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Michael Deibert
@michaeldeibert.bsky.social
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Author and journalist. Writing at https://michaeldeibert.substack.com. Enemy to autocrats. Friend to all cats. Piti piti, zwazo fe nich-li
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · Nov 20
People of the left & right both must realize that, whatever its stated goals & allegiances, autocracy/caudillismo is its own ideology.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 10h
They are no different and no better than low-down kidnappers & predators who target children: Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...
Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports
The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.
www.fox26houston.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 10h
It was genuinely shocking to me, especially the lack of response from the editors when I presented them with dated, side-by-side screenshots of the text in question.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 10h
These creatures - one can barely call them people - need to be stopped from treating the citizenry, especially children, in this manner.
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 15h
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 11h
I am genuinely not sure where Ireland's soft spot for Assadist, tankie filth comes from: Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests
Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.
www.rte.ie
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 14h
"This is an administration that looks at the flourishing of city life wherever it may be across the country as a threat to their political agenda." Well said, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 14h
They are doing lots of evil in our midst: Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US
An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.
www.reuters.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 14h
If you're more upset about María Corina Machado winning the Nobel Prize than you are about all those - many in the flower of youth - murdered, tortured, jailed, raped & forcibly displaced by Venezuela's homicidal dictatorship, stop pretending you're motivated by human rights b/c you're clearly not.
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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 16h
Another day for our neighbors in AZ-CD7 to go without representation in Congress.

Seat Adelita Grijalva.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
I know, it's really tiresome, and the script never changes whether or not one is talking about Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela etc.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
I mean, obviously, this is a lie and Mike Johnson is a coward and a liar whose only interest is in paving the way for the tyrant he serves to have an excuse to kill Americans.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
"Te paro allí" & "esto no tiene q ver con Venezuela" she says to the Venezuelan talking about Venezuela.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 20h
Six ans après l’assassinat du journaliste Néhémie Joseph, la justice peine à avancer à Mirebalais www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...
Haïti : Six ans après l’assassinat du journaliste Néhémie Joseph, la justice peine à avancer à Mirebalais
www.alterpresse.org
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 20h
Haiti's Réseau national de défense des droits humains (RNDDH) human rights org says at least 24 armed attacks have occurred in the Artibonite Valley this year as gangs battle with militia, police lenouvelliste.com/article/2607...
Au moins 24 attaques armées recensées dans l'Artibonite cette année par le RNDDH
Le département de l’Artibonite est devenu en 2025 l’un des épicentres de la violence armée qui secoue le pays.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 20h
Hard to read the Guardian anymore since they plagiarized some of my Haiti reporting back in my May and refused to even acknowledge it let alone make amends for it.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 20h
"Bullets rained down on the Champ-de-Mars and its surroundings during the Council of Ministers meeting" lenouvelliste.com/article/2607...
Rétablissement de la sécurité au centre-ville de Port-au-Prince : le verre est-il à moitié vide ou à moitié plein ?
Ces dernières semaines, le centre-ville de Port-au-Prince est devenu le symbole de victoire pour le gouvernement Fils-Aimé dans la lutte contre les gangs.
lenouvelliste.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 20h
Out of control cowards in masks doing what they do best out of fear they will one day be held accountable for their crimes: WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 21h
Cool that soon we will apparently have almost no food: The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed last week that the president’s crackdown is cutting off agriculture’s labor supply and threatening “the stability of domestic food production.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
O mejor aún, cuando se habla de interferencia extranjera, porqué no denunciar también la larga presencia cubana que ayudó a entrenar a las fuerzas de seguridad de Venezuela en el arte de la tortura y la represión? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Has Maduro Survived? With Lots of Help From Cuban Operatives
The men who ripped Carlos Guillen’s toenails out and tightened a plastic bag over his face at counterintelligence headquarters in Caracas were Venezuelan. But the officers overseeing his torture were ...
www.bloomberg.com
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Cuando hablé con la historiadora de arte cubana Yanelys Núñez Leyva hace un par de años, mencionó que, en lo que respecta a Cuba, muchos de la izquierda siempre tienen un punto de comparación para limpiar la imagen del gobierno. Lo mismo ocurre con Venezuela. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Venezuela: Torture, arbitrary detention and abuse of dozens of children must stir international justice into action Venezuela-torture-abuses-against-children
Research exposing the arbitrary detention, torture and gross violations of the right of children after the elections in Venezuela
www.amnesty.org
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Los barrios más pobres y económicamente desfavorecidos son los que sufren el peor terrorismo de estado. ¿Por qué guardas silencio sobre estos crímenes? ¿Por qué intentas cambiar el tema a una teórica invasión estadounidense, que ninguno de nosotros apoya? elcomercio.pe/mundo/venezu...
Así está asesinando la policía a los críticos de Maduro en los barrios pobres de Caracas
Las redadas en José Félix Ribas, las más mortíferas de varias en Caracas el mes pasado, muestran cómo el gobierno ha usado al FAES para sofocar a críticos de Nicolás Maduro desde que Juan Guaidó se pr...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
No es Machado, ni Estados Unidos, ni nadie más quien asesina, viola, empobrece y desplaza a la gente en Venezuela hoy. Es la dictadura del chavismo. Estás desesperado por desviar la atención de estos crímenes. ¿Porqué? www.hrw.org/video-photos...
Venezuela: Systematic Abuse of Opponents
The Venezuelan government has systematically used brutal treatment, including torture, against anti-government protesters and political opponents.
www.hrw.org
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
This is a lot of Bluesky, Twitter etc today.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Baltic states plan for mass evacuations in case of a Russian attack www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Autumn day in the fields of South Central Pennsylvania
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Again I say, the GOP healthplan is simply that Americans die quicker: Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000
The subsidies are a key sticking point in the government shutdown: Democrats in Congress say that in order to secure their votes to reopen the government, they must be extended.
www.nbcnews.com