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Dina Arévalo
@photogdina.bsky.social
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Tejana. Baylor alum. Award winning professional question asker. South Texas reporter for mySA.com covering the Rio Grande Valley. I punch above my weight. DM for Signal or to send cat memes.
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corybooker.com
A teenager. A U.S. citizen. Detained by ICE at a courthouse.

This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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repcasar.bsky.social
Corporations shouldn’t be allowed to use your private data to jack up prices with AI.

I introduced the first federal ban on ‘surveillance pricing’ because companies using private info to rip people off is unacceptable.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
"Israel" shares we are getting ready to harvest the celery that many will use while making their Thanksgiving stuffing. "I'm proud of the work I do that brings food to tables across the US. With our hands we do the hard work that feeds America." #WeFeedYou
A worker holding up a freshly harvested bunch of celery in the middle of a celery field
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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keribla.bsky.social
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations

My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
photogdina.bsky.social
The rare occasion where I’ve waited until #ElectionDay to cast my ballot & I’ve been met with the LONGEST line of voters I have EVER seen at @utrgv campus in Edinburg. I’ve been voting here for decades and I’ve never seen the line this long. #RGV
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
photogdina.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 It’s official: @bobbypulido.bsky.social is running for Congress, challenging Republican Monica De La Cruz for District 15. #RGV

I spoke with the Tejano superstar about what it’ll take to win back rural South Texas voters. You can read more @mysanantonio.com: www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/p...
'Old-fashioned way': South Texas Tejano superstar launches bid for Congress
“I’m looking forward to going out there and earning [votes] the old-fashioned way: talking to them, listening to them, and showing them that I want the best for them.”
www.mysanantonio.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
RFK Jr. posted this with his official gov’t account yesterday.

In the video, he says “Should doctors make decisions based on what’s best for their patients, or based upon what makes them the most money?”.

Hours later a man who believed the COVID19 vaccine harmed him opened fire on the CDC.
Screenshot from RFK Jr’s official HHS secretary account that says Medical decisions should be made based on one thing: the wellbeing of the person—never on a financial bonus or a government mandate. Doctors deserve the freedom to use their training, follow the science, and speak the truth without fear of punishment.
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: DOJ asks Judge Breyer to close next week's trial on the Trump admin's possible violations of the Posse Comitatus Act to remote public access, arguing that it endangers DoD/DHS/ICE officials to let the public see who they are. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Civil Rules 7-11 and 77-3, Defendants respectfully object to permitting remote public access during the trial proceedings. Local Rule 77- 3(b)(1) permits a court to prohibit remote public access "where doing so would risk interfering with the integrity of the proceedings." "This includes, but is not limited to, situations where remote public access would risk infringing on privacy interests, creating safety concerns, or materially affecting witness testimony." Id. Those conditions are present here. Yesterday, the parties exchanged final witness lists. The parties expect the Court will hear testimony from the three individuals who have given deposition testimony, which includes two Department of Defense officials and one official from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations. It is undisputed that agitators have used social media and the Internet to coordinate attacks against DHS ICE ERO personnel. See, e.g., DHS Announces ICE Law Enforcement are Now Facing an 830 Percent Increase in Assaults, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/15/dhs-announces-ice-law-enforcement-are-now- facing-830-percent-increase-assaults (July 15, 2015); ECF No. 84-1 (June 18 Santacruz Declaration) at I 6 (discussing the violence against National Guard members and law enforcement). And doxxing-the posting of private or identifying information about a particular individual online with malicious intent—has been another significant safety concern. See, e.g., ECF No. 22-1 (June 11 Santacruz Declaration) at I 33 (discussing the "significant instances of demonstrators posting the location, images, and family information of federal law enforcement employees online in an attempt to dox, threaten and obstruct"). Providing remote public access to the trial creates safety concerns for the witnesses and attorneys appearing at trial. At a minimum, Defendants res…
August 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
photogdina.bsky.social
I don’t think any state lawmaker is gonna be hurting for $600 a month.

The $6,630 total per diem for the duration of special session’s 30 days, on the other hand…….
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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austinkocher.com
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/m...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business
The CPB announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.
www.cnn.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. Internal emails obtained by @haleaziz.bsky.social reveal how the State Department scrambled to figure out a PR strategy after they realized the implications of having gotten a triple murderer released from prison decades early.

