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MARINETTE LIVESTREAM: STILL SAILING STRONG YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

All eyes on Marinette. 77 miles out.

youtube.com/live/oqFZ4Je...

02.10.2025 22:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Forever

06.07.2025 23:40 — 👍 21249    🔁 3092    💬 419    📌 154
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I couldn't bring myself to celebrate today, so I protested instead. I dont know if it's helpful, but I know a cookout and fireworks wouldn't be.

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“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
- Mister Rogers 💛

The human world, it’s a mess ❤️‍🩹💚🌎

22.06.2025 04:08 — 👍 6018    🔁 829    💬 135    📌 23

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

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No one has a right to genocide. A two state solution isn't possible when one state isn't recognized and isn't allowed to have food or water.
We need to call out world leaders trying to fall back on old talking points while a genocide is being broadcast before our eyes with the west's complicity

19.05.2025 21:42 — 👍 6127    🔁 1404    💬 117    📌 34
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

08.05.2025 12:50 — 👍 49007    🔁 10926    💬 445    📌 302

I won't let anyone so wrong tell me what's right

06.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel Kills A Palestinian Journalist- And Her Whole Family TikTok video by The Young Turks

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjACXtND/

05.05.2025 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Empathy is logical. Anyone who tells you it isn't does not have a firm grasp on empathy or logic.

04.05.2025 23:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three of the hats were not MAGA hats. I think one was Make America Smart Again. He had a weird post about Elon, but after that it's all very anti-maga posts.

01.05.2025 20:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention centre in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week: S-O-S. With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men formed the lette... TikTok video by Metro

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjkcvPgB/

30.04.2025 16:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump’s DOJ ordered ICE agents to conduct home raids without a warrant, in clear violation of the 4th Amendment.

And three American children were just unlawfully deported, including one with cancer.

Where is the outrage from the so-called “party of freedom”?

29.04.2025 15:57 — 👍 3523    🔁 984    💬 169    📌 39
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voters just want to be taken seriously and treated like adults

27.04.2025 19:49 — 👍 13479    🔁 1809    💬 367    📌 107
“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

26.04.2025 12:07 — 👍 36888    🔁 8648    💬 642    📌 717

Just reposting this to say if you’re attending the WHCA dinner tonight, you’ve earned the flotilla of fuck yous that’s coming your way.

Here, let me get it started: fuck you.

26.04.2025 23:24 — 👍 6684    🔁 1202    💬 112    📌 55

Now is a good time to remind everyone of Pete Hegseths book, American Crusade. He is dangerous, evil, and will do what he thinks he needs to. We have to take these occurrences seriously. We need to be asking what he's trying to hide that isn't being leaked.

25.04.2025 03:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tricia McLaughlin &
@TriciaOhio
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The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.
He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.
This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

"You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had
it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document.
Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained
"at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error.
Hermosillo said he was detained with about
15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because
"they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

23.04.2025 14:55 — 👍 21935    🔁 10056    💬 799    📌 931

Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful.

Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda.

His approval ratings are in the gutter.

Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning.

Keep up the fight.

23.04.2025 16:15 — 👍 4926    🔁 1073    💬 124    📌 35

I was cackling. It gets an immediate A+. Bonus points for finding new boardgames.

19.04.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do not be scared, they want you scared.

Do not temper your expectations of our government, they want that, too.

Are there reasons to be fearful? Yes.

But don’t be scared. Let the fear be fuel for courage to demand better and fight for better.

Don’t be scared.

18.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 1218    🔁 265    💬 51    📌 18

The way to save democracy is to practice it.

All those things you may say “I agree with that, but now is not the time,” demand them.

Now IS the time. Elected officials SHOULD work for you.

The more they do so, the better.

17.04.2025 00:12 — 👍 569    🔁 88    💬 10    📌 5

We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.

Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov

15.04.2025 01:17 — 👍 25878    🔁 5479    💬 772    📌 288

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

14.04.2025 17:31 — 👍 36237    🔁 11236    💬 561    📌 317
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

14.04.2025 21:12 — 👍 41748    🔁 13759    💬 317    📌 412
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It is the duty of the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.

He was wrongfully deported.

The Supreme Court ruled that he must be brought home.

14.04.2025 16:58 — 👍 310    🔁 54    💬 27    📌 3
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