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Spiritual director, coordinator of The Welcome Table LGBTQ community, ordinary citizen protesting illegal, unconstitutional, & unethical actions by the Trump administration.

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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.7 On Friday the admin announced it is refusing to spend..1 billion Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people, which the GAO says is illegal. Saturday Trump used taxpayer $ for his own vanity ads. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Analysis: Trump stirs new storm by posing as strongman in taxpayer-funded video | CNN Politics
It’s Donald Trump as he wants America to see him.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.6 “No child should be expected to face our immigration system alone.” www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
ncronline.org
One child facing immigration court alone is too many
The church's preferential option for the poor and vulnerable implores each of us to pay particular attention to people with the least influence over the very institutions that shape their lives.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.5 Bishop Seitz: "Jesus says, 'Let the children come to me' He does not add 'unless their parents are undocumented'..We need to open our schools & parish halls to frightened families, to stand beside them in courtrooms & detention center[s]" www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
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The children on the border are speaking. Are we listening?
When Jesus says, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them," he attaches no condition. He does not add "unless their parents are undocumented," or "provided they were born to citizens."
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.4 Cardinal McElroy: Americans can no longer 'pass on by,' ignoring how US is treating immigrants "We must seek to convert our political representatives from tolerating this evil or replace them" www.ncronline.org/news/mcelroy...
ncronline.org
McElroy: Americans can no longer 'pass on by,' ignoring how US is treating immigrants
Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government's mass deportation policy, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy sa...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.3 Data center boom/Catholic concerns "Companies should bear more of the costs associated w expanding the electricity infrastructure necessary to serve them. 'They need to..pay for the full upgrade of the grid..That should not be spread across citizens.'" www.ncronline.org/news/data-ce...
ncronline.org
Data center boom puts water, power costs and Catholic concerns on the ballot
As the artificial intelligence boom drives a rapid expansion of data centers across the United States, server facilities are becoming an increasingly visible issue in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531.2 400 cities/towns have canceled Flock contracts. Join the fight! noalprs.com/election-too... sassisouth.org/projects/ven... act.aclu.org/a/2026-septe...
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ACLU People Power September Action Call: Get the Flock Out
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 531 Wilber was delivering for DoorDash, was shot by ICE & detained; the 2nd driver victimized by ICE (another driver was murdered). The company has said nothing. Tell them what you think of their silence. CEO tony.xu@doordash.com COO prabir.adarkar@doordash.com Help Wilber www.paypal.com/donate
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Day 530 Must watch... youtu.be/ayWiE_gL9mU
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day 527 CA Rep sheriff took 650,000+ ballots..CA Sup Crt ordered him to return them “Allowing law enforcemt unfettered access to ballots..the ability to handle & count them in secret, based on unregulated protocols..creates substantial risk to election integrity” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry
Court says Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and seizure of ballots ‘creates substantial risk to election integrity’
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day 526.6 Trump is coming to Medinah golf course; come protest this weekend!
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 526.5 Webinar 9/29: Experts will examine how the mass deportation campaign in the US is affecting children/families & discuss ways the Catholic community can accompany & support those facing separation. Speaker Michael Pham, Bishop of San Diego cmsny.org/event/wdmr-2...
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The Impact of Mass Deportations on Children and Families - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)
Join us on September 29, 2026, from 1:00–2:00 pm ET, for this webinar presented by the Catholic Immigrant Prophetic Action Project (Catholic IMMpact) in observance of the World Day of Migrants and Ref...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 526.4 The Trump admin has proposed a change to the U.S. census that would not count people who do not have legal immigration status and expand the types of data the gov't collects about race/ethnicity. Millions of U.S. residents would be left off the IL census. www.msn.com/en-us/genera...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 526.3 Trump expelling asylum seekers to corrupt countries who send them back into danger “..diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Appeals court says Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy is unlawful
The decision marks a major setback for the administration, which has removed tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrants to countries where they are not citizens.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 526.2 150 Catholic priests & friars, a bishop & nuns from around the world marched to the Vatican to call for an end to the "genocide" in Gaza. The protesters carried a banner bearing the names of 300 children who died during Israel’s war in Gaza. www.ncronline.org/news/priests...
ncronline.org
Priests, nuns march to Vatican to demand end to 'genocide' in Gaza
Some 150 Catholic priests and friars, a bishop and nuns from around the world marched to the Vatican and prayed Tuesday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica to call for an end to what they called the 'gen...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 526 Millionaire Gov of IL reminds Trump that IL hasn't forgotten Midway Blitz. ICE perpetrators will be prosecuted, law upheld. youtube.com/shorts/Tdp6o...
