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We need to keep the pressure on Citizens Bank for financing private prisons and ICE detention centers when nearly every other major bank has cut ties. As CoreCivic and GEO Group expand under Trump’s mass detention agenda, Citizens is deepening its support—profiting from institutions accused of forced labor, abuse, and fraud.
Thanks to all of you who signed the petition or wrote to the Citizens CEO. (You can still do those actions.)
This week, please send an email to your local Citzens branch manager using our template as a model. They will pass the concerns they receive up the hierarchy.
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Protect state-level AI regulation, protect children.
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House Republicans have tried twice to ban all state-level AI regulation. Now Trump is preparing an executive order that would preempt state regulations and direct federal agencies to sue or withhold funds from states that enforce their own AI laws.
This comes as real-world harms from unregulated AI are mounting. According to a new investigation by CBS News, the chatbot platform Character AI reportedly engages in “predatory” behavior — including sending repeated sexual content to minors, failing to respond when a teen expressed suicidal thoughts, and contributing to at least one suicide. Other AI platforms have also been linked to suicides and exposing minors to inappropriate content.
More than 30 states have enacted laws to guard against these kinds of risks — from deepfakes and manipulative chatbots to unsafe data practices. A federal preemption would erase those protections and hand Big Tech unchecked power to experiment on vulnerable people.
Tell Congress to leave state-level AI safeguards in place.
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Thursday, December 11, 3:00–4:00pm | Concord Center stand-out, Monument Square. Bring a sign and/or flag! We’ll have our lawn signs, buttons and magnets available! All are welcome — from Concord and beyond.
Thursday, December 18, 4:00–5:00pm | “On The Way” immigration justice art installation and vigil, First Parish in Concord. Join the First Parish Immigration Justice Task Force, local religious leaders, and community partners for prayers, singing and solidarity as we make public our support for our immigrant neighbors. “On The Way” is an art installation that uses road signs to parallel our current immigration injustices with Mary, Joseph, and Jesus’s search for refuge in a foreign land.
Monday, December 22 – Wednesday, December 24, 9–10pm | Let them know it’s Christmastime at ICE! Caroling and yuletide readings. Info and Signup
Fridays 1:30–3pm (until further notice) | De-ICE Hanscom standout. Join us!
For info: Facebook Group | Sign up for newsletter
Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 11am–1pm | Bearing Witness to ICE, Burlington.
Stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office. Together, we can show love and support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.
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‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom.
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Department of
Schadenfreude
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Trump is furious over ‘bullsh*t’ media coverage about his age, mental decline.
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Trump’s own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud, records reveal.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin launches investigation into Trump, ‘60 Minutes’ interview edit.
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