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@DriXander

GA girl. #1u poli(cy/tics) #chicago & #twill. works for @afscme31. #catholic. wife. mama. @agnesscott, @hhhschool alum. 🧵 galore. views mine.

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Can land repair the nation’s racist past? California’s approach to Black reparations shifts toward land access, ownership & stewardship. hcn.org/issues/56-12/c… 👀 That Southern Poverty Law Center stat re: hate groups in that section of CA > Mississippi.
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This Could Be the First Slavery Reparations Policy in America: politi.co/2UsZjo7 Georgetown University students are voting today on an advisory referendum to create a student fee that would go towards a fund for descendants of folks once enslaved by the university.
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Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks. reuters.com/world/middle-e…
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For the first time in centuries, Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by the Israeli Police: lpj.org/en/news/joint-… UGH.
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Amputee soccer team a game changer for Gaza wounded: reuters.com/article/us-isr… Players aged between 13 and 42 play eight-a-side intra-squad games. Most have only one leg and play on crutches.
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Birthright citizenship, explained: why some on the right want to end it, and what they get wrong. My fear when the 2016 election was decided, was that this conversation would be pushed to the mainstream. vox.com/2018/7/23/1759…
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Some Dems' 2028 strategy: a straight, white, Christian man. axios.com/2026/03/29/som… Everyone who’s not that is undeterred though.
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The come down from mayor to ambassador to nothing must be tough, so being a 2028 “potential” w/incessant press must seem like heaven to Rahm. But every time he talks, I understand less what kind of coalition exists for him. On immigration: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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Rahm is on a serious media blitz, & one of the things he’s promising is to bring back the 90s, center education & pivot from race + gender: chalkbeat.org/2026/01/22/rah… I think (Clinton 2.0-charm) + (LBJ + sweater) = Rahm ‘28?

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What a journey! After initially not making the finalist cut, Chicago Board of Education to vote on hiring interim CEO Macquline King as permanent leader of CPS: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/0…
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Looks like @reemadamin & @NaderDIssa are live tweeting the CPS Board meeting that just got started if you’re a glutton for punishment.
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While striving to ramp up his universal child care concept quickly, Mamdani is modeling his vision inside city government—literally. In a pilot program, city workers at the muni building with children under 3 will have 40 slots for free, year round care. prospect.org/2026/03/30/mam…
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Gov. Hochul unveiling plans for expanding universal pre-K statewide: cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/01… Working w/Mamdani in NYC specifically, she also plans to help launch a 2-Care program to provide free child care for 2-yos in a city that already has universal pre-K & 3-K. Big boost.

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In an effort to stabilize child care in America, the Biden administration changed how child care subsidies are paid. The Trump administration says the change invited fraud & is preparing a reversal. npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-…
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How America's 'childcare deserts' are driving women out of the workforce: theguardian.com/us-news/2018/j… ~1/4 families spend >10% of their income on childcare, including >50% of families below the poverty line & 2/5 of families earning 2x the poverty level.
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This piece on community defense in Greater MN is a long read that’s well worth your time: When ICE Blows Through Rural America prospect.org/2026/03/30/apr…
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Handcuffs, Tents & Pleas for Medical Care: Pregnant in ICE Detention nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/… Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated. The levels of cruelty…
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Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from the largest detention centers show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, & overcrowding. wired.com/story/ice-dete… 👀 Rural hospital closures strike again.

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I’m giving this its own brand new thread because apparently we’re doing this again. This piece of news legit took my breath away: Biden will announce legislation his first day in office to provide a path to citizenship for ~11M undocumented immigrants. apnews.com/article/joe-bi… 👏🏾
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“Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them…” Pope Leo’s Palm Sunday homily: vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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As we journey through Lent, the cross invites us to sit with both anguish & surrender, to encounter grief in its fullness & depth. In wartime, Catholics must stand at the foot of the cross: ncronline.org/opinion/guest-…
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As I was reading news & already running behind for Mass, this caught my eye, “I direct my prayer to my distractions.” religionnews.com/2022/03/01/pra… So here’s to that for a Lent 2022 mantra. Also, going back & listening to this later 👇🏾
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This convo with @KatiePrejean & @DeaconGregK about Lent was right on time: Giving Up Starts with Giving aveexplores.fireside.fm/lent1 Feeling like I have better ideas for this year’s approach now.

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Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous. On the push in Kansas, the latest stop in a relentless nationwide campaign to bring sports betting to millions, in the fastest expansion of legalized gambling in American history. nytimes.com/2022/11/20/bus…
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California voters reject measures to legalize sports betting: npr.org/2022/11/09/113… The campaign was the most expensive ballot measure fight in US history, with the various factions supporting & opposing Proposition 26 & Proposition 27 spending roughly $450M.

