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Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely disgusting.

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, has his own company town in the poorest community in the country, the Rio Grande Valley, TX

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just approved a pay package for Elon Musk that’s worth up to $1 trillion.

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Candice Bernd @candicebernd.bsky.social · 1d

NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.

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Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · 4d

Favorite book & favorite director
10/10 film

Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · 4d

About to watch Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein in 35mm on Dia de los Muertos!
Sometimes life is good.

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 8d

Alejandro Juarez was mistakenly deported to Mexico despite a pending court hearing, @nytimes.com reports. On Sept. 20, we tracked an Eastern Air Express flight from Newark, NJ to Harlingen, TX — we believe this was the plane carrying Mr. Juarez prior to his wrongful removal to MX.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 9d

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was beaten, choked, and subjected to racial slurs by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Houston, who did not identify themselves before tackling him and his father to the ground.

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 15d

Australian company announces lithium refinery plans at the Port of Brownsville

“The timing is ideal to establish a foothold in Texas,” the company chairman said

www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/ne...

Lithium Universe unveils Texas refinery plan to expand North American footprint

Lithium Universe Ltd (ASX:LU7, OTC:LUVSF) has unveiled plans for a second lithium carbonate refinery in Brownsville, Texas — a move that expands its North...

www.proactiveinvestors.com.au

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Francesca D'Annunzio @francescadnunz.bsky.social · 18d

While Menijivar was held at the Corley facility facing possible deportation, another detainee sexually assaulted him twice with the help of an accomplice, he said in an official complaint and in interviews with me this year, and other media in 2017:

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Group claims ICE ignores claims of sexual assault of immigrants in custody

Ultimately, in an internal affairs review, ICE's own deportation and detention agents concluded there was insufficient evidence to support Menjivar's allegations, according to a one-page letter of...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Francesca D'Annunzio @francescadnunz.bsky.social · 18d

Menjivar, a 50 yo master mechanic originally from El Salvador, had lived in the US for most of the last twenty years.

He spent 2013 to 2015 in immigrant detention, including at the Houston-area Joe Corley Detention Center, operated by the for-profit prison contractor GEO Group.

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Francesca D'Annunzio @francescadnunz.bsky.social · 18d

A decade ago, Douglas Menjivar became a whistleblower and activist after he was raped in ICE detention.

He married a US citizen, but wasn't able to get a green card.

In June, agents arrested him just before his 50th birthday. 🧵

www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-ar...

Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.

Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

www.texasobserver.org

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 22d

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: Guillermo del Toro's longtime passion project 'Frankenstein' is its own marvelous monster

Jacob Elordi's yearning creature breaks spines and hearts in a violent, kinetic adaptation that co-stars Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz and Mia Goth.

www.latimes.com

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 17d

Gov. Greg Abbott admitted in an X post that Texas is purging professors with “leftist ideologies” — and people are not happy.

Gov. Abbott Admitted to Purging ‘Leftist’ Professors. People Are Calling It the ‘Definition of Fascism.’

Students and professors have protested firings of “leftist” professors at major universities in recent weeks.

thebarbedwire.com

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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 21d

This is the first time federal terrorism charges have been deployed in association with the “antifa” label…The Prairieland case has so far provided a convenient testing ground for state repression. Latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/17/a...

“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity

After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.

theintercept.com

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Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · 24d

With every launch, SpaceX dumps pollution on our beaches: Playa Bagdad and Boca chica beach. SpaceX desecrates sacred lands. That's why we're out here resisting SpaceX & the technofascist Elon Musk

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Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · 24d

South TX EJ Network is with Matamoros organizations on a boat flotilla off the coast of Playa Bagdad to protest the SpaceX launch that just happened

¡fuera SpaceX, fuera Elon musk!

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 27d

“This is the first time I’ve seen so many pregnant people in [ICE] detention,” said Tania Wolf, the Southeast advocacy manager at the National Immigration Project. interc.pt/48WWErA

A photo of a sign offering families help locating their relatives hanging outside of an immigrant detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Oct. 2, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention," and the DEK, "The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Oct 6

Ten years and five months apart

Greg Abbott & @GregAbbott_TX
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I've ordered the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15 to safeguard Texans' constitutional rights, private property & civil liberties
2:21 PM • 4/28/15

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Oct 7

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · Oct 7

Organizers told me they're watching out for federal agents harassing people in Memphis

My Uber driver, a black woman, told me her daughter was driving her car & was randomly pulled over by the National Guard

Bekah Hinojosa @bekahbot.bsky.social · Oct 4

At the march in Memphis happening now.

From the Rio Grande Valley to Memphis, no more Elon Musk, ICE, & National Guard in our communities. ¡Fuera!

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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · Oct 3

In April, the Trump admin deported “Rosario” & her two US citizen children, one of whom is being treated for stage 4 kidney cancer.

The case drew national and international attention. Rosario shares her story for the first time with @theguardian.com - another chapter in our Ice Air investigation:

‘They never told me where I was going’: a family falls into Louisiana’s ‘black hole’ of deportation

Exclusive: A mother and her two US citizen children – including one with stage 4 cancer – disappeared and were deported to Honduras

www.theguardian.com

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Oct 3

READ: Two activists in Texas are facing hate crime charges for graffiti criticizing Israel. Their lawyers say these cases represent extreme government overreach and could set a dangerous precedent for Palestine activists nationwide. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/stat...

State prosecutors in Texas seek to make anti-Israel graffiti a hate crime

Two activists in Texas are facing hate crime charges for graffiti criticizing Israel. Their lawyers say these cases represent extreme government overreach and could set a dangerous precedent for Pales...

mondoweiss.net

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Sep 29

President Trump’s sweeping national security memo directs feds to investigate and prosecute any person, non-profit, or entity displaying what Trump calls political violence: anti-capitalism, anti-Americanism, anti-Christianity, and “extremism” on race, gender, and migration.
trib.al/M7ZbuWE

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · Oct 1

New: A federal judge has ordered ICE to immediately release 28-year-old Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a Mexican immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for two decades, because she is protected from deportation under DACA.

Judge orders the immediate release of El Paso DACA recipient

The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

www.texastribune.org

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Sep 27

Where are the "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees?

Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of “Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database

Hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” have disappeared. Democracy Now! speaks with Shirsho Dasgupta, a Miam...

www.democracynow.org

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