Emily Norton

The money behind the new Iran War In private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Trump to attack Iran.

It’s always follow the money

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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 318. … US Central Command: “3 US service members have been killed in action and 5 are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury. Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions.

“Republican pollster Rich Baris: “Polling reviewed by the admin asked how many American casualties voters were willing to accept in a war with Iran. The answer was ZERO. Americans demanded ZERO casualties because Americans did NOT support a war.”’

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After a Sports Hall in Iran Was Bombed, Witnesses Describe Chaos and “Continuous Screaming” Several hours after a bomb struck a girls’ elementary school and killed 165, a strike on the town of Lamerd killed teenagers in a gymnasium.

Description of the US/Israel attack that killed children and teenagers

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Judges in a Trump stronghold condemn ICE tactics “If the government may simply seize someone without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize anyone,” one judge wrote.

“The disregard for the law shames every hard working public servant who toils for the benefit of the country and its people.”

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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

Blind refugee dies in New York after released by immigration Immigration authorities say the Myanmar refugee was dropped at a "warm, safe" location, but New York officials say he was left outside a closed coffee shop.

This poor man. Blind and left to die.

ICE needs to be jailed along with Serial Animal Killer and now Serial Human Killer Noem!

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‘The most bitter news’: Iran reels as more than 80 children reportedly killed in school bombing The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive

Murdered by war criminals Netanyahu and Trump.

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📌It is absolutely insane that two old power-hungry, greedy, lawless men are in the process of killing countless hundreds and thousands of innocent human beings, and destabilizing a world they won't be living in a decade from now, and not EVERYBODY is speaking out loudly against this.

Hillary Destroys the Republicans They’d soon regret sending her a subpoena.

Hillary Clinton’s statement to GOP. Every word 🎯🎯🎯

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Opinion | Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?

NYTimes: with attack on Iran, Trump “has offered no credible explanation for why he is risking the lives of our service members and inviting a major reprisal from Iran.”

#WagTheDog

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Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.

“…a world without birds is simply unfathomable.”

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.

(Published Oct. 2025)

Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrage Surveillance video obtained by The Post shows Border Patrol agents releasing the partially blind refugee, who went missing for days before being found dead.

They dropped off Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind refugee who didn't speak English, at a CLOSED Tim Hortons.

5 miles away from his home.

He never made it.

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They think ppl aren’t willing to spend the money

Sober news for the Charles Email from Charles River Watershed Association MWRA Board Votes To Continue Dumping Sewage Into The Charles Friends, I did not want to send this email. When I arrived at the MWRA Board meeting yesterd

Sober news for the Charles River. Here is what happened, who to blame, and what comes next.

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Environmental Stewards: Emily Norton, CRWA The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA), founded in 1965, works to protect, restore, and enhance the Charles River and its surrounding communities. Through scientific monitoring, policy advo…

Thank you Belmont Citizens' Forum for this opportunity to tell the story of the cleaner Charles River - which we celebrate - and the remaining work to protect this beloved and iconic waterway. #BostonMA #CharlesRiver #WaterIsLife

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MWRA Board Votes To Continue Dumping Sewage Into The Charles For Decades (Press Release) — Charles River Watershed Association On February 25, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) voted to approve an infrastructure plan that would allow sewage discharges into the Charles River for...

Very disappointed that the Mass Water Resources Authority voted yesterday to dump more sewage into the Charles River, forever.

@crwa.bsky.social press release here:

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happy bday French writer Victor Hugo, b.1802.

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”

www.rawstory.com 'Truly enraging': Border Patrol sparks fury after dumping blind refugee to die

'Truly enraging': Border Patrol sparks fury after dumping blind refugee to die

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.

Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

Black History Month: Exemplars of community service in Newton This month, Fig City News profiles two particularly generous members of our community – Josephine McNeil and Lionel Porter– in celebration of Black History Month. Josephine McNeil Josephine McNeil is ...

@figcitynews.com profiles 2 leaders in #NewtonMA for #BlackHistoryMonth

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Great reporting here from @gregsargent.bsky.social on the escalating danger of what ICE has become. 1/

Photos of Monday's storm Someday you’ll hear someone ask, “Do you have any photos from that storm back in ’26?” Fig City News managed to get out and around in Newton Center to take some photos during that historic February 20...

Great photos and stories of the storm in #NewtonMA ❄️❄️❄️

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So, so gross

The smog rolls over Manhattan. U.S. National Archives Photo.

The Trump administration has undone nearly 70 environmental protections, is forcing obsolete and dirty coal plants to stay open at the cost of millions of dollars a day, and has tried to ban clean energy.

When Trump talks about "winning" and Making America Great Again, THIS is what he means. #SOTU

The military is still just killing random people on boats in the Caribbean. No trials, no evidence. 137 kills so far

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ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

Seriously, f*ck them. I wish Canada had won. They owe the womens team and the world an apology. And some soul searching.