Laura Iesue

Laura Iesue

@lauraiesue.bsky.social

Asst Prof #SHSU CJ. Researching violence, coping strategies, and policy-responses to violence in international contexts. #OH www.stopglobalviolence.org

135 Followers 189 Following 83 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 days ago

The irony. Have to LOL in an otherwise serious moment.

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I think of this often.

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1 month ago
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‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’: CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence "If ICE is acting with such impunity and disregard for human life in broad daylight...what happens inside of immigration detention centers?"

‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’: CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence - FAIR

#zmail #immigration #instagram #prison

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1 month ago

Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.

This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.

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1 month ago

This.

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1 month ago

Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.

ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

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Talking about violence, victimization, war and trauma all day gets emotionally exhausting. So why not switch it up with a fun guest lecture?! I may be enjoying my preparation for this talk a bit too much! A childhood favorite movie (and actor- NEWMAN!) and childhood favorite dinosaur at its finest.

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To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the following datasets (collectively, Datasets) from the Global Religious Futures (GRF) project:  Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022 dataset. This cumulative dataset includes measures of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion in nearly 200 countries and territories. Spring 2024 Survey. This dataset includes measures of religion and spirituality in 35 countries. (Comparable data was also collected in 2023 and 2024 for the United States. The downloadable materials which accompany the international dataset include additional information about U.S. data.) Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020. This dataset includes estimates of the size of seven major religious groups in more than 200 countries and territories. We encourag

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

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2 months ago
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Giving the Palestinians Greenland (Golden Girls, Empty Nests, 1987) YouTube video by Levan Ramishvili

I am convinced that Trump is just watching Golden Girls reruns.

youtu.be/6SD6F803xW0?...

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Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history. The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela and officials didn’t kick them out of the country. Here's the real history of oil and Venezuela:

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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2 months ago

Zelensky on Venezuela:

“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”

Omg I love it.

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2 months ago

My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.

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Today, as I listened to a TV-type ‘fireside chat’ I realized that it was indeed a good time for a beer. But not for positive reasons espoused by FDR.

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In 1933 FDR closed out a fireside chat with: “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” In this chat he highlighted his accomplishments and struggles in his presidency.

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Closing out a busy year and looking ahead to comparative research on violence during pandemics, wars, and other large-scale disruptions.

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Policy takeaway: crisis response that ignores social stressors (food access, health care, insecurity) risks escalating harm inside households. Culturally grounded interventions matter.

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That’s a wrap for 2025!

Across countries, pandemic strain directly increased intimate partner victimization and violence. The risk was consistent globally—but how stress translated into violence differed by context.

#PolicyRelevantResearch #ComparativeCriminology #ViolencePrevention #GlobalHealth

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3 months ago
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Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

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Analysis: Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off – again | CNN Politics At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden.

Oh so this is what they meant by anti woke.

www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...

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3 months ago

I am heartbroken for the Ukranian children and the families that pray everyday for their return.
🇺🇦🌻

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3 months ago

Don’t know about you but I’m at the “bringing Tupperware to campus events” stage of the semester 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...

The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

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Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes. We’re detecting a pattern with this administration.

Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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3 months ago

Michigan was more worried about guarding the M logo on midfield after the game then they did about not getting their ass whooped 😂😂😂

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3 months ago

😂😂😂 I was born in Erie but lived in Ohio growing up. I’ll let is slide haha

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3 months ago

YUP! And yet buckeyes are the problem 😂

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3 months ago

It was never about diversity. It’s was always profit margins.

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3 months ago

Hear me out- the struggle toast. Melted butter with cinnamon and sugar on top. Still hits right.

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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

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