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Old fart- long retired Texas lawyer- with opinions
Equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism worked for a while. but the horrors inflicted on the Palestinians cannot be ignored by everyone forever. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Opinion | How Israel Lost Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/opinion/israel-american-public-opinion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PlA.pkvD.7nwytHKlO35m&smid=bs-share
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Regime change, should it happen, would be great, but don't count on it. The Case for Striking Iran
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Opinion | The Case for Striking Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/opinion/iran-military-strike-trump.html?smid=bs-share
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I hope I'm wrong, but I don't expect this to end well. And it won't distract attention, for long, from the fact of Trump's place in the Epstein crime spree. Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government
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Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/28/world/iran-strikes-trump?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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If America survives the destructive disaster that is Trump and his MAGA Republican criminal mob, it will need to rebuild. Let's hope it does a better job this time. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/o...
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Opinion | What Hath Trump Wrought
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-real.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O1A.Xaxr.A4NvbB7N9Mwu&smid=bs-share
5 days ago
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Skipped the mobster president's SOTU address and watched a movie on Netflix. From this account, it was a good for my blood pressure. Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains
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Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union-speech.html?smid=bs-share
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The demand for vouchers may exceed the $billion appropriated to fund for-profit "schools." But it's enough to makes for-profit "schools" profitable. More than 100K students have applied to Texas' voucher program. A lottery determines who gets a spot.
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Texas will run a lottery to pick who gets a school voucher. Here's what to know.
Students will be sorted into several tiers based on disability, income and other factors.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-school-voucher-lottery-know-process-21360994.php
6 days ago
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The barbarians are burning the libraries. They don't value pursuit of the unknown because in their ignorance they think they already know all the answers. What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy
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Opinion | What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/opinion/doge-hiv-funding.html?smid=bs-share
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Little kids in for-profit prisons. Crimes against humanity! Worms in the porridge, despair in their eyes: Why are we still detaining kids at Dilley?
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Worms in the food, putrid water: Why are kids still being detained in Dilley?
As reports emerge about the horrid conditions inside the Dilley family detention center, it's become clear that the facility is in violation of a legal settlement protecting the rights of...
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/lisa-falkenberg/article/dilley-detention-ice-kids-crisis-21344477.php
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Of course, Gov. Abbott's school voucher program is a thinly vailed scam to divert Texas tax money to the support of religous schools. But only Christian, not Muslem. Texas could be sued for blocking Islamic schools from vouchers, Democrats say
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Texas could be sued for blocking Islamic schools from vouchers, Democrats say
The callout comes two weeks after Hearst Newspapers reported that not a single Islamic private school has been allowed to participate in the program.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/democrats-blast-texas-block-islamic-school-21369662.php
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Will Trump defy the Supreme Court? He probably would if he thought he could get away with it. But his political capital is depleting rapidly, so the Republic will probably survive.
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Handing defeats to Trump, Supreme Court signals potential course change
A pair of rulings on tariffs and National Guard deployment mark the justicesâ first major decisions against the president. More may be coming.
https://wapo.st/46RDvWd
9 days ago
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So, Epstein's just the tip of the iceberg? What Trafficked Girls Think of Jeffrey Epstein and His Pals
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Opinion | What Trafficked Girls Think of Jeffrey Epstein and His Pals
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/opinion/epstein-sex-trafficking.html?smid=bs-share
9 days ago
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Did the mean old justices take little Donnies' favorite toy away? Shocker! SCOTUS Schools POTUS
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Opinion | Shocker! SCOTUS Schools POTUS
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/opinion/scotus-trump-tariffs-epstein.html?smid=bs-share
9 days ago
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The start of the fall of the house of Trump?
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Live updates: In rare rebuke of Trump, Supreme Court strikes down tariffs
The ruling deals a major blow to his signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback.
https://wapo.st/3MxMFQX
10 days ago
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Is his hubris Trump's ultimate weakness? This Is How an Autocrat Goes to War
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Opinion | This Is How an Autocrat Goes to War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/opinion/trump-iran-public-opinion.html?smid=bs-share
10 days ago
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The White House Economic Advisor wants to fire the truth teller for telling the obvious truth?
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White House economic adviser says Fed researchers should be punished
One of President Donald Trumpâs top economic advisers assailed Fed research into the administrationâs tariffs policies, saying the authors deserved to be punished.
https://wapo.st/4bXQSHX
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We humans are a single species. Science tells us we started in one place, spread out and populated the world. In early isolation we evolved into differing "races" and "cultures." Still, we are a family, that needs to lean to get along.
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Opinion | Rubio and Ocasio-Cortez just made cases to Europe. Only one is right.
