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Nonilex

#Immigration agents arrested #MahmoudKhalil, a #GreenCard holder married to an American #citizen, on March 8 in the lobby of his #student apt building in Manhattan. A #Palestinian born in Syria, Khalil was a spox & negotiator for pro-Palestinian #protesters on campus.

The govt cited a Cold War-era immigration #law stating that individuals can be deported if their presence in the #US is adverse to American #ForeignPolicy interests.

#Trump#DueProcess#FirstAmendment
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DoomsdaysCW

#PortlandME #protesters arrested after blocking traffic to call for end of #Israel-#Gaza war

Maine Public | By Patty Wight
Published May 21, 2025

"Portland police arrested more than a dozen [18, I heard] #activists Wednesday afternoon as they staged a so-called '#DieIn' to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the lack of #HumanitarianAid for #Palestinians.

"The demonstrators were part of a larger group that blocked a four-way intersection on Commercial Street for roughly an hour. #KristenSalvatore was among those arrested after refusing to leave the street despite several warnings from police.

" 'Well nothing else seems to be working. We have to draw attention to this issue. People are going about their lives as if nothing is happening, as if their taxes aren't paying to blow up children and destroy Gaza,' Salvatore said.

"Abby Fuller of the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine said the effort is intended '#DisruptBusinessAs Usual.'

" 'To make sure that powerful people who can make a difference and change policies know that we are not willing to let business go on as usual. And we plan on staying in the street as long as we can and up until arrest,' she said.

"On Thursday, more than a dozen #Mainers will go on a 40-day #HungerStrike. They hope it will keep attention on Gaza and lead to congressional action.

"This week, leaders from the U.K., France and Canada issued a joint statement calling on the Israeli government to end its military operations in Gaza."

mainepublic.org/maine/2025-05-

#MainePol #USPol #WorldPol #MaineResists #GazaGenocide #Genocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #RightToProtest #ACAB #CriminalizingProtest #TrafficInterference #Maine

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Nonilex

Since Jan, #DOJ’s #CivilRights division has paused probes of alleged #police #abuse, launched its first investigation into whether #LosAngeles violated #gun rights laws, & following #Trump's lead, changed the dept's stance on #transgender rights & probed alleged *#antisemitism* at US #colleges involving pro-#Palestinian #protesters.

The dept also recently ended a decades-old school #desegregation order in #Louisiana that came about in the wake of #SCOTUS’ #BrownVBoardOfEducation case.

#law
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Nonilex

The #Trump admin has used the fight against #antisemitism as justification for #deportation of pro-#Palestinian #student #protesters & #funding cuts to #universities.

Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, argues the admin is using antisemitism as a pretext.

"If the administration were serious about countering antisemitism, first & foremost they wouldn't be appointing people w/antisemitic & other extremist ties to senior roles within the administration," Spitalnick said.

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DoomsdaysCW

#Medicaid cut #protesters disrupt #GOP megabill markup, 25 arrested

The House Energy and Commerce markup is only just getting underway.

By Ben Leonard and Hailey Fuchs
05/13/2025, 3:50pm ET

"No sooner had the House Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off its markup of the GOP’s 'big, beautiful bill' than protesters descended upon the proceedings. U.S. Capitol Police was forced to quickly arrest 25 people and remove several protesters in #wheelchairs from the hearing room amid chants of 'no cuts to Medicaid' and
waste, fraud and abuse my ass.'

"Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) repeatedly pounded his gavel and said that 'disruption of Congressional business is a violation of law and is a criminal offense.'

" 'People feel very strongly because they know they’re losing their health care,' said ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J)., asking police not to arrest protesters if possible. 'Many of them are #disabled and I don’t want to see them further hurt with their disability in the process of being arrested.'

"Protesters also lined the halls outside the hearing, many of them in wheelchairs, chanting as police threatened to take more people into custody. Julie Farrar — an activist with ADAPT, a disability rights organization — said there were about 90 people with her group, many of whom are on Medicaid and some who are direct care workers."

Read more:
politico.com/live-updates/2025

#USPol#Trump#Project2025
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Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Russia brings in top-level FSB Presidential Regiment to Chasiv Yar; If Russians are using this level of specialists in urban combat, they are probably facing difficulties — International Civil Aviation Organization rules Russia responsible for downing MH17 — Russia decreased but didn’t cease attacks during Victory Day truce — 6 Bulgarian nationals sentenced in the UK for spying for Russia … and more

activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

Ukrainian soldiers of 43rd Brigade are seen working on a Soviet era Pion self propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine in January 2025
#amsterdam#arson#Aviation
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

How a new type of #AI is helping #police skirt #facialrecognition bans
Adoption of the tech has civil liberties advocates alarmed, especially as the government vows to expand #surveillance of #protesters and #students.
The tool, called #Track and built by the video analytics company Veritone, is used by 400 customers, including state and local police departments and universities all over the US.
technologyreview.com/2025/05/1 #privacy

MIT Technology Review · How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bansBy James O'Donnell
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Nonilex

#Trump #DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin in a *statement* [propaganda] called the incident "a bizarre political stunt" by a group of #protesters.

The group that included members of #Congress "*stormed* the gate & *broke into* the detention facility" as a busload of detainees entered a security gate, McLaughlin said.

The protesters "holed up in a guard shack, the first security check point," she said.

[problematically for her there’s video]

#law#AmericanAutocracy#dissent
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