Robert Cotto Jr.
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Educator, Scholar, Dad | Black Puerto Rican + Indigenous Peruvian | Ph.D. | My posts are just me. Reposts are not endorsement.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
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Punishing detained immigrants is why we can't have health care. They are spending money wearing down immigrants so we can't give kids free school lunch. Excessive flights to get the most conservative judge & cut immigrants off from legal counsel & killing the climate is why we can't have UBI.
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Punishing detained immigrants is why we can't have health care. They are spending money wearing down immigrants so we can't give kids free school lunch. Excessive flights to get the most conservative judge & cut immigrants off from legal counsel & killing the climate is why we can't have UBI.
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New — I tried to write about…all of it:
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
New — I tried to write about…all of it:
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
January 29, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
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REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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And so it should raise questions. Covid is most definitely, sadly not over.
www.miamiherald.com/news/health-...
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Is COVID over? Trump policies at odds with understanding long-term harm
What to know about the health issues.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
And so it should raise questions. Covid is most definitely, sadly not over.
www.miamiherald.com/news/health-...
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"The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez following an attack on her colleague, Congressmember Ilhan Omar, who was sprayed with an unknown foul-smelling liquid while speaking at a town hall event in ...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
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DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
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"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
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New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
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AI is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weapons. Meanwhile, its energy consumption continues to exacerbate the climate crisis. We must fight back. @haymarketbooks.org
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January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
AI is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weapons. Meanwhile, its energy consumption continues to exacerbate the climate crisis. We must fight back. @haymarketbooks.org
REGISTER:
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Hope lots of educators show up for this, in K-12 and higher ed and share what you know about what's happening with AI being used and pushed, even by our own unions.
AI is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weapons. Meanwhile, its energy consumption continues to exacerbate the climate crisis. We must fight back. @haymarketbooks.org
REGISTER:
www.haymarketbooks.org/events/772-a...
REGISTER:
www.haymarketbooks.org/events/772-a...
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hope lots of educators show up for this, in K-12 and higher ed and share what you know about what's happening with AI being used and pushed, even by our own unions.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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It's a complete policy failure that 3 men es control basically all of social media, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Larry Ellison. They control what we see, what we can share, and ultimately how we perceive reality. This is too much power on too few hands. These companies must be broken up.
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
It's a complete policy failure that 3 men es control basically all of social media, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Larry Ellison. They control what we see, what we can share, and ultimately how we perceive reality. This is too much power on too few hands. These companies must be broken up.
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The way Biden and his party treated Omar and Rashida Tlaib was reprehensible. Openly contemptuous and racist.
January 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The way Biden and his party treated Omar and Rashida Tlaib was reprehensible. Openly contemptuous and racist.
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1 in 4 charter schools closes in year 5, wasting millions in taxpayer dollars. #schoolchoice = wrong choice for American taxpayers. Read more in our latest report Charter School Reckoning Part II Explained networkforpubliceduc...
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
1 in 4 charter schools closes in year 5, wasting millions in taxpayer dollars. #schoolchoice = wrong choice for American taxpayers. Read more in our latest report Charter School Reckoning Part II Explained networkforpubliceduc...
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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The greatest difference between Anne Frank's family in hiding and today's persecuted immigrants is not citizenship. It's the tech surveillance capabilities of the Nazis.
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The greatest difference between Anne Frank's family in hiding and today's persecuted immigrants is not citizenship. It's the tech surveillance capabilities of the Nazis.
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Call for Papers: Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia invite you to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Proposals
Immigrants in Challenging Times Edited by Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia A Call for Papers Since the early republic, advocacy has played a crucial role in shaping the contours of state ...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Call for Papers: Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia invite you to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line