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Foot soldier (sometime leader) in the struggle for justice with one foot in Alexandria VA and the other in Cape Town South Africa
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The acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard, whose career spanned decades, has died. He was 88.
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard, whose career spanned decades, has died. He was 88.
Another artist lost to us. RIP Tom Stoppard
Breaking News: Tom Stoppard, the playwright known for a witty, cerebral style who drew comparisons to Shakespeare and Shaw, has died at 88.
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Another artist lost to us. RIP Tom Stoppard
Blue Sky of the Day: #AlexandriaVA #photography
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Blue Sky of the Day: #AlexandriaVA #photography
#FlowersonFriday African Lily or Agapanthus
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#FlowersonFriday African Lily or Agapanthus
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Blue Sky of the Day: #jacarandatree #photography
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Blue Sky of the Day: #jacarandatree #photography
RIP Jimmy Cliff
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
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Ferial Haffajee: "Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an interest and interesting group."
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
G20 South Africa goes post-Trump as middle powers signal fresh path | Daily Maverick
<p>Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an intere...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Ferial Haffajee: "Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an interest and interesting group."
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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BREAKING:
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING:
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
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Abrego's attys just supplemented his motion to dismiss for vindictive prosec. with evidence of the govt's "brazen & misleading conduct" in his civil case—claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take him—& urging the need to hear testimony from DAG Blanche et al. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#230 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Supplemental Information by Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia re 104 MOTION to Dismiss for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Zamora Cordero statement to Washingto...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Abrego's attys just supplemented his motion to dismiss for vindictive prosec. with evidence of the govt's "brazen & misleading conduct" in his civil case—claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take him—& urging the need to hear testimony from DAG Blanche et al. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Blue Sky of the Day: #photography #capetowncbd
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Blue Sky of the Day: #photography #capetowncbd
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A real President ……….
Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.
Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A real President ……….
Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.
Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.
Latest on #AbregoGarcia case explained (brilliantly!) by his lawyer
WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorney gives update on legal battle over ICE efforts to deport him
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Latest on #AbregoGarcia case explained (brilliantly!) by his lawyer
Happening now: another hearing on Abrego Garcia’s case before Judge Xinnis
R: govt's brief was telling in its callousness. ... Govt focuses on whether he'll experience persecution in Liberia. what happens outside liberia is not issue, per govt. but what happens when temporary status ends?
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happening now: another hearing on Abrego Garcia’s case before Judge Xinnis
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This is the video that enraged Trump so much that he called for these Democratic lawmakers to be hanged.
They served our country, and now the President wants them dead because they said something he didn't like. We cannot become numb to these disgusting calls for political violence.
They served our country, and now the President wants them dead because they said something he didn't like. We cannot become numb to these disgusting calls for political violence.
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is the video that enraged Trump so much that he called for these Democratic lawmakers to be hanged.
They served our country, and now the President wants them dead because they said something he didn't like. We cannot become numb to these disgusting calls for political violence.
They served our country, and now the President wants them dead because they said something he didn't like. We cannot become numb to these disgusting calls for political violence.
No news is ….!
Corruption at every level of government. Inconvenient truths are eradicated.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
No news is ….!
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🚨 Breaking News; A federal judge ordered some public school districts in #Texas to remove #Ten #Commandment displays from their #classroom walls, a victory for families who had argued that the posters infringed on their #religious #freedom.
Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🚨 Breaking News; A federal judge ordered some public school districts in #Texas to remove #Ten #Commandment displays from their #classroom walls, a victory for families who had argued that the posters infringed on their #religious #freedom.