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For many of his followers, the booking photo has morphed into a kind of badge of honor, emblematic of Trump’s narrative of political persecution.—
Jamel Valencia,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Although the refugee program has historically enjoyed bipartisan support and has resettled more than 3 million refugees fleeing persecution since 1980, Trump has long portrayed it as a security vulnerability and a strain on communities.—
Chris Kenning,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, of whom more than 300 allege suffering beatings, torture and other ill-treatment at the hands of law enforcement, according to Amnesty International.—
Elizabeth McBride,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Five New Yorkers have been charged with murder in the death of a missing 24-year-old trans man, whose body was found left in a field after enduring months of torture and abuse, according to New York State Police.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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The attack occurred without any provocation and the victim had never seen the assailant before, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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That’s impossible to say, in part because business leaders haven’t been out in front of Trump’s tariff policy in any broadly public way, and because no one can be sure why Trump had decided to impose steep tariffs on America’s most important trading partners without provocation.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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