I met someone who was a Cory Booker supporter at a rally in Chicago where Harris came to support Governor Pritzker, before she was the candidate. This woman's daughter worked for the Pritzker campaign and she was coming from Texas to lend support, and she was a big Cory Booker fan as she was telling me. Not everyone in Texas is red!
I am going to show my support of Cory and Democracy at a Hands Off/Hände Weg rally in Berlin with a group of people from my Northern German region on Saturday. It is at 2 pm in front of the US Embassy. One of the things we are protesting is that Trump is planning to shut down half of the consulates in Germany, and trying to take away our rights as Americans Abroad to vote from abroad. Here is an article I wrote about our embassy.
There will be Hands Off rallies in countries around the world. Here are the ones posted on the Democrats Abroad website. Please share this with friends in other countries.
The word of an informant is now all the regime needs to place a person outside the protection of the law. All it needs to do whatever it wishes with that person without due process or accountability of any kind.
Welcome to the police state. Citizens, do you think you are safe?
I started crying reading the part about those poor soldiers in Lithuania, what a terrible way to die., plus, our allies helping made me cry too, because we may lose that..I hope they find the other soldier...
I keep wondering what happens when they are done firing everyone and dismantling everything, what are they going to do when they realize they need these departments and people to run the country...because they do, and the people are not going to be happy about everything that is gone..
With the demise of the Dept. of Education and the wholesale firing of HHS employees, we are well on our way to becoming a permanent country of sick idiots.
It's very simple. El Salvador is accepting people from the US because the current admin is paying them to do so. All trump needs to do is send Bukele a note saying "Oopsie! We made a mistake! can we please have Abrego Garcia back within 24 hours - or I'm not going to be able to send that $6 million I promised you."
Trump has turned El Salvador into his own private Auschwitz or Siberia, What happens if ANYONE gets picked up "by accident." - say, Tim Miller?
As I noted further down in the comments, my guess is that this man “cannot” be returned to the US because he has died while wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador. I hope I’m wrong! But I refuse to accept the shrugging “there’s nothing we can do!” response from what is supposed to be the most powerful government in the world. We’ve already threatened Greenland, Denmark, Panama, Canada, what is stopping “us” from flexing in El Salvador and saying “return this person to us OR ELSE”??
The American public deserves to know what/how the president is getting his daily brief. I find it intolerable that 5 days ago, when asked about the missing soldiers in Lithuania, Trump knew nothing about it. Said he hadn't been briefed on it. Didn't know anything about Signal either. He seems totally out of the loop on current events. Who is running this country? In the mean time, he is signing executive orders to stop ticket scalping? Really?! God help us.
Who is this Senator Ted Cruz anyway? The name Cruz sounds like a gang member to me. Plus I’ve seen comments from DJT saying he was involved with Castro or something? Can he prove he’s not a gang member?
Ah, but that's the point, isn't it? He will never have to prove anything because he's signed his soul away to the MAGA despots and has cover from any accusations or calls for accountability as long as he continues to berate those (like Andrew Egger) who dare challenge the MAGA despots.
Can you imagine Trump in a place like that? He'd be crying. Of all of the terrible, awful, horrible things Trump, Musk, Rubio and the rest are doing, this is the one that is haunting me the most. It's the kind of thing that "other countries do," and now we are that country, or our leaders are. Goddamnit, go get them back. For Christ sake. We are seeing the absolute worst of humankind and they are running this country (into the ground), and there are many equally sick people out there cheering them on. It is very sad that people live with such a hate and anger filled mind, choosing payback over therapy or any attempt to be happy or at peace.
Oh, but they are Christians, so they have the God-given right to accuse anyone of anything because they are the "Elected," the ones who are going to join the "Rapture." They don't need self-awareness when all they need is feeling self-righteous.
Now, given my bitterness here, I would like to add that should any of those who are currently lost in the thickets of the Trump cult come to their senses, let's treat them with *true* Christian charity, and show them how they should have behaved in the first place.
They view themselves as "Christians" and that was my point.
What are "Christians," exactly, anyway.
Ask the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland.
Are Lutherans more Christian than Episcopalians or vice-versa?
Are Baptists more Christian than Methodists or vice-versa?
