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I’ve held War Criminals accountable. And I’ll do the same in DC.

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  In 1973, Victor Jara – the legendary Chilean folk singer called the "Bob Dylan of Chile" – was tortured and murdered during Pinochet's military coup in a Santiago stadium. And for decades, his killer hid in Florida, protected by distance and denial. Victor Jara's wife, Joan, refused to let the world forget what happened to her husband. She fought for decades for accountability while powerful people tried to protect her husband’s killers. When she came to our law firm, we took the case pro bono. We tracked the officer responsible to Florida. We built the case. A jury found him liable and ordered him to pay $28 million — and he was extradited to Chile to face justice. That fight taught me something: accountability does not arrive on its own, and democracy doesn't survive just because we assume it will.  Now, I'm running for Congress in NH-01, because this moment demands the same relentless pursuit of accountability, and I need your help.  Our next FEC reporti...

Message View ICE crossed state lines to intimidate a poll worker. REPUBLICANS AND CORPORATE MEDIA IGNORE THIS ABUSE!

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    On a primary election day last week in Syracuse, two ICE agents with New Jersey plates walked into a polling place at the Central Library.   They came carrying a folder of printed screenshots and a copy of a poll worker's driver's license, and they demanded she delete her Instagram account. TRACK ICE ABUSE Back in January, Paigelynne Gonyea, posted about Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. She wrote that it would be a great day for him to be indicted.  Calling for someone to face charges through the legal system is protected speech,  but of course, ICE didn’t care.  The agents handed her an unsigned form letter citing federal statutes about threats to assault, kidnap, or murder an officer, as if asking for an indictment were the same as making a threat. So to recap: federal immigration agents traveled across state lines to enter a polling place on election day and intimidated a poll worker over a political post ab...