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Worker advocate SEIU L. 73, formerly with ILGWU/UNITE, guide to Padawans, Pilgrim Sojourner...."Chiming for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight"
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The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
Trump seizes on Brown, MIT shooting to suspend more legal immigration
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
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Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
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December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
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To give you an example of how small the Jewish community is, the guy who sang at the wedding of some of my best pals last weekend - and who I know - lost his cousin (Rabbi Eli Schlanger ז״ל) in the Bondi Beach attacks
There are so few Jews in the world, it’s hard to explain
There are so few Jews in the world, it’s hard to explain
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
To give you an example of how small the Jewish community is, the guy who sang at the wedding of some of my best pals last weekend - and who I know - lost his cousin (Rabbi Eli Schlanger ז״ל) in the Bondi Beach attacks
There are so few Jews in the world, it’s hard to explain
There are so few Jews in the world, it’s hard to explain
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An attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's popular Bondi Beach is Australia's deadliest shooting since the 1990s
15 dead in Hanukkah terror attack amid wave of rising antisemitism in Australia
Sunday’s shooting is the deadliest in the country in three decades.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
An attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's popular Bondi Beach is Australia's deadliest shooting since the 1990s
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Can’t overstate importance of Republican supermajority Indiana state senate rejecting Trump’s 9-0 mid-decade gerrymander. Huge defeat of Trump’s attempt to rig midterms & his use of threats & intimidation to force Republican state legislators to bend to his will www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Can’t overstate importance of Republican supermajority Indiana state senate rejecting Trump’s 9-0 mid-decade gerrymander. Huge defeat of Trump’s attempt to rig midterms & his use of threats & intimidation to force Republican state legislators to bend to his will www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
ICE Deports College Freshman On Her Way To Visit Family For Thanksgiving | HuffPost Latest News share.google/lH4nYQZHWE9j... Proof once again that this administration's cruelty is the point.
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace .
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace .
ICE Deports College Freshman On Her Way To Visit Family For Thanksgiving
"She’s absolutely heartbroken," an attorney for the 19-year-old student said. "Her college dream has just been shattered."
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November 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
ICE Deports College Freshman On Her Way To Visit Family For Thanksgiving | HuffPost Latest News share.google/lH4nYQZHWE9j... Proof once again that this administration's cruelty is the point.
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace .
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace .
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I’m horrified by the news coming out of our nation’s capital today.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m horrified by the news coming out of our nation’s capital today.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
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This is how democracies fail. A sitting President is boosting calls for the arrest and execution of political opponents for urging the military to uphold the Constitution. Every alarm in the country should be going off.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is how democracies fail. A sitting President is boosting calls for the arrest and execution of political opponents for urging the military to uphold the Constitution. Every alarm in the country should be going off.
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Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Unemployment for an entire generation isn’t ‘quiet time.’ It’s a failing labor market and a warning sign for the economy.
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Utterly heartbreaking.
Teen Breaks Down In Tears While Pleading With City Council To Do Something About ICE Raids
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November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Utterly heartbreaking.
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
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DC is now bordered by Democratic governors, just saying www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Virginia's GOP went all in on voter suppression—and still got wrecked
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger will be the state's first female governor.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
DC is now bordered by Democratic governors, just saying www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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OMG! The agent "could smell the MUSTARD and the ONION"!
OMG! The agent "could smell the MUSTARD and the ONION"!
a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
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November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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OMG! The agent "could smell the MUSTARD and the ONION"!
OMG! The agent "could smell the MUSTARD and the ONION"!
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Data from ICE shows that none of its agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Data from ICE shows that none of its agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-... Thank you Evanston and Mayor Biss for building a case for CRIMINAL CHARGES against Border Patrol.
Video Shows Immigration Agent Punching Restrained Man After Car Collision Turns Into Confrontation
Police in a Chicago suburb are gathering evidence after a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle crash led to a violent arrest caught on video.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-... Thank you Evanston and Mayor Biss for building a case for CRIMINAL CHARGES against Border Patrol.
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Prop. 50 has gone from an improbability to a near certainty. It’s one of the most important votes on the ballot in November. Democrats’ hopes of retaking the House in 2026 hinge on its approval.
But the significance of Prop. 50 goes beyond its initial goal of offsetting Texas’ gerrymander.
But the significance of Prop. 50 goes beyond its initial goal of offsetting Texas’ gerrymander.
California fights Trump's attempt to steal the midterms
The state can strike the first blow against the president’s plan to subvert democracy.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Prop. 50 has gone from an improbability to a near certainty. It’s one of the most important votes on the ballot in November. Democrats’ hopes of retaking the House in 2026 hinge on its approval.
But the significance of Prop. 50 goes beyond its initial goal of offsetting Texas’ gerrymander.
But the significance of Prop. 50 goes beyond its initial goal of offsetting Texas’ gerrymander.
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The Justice Department indicted six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh—for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside a federal immigration facility.
The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.
The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.
House candidate Kat Abughazaleh calls her indictment for protesting a "political prosecution”
“This case is a major push by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who speaks out against them.”
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October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Justice Department indicted six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh—for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside a federal immigration facility.
The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.
The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.
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More of Trump's weak fragile ego on display. Ramping up the nuclear threat and poisoning our planet to feel "strong". #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
More of Trump's weak fragile ego on display. Ramping up the nuclear threat and poisoning our planet to feel "strong". #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
Trump Asks Pentagon To Immediately Resume Testing U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a trade negotiating session in Busan, South Korea.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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More of Trump's weak fragile ego on display. Ramping up the nuclear threat and poisoning our planet to feel "strong". #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
More of Trump's weak fragile ego on display. Ramping up the nuclear threat and poisoning our planet to feel "strong". #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
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The 22nd and 12th Amendments make it clear that he cannot serve a 3rd term.Let’s get back to covering the Epstein Files, Adelita Grijalva, ACA subsidies, illegal tariffs, murder in the Caribbean, and the shuttering of the House to shine a light on things that actually matter to Americans.
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The 22nd and 12th Amendments make it clear that he cannot serve a 3rd term.Let’s get back to covering the Epstein Files, Adelita Grijalva, ACA subsidies, illegal tariffs, murder in the Caribbean, and the shuttering of the House to shine a light on things that actually matter to Americans.