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federal immigration agent arrived at World Cup party attended by Miami-Dade County’s mayor, who is calling the incident “deeply troubling” and a potential warning sign that international soccer fans won’t feel safe traveling to Miami next year for World Cup www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

The Alberta Government is framing their abdication of public health measures as fiscal responsibility. It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator. Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.

I get so tired of all the ways pundits talk around Democrats’ real problem, which is so obvious that an entire industry exists to obfuscate it. They cannot describe, let alone attack, the real sources of injustice in this country because to do so would indict themselves and their donors.

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This is not Gaza This is Rishon LeTsyion, Central Israel

An Iranian missile that fell in northern Israel

It is worth knowing that the MN legislature was nearly perfectly split between Rs and Ds before these assassination attempts, which notably targeted exactly one member from each chamber

I've always said never open the door for police unless you call the station first. And have security cameras to record audio as well.

This is a remarkable bit of reporting (especially this soon after the start of all this) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/w...

In #Gaza, aid distribution has become a death trap. The Israeli-American aid distribution model humiliates and dehumanises people in need. Aid distribution must be at scale and safe. This can only be done through the United Nations including UNRWA.

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

💯💯💯 Bill C-2, combined with Bill 5 in Ontario, makes all of Fortress Am-Can possible. Fortress proposes greater integration of Canada with the US militarily, and gives the US more access to Canadian critical minerals and energy. Canadian corporations and oligarchs want it bad.

The Florida attorney general has threatened to remove the Broward County sheriff, who said he won’t target undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed a crime. floridaphoenix.com/2...

But not the Brevard County sheriff who said his deputies will gleefully murder you if you look at them crosseyed

Vicious schoolyard bullies. "Do you think you're a big shot just because you have a green card? I'll make sure they revoke that green card of yours," [the agents] told him. "'I'm going to do everything I can to get this paper revoked,' an immigration officer told me."

Meet Julia, a WCK Restaurant Coordinator who supported 80+ local restaurants after the cyclone in Mayotte. Julia joined WCK in 2024 when we responded to flooding in her hometown, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Now, she supports families recovering from climate-related crises. #ChefsForMayotte #TeamWCK

A typical Israeli tactic: Kill the peacemakers, and then complain about Iran's warlike intentions

Lay the proud usurper low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow! - Robbie Burns

San Francisco getting up early to show we support our immigrant friends & neighbors. Emergency picket at 6th & Tehama. #NoKings

‘One Israeli official estimated that in the first 12 hours of air strikes Israel had “barely destroyed 20% of the nuclear programme”. But Mr Netanyahu is planning at least two solid weeks of strikes, targeting many types of Iranian military assets’ www.economist.com/middle-east-...

It’s time to vote 🗳️ findmypollsite.vote.nyc

TODAY: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is hosting the Schomburg Centennial Festival, an all-day celebration of Black literature, art, music, and imagination.

chuck schumer is backing israel's attack on iran and calling for the u.s. to throw its full support behind israel

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center. Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them. We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

Could there be a more literal representation of Aime Cesaire's imperial "boomerang?"

we still don't have all the facts, but I'm dubious that the main story in the horrific Minnesota shootings is the shooter's impersonation of a cop. the story is a violent right-wing movement that deliberately cultivates vigilantes to illegitimately secure and hold on to political power.

the logical extension of castle doctrine is that every firearm makes a person into a little tyrant over a little fiefdom of their home and vehicle and, if there's open carry or even if there isn't, everywhere they are in person, armed microstates in a state of anarchy, little kings ready to go off.

1/3 Khawaja Asif urges Muslim nations to unite against Israel, calls for OIC summit dunyanews.tv/amp/english/...

"Claims that this is a disorderly movement attempting to sow chaos are false. In April and May, protesters associated with the anti-Trump movement—including those explicitly protesting ICE and Trump’s immigration policies—were extraordinarily nonviolent in their tactics."