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Is Ice Trump’s Gestapo?

“Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.”

The words are those of Renee Good’s wife Becca. They cut to our heart – our humanity. She was shot in the face by an ICE agent, who then muttered: “Fuckin’ bitch.” The murder of this 37-year-old mom as she tried to drive around the ICE guys who stopped her is national news, of course. Almost everyone has seen at least one of the many videos of the incident and, you might say, the national dialogue about virtually anything else has been put on hold.

Free Press is committed to documenting the people taken by ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

Gen Z Divorces MAGA

The 2024 Presidential Election was determined by a shocking shift in Generation Z (those of us born between 1997–2012) — a demographic which polling data revealed skewed toward Trump after years of staunch opposition. Gen Z’s shift was created in large part by the influence of social media and emergent technology, more than in any previous election. Podcasts opened a new domain of political conversation and mobilized a generally disengaged voting demographic. This frontier’s inhabitants — my generation (Z) — shifted to a huge six-point plurality for Trump.

Silent candlelight vigil to honor and remember all victims of ICE

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Wednesday, February 11, 6pm
Westerville City Hall,  21 S. State St., Westerville, OH 43081

Please join the Westerville Progressive Alliance in a silent candlelight vigil to honor and remember all victims of ICE.

Meet in front of Westerville City Hall Wednesday, February 11th a little before 6:00 pm. We will have candles or you may bring your own (real or battery-operated). 

Although our location might be noisy, we will gather silently. Brief words will be shared and then we will wordlessly shine our light and be in community with one another.

NO signs, noisemakers or musical instruments, please.

Hawkish Royalist Wins Thailand's Election

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a hawkish royalist who favors Thailand's politically powerful army, won the most seats in Sunday's (Feb. 8) general elections, outmaneuvering his progressive rival who wanted to reform the military and monarchy.

Mr. Anutin's victory is partly a reward for the U.S.-backed military's strong performance against Cambodia during their smoldering border war, which he inherited when became prime minister in September.

Mr. Anutin thanked "all Thais, no matter if you voted for us or not," after his Bhumjaithai (Proud to be Thai) Party's unassailable lead appeared in the vote counting.

When 94 percent of the votes were counted Mr. Anutin's BJT won 193 seats, the People's Party scored 118, the Pheu Thai party took 74, and a new Klatham Party nabbed 58.

The results showed Mr. Anutin's party winning the most seats in parliament's 500-member House of Representatives but not a majority.

In Thailand, if no party scores a majority of at least 251 seats, parliamentarians must agree on a majority coalition and name a prime minister.

The Heart of Darkness

It is not for nothing that most of the world both abhors and condemns Israeli behavior, whether it be measured by the never-ending genocide in Gaza or the similarly driven terrorizing and deportation of the Palestinian population on the West Bank. Israel is intent on taking full control of historic Palestine and is willing to do whatever it takes to bring that about and unfortunately the United States has been its all too often enthusiastic accomplice in that effort. Beyond that, Israel has bombed and otherwise killed its neighbors in Lebanon and Syria while also enticing Washington to join in the effort to attack Iran and bring about regime change in Tehran. Apartheid Israel, which has declared itself legally and ethnically a Jewish state, intends to become that in reality by eliminating all non-Jews from its ever expanding territory and it is willing to do whatever it takes to bring that about.

Tell Congress and Kristi Noem: Free Leqaa Kordia!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Leqaa Kordia needs your help! That is the distress call that came from Leqaa, a 33 y.o. Palestinian legal residence of Petterson, New Jersey, her Legal Team, and her US supporters.
 
Leqaa was arrested on March 13, 2025 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after participating in protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza. She was detained at an immigration meeting in Newark, New Jersey despite being found to present a low risk to public safety. Her legal team argues that her arrest is unconstitutional, citing her pro-Palestinian views and the loss of over 200 relatives during the conflict.

Worst Cupid Ever

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