Danny Rivero
@danielrivero.bsky.social
I like digging up dirt, figuratively and literally. Public radio in Miami. 🇨🇺🇺🇸. Pro-Puerto Rico.🏴
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Danny Rivero
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· Apr 26
I have a book coming out in October about Florida's decades long battle for voting rights for people with felony convictions
It's an extremely hopeful but ultimately infuriating saga that I reported for years.
Preorder your copy today for Independent Bookshop Day.
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It's an extremely hopeful but ultimately infuriating saga that I reported for years.
Preorder your copy today for Independent Bookshop Day.
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
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Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
The markets are good and it's a much less-guilty way of eating meat if meat ethics are your thing. In this case the market is serving a true ecological purpose. But the markets are also pretty small. Some people do hunt iguana meat for real tho btw! I did it a few years ago with Hondurans.
There’s markets in Florida that have opened up for green iguana, lionfish, wild boar, etc. Curious to see what people say on this.
January 26, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The markets are good and it's a much less-guilty way of eating meat if meat ethics are your thing. In this case the market is serving a true ecological purpose. But the markets are also pretty small. Some people do hunt iguana meat for real tho btw! I did it a few years ago with Hondurans.
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WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
Getting to the point where the only real way to test boundaries of what's happening is for people to start open carrying en masse (totally legal in the vast majority of the country) and just hope and wait and see what the feds decide to do about it
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Getting to the point where the only real way to test boundaries of what's happening is for people to start open carrying en masse (totally legal in the vast majority of the country) and just hope and wait and see what the feds decide to do about it
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There was a huge dump of documents related to the American Association of University Professor's lawsuit against the government for abducting students. Among them is a memo March 21, 2025 memo from State Dept. that verifies Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts, was detained only for writing an op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There was a huge dump of documents related to the American Association of University Professor's lawsuit against the government for abducting students. Among them is a memo March 21, 2025 memo from State Dept. that verifies Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts, was detained only for writing an op-ed.
It's the decentralized aspect of this resistance that is the most promising. People are realizing "leaders" will not show up, so it's up to all of us.
It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
It's the decentralized aspect of this resistance that is the most promising. People are realizing "leaders" will not show up, so it's up to all of us.
New from me:
Florida has escalated its battle on sociology studies. The state has now written a new syllabus and issued a new textbook for an intro course - which professors say grossly misrepresent the entire field by deleting all mention of race, gender and more.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Florida has escalated its battle on sociology studies. The state has now written a new syllabus and issued a new textbook for an intro course - which professors say grossly misrepresent the entire field by deleting all mention of race, gender and more.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Florida escalates its battle on sociology with new curriculum, textbook. Professors push back
FIU faculty allege that new state mandates for an Introduction to Sociology course amount to an attack on academic freedom and censorship of the discipline. "There are no discussions of systemic or st...
www.wlrn.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
New from me:
Florida has escalated its battle on sociology studies. The state has now written a new syllabus and issued a new textbook for an intro course - which professors say grossly misrepresent the entire field by deleting all mention of race, gender and more.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
Florida has escalated its battle on sociology studies. The state has now written a new syllabus and issued a new textbook for an intro course - which professors say grossly misrepresent the entire field by deleting all mention of race, gender and more.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
To put a point on it:
The DSA will be the first in line fighting for unions and workers in the US.
And then its International Committee will stan for a bunch of countries like China, Nicaragua and Cuba where independent labor unions are literally not allowed to exist.
The DSA will be the first in line fighting for unions and workers in the US.
And then its International Committee will stan for a bunch of countries like China, Nicaragua and Cuba where independent labor unions are literally not allowed to exist.
The DSA's international committee is probably the most self-destructive political operation I have ever seen.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
Awful that they're trying to smear Mamdani and the entire DSA with this, but the international committee has been a tankie haven for ages. Just disgraceful that they're taking state-organized junkets to the Uyghur region
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
To put a point on it:
The DSA will be the first in line fighting for unions and workers in the US.
And then its International Committee will stan for a bunch of countries like China, Nicaragua and Cuba where independent labor unions are literally not allowed to exist.
The DSA will be the first in line fighting for unions and workers in the US.
And then its International Committee will stan for a bunch of countries like China, Nicaragua and Cuba where independent labor unions are literally not allowed to exist.
The DSA's international committee is probably the most self-destructive political operation I have ever seen.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
Awful that they're trying to smear Mamdani and the entire DSA with this, but the international committee has been a tankie haven for ages. Just disgraceful that they're taking state-organized junkets to the Uyghur region
www.newsweek.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The DSA's international committee is probably the most self-destructive political operation I have ever seen.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
Even for a lot of people who like their other (domestic) policies the international stances and stupid alliances will keep rational, principled people away.