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The Governor Coming After Trump
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Day 525.4 A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Winnfield Correctional Center in LA, according to ICE. Marchena is the 55th person to die in ICE custody during the second Trump admin. abcnews.com/US/costa-ric...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Day 525.3 www.ncronline.org/news/calif-c...
ncronline.org
Calif. Catholics, local police show solidarity with immigrants in Fatima processions
Nearly 1,000 Catholics processed behind a statue of Our Lady of Fatima and a banner that read, "Pray the Rosary, Walk in Faith, Protect our Families," to show support for immigrants in San Jose, Calif...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Day 525.2 “..the UN was created as an act of defiance. The defiance of people who refuse to surrender the future to fear..against the self-defeating notion that might makes right..of countries that know our futures are bound together..The defiance of hope.” gadebate.un.org/sites/defaul...
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António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at meeting entitled "The Road Ahead: One Year After the New York Declaration"
Remarks at high-level meeting on the two-state solution entitled "The Road Ahead: One Year After the New York Declaration" by United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Day 525 A traveling bookmobile with printed copies of the Epstein files looks to keep the alleged sex trafficker’s crimes and association with Trump in the public consciousness. blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/22/t...
blockclubchicago.org
'Trump-Epstein Bookmobile' Coming To Andersonville Wednesday With President Set To Visit Area
A traveling bookmobile with printed copies of the Epstein files looks to keep the alleged sex trafficker's crimes and association with Trump in the public consciousness.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Day 524.2 Amina Seck was supposed to be travelling with her teammates at Kentucky State, but instead, the NCAA basketball player has spent weeks in immigration custody. sports.yahoo.com/articles/def...
sports.yahoo.com
Defense Attorney Issues Statement After NCAA Player With ACL Injury Is Detained by ICE
Amina Seck was supposed to be travelling with her teammates at Kentucky State, but instead, the NCAA basketball player has spent weeks in immigration custody. Now, her attorney has raised questions ab...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Day 524 ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas
Anti-ICE protesters gather and demand transparency at site where 28-year-old was shot in torso
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Day 523 www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
cbsnews.com
Senior Israeli official calls for killing of "30 to 40" people in Gaza every night: "They're not even people"
Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calls for nightly "targeted assassinations" in Gaza: "They're not even people."
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Day 522.3 James Talarico says he “wish[es] the government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men trying to work clip” www.instagram.com/reels/DdZpKG...
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The Bulwark on Instagram: "James Talarico: "I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m.""
3,147 likes, 55 comments - bulwarkonline on September 17, 2026: "James Talarico: "I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m."".
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Day 522.2 New tool from 5 Calls: 5calls.org/midterms One action per week up until the election that will take you 5 minutes or less to complete. 5calls.org/midterms/
5calls.org
5 Minute Midterms ⭑ 5 Calls
Five minutes a week. Protect your vote.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Day 522 A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that DHS may no longer issue a "warning notice" — threatening prosecution against a U.S. citizen — for criticizing ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US judge blocks DHS from threatening prosecution against man who criticized ICE
David Streever was issued a ‘warning notice’ after sending an email critical of ICE to the agency’s director in January
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Day 521.6 Hackers ripped down a Flock camera, made a copy of the data in it, revealing how exactly the cameras track the movements of both vehicles & people. www.wired.com/story/hacker...
wired.com
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Day 521.5 Martin was taken by ICE in Feb, led the Delaney Hall hunger/labor strike, & is now in solitary at Elizabeth Det Center, his health sharply deteriorating. Write him in Spanish: Martin Alonso Soto Hernandez A-245761808 Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility 625 Evans St Elizabeth, NJ 01201
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Day 521.4 Trump admin is quietly dismantling the division of the NIH which runs fed research on infectious & immune diseases, giving the public just 5 days notice. The comment window opened 9/9 & closes this Fri. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Outrage greets NIH pact that could funnel biodefense research funds to Pentagon
NIH director defends interagency plan as “100% aligned with our public health mission”
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Day 521.2 This year judges have ruled that the Trump admin has deported 170+ people in violation of court orders, in defiance of legally mandated due process protections, or to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture & persecution. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Illegal deportations spike under Trump's ICE push
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Day 521 "Delays and redactions [of gov't documents] pile on to the many other intentional ways immigrants are being deprived of due process in immigration court" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
nytimes.com
Immigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status (Gift Article)
Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Day 520.4 9/17 at 8pm ET: Election Protection 101 training to learn how you to defend the vote via local polling place election protection, how to spot potential voter suppression issues & what to do when you see them. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
mobilize.us
No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 101 · No Kings
Join the No Kings coalition for this call to learn how you can take action wherever you are to protect our elections this fall. We’ll cover how to get out the vote, the importance of voting early, pol...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Day 520.3 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night rejected the Trump administration’s effort to implement new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot restrictions for the midterm elections, keeping in place a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the new USPS rule. www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
lawdork.com
Breaking: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin’s request to enforce new USPS mail ballot restrictions
The brief order denying DOJ’s request for a stay of a lower court order blocking the rule only prompted noted dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Day 520.2 DHS agents have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records, misrepresenting themselves as voters on state election agency websites while checking people’s registration & voting records, an anonymous federal whistleblower disclosed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Day 520 Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish destination wedding was bankrolled by a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, ProPublica reported Monday. newrepublic.com/post/215371/...
