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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
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Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
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This sounds super real yup not at all fascist propaganda.
We are entering the phase of fascist consolidation where the fbi is untrustworthy and appears to be manufacturing fake terror plots to justify massive crackdowns.
We are entering the phase of fascist consolidation where the fbi is untrustworthy and appears to be manufacturing fake terror plots to justify massive crackdowns.
BREAKING: 5 members of pro-Palestinian group arrested in Los Angeles and New Orleans for plotting bomb attacks on New Year's Eve, FBI says
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This sounds super real yup not at all fascist propaganda.
We are entering the phase of fascist consolidation where the fbi is untrustworthy and appears to be manufacturing fake terror plots to justify massive crackdowns.
We are entering the phase of fascist consolidation where the fbi is untrustworthy and appears to be manufacturing fake terror plots to justify massive crackdowns.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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Was on Sky News this morning discussing Flu and whether this was a record bad year or not.
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
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Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
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Interview with Sky News about Flu cases in England December 2025
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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December 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Was on Sky News this morning discussing Flu and whether this was a record bad year or not.
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
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As the national discourse turns toward birthright citizenship, it is an opportunity to reflect on the broader question of what citizenship is, how it's been defined, bestowed, and withheld. Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants will 8/
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
As the national discourse turns toward birthright citizenship, it is an opportunity to reflect on the broader question of what citizenship is, how it's been defined, bestowed, and withheld. Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants will 8/
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US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
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Report on ICE agents entering NYC shelters (without warrants, as almost goes without saying, not that warrants would make it okay) in open violation of NYC policy. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
Here's how 'incident reports' detail interactions between federal immigration enforcement officers and staff at city shelters for immigrants.
gothamist.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Report on ICE agents entering NYC shelters (without warrants, as almost goes without saying, not that warrants would make it okay) in open violation of NYC policy. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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Trump’s administration wants to establish bounties and a network of informants—all seemingly refusing to rule out extrajudicial killings.
Pretty unnverving reporting here. theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
Pretty unnverving reporting here. theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump’s administration wants to establish bounties and a network of informants—all seemingly refusing to rule out extrajudicial killings.
Pretty unnverving reporting here. theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
Pretty unnverving reporting here. theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
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This cannot be reformed, their leadership needs to be imprisoned; and the rank and file involved need to lose their immunity, these are felonies under color of authority
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This cannot be reformed, their leadership needs to be imprisoned; and the rank and file involved need to lose their immunity, these are felonies under color of authority
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His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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He could state that it was Islam that moved him to protect human life and it would still not make any difference to the dominant political discourse
I'm betting that somehow Ahmed Al Ahmed's ethnicity will not become the basis for loads of sweeping conclusions about multiculturalism.
December 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
He could state that it was Islam that moved him to protect human life and it would still not make any difference to the dominant political discourse
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what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
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If you’re wondering why anyone younger than 40 is done with both parties it’s because both parties have demanded children accept they may be blown apart with an ar during class all while telling them their is nothing they will do to stop it.
The terror of the last two decades has been bipartisan.
The terror of the last two decades has been bipartisan.
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you’re wondering why anyone younger than 40 is done with both parties it’s because both parties have demanded children accept they may be blown apart with an ar during class all while telling them their is nothing they will do to stop it.
The terror of the last two decades has been bipartisan.
The terror of the last two decades has been bipartisan.
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so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
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The Trump administration also ended a policy allowing relatives of citizens to enter the US while awaiting green cards.
New Report Reveals TSA Is Sharing Names of All Airline Passengers With ICE
The Trump administration also ended a policy allowing relatives of citizens to enter the US while awaiting green cards.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Trump administration also ended a policy allowing relatives of citizens to enter the US while awaiting green cards.
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This is outside Minneapolis. Like Chicago, a big part of their strategy is just driving around looking for laborers to abduct. They failed this time.
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is outside Minneapolis. Like Chicago, a big part of their strategy is just driving around looking for laborers to abduct. They failed this time.
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Guardian Australia has comprehensive coverage of the horrendous attack on the Sydney Jewish community:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bondi beach shooting live updates: terror attack at Jewish festival kills 11, with one gunman dead and another wounded
Further 29 people in hospital, after attack on Sydney beach where Hanukah event was taking place
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Guardian Australia has comprehensive coverage of the horrendous attack on the Sydney Jewish community:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#OtD 14 Dec 2008 journalist @muntazer_zaidi threw his shoes at President George W Bush in protest at the US occupation of Iraq, shouting "This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq." He resumed activism after 6 months jail stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8557...
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#OtD 14 Dec 2008 journalist @muntazer_zaidi threw his shoes at President George W Bush in protest at the US occupation of Iraq, shouting "This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq." He resumed activism after 6 months jail stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8557...
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Press conference beginning now. 12 deaths plus one of the shooters. "This attack was designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first night of Hanukkah... this attack is being designated as a terrorism event."
there you have it.
there you have it.
I believe the news here are waiting for the NSW Premier's press conference to confirm what we all already have a sickening knowledge of.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Press conference beginning now. 12 deaths plus one of the shooters. "This attack was designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first night of Hanukkah... this attack is being designated as a terrorism event."
there you have it.
there you have it.
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Welcome into the sunlight Blood Tribe. Here is the name and address of every Blood Tribe nazi that marched in Little Rock, Arkansas last week. Their unmasked faces can also be viewed on police body cam footage.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Welcome into the sunlight Blood Tribe. Here is the name and address of every Blood Tribe nazi that marched in Little Rock, Arkansas last week. Their unmasked faces can also be viewed on police body cam footage.
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Fuel economy sounds boring, but Trump's rule changes will make driving more expensive for everyday Americans
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Fuel economy sounds boring, but Trump's rule changes will make driving more expensive for Americans
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fuel economy sounds boring, but Trump's rule changes will make driving more expensive for everyday Americans
Find out what happened last week.
Actions on www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Find out what happened last week.
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