Chris Smith
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I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
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ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building newrepublic.com/post/201258/...
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building newrepublic.com/post/201258/...
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What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
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Trump is fast tracking the camps.
July 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trump is fast tracking the camps.
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Bari Weiss' "The Free Press," a publication allegedly founded to fight for free expression on campus, has not published a single article on the kidnapping of Rumeysa Ozturk
March 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bari Weiss' "The Free Press," a publication allegedly founded to fight for free expression on campus, has not published a single article on the kidnapping of Rumeysa Ozturk
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Oh, man, not Gene Hackman.
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Oh, man, not Gene Hackman.
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
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Oh wow.
Full video from Bishop Eaton, who concludes w/the story of Saint Lawrence, who defied a Roman emperor by insisting the riches of the church were the poor and needy.
Eaton concludes: “he was martyred for that. Be of good courage, church, and let us preserve.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liqz...
Full video from Bishop Eaton, who concludes w/the story of Saint Lawrence, who defied a Roman emperor by insisting the riches of the church were the poor and needy.
Eaton concludes: “he was martyred for that. Be of good courage, church, and let us preserve.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liqz...
February 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oh wow.
Full video from Bishop Eaton, who concludes w/the story of Saint Lawrence, who defied a Roman emperor by insisting the riches of the church were the poor and needy.
Eaton concludes: “he was martyred for that. Be of good courage, church, and let us preserve.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liqz...
Full video from Bishop Eaton, who concludes w/the story of Saint Lawrence, who defied a Roman emperor by insisting the riches of the church were the poor and needy.
Eaton concludes: “he was martyred for that. Be of good courage, church, and let us preserve.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liqz...
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka:
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE raids establishment in Newark, detains undocumented residents
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confirmed in a statement that the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a local establishment in the city.
www.northjersey.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka:
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
This and the comments got my attention and then I saw it in a list of 5 books to read in an Atlantic article today. It’s on my to read list.
I’m rereading 100 Years of Solitude & wished i knew enough Spanish to read the original BUT I’ve now learned that the Gregory Rabassa. translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude is considered to be the best and Marques himself preferred it over the Spanish original. Interesting!!
January 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This and the comments got my attention and then I saw it in a list of 5 books to read in an Atlantic article today. It’s on my to read list.
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hey so! this is terrifying :)
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic - KFF Health News
Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, a deference to industry, and neglect for ...
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December 23, 2024 at 4:55 AM
hey so! this is terrifying :)
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