Yvonne Abraham
@yabraham.bsky.social
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Boston Globe columnist. Cannot effing believe we are doing this again.
Australians all, let us rejoice!
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Why Australia Enshrined ‘a Succulent Chinese Meal’ Rant in Its Archive
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/australia/jack-karlson-succulent-chinese-meal-meme.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.KVhn.KxGH-zh3N2dG&smid=url-share
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Pure evil.
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Today's column: The monumental waste of this stupid war.
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Just six days of war in Iran cost us $11.3 billion. ‘What the [expletive] is wrong with us?’ - The Boston Globe
“We spend pennies on everything else, yet when it comes to war, there’s no limit. How is this America First?”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/metro/iran-war-cost-taxpayers-billions/
24 days ago
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Yay, Heuser!!
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24 days ago
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"We’ve all got to do something to distract ourselves until we die, and acting is a great, fun thing to do that with.” Love this, by my always excellent friend Michael Paulson.
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Daniel Radcliffe Wanted a Break From Broadway. Then He Read This Play.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/theater/daniel-radcliffe-every-brilliant-thing.html?smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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Drew Harwell
about 2 months ago
We at the
@postguild.bsky.social
are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/standing-together-for-guild-colleagues
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Such a horrific, enraging day for the Post, and for all of us. Here's the Go Fund Me for laid off employees. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/a1ead8b26
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
https://gofund.me/a1ead8b26
about 2 months ago
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Today's column:
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Cracks are emerging in Trump’s power. The people of Minnesota show why. - The Boston Globe
An expert on authoritarian governments sees where the US is going. And he knows what we need to do to fix it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/metro/minneapolis-protests-democracy-revival/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
2 months ago
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This is such a heartbreaking picutre of where we are right now.
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2 months ago
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Very nice (for now)!
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What the hell happened to the Fourth Amendment? Search me!
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‘They know what they are doing is wrong.’ ICE now says they can force their way into our homes. - The Boston Globe
Gutting the Fourth Amendment just as America marks 250 years of independence is a little too on the nose, even for this administration.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/24/metro/ice-gutting-fourth-amendment/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
2 months ago
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Walker Bragman
2 months ago
It’s important to note that this is guy very much appears to be on-duty, which would make this a violation of the Hatch Act.
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The Boston Globe
2 months ago
Governor Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers, and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge - The Boston Globe
Federal officials have said about 50 arrests were made the first day and that roughly 1,400 people are targets of the operation in the mostly rural state of 1.4 million residents.
https://trib.al/JMOYhMw
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Today's column. Mainers like Susan Collins because she brings home the bacon. What use is bacon when fascists are on the march?
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In the Maine Senate race, only the future of the Republic is at stake - The Boston Globe
Toppling US Senator Susan Collins is crucial to Democrats’ plan to bring America back from the brink.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/metro/susan-collins-most-vulnerable-gop-senator-maine/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
2 months ago
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Today's column: This is what this country is now. It has always been a place where cruelty and racism could flourish. But it’s been a long time since the bigotry was this open, and had the full weight of the federal government behind it.
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‘When I came here, it was beautiful’: The cost of Trump attacks on the Somali community - The Boston Globe
Somali immigrants put their faith in what this country stood for. The president is destroying it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/metro/fear-among-somali-americans-after-trump-action/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
3 months ago
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Trump to blue states: Drop dead. Today's column:
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Trump is waging war on Democrat-led states - The Boston Globe
Minnesota is just the latest and most violent front in a much wider campaign of aggression Donald Trump and his administration are conducting in blue states.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/10/metro/trump-immigration-campaign-violence-against-citizens/
3 months ago
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Today’s column: Yay! Finally, we have a president who is looking out for our poor, put-upon oil tycoons!
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Trump’s oil obsession will cost New England thousands of jobs. Well, we all need to sacrifice, right? - The Boston Globe
The president is looking after his friends in oil and gas, at the expense of New England’s wind industry.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/metro/president-trump-attacks-offshore-wind-farms/
3 months ago
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Part 4 of my series on Latarsha Sanders and the insanity defense. After her arrest, Sanders and her family were reeling. And, in prison, Sanders' mental illness was named -- for the first time.
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Prosecutors built a narrative that Latarsha Sanders was ‘evil.’ Her family felt powerless to stop it. - The Boston Globe
Even if Latarsha Sanders' family had the wherewithal to stand up for her publicly, would anyone have listened?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/sanders-family-felt-powerless/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
4 months ago
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The Boston Globe
4 months ago
Years after Latarsha Sanders killed her two sons, jurors at her trial saw dozens of gruesome crime-scene photos. But they didn’t see crucial records that would have shown how severe her mental illness was back then, writes Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham.
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A jury had to decide Latarsha Sanders’ fate. The full story was kept from them. - The Boston Globe
From the beginning, it was clear the prosecution’s strategy was to deny Latarsha Sanders’ mental illness and demolish her character.
https://trib.al/80SLGqC
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Part 3 of my series on Latasha Sanders and the insanity defense. Though she was deeply irrational and completely compromised in her police interrogation a few hours after the boys' bodies were discovered, police continued to question her.
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‘The red flags were there’: The police interrogation of Latarsha Sanders was problematic - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders was in no condition to understand the stakes as she sat in an interrogation room at the Brockton police station.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/police-interrogation-latarsha-sanders/
4 months ago
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Part 2 of my series on Latarsha Sanders and the insanity defense.
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Latarsha Sanders’ paranoia was growing. But nothing hinted at how far over the edge she would fall. - The Boston Globe
As paranoid and obsessive as Latarsha Sanders could be, she had never hurt her kids. Now, her family rakes through their memories for signs.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/latarsha-sanders-mental-illness-symptoms/
4 months ago
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I hope you'll take a look.
