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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 4w ago
"One Betrayal After Another": 9/11 Widow Blasts U.S. Cover-Up of Saudi Role in Attacks http://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/14/9_11_memorial #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
“One Betrayal After Another”: 9/11 Widow Blasts U.S. Cover-Up of Saudi Role in Attacks
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“One Betrayal After Another”: 9/11 Widow Blasts U.S. Cover-Up of Saudi Role in Attacks

A quarter-century after the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, a group of victims’ families is continuing a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia to hold the kingdom accountable for any role it played in the planning and execution of the plot. While the Saudi government has always denied advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, 15 of the 19 plane hijackers were Saudi citizens, including some with connections to Saudi officials and intelligence assets in the United St

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 2mo ago
"Fire Climate": Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/6/spokane_fires #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
“Fire Climate”: Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control
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“Fire Climate”: Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control

The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years. Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destructive across the western United States. “The homes, the communities, they’re just not simply prepared for fire,” says Paul Hessburg, former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington. Hessburg walks us through the hi

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 2mo ago
"Zero Accountability": Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/31/ecuador_boat_strikes_prosecutor_killed #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
“Zero Accountability”: Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes
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“Zero Accountability”: Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes

U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has provided no evidence linking the vessels or their passengers to drug trafficking. Ecuadorian prosecutor Alexandra Bravo was fatally shot on June 14 by a hitman in the city of Manta. Bravo had been investigating U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats in which 36 passengers survived, many of them recounting alleged torture by American gunmen in U.S. militar

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 2mo ago
Berlin's Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/28/berlin_pride_attack #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
Berlin’s Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration
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Berlin’s Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration

A man drove a minivan into a crowd of people near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 29 others. Authorities shot and killed the man during an operation on Sunday. The alleged suspect was identified as Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen. According to authorities, Ballout tried to join the Islamic State in 2025 and was released from prison in May after being jailed for preparing an attack. “The far right here in Germany is, of course, waiting for an a

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 2mo ago
Victor Salgado Araujo Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/16/brother_of_lorenzo_salgado_araujo_shooting #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
He Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. Now He’s Detained and Facing Deportation
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He Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. Now He’s Detained and Facing Deportation

After ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, last week, they quickly arrested three witnesses: the other men that the 52-year-old father of three was driving to work. The three men, including Salgado Araujo’s younger brother Victor, are now being detained by ICE and threatened with deportation. “There is a Trump militia roaming our streets, our towns, our cities, killing people regardless of immigration status with absolutely no accountability. … They are either not

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 3mo ago
U.S. Plans "Illegal Embassy" in Jerusalem on Land Stolen from Palestinian Families: Rashid Khalidi http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/13/jerusalem_emb #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
U.S. Plans “Illegal Embassy” in Jerusalem on Land Stolen from Palestinian Families: Rashid Khalidi
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U.S. Plans “Illegal Embassy” in Jerusalem on Land Stolen from Palestinian Families: Rashid Khalidi

The United States and Israel earlier this month signed a deal allocating land for a permanent U.S. Embassy in West Jerusalem — years after a temporary embassy was established during Trump’s first term in office. Palestinian families have pleaded with the U.S. government to reconsider the embassy’s planned location, saying the site in the area known as the Allenby compound was unlawfully taken from them decades ago. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 8mo ago
ICE "Wartime" Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging http://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/ice_recruitment_push #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging
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ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging

As outrage grows across the country over the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota, we speak with reporter Drew Harwell, who recently reported on the government’s effort to hire thousands more ICE agents. According to an internal strategy document uncovered by The Washington Post, the federal government plans to spend $100 million over a one-year period in a “wartime recruitment” push, including online targeting of UFC fans, gun-rights supporters, military enthusiasts

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 8mo ago
Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem's Impeachment http://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/ilhan_omar_attack #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem’s Impeachment
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem’s Impeachment

Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown liquid Tuesday during a town hall event in Minneapolis. Omar has long been a favorite target of President Donald Trump and his supporters, and the attack on her comes just days after Florida Congressmember Maxwell Frost was punched by a Trump supporter while attending the Sundance Film Festival. “It’s truly heartbreaking, this moment we find ourselves in,” Omar said when she resumed her remarks, discussing the Trump administration’s

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 8mo ago
Headlines for January 28, 2026 http://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/headlines #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
Headlines for January 28, 2026
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Headlines for January 28, 2026

Congressmember Ilhan Omar Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis; CBP Report: Two Federal Officials Fired Weapons at Alex Pretti in Fatal Shooting; Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin from Deporting Liam Ramos and His Father; 5-Year-Old Girl Deported to Honduras Despite Being U.S. Citizen; Dozens of Anti-ICE Protesters Arrested in Manhattan After Occupying Lobby of Hilton Hotel; ICE Agents to Join U.S. Delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy; CNN: Trump Admin Planning to Establish a CI

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Verdant Square Network @verdantsquare@mastodon.world
· 8mo ago
"The Border Is the Entire Country": How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities http://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/border_todd_miller #leftist #progressivenews #left #DemocracyNow #VSN
“The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities
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“The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities

As President Trump shakes up the leadership of his immigration crackdown in Minnesota following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, we examine the expanding role of the agency in interior enforcement. Independent journalist Todd Miller says the Trump administration’s immigration operations in U.S. cities are an “extension” of “policies and practices that we’ve been seeing in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands now for decades,” characterizing Border Patrol culture as one of ram

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