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Love my country so I like people having jobs, unions, access to medical care for everyone, sanity in the White House, my Congressman Gerry Connolly, my Senator Tim Kaine, Dr. Fauci, people having nutritious diet every day.

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How Jesse Jackson Took King’s Civil Rights Movement to Company Doorsteps

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18.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. James Walkinshaw (VA-11), UCP, Faith Leaders Lead Vigil for Renee Good & Alex Pretti YouTube video by United Christian Parish

Vigil for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. All faiths participating.
United Christian Parish in Reston.
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29.01.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Give to MoveOn

We have to keep pushing to protect our freedoms and democracy from Trump and MAGA extremism. That’s why I gave to @moveon.org. Join me and make a gift today. social.moveon.org/s/MKNAvyif

09.11.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Debate Watch Party @ GMU Β· Spanberger for Governor Join us to cheer on Abigail Spanberger while she debates for a more affordable and equitable Virginia. We'll have snacks and a space for you to learn more about the work that still needs to be done to...

I'm attending Spanberger for Governor's event, β€œDebate Watch Party @ GMU” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/spanbergerfo...

09.10.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

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07.10.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

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25.08.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New York Times News Quiz, Aug. 8, 2024 (Gift Article) Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.

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09.08.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Orders Halt to Construction at Florida’s β€˜Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

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07.08.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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L.A. Unveils Cash Aid Program For Families Affected by ICE Raids: 'We Are a Proud City of Immigrants' Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a new initiative to provide direct cash assistance to families impacted by recent federal immigration raids.

L.A. Unveils Cash Aid Program For Families Affected by ICE Raids: We Are a Proud City of Immigrants

Mayor Karen Bass also signed an executive directive instructing all city departments to enhance their training and protocols to uphold Los Angeles' sanctuary policy www.latintimes.com/l-unveils-ca...

16.07.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I heard a news story today in which a politician was saying, "they're giving your tax dollars to people who hate you."

I thought that's the game: set us up against each other, or against foreigners needing aid, or immigrants looking for jobs, and tell us "they hate you!" So we'll hate them back.

17.07.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE arrests have surged sixfold in just one month. This isn’t just about immigrantsβ€”it’s about defending the rule of law itself. With $50 million already allocated for legal aid, the City and State must act now to deliver this vital support to New Yorkers.

17.07.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Denying immigrants in custody food, water, bedding, showers, soap, toothbrushes, medical care, access to legal aid has been how ICE and CBP has operated for years.

They *train* their employees to find immigrants disgusting by keeping the immigrants sick, smelly, needy, complaining, crying, etc.

22.07.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another CA municipality providing aid to immigrants:

The Sacramento County, California Board of Supervisors announced $50,000 for expanding emergency immigrant legal services

fox40.com/news/local-n...

24.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Michigan, community members honored Lewis’ legacy by organizing a mutual aid effort and collecting food for immigrant families in the area. β€œHe talked about #GoodTrouble β€” the food drive is making good trouble because we're trying to disrupt the attack on immigrants by feeding families.” πŸ‘‡πŸ½

23.07.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME
A Festival of Nonviolent Resistance
Performances β€’ Education β€’ Mutual Aid β€’ Community
Free Ice Cream for the first 1000!
AUG 2ND 12-4 PM
Cambridge Common

RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME A Festival of Nonviolent Resistance Performances β€’ Education β€’ Mutual Aid β€’ Community Free Ice Cream for the first 1000! AUG 2ND 12-4 PM Cambridge Common

Come learn from Mass 50501 and other groups about the strategy of nonviolent civil resistance and tactics of noncooperation. Connect with local groups doing vital community work, from organizing mutual aid for those in need to fighting for immigrants’ rights!

26.07.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
After more than three decades in the U.S., Sharon Lee said her son's current predicament has saddened and surprised her.
"I immigrated here to the States - I thought I understood it was a country of equal rights where the Constitution applies equally," she said.
She still believes the U.S. is a country of opportunity and second chances. But she said vulnerable immigrants must learn about immigration law to protect themselves. In her son's case, that was the hotline at the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium, an advocacy group for Koreans and Korean Americans.

After more than three decades in the U.S., Sharon Lee said her son's current predicament has saddened and surprised her. "I immigrated here to the States - I thought I understood it was a country of equal rights where the Constitution applies equally," she said. She still believes the U.S. is a country of opportunity and second chances. But she said vulnerable immigrants must learn about immigration law to protect themselves. In her son's case, that was the hotline at the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium, an advocacy group for Koreans and Korean Americans.

β€œImmigrants must learn about immigration law to protect themselves”

Or maybe we should ally ourselves with other immigrant communities for mutual aid and protection and to protest and vote out this fascist regime? πŸ€”

29.07.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump team keeps finding exciting new ways to weaponize FEMA There might be a new opportunity for states to apply for some Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.οΏ½ In a recent announcement , FEMA said that it will be distributing $608 million in grant ...

By funneling FEMA disaster grants into migrant prisons like Alligator Auschwitz, the administration has turned emergency aid into a partisan weapon, rewarding red states willing to lock up immigrants while gutting capacity for disaster response.

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27.07.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still correspond with my old classmate, a displaced person from Ukraine by way of Poland and Germany. Her father was a Catholic freedom fighter. He went to Auchwitch(sp) - first they come for the Jews...

03.08.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals

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27.07.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What We Know About the Floods in Central Texas

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12.07.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican Bill Puts Nation on New, More Perilous Fiscal Path

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01.07.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hands Off Medicaid | Hold Winsome Sears Accountable Β· SEIU VA Medicaid for 300,000 Virginians is at risk and Winsome Earle-Sears refuses to oppose the cuts. Peacefully protest outside her partisan rally and tell her: Hands Off Medicaid!

I'm attending SEIU VA's event, β€œHands Off Medicaid | Hold Winsome Sears Accountable” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/seiu-virgini...

30.06.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades

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28.06.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bill Moyers, a Face of Public TV and Once a White House Voice, Dies at 91

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27.06.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century (Gift Article) More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. See how their ballots stacked up.

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24.06.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What we know about US air strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites The sites targeted include a uranium enrichment facility at Fordo.

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23.06.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty amazing that a former president will sit quietly as one of his successors orders US troops into American cities and ships innocent people off to concentration campsβ€”but feels compelled to speak up when a fellow HR nightmare is at risk of losing to another member of the same party.

22.06.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11869    πŸ” 2443    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 131

Today’s GOP doesn’t want votes, it wants power. That’s why they gerrymander, purge voters, and pack courts. It’s not about democracyβ€”it’s about dominance. If we don’t call it what it isβ€”minority rule enforced by fearβ€”we’re sleepwalking into tyranny.

21.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3761    πŸ” 1135    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 64
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Live Updates: White Smoke Signals That a Pope Is Chosen

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08.05.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Declassified intelligence memo contradicts Trump's claims linking gang to Venezuelan government A newly declassified U.S. intelligence assessment finds no evidence of coordination between the Tren de Aragua gang and senior Venezuelan officials.

apnews.com/article/trum... intelligence memo contradicts Trump's claims linking gang to Venezuelan government

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