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@RaymondALopez This is the way. Happy Palm Sunday!
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Rap Lyrics Helped Send Him to Death Row. Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, & Fat Joe all filed SCOTUS briefs to try to stop his execution. themarshallproject.org/2026/03/28/tex… In this Texas case, case, the lyrics were used to prove he’d be dangerous in the future & merited harsher punishment.
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Totally missed this a few days ago: Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government. If they are deemed to be inconsistent with his goals of rehabilitation, prosecutors could move to toughen the terms dictating his supervised release. theguardian.com/music/article/…
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How to design a revolution: The posters, records j spoons created during Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity government. english.elpais.com/culture/2024-0… Hope this exhibit travels at some point…
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Images show what experts said are US land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran, in what appears to be the first instance in more than two decades of American forces using the weapons. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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As front lines quieted & borders opened, refugees & displaced Syrians heading home have discovered new dangers: Shells, bombs, mines, & other explosive remnants littered across the country. Deminers say it’ll take significant time & $$ to make Syria safe: thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2…
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Syria’s new rulers inherited an economic disaster: A legacy of mismanagement & lingering sanctions will make it hard to rebuild. economist.com/middle-east-an… GDP fell from $60B in 2010 to <$9B today. The World Bank reckons 69% of Syrians live on less than $3.65/day. Not mentioned👇🏾

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Quite the case to highlight disciplinary rules hinging on sentencing, not conviction: Convicted cocaine cash launderer is a key figure in legal Illinois cannabis empire. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/…
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Cupich opposes a bill in IL to legalize marijuana, especially while cutting programs that help those addicted to drugs. "We can't have the state profit off of that, & at the same time not pay a price for the carnage that is going to be left behind." ncronline.org/news/people/ca… #twill
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Trump detained parents of >11K US citizen kids in first 7 mos of his 2nd term: propublica.org/article/trump-… Under Trump, >50% of the detained fathers of US citizen kids, & ~75% of the mothers, had no criminal convictions in the US except for traffic or immigration-related offenses.
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Late to this: Fearing deportation, families with mixed immigration status make emergency plans. nprillinois.org/2025-09-22/fea… So many families having tough convos…
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And another one, this from an Albanian family that thought they’d finally got lucky in the green card lottery. A Family On the Verge of Being Torn Apart: wnyc.org/story/family-f…
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In the shadows of Arizona’s data center boom, thousands live without power: As data centers drain America’s power grids, a fierce battle is being waged for electricity. On Navajo Nation land, many are on the losing end. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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New front in water wars: Your Internet use washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… In the West, data centers are clashing w/communities who want to preserve water amid drought. 30%+ of world’s data centers are in US; the power required to run those accounts for ~2% of nation’s electricity use.

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Privacy Hawks in the House Are Poised to Complicate a Spy Powers Reauthorization: Section 702 of FISA is set to expire on 4/20, & a coalition of Dems & Repubs have opposed a clean extension. notus.org/whitehouse/tru…
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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant: npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-… When Congress is expected to take up reauthorization of what is known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, it’s the best chance to close this loophole.
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Tools ICE use to track suspects & protesters: Biometric trackers, cell location databases & drones are among the surveillance tech agents are using in the immigration enforcement campaign. washingtonpost.com/technology/int… More on the facial recognition aspect here: x.com/drixander/stat…

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California passes 'strongest in nation' privacy bill limiting data harvesting. It gives people right to see information collected on them and request it be deleted: theguardian.com/us-news/2018/j…
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US, Israel & Argentina vote against UN resolution recognizing transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" & calling for reparations. 52 abstained, including the EU & Britain. It was adopted: reuters.com/sustainability…
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Catching up on Brooke Newman's book "The Crown's Silence" & on the history of the British monarchy + slavery: smithsonianmag.com/history/the-br… + Adapted excerpt: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade theguardian.com/news/2026/jan/…

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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad. Clint Smith responds to Trump’s assertion that the Smithsonian is failing to do its job, because it spends too much time portraying slavery as “bad.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Trump continues to loudly say exactly what he means: Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was. reuters.com/world/us/trump… More on the university negotiations referenced here: x.com/drixander/stat…

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Guardian headline: Republican who ran on pro-Confederate platform wins Virginia Senate race. // Miss me with “economic anxiety.” twitter.com/zachdcarter/st…
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