U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1. Three crew members were rescued, but the pilot, Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, was lost at sea. The U.S. military reported there was no indication the incident was caused by hostile action. ....does anybody even know about this. We lost another Service member. I don't believe anything they say about enemy action either.
This story about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo amplifies why many of us are tired of the democrats and their miserable efforts to hold anyone accountable. I said it the other day, i will say it again; the time for civility is long past.
Call the trump regime exactly what it is and what they are: "MURDERERS!"
Come on D's, this isn't a one-off, this has been going on since the day trump took office.
It's long passed time to call it exactly what it is: MURDER.
Find a better way … This is America… Isn’t it about time for a new, sensible political party ? …this bunch can bully & intimidate all they want, but I’m getting a sense that Americans have had enough & are ready for intelligent governance…REAL AMERICAN Leadership that aligns with our values & Constitution.
Thank you, Jim, for this great reporting. The Haitians in Springfield, Ohio was actually an American success story--that is until Vance and Trump threw a racist, hateful, lying bomb into the midst of the recovery taking place fueled by the Haitian immigrants. The mind boggling stupidity and racism of Trump, Vance, and the current administration has turned a great American success story into an un American tragedy.
What a gutpunch to end the week and that's just the stories we know about. Deporting Hatians back to their country where conditions are absolutely terrifying is going to result in more blood on the hands of the US Government- we just won't know about them. Reading about Lorenzo Araujo's brother having to witness his brother getting murdered by ICE and then being taunted by an ICE thug is breaking my heart. I started the 2nd Trump term with a playlist of responses like: people will come to their senses- this is not who we are- there are still good people in these agencies who will resist- he's going to die any day now.. Lately, I am finding myself without a response. I just don't know what to say. I am helping where I can, supporting our Immigrant Neighbors through activism and Mutual Aid- and feeling powerless while doing so. I hope the soulless ghouls running our government will be brought to justice- but I have my doubts.
So that's Trumpism..it was right there from the very first "rallies" in 2015. We are going to achieve Executive power and use it to smash through or go around the Law, legislation or regulatory rulings that we don't like. It's a type of Coup....an active and ongoing Constitutional crisis every minute of everyday
What disrespect for HUMAN LIFE! It is sickening that Miller and ICE Murder innocent people. I’m disgusted with this situation. The immigrant communities provide such a valuable support to our country. Let us show love to our fellow citizens of the country. Heartbreaking reporting.
Sadly, we are who we have always been. Our history is loaded with examples, the KKK, how the Okies were treated as they sought a better life from the dust bowl, segregation, not integrating the military until 1947 the list goes on. We are not a better Country because of it. We have to change this. It has to start with each one of us.
Thanks Bill kristol, Jim Swift, and Benjamin Parker for standing up for democracy. It seems to me ICE is still secretly a paramilitary fascist force not following due process of law All the while killing people how long before someone stops this awful BS
“This was a pitch that started off as cutting taxes, but I don’t think it’s that anymore. I think it’s really shifted to control.”
Sounds very Trumpian to me. "How'd your town vote in the last election, Mayor? The right way or the wrong way? Let's see... Hmmm. Voted for my opponent, I see, so that'd be "wrong way." Well, that complicates things, doesn't it. How bad do you want that new fire truck?"
I think the exact quote was, "Ain't nobody said nuthin' to be about that and ain't nothin' in the Bible about it, so I dunno what tuh tell ya. Y'all know how this works."
Re: "We [Springfield] typically get twenty . . . inquiries a year from businesses looking for a place to locate. We have not had a single one since the ‘cats and dogs’ comment.”
It seems like the people of Springfield might be interested in this. Are they? Or are they just pining for the Good Ol' Days, when the town was older, and sicker, and less vibrant and more White? Where the property taxes went up to cover fewer services? A town their kids moved away from and didn't want to return to because there's nothing going on?
I do wish someone would interview the other side of this "debate," the people who like JD Vance and Donald Trump and agree with what they said and believe it to be true.
DHS promised to provide bodycam units to every CBP and ICE "law enforcement" officer after the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January. INT WTF?
DOJ defers to ICE to investigate deaths resulting from actions resulting in death by ICE "law enforcement" officers? INT WTF?
ICW "law enforcement" officers acted immediately to shoot a civilian in the street instead of arresting him. INT WTF?
ICE "law enforcement" officers did not follow fundamental due process procedures with those they detained in this incident. INT WTF?
The ICE "law enforcement" officers, whose training was supposedly beefed up since the Milwaukee murders, followed ICE rules by throwing a person they shot to the ground rather than immediately providing medical trauma care. INT WTF?
(INT = Interrogative; WTF = What The 4Q)
Thankfully, we have more important things to consider - such as who will be the Democratic candidate for Senator from Maine.
I feel for the Haitian immigrants in Springfield and grieve the deeply corrosive moral damage Trump and Vance are doing to this democracy. I feel complicit reading this at my morning coffee safe for the moment. So horrible. Thank you, Jim Swift, for this important, necessary piece.
U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1. Three crew members were rescued, but the pilot, Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, was lost at sea. The U.S. military reported there was no indication the incident was caused by hostile action. ....does anybody even know about this. We lost another Service member. I don't believe anything they say about enemy action either.
