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Why is Trump OK with deporting one type of white foreigner (Ukrainians), but fine granting refugee status to others (Afrikaners)?
I explain:
I explain:
Ukrainians aren’t “white enough” for Trump #ukrainenews #ukraine #ukrainewar #trump #southafrica
YouTube video by Terrell Starr
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May 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Why is Trump OK with deporting one type of white foreigner (Ukrainians), but fine granting refugee status to others (Afrikaners)?
I explain:
I explain:
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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IN EL SALVADOR: Senator Van Hollen says Trump is in violation of court orders — and is paying El Salvador to imprison an innocent man. (And #KilmarÁbregoGarcía is not the only one)
April 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
IN EL SALVADOR: Senator Van Hollen says Trump is in violation of court orders — and is paying El Salvador to imprison an innocent man. (And #KilmarÁbregoGarcía is not the only one)
"Americans can rest assured that she is off our streets and locked up,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in an email. She did not respond to a request for details of Berrios’ alleged gang behavior."
I am not assured of anything except this admin's despotic and racist cruelty.
I am not assured of anything except this admin's despotic and racist cruelty.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Americans can rest assured that she is off our streets and locked up,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in an email. She did not respond to a request for details of Berrios’ alleged gang behavior."
I am not assured of anything except this admin's despotic and racist cruelty.
I am not assured of anything except this admin's despotic and racist cruelty.
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Every word of this piece from @cmgreer.bsky.social is on point. READ and share it. We’re sick of it. Wake up!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Opinion | Black Americans Are Not Surprised by What Trump’s Doing (Gift Article)
Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Every word of this piece from @cmgreer.bsky.social is on point. READ and share it. We’re sick of it. Wake up!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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I hate to be the one to say it, but this has been missing from nearly all the commentary–
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I hate to be the one to say it, but this has been missing from nearly all the commentary–
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
Gang members deserve due process rights as much as anyone else.
Disappearing them is as much a crime against humanity as disappearing unaffiliated men.
Just bought my copy of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, the--I mean, another Facebook whistleblower. While we're taking down Tesla (keep going!) let's also make FB obsolete.
March 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just bought my copy of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, the--I mean, another Facebook whistleblower. While we're taking down Tesla (keep going!) let's also make FB obsolete.
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Note: If this flies, there is absolutely no safeguard against the Trump Administration doing this to any one of the 340,000,000 people who live in the United States.
Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
On Hugh Hewitt’s show, Marco Rubio says El Salvador is “housing” people sent by the US. But he never says on what possible legal authority? These people haven’t committed any crime in El Salvador and by their own admission “many” have never committed a crime in the US. It all seems entirely lawless.
March 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Note: If this flies, there is absolutely no safeguard against the Trump Administration doing this to any one of the 340,000,000 people who live in the United States.
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Literally grabbing people off the streets.
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Literally grabbing people off the streets.
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The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
Waiting room knitting.
Sophie Scarf in hand dyed yarn---lost the tag before I added to Ravelry stash 😑. But turning out beautifully. I want to use all 100g so upped the increases to make a fuller scarf. #knitsky #knitinpublic
Sophie Scarf in hand dyed yarn---lost the tag before I added to Ravelry stash 😑. But turning out beautifully. I want to use all 100g so upped the increases to make a fuller scarf. #knitsky #knitinpublic
March 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Waiting room knitting.
Sophie Scarf in hand dyed yarn---lost the tag before I added to Ravelry stash 😑. But turning out beautifully. I want to use all 100g so upped the increases to make a fuller scarf. #knitsky #knitinpublic
Sophie Scarf in hand dyed yarn---lost the tag before I added to Ravelry stash 😑. But turning out beautifully. I want to use all 100g so upped the increases to make a fuller scarf. #knitsky #knitinpublic
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Ice is creating the appearance that they are everywhere, arresting the worst criminals, but what reporting has found is that they are manipulating search results and putting out arrest figures that are misleading, at best
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ice is creating the appearance that they are everywhere, arresting the worst criminals, but what reporting has found is that they are manipulating search results and putting out arrest figures that are misleading, at best
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More good advice
1. Stay engaged
When all the news is about Trump and pardons and lies, it is easy to want to retreat and stop paying attention. Don’t. It is precisely when things are hard that we must all lean into remaining vigilant and informed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
When all the news is about Trump and pardons and lies, it is easy to want to retreat and stop paying attention. Don’t. It is precisely when things are hard that we must all lean into remaining vigilant and informed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
More good advice
Good advice on what we can do in this moment from someone who knows how to fight back.
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good advice on what we can do in this moment from someone who knows how to fight back.
"Every day we aren't monitoring bird flu outbreaks or preventing drug-resistant tuberculosis, more people will die—and more Americans are at risk."
Not to mention the American crops that are sold overseas through this program. So many reasons to support USAID.
Not to mention the American crops that are sold overseas through this program. So many reasons to support USAID.
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Every day we aren't monitoring bird flu outbreaks or preventing drug-resistant tuberculosis, more people will die—and more Americans are at risk."
Not to mention the American crops that are sold overseas through this program. So many reasons to support USAID.
Not to mention the American crops that are sold overseas through this program. So many reasons to support USAID.
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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“Jared Kushner Says Israel Should “Finish the Job” in Gaza So It Can Focus on Building Valuable “Waterfront Property” www.vanityfair.com/news/jared-k...
Jared Kushner Says Israel Should “Finish the Job” in Gaza So It Can Focus on Building Valuable “Waterfront Property”
Always the real estate agent!
www.vanityfair.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“Jared Kushner Says Israel Should “Finish the Job” in Gaza So It Can Focus on Building Valuable “Waterfront Property” www.vanityfair.com/news/jared-k...