James Fredrick
@jameslfredrick.bsky.social
Journalist | CDMX/Colorado | Media relations at the Global FoodBanking Network | #foodsystems #climatechange #hunger #NBA #Nuggets | he/him/his | [email protected]
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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El Paso has seen a sharp increase in domestic shuffle flights from Minnesota in January, according to data provided by @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. There have been 26 flights from Minnesota to El Paso amidst the Trump administration's attacks on the state.
ICE flying immigrants from Minnesota to El Paso, data suggests
ICE has increased flights of immigrants detained in Minnesota to El Paso, data collected by advocates suggest as deportation flights in 2025 increased.
www.elpasotimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
El Paso has seen a sharp increase in domestic shuffle flights from Minnesota in January, according to data provided by @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. There have been 26 flights from Minnesota to El Paso amidst the Trump administration's attacks on the state.
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
"Founded to enforce racist law, the Border Patrol has long held extraordinary powers to stop & interrogate citizens & immigrants alike in vast stretches of the country. The Border Patrol wasn't the creation of [the Trump administration]. All [they've] done is draw attention to what always existed."
I wrote for the New York Times about how state violence that was hidden in the borderlands has burst into view in Minneapolis. The solution cannot be simply to send it back there www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Founded to enforce racist law, the Border Patrol has long held extraordinary powers to stop & interrogate citizens & immigrants alike in vast stretches of the country. The Border Patrol wasn't the creation of [the Trump administration]. All [they've] done is draw attention to what always existed."
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I wrote for the New York Times about how state violence that was hidden in the borderlands has burst into view in Minneapolis. The solution cannot be simply to send it back there www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I wrote for the New York Times about how state violence that was hidden in the borderlands has burst into view in Minneapolis. The solution cannot be simply to send it back there www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
RIP Dan McQuade and thank you for planting the phrase "Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk" in my head forever. Condolences to his family and friends and @defector.com staff: defector.com/livvy-rizzin...
Livvy Rizzing Up Baby Gronk, Explained | Defector
Did you hear the news? Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk!!! Despite being a 40-year-old man, I am uniquely in tune with the younger generation because I go to the mall. I am more than happy to explain this a...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
RIP Dan McQuade and thank you for planting the phrase "Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk" in my head forever. Condolences to his family and friends and @defector.com staff: defector.com/livvy-rizzin...
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The Washington Post's International, Immigration, National Security and Climate journalists – reporters, writers, editors, photographers, videographers – work in concert to produce independent, revelatory reporting that holds power to account wherever in the world it is wielded
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January 29, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The Washington Post's International, Immigration, National Security and Climate journalists – reporters, writers, editors, photographers, videographers – work in concert to produce independent, revelatory reporting that holds power to account wherever in the world it is wielded
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
There's many great things about Ta-Nehisi Coates' new essay on ICE, DHS, and "The Homeland" but I'd like to highlight one of the mundane virtues of it: he cites the names of reporters and outlets throughout instead of trying to silently repackage their insights as his own
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
There's many great things about Ta-Nehisi Coates' new essay on ICE, DHS, and "The Homeland" but I'd like to highlight one of the mundane virtues of it: he cites the names of reporters and outlets throughout instead of trying to silently repackage their insights as his own
Sentimental Value (very nearly Marty Supreme)
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Sentimental Value (very nearly Marty Supreme)
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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As summaries of the state of things go, "you can bet on whether or not the Doomsday Clock is about to get closer to midnight, and by how much" seems pretty tidy:
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
As summaries of the state of things go, "you can bet on whether or not the Doomsday Clock is about to get closer to midnight, and by how much" seems pretty tidy:
Or you could actually learn something with @samadlerbell.bsky.social and @mattsitman.bsky.social on Know Your Enemy
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Or you could actually learn something with @samadlerbell.bsky.social and @mattsitman.bsky.social on Know Your Enemy
Hey, Larry Nance Jr
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Hey, Larry Nance Jr
Tremendous leverage and the Dems come out with a compromise position, asking ICE to just roll the lock back to the horrible things they were doing before this blue city wave
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Tremendous leverage and the Dems come out with a compromise position, asking ICE to just roll the lock back to the horrible things they were doing before this blue city wave
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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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If nothing else, I’ve always hoped our work in the Washington Post’s sports section could give readers a meaningful connection to (and understanding of) something bigger than themselves.
I’ve seen today: It has. Forever grateful to be a part of this team. #SaveThePost
I’ve seen today: It has. Forever grateful to be a part of this team. #SaveThePost
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If nothing else, I’ve always hoped our work in the Washington Post’s sports section could give readers a meaningful connection to (and understanding of) something bigger than themselves.
I’ve seen today: It has. Forever grateful to be a part of this team. #SaveThePost
I’ve seen today: It has. Forever grateful to be a part of this team. #SaveThePost
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Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
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As @washingtonpost.com international & local correspondents, we have risked our lives, side by side, because we believe reporting from the ground serves the public good. To choke that engine of brave, committed colleagues would be devastating. If you value our work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost.
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
As @washingtonpost.com international & local correspondents, we have risked our lives, side by side, because we believe reporting from the ground serves the public good. To choke that engine of brave, committed colleagues would be devastating. If you value our work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost.
Another great piece from @edwardluce.bsky.social, strengthening my argument that the best US news/analysis right now is coming from non-Americans/outlets
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January 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Another great piece from @edwardluce.bsky.social, strengthening my argument that the best US news/analysis right now is coming from non-Americans/outlets
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The Associated Press is hiring a reporter based in El Paso to cover the US-Mexico border t.co/gGYO2WfB6D
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The Associated Press is hiring a reporter based in El Paso to cover the US-Mexico border t.co/gGYO2WfB6D
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.