🧵 Both tech VCs and heavily invested in 'AI' and anti-immigrant politicians are deeply invested in reducing the workforce. I argue that this is not a coincidence, and the deep driver is changing demographics and economics. thewire.in/rights/why-a...

hat-tip to @murosinvisibles.bsky.social on his essay on borders as "wage cages" from which I have quoted. Thanks to @emilymbender.bsky.social for insights on how to think about "AI", and how not to. thewire.in/rights/why-a...

Yeh crazy. Imagine that. The guy who wanted to work for the paramilitary death squad doing ethnic cleansing has a long history of violence

Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia

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Another man killed by ICE in Florida

Crazy how fast the "dont speak ill of the dead" crowd dropped that horseshit to demonize a migrant extrajudicially assassinated in front of his daughter by their favorite paramilitary death squad

LATAM Wires- Dailies The Big Headlines in LATAM Lord Marco Rubio the Viceroy of Venezuela, criminal groups are taking over into protected state parks in Ecuador, and Mexico demands the US investigate the US For PWS

LATAM Wires- Dailies The Big Headlines in LATAM Lord Marco Rubio the Viceroy of Venezuela, criminal groups are taking over into protected state parks in Ecuador, and Mexico demands the US investigate the US For PWS

This, written back in early January, is ageing extremely well Particularly in light of NYT revelations about Rubio effectively running Venezuela vía text

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DHS has so much money currently they don't even know what to do with it. They are launching their own private airline company to handle deportations, investing in new and ingenious ways to spy on critics, and even buying real estate But they still use detainees as slave labor

Speaking of which, Mexico is demanding a formal independent investigation because the jackboots at DHS keep killing their citizens They are demanding criminal charges

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year old father of three, had been in the US for 35 years, and put three kids through college. He was stopped in a van on his way to work and shot to death by DHS officers, who, conveniently weren't wearing body cameras

The DHS Diaries DHS is killing random migrants on the street, making detainees perform slave labor, and stockpiling more money than most small countries Their latest murder is a random guy in a van who wasn't even who they were looking for PWS breakdown back in action (🧵)

The DHS Diaries DHS is killing random migrants on the street, making detainees perform slave labor, and stockpiling more money than most small countries Their latest murder is a random guy in a van who wasn't even who they were looking for PWS breakdown back in action (🧵)

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Delcy Rodrigiez asks England to release gold they seized from Venezuela years ago to pay for reconstruction after double earthquakes

Watching overtime in Colombia and ran into the Poet #magicalrealism

De la Espriella suspends Colombia’s presidential transfer of power processes after Petro again claims elections were fraudulent This a.m Petro blamed Israel and the US for electronic manipulation He provided no proof of his accusations

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The Big Headlines in LATAM Colombia's new ultra-right leader is finally offering details, Cuba dies in darkness, and though international rescue teams have left Venezuela, the humanitarian crisis is only beginning LATEST

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Esooooóóooooooooo!!!!!

My Colombian friend just arrived to watch the game: "Im worried, cause our brujas are very good," she says, "but I think theirs are better" 👁👄👁💅 😅

Welp, those who deserve to win dont always. Great game

FUCK YES ⚽️

The old "teams" are not the new "teams" in Venezuela

Man, they cut USAID and the US immediately starts backing socialist governments in Latin America

MAGA-Chavismo ascendant Even as Rodriguez battles criticism over earthquake response, Washington has made it clear they back her 100% LATEST for PWS

MAGA-Chavismo ascendant Even as Rodriguez battles criticism over earthquake response, Washington has made it clear they back her 100% LATEST for PWS

“The nickname [‘Donroe Doctrine’] is a variation of the Monroe Doctrine - a legal argument that was invoked to justify US assassinations, invasions, blockades, the financing of death squads & the installation of dictatorships across the Americas, primarily but not exclusively, in the 20th century”

Twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, but it may be the social and political aftershocks in months to come that determine where the country goes from here. "Anticipating the Political Aftershocks of Venezuela Quakes" LATEST for IQ Latino iqlatino.org/anticipating...

Trump admin blasts Machado's "grotesque political opportunism" after Venezuela quakes

Trump's “Wars on Everything” in LATAM Data shows efforts to reduce drug flows, improve security, and combat criminal groups in the region are failing, but those were never the US motives

Chilean rescue team director tells El País that his team has been harrassed and even obstructed by Venezuelan military while carrying out rescue operations in heavily affected areas like La Guiara

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Ivan Cepeda calls for civil desobedience upon de la Espriella’s assumption on the presidency, unless ADELE fullfills a series of demands, uncluding clarifying his relationship w Maduro loyalist Alex Saab

Anticipating the Political Aftershocks of Venezuela Quakes What happens next in Venezuela depends on Washington as much as the Rodriguez government LATEST by me for ACOM

Anticipating the Political Aftershocks of Venezuela Quakes What happens next in Venezuela depends on Washington as much as the Rodriguez government LATEST by me for ACOM