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Dog mom, knitter, mourning the dead and fighting like hell for the living (ty Mother Jones).
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Mehdi Hasan
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/
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New York friends - catch Coexistence, MyAss! at the
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Arya Sundaram
3 months ago
A crowd of roughly 60 protestors chant "No human being will ever be illegal!" outside 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE agents are routinely detaining immigrants after immigration court proceedings
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She said that his approach without โidentifying himselfโ was inappropriate. โI will say that people need to identify themselves before they start lunging at people,โ she said. That's rich, Kristi.
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Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Confronting Noem
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/politics/senator-alex-padilla-handcuffed.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-android-share
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National Immigration Law Center
5 months ago
@padilla.senate.gov
โฌ was asking questions on behalf of his constituents when he was forcibly removed. This is a chilling display of authoritarian overreach from an administration that suppresses accountability. Thank you, Sen. Padilla, for showing up for our communities. We stand with you. โ
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'It's Terrible Whatโs Happening': Panic at New York's Immigration Courthouses Due to ICE Arrests - Documented
Fear is rising among immigrants in New York following the presence of ICE agents at immigration courthouses in downtown Manhattan. Several arrests have been reported, including of citizens.
https://documentedny.com/2025/05/29/manhattan-ice-arrests-new-york-immigration-courthouses/
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Working Families Party ๐บ
6 months ago
No one should have to work more than one job to afford basic things like food, shelter, and healthcare. Whatever the job, one should be enough.
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MeidasTouch
6 months ago
House Republicans passed a federal budget bill by a vote of 215 โย 214 early Thursday morning that includes massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid in order to extend tax breaks to billionaires.ย It now goes to the Senate.
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Republicans Pass Bill Gutting Medicare and Medicaid in Middle of Night Vote
House Democrats pushed back by introducing over 500 amendments in 24-hour committee fight
https://meidasnews.com/news/republicans-pass-bill-gutting-medicare-and-medicaid-in-middle-of-night-vote
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Mehdi Hasan
6 months ago
135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
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Israeli military begins โextensiveโ ground operation as 135 killed in Gaza
Israel continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza โout of serviceโ.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/18/live-israel-kills-24-in-gazas-al-mawasi-resumes-truce-talks-with-hamas
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Robert Garcia
6 months ago
Andry Romero, a young gay man, was given an asylum appointment by the U.S. Government. When he showed up to the appointment we kidnapped him and sent him to a foreign prison. I asked Secretary Noem to check if heโs alive. Her response was shameful.
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Kayla B
6 months ago
My daughterโs speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. Iโm going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
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ACLU
6 months ago
Today, our client Rรผmeysa รztรผrk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. ๐ธ Giancarlo DโAgostaro
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Doghouse Reilly
6 months ago
โThe local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it.โ
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Vera Institute of Justice
7 months ago
โThis administration has systematically attacked every aspect of civil society, from academia to law firms and the media, and is now coming after the nonprofit sector. We can only surmise that these tactics seek to silence us.โ - Vera President Nick Turner
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DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group
A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/15/doge-musk-nonprofit-vera-institute/
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THE CITY
7 months ago
On March 15, ICE detained 19-year-old Merwil Gutiรฉrrez despite not having a criminal record nor any tattoos โ one of the features that the U.S. police used to link him to the Tren de Aragua gang. Now, his father is looking for answers. Via
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ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now He's in El Salvador's Mega-Prison.
Merwil Gutiรฉrrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
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#bloomscrolling
with a side of GSD love before facing the day.
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Heba Gowayed ูุจุฉ ุฌููุฏ
7 months ago
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings. A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings. A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings. A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
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Naomi Klein
7 months ago
This is today, 5 ET! So much to unpack now that the push- back is rolling. Which fights to pick? What should we learn from past successes and disappointments? Send requests!
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Helena Fitzgerald
7 months ago
honestly difficult to even convey how massive this was, how much it felt like the whole city
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Fun with color!
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s. e. smith
8 months ago
Trump and Vance are both big fans of leveraging coal miners for political gain, but in office, they're attacking the systems meant to keep miners safe.
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Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country
Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.
https://grist.org/accountability/trump-administration-moves-to-shutter-mine-safety-offices-in-coal-country/
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Democracy Now!
8 months ago
"Much Worse Than Ever Before": Abubaker Abed Reports from Gaza as Israel Weighs Broader Invasion
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โMuch Worse Than Ever Beforeโ: Abubaker Abed Reports from Gaza as Israel Weighs Broader Invasion
We go to Gaza for a report on the brutal conditions of Israelโs genocide of Palestinians from Abubaker Abed, a 22-year-old journalist who has recently been diagnosed with malnutrition as a result of...
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/25/israel_genocide_gaza_journalist_abubaker_abed
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The Washington Post
8 months ago
The Social Security Administration is engulfed in crisis โ further undermining its ability to provide reliable and quick service to vulnerable customers, according to internal documents and more than two dozen current and former agency employees and officials, customers and others.
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Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/social-security-phones-doge-cuts/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Al Jazeera English
8 months ago
"I wish I was a journalist to carry on your work." The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.
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Lauren McKenzie
8 months ago
Reposting with alt text <3
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Center for Constitutional Rights
8 months ago
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Center for Constitutional Rights
8 months ago
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Dear Manager, I have 1. given somebody to dance for 2. given somebody to show 3. let you wake up in the morning to find you have somewhere exciting to go 4. played you the music 5.played you the music
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Sandeep Bakshi
9 months ago
Not the usual gentle reminder: Queer liberation is impossible without trans emancipation, without an end to all colonial occupations, without the most expansive mobilisation contra all forms of oppression; anti-racism, anti-ableism, anti-capitalism, anti-casteism, anti-patriarchy all integral to it.
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