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As 'Loyal Agents of Nazis' in GOP Murder Citizens, US Is at 'Turning Point,' Advocates Say
- As hundreds of Minneapolis residents assembled in Whittier Park Saturday evening to demand once again that federal immigration agents leave Minnesota following the second fatal shooting of a legal observer in less than three weeks, one speaker demanded that the gathering must not simply be "another damn vigil." "This is a turning point," said Edwin Torres DeSantiago of the Immigrant Defense Network. He spoke to the ...

Source: commondreams.org
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Democratic senators vow to block DHS funding after latest Minneapolis shooting
- ( The Hill ) — Several Senate Democrats on Saturday came out against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after another deadly shooting by federal authorities in Minneapolis earlier in the day. "Trump's endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on the social platform X . "This brutal crackdown has to ...

Source: wfla.com
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Snow, sleet and power outages: 140m Americans under warnings for major winter storm
- Dangerous weather engulfing large area of country as 16 states plus DC declare states of emergency A powerful winter storm with more than 140 million Americans in its crosshairs started sweeping across much of the US on Saturday, packing heavy snow and sleet as well as freezing rain and causing widespread power outages. Snowfall was already being reported on Saturday morning across parts of the plains, the south ...

Source: theguardian.com