This story about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo amplifies why many of us are tired of the democrats and their miserable efforts to hold anyone accountable. I said it the other day, i will say it again; the time for civility is long past.
Call the trump regime exactly what it is and what they are: "MURDERERS!"
Come on D's, this isn't a one-off, this has been going on since the day trump took office.
It's long passed time to call it exactly what it is: MURDER.
We have to be better than that as a country.
Find a better way … This is America… Isn’t it about time for a new, sensible political party ? …this bunch can bully & intimidate all they want, but I’m getting a sense that Americans have had enough & are ready for intelligent governance…REAL AMERICAN Leadership that aligns with our values & Constitution.
Thank you, Jim, for this great reporting. The Haitians in Springfield, Ohio was actually an American success story--that is until Vance and Trump threw a racist, hateful, lying bomb into the midst of the recovery taking place fueled by the Haitian immigrants. The mind boggling stupidity and racism of Trump, Vance, and the current administration has turned a great American success story into an un American tragedy.
Your reporting is heartbreaking. I pray that all this doesn’t change us.
What a gutpunch to end the week and that's just the stories we know about. Deporting Hatians back to their country where conditions are absolutely terrifying is going to result in more blood on the hands of the US Government- we just won't know about them. Reading about Lorenzo Araujo's brother having to witness his brother getting murdered by ICE and then being taunted by an ICE thug is breaking my heart. I started the 2nd Trump term with a playlist of responses like: people will come to their senses- this is not who we are- there are still good people in these agencies who will resist- he's going to die any day now.. Lately, I am finding myself without a response. I just don't know what to say. I am helping where I can, supporting our Immigrant Neighbors through activism and Mutual Aid- and feeling powerless while doing so. I hope the soulless ghouls running our government will be brought to justice- but I have my doubts.
So that's Trumpism..it was right there from the very first "rallies" in 2015. We are going to achieve Executive power and use it to smash through or go around the Law, legislation or regulatory rulings that we don't like. It's a type of Coup....an active and ongoing Constitutional crisis every minute of everyday
What disrespect for HUMAN LIFE! It is sickening that Miller and ICE Murder innocent people. I’m disgusted with this situation. The immigrant communities provide such a valuable support to our country. Let us show love to our fellow citizens of the country. Heartbreaking reporting.
Sadly, we are who we have always been. Our history is loaded with examples, the KKK, how the Okies were treated as they sought a better life from the dust bowl, segregation, not integrating the military until 1947 the list goes on. We are not a better Country because of it. We have to change this. It has to start with each one of us.
Thanks Bill kristol, Jim Swift, and Benjamin Parker for standing up for democracy. It seems to me ICE is still secretly a paramilitary fascist force not following due process of law All the while killing people how long before someone stops this awful BS
I like that Norway fan!
It probably started with "the wave" and the dude decided to put his foot down for good.
“This was a pitch that started off as cutting taxes, but I don’t think it’s that anymore. I think it’s really shifted to control.”
Sounds very Trumpian to me. "How'd your town vote in the last election, Mayor? The right way or the wrong way? Let's see... Hmmm. Voted for my opponent, I see, so that'd be "wrong way." Well, that complicates things, doesn't it. How bad do you want that new fire truck?"
Re: "Well, it turns out that the ICE officers were not wearing bodycams that morning."
Convenient, verdad?
Didn't Noem say, before she got canned, that she would make sure all the ICE goons had -- and used -- body cams? So...?
"Nobody said squat to me, and there's nothing about it in the Bible", Mullins shot back.
I think the exact quote was, "Ain't nobody said nuthin' to be about that and ain't nothin' in the Bible about it, so I dunno what tuh tell ya. Y'all know how this works."
Thanks, Jim, for the reporting from Springfield.
Re: "We [Springfield] typically get twenty . . . inquiries a year from businesses looking for a place to locate. We have not had a single one since the ‘cats and dogs’ comment.”
It seems like the people of Springfield might be interested in this. Are they? Or are they just pining for the Good Ol' Days, when the town was older, and sicker, and less vibrant and more White? Where the property taxes went up to cover fewer services? A town their kids moved away from and didn't want to return to because there's nothing going on?
I do wish someone would interview the other side of this "debate," the people who like JD Vance and Donald Trump and agree with what they said and believe it to be true.
I ask these questions:
DHS promised to provide bodycam units to every CBP and ICE "law enforcement" officer after the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January. INT WTF?
DOJ defers to ICE to investigate deaths resulting from actions resulting in death by ICE "law enforcement" officers? INT WTF?
ICW "law enforcement" officers acted immediately to shoot a civilian in the street instead of arresting him. INT WTF?
ICE "law enforcement" officers did not follow fundamental due process procedures with those they detained in this incident. INT WTF?
The ICE "law enforcement" officers, whose training was supposedly beefed up since the Milwaukee murders, followed ICE rules by throwing a person they shot to the ground rather than immediately providing medical trauma care. INT WTF?
(INT = Interrogative; WTF = What The 4Q)
Thankfully, we have more important things to consider - such as who will be the Democratic candidate for Senator from Maine.
This is beautifully written and heartbreaking.
I feel for the Haitian immigrants in Springfield and grieve the deeply corrosive moral damage Trump and Vance are doing to this democracy. I feel complicit reading this at my morning coffee safe for the moment. So horrible. Thank you, Jim Swift, for this important, necessary piece.