In Munich, the secretary of state and AOC were far apart on the meaning of âorder.â
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So it goes. The Texas Constitution calls "the establishment of a university of the first class." The University keeps trying. The politicians keep interfearing. After anti-liberal pressure, University of Texas to consolidate gender and ethnic studies
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UT to consolidate gender and ethnic studies programs into one new department
Affected departments include those that focus on African and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican American Studies, Women and Gender Studies and American Studies.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/ut-consolidates-ethnic-gender-studies-21349460.php
13 days ago
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A system that profit-motivates the caging of human beings has no place in civilized society.
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Private prisons are cashing in on Trump's ICE crackdown. They're just getting started - Salon.com
Over 90 percent of detained immigrants languish in prisons that aren't actually run by the government
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/28/private-prisons-are-cashing-in-on-trumps-ice-crackdown-theyre-just-getting-started/
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Another way for privateers to profit off Gov. Abbott's school voucher plan. And another reason to vote against Republicans. Houston-area school districts ramp up marketing, hire firms to win back students
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How Houston-area districts are hiring outside firms in the race for students
With growing school competition and enrollment declines, districts like Spring Branch, Fort Bend, Houston are hiring companies like Caissa K12 to help win students, among other marketing strategies.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/houston-school-districts-marketing-21294747.php
14 days ago
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I think John Lennon made more sense when he challenged us to Imagine there's no Heaven ... Whatever This Is, It Isnât Anti-Zionism
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Opinion | Whatever This Is, It Isnât Anti-Zionism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/opinion/christian-zionism-prejean-boller-candace-owens.html?smid=bs-share
15 days ago
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A sense of privilege among the elitists What Ro Khanna Learned From the Epstein Files
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Opinion | What Ro Khanna Learned From the Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-ro-khanna.html?smid=bs-share
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Gov. Abbott, who called out the National Guard 'cause Biden wasn't keepin' the "Mescans" south of the Rio Grand is upset 'cause the kids protest deporting their friends and family. Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools.
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Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html?smid=bs-share
15 days ago
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I see Hegseth is missing a NATO meeting. Is Trump doing his pal, Putin, a favor?
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Trump Igors science and commits humanity's future hope of survival on his own willful ignorance. Trump kills major climate regulations triggered under Obama. Will it increase Texas pollution?
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Trump kills climate regulations that allow EPA to limit greenhouse gas pollution
President Trump called the move the 'largest deregulatory action' in U.S. history. Texas environmentalists worry about unchecked greenhouse gas emissions.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/trump-climate-endangerment-finding-texas-21349410.php
17 days ago
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But it doesn't burn fossils so pollitically, forget about it.
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Opinion | This technology could revolutionize electricity â from space
Wireless power transmission from space was once science fiction. Now it could soon be a reality.
https://wapo.st/46EaJZ3
17 days ago
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"Stupid is as the Luddite does." We won't beat China by subsidize obsolete industry.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-to-direct-pentagon-to-buy-coal-to-revive-industry-bloomberg-news-says/ar-AA1W6bII?ocid=BingNewsSerp
18 days ago
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Typical Texas Tomfoolery. It'll be a cold day in hell before Texas Muslims out number Joel Osteen's followers. Rep. Chip Roy calls out growth of Islam in Texas during Sharia law hearing
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Rep. Chip Roy targets Texas Muslims in Sharia hearing
Sharia, the moral code by which many Muslims live, has become a focal point of Chip Roy and other Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/chip-roy-islam-sharia-law-21345625.php
18 days ago
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Trump may be a criminal. But it's his accomplices, on the Supreme Court and in the House and Senate, that make his crime spree possible. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Opinion | What Trump Is the Best at, Hands Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/opinion/trump-crypto-corruption.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.o-VR.1F7K_22ZOitl&smid=bs-share
18 days ago
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Trump can deny, but he can't repeal the truth. If greenhouse gasses are warming the planet, they are warming the planet whatever Trump's EPA "finds."
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EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy
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Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy
The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-rule-repeal-233228a5cf2a71f0ecbcd14281530706?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
19 days ago
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Enjoyed it tho I don't speak or understand much Spanish. Trump Criticizes Bad Bunnyâs Super Bowl Halftime Show
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Trump Criticizes Bad Bunnyâs Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/trump-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show.html?smid=bs-share
20 days ago
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Just one more way the spiteful, ignorant, petty little man can hurt the America he hates for growing greater than the "greatness" he fantasizes that he remembers. Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada
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Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-canada.html?smid=bs-share
20 days ago
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Texas Republican State Government has been with holding Extended Medicaid from poor Texas families since Congress passed Obamacare. Texas has the highest rate of uninsured kids in the U.S., as more than 1 million lack coverage
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More than 1 million Texas children are uninsured. Here's how that could change.
