Dr. Sara Koopman now at @spaceforpeace.bsky.social
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political geographer in Peace Studies (views my own) #Colombia #solidarity https://t.co/1zks0DCGx5
Kent, OH
Joined June 2008
wow, basic functionality seems to now be broken on this site. couldn't even get a thread to work. please look for me on bluesky which is way more interesting these days. ask me if you need an invite code.
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Trump is blatantly meddling in Honduras' elections, which will be held on November 30. Trump is campaigning for the candidate of the corrupt, pro-US, right-wing National Party, which is closely linked to drug cartels. Its ex leader was jailed for trafficking 400 tons of cocaine.
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Reminder that Thanksgiving dinner isn’t possible without farmworkers.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to you. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Afectaciones a organizaciones de acompañamiento internacional reflejan los riesgos que enfrentan los defensores de DD. HH. Reiteramos nuestro compromiso con la protección de todas las voces que trabajan por la paz y la justicia. #DefendamosLaVida
Rechazo total a las amenazas e intimidaciones de grupos armados contra organizaciones europeas de la sociedad civil que dan acompañamiento internacional a personas defensoras de derechos humanos en Colombia. #DefendamosLaVida
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Republicans are currently accusing OH Dem gov candidate Amy Acton of posting an AI video of Vivek Ramaswamy suggesting year-round school for kids. One big problem: the video is real and was up for hours on TikTok before that portion was edited out. We have the original here.
If you’re a candidate and you share AI-altered videos of another candidate and pass it off as reality, you should be fined a lot of money.
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This is the second time in just a few months that our account has been censored for simply mentioning my opponent. So just in case my account gets censored or deleted again, here’s your reminder that Vivek Ramaswamy called Ohio workers lazy while he flies around our state on a
Amy Acton’s post criticizing Vivek Ramaswamy has been restricted by Twitter/X over “hateful conduct”
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Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade. He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
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The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry. This is why you always follow the money. https://t.co/2Bc26A3Vr2
foodandwaterwatch.org
Former PFAS Industry Leaders Pervade EPA Senior Staff
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food. The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals. The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
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“Help me please, I have my papers!” Those were the screams of Marta Leiva, as ICE dragged her away at the SLC airport. Four plainclothes agents can be seen restraining her near baggage claim as she pleads that she has legal documentation. According to the Salt Lake Tribune,
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Day laborer organizers in California are lining up at Home Depot to buy a single 17-cent scraper, return it, and repeat the process in an effort to slow sales and protest the store’s cooperation with ICE operations.
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Average electricity cost increase since Jan: Missouri ⬆️ 37% Iowa ⬆️ 30% North Dakota ⬆️ 30% Oklahoma ⬆️ 30% New Jersey ⬆️ 27% Nebraska ⬆️ 25% Montana ⬆️ 25% Wyoming ⬆️ 23% NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11% Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
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Much of the overall spike in energy costs is coming from the intense demand and use of new data centers in Ohio and elsewhere. As Governor, I will take steps to ensure that these added costs are shouldered by those who are creating them—and that the bill is NOT footed by
In July, Eric’s and my energy bill went up by $150.92. Ohio families are being squeezed from every angle — groceries, housing, healthcare. And lately, electric bills are spiking too. As governor, here’s what I’d do to bring relief. 🧵
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🚨ICE agents stormed an apartment at gunpoint and held a U.S. citizen mother and her four children, ages 2, 6, 10, and 13, hostage, in a Queens apartment. They spent 20 minutes pounding on the door before finally breaking it down… only to discover the person they were looking
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The United Nations has just passed a resolution attempting to end "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment." Three countries voted against it: The United States 🇺🇸 Israel 🇮🇱 Argentina 🇦🇷
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals. The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry. Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Indeed, when US members of Congress simultaneously defend the 2009 coup and vow to defend #Honduras’s elections from “socialism” and warn voters not to vote for the “communist,” it tells you all you need to know. @ProgIntl
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Statement from the Observatory of the Progressive International
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In Ohio, a private school voucher program is sending billions (yes, billions) of your tax dollars to fund private schools with no accountability as to how the funds are actually spent. A governor who believes in public schools can fight for fair funding, safe and productive
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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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