Yesenia Barragan, she/they
@yeseniabarragan.bsky.social
historian of Latin America & African diaspora @Rutgers. Latinx surrealist & mama. proud poor/working-class first-gen daughter of immigrants.
✍🏽 IN LATIN AMERICA, YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (Basic Books, 2026); FREEDOM’S CAPTIVES (2021)
✍🏽 IN LATIN AMERICA, YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (Basic Books, 2026); FREEDOM’S CAPTIVES (2021)
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My forthcoming book A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA has a home! I am thrilled to be publishing with BASIC BOOKS and the supremely brilliant @rubenwrites.bsky.social and can’t wait to share with the world soon! Vamos!!!!!
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"It’s difficult to conceive of a cohesive and robust Republican Party emerging out of the ruins being wrought by Trump. And considering the untold damage the party has done to the nation over the past 25 years, perhaps that's for the better."
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"It’s difficult to conceive of a cohesive and robust Republican Party emerging out of the ruins being wrought by Trump. And considering the untold damage the party has done to the nation over the past 25 years, perhaps that's for the better."
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this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
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The Trump administration is expanding its immigration raids targeting Somalis in Minneapolis this week, with reports of detentions already made as President Donald Trump spews vitriolic, racist hate against the population of several hundred thousand people in the U.S.
Trump Spews Racist Vitriol Against Somalis, Calling Them “Garbage” as ICE Targets Population in Raids
“When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them,” Trump said.
truthout.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Trump administration is expanding its immigration raids targeting Somalis in Minneapolis this week, with reports of detentions already made as President Donald Trump spews vitriolic, racist hate against the population of several hundred thousand people in the U.S.
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Really letting the hood slip, here.
BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Really letting the hood slip, here.
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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Mon portrait de l'universitaire américain Mark Bray, auteur du livre "L'Antifascisme. Son passé, son présent et son avenir" (@luxediteur.bsky.social)
@mark-bray.bsky.social
@mark-bray.bsky.social
Le portrait de Mark Bray. Menacé de mort pour avoir consacré un livre à l’antifascisme aux Etats-Unis, l’historien s’est réfugié en Espagne avec sa famille. ➡️ bit.ly/3XVLg8I
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Mon portrait de l'universitaire américain Mark Bray, auteur du livre "L'Antifascisme. Son passé, son présent et son avenir" (@luxediteur.bsky.social)
@mark-bray.bsky.social
@mark-bray.bsky.social
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Grateful for your bravery, @mark-bray.bsky.social calling out the "textbook authoritarianism stuff" with What a Day.
Everyone should hear about the attempted roadblocks to your leaving the country. The interview can be heard at this file: pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com...
May the resistance continue...
Everyone should hear about the attempted roadblocks to your leaving the country. The interview can be heard at this file: pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com...
May the resistance continue...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Grateful for your bravery, @mark-bray.bsky.social calling out the "textbook authoritarianism stuff" with What a Day.
Everyone should hear about the attempted roadblocks to your leaving the country. The interview can be heard at this file: pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com...
May the resistance continue...
Everyone should hear about the attempted roadblocks to your leaving the country. The interview can be heard at this file: pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com...
May the resistance continue...
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Have had a great few days with the indomitable @candundar.bsky.social filming an episode of Guardians of Truth for DW.
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Have had a great few days with the indomitable @candundar.bsky.social filming an episode of Guardians of Truth for DW.
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The word "remigration" is xenophobic and christofascist AF. It's a racist expression of ethnic cleansing and hate. Do not let it become normalized.
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The word "remigration" is xenophobic and christofascist AF. It's a racist expression of ethnic cleansing and hate. Do not let it become normalized.
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Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
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ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
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Vile. Disgusting. Shameful.
Homeland Security‘s social media gets more unhinged and master-race-y every day. Today they want us to believe that terrorizing immigrants is “the fight for western civilization.”
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Vile. Disgusting. Shameful.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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And it only cost Americans a quarter billion in taxpayer money
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And it only cost Americans a quarter billion in taxpayer money
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You can read more of Dr. Marquez's research on freedom suits in the South Atlantic world in HAHR here from @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You can read more of Dr. Marquez's research on freedom suits in the South Atlantic world in HAHR here from @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
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the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
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Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
Prince Hall & his collaborators twice endeavored to pass legislation in the Massachusetts state senate to end slavery. In a 1777 petition they argued for “the Natural Right of all Men” & against “the inconsistency of [people] acting themselves the part which they condemn and oppose in others . . .”
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
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Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
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So just so everyone is clear about what this is : Mike Johnson and the executive branch are normalizing the claim that any kind of dissent that is fact based is treason and an executable offense to the fascist regime.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
Mike Johnson responds to my question about saying Democrats committed treasonable by death
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So just so everyone is clear about what this is : Mike Johnson and the executive branch are normalizing the claim that any kind of dissent that is fact based is treason and an executable offense to the fascist regime.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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NEW: I spent a week in Connecticut’s only immigration court, where thousands of people each year learn if they can stay in the United States.
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
A week inside the opaque court where CT immigrants learn their fate
The courtroom often resembles an assembly line, with many cases taking less than five minutes.
www.ctinsider.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: I spent a week in Connecticut’s only immigration court, where thousands of people each year learn if they can stay in the United States.
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky