Andrea González-Ramírez

He sucks you in by having you twerk to Yo Perreo Sola and before you realize it you’re googling “why is Bad Bunny singing that people were killed for carrying the Puerto Rican flag.”

This is why conservatives in the U.S. mainland AND back home hate him so much.

The Triumph Of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquí.

Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.

Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”

Democracy is not dying in darkness — billionaires are killing it right before our eyes. Solidarity with all the WaPo staff, what a truly terrible day for our industry.

Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.

These are their stories:

I scanned how major outlets reported on Bad Bunny's "ICE out" remarks and no one included this background. It's exhausting how the experiences of people in Puerto Rico are constantly omitted from the public record and how Bad Bunny's politics are stripped of its inherent colonial context.

Liam Conejo Ramos Is Finally Home Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released from an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. Here’s what you need to know.

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released from an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. Here’s what you need to know.

Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South

It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Did You Know Trump Is Remilitarizing Puerto Rico? He is using the American colony as a staging ground to launch operations, including his recent attack on Venezuela.

While I have your attention, here’s another example of U.S. imperialism happening back home right now — and which has yet to be widely-condemned.

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Barrio Obrero, the Dominican heart of Puerto Rico, is torn apart by ICE raids: ‘It’s a city under siege’ President Donald Trump’s policies are spreading terror in a neighborhood of the U.S. territory considered the epicenter of the island’s immigrant community

“What for years had been the beating heart of the Dominican community in Puerto Rico is now a city under siege.”

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ICE Operations Surge in Puerto Rico: Immigrant Detentions Multiply Fivefold Under Trump Immigration lawyers and advocacy groups are sounding the alarm over widespread violations of immigrant rights in Puerto Rico, driven by racial profiling practices carried out by both local law enforce...

From June:

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It’s important to understand that Dominicans and other immigrants are part of the fabric of Puerto Rican society — and ICE is currently terrorizing them on the island.

Benito is speaking against what’s going on in the U.S. but also on its colony, where people literally did not vote for any of this.

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protest

Remember that in addition to arresting reporters, the regime deported journalist Mario Guevara after detaining him while covering No Kings Day protests.

“His imprisonment is among the longest for any reporter arrested in connection with their work as a journalist in United States history.”

5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

‘That Could Have Been Me’: The Nurses Grieving Alex Pretti After CBP Killing “Most of us would do the same as Alex did, trying to help people to get out of unsafe situations.”

I spoke with nurses about Alex Pretti's killing and how the loss of one of their own has rocked the health-care community.

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Exclusive: ‘Pink coat lady’ who recorded fatal encounter between federal officers and Alex Pretti speaks to Anderson Cooper | CNN Anderson speaks with Stella Carlson, the witness who captured crucial video showing exactly what happened when Alex Pretti was shot and killed by DHS officers.

Incredible interview. In awe of this woman's bravery. A true patriot. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Warning: video is hard to watch

‘That Could Have Been Me’: The Nurses Grieving Alex Pretti After CBP Killing “Most of us would do the same as Alex did, trying to help people to get out of unsafe situations.”

I spoke with nurses about Alex Pretti's killing and how the loss of one of their own has rocked the health-care community.

www.thecut.com/article/nurs...

One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.

Breaking per NBC News — CBP has shot and critically wounded another person, this time in Arizona. Very few details available at this time.

This five year old is still in jail

ICE deporting a woman who's 8 months pregnant would have been a much bigger story had ICE not murdered an ICU nurse attending a protest

Mood. You’d think at this point I’d be better equipped to handle it. And yet!!!

“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"

How to Help Minnesota Amid ICE’s Siege Federal immigration officers shot and killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, escalating a violent ICE crackdown in the Twin Cities.

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For @thecut.com, I'm looking to speak with nurses about Alex Pretti's killing. If you're interested, I can be reached via DM, at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com, or andreagonram.43 on Signal. We can protect people's identities as needed. #journorequest

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Hearing My Own Scream For months, Rümeysa Öztürk has been haunted by the cries of ICE detention — those of scared children, grieving mothers, barking guards — and her own.

For months, Rümeysa Öztürk has been haunted by the cries of ICE detention — those of scared children, grieving mothers, barking guards — and her own.