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Adam Sawyer
6 months ago
One last thing. When ICE moves people to facilities in other countries, it is 1st and foremost a human rights violation. But it is also a problem for transparency. These ICE detention stat releases don't include any details about the number of people held at CECOT on the US government's dime.
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David Bier
6 months ago
Contrary to claims made by its proponents, the mass deportations' components of the Big Beautiful Bill will not improve its CBO score. Indeed, it will make it much worse. Accounting for lost net revenue from immigrants adds nearly $1 trillion in additional cost.
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Some common English words that have an Arabic etymology: sugar (as-sukkar), orange (náranj), cotton (al-qutn), giraffe (zarafa), alcohol (al-kuḥl)
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Like Mahmoud Khalil, Fabian Schmidt, a permanent resident, was detained by ICE and subjected to inhumane treatment, leading to his hospitalization. Like Khalil, the administration is seeking to force Schmidt’s surrender of his green card. No explanation of his custody by ICE has been provided
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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained
9 months ago
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To the conservative f#¢kheads who might read this, please explain how this in any way makes America great. How sending war refugees back to a war zone fulfills the promise of the US: “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/
9 months ago
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Truthout
9 months ago
The Israeli military completely wiped out at least 1,200 Palestinian families in Gaza in its genocide, a new analysis finds, shedding more light on the staggering and permanent toll of Israel’s extermination campaign.
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Israel Wiped Out at Least 1,200 Entire Families in Gaza, Analysis Finds
There are also at least 3,400 families with only one surviving member, Palestinian officials have said.
https://buff.ly/I63gVH1
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To the conservative f@¢kheads who voted for this guy over student debt, explain how removing borrower protections against fraud is going to help
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Trump Administration Dismantles Key Student Loan Protections
The Trump administration has been rapidly dismantling protections for student loan borrowers, leaving millions of Americans with diminishing options as turmoil continues.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/03/06/trump-administration-dismantles-key-student-loan-protections/
9 months ago
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Newsom comes from a wealthy family and was married to Kimberley Guilfoyle at a time when it was already known she was a Republican. While he is best known for being the first US mayor to officiate same-sex marriages, his constituency was always the city’s moneyed interests. (1/2)
9 months ago
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When Medicaid receives the massive cuts Musk and Trump are promising, one hopes the lower-income Republicans who are affected are as fervent in storming the Capitol as they were on January 6th 2020
9 months ago
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What Trump is suggesting is ethnic cleansing. Plain and simple. Not other way around it
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Trump won't rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees 'long-term' US ownership
President Donald Trump has suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-washington-ceasefire-1c8deec4dd46177e08e07d669d595ed3
10 months ago
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“the square root of a goat is one”
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French AI chatbot taken offline after wild answers led to online ridicule | CNN Business
An AI chatbot backed by the French government has been taken offline shortly after it launched, after providing nonsensical answers to simple mathematical equations and even recommending that one user...
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/27/tech/lucie-ai-chatbot-france-scli-intl
10 months ago
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Christopher Webb
10 months ago
Workplace raids have begun—none of these people were rapists or criminals. Even if you’re not a US citizen, you still have due process in this country. 3 workers in Newark were taken into custody by ICE w/out a warrant. One, a veteran, endured the humiliation of having his military docs questioned.
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Considering how ICE is now operating without judicial review, how long until a US citizen is a labeled an “illegal immigrant” and subjected to deportation proceedings without due process? It just happened
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News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
Official Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
https://www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-ras-j-barakas-statement-on-ice-raid-on-newark-business-establishment
10 months ago
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German newspaper Die Zeit has a better take than most US news outlets: “An H salute is an H salute is an H salute”
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Elon Musk: Ein HitlergruĂź ist ein HitlergruĂź ist ein HitlergruĂź
Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drĂĽber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-01/elon-musk-hitlergruss-amtseinfuehrung-donald-trump
10 months ago
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Trump’s plan to classify undocumented migrants as unlawful combatants to deny them 14th-Amendment rights reflects the Israeli government’s policy of classifying Palestinian civilians, including children, as “terrorists” to justify their administrative detention
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=knH3v5aEe_g
10 months ago
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reposted by
Governor JB Pritzker
10 months ago
Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home. Every resident of Illinois should know their rights. I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
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Kat Tenbarge
10 months ago
I've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025
mashable.com/article/free...
