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Rapa Nui 🌺🍍🌈🤙🗿
An American, Chicago-born
Vermont Resident 🍁
#COYG
UChicago; Harvard Law.
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Matato'a Varua 🗿🗿🗿
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· Aug 20
Identity Politics: How the struggle to validate my Jewish heritage has made it impossible for me to ignore the genocide in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank.
In other essays in this blog, I have shared the lifelong journey I’ve undertaken to establish my Jewish identity despite the many obstacles to doing so. In particular, I’ve described th…
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Please check out my essay on how my Jewish heritage has moved me to condemn the genocide in Gaza and the de facto annexation of the West Bank. vtsullivan.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/i...
Race-baiting JD Vance is at it again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
JD Vance exploited a brawl to paint Cincinnati as crime-ridden. The fallout has divided the city
National spotlight, after video of violent fight went viral, has led residents to question just how safe their city is or isn’t – and who is responsible for sparking the debate
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Race-baiting JD Vance is at it again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This also disproves the baseless theory that the Rapanui cut down all of their trees to use as rollers for the statues.
Ever wondered how the Rapa Nui people moved the moai statues? Archeologist Carl Lipo explains all in this exclusive interview.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This also disproves the baseless theory that the Rapanui cut down all of their trees to use as rollers for the statues.
@annamaltese.bsky.social
Patience, fertilizer and the grow lamp have paid off! This beautiful flower is just what I need during this dark time of year. Sadly, no fragrance (yet?).
Patience, fertilizer and the grow lamp have paid off! This beautiful flower is just what I need during this dark time of year. Sadly, no fragrance (yet?).
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@annamaltese.bsky.social
Patience, fertilizer and the grow lamp have paid off! This beautiful flower is just what I need during this dark time of year. Sadly, no fragrance (yet?).
Patience, fertilizer and the grow lamp have paid off! This beautiful flower is just what I need during this dark time of year. Sadly, no fragrance (yet?).
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IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN ARSENAL FAN ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN ARSENAL FAN ❤️
@actualnames.bsky.social
The Law Office of Adam Bonin | Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance share.google/UgMNL58UorFP...
The Law Office of Adam Bonin | Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance share.google/UgMNL58UorFP...
The Law Office of Adam Bonin | Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance
Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance
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November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Law Office of Adam Bonin | Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance share.google/UgMNL58UorFP...
The Law Office of Adam Bonin | Specializing in campaign finance, election law, pay-to-play, and compliance share.google/UgMNL58UorFP...
But for Mitch McConnell, we could be seeing Trump trying something similar - and also failing! apnews.com/article/braz...
Brazil's Bolsonaro says 'hallucinations' led him to violate ankle monitoring and cause his arrest
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has told a judge Sunday he violated his ankle monitor due to a nervous breakdown and hallucinations.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
But for Mitch McConnell, we could be seeing Trump trying something similar - and also failing! apnews.com/article/braz...
@actualnames.bsky.social
The punchline in many your mom jokes Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia share.google/TITiQMUgXqbG...
The punchline in many your mom jokes Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia share.google/TITiQMUgXqbG...
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia
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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The punchline in many your mom jokes Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia share.google/TITiQMUgXqbG...
The punchline in many your mom jokes Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia share.google/TITiQMUgXqbG...
Kari Kari, a group of musicians and dancers who have toured the world
visited the British Museum and sang the unofficial Rapa Nui national anthem in front of their stolen ancestor. www.instagram.com/reel/DRTY15I...
#Rapanui
#Devuelvanelmoai
#HoaHakananai'a
visited the British Museum and sang the unofficial Rapa Nui national anthem in front of their stolen ancestor. www.instagram.com/reel/DRTY15I...
#Rapanui
#Devuelvanelmoai
#HoaHakananai'a
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kari Kari, a group of musicians and dancers who have toured the world
visited the British Museum and sang the unofficial Rapa Nui national anthem in front of their stolen ancestor. www.instagram.com/reel/DRTY15I...
#Rapanui
#Devuelvanelmoai
#HoaHakananai'a
visited the British Museum and sang the unofficial Rapa Nui national anthem in front of their stolen ancestor. www.instagram.com/reel/DRTY15I...
#Rapanui
#Devuelvanelmoai
#HoaHakananai'a
Big time hypocrisy from Drew Ensign not sitting well with Judge Xinis.
DEPORTATION HITCH: Trump drive to re-deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia hits hurdle over 2019 'mistake.' Lack of final deportation order could allow him to re-open asylum claim. 'You can’t fake it til you make it. You got to have it,' says Judge Xinis (Obama/MD)
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
An immigration court error 6 years ago could lead to release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A judge said the Trump administration’s bid to deport the Salvadoran man could be tripped up by 2019 “mistake.”
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Big time hypocrisy from Drew Ensign not sitting well with Judge Xinis.
