Tina Vasquez
@tinavasquez.bsky.social
Features Editor & Immigration Reporter @prismreports.org | co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com | tina@prismreports.org
So, the actual headline here is: In violation of a court order, the Trump administration plans to starve millions of families during the holidays—and it’s forcing states to comply
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits — The Washington Post
A memo issued by the Agriculture Department warns states that if they do not comply with the new orders, they will face consequences.
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So, the actual headline here is: In violation of a court order, the Trump administration plans to starve millions of families during the holidays—and it’s forcing states to comply
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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just a dead on example of how our flawed definition and conception of discrimination doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
“The dual class action suits allege that the functions—which followed thousands of sexual harassment and assault lawsuits against Uber and Lyft over the years— have limited the economic opportunities for men and discriminated against them because of their gender.”
Male Drivers Sue Uber and Lyft Over Women-Only Ride-Hailing
The lawsuits allege that male drivers receive fewer rides because of the feature, violating sex discrimination laws.
time.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
just a dead on example of how our flawed definition and conception of discrimination doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Attention fellow Espooky Latinas: You have homework. Say hello to your next book obsession!
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Attention fellow Espooky Latinas: You have homework. Say hello to your next book obsession!
No, but seriously. These are screenshots from an actual DHS press release about this.
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
No, but seriously. These are screenshots from an actual DHS press release about this.
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DAILY MEMO: 25 People Taken In Hectic Santa Ana Raids and More
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November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
DAILY MEMO: 25 People Taken In Hectic Santa Ana Raids and More
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"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Lawsuit over Conditions at Broadview ICE Facility in Federal Court
Federal authorities moved two plaintiffs in the suit out of state; a judge has ordered they be returned Monday.
southsideweekly.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
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If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
Mapping deportations invites you to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. For more than two centuries, U.S. immigration enforcement…
mappingdeportations.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
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Travelers brace for airport chaos as flight cuts begin: 'People are just fed up'
Travelers brace for airport chaos as flight cuts begin: 'People are just fed up'
Plans to cut flights have left travelers angry and anxious. Some tried to move their travel plans up, while others were trying to figure out alternatives in case their flights were canceled.
www.latimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Travelers brace for airport chaos as flight cuts begin: 'People are just fed up'
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Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir. A cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how Palantir helps ICE with investigations and on-the-ground enforcement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on…
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir. A cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how Palantir helps ICE with investigations and on-the-ground enforcement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I've been a reporter a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a fellowship opportunity for a community photojournalist! So, if you have some funds, please do consider supporting @altavozlab.bsky.social in launching its Nick Oza Visual Fellowship:
Support the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship
We need your support to fully fund the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship! Support Southwest photographers telling their communities’ stories and help us reach $15,000. Please share and donate today!
fundrazr.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've been a reporter a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a fellowship opportunity for a community photojournalist! So, if you have some funds, please do consider supporting @altavozlab.bsky.social in launching its Nick Oza Visual Fellowship:
I've been a reporter a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a fellowship opportunity for a community photojournalist! So, if you have some funds, please do consider supporting @altavozlab.bsky.social in launching its Nick Oza Visual Fellowship:
Support the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship
We need your support to fully fund the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship! Support Southwest photographers telling their communities’ stories and help us reach $15,000. Please share and donate today!
fundrazr.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've been a reporter a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a fellowship opportunity for a community photojournalist! So, if you have some funds, please do consider supporting @altavozlab.bsky.social in launching its Nick Oza Visual Fellowship:
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“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
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The timeline right now. Find the country trying to run itself into the ground
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The timeline right now. Find the country trying to run itself into the ground
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@tinavasquez.bsky.social explores a little known Halloween subculture: Halloween 'Villaging', where grown adults make little Halloween villages to celebrate the holiday everyday.
Inside the Tiny, Weird World of Halloween ‘Villaging'
As part of this Boomer-coded subculture, two companies vie for the attention of weirdos like me, who prefer to spend their time—and money—constructing small, spooky landscapes.
f.mtr.cool
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@tinavasquez.bsky.social explores a little known Halloween subculture: Halloween 'Villaging', where grown adults make little Halloween villages to celebrate the holiday everyday.
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Halloween was last Friday, but let's keep these 👻SPOOKY 👻 VIBES👻 going, shall we? We've been HAUNTING YOUR INBOX for a year now. Here's a round up our spookiest reads:
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Halloween was last Friday, but let's keep these 👻SPOOKY 👻 VIBES👻 going, shall we? We've been HAUNTING YOUR INBOX for a year now. Here's a round up our spookiest reads:
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DAILY MEMO: Feds Rip Through Election Day, Taking At Least 25, Including Elderly, a Toddler, and Her U.S. Citizen Father
🧵 2 parts
🧵 2 parts
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
DAILY MEMO: Feds Rip Through Election Day, Taking At Least 25, Including Elderly, a Toddler, and Her U.S. Citizen Father
🧵 2 parts
🧵 2 parts
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
I’m so happy for New York City tonight, and as a journalist I look forward to holding Mamdani accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’m so happy for New York City tonight, and as a journalist I look forward to holding Mamdani accountable.
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“In recent months, a small army of historians, librarians, scientists and other volunteers has fanned out across America’s national parks and museums to photograph and painstakingly archive cultural and intellectual treasures they fear are under threat.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history
Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat from President Trump’s war against 'woke.'
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“In recent months, a small army of historians, librarians, scientists and other volunteers has fanned out across America’s national parks and museums to photograph and painstakingly archive cultural and intellectual treasures they fear are under threat.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
I learned this morning that @theflytrapmedia.com is fully funded for another year, thanks to all of you who subscribed, resubscribed, and donated. It's been quite a year and The Flytrap has been a bright spot.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I learned this morning that @theflytrapmedia.com is fully funded for another year, thanks to all of you who subscribed, resubscribed, and donated. It's been quite a year and The Flytrap has been a bright spot.