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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1h

“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

‘Illegal... unconstitutional... dangerous... wrong’: Texas National Guard troops invade Illinois

“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 20h

“There is this very specific criteria for what makes something genocide, and it doesn’t have to look anything like the Holocaust.”

How can anyone still deny Israel is committing genocide in Gaza?

“There is this very specific criteria for what makes something genocide, and it doesn't have to look anything like the Holocaust.”

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 21h

For over four months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight.

ICED out of America

For over four months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 23h

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”

Lawmakers demand information about potential use of Paragon spyware by ICE

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech."

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.

I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 1d

We take you inside the horrifying halls of the NY immigration courts you've been seeing on the news. But you've never seen and heard this... Please watch and get everyone you can to watch.

"ICED out of America" by Michael Nigro @therealnews.com

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ICED out of America

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 1d

New @therealnews.com

More ships are sailing to Gaza after the Global Sumud Flotilla was captured last week. I spoke w/ Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing on the Conscience @freedomflotillafr.bsky.social

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Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured

“I'm here as an act of global Indigenous solidarity, and there are many, many people, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island, that support the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle.”

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

“I’m here as an act of global Indigenous solidarity, and there are many, many people, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island, that support the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle.”

Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured

“I'm here as an act of global Indigenous solidarity, and there are many, many people, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island, that support the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle.”

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

“You are not provided any joy, any stimulation—you got to find that yourself… I didn’t understand what weeks and months of silence can do to someone’s psyche. That can tear people apart if you’re not conscious of what’s happening to you.”

‘A soul-sucking, desolate hell': How I survived America’s most secretive supermax prison

“You are not provided any joy, any stimulation—you got to find that yourself… I didn't understand what weeks and months of silence can do to someone's psyche. That can tear people apart if you're not ...

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

Marches have erupted in recent days in defense of Palestine and the passengers kidnapped by Israel from the @GlobalSumud Flotilla. They demand an end to the violence in Gaza & an end to their countries’ complicity in the genocide. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social

Gaza flotilla capture inspires global solidarity protests and strikes

Hundreds of thousands of people in dozens of cities have taken to the streets, demanding respect and safety for the flotilla passengers kidnapped and detained by Israeli forces. This is episode 70 of ...

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 4d

NEW: Last week, Microsoft cut off services for the Israeli military after the Guardian exposed that they were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.

This historic win shows the joint power of good journalism and movement pressure.

@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social in @thenation.com:

How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 4d

“We’re under siege,” said one witness. “We’re being invaded by our own military.”

‘Surreal moment for America’: ICE agents in Chicago drag children out of their homes, ransack building

“We’re under siege,” said one witness. “We’re being invaded by our own military."

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 5d

In Ecuador, the country's largest Indigenous movement Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, has been in the streets against president Daniel Noboa. They have faced repression. But they have vowed to continue. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #Ecuador

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement launches ‘indefinite national strike’

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement’s “indefinite national strike” is rattling Ecuador and the government of President Daniel Noboa. This is the latest episode of Stories of Resistance.

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 New @therealnews.com

I spoke w/ 3 fired Microsoft tech workers about the company's monumental decision to cut off access to Israel's elite spy unit—& about the critical role workers are playing in pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel’s war crimes.
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Microsoft cancels Israeli spy unit access after tech worker revolt

“This decision only cuts off a few services to a single military unit, [so] we will not stop organizing. We will not stop protesting until all of our demands are met, which includes cutting off all Az...

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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 5d

Read our latest piece by Odette Auger on Peehee Mu’huh, sacred land at risk from a mine now under construction bit.ly/ThackerPass. Watch & share the film by @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, @therealnews.com and indiginews.com. Get the Mag in your mailbox. bit.ly/WS-store

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(FULL FILM) Mining the Sacred: Indigenous nations fight lithium gold rush at Thacker Pass

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 The GOP shutdown is "government by extortion"

The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 5d

“This decision only cuts off a few services to a single military unit, [so] we will not stop organizing. We will not stop protesting until all of our demands are met, which includes cutting off all Azure services and contracts with the Israeli government and military.”

Microsoft cancels Israeli spy unit access after tech worker revolt

“This decision only cuts off a few services to a single military unit, [so] we will not stop organizing. We will not stop protesting until all of our demands are met, which includes cutting off all Az...

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 5d

“The mainstream media covers this like a horse race, [but] it is calamitous for the working class, what’s about to transpire on Capitol Hill”

More federal layoffs, healthcare cuts, and blocking the Epstein files: Breaking down the GOP government shutdown

“The mainstream media covers this like a horse race, [but] it is calamitous for the working class, what's about to transpire on Capitol Hill”

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 6d

“We’ve heard that there’ll be a floating prison, basically, for us this time, since this is the biggest flotilla in history…”

US veterans’ final message from the Global Sumud Flotilla before being intercepted by Israel

“We've heard that there'll be a floating prison, basically, for us this time, since this is the biggest flotilla in history…”

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 6d

More mass federal layoffs, healthcare, the Epstein files... What's really behind the GOP government shutdown, and how will it affect YOU? @therealnews.com Inequality Watchdogs @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janjs join me in the studio break it all down
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Layoffs, healthcare, Epstein files: Breaking down the GOP government shutdown

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 6d

Tech workers in the most corporate, nerdy, non-union, Northface-wearing-ass environment you can imagine have been putting their jobs, safety, and even immigration status on the line to try to stop a genocide, writes @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

One week after HUD whistleblowers Paul Osadebe and Palmer Keenan filed their official complaints, the Trump administration fired them in “a stunning act of illegal retaliation.”

Federal whistleblowers illegally fired after exposing ‘chaos’ at Trump’s HUD

One week after HUD whistleblowers Paul Osadebe and Palmer Keenan filed their official complaints, the Trump administration fired them in “a stunning act of illegal retaliation.”

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 7d

New from me @thenation.com

How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

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How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

A grassroots campaign successful pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New @therealnews.com

I spoke with the two HUD whistleblowers who were illegally fired yesterday: Paul Osadebe & Palmer Heenan, attorneys, @afge476.bsky.social & @fedworkersunited.bsky.social members.

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BREAKING: Federal whistleblowers ILLEGALLY FIRED after exposing “chaos” at Trump’s HUD

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

One critic expressed astonishment that Hegseth “summoned all the US generals from around the globe at great expense to fat shame them.”

‘Most loser shit I have ever seen’: Pete Hegseth’s unhinged speech to generals sparks instant ridicule

One critic expressed astonishment that Hegseth “summoned all the US generals from around the globe at great expense to fat shame them.”

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