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EMERGENCY ACTION Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.

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Judge says Voice of America staffers can go back to work. 
The government-funded broadcaster has been locked in a court battle to stay on the airwaves. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

There are a lot of myths online about the Department of Education, and I’m here to debunk them. Saving this agency means giving every student a chance to get a good education.

Kristi Noem claims to be ‘on meth’ 😂

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Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.

Marek Edelman, last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,used to receive a bouquet of yellow daffodils from an anonymous person every year on April 19. He would lay them at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in memory of those who fought and died. polin.pl/en/2025-wars...

This viewer is currently pretty basic, but a good idea that needs refinement to demonstrate where and how so many federal landscapes are now at imminent risk of development -- Threatened Public Lands Map 🌏https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map

In a piece for The Atlantic, the Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov writes about how Putin seized power, parallels in with the current state of U.S. politics, and what Americans should do to avoid the same fate. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

🔥 Over 70 UK MPs and Lords demand Cadbury UK-owner Mondelēz International exit Russia 🍫 In a letter to Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put and UK MD Louise Stigant, British parliamentarians accused the company of “providing a financial bloodline to the Kremlin” and “eroding Cadbury’s name.”

"46% of Head Start funding goes to rural areas, often in places without any other child care option..." www.axios.com/2025/04/16/h...

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

"Residents packed a meeting of the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners Wednesday night. "Many became emotional as they pleaded with county officials to protect immigrants... 'We don’t want you to cave from the pressure you are under'...” www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

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ICE came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him and his child. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews

“It is time for you to leave the United States,” the email sent on Friday said, according to a screenshot posted on social media. “Do not attempt to remain in the United States – the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately.” Imagine receiving this message!

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

If you love your library, listen up…

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Because money sent through Bitcoin ATMs is nearly impossible to recover and these machines lack oversight and regulation, they have become an attractive option for criminals engaged in fraud and money laundering. www.wilx.com/2025/04/08/a...

"Public health experts have warned for years that such a shift would open the door to increased dental disease, especially in low-income communities. But the guy who thinks wi-fi causes cancer and 'leaky brain' is apparently unconvinced..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

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Companies have long fought off attacks from hackers. Now, another threat has emerged: Candidates who aren’t who they say they are, wielding AI to fabricate photo IDs, generate employment history and provide interview answers.

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The Constitution explicitly grants states the authority to set the time, place, and manner of their own elections. No President has the power to rewrite state election laws by decree, nor to change the laws passed by Congress for federal elections.

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There are 1835 bookshops on the various lists on the Independent Bookshop website and my goal this week is to add as many from my bookmarks as I can, hoping to get it to 2025 😉

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The 1930 Hawley Smith Tariff Act “Anyone? Anyone? Raised tariffs in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.”

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