His family were not notified for hours that he had been hospitalized and were denied a chance to see him. His family learned what happened through social media. After seeing a video of him screaming in pain, they recognized him from his voice. They call for an investigation.
The victim was identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. ICE agents claim he attempted to ram them with his vehicle, but that account has been met with skepticism by the public, who point to past instances in which ICE have brazenly lied to justify the use of force and killings.
ICE agents shot and killed an unarmed civilian in Houston, Texas. The victim was a construction worker, a father of three US citizens, had lived in the US for 35 years and was applying for a work permit. He panicked and tried to flee when he mistook masked, armed ICE agents for thieves.
The Wikipedia entry for Rafah, a city bigger than Limerick, is now in the past tense.
It is gone. Not a single building left intact.
An entire city erased by Israel.
They are the Nazis of today.
The federal government’s proposed “Defence, Security and Resilience Bank” sounds technocratic and reassuring. It’s not. This is an international war bank that:
- Doubles down on militarizing our economy
- Sidesteps transparency and public scrutiny
- Requires massive cuts to the public services that actually keep us safe
Canada needs a modern and well-equipped military. But we do not need a war bank that will further enrich weapons contractors, especially American ones, that profit from death, destruction, and global instability.
See my full statement here: https://t.co/5VpBjD9BbV
Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.
⚠️The Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza had been organizing public screenings of World Cup matches for displaced families across the Strip. About an hour before today’s Egypt-Argentina match, Israel killed the committee’s public relations director in a strike on his vehicle. Two others, including a child, were also killed.
Last year, Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump & paid its CEO $96 million.
This year, it’s raising the price of an Xbox by $150 & eliminating 3,200 jobs.
Please don’t tell me corporate tax breaks create jobs. It never trickles down.