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Descriptions of Kilmar Ábrego's torture
Kilmar Ábrego's lawyers have
published
descriptions of how he was
tortured in El Salvador's prison for alleged "terrorists". It is
horrible.
The guards recognized that he was not a gang member, that his tattoos
had nothing to do with gangs. So why did they subsequently start to
torture him? I think they must have got orders from higher up —
perhaps from the persecutor, via Bukele.
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Mamdani's proposal for city-run grocery stores
Mamdani's proposal
for city-run grocery stores will provide a place
to buy groceries, including fresh produce, in the parts of New York City
which now have none.
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Prisoners moved from bombed Evin prison
When Israel bombed Evin prison, used by Iran for political prisoners,
some of them were killed. Afterward, Iran
moved
many others to other
prisons where conditions are more painful.
Iran's government is not necessarily doing that to punish the
prisoners. It seems to be working to improve some.
But Iran's government it entirely and solely to blame
for imprisoning people for demanding human rights.
Just as the US government is when, it
jails
people for protests.
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PFAS in water in small part of France
After a long delay, people in a small part of France received an
official order for certain vulnerable people should avoid drinking tap
water, due to presence
of PFAS in the water supply.
The warning focused on babies, pregnant women and the
immunocompromised. That decision is based on caution, which has some
rational basis. But actually, no one knows how much harm various PFAS
are likely to do to those people, or to other people. We have reasons
to think they might do harm, but we don't know. There are hundreds of
different PFAS, and no one knows what effects each one might have.
Collecting statistics on exposure to each one, and on the medical
problems that develop at various exposure levels, is likely to take
decades.
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UK government considering more facial recognition
The UK government is
considering
more facial recognition in public places.
Also robot prison guards, and implanting tracking devices in people's bodies.
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What the Democrats can learn from Zohran Mamdani
*Here’s what the Democrats can
learn
from Zohran Mamdani.* An active
supporter reports on what she heard from voters as she canvassed for
him.
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Tracking sea ice for global heating
*Tracking sea ice is "early warning system" for
global heating — but
US halt to data sharing will
make
it harder, scientists warn.*
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| 2:37a |
Saboteur in chief's cuts to the weather bureau
The saboteur in chief's
cuts
to the weather bureau forced it to shut
down at night, and reduced the available data to compute forecasts
from. This interfered with forecasting tornadoes and flash floods.
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Action needed on Orbán's suppression of human rights
The EU needs
to act to thwart Orbán's suppression of human rights in
Hungary.
He targeted the queer minority first, to prove that no one's rights
are safe in Hungary; soon he will extend that suppression to all dissent.
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| 2:37a |
Israel confiscating supplies from doctors visiting Gaza
Israel confiscates supplies from doctors visiting Gaza.
When volunteer doctors try to visit Gaza, Israel
confiscates items
such as baby food and surgical equipment. It is also very fussy
about whether a doctor is allowed in.
In particular, doctors who talk to the media after they leave Gaza are
blocked from visiting Gaza again — blocked at nearly the last minute,
so there is no chance to find replacements for them.
This reduces the number of doctors in Gaza, and interferes with main
remaining channel for news reporting coming from people who don't live
in Gaza.
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Campaign to cancel citizenship of naturalized citizens
The persecutor
has ordered
a sweeping campaign to try to cancel the
citizenship of naturalized citizens.
One of the possible grounds, lack of "good moral character", could
be stretched out of all recognition by partisan judges. Even when the
victim has a good chance of winning,
perse may lack the funds for a
lawyer.
Magats
plan to try to strip
Mamdani of US citizenship to stop him from
winning the mayoral election.
This would take a lot of stretching plus a double standard.
Is it required that the mayor of NYC be a US citizen?
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Crops unharvested at California farms
*[Deportation thug]
raids leave
crops unharvested at California farms:
"We need the labor."*
Beyond the obvious irony of this, I note that
the wrecker hates
California and seems to look for any way to cause harm there. This
may part of the purpose of the raids, rather than collateral damage.
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Applicants for student visa must set antisocial media to "public"
The US now demands that applicants for a student visa set their
antisocial
media profiles' visibility to "public".
This means that *those who wanted to study in the U.S. to flee
authoritarian governments abroad will have to make their social media
public to those same governments to study here.*
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Urgent: Protect journalists covering LA protests
US citizens: call on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to
protect
journalists
covering the LA protests.
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Urgent: Reject calls for Article V convention
US citizens: call on state legislators to
reject
any calls for an
Article V convention.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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