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“Then they came for me . . .”
I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE in Chicago!
“More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since an immigration crackdown started last month in the Chicago area. The Trump administration has also vowed to deploy National Guard troops in its agenda to boost deportations.
“But U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters which pop up daily across neighborhoods in the city of 2.7 million and its many suburbs.”
The Sumud Flotilla began its journey in early September 2025 as part of an international maritime initiative aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza. It started its journey from various ports around the world, including Barcelona, Spain
On October 2, 2025, under the order of Crime Minister Netanyahu, the Israeli pirates intercepted 40 vessels from 44 countries who were carrying humanitarian aid (food, medicine, toys, and baby formula) to the two million Palestinians under siege in Gaza. All 500 members (including 22 US citizens) of the Flotilla were kidnapped by the Israeli pirates.
Prior to the Israeli interception of the Flotilla in international water, the vessels came under attack 9 times.
* 9 bombs were dropped near the vessels.
* 4 vessels were hit.
* 3 sulfur devices landed on board.
* Some vessels were damaged.
* No serious injury.
We begin GREEP Zoom by honoring Loretta Swit, MASH’s “Hot Lips” Houlihan, who has just left us.
We also note that Japan has just gotten its first female Prime Minister, who may also be pro-nuclear, a radioactive Maggie Thatcher.
We then hear from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN who provides a brief leap into levity with an account of Portland’s upcoming “Naked Bike Ride,” being timed to connect with the possible arrival of the National Guard.
Mimi pays tribute to the Trump-appointed Judge Karin Immergut’s ruling that Trump can’t send federal troops wherever he wants. Meanwhile we deal with reports that ICE has been tear-gassing the Chicago Police (!!!).
We also note that the Trump Regime is sending Federal e-mail to fired employees blaming Democrats for the governmental shut-down.
Political activist DOROTHY REIK lauds Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for suing to keep ICE out of his state and describes the horrifying ICE attack on a Chicago apartment building with no warrants.
California’s DR. RUTH STRAUSS opens the door on Larry Ellison buying the American media.
With gabapentin risks back in the news and Trump’s friendship with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla reportedly behind new drug pricing agreements, it’s time to revisit questions about the drug, the company and its misleading marketing.
Two Neurontin Widows
After years of silence, two women who say their doctor husbands died from taking Neurontin (gabapentin) spoke out.
What began as something personal and private in their lives became a call for social justice, awareness and protecting the health and safety of others both women, Debbie Alsberge and Robin Briggs, told a reporter.
Another day, another Israeli massacre in South Lebanon. Hassan Atwi and his wife Zainab Raslan were killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on October 6, 2025. The strike targeted their car in the village of Zabdin, near Nabatiyeh, according to Dearborn.org-News & media website.
Hassan Atwi, who is an engineer, was reportedly blinded in a pager blast last year and his wife lost her right hand. The couple had two sons who were killed during the 2023-24 Israel air bombing campaign of Lebanon.
The Lebanese health ministry also reported Monday's attack and confirmed, "two people were killed and one wounded when an Israeli drone strike targeted a car on the Zebdin road in the Nabatiyeh district" of southern Lebanon, reported the New Arab Staff and Agencies on October 6.
Over 4,000 people were killed in Israel's attacks in Lebanon since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement was signed.
