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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Last
week’s ICE agent murder of Minnesota woman Renee Good continues to have
ramifications across the US. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Protests
in cities around the country this weekend brought out thousands from the
freezing temperatures of Minneapolis to warmer Los Angeles. A year plus of
mounting anger against the brutality of American immigration enforcement
is erupting in the streets. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">President
Donald Trump and his administration have tried to put fault on people
obstructing and interfering with ICE for the agency’s violence, but that
excuse is wearing thin. And conservative allies in the media are spinning
the death as the result of a domestic left-wing insurgency. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">But
it’s not clear that’s going to work this time. Anger at the administration
is already at a high and Trump’s political capital is waning. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Whether
that matters or not for a president who’s made clear he is uninterested in
dissent is yet to be determined. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">“Like
people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for
ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road
trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the
windows to pass the time and the miles.”—Becca Good, wife of Renee
Good</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>(</SPAN><A
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rel="" target=_blank>the New Republic</A><SPAN>) (</SPAN><A
style="COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="https://substack.com/redirect/8eb6ed79-6aa5-457b-a683-67b87d4d743c?j=eyJ1IjoiNmt4bXlxIn0.udC0DBtJXyZNpMwShZCd-uAoWkguQPOShGIcBFETULg"
rel="" target=_blank>the New York Times</A><SPAN>) (</SPAN><A
style="COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="https://substack.com/redirect/6665d5b5-9d45-48ea-bc06-ef9f039a971f?j=eyJ1IjoiNmt4bXlxIn0.udC0DBtJXyZNpMwShZCd-uAoWkguQPOShGIcBFETULg"
rel="" target=_blank>the Flashpoint</A><SPAN>)</SPAN></P>
<H3
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other news</B></H3>
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Tehran</B></I></P>
<P
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in Iran have continued as the country appears to be nearing a boiling
point. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Iranians,
angry at the government mainly over the economy, have been demonstrating
for nearly three weeks. The protests have targeted government buildings
and many in the crowds are demanding change. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">In
response, Iranian authorities have moved to shut down the country’s
internet and there are reports that hundreds of demonstrators have been
killed by security services. The US is warning it may take military
action, fueling the unrest. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">“I
don’t think Iran is going to be free of protests going forward. Blood has
been shed. People are very angry. And the Islamic Republic really has no
way in which it could either improve the economic situation or their
security issues or address their other grievances.”—Vali Nasr, Johns
Hopkins University Professor of international affairs and Middle East
studies </P>
<P
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rel="" target=_blank>Al Jazeera</A><SPAN>) (</SPAN><A
style="COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="https://substack.com/redirect/b415882e-f3c9-4bfb-b0e1-985aac24603e?j=eyJ1IjoiNmt4bXlxIn0.udC0DBtJXyZNpMwShZCd-uAoWkguQPOShGIcBFETULg"
rel="" target=_blank>the Washington Post</A><SPAN>)</SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><I><B>Eye
out</B></I></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">The
UK is looking for a reset on Brexit, but Europe is wary. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Any
future agreement would require a so-called “Farage clause,” named for far
right leader Nigel who has been an opponent of reconciliation with the EU.
British interests want a more easy economic relationship with the union.
</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Under
the proposal, the UK would pay a heavy fine if the agreement was
reversed—if, for example, Farage became Prime Minister. Farage called the
proposal, if signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, “a democratic
outrage.”</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">“Exit
provisions are a basic staple of any international trade agreement.
Pretending these routine legal contingencies constitute a democratic
outrage is frankly exhausting.”—an official with Britain’s Labour
Party</P>
<P
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rel="" target=_blank>Irish Times</A><SPAN>) (</SPAN><A
style="COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="https://substack.com/redirect/594cd91e-1466-44ca-a422-86e2587f6422?j=eyJ1IjoiNmt4bXlxIn0.udC0DBtJXyZNpMwShZCd-uAoWkguQPOShGIcBFETULg"
rel="" target=_blank>Financial Times</A><SPAN>) </SPAN></P>
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companies like Amazon, Spotify, and Salesforce are making millions from
Trump’s deportation machine.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Spotify
is running ads to hire ICE agents. Amazon and Palantir are powering
databases to track families, while Salesforce is offering hiring tools
to add 10,000 new ICE agents. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">These
contracts exist because they’re lucrative. But massive public backlash
from customers, the public, and shareholders can turn them into a
liability. Some CEOs are already retreating—and together we can force
the rest to follow.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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deportations!</SPAN></A></P>
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