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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#Deadbeat: NYC Councilwoman Julie Won owes $25,000 in rent after squatting in a skyscraper featuring a fitness center, swimming pool, a sauna and spa, a yoga room, and other luxury amenities. CM Won insisted she and her husband Eugene Noh never signed a lease. nypost.com/2026/06/07/u...
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Exclusive | NYC Councilwoman and congressional candidate Julie Won ‘squatted’ in luxury Queens condo: landlord
An NYC councilwoman running for Congress owes $25,000 in back rent after squatting five months in a luxury high-rise, her ex-landlord claims.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Apartheid-Free Communities is a network of people and communities around the world working to end apartheid. Come learn, share, and help us grow the movement for a world free of apartheid. www.mobilize.us/us-palestine...
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Apartheid-Free Turns 3: How Communities Across Turtle Island are Cutting Ties with Israeli Apartheid · AFSC US-Palestine Activism
Join Apartheid-Free Communities for an inspiring event of movement-building and story-telling. Learn about how multiple communities across Turtle Island are living into the pledge - from student group...
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, or “Magnificent Humanity.” The 42,300-word policy statement is a sharp rebuke to Silicon Valley’s assertions that it alone can be trusted to develop the future. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/t...
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As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What is the origin of the hantavirus? "These viruses were first identified during the Korean War," says Dr. Carlos del Rio, a professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University. It was named for the Hantan River, located south of Korea's demilitarized zone. www.npr.org/2026/05/07/n...
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Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update
The outbreak began in early April on a cruise ship. Now health authorities around the world are working to contain it. Here's what infectious disease experts have to say.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Estefany Rodriguez Florez, a Tennessee-based reporter critical of #ICE, was detained without a warrant at a traffic stop. Rodriguez, a Colombian citizen, entered the U.S. lawfully, has a valid work permit, and applied for asylum through her husband, who is a U.S. citizen. apnews.com/article/repo...
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US immigration authorities arrest Spanish-language news reporter in Tennessee
Court documents say immigration authorities arrested a reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee without a warrant. But U.S.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I had made it to the Gulf of Mexico when the call from New York came. My father, David Sung Ok Choe, had passed away. My relationship with my father was not easy. Read more @ johnchoe.substack.com/p/reflection...
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Reflections on My Father
David Sung Ok Choe (March 17, 1941 – January 21, 2026)
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/01/2026
The judge wrote of ICE actions: “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
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In scathing ruling, federal judge orders release of Liam Ramos from detention
Judge Fred Biery said federal agents were “traumatizing children.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/01/2026
In 1992, Cicih Sukaesih led fellow Indonesian factory workers in a strike, part of a movement that led Nike to create its first code of conduct. She's proud of the example she set. But she described her work as incomplete, as problems remain, including chronically low wages. With @oregonian.com
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She Was a Key Voice of the 1990s Labor Movement in Nike’s Indonesia Factories. Today She Relies on Donations From Abroad.
In 1992, Cicih Sukaesih led fellow Indonesian factory workers in a strike, part of a movement that led Nike to create its first code of conduct. She reflects on her achievements and what’s happened si...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 31/01/2026
Congress has two months to decide whether to abandon, renew, or reform a controversial surveillance law at the heart of Edward Snowden’s leaks.
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Controversial Warrantless Spying Law Expiring Soon and Trump Officials Are Silent On It
The Trump administration won’t say what it thinks about Section 702 of FISA, the NSA law that allow searches of Americans’ information without a warrant.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t need to be a legal scholar to know the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are violations of the First Amendment. Nonetheless, it’s always helpful to have a legal scholar around to explain the ugly details. bit.ly/4a0MxRy
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The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave
Lemon's arrest is not only a clear violation of the First Amendment but also a blatant throwback to the Constitution's long-discarded Fugitive Slave Clause.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
The Trump administration is planning to use Google Gemini’s artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/02/2026
Protection isn’t the only way that gendered narratives mobilize violence. What we are seeing in Minnesota is also about punishment. From our colleagues at @msmagazine.com:
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ICE violence is fueled by misogyny and white nationalism
How the Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
"I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long that they really don't think I'm human. And I base this on their conduct, not on what they say. And this means..." -James Baldwin youtube.com/shorts/pY8Di...
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Powerful statement from James Baldwin
YouTube video by Science and Nonduality
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Buddhist monks, immigrants from Southeast Asia, on a pilgrimage for peace from Texas to Washington DC, bless the people of DeKalb County, Georgia on December 30, 2025. #WalkForPeace #WalkForPeace2025 #w4p
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Quakers walked from Flushing NY to Washington DC, retracing the spirit of the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance in a modern call for immigrant justice. Read the original Flushing Remonstrance, as well as the Walkers Remonstrance, an updated call for justice @ www.quakerwalk2025.org youtu.be/QX2mUFdHVac
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The Quaker Walk to Washington
YouTube video by Quaker Videos
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《𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕔𝕜》 @cthackt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
@johnchoe.bsky.social This you? thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/04/14/a...
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Arrested For Reading a Book During a Thunderstorm - The Civil Rights Lawyer
John Choe was driving through Athens, Georgia. When it began to storm, he pulled into a gas station to wait out the thunderstorm. Somebody called the cops. The cops want his ID, even though it wasn't ...
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Mamdani says delays in opening the Queensboro Bridge path are infuriating: “This administration time and again has politicized basic street safety projects, intervening at the last minute and putting New Yorkers at risk for completely arbitrary political decisions.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/n...
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A Walkway Was Set to Open on the Queensboro Bridge. Until it Wasn’t.
A long-awaited pedestrian path appeared to be finished this month. A ribbon-cutting was scheduled. A news release was prepared. Then City Hall hit the brakes.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Decades of road salt spread near suburban reservoirs are contaminating NYC's water supply. If nothing is done to reverse the trend, the water system will have to be abandoned. The soaring saltiness poses a challenge to a system that serves more than 9 million New Yorkers. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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NYC may eventually have to abandon part of its water supply
The concentration of chlorides tripled from 1987 to 2019.
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#Welcome2Georgia: Traveling through the South can be difficult. I started a Substack to document the experiences I've witnessed on my journey. Here's a summary of one encounter with law enforcement in Clarke County @Georgia open.substack.com/pub/johnchoe...
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Welcome to Georgia!
Something Traumatic Happened on the Way to Worship
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John Choe @johnchoe.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
World leaders will gather in Belém @Brazil this November for #COP30 to discuss how to address climate change and save our planet. To get there, they will have to drive along a new highway that plows straight through the Amazon rainforest. www.vice.com/en/article/a... #AvenidaLiberdade
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Amazon Rainforest ‘Destroyed’ to Build Climate Summit Highway
Brazil needed to make room for a highway so all the world leaders can stop by to talk about the state of climate change...
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