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NAKASEC immigration help hotline in English and Korean
Found this on the NAKASEC.org website - please share with folks you know who might need it.
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2025-01-15 – Know Your Rights: Immigration in Education Workshop in Montclair, NJ
Big high five to Ruth Delgado who just posted on Bluesky about a workshop in Montclair, NJ on January 15. Here's the description from Latinos of Montclair: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:…
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Always Something We Can Do, 01/10/25 edition
Looking for something practical to do to push back against the currents during this pretty awful week? Here are a few things you might consider. First, call your US congressperson…
Why I deleted Threads (and Instagram)
UPDATE: 01/23/2025: I deleted Instagram, too. This week Meta announced new moderation policies that specifically allow anti-LGBQT rhetoric that was previously disallowed. It's even worse than it sounds: The new…
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Election Day in Virginia! Go vote and help state Ds keep their majority!
Hey, friends in Virginia! The Virginia Democrats just posted a reminder that today is Election Day! TODAY is Election Day for SD-32, SD-10, and HD-26! Let’s elect Kannan Srinivasan &…
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Get the PLANET HULK prose novel (and 13 other Marvel books) in a Humble Bundle benefiting the Hero Initiative!
UPDATE: I just discovered the bundle actually delivers the PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER comic series instead of the PLANET HULK prose novel. I think that's a glitch, since the bundle is…
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Order your free COVID tests from the USPS!
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine just posted a reminder on Bluesky that US residents can get four free COVID tests from the federal government by visiting covidtests.gov or calling 1-800-232-0233.…
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Finally added a real newsletter to this site!
Big news: I've set up a Personal & Political newsletter to accompany this site! I've been thinking about this for a year or two and finally had the time to…
Goodbye to 2024
Well, this was certainly a year. One of the worst in quite a while, particularly with that November finish. But in these last few days of 2024, I'm looking back and giving myself -- and all of us -- credit for what we did or at least tried to do, and for what we're going to do in the months to come. So get ready for some horn tooting, because you and I and all of us deserve it -- toot toot!
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Still time to renew that passport! And if you’re in the DC area, there’s a Legal Gender Marker Clinic on Jan. 3
Just a quick reminder that you can still renew your U.S. passport and ask for it to be expedited and you miiight get it back before the inauguration. Here's the…