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Roshan Abraham

@roshanabraham.bsky.social

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freelance writer | journalist covering tenant movements & the housing crisis | bylines at The Guardian, The New York Times, The Baffler, The Verge, Slate etc I formerly @motherboard Signal: roshan.150 RoshanAbraham.net Roshanabraham.substack.com

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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 16d

SCOOP: I FOIA'd economic development agreements & the ground lease for Meta's massive data center in Louisiana and found the state secured no explicit mandates for Meta to create locally-hired full time jobs to receive property tax breaks
www.wired.com/story/louisi...

Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center

Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center.

www.wired.com

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National Lawyers Guild Chicago @nlgchicago.bsky.social · 2d

As everyone is aware, many federal agencies are active in Chicago right now. It is as important as ever to Know Your Rights. Call the NLG Chicago Mass Defense Hotline at 872-4-NLG-CHI (872-465-4244).

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes (like tonight) I cannot sleep thinking about all of the immigrants who over the years told me we were headed to the place our country currently finds itself, and how little people seemed to care because it was immigrants saying it.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

I am once again asking why these data centers are all fucking SECRETS

"A controversial plan to build a 2.2-million-square-foot data center on farmland may still happen. A rural community... is looking to settle a lawsuit recently filed by a development firm working for an unidentified tech giant."

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 1d

Now: Debt Collective Raises Hand to Purchase Chunk of Federal Government Student Debt Portfolio

The Debt Collective has purchased billions in household debt over the past decade

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, after a new POLITICO report that the Trump administration is “exploring options to sell off parts of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the private market,” the Debt Collective is announcing its willingness to purchase the entire portfolio for its true market value. The Debt Collective will then subsequently cancel the debt.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d

I am following this debut, and I don’t know anyone who can explain why an opinion journalist has been chosen as Editor-in-Chief. Did we need more opinion at CBS?

Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 1d

Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 4d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 4d

since newswriters and others recently ratified a new union contract with @wgaeast.bsky.social, I’d suggest everyone covered force her to try to get rid of them and then absolutely wreck her with ULPs

Michael Mirer @michaelmirer.bsky.social · 4d

The question is whether people should quit or make Bari spend her time firing them for doing journalism. I honestly don't know what to think.

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 4d

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 6d

Translated:

Israel attacks Sumud flotilla, kidnapping civilians from 26 countries. Protests in Berlin, Istanbul, Barcelona, Rome, Brussels, Athens. The people are fighting back, complicit states must be called out! #JusticeForPalestine
#gaza #sumud #flotilla #isral #viral #palestine #sumudforgaza

Vanguardia del Pueblo 🇧🇴 @vangpueblo.bsky.social · 6d

Israel ataca flotilla Sumud, secuestra civiles de 26 países. Protestas en Berlín, Estambul, Barcelona, Roma, Bruselas, Atenas. ¡El pueblo lucha, los estados cómplices deben ser señalados! #JusticiaParaPalestina
#gaza #sumud #flotilla #isral #viral #palestine #sumudforgaza

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 10d

“The Netanyahu government is committing a genocide on the Palestinian people. This is not a matter of opinion. This is a matter of fact that has been established by the global leaders who study genocide."

- Michigan's lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist at the Arab Convention hosted by the ADC.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been following Palestine protests for a long time. I could be wrong, but this feels different. Protests in Italy are big and numerous. General strike already declared for Friday.

Loads of protests planned in the UK.

Spain, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Sweden either already happening or planned.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

The former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, is on the Flotilla. She was on the Sirius, intercepted by the Israelis.

She released a video saying she’s been kidnapped by Israel.

bsky.app/profile/cjan...

C.J. @cjane.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow there will be big demos in every Spanish city, and 15th a general strike in the Basque Country. All unions are supporting it. Many other protests on the making.

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 6d

EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS GSF
Israel has attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. People of conscience have been abducted.
The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and the Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.

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Background image - evening, boat in ocean flying Palestinian flag with FFC and TM logos.
Text: EMERGENCY
Israel has attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla. Unarmed people of conscience, abducted in international waters. This is piracy. This is kidnapping.

The flotilla did not break any laws. What is unlawufl is genocide, the deadly blockade of Gaza, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and the piracy of civilians vessels and abduction of all those on board.

Background image - evening, boat in ocean flying Palestinian flag with FFC amd TM logos.
Text: We will never stop challenging Israel's illegal blockade - a siege weaponized to starve, silence, and imprison Palestinians.
Stand with us to break the siege and hold governments and institutions accountable for enabling Israel's crimes.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

All countries that recently recognised the state of Palestine have publicly declared recognising Gaza as part of Palestine. This means that, legally, they must recognise that Israel kidnapped/ is kidnapping their own citizens in international waters while they were / are trying to reach Palestine.

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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 6d

Global Sumud Flotilla being boarded by Israeli Navy right now. Several ships still moving forward: www.kxan.com/top-stories/...

