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Ecologist @ South Dakota State University, organizer @ Scientist Rebellion, member/organizer @ Working Families Party Portland OR https://www.krauel.com/ I study animal migration π¦ π¦ but now I'm mostly fighting for justice for all of us π₯
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At the national / international level, we are seeing the ruling class unmasked. We are seeing more clearly who these people are and how they hold and exercise power.
Portland has its own ruling class.
They create institutions like the Portland Metro Chamber to do their will at the city & state.
I love me some local governance competence porn
this is just gross
Corporate Capitulation
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
Wow. From The Atlantic: a stunning example of Trumpβs behind the scenes attempts to impede Rep. Thomas Massieβs efforts to release the Epstein files.
House votes 357-65 to block release of congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
π¨BREAKING: This brave immigration attorney is blowing the whistle on ICE saying agents are keeping all the Immigrantsβ money, jewelry, Work Visas and any state documentation they had on them when detained. Share this widely. This is disgusting.
The guardian: US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation
The Trump administration has failed to provide proper medical care to detained immigrants. Now, it is moving all unaccompanied children who are pregnant to Texas, where abortion is banned. Blocking girls as young as 13 from critical reproductive care is cruel, unsafe, and unjust.
The Trump regimeβs worst policies are colliding in Camp East Montana, the nation's largest ICE detention facility, and creating even more human suffering.
The cruelty is endless.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-confirms-measles-outbreak-nations-largest-detention-facility-texas-rcna261659
GOP Congressman Tim Burchett on Senator Lindsey Grahamβs calls for the US to join the IDF in bombing Hezbollah targets in Lebanon:
βLindsey hasnβt seen a fistfight he hasn't wanted to turn into a bombing, so I just take it with a grain of salt.β
Spanish PM Pedro SΓ‘nchez on Iran: βSpain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.
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Yesterday, Texas Latino voters showed up and showed OUT. In five Rio Grande Valley counties, more people voted in the Democratic primary than voted for Kamala Harris in '24
Thatβs not a coincidence; thatβs a community thatβs had enough of the raids, the tariffs, and the chaos. November is coming. π₯
Are you part of a running club? Here's something you can do
A Philly street artist, known as Make It Weird, wants you to know your rights! Info on the cards by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
All you need is chalk to get your protest message across π
ART = DEFIANCE
When even war crimes arent enough of a distraction!
OpenAI was real quick to eat up that Department of War contract so their software could be used to bomb kids in Iran.
πLondon, near ChatGPT offices
Who knows, maybe weβll learn more about what she knows about allegations that Trump raped a young girl on Epstein Island
Noem's firing did not occur in a vacuum. It's the result of OUR massive β and persistent β public pushback.
The FBI interviewed a victim 3 times and alleged that Trump first tried to force her to give him oral sex, then punched her in the head when she bit him. The sitting president is a pedophile. Heβs waging war hoping that weβll forget.
We wonβt.
A country that always finds money for bombs but wonβt feed hungry children at home is spiritually broken.
the monsters are no longer under the bed
The UN is reporting that the U.S. and Israel have targeted civilians, educational institutions and medical facilities...all of which constitutes a βgrave violation of international humanitarian law and human rights lawβ.
The U.S. is engaged in war crimes.
They are doing this in our name, with our money
we have $forbombs,butno$ for healthcare
Senate war powers vote fails 52-48.
Funny how they always have just enough votes to stop these things!