Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia injure at least 9, maternity hospital damaged
Russian troops launched two attacks on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia on Feb. 1, injuring at least nine people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia injure at least 9, maternity hospital damaged
Around noon, Russia struck a maternity hospital, injuring at least six people. Among the injured were two women who were being examined when the Russian attack happened
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I hope the drunk football fans who made my train home last night awful all have very sore heads today, and lots of familial responsibilities to get on with.
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Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"
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Texans: TODAY (2/2/26) is the last day to register to vote for the March primaries.
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'Animals ัome first' โ how Kyiv Zoo is protecting life through the coldest and darkest winter of the full-scale war
'Animals ัome first' โ how Kyiv Zoo is protecting life through the coldest and darkest winter of the full-scale war #Ukraine
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"On Thursday, Jan 22 at approximately 1pm, a group of about a dozen Vermont community elders with whistles entered the atrium of White Cap Office Park in Williston VT, home of ICEโs National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center.
They refused to leave when ordered by Williston Police, the property manager, and federal agents, demanding instead that the landlord renegotiate and cancel the facilityโs lease.
For the next 3.5 hours, they sat together in silence, pausing every 90 seconds to read the name of someone killed in ICE custody, followed by a loud whistle blast.
Williston Police arrived at around 1:30pm, and asked protesters to leave and stop making noise. A group of 5 elders refused and remained in the atrium accompanied by a medic and physical therapist.
Around 2pm, property manager and landlord Normand Stanislas arrived and began screaming at supporters gathered outside that he would have them arrested.
Around 3:15, the Williston Police announced that they had determined that the protestors were not breaking the law and were acting within their first amendment rights. They declined to arrest the group, which had paused blowing whistles to sit in front of the ICE office doors.
After the Williston Police had left, several DHS agents approached the group and threatened to charge them with Class C federal misdemeanors but did not actually do so, likely because they lacked authority to do so. The agents attempted to physically remove the elders and carry them away from the doors, but the group continued to exercise their right to protest by walking over and sitting back down. Eventually, the agents left.
The group continued their protest with banners and singing until the sun began setting, when they left the office park of their own accord.
Karen Bixler, 83, of Bethel said, โIโm taking this action to bring attention to our stateโs role in this horrific institution. White collar workers, sheltered from the brutality that is taking place in our country, are providing ICE with information to aid in their raids.โ
This protest follows several months of public outcry against the Industrial Ave facility, which is used to monitor civilian social media activity and identify targets for ICE detention and deportation. Over the winter, community groups conducted several noise demos at White Cap Business, and anonymous individuals hung a banner from the flagpoles reading โICE VIOLATES RIGHTS HERE.โ
70 year-old Dorothy Mammen of Middlebury said: โThis facility is staffing up to spy on people via social media, to flag "negative sentiment" toward ICE and build dossiers on anyone who opposes fascism. They are compiling personal details, family links, and using facial recognition. To what end? To stifle dissent; to trample our right to free speech.โ
The office at White Cap is one of many ICE-related facilities in Chittenden County, which serves as the national nerve center for ICE operations. The notorious Law Enforcement Support Center on Harvest Lane is home to ICEโs nationwide tip line, while at least 10 other nearby locations (totalling an estimated 400,000 square feet of office space) are used by DHS for data processing, surveillance, and administrative work.
On Tuesday, the Williston Selectboard passed a resolution condemning ICE activities in the town, and several hundred protesters marched in the frigid temperature to denounce the ICE Call Center on Harvest Lane.
The elders risking arrest in Thursdayโs sit-in were not representatives of any official group or organization, but simply community members concerned about the safety of their neighbors. They expressed hope that their action would help others to find the courage necessary to get ICE out of Williston."
Don't count us old fogies out.
Anyone with time, and the will to join them, should go and support these folks!
#WhiteCapOfficePark
#WillistonVT
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Here's what I saw on my morning dog walk!
Location: Van Isle Marina, Sidney BC (Vancouver Island, Canada).
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I havenโt seen it. I hope you donโt, either. But let's be real about what's going on here.
My purpose today is less to highlight this inane excuse for a film than to talk about its real excuse. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/melania-the-film-the-shame
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"Since Trump has decided to sue the IRS for his files being leaked ..."
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Help us out, we suck at math โ which is more $125 million or $8 million?
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A picture on a postcard of 5 men in tuxedos with these words above and below them
Above:
AHHHH, AMERICA
A land where rich old white men
get to rape, torture, and abuse
little girls with impunity.
For decades.
Below:
They refuse to name names.
May these ghouls suffer
withered, neutered masculinity
and may their penises
decay and hemorrhage
and may their testicles ascend into their
sinuses and choke them to death.
Amen.
From: BlueSky on FB
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โJesus is not owned by one political partyโ say that
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YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
"It's unacceptable to just forget"
History is not for cowards.
Even at 17, Sophie Kloppenburg knows that in history, denial is dishonesty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47W...
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I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
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Maternal mortality: Experts warn Ogun residents against patronising quacks
In a bid to reduce maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortions, experts and stakeholders in Ogun State have warned residents to seek medical care from
In Nigeria, unsafe abortions are prevalent in many communities The country's safe abortion guidelines (called STOP) have been suspended for years because of religious opposition. However, Ogun state recently launched abridged STOP guidelines, hoping to stem the tide of maternal deaths.
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The media is only part of the problem.
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