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I came to the United States believing in freedom and democracy — values I hold deeply. But democracy isn’t self-sustaining; it relies on all of us. And today, it needs us more than ever.
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An Immigrant’s Reflection:
Is the America We Believed In Still Here?
A thread on what made this country great—and what threatens it now. Why I still choose to believe, and why we can’t give up.
(1/17)
On Sept 10, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade openly suggested executing homeless people with mental illness. This is language straight out of the Nazi playbook—crimes against humanity in living memory. Yet Kilmeade hasn’t been fired, hasn’t even apologized.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Placing a divisive, racist, xenophobic, and extreme figure who rationalized gun violence and showed hostility toward women in the Capitol Rotunda would be a national disgrace and a permanent stain on history. Come on, we’re better than this.
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump’s the one stitched from history’s darkest egos — with Nero’s flair for chaos and self-worship, turning every crisis into a stage, stirring fire then stepping back as if uninvolved; Henry VIII’s ruthless grip on power, discarding loyalty like spent currency (1/2)
July 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst, when confronted by a voter worried that cutting Medicaid would lead to deaths, casually replied: “Well, we all are going to die.”

So much for those so-called “family values” they love to preach.
Healthcare too expensive? Let the poor die. Problem solved.
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump’s out here posting like he’s been crowned by God Himself, channeling full “divine right of kings” energy.

Did someone dig this nonsense out of the medieval trash heap and hand it a smartphone?
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump’s education secretary McMahon says university research should be legal, compliant, and aligned with the Trump administration’s vision.

This sounds more like a homework check straight out of the Galactic Empire’s playbook from Star Wars.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard until it meets president’s demands
University told by education secretary Linda McMahon research grants and other aid ‘will not be provided’
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
An Immigrant’s Reflection:
Is the America We Believed In Still Here?
A thread on what made this country great—and what threatens it now. Why I still choose to believe, and why we can’t give up.
(1/17)
May 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM