Brendan O’Connor

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freelance journalist, Blood Red Lines (Haymarket 2021), dissertating at CUNY geography, aprendendo PT-BR, https://fieldworkfc.substack.com

excerpt from an interview with USLPA executive director Connor Tobin, linked below

passage from ProPublica story identifying Alex Pretti's killers: "Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa. A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said."

photo of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium taken from the South Stand

screenshot from the underlying article with highlighted text: "The program was not shuttered by the Biden administration — which instead deprioritized it to the point of obscurity — but its structure and priorities reflect the current playbook that Trump officials are using to justify their disregard for civil rights law in their immigration agenda."

yo dawg I heard you liked Oreos so we put Oreos in your Oreos

promo flyer for the April 5, 2025, national day of action in defense of federal labor rights: www.savepublicservices.com

Wall Street Journal headline: This Company Gets 98% of Its Money From the U.S. Government. DOGE Is Coming for Firms Like It.

pipe blasting water onto the sidewalk outside the Amazon warehouse in Queens where striking workers have gathered