newrepublic.com
The Terrifying Person Who Bankrolled Trump Jr.’s Wedding
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, which he described as attended by “just really close friends,” was thanks to an ally of Vladimir Putin.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Day 519.4 substack.com/@jesscraven1...
substack.com
Jess Craven (@jesscraven101)
Want to see what real faith and courage look like? Look no further than Williston, VT, where faith leaders put their bodies on the line to protest ICE’s cruelty. Thanks to photographer Nathaniel Madd...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Day 519.3 www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Mamdani creates office to help private-sector workers organize
The Mayor’s Office of Worker Power will provide resources and networking for employees to unionize and improve their workplace.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Day 519.2 The Jimmy Kimmel interview with James Talarico that Trump’s FCC tried to suppress now has 8.5 MILLION views on YouTube. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Day 519 House speaker Johnson told attendees at Trump’s convention in Dallas on Thursday: “We cannot and will not allow them to take the majority in the Congress. We’re not gonna do it.” The final battle for democracy: newrepublic.com/article/2151...
newrepublic.com
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 518.5 allpoetry.com/poem/1432718...
allpoetry.com
The Names by Billy Collins
Read the full text of Billy Collins's classic poem "The Names." Explore poetic themes, analysis, and share your own critique with a community of fellow poets.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 518.4 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops & CLINIC have petitioned the Supreme Court in favor of stronger due process rights for noncitizens who are facing deportation proceedings. They also argue against indefinite detention without judicial review www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/us-...
ewtnnews.com
U.S. bishops urge Supreme Court to rule against indefinite detention of noncitizens
The bishops argue that strong due process protections are consistent with American principles and good governance in accordance with Catholic teaching.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 518.3 prospect.org/2026/05/07/i...
prospect.org
ICE Wants to Reopen the Crumbling Federal Prison Dubbed ‘Rape Club’ - The American Prospect
The infamous prison was closed two years ago following revelations of rampant sexual abuse.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 518.2 Sign up to be a poll worker: www.powerthepolls.org Sign up to be a poll watcher: protectthevote.net Sign up to give rides to the polls: rideshare2vote.com Sign up for a dance party at the polls: whenweallvote.org/party/
powerthepolls.org
Power the Polls
Poll workers power democracy. We help recruit them! Sign up now to make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all!
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 518 Donald Trump is offering $5,000 to voters to get them to support Republicans in the midterms. It’s a felony under U.S. Code 52 section 10307 to offer voters anything in exchange for their vote. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/chop-wood-...
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
Chop Wood, Carry Water 9/11
With actions on → Trump’s $5,000 bribe / the FCC and Jimmy Kimmel / Trump’s corruption/ Checking our voter registration / Helping Democrats win in Michigan / and amplifying high gas prices EVERYWHERE!
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Day 517.2
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 517.2 The basic American policy response to 9/11 should have been to liberate ourselves from fossil fuels. Without our dependence on oil, we would never have been entangled in the Middle East in the first place. snyder.substack.com/p/helping-th...
snyder.substack.com
Helping the Terrorists to Win
A Quarter Century after 9/11
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 517 Please help shut down Moshannon Valley Detention Center in PA. Operated by private prison giant GEO Group it holds 1,300+ people. www.change.org/p/shut-down-...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Shut Down the Moshannon ICE Detention Center in Pennsylvania
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 516.3 Register to vote and/or check your voter registration vote.org
vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 516.2 Federal immigration officials quietly received permission from a federal judge to force-feed a Cuban hunger striker inside a Texas detention center, including with the use of a rare, non-consensual surgical procedure, court records reveal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 516 WARNING Musk’s “votesafe.org” collects user's full name, address, date of birth, email, cell #, IP address & location, every link clicked, every page looked at, voter registration status. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 8, 2026
On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ...
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting @thewelcometable.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Day 515.3 blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/08/c...
blockclubchicago.org
Chicago-Area Businesses Lost $1.2 Billion Because Of Immigration Crackdown, Report Says
Border Patrol's Operation Midway Blitz and ICE arrests discouraged Cook County shoppers from spending money, according to a new UIC report.
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