Alejandro Rodriguez
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Alejandro Rodriguez
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Everyone that didn't vote Trump failed Trump, and failing Trump is something we all should do wherever possible, so the math still checks out. Regardless, it's not that you failed Kamala if you didn't vote for her, she'll be fine, you failed the people whose harm is increased by the Trump presidency
December 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Even if you were to believe this self-serving narrative, it'd still be the case that more people suffer when more Republicans are in power. So the right thing to do is to still do your best to prevent that from happening (which in many situations does mean getting Democrats elected)
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by Alejandro Rodriguez
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM