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Migration & refugee rights expert. Former UNHCR in Washington,DC, USCCB, Global Refuge (former LIRS) & Tahirih Justice Center Board of Directors. Harvard Law School, Princeton University & Bronx High School of Science alumni associations.Concerned citizen.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 By now, the 1921 Tulsa race massacre is known to many. Today, we are not going to talk about that. Let us get into how Black Wall Street began and meet the movers & shakers behind it. Pull up a seat🪑my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
A Maryland church is half-empty because ICE has been terrorizing the Haitian community in Salisbury. Pastor Toussaint's words stopped me cold: 'If you really send us over there, you send us to die.' This is the fight. www.standingourground.us/p/ice-is-ter... www.standingourground.us/p/ice-is-ter...
Our new Executive Paywatch report is here, and - spoiler alert - greedy CEOs are making even MORE. Top CEOs made 312x what workers make and took home an average of $22.8 MILLION per YEAR in total compensation. Read our full Paywatch report here: Aflcio.org/paywatch
Can’t count how many times the dystopian stuff that make people want to abolish ICE is also something that’s already being used by police or subjected upon people in the criminal legal system.
Pearson will now take on Senator Brent Taylor — last seen sucking ICE cubes to taunt anti-ICE protestors — in the general election
Early voting officially begins statewide THIS Sat, Aug 8! Join myself alongside @mauricewfp.bsky.social and Congressman Frost for a kickoff rally and canvass in Orlando as we talk to voters about the movement we're ready to bring to DC for working families. RSVP at Angie4US.com/orl
Capital One says Trump Organization account closures in 2021 followed review by anti-money-laundering team.
Capital One cites anti-money laundering concerns in Trump Organization case
Capital One says Trump Organization account closures in 2021 followed review by anti-money-laundering team.
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What’s[ #AI ‘s] Pax Silica? cc @mayor.nyc.gov @timnitgebru.blacksky.app @drtedros.who.int @wto.org @who.int @unhcr.org @aljazeera.com @ajplus.net @theguardian.com @afp.com @africa-confidential.com @joyannreid.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
What Is Pax Silica and Why Should Filipinos Care About It? - 8List.ph
Pax Silica is being pitched as an economic win, but the real story is what we're trading away to get it, and whether that trade is worth making.
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Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
@democrats.org US Senate candidate Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social,who dedicates his life to healing,will fight for Medicare for all (universal health system that exists in all rich nations). @rephaleystevens.bsky.social doesn’t support Medicare for all. cc: @joyannreid.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
The TJRS Abdul El Sayed Interview: Fund Schools and Healthcare, Not Bombs | The Joy Reid Show
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@debbie156@debbie156.bsky.social · 3w ago#Michigan Elect Haley Stevens to the senate. We need every seat we can get to hold Trump accountable, stop wars, & end the affordability crisis. Haley will fight to lower costs, stand up to to Trump chaos, defend SS & Medicare, & personal freedoms! Vote for Haley Stevens! #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890mn for breaching the bloc’s digital rule book, while threatening to impose daily fines if the search engine company does not abide by its rules. Brussels on Thursday said Google gave preferential treatment to its own services,
EU fines Google €890mn in test of Donald Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech
EU competition chief says it is bloc’s ‘duty to defend rule of law’ while delivering ‘strong message’ to search giant
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I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
🚨NEW🚨 Well, this is a first for me: A surveillance company CEO says sorry. Flock's chief Garrett Langley says it was a "mistake" to label activists tracking the spread of its surveillance technology "terrorists." His comments come amid a rising public backlash. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’
As a movement against $8.3 billion Flock Safety’s license plate readers gathers momentum, company CEO Garrett Langley tells Forbes he shouldn’t have called non-violent activists “terroristic” organiza...
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The beautiful game. The people’s game. Throughout this World Cup, we have been reminded of a simple truth: football belongs to everyone. So does the joy and community it creates. Yesterday, I joined New Yorkers on Rikers Island to watch England take on Argentina.
A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
REP. RANDY FINE: The way we settle disputes is at the ballot box, not w/ violence NN: In recent tweets you've referred to "Muslim terror candidates," you've called for the denaturalization & deportation of "Jihadi Mamdani.' Surely that doesn't help? FINE: Look, I didn't invent how we use language
Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
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At just 16 years old, Bohlale Mphahlele invented a safety earring designed to help protect women and girls. Disguised as jewelry, it includes a camera, GPS tracking, and an emergency alert system that can discreetly send the wearer’s location to trusted contacts. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
No child should go hungry just because school is out. I introduced the Summer Meals REACH Act with @kim.senate.gov to cut red tape, expand grab-and-go meal options, and help more communities provide free, healthy meals to kids all summer long.
The more I read about this Freedom 250 event in Brussels, the more bizarre it gets. Four US senators attended, including Republicans John Barrasso, Ted Budd and Alan Armstrong...plus Democrat Tim Kaine?
I present The Wail of the Wounded Centrist Democrat: "I like it here in the Democratic center. It's quiet. In fact, it’s just me and a guy who’s still worried Obamacare might have gone too far. I don’t like him because he’s better at quivering than I am." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I am a centrist Democrat and I am terrified of success | Opinion
Hello, I am a centrist Democrat who is terrified that progressive liberal candidates keep winning primary elections.
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Hello, I am a centrist Democrat. I appeal to 'the center,' which is an ambiguous blob-like thing that exists only in the minds of Democratic strategists whose brains stopped working in the 1990s. Progressives keep winning. Feel my fear! My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I am a centrist Democrat and I am terrified of success | Opinion
Hello, I am a centrist Democrat who is terrified that progressive liberal candidates keep winning primary elections.
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The software engineers filed a complaint with Seattle’s civil rights office accusing Amazon of illegally retaliating against them for expressing their personal political beliefs.
3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers
The software engineers filed a complaint with Seattle’s civil rights office accusing Amazon of illegally retaliating against them for expressing their personal political beliefs.
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Le Parlement cubain a approuvé 176 mesures économiques pour sauver l’économie sclérosée du pays. Dans un contexte de crise et de mécontentement social sans précédent, ce plan d’urgence renforcerait singulièrement le secteur privé. Sa mise en œuvre reste incertaine. Par Margot Davier
À Cuba, des réformes économiques spectaculaires et des questions sur leur faisabilité
Le Parlement cubain a approuvé 176 mesures économiques pour sauver l’économie sclérosée du pays. Dans un contexte de crise et de mécontentement social sans précédent, ce plan d’urgence renforcerait singulièrement le secteur privé. Sa mise en œuvre reste incertaine.
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In a new low, ICE would not let us speak with any detainees inside Delaney Hall. If you know someone at Delaney Hall, if you love someone at Delaney Hall—tell them to request a privacy release form so we can get them the help they need. ⬇️
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Station 39 in Montreal North on Monday evening in response to reports that a patrol team operating out of the station disproportionately targeted Black and Arab citizens montrealgazette.com/news/montrea...
"This is a big deal to me, and it relieves a great stressor," a resident wrote my office after we helped get his $276,401 student loan debt forgiven. It's easy to feel hopeless with all the division from the federal government. Know that my office is working every day to deliver results and relief.