More than 1.1 million children in Texas lacked health coverage in 2024, with two-thirds being Latino, according to a new UnidosUS report.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/health/article/texas-children-uninsured-latino-21331554.php
22 days ago
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Good point. It's not fair to judge people of the past by our "modern," and "superior" standards of "morality." And that does not justify "whitewashing" their failings. Robert E. Lee was just another slave owner in the 1860s But he chose to commit treason against his country.
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Opinion | Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past
Shaming the dead is an asinine culture warriorsâ pastime. Now itâs the great diarist Samuel Pepysâs turn.
https://wapo.st/4klpcyG
22 days ago
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Leading American companies â including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group â raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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Companies reap $22bn from Trumpâs immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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Have just watched Trump's full video. Yes, it insulted the Obamas using an old racist trope. What's more it reveals in Trump a suppressed self-awareness of his own gross inadequacy. He's so dangerous, because he's such a sad little man! This Is Just Who Trump Is
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-video-apes.html?smid=bs-share
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First, we must excise the Trumpian cancer from the American body politic. Then, and only then, can we earn back the respect we had. Even then we will likely never again be the essential, north-star nation we were. The Globalization of Canadian Rage
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Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/opinion/canada-america-anger-carney.html?smid=bs-share
24 days ago
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To Trump and too many Republicans, there are the real Americans, and all the other people living in their country. Common Ground Is for Suckers
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Opinion | Common Ground Is for Suckers
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/trump-presidential-power-comments.html?smid=bs-share
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The man who would be king? âNeoroyalismâ and What It Says About Trump
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âNeoroyalismâ and What It Says About Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/economy/trump-history-newroyalism.html?smid=bs-share
26 days ago
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Trump wants the Republicans to control all federal elections. Wonder why? Trump Repeats Call to âNationalizeâ Elections, as White House Walks It Back
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Trump Repeats Call to âNationalizeâ Elections, as White House Walks It Back
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/trump-save-act-elections.html?smid=bs-share
26 days ago
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So, my phone is spying on me? Not surprised, just hope they it doesn't consider me important. ICE Is Watching You
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Opinion | ICE Is Watching You
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ice-surveillance-protesters.html?smid=bs-share
27 days ago
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Protecting the perverts, while exposing the victims? The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
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The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html?smid=bs-share
28 days ago
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Good. The Court- especially the "conservative" majority of the Roberts Court needs maximum transparency. Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage
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Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/supreme-court-rulings-ethics.html?smid=bs-share
28 days ago
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When the U. S. was founded by white settler-colonist it was already populated by brown and black, as well as white, people. It's time we whites accept the fact that all, we Americans, are in the same boat. If it sinks, we all go down.
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A wake-up call for white Americans
The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are forcing white people to face hard truths about state power and violence
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/01/a-wake-up-call-for-white-americans/
29 days ago
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Good to see that the courts are doing what they are supposed to do, and that the Trump Mob is not so bold as to defy them. Federal Courts Undercut Trumpâs Mass Deportation Campaign
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Federal Courts Undercut Trumpâs Mass Deportation Campaign
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/habeas-corpus-detainee-immigrant-trump-federal-courts.html?smid=bs-share
29 days ago
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ICE is in Houston and it's not popular. And the politicians are learning it the hard way. Houston City Council meeting turns raucous after anti-ICE protesters shut out from speaking
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Houston City Council meeting turns raucous as protesters shut out from speaking
Fueled by outrage over a fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen, dozens of people packed Houston City Hall chambers to protest Houston's cooperation with ICE.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/immigration/article/ice-city-hall-protest-immigration-21318000.php
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Springsteen's contribution. The Resistance needs music to march to.
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Bruce Springsteenâs "Streets of Minneapolis" revives the sound of protest
Written amid unrest in Minnesota, "Streets of Minneapolis" fills a notable absence of musical dissent.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/28/bruce-springsteens-streets-of-minneapolis-revives-the-sound-of-protest/
about 1 month ago
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Viewpoint of a Russian expat who lived through what's happening here, now, when it happened over there. State Terror Has Arrived
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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This will not end well. Having lived through the unrest of the '60s I fear its's only a matter of time. And thinks to the gun nut mentality, Americans are well armed. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.zRaI.SRLgT1Qq9oMU&smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Understand: If your skin is brown you are, to Trump, what a Jew was to Hitler. The Public Face of ICE Is Bad Enough
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Opinion | The Public Face of ICE Is Bad Enough
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/ice-detention-immigrant-rights.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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"We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybodyâs throats." The Un-American President
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Opinion | The Un-American President
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/president-trump-ice-immigration.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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