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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · 2d

Mario Guevara’s deportation was cruel and unjust. But don’t expect him to back exiled journalists — in the U.S., he served the powerful. In El Salvador, he might do the same for Bukele as a propaganda asset.
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Journalist Mario Guevara speaks on deportation and time in ICE custody: "They destroyed my family"

Journalist Mario Guevara says the separation from his family following his deportation has left him devastated.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 19d

I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.

None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.

Drink some water and touch grass.

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · 22d

This explains why the German Chancellor almost called Trump a full-blooded German
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Germany updates: Talks with Taliban ongoing for deportations – DW – 09/15/2025

Germany's interior minister has confirmed direct talks with Afghanistan's rulers to facilitate "regular" deportations. Meanwhile, Chancellor Merz has declared 'war' on antisemitism. Follow for the lat...

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Sep 8

👀 Brown skin? 🗣️ Speaking Spanish? 🧹🛠️ Working in manual labor or low-wage jobs? 📞 Call ICE.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner

Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Chema Tojeira, a vital figure in El Salvador’s history, has passed. In 1989, he bore the heavy task of identifying the UCA martyrs, killed by a military squad.As a student at UCA, I got to know his wisdom and humility through a small reading group. His quiet strength made me want to be a Jesuit.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great piece by @lrb.co.uk
Torture chambers like Bukele's CECOT aren't unique—nor is their use by global powers. What’s unique is that he keeps his in plain sight, even turning it into a tourist attraction. Bukele himself has posted on social media the very evidence of his decay.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 30

This explain a lot.

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Column | The political ‘diploma divide’ now applies to members of Congress

A new study shows that over the past 50 years, fewer and fewer Republicans have attended elite colleges, while an increasing share of Democrats attend those schools.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 27

Professional liers. I lived in DC and did all that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."

Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 25

Weird that two of the cities with the highest homicide rates in the US are in Red states, but don't get presidential threats

Politico @politico.com · Aug 25

Trump reiterates his threat to send the National Guard to Chicago.

In comments to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump repeatedly decried the nation’s third-largest city as “a disaster” and “a killing field."

Trump reiterates threat to send National Guard to Chicago

The administration has zeroed in on Chicago as the next target in its effort to address crime with military deployments.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 24

It's interesting to see how heavily elite universities rely on federal funding for their research. While I support this investment, perhaps a larger share should go to state schools, which educate the vast majority of Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

At Harvard, Trump administration cuts hit young scientists hard

More than 700 graduate students and nearly 800 postdoctoral researchers at Harvard get salaries, stipends or tuition support from federally funded research.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 23

We are the luckiest species because we have dogs as friends. We don't deserve them. They are angels.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 22

No. I will be jumping, winning one of three.

Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Good!

Orange County Register @ocregister.bsky.social · Aug 16

Owner of Woofy Acres dog rescue charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty trib.al/k8SHVGr

Owner of Woofy Acres dog rescue charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty

More than 100 dogs, many from Orange County, allegedly were neglected at the San Bernardino County shelter and dozens had to be euthanized.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 13

Mi opinion en El Faro: "Hoy, la principal exportación de Bukele es un modelo de represión brutal, empaquetado como éxito gubernamental. El problema es que esa propaganda, eficaz en redes sociales, también lo expone a procesos internacionales por crímenes de Estado".
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Bukele, el dictador que vende orden pero siembra incertidumbre

El 31 de julio de 2025, la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador —controlada en su totalidad por el presidente Nayib Bukele y sus aliados— aprobó una reforma constitucional que autoriza la reelección pr...

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 12

La frontera, el borde,

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 11

Apparently, the new way to travel as a brown person is carrying a passport—even within California.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 8

Apparently, Sheinbaum’s pragmatic approach to Trump has proven far more effective than the one led by emotionally driven Canadian men

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Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump

Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country's relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they'd be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration alone.

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 8

Andry—a man with no criminal convictions in either the U.S. or El Salvador—was imprisoned under Bukele’s regime, where he reports enduring human rights violations, including sexual assault. It’s time to end U.S. support for a third-world fascist dictator.
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EXCLUSIVE: Andry Hernández Romero Tells His Story

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Because it is with this same imperialism that present-day simulators attempt to make the real, all of the real, coincide with their models of simulation.."Baudrillard

Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 7

As I mentioned at the @uniondemcomm.bsky.social conference, Bukele was disturbingly sadistic and relentless in promoting his gulag—live-streaming human rights abuses for the world to see. Fascist!

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 1

They said the same with crypto

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Aug 1

And here I was thinking the way to solve hunger was food.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 31

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.

These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants

Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW: Now That They’re Free: Venezuelan Men Sent to CECOT on What They Endured and Reuniting With Their Families, by @propublica.org and partners

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

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World Food Programme @wfp.org · Jul 10

The need for food in #Gaza is desperate. Aid is the only lifeline.

WFP stand ready to assist the entire population - we have the food, the capacity and the systems.

We need access: more trucks allowed in daily, all entry points open, and safe routes to reach every community.

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