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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

*political

Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

It's very different from his later books! He wrote it right after graduating college and was friends with a bunch of early silicon valley figures.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 7d

Mario Guevara is our neighbor. We do not tolerate his unconstitutional detention by the United States government.

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 7d

The Xylom has joined a coalition of press freedom groups, civil and human rights, First Amendment, and other advocacy groups, led by @pressfreedom.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social, to call for the immediate release of journalist Mario Guevara from ICE custody.

Read our joint statement:

Dozens of organizations demand release of journalist Mario Guevara
In a healthy democracy, a free press is essential. That freedom is under threat in the United States
today.
An Emmy award-winning journalist has been detained for over 100 days – all because the government
considers his livestream reporting a threat. Mario Guevara was arrested June 14 in metro Atlanta while
covering a protest, then transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, where he
remains.
This is one of the longest periods a journalist has ever been detained in the United States. Guevara is
the only known journalist currently behind bars in the U.S. for his reporting.
The government’s prolonged detention of Guevara sends a chilling message to all journalists, citizens,
and residents who record law enforcement, report on government activities, and seek to report the
truth. This concerns all of us as a blatant attack on the First Amendment and press freedom.
Livestreaming and filming police is not a crime.
We – the undersigned coalition of press freedom, civil and human rights, First Amendment, and
other advocacy groups – call for the immediate release of journalist Mario Guevara from ICE
custody.
Signed,
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Free Press
Amnesty International USA
Asian American Journalists Association
Association of Foreign Press Correspondents
Atlanta Press Club
CASA
Campaign Legal Center
Cicero Independiente
Common Cause Georgia
Dallas Free Press
Defending Rights & Dissent
Enlace Latino NC
First Amendment Coalition
Freedom of the Press Foundation
GALEO & GALEO Impact Fund
Georgia First Amendment Foundation
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Institute for Nonprofit News
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
Latino Community Fund Georgia (LCF Georgia)
Los Angeles Press Club
Mainline
Media Alliance
Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
National Press Photographers Association
National Writers Union

Additional Information
The federal government has argued that Guevara must remain in custody because his regular
livestreaming and reporting on law enforcement pose a danger to public safety. In fact, a free
press keeps us safe. The First Amendment holds the government accountable to the people,
and that includes immigrants. Under federal, state, and local laws, Guevara has a right to film
the police doing their jobs.
As of September 19, Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has re-opened his 13-year-old immigration case, declining to
release him on bond. Guevara’s lawyers in his habeas petition have argued that the immigration
judge in the 2012 case granted him voluntary departure rather than a deportation order. While
an appeal on that ruling was pending, the government administratively closed the case.
Guevara has had authorization to live and work in the United States since then.
There are no open charges against Guevara, and an immigration judge granted him bond on
July 1, yet he has spent months in detention. Guevara was first detained on June 14, 2025,
while livestreaming a local protest in the metro Atlanta area. While he was held by local
authorities, ICE issued a detainer against him and transferred him into their custody. The federal
government’s arguments rely heavily on coordination from local police. He has been shuffled
between five local and federal detention centers, and spent over two months in isolation. He is
now at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in southeastern Georgia.
For over 20 years, Guevara has resided in metro Atlanta with his family. Originally from El
Salvador, he entered the country legally and continues to have work authorization and a path to
a green card through his son, a U.S. citizen. Like the majority of broadcast and digital
journalists, Guevara frequently publishes livestream video.

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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

livestream of global sumud flotilla approaching Gaza to break Israel's illegal siege & do what the nation-states of the world are too unprincipled to do www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCAN...

LIVE: Global Sumud Flotilla Approaches Gaza

YouTube video by Novara Media

www.youtube.com

Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

we won't know what caused this collapse for a bit, but always important to note that both politica parties have essentially defunded public housing maintenance for *decades* creating a repair backlog of $80 billion in just NYC gothamist.com/news/nycha-b...

NYCHA building partially collapses in Bronx, no injuries yet reported by city officials

The incident happened at an apartment tower in Mott Haven where a chimney appeared to explode.

gothamist.com

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 9d

Rising rents are leaving households with less income to pay for other needs, and inflation has also pushed up the cost of other necessities.

Our new paper finds that, after paying for rent, 2/3 of working-age renters cannot afford their basic needs.

www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/two-thi...

Two-Thirds of Working-Age Renters Struggle to Afford Basic Needs

Rising rents are squeezing renter households, leaving them with less residual income to pay for other needs. But inflation has also pushed up the cost

www.jchs.harvard.edu

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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

Who is organizing this?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8d

The is currently the front page of hud dot gov #hatchact

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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 7d

This is why your electric bill is going up

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 7d

Sora 2 is one of the most insane launches ever. Generative video is extremely expensive, and they’re giving it to anyone with an invite, free or paid with “generous limits.” This is something you only do if you need to jump-start growth at all costs. Don’t they also have capacity issues? Hmm.