Jeanne Brokaw
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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During this week's bicameral hearing, Mr. Chavarria described how he was detained, threatened, and forced to surrender personal and professional devices without a warrant.
"I verbally asserted my rights as a U.S. citizen... I was told that I have no constitutional rights at a port of entry"
"I verbally asserted my rights as a U.S. citizen... I was told that I have no constitutional rights at a port of entry"
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
During this week's bicameral hearing, Mr. Chavarria described how he was detained, threatened, and forced to surrender personal and professional devices without a warrant.
"I verbally asserted my rights as a U.S. citizen... I was told that I have no constitutional rights at a port of entry"
"I verbally asserted my rights as a U.S. citizen... I was told that I have no constitutional rights at a port of entry"
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I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
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This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
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A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
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A silent, inter-faith march near the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon.
The marchers held flowers. 💐
The marchers held flowers. 💐
September 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A silent, inter-faith march near the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon.
The marchers held flowers. 💐
The marchers held flowers. 💐
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Troops. In an American city. Using full force.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Troops. In an American city. Using full force.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
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Oh, FFS.
US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professor
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Oh, FFS.
US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trying to figure out how to alert Brett Kavanaugh that his wildly permissive standard for kidnapping can sweep up Irish guys as well.
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Trying to figure out how to alert Brett Kavanaugh that his wildly permissive standard for kidnapping can sweep up Irish guys as well.
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
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A DC man has been arrested for filming the police.
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Follow Harriet’s Dreams on Instagram for more local coverage
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August 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A DC man has been arrested for filming the police.
Follow Harriet’s Dreams on Instagram for more local coverage
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Follow Harriet’s Dreams on Instagram for more local coverage
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There have been 500 reports of abuse inside Trump's immigrant internment camps since his inauguration.
Among them? Neglect of children "as young as 2," suicides, head injuries, and sexual assaults.
According to reports, medication and medical care are often withheld.
www.wired.com/story/senate...
Among them? Neglect of children "as young as 2," suicides, head injuries, and sexual assaults.
According to reports, medication and medical care are often withheld.
www.wired.com/story/senate...
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There have been 500 reports of abuse inside Trump's immigrant internment camps since his inauguration.
Among them? Neglect of children "as young as 2," suicides, head injuries, and sexual assaults.
According to reports, medication and medical care are often withheld.
www.wired.com/story/senate...
Among them? Neglect of children "as young as 2," suicides, head injuries, and sexual assaults.
According to reports, medication and medical care are often withheld.
www.wired.com/story/senate...
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BLS Commissioner is a role that has never gone to an ideologue. It’s been for data nerds who care only about numbers. Put in someone with a record of distorting data, and every figure becomes tainted.
August 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BLS Commissioner is a role that has never gone to an ideologue. It’s been for data nerds who care only about numbers. Put in someone with a record of distorting data, and every figure becomes tainted.
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Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
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If you don’t need to worry about being snatched by ICE please make a point of frequenting businesses in the Mission, Chinatown or other immigrant enclaves. This sucks sfstandard.com/2025/07/23/s...
Bracing for the ICE storm: SF immigrants go underground
Empty shops, workers staying home, and some even self-deporting. This isn’t the calm before the storm, but an anxious scramble — a collective rush to bar the doors, board up the windows, and get the h...
sfstandard.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
If you don’t need to worry about being snatched by ICE please make a point of frequenting businesses in the Mission, Chinatown or other immigrant enclaves. This sucks sfstandard.com/2025/07/23/s...
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Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo.
Disabled veteran who is a US citizen was taken during Camarillo immigration raid, family says
Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo.
abc7.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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‘Abducted by Ice’: the haunting missing-person posters plastered across LA
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Abducted by Ice’: the haunting missing-person posters plastered across LA
The handmade posters of immigrants have become a symbol of quiet resistance. Their creators reveal the story behind the project
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
‘Abducted by Ice’: the haunting missing-person posters plastered across LA
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ICE is using racial profiling and it was completely predictable.
ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”
ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”
June 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ICE is using racial profiling and it was completely predictable.
ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”
ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”
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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Trump administration fired one of the most respected, celebrated, and qualified librarians in America.
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
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The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
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What Were the Real Reasons that Trump Fired the Librarian of Congress?
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Trump administration fired one of the most respected, celebrated, and qualified librarians in America.
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!