House education compact Monday, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to the Trump administration that the university will compete on merit for federal
U of A rejects Trump compact, says it will compete on merit for funding
The University of Arizona rejected the White House education compact Monday, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to the Trump administration that the university will compete on merit for federal
tucson.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The University of Arizona rejected the White House education compact Monday, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to the Trump administration that the university will compete on merit for federal
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Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.
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AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN
YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office
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October 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.
youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
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Trump sea murder tracker 👇
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump sea murder tracker 👇
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The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
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Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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1/ Trump officials reportedly told Congress the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with “designated terrorist organizations.” Here’s why that’s wrong: the U.S. is not at war. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
1/ Trump officials reportedly told Congress the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with “designated terrorist organizations.” Here’s why that’s wrong: the U.S. is not at war. 🧵
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Shocker. The judge knows he'll be fired if he rules in favor of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The system is rigged.
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Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case
The judge, who works for DOJ, found “insufficient evidence” that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda.
DHS had said “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case
The judge, who works for DOJ, found “insufficient evidence” that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda.
DHS had said “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case
The judge found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Shocker. The judge knows he'll be fired if he rules in favor of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The system is rigged.
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So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say
Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.
www.forbes.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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Good message about supporting local restaurants.
September 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Good message about supporting local restaurants.
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"Seeing everyone in Washington do crime reminded me of the time I did crime with you"
Time is collapsing. We are all already dead.
Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal | CNN Politics
Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"Seeing everyone in Washington do crime reminded me of the time I did crime with you"
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Detail from UNODC map titled “main cocaine trafficking routes within the Americas, by water, 2023-2024” and noting that arrows’ “color intensity indicates flow density.”
Venezuela’s Caribbean looks like a significant, but not a top-tier, trafficking route.
www.unodc.org/documents/da...
Venezuela’s Caribbean looks like a significant, but not a top-tier, trafficking route.
www.unodc.org/documents/da...
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Detail from UNODC map titled “main cocaine trafficking routes within the Americas, by water, 2023-2024” and noting that arrows’ “color intensity indicates flow density.”
Venezuela’s Caribbean looks like a significant, but not a top-tier, trafficking route.
www.unodc.org/documents/da...
Venezuela’s Caribbean looks like a significant, but not a top-tier, trafficking route.
www.unodc.org/documents/da...
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From WOLA: "Proportionality in the use of force is a fundamental principle of international law. Mere suspicion of carrying drugs, or merely being pursued by naval vessels or other military assets in international waters, are not offenses that carry a death sentence, much less summary execution."
Lethal U.S. military strike on alleged drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent in the “war on drugs” - WOLA
Yesterday, the President of the United States shared a video that appears to show a U.S. military strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump’s social media post stated that 11 of tho...
www.wola.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
From WOLA: "Proportionality in the use of force is a fundamental principle of international law. Mere suspicion of carrying drugs, or merely being pursued by naval vessels or other military assets in international waters, are not offenses that carry a death sentence, much less summary execution."
A communique from migrant advocacy organizations in Guatemala on the possible deportation of the unaccompanied children.
September 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A communique from migrant advocacy organizations in Guatemala on the possible deportation of the unaccompanied children.