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100s of foreign students in the U.S. had their visas suddenly cancelled and were asked to self-deport, supposedly due to convictions and arrests. We found many of these students had no criminal records however.
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
International students face visa cancellations despite no criminal records
Some international students are suing the U.S. government after their visas have been cancelled. Many of them say they have never been convicted of a crime.
www.npr.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..”

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www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
April 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Santa Barbara turns out and turns it up for Hands Off!
#handsoff @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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@maddow.msnbc.com A six pack of protests across the country! HUGE turnouts all across the country! YES!
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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@maddow.msnbc.com The Hands Off rally in Cannon Beach Oregon was spirited! Strong showing for this tiny town.
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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President Trump said that he is standing up for skilled workers and farmers by slapping tariffs on imports but farmers aren't happy.
Tariffs threaten to upend markets American farmers depend on
President Trump said that he is standing up for skilled workers and farmers by slapping tariffs on imports, but farmers aren't happy.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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It’s important that people from all walks of life and background, and all rational political perspectives, show unity in support of democracy and the rule of law on April 5, somewhere near you. Show your love for your country and for what it should—must—stand for:

handsoff2025.com/
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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A friend of Neri Alvarado, the young Venezuelan man with an autism awareness tattoo sent to El Salvador, shared this video from members of the swim club where he worked with neurodiverse children.

More about Neri from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and I here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Dear Canada and Mexico,

We’re so, so sorry.

— Sane America
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So this is what I am hearing re Trump freeze today...
Medicaid funding for individuals will not be frozen but it is still not clear to me if reimbursement to states that administer Medicaid funded programs then request partial reimbursement will be affected.
January 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thank you Bishop Budde
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Practicing posting pictures...Alex at Arcadia Beach
January 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
November 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
@commonscribe.bsky.social hi Ty!! It's Heidi!
November 15, 2024 at 5:18 PM