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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 3d
Great profile by @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social of a mayor trying to deal with having a notorious ICE facility — and protests — in her normally low-key suburb of Chicago www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Amid national glare, Broadview mayor keeps focus on her 8,000 residents: ‘I can’t be afraid’
Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down.
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mariahwoelfel.bsky.social @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social · Aug 26
He's one of a handful of local doctors, w/ Jewish Voice for Peace, calling on lawmakers to block bomb sales to Israel and speak out against famine in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank.

Read the story, but most importantly, press play👂
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Chicago-area doctors are returning from Gaza with horror stories, and demands for elected officials
A group of doctors who worked in Gaza are urging members of Congress to sign onto a bill that would limit weapons sales to Israel. They say they can feel the tide turning.
www.wbez.org
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mariahwoelfel.bsky.social @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social · Aug 26
Chicago doctor Thaer Ahmad will never forget one of the 1st times he declared a patient dead in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, after a father carried in his three lifeless daughters.

Those girls weigh heavy on Ahmad's mind as he demands action from Illinois politicians.
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Chicago-area doctors are returning from Gaza with horror stories, and demands for elected officials
A group of doctors who worked in Gaza are urging members of Congress to sign onto a bill that would limit weapons sales to Israel. They say they can feel the tide turning.
www.wbez.org
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