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I am convinced, although I have no hard evidence, that ICE has gotten orders to go out and re-detain Iranians with final orders of removal, many out in the community on orders of supervision for decades as Iran wouldn't take them. They may now be deported to Panama or somewhere random.

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We’re thrilled to see three ACE-supported organizations—We Animals Media, Reporters for Animals International, and The Humane League with the Open Wing Alliance—join forces for a sweeping global exposé on the hidden lives of caged hens. Learn more: bit.ly/investigatio... 🥚

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📅 Weds. 6/25 @ 7PM: We welcome John Sanbonmatsu in store for a discussion of his new book "The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves". He will be joined by researcher and author Frances Moore Lappé. Learn more: buff.ly/RPQHLRs

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If they don't say anything to explain why the order was deficient, I think the district court is within its rights to apply it as narrowly as it can

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Many people are saying that the popular new Bible Study game amongst the Federalist Society set in DC is “To which third party country would YOU have deported Jesus?”

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Protecting sources is the most important part of my work. So I'll post, in images I created, most of the text from the original internal communication NARA staff received yesterday about visitor requirements, bus services, and parking.

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Gorillas in the trees Researchers show that even large silverback gorillas spend a substantial amount of time in trees www.mpg.de/24892973/061...

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It's great to see some thoughtful reflection in this op-ed on how wrong Americans were to largely ignore methane in climate action plans this century. I'd add: - Groups that endorsed natural gas as a bridge fuel, such as Democrats and some big greens, share responsibility for methane pollution 1/

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We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well. We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.

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The cancellation of 123 affordable senior homes at Haven Green is shameful, and only reflects the corruption, dysfunction, and incompetence of the Adams administration.

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Rank me #1. Rank Zohran #2. Rank the rest of the WFP Slate. And Don’t Rank Andrew Cuomo.

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I’m tired of hearing how much Members of Congress “care” behind closed doors. If you’re not speaking up in public about the Afghan allies we left behind, then you’re part of the problem. This week, a few stood up. Most stayed silent. Enough is enough. Take a stand. @afghanevac.bsky.social

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There was a survey a few weeks ago that found half of Americans thought ICE was just hunting criminals. The institutional press have failed to make clear ICE’s primary strategy today is capturing people through the use of compliance traps, and shipping them off to substandard prisons in the South.

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Please never buy an animal companion ~ always adopt from shelters and consider fostering if you can. This applies to cats too

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Andrew Cuomo doesn't live in NYC and hasn't for 30 years. He's not interested in being the mayor or creating a better city. He's going to be one of the worst mayors in this city's history. A bunch of people who should have retired from public life a decade ago are doing all they can to torture us.

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turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...

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Make your call today. On April 25th, in Frankenmuth, MI, Democrat Senator Slotkin said she's supporting GOP and agribusiness trying to cut farm worker wages. If you stand with farmworkers, act now and make your call to @slotkin.senate.gov today: 1-202-759-4087. Protect farm worker wages! #wefeedyou

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Need somewhere to work this summer @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ? @minareeslibrary.bsky.social is a lovely place to do some writing and a wonderful resource. Hear more about the incredible work they do from Chief Librarian Maura Smale on "The Thought Project" podcast: buff.ly/nL3Hv0P

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No where is the utter powerlessness of international institutions for human rights plainer than here, in UNICEF's plea for the children of Gaza--utterly ignored by the Western powers complicit in their destruction.

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"The Omnivore's Deception": The Case of Conflicted Carnivores | Psychology Today The wonderful Marc Beckoff, a legend in cognitive ethology, has interviewed me about my book.... @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...

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I am terrified and disgusted thinking about the reports that will come out in the future about what undocumented women have been going through in this country during this time where masked un named men can just throw them in a van

submitted 6 days ago • 66 comments

A brave 20 year old US citizen that stood up to ICE, Adrian Andrew Martinez, disappeared by the regime. His family currently unable to find him after being kidnapped by regime troopers. His mother: "I have no idea where he's at. I don't know if he's okay. I'm really worried right now." #StopICE

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MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, 6/18 around 9:30am — Unidentified masked terrorists kidnapped an elderly homeless man off the street and bundled him into a private car with no license plate.

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Upcoming LIVE events in which I will be discussing my new book, "The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves." Tune in if you have time and interest!

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Dems turning it up. More like this.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

Its kind of an amazing symbol of now normalized fascism is that the creation of an entity called "The Department of Homeland Security", which was widely taken as an alarming absurdity at the time, is now so normalized that people feel like its sticking their neck out to say it needs to be dissolved

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NY court recognizes dog as "immediate family member" in case where @nonhumanrights.bsky.social filed amicus briefs. First time in NY that witnessing a pet's death can support emotional distress damages. ⚖️🐾 #animallaw #legalnews #legal #animalrights #dogs 🧵/ www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/dog-fam...

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Today’s arrest of @bradlander.bsky.social is just one disturbing example of what ICE does every single day across the country. It’s not interested in law and order—this is about spreading fear. New York City will not stand for it.

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After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.

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A “shift” never happened. A chaotic raid at a worksite and a warrantless sweep in our communities have the same outcome. Bullshit rhetoric aside, they’re hunting us down while we’re trying to feed you. Who’s actually in charge?

submitted 8 days ago • 119 comments

NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”

submitted 9 days ago • 177 comments

I hate that dogs and horses get conscripted into police service. They don’t deserve that.

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Congress should pass the bipartisan BARK Act, my bill to save millions of pounds of perfectly good pet food from the trash and get it to the growing population of hungry shelter dogs and cats. We can do this. Let’s get it done.

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And we do business with these Savages!!! Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars. Activists say it was over his tweets apnews.com/article/saud...

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