He is current living free in the U.S. thanks to the Trump admin.
In an internal email exchange that was obtained by The New York Times, State Department officials debated whether to include Mr. Hanid Ortiz in a public statement to be published that afternoon about the people being released, 10 including him. “We had understood that we don’t want to refer to him as a hostage or wrongfully detained, which is why we said nine,” a press official wrote. Michael Kozak, the career official who oversees diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere, replied: “Well then we probably should not have asked for him. Can we now extradite him to Spain? We did get the S.O.B. released.” Finally, Mr. Kozak made the decision to include him: “Well I would stick with 10 as we did ask for and receive 10.” He added that the fact that at least one “is a bum does not change that fact.” That afternoon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement saying that Mr. Trump’s leadership had led to the release of the “10 Americans.” “Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland,” Mr. Rubio said in the statement.
August 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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jenrice.bsky.social
how it's going in texas
At the start of a contentious, hours-long hearing in the Texas House of Representatives to debate the new, GOP-drawn congressional map, Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D) had a pointed question for Rep. Cody Vasut (R), the chair of the House redistricting committee. “My question is, does the leadership of the state truly think that the constituents, the people of Texas, are that stupid?” Rosenthal asked Vasut. Vasut never answered the question.
August 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social
Hijinks! A judge calls juror in for a venire - including people with him he has a grudge - and then has them arrested for violating Texas law about juror residency. Likely all an elaborate set up to eliminate 3 voters in a county with only 64 residents! /1

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
August 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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erikamcentarfer.bsky.social
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."
July 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
photogdina.bsky.social
🚨NEW: Yesterday, @krgv announced the immediate end of Spanish language news brand @NoticiasRGV. What they didn’t announce is that News Director Zoltan Csanyi-Salcedo was ousted a day before. #RGV #RGVNews

You can read about it in my latest for @mysanantonio.com: www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t...
Why a South Texas TV station suddenly ended its Spanish newscast
It's unclear how many employees were laid off from the South Texas news station.
www.mysanantonio.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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darlingstarling.bsky.social
"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"

The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:
The Sears Tower looking insanely creepy during a blackout, including the impression of a scary face topped by a crown of spikes. It looks like a giant humanoid evil robot or a demonic Minecraft creature.
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
photogdina.bsky.social
🚨NEW: Officials have ID’ed the man who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship that departed from Galveston last week. The man was Euyelester Villarreal Jr., 48, of Rio Grande City #RGV.

You can read more about it in my latest for @mysanantonio.com: www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t...
South Texas man ID'd as person who died on Carnival Dream Cruise
The FBI is investigating, but medical examiners say the body showed no signs of trauma.
www.mysanantonio.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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jenrice.bsky.social
NEW: TX republican redistricting chair admits he hasn’t looked at census data | from @democracydocket.com

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas Republican Redistricting Chair Admits He Hasn’t Looked at Census Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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mysanantonio.com
JUST IN: bit.ly/4kpEPU7

Nineteen adults and 17 children have yet to be identified, as well as "one additional person" pending identification, according to officials.
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
photogdina.bsky.social
Yesterday, a Michigan man opened fire on #BorderPatrol in #McAllen. Today, I learned his dad tried to warn police he was armed. #RGV

Read more, including a timeline of events leading up to Ryan Louis Mosqueda’s death, in my latest for @mysanantonio.com: www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t...
New details surface after man attacks Border Patrol in South Texas
The shooter's father told police Ryan Louis Mosqueda was armed.
www.mysanantonio.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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mysanantonio.com
🔗 bit.ly/4l8XG7a

Just like they did during the 2021 freeze, Uvalde and Harvey, H-E-B is on the way.
July 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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mysanantonio.com
If the area had a signature dish, this would be it 🍴😋 bit.ly/4ewTcoq
July 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
photogdina.bsky.social
A year ago today, Tabatha Sullivent was enjoying the 4th of July on South Padre Island #SPI in #RGV when the unimaginable happened: she was attacked by a shark.

This week, I got a chance to speak with her about that life-changing moment.

For @mysanantonio.com: www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t...
Woman recounts 'fighting the shark' 1 year after South Padre attack
One year and numerous surgeries later, her wounds have healed, but her life has been forever changed.
www.mysanantonio.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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waldo.net
The path is very clear: Republicans are creating a system to allow anybody—you, me, whoever—to have their citizenship revoked, sent to a prison camp in the Everglades, then exported to a labor camp in a third-world country. That entire pipeline could be in place in 24 hours.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 1
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM