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His latest protest fits into his activism against war and follows previous arrests for disrupting Senate hearings over Gaza and domestic health crises.
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Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Another serves as the political director for a union and voted on the county's contract with that union.
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