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Hard to describe how out of touch you would have to be to write the words quoted below.
Cuban-American Trumpistas are for the most part fully converted lifers. Maduro arrest ust breathed new life into it. They will happily cheer Cubans getting deported. It's fine. The things these ears have heard.
Cuban-American Trumpistas are for the most part fully converted lifers. Maduro arrest ust breathed new life into it. They will happily cheer Cubans getting deported. It's fine. The things these ears have heard.
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Hard to describe how out of touch you would have to be to write the words quoted below.
Cuban-American Trumpistas are for the most part fully converted lifers. Maduro arrest ust breathed new life into it. They will happily cheer Cubans getting deported. It's fine. The things these ears have heard.
Cuban-American Trumpistas are for the most part fully converted lifers. Maduro arrest ust breathed new life into it. They will happily cheer Cubans getting deported. It's fine. The things these ears have heard.
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
NEW from me on the thing everyone is talking about:
What does the post-Venezuelan oil reality hold for Cuba? I got a range of opinions, hopes, fears, etc.. about the current political moment.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
What does the post-Venezuelan oil reality hold for Cuba? I got a range of opinions, hopes, fears, etc.. about the current political moment.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
'The acceleration of the inevitable': What does the post-Venezuelan oil reality hold for Cuba?
Without Venezuelan oil to help run manufacturing and agricultural operations, material conditions in Cuba are likely to deteriorate further. That presents hope for a holistic government change as well...
www.wlrn.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
NEW from me on the thing everyone is talking about:
What does the post-Venezuelan oil reality hold for Cuba? I got a range of opinions, hopes, fears, etc.. about the current political moment.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
What does the post-Venezuelan oil reality hold for Cuba? I got a range of opinions, hopes, fears, etc.. about the current political moment.
www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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It's some consolation that, when the secret police are going door to door and preschool to kindergarten, when there's blood in the streets and writing on the wall, every liberal discovers that they're either a fascist or an anarchist.
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
It's some consolation that, when the secret police are going door to door and preschool to kindergarten, when there's blood in the streets and writing on the wall, every liberal discovers that they're either a fascist or an anarchist.
Never in all my life did I think I would see Rachel Maddow posting something from CrimeThinc
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Never in all my life did I think I would see Rachel Maddow posting something from CrimeThinc
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
Not kidding that the most interesting things in the country on education are about to go down in Virginia. There's a whole agenda laid out.
Wow
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Not kidding that the most interesting things in the country on education are about to go down in Virginia. There's a whole agenda laid out.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
West Palm Beach started a specialized police task force in 2019.
After that, people ended up dead. Police insurance payouts exploded. And miraculously, indictments followed.
My colleague has some incredible reporting on the rise and fall of the GHOST unit.
www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi...
After that, people ended up dead. Police insurance payouts exploded. And miraculously, indictments followed.
My colleague has some incredible reporting on the rise and fall of the GHOST unit.
www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi...
Revealed: Cops in South Florida elite 'GHOST' unit left a trail of red flags before fatal chase
A WLRN investigation identified serious disciplinary issues and lax oversight by the West Palm Beach Police Department well before officers in an elite police unit called "GHOST" were indicted for all...
www.wlrn.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
West Palm Beach started a specialized police task force in 2019.
After that, people ended up dead. Police insurance payouts exploded. And miraculously, indictments followed.
My colleague has some incredible reporting on the rise and fall of the GHOST unit.
www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi...
After that, people ended up dead. Police insurance payouts exploded. And miraculously, indictments followed.
My colleague has some incredible reporting on the rise and fall of the GHOST unit.
www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi...
It's really sad because it's clear she wants what is good for Venezuela but in an attempt to appease Trump's ego she has lowered herself to performing pony tricks
#BREAKING: Venezuela's Machado says she 'presented' her Nobel Prize to Trump
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
It's really sad because it's clear she wants what is good for Venezuela but in an attempt to appease Trump's ego she has lowered herself to performing pony tricks
I independently had this very thought tonight
Since, ICE are clearly proud of being (accurately) called Nazis, I'm going to propose a change in rhetoric: ICE are Redcoats.
Let me explain 🧵
Let me explain 🧵
this tells you everything that you need to know about the ice recruiting efforts which employ fat @$$ texans now on the ground in Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I independently had this very thought tonight