We can dream about something similar happening here in the US.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jailhouse shock: Brazil coup monger Bolsonaro finally faces life behind bars
The former president’s far-right supporters have discovered a new interest in prison conditions as incarceration looms
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We can dream about something similar happening here in the US.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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He was recognized fire his giving his all to the job at hand. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
He was recognized fire his giving his all to the job at hand. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Historian David Blow Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chittenden County Historical Society honored the Burlington historian with its inaugural Lilian Baker Carlisle Lifetime Achievement Award.
www.sevendaysvt.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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He was recognized fire his giving his all to the job at hand. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
He was recognized fire his giving his all to the job at hand. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Israel cynically used the war in Gaza to hide its crimes in the West Bank. apnews.com/article/west...
Israel may have committed war crimes in expelling West Bank refugees, human rights group alleges
A human rights group says Israel may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity after forcibly expelling 32,000 Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps earlier this year.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Israel cynically used the war in Gaza to hide its crimes in the West Bank. apnews.com/article/west...
And the horse hot wheels rode in on...
Greg Abbot called CAIR, the largest Muslim civil rights organization, a “terrorist organization” and said Muslims are a “threat to our freedom.”
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
And the horse hot wheels rode in on...
How (un)surprising
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say - CBS Minnesota share.google/QcOOeB9QFhw5...
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say - CBS Minnesota share.google/QcOOeB9QFhw5...
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How (un)surprising
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say - CBS Minnesota share.google/QcOOeB9QFhw5...
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say - CBS Minnesota share.google/QcOOeB9QFhw5...
Trump-Style Candidate Heads to Runoff in Chile’s Election
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
YES THIS HAPPENED ⤵️
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😲 CONFIRMED: “an Avelo ICE flight declared an emergency when the cabin lost pressure, according to air traffic control transmissions. The plane made a rapid descent and landed safely. Of 88 people on board, six were injured…”
From: @gbrockell.bsky.social
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From: @gbrockell.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1,000 survivors! They were disposable to Epstein and his sick, criminal friends.
#releasetheEpsteinfiles
#releasetheEpsteinfiles
Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
1,000 survivors! They were disposable to Epstein and his sick, criminal friends.
#releasetheEpsteinfiles
#releasetheEpsteinfiles
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Federal law limits the Border Patrol’s focus to the international borders and a zone extending about 100 miles inland from the borders and the coastline. But Charlotte is nowhere near the Mexican border, and is about 170 miles from the nearest point on the coast.
Federal law limits the Border Patrol’s focus to the international borders and a zone extending about 100 miles inland from the borders and the coastline. But Charlotte is nowhere near the Mexican border, and is about 170 miles from the nearest point on the coast.
In One Day, Border Patrol Arrested 81 People in Charlotte, N.C.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Federal law limits the Border Patrol’s focus to the international borders and a zone extending about 100 miles inland from the borders and the coastline. But Charlotte is nowhere near the Mexican border, and is about 170 miles from the nearest point on the coast.
Federal law limits the Border Patrol’s focus to the international borders and a zone extending about 100 miles inland from the borders and the coastline. But Charlotte is nowhere near the Mexican border, and is about 170 miles from the nearest point on the coast.
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Well done! Other institutions should do the same. The British museum, for example, has the moai Hoa Hakananai'a and the people of Rapa Nui also want it back.
www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/bri...
www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/bri...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well done! Other institutions should do the same. The British museum, for example, has the moai Hoa Hakananai'a and the people of Rapa Nui also want it back.
www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/bri...
www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/bri...
Charlotte is not within CBP's area of jurisdiction. I hope this is challenged in court. 100-Mile Border Enforcement Zone - Southern Border Communities Coalition share.google/oKelytFBYfyy...
100-Mile Border Enforcement Zone - Southern Border Communities Coalition
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November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Charlotte is not within CBP's area of jurisdiction. I hope this is challenged in court. 100-Mile Border Enforcement Zone - Southern Border Communities Coalition share.google/oKelytFBYfyy...
apnews.com/article/chic...
"Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said Chicago area residents were so familiar with their rights that making arrests during a different operation this year was difficult."
Just an incredibly disturbing statement if you think about it.
"Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said Chicago area residents were so familiar with their rights that making arrests during a different operation this year was difficult."
Just an incredibly disturbing statement if you think about it.
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
apnews.com/article/chic...
"Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said Chicago area residents were so familiar with their rights that making arrests during a different operation this year was difficult."
Just an incredibly disturbing statement if you think about it.
"Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said Chicago area residents were so familiar with their rights that making arrests during a different operation this year was difficult."
Just an incredibly disturbing statement if you think about it.
All of these titles and many more appear in Mike "Tiny" Johnson's search history!
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
All of these titles and many more appear in Mike "Tiny" Johnson's search history!