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@beatrixh.bsky.social

Historian of US health care and immigration; author, Borders of Care

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Not to be forgotten, as the President now attempts to take over the Library of Congress:

He did something similar in February when he fired the Archivist of the US.

It's now three months later and counting, and he apparently has notified Congress of his reasons for doing so, as required by law. πŸ—ƒοΈ

13.05.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 449    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

A true scandal. One of the biggest free speech violations of our lifetimes and yet the people who screamed about free speech on campus for the past decade were either responsible for the violation (Trump, GOP) or ran cover for it and enabled it (Bari Weiss, Fox, etc).

09.05.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2701    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 14

This.

03.05.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s another reason why they want to dismantle the federal government…

30.04.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 14
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HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd of protesters have gathered outside a Milwaukee courthouse to support Judge Hannah Dugan after her arrest earlier today

25.04.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5088    πŸ” 1401    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 115
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article) Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

β€œThis was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. β€œMy son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

21.04.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15492    πŸ” 4825    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 422
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Chicago now!

19.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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State Terror A brief guide for Americans

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

15.04.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21064    πŸ” 9809    πŸ’¬ 573    πŸ“Œ 669

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

14.04.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 55083    πŸ” 14013    πŸ’¬ 1311    πŸ“Œ 600

Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

13.04.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 28020    πŸ” 7103    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 323

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.

We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

08.04.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 45773    πŸ” 12629    πŸ’¬ 777    πŸ“Œ 274
The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Something everyone can do is give to their AAUP chapter.

They’re some of the only ones standing up to this nonsense.

28.03.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

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@teslatakedown.com
#TeslaTakedown
Northbrook, Illinois
About 100 folks showed up on a cold, windy early Spring day. Lotsa honks and fist pumping support today!

22.03.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Chicago #teslatakedown ! 3/1/25

01.03.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Health advocacy in the history of US immigrants’ rights Foreign-born practitioners in the health professions are critical to the health-care labour force in many high-income countries. In addition, both immigrant and non-immigrant health professionals have...

My short history of doctors and nurses working for immigrant rights, and immigrants providing care for all. Lancet provides free access with registration, or PM me for a pdf.

01.02.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NYT screen shot that reads: Inside Trump's Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown. With an image of an Orange Man.

NYT screen shot that reads: Inside Trump's Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown. With an image of an Orange Man.

For folks interested in learning why this isn't original or new, see research by historians such as Natalia Molina, John McKiernan Gonzalez, and Alexandra Minna Stern.

09.01.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Janet Nguyα»…n of Marketplace does an excellent job of examining the historical roots of health insurance denials

07.01.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why do so many Americans get their health care claims denied? - Marketplace Millions of Americans don’t have access to adequate care, yet the U.S. spends the most on health care compared to other wealthy countries.
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"Preserving a Legacy: The League of Women for Community Service Archives and the Black Women's Club Movement"

19.11.2024 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The League of Women for Community Service Archives & the Black Women's Club Movement ...

This evening at Loyola lakeshore campus!

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Email your Senators: No more weapons to Israel. - JVP Email your Senators now and tell them to support Senator Sanders' bill to end weapons shipments to Israel and to support a full arms embargo on the Israeli government.
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I just joined, hope to see you on here!

16.11.2024 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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