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What the Supreme Court hearing about age verification could mean for you
The court's decision could set a new precedent for free speech online.
https://mashable.com/article/free-speech-coalition-v-paxton-age-verification-hearing
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Editorial | Ben-Gvir said the quiet part out loud: Netanyahu sacrificed hostages for personal interest - Haaretz
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Editorial | Ben-Gvir said the quiet part out loud: Netanyahu sacrificed hostages for personal interest — Haaretz
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unequivocally confirmed on Tuesday the suspicion that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delaying the return of the hostages - even at the cost of th...
https://apple.news/AUBSCYGNOTFSIbXNJ0xhafw
10 months ago
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So I got a notification that over 40 new people are now following me here, none of whom I am familiar with
11 months ago
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Nick Knudsen
11 months ago
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reposted by
Human Rights Watch
11 months ago
The recent LA fires shed light on a troubling practice in California: the use of incarcerated individuals to fight wildfires. This system, which utilizes an exception in the 13th Amendment, raises serious human rights concerns. 🧵⤵️
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Due To “Slavery Clause,” 30% Of LA Fires Are Being Fought By Inmates
30% of those battling the Los Angeles wildfires are Inmates firefighters. There maximum day rate of $10.24 is due to the 13th Amendment's 'Slavery Clause'. Is this fair?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/01/09/due-to-slavery-clause-30-of-la-fires-are-being-fought-by-inmates/
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Those voting in favor of sanctioning the ICC are appeasers of the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Congo, Sudan, Myanmar, Palestine, … Putin is certainly rejoicing
11 months ago
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Ciao, enfoiré 🥳🎉
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Mort de Jean-Marie Le Pen : antisémite, tortionnaire et patriarche de l’extrême droite - L'Humanité
Le dirigeant pendant quarante ans du Front national, qu’il a fondé et légué à sa fille Marine, est mort à l’âge de 96 ans. Son parcours, commencé dans les exactions des guer...
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/extreme-droite/mort-de-jean-marie-le-pen-antisemite-tortionnaire-et-patriarche-de-lextreme-droite
11 months ago
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Truthout
11 months ago
The Israeli military has announced that it carried out over 1,400 air strikes on Gaza in December alone, amounting to dozens of strikes a day on average on Palestinians also suffering under famine conditions due to Israel’s enduring aid blockade.
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Israel Carried Out 1,400 Strikes in Gaza Last Month — Over 45 a Day on Average
Gaza is a territory spanning 25 miles at its longest point, where the displaced are sheltering in tents on the beach.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-carried-out-1400-strikes-in-gaza-last-month-over-45-a-day-on-average/
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Why student debt forgiveness is necessary
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We were told college would make life better. I'll never be able to retire because of it. | Opinion
Relieving our elders of the burden of student loan debt prior to death makes much more sense than discharging them at our funerals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/12/22/biden-forgive-student-loans-debt-retirement/76925802007/
11 months ago
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BrooklynDad_Defiant!
11 months ago
The richest man on the planet could probably solve child cancer himself using less money than he burned destroying Twitter. Instead, he used his influence to strip $190 million from the budget for pediatric cancer research. What a fucking asshole.
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Sarah Dowling
11 months ago
Former MLA presidents Judith Butler, Frieda Ekotto, Margaret Ferguson, Marianne Hirsch, Christopher Newfield, Mary Louise Pratt, Sidonie Smith, and Diana Taylor call upon the MLA to allow its members to vote on a BDS resolution
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Former Modern Language Association Presidents Call for BDS Vote
In late October, the leadership of the Modern Language Association (MLA)—one of the largest and wealthiest US scholarly organizations in the humanities—refused to allow the organization’s Delegate …
https://lithub.com/8-former-modern-language-association-presidents-call-for-bds-vote/
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Meanwhile, in Vietnam
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Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
https://youtu.be/o2bgTXdrATA?si=H7PCFqog5zWu-yUo
12 months ago
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Listening to NPR’s coverage of the no-confidence vote in France today, I am baffled by their description of La France Insoumise as far left, when our Conseil d’état has classified it as left wing. (1/2)
12 months ago
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A week ago, I told
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
not to trust anything anything coming from Emmanuel Macron’s mouth? In this case, Macron’s assertion that France would comply with the ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs published this today
12 months ago
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reposted by
TheGratefulDeadpool
about 1 year ago
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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reposted by
Center for the Art of Translation (CAT)
about 1 year ago
Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)
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France 24 reports that Netanyahu has essentially declared war on his country’s own security forces
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=PYsyabgHbu4
about 1 year ago
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