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Today is the anniversary of #RapeofNanking or #NanjingMassacre In pursuit of making the Empire of Japan great, daily rhetoric against criminal and garbage peoples from other countries, creating more business for corporations, it has lessons for us today in America

#aapi #asianhistory #humanrights
Rape of Nanjing still has lessons for America today
December 13 is the anniversary of the infamous war crime that still affects geopolitics in Asia today.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
He blew another dog whistle for the #racist white #Christiannationalists saying all non-white immigrants aren’t meant to be American
Podcast: 'Why can't we have nice' immigrants, President asks
It's a dog whistle feeding white Christian nationalists in the U.S.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Did you know? Sans-serif fonts are easier to read especially by older people. Apparently, that’s too woke so the government is switching back to serif fonts like Times New Roman

#fonts #sansserif #serif
The U.S. State Department’s war against ‘woke’ fonts like Calibri
The Foreign Service is being forced to revert back to Times New Roman.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important” – Arthur Conan Doyle

Little things like enjoying a fun holiday play.
Performances start in one week.
Tickets are on sale now.

#theater #Theatre #Chicago #Christmas #Xmas #Holidays #SherlockHolmes #Watson
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The rhetoric today against immigrants is no different from the rhetoric of World War II before we rounded up #JapaneseAmericans and put them in detention centers

#nokings #iceraids #ice #cbp #immigrants

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December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The #DREAMAct was reintroduced by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Our congregations support it because it is the right thing to do

#matthew25
Christians: We must support the bipartisan DREAM Act that was reintroduced in Congress — Edgewater Presbyterian Church
The reintroduced DREAM Act seeks to create a pathway for these neighbors to legally remain here and contribute fully to the country they already belong to.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A young Patsy Takemoto couldn’t go to medical school because too many women applied. So she went to law school and ended up changing the law: #TitleIX As U.S. Rep. #PatsyMink, she became the first woman of color and Asian American woman in Congress. #Sainthood expresses itself in so many ways
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The insidious oligopolies taking over

#netflix #warnerbros #discovery #merger

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December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Community defense, mutual aid, and supporting one another is our only hope left.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The holiday season is not all hope and joy for some. Please be aware that your friends and family may be suffering quietly

#bluechristmas #christmastimesadness #pcusa #chicagopresbytery @pcusa.bsky.social
When Christmas becomes sad, unbearable — Edgewater Presbyterian Church
If you are carrying sadness, grief, or emptiness right now, you are not alone.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
These are the 19 countries we’ve completely stopped applications processing for #immigration and #refugee status. These people spent years, even a decade, following procedures. Theyre also people Trump called “garbage” people recently

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December 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Christian groups were the first to step in to bring #Hmong people into their communities after they fled #Laos and #Vietnam. They were used by the U.S. military to wage a secret war in Laos.

#hmongnewyear

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December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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