@jhldvm.bsky.social
Done with twitter. News junkie and social justice advocate. Queer mom. Comparative pathologist. Bostonian. Free Ukraine. Free Palestine. I punch back.
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The history is there for everyone to read in books by Rashid Khalidi and Avi Shlaim. As a person of part Jewish descent, I was indoctrinated with zionist propaganda, until I started to read about the history of Palestine, and the zionist war against Palestinians.
us.macmillan.com/books/978162...
us.macmillan.com/books/978162...
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events ...
us.macmillan.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The history is there for everyone to read in books by Rashid Khalidi and Avi Shlaim. As a person of part Jewish descent, I was indoctrinated with zionist propaganda, until I started to read about the history of Palestine, and the zionist war against Palestinians.
us.macmillan.com/books/978162...
us.macmillan.com/books/978162...
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Witkoff, Kushner and Trump sold out Ukraine and our allies.
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Witkoff, Kushner and Trump sold out Ukraine and our allies.
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
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Pissed off women will save this country
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Pissed off women will save this country
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So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
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You've gotta think Susan Collins and her team are in full-on panic mode over this.
Credit to Bangor Daily News for an accurate headline. tinyurl.com/kk49tv4c #MEpolitics
Credit to Bangor Daily News for an accurate headline. tinyurl.com/kk49tv4c #MEpolitics
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You've gotta think Susan Collins and her team are in full-on panic mode over this.
Credit to Bangor Daily News for an accurate headline. tinyurl.com/kk49tv4c #MEpolitics
Credit to Bangor Daily News for an accurate headline. tinyurl.com/kk49tv4c #MEpolitics
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NYT Pitchbot captures the Harvard ethos
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
NYT Pitchbot captures the Harvard ethos
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The most explosive threat to a President isn’t an enemy...it’s an ally who stops taking orders.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The most explosive threat to a President isn’t an enemy...it’s an ally who stops taking orders.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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ICE and CBP Strike Charlotte, NC, as Protests Erupt—’Latinos Running. www.newsweek.com/ice-cbp-stri...
ICE and CBP strike Charlotte, NC, as protests erupt—"Latinos running"
Homeland Security said the enforcement operation aims to root out "criminal illegal aliens who flocked to the Tar Heel State."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ICE and CBP Strike Charlotte, NC, as Protests Erupt—’Latinos Running. www.newsweek.com/ice-cbp-stri...
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Charlotte City Councilor-elect JD Mazuera Arias:
“This is Customs and Border Patrol. We are not a border city, nor are we a border state. So why are they here? This is a gross violation of constitutional rights for not only immigrants but for U.S. citizens.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/15/n...
“This is Customs and Border Patrol. We are not a border city, nor are we a border state. So why are they here? This is a gross violation of constitutional rights for not only immigrants but for U.S. citizens.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/15/n...
www.bostonglobe.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Charlotte City Councilor-elect JD Mazuera Arias:
“This is Customs and Border Patrol. We are not a border city, nor are we a border state. So why are they here? This is a gross violation of constitutional rights for not only immigrants but for U.S. citizens.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/15/n...
“This is Customs and Border Patrol. We are not a border city, nor are we a border state. So why are they here? This is a gross violation of constitutional rights for not only immigrants but for U.S. citizens.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/15/n...
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All this was because Wells Fargo wanted the building to be empty so they could foreclose. It was all staged.
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
All this was because Wells Fargo wanted the building to be empty so they could foreclose. It was all staged.
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💯💯💯
Poverty is a policy decision.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💯💯💯
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits “sandwich guy.”
Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.
Jury acquits “sandwich guy.”
Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits “sandwich guy.”
Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.
Jury acquits “sandwich guy.”
Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
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From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
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Dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short. trib.al/XP5Wq9T
IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers
In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during the ongoing immigration “blitz.”
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short. trib.al/XP5Wq9T
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Happy Halloween 🎃 👻
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻
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.@heathercherone.bsky.social is a great source for what's happening on the ground in and around Chicago.
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
.@heathercherone.bsky.social is a great source for what's happening on the ground in and around Chicago.
Imitation is the finest form of flattery, no?
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Imitation is the finest form of flattery, no?
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Kristi Noem refuses state's request not to use tear gas near children on Halloween
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem refuses state's request not to use tear gas near children on Halloween
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is ignoring a request from one state official to give trick-or-treating families a break on Halloween.The Daily Beast reported Thursday that durin...
www.rawstory.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Kristi Noem refuses state's request not to use tear gas near children on Halloween
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
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In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.
(Published May)
By @mtredden.bsky.social
(Published May)
By @mtredden.bsky.social
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the f...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.
(Published May)
By @mtredden.bsky.social
(Published May)
By @mtredden.bsky.social