Anna Brelje
@annabmpls
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience." --H. Zinn. Union organizer tweeting my own opinions, rage, hopes & dreams for justice
Minneapolis
Joined May 2011
I have to say something to Mn politicians. Paul Wellstone wasn’t just vibes. He was anti-war! #WeAllDoBetterWithoutGenocide
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8 billion people on earth. Maybe 300 of them are causing all the problems. And they convinced the rest of us to fight each other instead of stop it.
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TSA call-outs on Sunday, March 22, per DHS: TSA call-out rate: 11.76% Total TSA officer call-outs: 3,450+ Major airport call-out rates from Sunday: • MSY 42.3% • ATL 41.5% • IAH 39.1% • BWI 38.1% • JFK 37.4% • PIT 24.7% • PHL 24.2% • LGA 21.7% • PHX 20.3%
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The streets should be filled with protests against the war on Iran - they’re quiet instead. For years, the antiwar movement in this country has been worn down - piece by piece, argument by argument, until even its language was made suspect. But in these last three years,
It’s a profound indictment of American society that there is no antiwar movement in this moment. If not now then when?
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U.S. citizens killed in Minneapolis were not available for comment.
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ICE at airports is just laying the groundwork for ICE at polling places btw
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ICE agents run from the press inside JFK airport as they are deployed with no masks.
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Ms. Rachel is fighting to close an ICE facility in Texas that's detaining children. She wants to "make sure that kids and their parents are back in their communities where they belong." "I am political. It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love and care, and
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I am incredibly proud of Isra and everyone who made the trip to Cuba. They took tons of aid to make sure the people of Cuba knew that there are so many people across the world who stand in solidarity with them. Cuba has always sent aid to countries in need and has trained
Isra Hirsi defended her Cuba visit as an act of solidarity against the U.S. blockade, with her mother, Rep. Ilhan Omar, sharing the message.
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According to the NYT-Siena poll--widely recognized as the gold standard of published public opinion polls--about 2% of voters say taxes are the thing they worry the most about affording. Something to think about when weighing how to allocate dollars in a legislative agenda.
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Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers
nytimes.com
The man said his attackers stripped him naked, beat him and zip-tied his genitalia, an account corroborated by family members and a rights activist who were also beaten.
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It's easier to understand how Trump's brain works than these guys'
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In 3 yrs this #solar installation at an Arkansas high school turned the district’s budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus. They're using the surplus to pay teachers more We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #NoWarNoWarming
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Historian Alfred McCoy says Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz carries echoes of the Suez Crisis of 1956, when Egypt was attacked by Israel, France and the United Kingdom and responded by blocking the canal. He says that crisis marked the end of the British empire, and
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The FT now reporting that, even without the energy shocks, there's a pretty good chance that the closure of Hormuz will pop the AI bubble and lead to a stock market crash
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@OrganizerMemes @Meelsie143 I'm not a New Yorker but genuinely I feel like Mamdani represents the better America that's possible
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ICE disappeared woman from Utah airport despite legal papers—now been deported. "Why are you arresting me? I am here lawfully!" she yells. "But agents said they 'did not care about that.'" Other travelers stand around airport as she's dragged away—despite no uniforms or ID.
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NEW: More than 11,000. That’s how many US citizen children have a parent who has been detained under Trump, our new data analysis shows. When Doris Flores was separated from her four-month-old who was still breastfeeding, she turned to her pastor for help. https://t.co/tE6pdG0h2l
propublica.org
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
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Smooth morning at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (@mspairport) with wait times again under 5 minutes at Terminal 1. No visible sign of ICE agents as has begun at other airports dealing with massive delays.
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Fran phonebanking numbers she found written on the wall during a karaoke event in Beloit
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