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Sunday reading. Solito is the memoir of a nine-year-old boy on his journey from El Salvador to the U.S. to reunite with his parents. Great book where you can feel the emotions depicted.

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The True Story Behind 'The Eternaut' Is as Tragic as It Is Important More than people, it's the story of a whole country.

“The scope of how brutal and cruel the Dirty War was often escapes people, but the scars remain like open wounds...”

The True Story Behind 'The Eternaut' Is as Tragic as It Is Important
#TheEternaut #Argentina
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Now the US Dept of war crimes …

How giddy Trump DOD mouthpiece Hegseth is to announce *another escalation* of National Guard presence in Washington, DC

So sad for these service members’ families, instead of being home tnite, they’re placed in untenable situations, utilized as political props.

#shooting

This is madness... it's obvious to this infantryman that these guys and girls of the NG aren't trained for this shit and are reliant on civilian services... They never should have been there, and the admin was warned about this on so many different occasions...

This is so awful. Send these National Guards home to their families!

Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.

Kash Patel’s girlfriend suggests that Sen. Mark Kelly’s video is responsible for the shooting of National Guard troops in DC.

The National Guard shooting in DC is a tragedy, especially when you consider that there’s ZERO reason for them to be there.

Suspect in National Guard shooting served alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan, relative says The suspect came to the U.S. in September 2021, a relative told NBC News. He has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, according to four senior law enforcement sources.

JUST IN: Suspect is an Afghan national who came to the U.S. in 2021 after serving for years with American troops in Afghanistan, officials and a relative say.

First round of drinks on me for the attorney to FOIA the hell out of this case!

Weaponizing Ice arrests for a family custody matter? Can’t wait for the internal Ice/Dhs communications about this to be exposed.

Body of Guatemalan woman killed when she went to clean the wrong Indiana house is returned home The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.

The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.

Ofcom urges tech firms to tackle toxic online abuse of women Ofcom urges tech firms to tackle toxic online abuse of women

Ofcom urges tech firms to tackle toxic online abuse of women

"Ice scraper protests" denounce immigration raids, pressure action from Home Depots in LA Laurie Perez reports from Monrovia, where protesters gathered outside of a Home Depot store on Sunday for a unique and symbolic demonstration urging Home Depot to take action as immigration enforcemen...

To be clear there is a whole lot that Home Depot can do when these human rights violations are happening on its property !

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Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team - they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for…

L.A. Dodgers: Stand with the people of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! You have always been more than a baseball team - you’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city, we need you to stand with us, on the right side of history.

Sign the petition.
www.iceoutofla.org

To be clear, there is A LOT that a corporation like Home Depot can do. And its own customers are demanding it.

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Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out. Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...

“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” an attorney specializing in public records said.

With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Kashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of a call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince It is unlikely that the Trump administration would voluntarily release the 2019 call transcript.

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi called Friday for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call that President Trump had with Mohammed bin Salman, joining lawmakers raising questions about whether Trump personally benefitted from his embrace of the Saudi crown prince.

Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that...

a fed court confirms trump's occupation of dc was illegal. but the damage is done: as far as institutional memory, the (bad) precedent is established, and trump has stretched the institutional muscle for a quick takeover of the streets of washington, dc
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

i've been trying to stay away, on parental leave. slowly checking back in. what did i miss?

just kidding :)

Bipartisan Outrage Over Noem's Swastika Embrace Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.

NEW: Bipartisan Outrage Over Noem's Swastika Embrace

Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Sister JoAnn Persch, Trailblazing Immigrant Rights Activist, Dies At 91 Sister JoAnn Persch spent decades with the Sisters of Mercy, fighting for immigrant and refugee rights in Chicago and across the country. She prayed the rosary outside the Broadview ICE facility every...

Sister Joanna Persch prayed the rosary outside the Broadview ICE facility every week since 2007.
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Trump endorses hanging Democratic members of Congress "Their words cannot be allowed to stand."

Yes, the president of the United States endorsed hanging senators and representatives.

Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.

“I don’t know what’s more insane – that the ‘President of Peace’ is starting an illegal war or that he’s giving a get out of jail free card to the U.S. military."

Methodist pastors march into courtroom to support 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.

"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us," said one Chicago-area UMC pastor.
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