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@hjillsmith

Retired Lawyer, Progressive Democrat, Progressive Episcopalian, Civil and Human Rights Advocate, happily married, dog lover.

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Salt trucks in Chicago

Salt trucks in Chicago

Chicago literally using salt trucks to deal with ice. Can't get more Chicagoesque than that.

07.09.2025 01:27 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3
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On September 6, 2025, ICE was seen kidnapping protestors in unmarked vans in Chicago.

07.09.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 535 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 52
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Protesters fill the streets against ICE in Chicago
9/6/25

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Why are they militarizing DC?!

11.08.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aid agencies denounce Israeli β€˜siege’ of Gaza - Vatican News More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an ...

β€œThe starvation of civilians is a war crime.” #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...

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Severe malnutrition in under-5s has tripled at Gaza City clinic, charity reports Charity says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled and blames Israeli β€˜policy of starvation’

β€œIsraeli authorities’ deliberate use of starvation as a weapon in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with patients and healthcare workers themselves now fighting to survive." #PrayForPeace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

26.07.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can the White House Denaturalize Domestic Opponents? Three times within a few weeks, the Trump White House has entertained the idea of stripping citizenship from domestic political adversaries. The law makes that very difficult.

β€œWhite House suggests stripping political adversary of citizenship” is quite the headline, but it’s now happened three times in just a few weeks. I take a look at forced denaturalization.

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Our members broke down how special tax breaks for the ultra-rich only deepen inequality. The path forward isn’t complicated: tax the rich and build an economy that works for everyone.

Read more here: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

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Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 37%, the lowest of his second term as a result of a decrease among independents.

Trump's cratering in polls continues. Crushing new Gallup numbers:

Overall approval: 37%
On immigration: 38%
On economy: 37%
On trade: 36:
Federal budget: 29%

Overall approval among independents: 29%

news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

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www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Winooski superintendent navigates 'a whole new territory of terror' after being detained, interrogated in Texas - VTDigger Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, said it was a β€œsurreal” and β€œdehumanizing” experience that involved being separated from his spouse, with multiple federal officials aggressively questioning him in w...

β€œIt’s not about immigration status really..."

vtdigger.org/2025/07/23/w...

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Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador

β€œFor one thing, why would the United States trade nine defendants who are alleged to be high-level members of MS-13 for $3 million? Is that a good deal for the United States?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/n...

26.07.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 5828 πŸ” 2019 πŸ’¬ 264 πŸ“Œ 73
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β€˜Mommy’s coming’: Video shows what happened before ICE arrested parent outside Oregon preschool Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, was arrested by immigration authorities last week.

"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat.

β€œMommy’s coming,” he said.

The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

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β€˜Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation
β€˜Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation YouTube video by MSNBC

β€œI told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.

26.07.2025 01:39 πŸ‘ 9543 πŸ” 4344 πŸ’¬ 299 πŸ“Œ 215
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Did you know? (I'm kidding...I know you knew this).....
It is the occupying armies responsibility to provide food and medical services to the civilian population they occupy. It is a WAR CRIME to deny a civilian population food and medicine or target them with murder. It is called GENOCIDE.

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Israel is committing Genocide to steal land

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NEW: Bob Geldof lets rip over Gaza genocide.

PRESENTER: "Isn’t it a bit unfair to say this is the Israelis as a whole?"

GELDOF: "Stop it Trevor. If Israelis want to protest, get in your cars. Stuff your cars full of food & drive through that border. Let your own army stop you. Shame on you.”

27.07.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 2045 πŸ” 752 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 45
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South Park showed more courage going after Trump than the corporate news media South Park did more than just make us laugh!

South Park can tell truth to power. Corporate media should emulate their example.
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

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β€˜The rule was going down’: Inside the House GOP’s Epstein meltdown Anger inside the conference over Epstein went beyond even what was on display publicly.

Inside the House GOP’s Epstein meltdown: Anger inside the conference over Epstein went beyond even what was on display publicly.

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No one asked for Trump to deport our friends and neighbors.

24.07.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 7
How the Mueller Report is Like a Pizza
How the Mueller Report is Like a Pizza YouTube video by MSW Media

In light of Tulsi’s recent ridiculous claims, a friend just posted this old explainer from 6 years ago about the scope of the Russia investigation that I’d completely forgotten about! πŸ˜‚ youtu.be/o-CCxLmkn-w?...

25.07.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 6558 πŸ” 2836 πŸ’¬ 237 πŸ“Œ 141

Unconstitutional!

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Pentagon suspends participation in think tank events The move comes a week after the Defense Department pulled out of the Aspen Security Forum due to β€œthe evil of globalism.”

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon suspends participation in think tank events.

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