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We Will Be Watching: Victory for the DREAM Act

September 21, 2010 By kyledeb 10 Comments

If you haven't heard about the DREAM Act yet I wouldn't be surprised.  The media has largely been focused on the train wreck that is Christine O'Donnell's campaign.  But the mainstream media is missing out on one of the most … [Read more...]

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The Stars Have Aligned: The Time Is Now for the DREAM Act

September 17, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

For those that don't know, the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would give the right to exist to almost a million migrant youth who are American in every sense except for the piece of paper that recognizes them … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Saad Nabeel

September 2, 2010 By kyledeb 2 Comments

My mother and I were denied entrance into Canada and sent back to the USA as if we were common criminals. I was separated from my mother and sent to a detention facility where I was forced to live with 60 men, many of whom were hardened … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo

August 30, 2010 By kyledeb 8 Comments

I came to this country when I was fourteen-years-old from Oaxaca, Mexico.  It was the late nineties and Mexico was, and is still, facing one of the worst socio-economic and political periods in recent history. For my parents - a taxi … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Carlos A Roa, Jr.

August 24, 2010 By kyledeb 1 Comment

There are obstacles in my daily life that make it extraordinarily difficult to pursue a career in architecture.  Fortunately, because of my determination to continue my studies after graduating high school in 2005, I'm currently a … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Selvin Arevalo

August 18, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

Since I came to this country, I have been going to school to learn and enhance my English.   Three years ago, I enrolled with Adult Education in Portland, ME, for my high school diploma.  Finally, in this June 2010, I shall … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Stop Ivan Nikolov’s Deportation

August 11, 2010 By kyledeb 1 Comment

I immigrated to the United States from Russia when I was just 11 years old.  My mother married a U.S. citizen who is the only father I know. I do not remember much about the journey to America, nor did I even know I was undocumented … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: David Cho

August 9, 2010 By kyledeb 2 Comments

My parents brought me to this country when I was only nine years old. I went to school not knowing a single word of English, and I often became my classmates' object of ridicule - many bullies perpetually and ignorantly harassed me. My … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Recap: The Ghost of Virgil Goode Possesses the Republican Party

August 6, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

Last week, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and the nativist organization NumbersUSA were behind a political effort to release an inflammatory memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  The memo was released with the … [Read more...]

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Cambridge, MA Supports the DREAM Act – Where Is Scott Brown?

August 6, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

To watch the other speeches that were delivered that day, including by two members of the Student Immigrant Movement, go to The Bean Media.The community where I live is now about as pro-DREAM Act as it's going to get.  All we need is … [Read more...]

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

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Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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