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Independent Journalism on State Violence
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🌀Introduction🌀
Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence.

This thread explains what to expect and how it functions.
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Nick Turse: @nickturse.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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"The United States left the survivors of a recent boat strike to die at sea, formally abandoning search efforts Friday."

"Once the people jump in the water and you blow up the only thing that could possibly save their lives, that's essentially killing them."
#USA #Water #Drugs #Military
The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Chris Walker: @thatchriswalker.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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DOJ "announced that it has only released 12,285 documents [..], representing less than 1 percent of the total files on the [Epstein] case in its possession."

"[W]hat we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation."
#USA #Trafficking
Justice Department Says It Has Only Released 1 Percent of Epstein Files
The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law two months ago, required the files to be released by mid-December.
truthout.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Sharon Zhang: @sharonzhang.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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"In another dire escalation, the U.S. has reported the seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the northern Atlantic Ocean that the military has been pursuing for weeks."

"[T]hird and fourth publicly announced tanker seizures."
#USA #Venezuela #Russia #UK #FossilFuels #Water #Military
US Seizes Russian Oil Tanker in Atlantic Ocean, in Latest Escalation
The UK Ministry of Defense said that it gave operational support to the seizure of the Russian tanker.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Sam Judy: @samjudy.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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"Being here for one day is bad enough. So imagine the feeling of being here for [9 months]."

"[N]ow I'm advocating for my own life as well as the lives of my people."
#NewYork #Texas #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Protest #Asylum #Incarceration #Deportation #Genocide
The last Columbia protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity
Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Chris Walker: @thatchriswalker.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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CDC is "immediately dropping the number of diseases and ailments covered by the [childhood] vaccine regimen from 17 to 11."

Dropped: "hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal disease, rotavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus."
#USA #Denmark #Healthcare
CDC Slashes Vaccine Recommendations for Children, Alarming Health Experts
"We can no longer trust … our federal government for credible information about vaccines," one critic said.
truthout.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Martín Macías, Jr.: @mxmnews.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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"Wise ruled that educators 'do not have First Amendment rights while teaching.'"

Assembly Bill 715 will "stifle classroom instruction on Palestinian history and criticism of Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza."
#California #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Censorship #Education #Courts #Genocide
California teachers have no free speech rights in class, judge says in antisemitism case
Educators challenged AB 715, arguing it would restrict teaching about Palestinian history and Israel's apartheid policies.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Stephen Prager: www.commondreams.org/author/steph...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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"[F]irst piece of state legislation in the US explicitly banning the use of abortion pills was struck down."

"Wyoming's state Supreme Court ruled that it, along with the state's near-total abortion ban, violated the state's constitutional right to bodily autonomy."
#Wyoming #USA #Healthcare #Courts
Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down First US State Ban on Abortion Pills
"Today's ruling affirms what we have always known: that abortion is essential healthcare," said one advocate.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Natasha Lennard: @natashalennard.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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"Abolish ICE."

"The demand now, as it was when uprisings birthed in Minneapolis spread nationwide in 2020, is not that one officer be brought to justice, but that a system of racist injustice be abolished."
#Minnesota #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
This Isn't the First Killing by ICE — and It Won't Be the Last
ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency's raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Jacqueline Sweet: @jsweetli.bsky.social
Jonah Valdez: @jonahmv.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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"Within hours of Wednesday's shooting, hundreds of community members gathered to protest near the site."

"[F]ederal agent appeared to fire a chemical irritant into a protester's face at point-blank range."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Video Shows ICE Agent's Fatal Shooting of Civilian in Minneapolis
Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS's narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.
theintercept.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Joseph Cox: @josephcox.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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"DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied."

"[N]o weight or meaning for those who care about what really happened."

"The Honda was already turning to the right away from the officers when the one who allegedly feared for his life fired the shots."
#Minnesota #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
DHS Is Lying To You
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Harms Committed updates will be relatively sparse this week due to a deadline and a brief trip.

After I get home, I'll catch up on archiving missed articles, and the posting schedule will return to normal beginning next Monday.
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Jessica Corbett: @corbettjessica.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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"Israeli strike on Monday 'hit a tent housing displaced people [in Gaza], killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle and wounding two other children.'"

"[S]pent the past 24 hours expanding the so-called 'yellow line' in eastern Gaza."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Lebanon #Genocide #Military
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon
Amid global concern over Trump's actions in Venezuela, Israel is bombing Gaza and Lebanon.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Sharon Zhang: @sharonzhang.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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"The New York Times and The Washington Post knew about the raid before [..] Trump approved it on Friday night."

"BBC has directed its reporters to avoid using the word 'kidnapped' when referring to the U.S.'s abduction of Maduro."
#USA #Venezuela #Media #Military
Report: Major Outlets Informed of Plan to Abduct Maduro, But Withheld Reporting
The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedly sought to "avoid endangering US troops."
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January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM