Laura Sewell🇺🇦🇨🇦
@lauralaz.bsky.social
Copy editor, writer, collagist. Coast of Maine
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WCK teams in Gaza have now provided more than 18.5 million liters (4.9 million gallons) of lifesaving potable water to families in need. The desalination units at two of our facilities are running around the clock, converting seawater into clean, safe water for drinking and cooking. #ChefsForGaza
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
WCK teams in Gaza have now provided more than 18.5 million liters (4.9 million gallons) of lifesaving potable water to families in need. The desalination units at two of our facilities are running around the clock, converting seawater into clean, safe water for drinking and cooking. #ChefsForGaza
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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(1/4) The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
(1/4) The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
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(3/4) We're witnessing the weaponization of a once useful system the US helped build. The State Dept's Human Rights Reports are being stripped of categories documenting attacks on peaceful assembly in China, torturous prisons in El Salvador, among others, & will be used as harassment tools instead.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
(3/4) We're witnessing the weaponization of a once useful system the US helped build. The State Dept's Human Rights Reports are being stripped of categories documenting attacks on peaceful assembly in China, torturous prisons in El Salvador, among others, & will be used as harassment tools instead.
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Vivian Maier.
Chicago. USA (1960).
Chicago. USA (1960).
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Vivian Maier.
Chicago. USA (1960).
Chicago. USA (1960).
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by Colin O'Brien, 1960.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
by Colin O'Brien, 1960.
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I can't think of a worse way to defeat fascism than pretending it's not here
OPINION: "Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party’s leaders would do well to realize that." — Jonathan Zimmerman
To defeat Trump, stop calling him names
Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party's leaders would do well to realize that, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I can't think of a worse way to defeat fascism than pretending it's not here
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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This man is as much a hero as those who attack him are scoundrels and charlatans.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This man is as much a hero as those who attack him are scoundrels and charlatans.
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If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
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Extraordinary step. Pentagon, under pretext of "good order and discipline", threatens to recall to duty and court-martial Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, after he recorded a video telling troops they could refuse illegal orders. Dangerous & authoritarian.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
Sen. Mark Kelly faces Pentagon investigation for making video on refusing 'unlawful orders'
The Defense Department suggested that the investigation of the Arizona Democrat Kelly stems from urging military members to refuse to follow unlawful orders.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Extraordinary step. Pentagon, under pretext of "good order and discipline", threatens to recall to duty and court-martial Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, after he recorded a video telling troops they could refuse illegal orders. Dangerous & authoritarian.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
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A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days. 19thnews.org/2025/11/disa... via @19thnews.org
A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days.
When Emmanuel Gonzalez walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October, Houston Police called ICE instead of reuniting them.
19thnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days. 19thnews.org/2025/11/disa... via @19thnews.org
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BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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I saw a video about this where the mom was united with her son. It’s a travesty that an autistic child or any child would be turned over to ICE.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I saw a video about this where the mom was united with her son. It’s a travesty that an autistic child or any child would be turned over to ICE.
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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During an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment building, Johandry José Andrade Jiménez said his three little girls wailed when agents threw him against the floor.
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
During an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment building, Johandry José Andrade Jiménez said his three little girls wailed when agents threw him against the floor.
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
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This is from Dnipro, Ukraine. You go to sleep, and in the next moment drones and missiles are crashing into your home. If you’re lucky, you survive. This is what Russians are doing to us every single day.
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is from Dnipro, Ukraine. You go to sleep, and in the next moment drones and missiles are crashing into your home. If you’re lucky, you survive. This is what Russians are doing to us every single day.
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[brain worm intensifies]
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
[brain worm intensifies]
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While Russia keeps striking Ukrainian cities, residents hide in bomb shelters with their pets.
📹: Kyiv, 14.11.2025, 30.11.2025, affairwithfilm / TikTok
📹: Kyiv, 14.11.2025, 30.11.2025, affairwithfilm / TikTok
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
While Russia keeps striking Ukrainian cities, residents hide in bomb shelters with their pets.
📹: Kyiv, 14.11.2025, 30.11.2025, affairwithfilm / TikTok
📹: Kyiv, 14.11.2025, 30.11.2025, affairwithfilm / TikTok
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM