Rob

Rob

@im-rob.bsky.social

sports fan. Kindness matters. Got off X; won’t support Elon.

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Matthew Hay Brown
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ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication wapo.st/4jJ7BPC

washingtonpost.comThree U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from LouisianaThe cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

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The Denver Post
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Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration will lose more than $30 million in federal grants, the majority of which already had been committed to programs including crisis response teams and peer support for people recovering from addiction.

denverpost.comColorado to lose more than $30 million in mental health grants as Trump administration claws back fundsThe Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment also will lose four grants related to COVID-19 disease tracking, vaccinations and health disparities.

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The New York Times
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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

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Mario Nicolais
@marionicolais.bsky.social

There will be many people who say, "we did not know." That is a lie. What they really ought to say is, "we did not listen."

ProPublica@propublica.org

“It is often said of journalists that we write the rough draft of history,” our editor-in-chief writes. “But our work differs from historians in a crucial aspect: Scholars typically are chronicling events after the outcome is clear.”

propub.liThe October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal BureaucracyHistorians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story…

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