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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 11d

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Melody Mercado: @themelodymercado.bsky.social
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"If it takes civil disobedience, then so be it."

"Federal agents deployed tear gas in Albany Park [..] as residents chased off agents who were trying to detain a neighbor."

"[U]se of tear gas [..] comes despite a court order prohibiting those tactics."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas In Albany Park as Neighbors Block Immigration Arrest

It is the latest use of chemical irritants deployed by agents in neighborhoods. The incident was also the latest example of increased neighbor resistance to immigration enforcement in Chicago.

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"UG Solutions hints at a continued presence for U.S. private military contractors in Gaza."

"[S]tepped up the 'vetting and training' of new employees in anticipation of added demand."

"[H]ired a lobbying firm closely associated with [..] Trump."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide

We Aren’t Finished in Gaza, U.S. Military Contractors Say

UG Solutions, which works with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said its “cadre of American veterans” was ready to keep working in Gaza.

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"[W]e demand arrest warrants for the perpetrators of crimes against our fellow journalists in Gaza."

"We encourage American and international media outlets to demand direct, unsupervised access to Gaza in the wake of the ceasefire agreement."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Incarceration #Genocide

Ceasefire Sparks Fresh Calls for Global Media Access to Gaza | Common Dreams

With a fragile ceasefire in effect in the Gaza Strip, press freedom advocates and critics of Israel's genocidal assault are demanding international media access and justice for the Palestinian…

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15h

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"[T]he population of [Idaho's] imprisoned women increased by 50 times since 1980."

"[T]hey're kept there by guards — mostly men — who control every aspect of their lives; who can harass, grope, and sexually assault them with confidence that it will be kept quiet."
#Idaho #USA #Incarceration

In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sex abuse

A yearlong investigation finds rampant sexual abuse by guards, systemic cover-ups, and punishment for victims

www.investigatewest.org

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in @newrepublic.com today, covering how Trump’s grant terminations and new ideological funding conditions are hurting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Cancelled grants include those for emergency housing and interpretation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing survivors.

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors

The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15h

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"In [Texas'] school districts with the most delinquent kindergarteners in the 2024-25 school year, the latest data available from the state, as much as 44% of their kindergarteners were delinquent in the measles vaccines."
#Texas #USA #Healthcare

More Texas kindergarteners are coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions

In school districts and charter networks with the most vaccine delinquencies, as many as 44% of kindergarteners were not complying with state requirements.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16h

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"Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial [..] told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing [ICE] agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care."
#California #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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"An 'inactive' Chicago police officer [David Deleon] has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he sexually abused minors."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Policing

'Inactive' Chicago Cop Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Sexual Abuse Of Minors

David Deleon, of Edison Park, is accused of meeting his victims during his work as a Chicago police officer. He pled guilty Friday in an agreement that dropped charges including manufacturing child…

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"Three more Palestinian children were injured Monday in the Gaza Strip by what was likely Israel Defense Forces unexploded ordnance, a danger that United Nations experts say could take more than a decade to defuse."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

3 Palestinian Children Injured by Likely IDF Unexploded Ordnance in Gaza | Common Dreams

Experts say it could take more than a decade to clear the Gaza Strip of Israeli bombs that did not detonate upon impact.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16h

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Murad "had been deported to Egypt."

Hearing "the news, the elderly mother broke into tears and random screams in her wheelchair."

"The mother moved her hand in an apparent refusal to hear, continuing to weep."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #USA #Egypt #Iran #Incarceration #Genocide

Palestinians freed from Israeli prison denied reunion with families as Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace

Palestinian families eager to reunite with loved ones due to be freed learned that Israel had deported them instead. Amid the pain and the decimation of Gaza, U.S. President Donald Trump declared the…

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 19h

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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"The goal, DULF maintained, was to save lives."

Drug User Liberation Front "produced a peer-reviewed study that showed after about one year none of its compassion club members had died."

"Their trial is scheduled for the next two weeks."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Drugs