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ICE to open second Tennessee immigrant detention center in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Lebanon to house detained immigrants, an agency spokesperson said Friday.

Tennessee

"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."

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The 32 Best (and Worst) Wuthering Heights Adaptations Is there another novel that crosses borders and eras as smoothly as Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic does?

if you want to know which Filipino version of Wuthering Heights is the best, @bilgeebiri.bsky.social has you covered

They're also shuttering their international affairs program (GPIA), which Jacobs directs. Another huge loss.

Protesters gather at the Batavia ICE detention center on Sunday Protesters gathered at the ICE detention center in Batavia this afternoon to speak out against the agency. News10NBC's Declan Stablow reported from the scene.

Batavia NY:

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Henderson group holds protest against federal agents’ actions A community group in Henderson held a “Stand Up Sunday” protest Sunday, staging what organizers described as a peaceful public demonstration.We the People of H

Henderson, Nevada

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Goddamn.

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort. To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

New story out!

Lotta “art shouldn’t be political” takes going around (including from faculty at my art program) and I just have to say: wow fuck that

tfw stealing material history is insufficient

If you only read one thing today, let it be this. ICE is not in retreat. What we saw in Minnesota is going to spread everywhere. Get ready, friends. Take a training. Connect with your neighbors. Find out which groups are already doing prep work and volunteer. Lock arms and love on your community.

Exploring Black History in the Greenwich Village Historic District - Village Preservation Village Preservation recently released a revamped and updated version of our Greenwich Village Historic District Virtual Maps. Originally created in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Green...

[People are always surprised when I share during my Black women in Greenwich Village tour that GV is probably the oldest FREE Black community in the U.S.]
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boosting this list one last time before I go to bed! 💓

A photo of Jill Scott’s tiny desk

Jill Scott’s long awaited NPR Tiny Desk concert will premiere Monday at noon EST:

Evening with mystery author Naomi Hirahara and she is holding her book CROWN CITY. Tuesday February 24 at 7pm at the Buena Vista Branch Library in Burbank, CA.

Come celebrate the publication of award-winning Naomi Hirahara's newest novel CROWN CITY: the final installment of her Japantown Mystery series! Tuesday, February 24 at 7pm - 9pm PST at the Buena Vista Branch Library in Burbank. burbank.libnet.info/event/15564835

The documents show there may be little scientific merit to claims that injection wells are a safe means of disposal.

“We really do not know what happens to the waste down there. We just hope," an EPA official admitted in 1971.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the United States.

Holy cats my book is coming out in 30ish days! I have a few interviews coming up over the next few weeks, but if you need any content for your bookish podcasts, substacks, blogs, thoughts, talks, etc… I am available for any and all! Here to talk lady crime fiction all day!

we know this, but a reminder: anytime ICE CBP etc says they’re drawing down their presence in a city, it’s bullshit. whatever their numbers, lawless federal agents remain behind & still cause havoc & kidnap people. Also relocated agents just go somewhere else to destroy lives. Abolish ICE end DHS

"There are still plenty of places to read about literature, many of them excellent.... But they are produced for an audience that already knows it cares about literature. The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."

Today's story: ”My Dead Brother Comes to America,” by Alexander Godin, 1934, from The Windsor Quarterly. This is a profoundly moving story, stunningly written. “Our lives had been broken into many shards and, standing there, I felt we should never be able to piece those shards together again."

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I will be doing a class on character building at 9am. Get out of bed, join me, and raise money for an excellent cause!

ICE is thug trash.

If the days of masking are behind you, the days of getting long covid or other complications are lit up like Las Vegas neon in front of you.

YouTube video by The Historian Pandora's Box - It's All Coming Back to Me Now

But babe, we already have Ken Russell's WUTHERING HEIGHTS at home...

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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

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