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Elisabeth Vallet

@elisabethvallet.bsky.social

Border scholar Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦 Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand @UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social Chroni. @LeDevoir.com #borders & #borderwalls In english & en français (views are my own)

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City seeks to overturn judge's order limiting LAPD use of crowd control weapons The move comes less than a month after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction over allegations that LAPD officers used excessive force against members of the press covering protests against the...

😖LA is trying to overturn a federal injunction barring LAPD from using crowd control weapons & “less lethal” munitions against journalists & nonviolent protesters www.latimes.com/california/s... Dear @cityattorneyla.bsky.social, please protect our safety & our rights—& drop both of these cases!

08.10.2025 02:48 — 👍 24    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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LAST WEEK - deadline oct. 15, 2025
Call for papers – Fez Agenda for Border Studies II
International Conference - Fez, Morocco | 18-21 May 2026
 
colloquemurs.uqam.ca/en/borders-a...

08.10.2025 01:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump Is No Longer Denying Support for Project 2025 The President has changed his tune on the conservative policy plan after actively distancing himself from it in the past.

faque #toldya

04.10.2025 16:02 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate Change on the Frontlines: How the U.S. Military is Adapting - Climate Fact Checks It’s almost ironic: on one side, President Donald Trump continues to downplay or deny the threat of climate change, while on the other, the U.S. military is facing the very real consequences of a warm...

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As trump denies #ClimateChange as a “ hoax”climate change is demanding that the US Military MUST ADAPT🔥💥🔥
#ClimateDenialWontWork
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#ResistanceEarth
#OV1

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Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”

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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

#withoutawarrant prise 25
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02.10.2025 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

ceci.

02.10.2025 19:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump admin targets judge over wife's 'numerous critical statements' President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice are targeting the Oregon judge set to seek an emergency order to stop the president's deployment of troops to Portland, with the administration filing a "suggestion of recusal" Thursday to force the federal judge to recuse himself from the case ov...

Trump admin targets judge over wife's 'numerous critical statements'

02.10.2025 19:01 — 👍 24    🔁 16    💬 7    📌 2
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Sarkozy condamné : « Une semaine de désinformation folle » Depuis une semaine, éditorialistes, commentateurs et même certains journalistes dépeignent l’ancien président en victime. En oubliant le fond de l’affaire. « À l’air libre » avec Fabrice Arfi et Yunnes Abzouz de Mediapart, Marine Babonneau du « Canard enchaîné » et le chercheur Nicolas Kaciaf.

Sarkozy condamné : « Une semaine de désinformation folle »

Par À l’air libre

02.10.2025 19:03 — 👍 277    🔁 136    💬 7    📌 11

On se souviendra, pour notre propre gouverne, qu’il faut à peine 8 mois, moins d’une année à une démocratie pour sombrer. L’ennemi de l’intérieur est le point de bascule.

01.10.2025 01:15 — 👍 43    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 2
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Jugement Sarkozy : la piteuse diversion contre Mediapart Depuis l’annonce de la condamnation à cinq ans de prison ferme avec mandat de dépôt différé de Nicolas Sarkozy, l’ancien président de la République et ce qu’il lui reste de proches multiplient les at…

Jugement Sarkozy : la piteuse diversion contre Mediapart.

14 ans d’enquêtes, 14 ans de calomnies et d’injures à l’égard de notre journal.

Cette fois, cette fois encore, la justice est passée. Il faut pas céder à cette opération de diversion.

(En accès libre)

blogs.mediapart.fr/la-redaction...

28.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 295    🔁 135    💬 4    📌 1
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EU grins, Russia grouses after pro-Europe forces win Moldovan election “Moldova, you’ve done it again. No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

European leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief today as Moldova remained on its pro-EU path in a high-stakes parliamentary election marred by Russian influence operations.

29.09.2025 10:32 — 👍 218    🔁 33    💬 3    📌 5

No will, no way.

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Labour peer who escaped Nazis as a child makes Gaza 'splitting up families' plea

A Labour peer who fled the Nazis as a child has pleaded with the Government to rip up rules he warns are pulling Gazan families apart.

28.09.2025 14:33 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Et omettre l'éléphant dans la pièce 🦄

28.09.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

Essential reading
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

26.09.2025 10:54 — 👍 818    🔁 338    💬 18    📌 12
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Were Immigrant Kids Barred from Quebec’s French Catholic Schools? | The Walrus Former students say yes, historians say no. A new investigation is forcing the province to confront its past

“There are many living witnesses to what happened,” Mastromonaco says. “But it’s either not broadly acknowledged or it’s trivialized, perceived as anecdotal and insignificant. But it wasn’t anecdotal, and it wasn’t insignificant.” @thewalrus.ca
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Trump administration pulls millions in funding from Chicago Public Schools — WBEZ Chicago The school district is reviewing whether it will maintain the magnet programs it intended to fund with a federal grant that the Trump administration says will be canceled.

