Sofia Perez
@sofia-perez.bsky.social
Writer, editor, New Yorker, https://sofia-perez.com // Words in BBC Travel, CNTraveler, Forbes, LitHub, Saveur, Travel+Leisure // ‘24 Sustainability Award (for Spain reporting), ‘23 ASJA Writing Awards Finalist // Beats: food/drink, travel, art, eco-issues
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Sofia Perez
@sofia-perez.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Since my dad’s passing nearly seven years ago, I’ve written several articles about him—my way of making sense of the void he left behind. Now, finally, I’ve had the chance to write about my wonderful mamá, who is equally worthy of the attention, even though... (🧵 1/4)
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Operation Change The Topic From Epstein
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Operation Change The Topic From Epstein
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New reporting from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Controversial "Fixer"
Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New reporting from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
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2.977 people died on 9/11.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
2.977 people died on 9/11.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
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Crucially, the mother missed the hearing in 2018 because she was a child at the time, and it was her mother’s failure to bring her to the hearing which led to the deportation order.
This is depressingly common.
This is depressingly common.
ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Crucially, the mother missed the hearing in 2018 because she was a child at the time, and it was her mother’s failure to bring her to the hearing which led to the deportation order.
This is depressingly common.
This is depressingly common.
What say you about this, @karaswisher.bsky.social? Possible? Tin foil? Disturbing, if true. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What say you about this, @karaswisher.bsky.social? Possible? Tin foil? Disturbing, if true. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
Absurd and utterly obscene. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.
gothamist.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Absurd and utterly obscene. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
Only the finest people, eh? www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Jonathan Braun, whose sentence was commuted by Trump, charged with assaulting man, child during Sabbath dinner at Lawrence home
A former pot dealer and enforcer for a small business loan company, according to authorities, Jonathan Braun could be reincarcerated for violating the terms of his supervised release.
www.newsday.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Only the finest people, eh? www.newsday.com/long-island/...
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
With his actions today, @schumer.senate.gov has proven himself to be 2025's Neville Chamberlain. You will NOT be re-elected, Chuck. What a colossal disappointment you are.
March 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
With his actions today, @schumer.senate.gov has proven himself to be 2025's Neville Chamberlain. You will NOT be re-elected, Chuck. What a colossal disappointment you are.
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holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
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The crazy thing is every bit of this underperformance is self-inflicted.
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The crazy thing is every bit of this underperformance is self-inflicted.
This is very much on brand. Dump is drawn to incompetence.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is very much on brand. Dump is drawn to incompetence.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
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One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.
March 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.
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A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant Banksy.
True gratitude should always be earned, not demanded. #IStandWithUkraine
March 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
True gratitude should always be earned, not demanded. #IStandWithUkraine
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
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The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
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Front page of today’s NY Post
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Front page of today’s NY Post
More of the @nytimes.com normalizing criminals. Who gives a f*ck about her stupid haircut? Ridiculous.
Pardoned for Jan. 6, She Came Home to a New Reality
Rachel Powell is one of hundreds of prisoners granted amnesty for their role in the Capitol riot as President Trump has sought to alter the record of that day. Her life, like her nation, is deeply cha...
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More of the @nytimes.com normalizing criminals. Who gives a f*ck about her stupid haircut? Ridiculous.