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4 months ago
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Three years ago, I started reporting on the story of Latarsha Sanders, a mentally ill woman in Brockton who killed her two youngest children in 2018.
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A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing ‘the crazy card.’ - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/insanity-plea-latarsha-sanders/
4 months ago
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The Boston Globe
5 months ago
The Trump administration’s mass deportation push has upended life in New England. Immigrants detained at work. Families dragged from cars by ICE. Teenagers arrested. Our newsletter “Immigration Unmasked” examines how this is playing out in your community. globe.com/immigrationunmasked
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Mark Wolf in his own words.
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Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/
5 months ago
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I hope Hell is real.
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‘I wasn’t letting go of my wife’: Video shows ICE agents in Fitchburg struggling with man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/metro/fitchburg-video-seizure-immigration/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
5 months ago
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Photograph is CHEF'S KISS:
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Quincy mayor, already facing controversy, took thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations, state says - The Boston Globe
Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch paid $55,000 under a resolution released Wednesday by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/metro/quincy-thomas-koch-illegal-campaign-donations-controversy/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
5 months ago
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Fantastic!
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Cuomo Blasts Mamdani for His Rent-Stabilized Unit. But He Had One, Too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/nyregion/cuomo-rent-stabilized-apartment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.v1iZ._ROmS7SgCPog&smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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Great work by my colleagues! Big Trump admin Sinaloa cartel takedown turns out to have been very, very much not one. Same folks blowing up boats they claim are carrying narco traffickers...
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The DEA said it arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against suc...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/metro/sinaloa-cartel-dea-arrests-roundup/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
5 months ago
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Jesus.
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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/metro/everett-13-year-old-arrested-by-ice/
6 months ago
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Gee, I'm sure there is a lesson in here somewhere. BUT WHAT COULD IT BE?
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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/duke-university-dei-diversity-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk8.LKfv.A47Oihy3VShI&smid=bs-share
6 months ago
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jamelle
6 months ago
my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
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Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/trump-2024-election-maga.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.-98N.qWp9cEeazEAj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?
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Opinion | When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/charlie-kirk-media-truth-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.zU6p.U8KcvVC9BpjO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
6 months ago
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I’ve had two very formative interactions with William Young, the federal judge who authored today's remarkable decision in AAUP v Rubio. Nothing about his courageous decision surprises me. This guy is the real deal. 1/
6 months ago
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Our
@devrafirst.bsky.social
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What is it like to dine out in D.C. right now? - The Boston Globe
Dangerously delicious, as it has been for years.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/24/lifestyle/dc-restaurants-trump-2025/
6 months ago
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M. Gessen, always:
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Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/opinion/trump-kirk-trans-people-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.yfni.FmoINALD3mbg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
7 months ago
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Another great column by my spectacular friend and colleague
@rygraham.bsky.social
. The Globe, and our readers, are so lucky to have her!
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The joyful perseverance of Ketanji Brown Jackson - The Boston Globe
While it’s increasingly difficult in this political climate, to foster joy is to hold on to hope.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-joyful-perseverance/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
7 months ago
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Well, this is very interesting.
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Ex-Stoughton police supervisor contacted Sandra Birchmore on the day she died - The Boston Globe
The former Stoughton deputy police chief retired from the force in 2022 during an internal investigation over his interactions with Birchmore.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/metro/sandra-birchmore-stoughton-robert-devine/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
7 months ago
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Jason Leopold
7 months ago
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL:
@bloomberg.com
has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/opinion/lincoln-schmitt-trump-vance-citizenship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08._v8Y.aRmcetYw2ItG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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‘An unfathomable tragedy.’ Lloyd Young, Globe photo editor and avid athlete, dies at 57. - The Boston Globe
Several years ago, Mr. Young jotted four words of advice for his sons and anyone else… though he also taught by example.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/04/metro/boston-globe-photo-editor-lloyd-young-dies-at-57/
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Great reporting from my colleagues.
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A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/metro/trump-harvard-doj-lawyer-antisemitism-hitler/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
7 months ago
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A huge loss for the Globe, and for all who loved him.
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Globe photo editor killed while bicycling in rural Illinois - The Boston Globe
Lloyd Young, 57, of Boston, was struck and killed Saturday in McLean County in Illinois.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/27/metro/globe-photo-editor-killed-while-bicycling-rural-illinois/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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If not for these two incredible women, he would still be teaching there.
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Miss Hall’s School failed to stop teacher from sexually abusing five students over 20 years, independent investigator finds - The Boston Globe
The investigation also discovered that seven other former employees allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with students dating back to the 1940s.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/metro/miss-halls-school-sexual-abuse-former-students/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during the war. “Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children killed, every day for nearly two years."
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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/israel-gaza-war-children-death-toll/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f013
8 months ago
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Are you kidding me? Aren’t they supposed to be smart over there?
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Hi, this is FASCISM.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Trump Escalates Attacks on Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/trump-zohran-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU8.0lOV.-vk9a8P5jAly&smid=bs-share
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Hi, this is a CONCENTRATION CAMP.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/24/n...
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Trump toured Florida’s immigration detention center in the Everglades. Here’s what to know. - The Boston Globe
The site can currently house 3,000 people in dormitories corralled by chain-link fences and topped with barbed wire, and state officials say it can be expanded to ultimately house 5,000.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/24/nation/alligator-alcatraz-florida-everglades/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
9 months ago
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Hi, this is a BRIBE:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/n...
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Paramount to pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview - The Boston Globe
Paramount told media outlets the money will go to President Trump’s future presidential library, not to the president himself.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/nation/paramount-donald-trump-60-minutes-interview-settlement/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
9 months ago
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