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Peter Sabonis @psabonis

Public Interest Lawyer, Director of Human Rts Development @ Partners for Dignity and Rights, #RedSox #Bruins #Celtics #HumanRights

Joined December 2009
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With a to-date net income of 14.4 billion @xfinitysupport won't carry one of the original three TV networks, ABC, because it says owner Scripps' demands would increase the price I pay? No NBA, NFL, SEC football, and Stanley Cup finals because @xfinity can't afford it? #bullshitt
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Trying to imitate the same trickery done here in our latest Presidential election, but to no avail. theguardian.com/world/2025/f…

Brazil mayor was shot in ‘fake attack’ for election boost – but still lost in landslide

José Aprígio da Silva was seriously hurt in October by assailants with assault rifles but police say it was faked

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The rt. wing assault on political and economic #HumanRights calls for a re-imagined federalism, where states use their own power to bind themselves to an alternative agenda and structure. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-s…

How States Can Link Up to Support Human Rights | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering...

In 2025, the right largely controls the federal government. State powers offer the means to enact an alternative, progressive agenda.

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Perhaps I just didn't understand that World Kitchen workers, Doctors, Nurses, Children and Infants are , in fact, actually #HamasTerrorists. Forgive me, #Israel. As Job said, "U R the People, wisdom will die with you." nbcnews.com/news/world/world…

Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers in Gaza, World Central Kitchen halts operations

As the incident drew global outrage, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his country’s forces had “unintentionally hit innocent people” in the Gaza Strip.

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What we @Partner4Dignity are watching today: #Chicago vote on taxing high-end real estate to house those with none. Voters can follow examples set by LA, Baltimore, Suffolk Co. to #BringChicagoHome! @BringChiHome
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Great piece by Emily Stewart @voxdotcom , a go-to person on economics, about #AaronRodgers. It it any wonder he ha$ played for played for team$ with green color$? vox.com/2024/1/12/24035934/a…

Seriously, what is Aaron Rodgers’s deal?

Aaron Rodgers, explained for sports fans and non-sports fans alike.

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BREAKING: @MayorFrey, @AGEllison, State and city elected officials are standing with construction workers, calling developers to join the Building Dignity and Respect Program & ensure labor protections on their job sites. #BuildingDignityAndRespect #TheseHandsBuildTheCity
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#Johannesburg tragedy Illustrative of housing dynamics across the world. An encampment which happened to be a high rise, run by predators emulating corporate landlords and slumlords, and a government that ignores its own constitutional right to housing. npr.org/2023/09/01/119720589…

With Johannesburg's building fire, the misery of gang-hijacked towers comes into focus

People desperate for housing in a country with sky-high unemployment have taken to squatting in squalid conditions in former office buildings that are rented out by criminal gangs.

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Can We Build the Movement Journalism Infrastructure That We Need? nonprofitquarterly.org/can-w… via @npquarterly. Kudos @JohnDuda

Can We Build the Movement Journalism Infrastructure That We Need? | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic...

Support for local journalism is vital. But there is a similar need for philanthropy to invest in creating the journalism ecosystem that national social movements need.

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Not a surprise, but that's more than the GDP of all but 5 countries. taxjustice.net/press/world-t…

World to lose $4.8 trillion to tax havens over next decade unless UN tax convention adopted,...

CORRECTION – 23 August 2023: Due to a coding error, some data on 10 small jurisdictions was left out of the report’s tally on tax losses arising from global tax abuse. These jurisdictions are...

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"The long and variable lag, that leads from J. Powell's door, will never disappear, I've seen that road before It always leads me here, lead me to you door." @kairyssdal and marketplace.org
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Nicole Fabricant@nikifab77
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New report finds most US kale samples contain ‘disturbing’ levels of ‘forever chemicals’ theguardian.com/environment/…

New report finds most US kale samples contain ‘disturbing’ levels of ‘forever chemicals’

PFAS was found in seven of eight samples bought at US stores, with organic kale containing higher levels of the toxic compounds

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Follow the #plastics. Between the Indiana recycling plant fire and the Ohio toxic train derailment, #Biden needs to disregard industry lobbying and address the dangers of plastics. levernews.com/as-the-midwest…
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Bank makes vows when merging. Breaks up two years later. Vows? Annulled. Maybe #Christendom ain't dead. @FDIC = #CatholicChurch ? levernews.com/regulators-sti…
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Time 4 #baltimore to bank its greatest asset: land. #FairDevelopment @MayorBMScott @Smith4Delegate @jemillerbalt thebaltimorebanner.com/opini…

Commentary: Baltimore land bank can boost community investment

Baltimore needs to establish a Land Bank Authority to bring more investment to underserved neighborhoods, says Krystle Okafor, director of policy and planning at SHARE Baltimore.

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"It's cruel, heartless and sad..." Bait and Evict in aciton, washingtonpost.com/business/…
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The "grand bargain" that created #WorkersComp has now become the object in #workers mirrors that is more far away than it appears. minnlawyer.com/2023/04/05/at…

Hotel employee attacked denied workers' compensation – Minnesota Lawyer

An employee intentionally attacked on the job for personal reasons is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.

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So, @federalreserve doesn't care HOW we get to economic slowdown, but that we get there? Perhaps #economics is not a social SCIENCE? washingtonpost.com/business/…

Fighting inflation, rescuing banks: The Fed’s sprawling jobs collide

The central bank must plot its next interest rate move while the financial system remains unsettled.

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Plenty have emerged, but none financed. x.com/jemillerbalt/status/16…

Jayne Miller@jemillerbalt
21 Mar 2023
Caught the MARC at the West Baltimore stop to go to DC. Still standing next to it is the long abandoned ice factory. Disappointing no redevelopment plan has ever emerged using the train station as its anchor for housing and other amenities East-west transit link would help
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Jayne Miller@jemillerbalt
21 Mar 2023
Caught the MARC at the West Baltimore stop to go to DC. Still standing next to it is the long abandoned ice factory. Disappointing no redevelopment plan has ever emerged using the train station as its anchor for housing and other amenities East-west transit link would help
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