In another racist move, Trump is pulling millions in funding from Chicago Public Schools after giving the district 72 hours to abolish the Black Success Plan and bar transgender students from bathrooms.
CPS says they comply with all state laws.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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26.09.2025 00:08 — 👍 118    🔁 92    💬 8    📌 8
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La transition énergétique est en train de conduire à un «colonialisme vert», dénonce Oxfam Mercredi 24 septembre se tient un évènement de haut niveau sur l'action climatique à l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies alors que dans environ un mois et demi s'ouvre la COP30 au Brésil. Oxfam alerte sur une transition énergétique jugée « injuste ». L'ONG pointe du doigt la surconsommation d'énergie du pourcent le plus riche qui pourrait répondre sept fois aux besoins fondamentaux des personnes actuellement privées d'électricité. Le rapport dénonce aussi ce qu'Oxfam appelle un « colonialisme climatique ».

La transition énergétique est en train de conduire à un «colonialisme vert», dénonce Oxfam

24.09.2025 00:42 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump targets domestic terrorists — but only mentions the ‘radical left’ Administration officials on Thursday vowed a focus on ‘left-wing terrorism’ as Trump directed cabinet leaders to investigate political violence.

President Trump suggested that two prominent donors to liberal causes should be investigated for possibly funding domestic terrorism.

“I hear names of some pretty rich people that are radical left people,” he said, naming George Soros and Reid Hoffman. https://wapo.st/4gNCouI

26.09.2025 02:30 — 👍 108    🔁 53    💬 56    📌 15
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New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The

NJ PBS shutting down next summer.

“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”

newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

23.09.2025 23:31 — 👍 1106    🔁 729    💬 38    📌 90
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Terrorisme, immigration, violences sexuelles : l'AFP et le choix des mots - Par Clara Barge | Arrêt sur images L'Agence France Presse est connue pour sa couverture "impartiale" de l'actualité. Une information "sans jugement de valeur", revendique l'agence, à laquelle les médias clients peuvent ajouter des…

Dans l’urgence, comment choisir les mots "neutres" ? Faut-il dire "révolte" ou "émeute" ? "Hexagone" ou "métropole" ? Entretien avec Jessica Lopez, chargée d'éthique et de diversité à l'AFP 🔽
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22.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 23    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1
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‘2026 Is the Battlefield’ A conversation with Anne Applebaum and Garry Kasparov about authoritarian forces in America

On Radio Atlantic, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @garrykasparov.bsky.social discuss how Donald Trump could mute the courts. They debate the best way to fight back against authoritarian forces, for both Democrats and average citizens, and agree on the urgency of this moment:

21.09.2025 16:00 — 👍 326    🔁 110    💬 8    📌 2
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It’s a scientific marvel, so why does the measles vaccine face apathy and anxiety? Since it was introduced in 1963, the vaccination has struggled for respect from many groups
21.09.2025 14:06 — 👍 52    🔁 17    💬 8    📌 3
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White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

NYT gift article. "WH suggested that the alleged shooter was part of a coordinated movement that was fomenting violence against conservatives, without presenting evidence that such a network existed. Critics said could lay the groundwork for broadly crushing dissent."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

15.09.2025 22:23 — 👍 152    🔁 74    💬 20    📌 7
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EE. UU. descertifica a Colombia: ¿Qué significa y qué implica? El golpe afecta cooperación, economía y relación bilateral.

The US decertifies Colombia as a reliable partner in the War on Drugs

Huge ramifications in both Colombia and regionally

16.09.2025 02:19 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Chicago organizers say city needs support, not politicalization by Trump: ‘This is not a serious solution’ Violence prevention workers say they worry the city is being exploited to normalize military force on US streets

"Violence prevention workers say they worry the city is being exploited to normalize military force on US streets"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.09.2025 15:45 — 👍 82    🔁 51    💬 1    📌 0

Kind of weird how Roberts declared the VRA preclearance to rest on dated and unfair assumptions about the South and within 15 years the former Confederate states will have effectively eliminated almost every black district within those states.

12.09.2025 20:03 — 👍 2461    🔁 870    💬 37    📌 16
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Unions are the first line of defense against authoritarianism.

As Trump and Republicans find any excuse to ramp up their relentless attacks on workers, we have to stand with union workers across the country.

13.09.2025 01:15 — 👍 243    🔁 62    💬 5    📌 1
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University of Mississippi Fires Employee Over Charlie Kirk Post The University of Mississippi has fired employee Lauren Stokes for sharing a post on social media that criticized Charlie Kirk’s views after his assassination on Wednesday.

The University of Mississippi fired Lauren Stokes, the executive assistant to the vice chancellor, for sharing a post on social media that criticized Charlie Kirk’s views after his assassination.

The post cited his views on race, guns and forcing child rape victims to carry pregnancies.

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