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17 Mexican citizens have been killed during ICE operations. The Mexican government has filed criminal complaints w/several state prosecutors, served evidence preservation letters on detention centers, & called for a formal review by the UN Human Rights Council. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Mexico seeks accountability in Chicago-area ICE death and 16 others. Can it force the U.S. to act?

Mexico has filed criminal complaints with state and county prosecutors seeking investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including Silverio Villegas González, who was shot and killed by ...

chicago.suntimes.com

​🚨 BREAKING: A major U.S. housing bill just became law WITHOUT a presidential signature. Property values and mortgage rates are about to shift. ​Here is exactly what this means for your money and the real estate market moving forward: 👇

Bipartisan U.S. Housing Affordability Bill Becomes Law: What It Means for the Real Estate Market

Discover how the new U.S. housing affordability law impacts the real estate market, mortgage options, property investments, and the broader financial economy.

fllics.com

The sins of Israel today were the sins of the US from its founding. The land you stand on is stolen. The olive trees of Palestine, the managed forests of the eastern woodland, roots ripped up. Earth's veins are bled for profit and her children exterminated to tear the wound ever larger.

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"The Framers didn't intend for us to just sit back and say, 'Well we just have to wait out a criminal president who's acting continually in derogation of his duties, undermining the country and running it for his own ego and benefit.'"

Breaking news: The Justice Department expanded the government’s settlement deal over legal claims brought by President Trump, adding a provision that would prevent the IRS from pursuing past tax claims or audits of him, his family, or his businesses.

IRS blocked from pursuing past tax investigations, audits of Trump or his family

The president’s unusual settlement of his lawsuit against the IRS also creates a $1.8B “anti-weaponization” fund.

washingtonpost.com

At a time when mass surveillance and autonomous weapons companies like Palantir are openly announcing their plans for violent world domination, it is crucial that our attempts at “big tech reform” don’t actually give them more power—ie via government mandated age verification/identity software

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.