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Robert Aili

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attended Carthage HS, Plattsburg State U, Oswego, BU Grad school

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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 21h
www.democracynow.org/2026/10/12/l...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Leonard Peltier on Resistance, New Film & Fighting for Freedom
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we feature a conversation with one of the world’s most prominent champions for Indigenous rights, Leonard Peltier. “Indigenous Day is a day that’s been long overdue for any...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
therealnews.com/nfl-threaten...
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NFL threatened to ban player from game for honoring slain Palestinian girl
Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote Wafaa Akila, the name of an 8-year-old girl killed by Israel, on his face tape.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
therealnews.com/border-agent...
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Border agents are randomly seizing phones of US citizens who support Palestine
Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
interfering in foreign elections is routine for the US. And if the US doesn't get its way if often invades or helps to stage a coup. therealnews.com/ex-agent-say...
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Ex-agent says CIA is planting pro-Bolsonaro stories to influence election
Former CIA agent John Kiriakou says the evidence fits a known CIA pattern of trying to influence elections abroad
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/09/h...
counterpunch.org
Have We Reached Peak Insanity? Some Recent Developments in Trump Fascism
The scariest thing to me this Halloween season isn’t actually the deranged fascist leader Mein Trumpf or the Trump fascist regime. The most frightening
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/10/08/h...
theintercept.com
Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/10/06/p...
theintercept.com
Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says
A lawsuit says Arkansas professor Shirin Saeidi got fired after a harassment campaign by hardline anti-Iran and pro-Israel figures cited her Gaza tweets.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/18/r...
theintercept.com
Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/10/7/ma...
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Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
Israelis and Palestinians are marking three years since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed, and around 250 were taken hostage. It was t...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/25/n...
theintercept.com
The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means
By threatening to revoke the citizenship of “NAZA” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, Netanyahu threatens the project of Israel.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The US has had a long history of interference in foreign elections - even launching coups when the US preferred candidate does not win. (That's a big reason why Cuba restricts democracy) www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/05/t...
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The US Constitution Prohibits Those “Engaged in Insurrection” From Public Office, So Will Nicaragua’s
Nicaragua’s electoral reforms seek to defend popular sovereignty as Washington intensifies its interference in Latin American elections. Last week I was
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/05/t...
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The Socialist Cost of DSA’s Electoral Strategy
In politics it’s easy to get overzealous when you’ve won something, especially after years of losing. A winning tactic is usually copied in the hopes of a
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/06/t...
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Trump's Plan to Hijack the Mid-Terms and Other News
We are living in a world that increasingly feels unmoored from anything solid as the old system collapses in one area after another.  These 3 stories may
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TIME FOR A NEW BERKLEY FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT? www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/06/t...
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The Great Moving Right Show Goes to College
Long ago, the British Marxist Stuart Hall wrote an enduring article on the triumphs of the British conservatives during Margaret Thatcher’s rule. He did so under the marvelous title “The Great Moving ...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/t...
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The Pentagon’s Secret Budget
News reports that next year’s U.S. military budget will top out at $1.5 trillion if President Donald Trump gets his way are misleading at best. The true
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/05/n...
counterpunch.org
New Reports Show Deadly Side of US anti-Cuban Policies, Amplify Call for Labor Solidarity
“You strangle us for forty years and then criticize us for the way we breathe.”  Cuban leader Fidel Castro was replying to the criticism, now reviving, of
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/10/5/is...
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Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army
We speak with Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro after he was detained at an Israeli military base for seven hours on Friday. Amro, the founder of the Hebron-based group Youth Against Settlem...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/v...
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Venezuela’s Battle for Sovereignty Continues
Underneath the appearance of “normalcy” in the ongoing relationship between Venezuela and the US lies a manifest asymmetry of power. Even commentators
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/10/2/ma...
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“The School That Became a Grave”: Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids
Drop Site News released a major investigation this week into the U.S. bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh children’s school in the Iranian city of Minab on February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli ...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Fearless Speech: Examining myths around the First Amendment
Professor Mary Anne Franks analyzes the persistent myths surrounding the history of free speech in the United States.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
therealnews.com/fernando-cer...
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Fernando Cerimedo: Revealing Trump's election interference in Latin America | Ep. 14
He’s been called “MAGA’s man” in Latin America. And he is at the heart of a shocking scandal that includes “attempted femicide,” election rigging, fake news, and powerful political ties to far-right p...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/t...
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Trump Judges Are Making the Affordability Crisis Worse
With gas prices through the roof, grocery prices higher than ever, interest rates going up, and good jobs harder to find, it’s a challenge for a lot of
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/08/31/i...
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Ecocide in Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/21/a...
theintercept.com
Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation
An Iranian couple seeking refuge in the United States faces a cruel new form of family separation.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/e...
