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After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home.

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58 years ago today, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper. 5 months later, The Carol Burnett Show did a tribute with Carol, Gwen Verdon, Bobbie Gentry and Phyllis Diller.

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Continuing my walk down memory lane: Remember the time Justice Alito spoke with Trump by phone to ask a favor—hire a former law clerk— just as Trump's request that the Court prevent an NY state judge from sentencing him following conviction by jury was filed? joycevance.substack.com/p/the-final-...

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Investigators believe the man may have been framed to get him arrested & deported before he could testify in a case where he was a victim of assault. The person who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity, because they couldn't speak publicly. apnews.com/article/ice-...

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Who is Peter Thiel? Apparently he is very private and doesn’t like attention. We can change that can’t we? I mean, the dude wants to take over the world with his “network states” society. I’m not going to shut up about him and it’s time to expose his charade.

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MUST WATCH: The FBI sent MLK a fake letter urging him to kill himself—pretending to be a fellow Black man. They didn’t fear his dream. They feared his power. 📚 The Blackout Files exposes the war on Black liberation. 👉🏽Read what they tried to erase: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

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Hello and thank you to any new followers. 💙 I follow back individually, but I promise I’m working on it! Meantime, keep calling your legislators! Find your rep here: www.house.gov/representati... Find your senators here: www.senate.gov/general/cont... Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 5calls.org

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youtube.com/watch?v=tP0U... Might interest you

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🚨NEWS: The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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On behalf of the DNC, DSCC and DCCC we have filed to intervene to protect the campaign finance laws from attack by the GOP. The Trump administration won't defend a 50 year old law, but we will.

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The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?

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Tonight, Camilo Doval pitched in an MLB game in front of his mother for the first time 🧡

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3 days ago but it's huge Sharing again

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Steven Cash is a former prosecutor, CIA Ops officer, DHS advisor, and Sr. Congressional Staffer. He’s helped write the laws that reshaped the country after 9/11. He’s seen the threats from the inside: what he shared with me will stay with you for a long time. youtu.be/IcTu_X0U_3Y?...

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Hold the phone! I’ve got a big announcement to make and you’re hearing it first. @repjasmine.bsky.social will be joining me for my town in hall in DC Monday. More at 4p ET. @glennkirschner.bsky.social joins me on the show today. See you soon!

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his is a really well written article explaining a situation in the field of Cosmology that would normally be way over my head. Due to the writer being an excellent writer, I found it completely comprehendable and downright riveting. Must read! www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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If morons were idiots, then the name “morons” wouldn’t need to exist. You’d just call them idiots.

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Robert Reich film “The Last Class”: see if it will be playing soon in your vicinity! open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...

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youtu.be/Rikbgk5JNC0?... Spread the word.

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Ukraine has used an AI mother drone for the first time, the Ministry of Digital Transformation announced. These drones, with the technology developed by the BRAVE1 defense cluster, are already being used on the battlefield.

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If you like this article, please share! If you really like it, please subscribe -- and consider becoming a paid subscriber. I keep my work free to all. But this newsletter is the main source of income for my family of four. Thanks!

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Sit and Talk - Of what’s wrong today, I thought I’d talk about how our native Americans still get the bum’s rush, how our government takes their sacred land, swaps out their holy land in Arizona, so a China mining company can rape this hallowed ground - youtu.be/2jCOTmBHNfc?...

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"Because everyone deserves an education to have a fighting chance against those who would take advantage of them. Because every person deserves the critical thinking skills that naturally follow reading and writing. Every person deserves an education." jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-real-a...

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New lawsuit overnight says White House is violating law by no longer providing sign language interpreters for press briefings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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T H O R !!

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This just made me cry. 48 years in the country & a citizen? www.newsweek.com/alma-bowman-...

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I’m starting my annual walk across Connecticut today! Beginning in the very northwest corner of the state - Salisbury. I will talk to hundreds of people over the next few days about what they want (and don’t want!) from their elected leaders. My favorite week of the year!

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Last night I wrote a post about recent developments at the FBI that seem to be mostly flying beneath the radar screen. This one feels particularly important—they all are these days, but this one especially so. I hope you'll take a moment to read and share it. joycevance.substack.com/p/fbi-top-pr...

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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

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Here are the 200+ people who've received pardons or commutations from Trump and avoided prison time as a result. In total, more than seven centuries of incarceration were wiped clean, mostly to people involved in Jan. 6. Gift link: wapo.st/3Hfd174

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We're asking Dr. Alessandra Jerolleman and Ret. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore to get us up to speed on what disaster preparedness and response look like now: for Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast, and for the South. Come join us in person if you're in New Orleans or watch online at tinyurl.com/445usa5w

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If you're trying to keep up with the deportation cases, this is one of the most interesting interviews I've had the privilege of doing. Cecillia knows the cases because she's one of the lawyers litigating them. If you want the facts and the law all in one place, take a listen.

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