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Elites Have No Plan for Climate Collapse
Bill McGuire, emeritus professor, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, University College London is unique within the scientific community. He claims that
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/22/he...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Delivers Major Foreign Policy Speech Ahead of U.N. General Assembly
Here in New York, Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a major foreign policy speech Monday evening at the historic Riverside Church in Harlem, warning that the rapid rise of wealth inequality around the ...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why people hate the United States. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/22/cu...
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Could Cuba Become a “Silent Gaza”? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to “Asphyxiate” Island: Top Cuban Diplomat
As the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we speak with senior Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who says the Trump administration is seeking to “asphyxiate the people of Cuba...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/22/bi...
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“Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis
Ahead of the midterm elections, activist and writer Bill McKibben says he has been traveling across the United States with Third Act, the environmental group he founded to harness the power of seniors...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
therealnews.com/maga-wants-t...
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MAGA wants to ban his books. Who was Howard Zinn?
Long after his death in 2010, the books and speeches of Howard Zinn are frequently targeted by right-wing critics, MAGA book-bans, and even President Trump. Dave Zirin tells us why the right people fe...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
therealnews.com/far-right-we...
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Trump, Silicon Valley, and the global far right target Brazil’s upcoming elections
With Brazil’s high-stakes elections just around the corner, far-right leaders are weaponizing free speech ‘to erode press freedom,” influence the election results, and “have more control over the publ...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/14/c...
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Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones
Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/18/r...
theintercept.com
Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/18/yo...
democracynow.org
“We Are the 99%”: 15 Years Later, Occupy Wall Street’s Impact Is Still Being Felt
Fifteen years ago this week, thousands of activists marched on the Financial District in New York City. They formed the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, launching a movement focused on ...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/15/ma...
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“The Common Good Economy”: Mariana Mazzucato on Fixing Capitalism
We speak with the economist Mariana Mazzucato, author of the new book The Common Good Economy: A New Compass.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/15/kl...
democracynow.org
“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” eve...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Does trump want to kill us all. He does this and is also trying to dismantle FEMA. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/14/he...
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EPA Set to Repeal Carbon Pollution Standards for Coal and Gas Power Plants
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is poised to formally repeal planet-warming, carbon ​pollution standards for coal and gas power plants. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to announce the...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
looks like Israel is going quickly to the final solution. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/14/he...
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B’tselem: Israel Systematically Dismantling Palestinian Life in Occupied West Bank
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of systematically dismantling the conditions that allow Palestinians in the occupied West ...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/14/sa...
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Trove of Evidence Sheds New Light on How Saudi Intelligence Asset Helped 9/11 Hijackers Before Attack
Did Saudi Arabia play a role in the planning and execution of the September 11 attacks of 2001? That question was raised immediately after the attack, when 15 of the 19 hijackers were revealed to be S...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Establishment Liberals don't like it when the common people become politically active. They called the anti-war protests during Vietnam a "crises of democracy". (too much democracy I guess) theintercept.com/2026/09/13/c...
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Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/10/c...
theintercept.com
Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/11/t...
counterpunch.org
The Imperial Icon: Why Gloria Steinem’s Feminism is Not Mine
What is most puzzling is the refusal by mainstream feminists—some of whom I otherwise admire—to call Steinem out for the CIA-funded counter-insurgency work she directed between 1958 and 1962, which he...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/10/he...
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Israeli Airstrike Flattens Home in Gaza, Killing Family of Four, Including Two Children
In the Gaza Strip, an Israeli airstrike flattened a home in Beit Lahia on Thursday, killing a Palestinian couple and their two daughters, while leaving others wounded or missing under the rubble. Pale...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/10/9_...
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4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars
As part of our weeklong coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the launch of the United States’ so-called war on terror, we take a look at the human, financial and envir...
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/03/a...
theintercept.com
“Board of Peace” Billionaire Backs AIPAC Fund Targeting Pro-Palestine Candidates
Marc Rowan, a Trump appointee overseeing Gaza’s redevelopment, has given $1.5 million to AIPAC’s super PAC this cycle.
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
2. For transgender to be a real thing you would need to have a male brain in a female body or vice versa. but brains are not gendered. www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
cbc.ca
Neuroscientist debunks the myth that the male and female brain are different | CBC Documentaries
‘There's one type of brain — just like there's one type of kidney, one type of heart, one type of lung,’ Lise Eliot says
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think there were plenty of other reasons Massachusetts rejected Seth. ON the subject of trans: 1. Transgender ideology is a real gift to the far right. It's silly and wrong.
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Neuroscientist debunks the myth that the male and female brain are different | CBC Documentaries
‘There's one type of brain — just like there's one type of kidney, one type of heart, one type of lung,’ Lise Eliot says
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Robert Aili @peafrog.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/9/4/tys...
democracynow.org
“They Got Zero Notice”: 2,500 Workers Laid Off as Tyson Foods Shutters Meatpacking Plant in Illinois
Tyson Foods, the United States’ largest meatpacking and processing company, shuttered a beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois, last month, laying off more than 2,500 primarily immigrant workers...
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