Are Greek Orthodox more Christian than Roman Catholics?
Are Unitarians more Christian than Congregationalists?
Once you start making claims about who are "christians" and who are "NOT Christians," you are diving headfirst down a religious rabbit hole I'm never going to follow you.
Who are Christians? Simple, and hard at the same time. Jesus told us who are Christians:
Matt 25: "34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ . . . 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
"I would like to add that should any of those who are currently lost in the thickets of the Trump cult come to their senses, let's treat them with *true* Christian charity, and show them how they should have behaved in the first place."
That's what I wrote above, and it says all you just quoted in one sentence. Maybe you didn't read it?
Pope Francis is still breathing because he received the benefit of several health providers' care that most of us could only dream of receiving.
That's Christianity for you.
But ask my devoted Catholic aunt and she'll tell you what's what: it wasn't science that saved the Pope, it was God's Will.
"Just because I was off by 41 years doesn't mean I didn't see this coming -- and tried to tell you." -- George Orwell, from wherever his spirit now resides in the universe.
ICE: Knock, Knock. You: Who’s there? ICE: Land Shark. You open the door and it’s 3 ICE agents wearing gold Trump watches. ICE: We’re deporting you because you are a noncitizen in the country illegally. You: But I’m a citizen, born in the USA. ICE: Prove it now. You: Here is my Real ID Driver’s License, Passport and birth certificate. ICE: We don’t see any MAGA merchandise, so these must be fake documents, and we are confiscating them and taking you to El Salvador. You: I knew I should have bought a MAGA hat for protection.
"Why are you sticking up for a known gang member . . .?" Don't let this stand. We are not sticking up for an individual. We are sticking up for the Constitution and any individual's right - whether legal or not - to due process. The pundits need to make this point and not let them define themselves as protectors. Trump took an oath to uphold the Constitution and he's violating his oath. Put this on them, not on any individual.
Never heard Cory Booker before . . . Where have they been hiding him?????
Cory Booker in 2028!!!!
Thanks to you for rallying for us and thanks to all those in Texas for being those many blue dots in that big red state.
He ran for President in 2020 and I’m very proud to say he’s been my Senator from NJ since 2013 when he won a Special Election.
I met someone who was a Cory Booker supporter at a rally in Chicago where Harris came to support Governor Pritzker, before she was the candidate. This woman's daughter worked for the Pritzker campaign and she was coming from Texas to lend support, and she was a big Cory Booker fan as she was telling me. Not everyone in Texas is red!
I am going to show my support of Cory and Democracy at a Hands Off/Hände Weg rally in Berlin with a group of people from my Northern German region on Saturday. It is at 2 pm in front of the US Embassy. One of the things we are protesting is that Trump is planning to shut down half of the consulates in Germany, and trying to take away our rights as Americans Abroad to vote from abroad. Here is an article I wrote about our embassy.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/the-german-consulate-in-hamburg-germany?r=f0qfn
There will be Hands Off rallies in countries around the world. Here are the ones posted on the Democrats Abroad website. Please share this with friends in other countries.
Berlin, Germany https://www.democratsabroad.org/347793/hands_off_rally_in_berlin
Portugal https://www.democratsabroad.org/krup/hands_off_mass_mobilization
Cape Town, South Africa https://www.democratsabroad.org/lizoleary/hands_off_cape_town
Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.democratsabroad.org/lizoleary/hands_off_johannesburg
Toulouse, France https://www.democratsabroad.org/scottstroud/hands_off_protest_rally_on_april_5th
Lyon, France https://www.democratsabroad.org/212355/hands_off_our_democracy_rally_in_lyon
Nice, France
https://www.democratsabroad.org/ronny/hands_off_protest_in_nice_on_april_5th_dayvgemwhgl9au3gnwbj2w
Guadalajara, Mexico https://www.democratsabroad.org/brigit/hands_off_rally_in_guadalajara
Ajijic, Mexico https://www.democratsabroad.org/312781/hands_off
Toronto, Canada https://www.democratsabroad.org/juliabuchanan/hands_off_protest-toronto
The word of an informant is now all the regime needs to place a person outside the protection of the law. All it needs to do whatever it wishes with that person without due process or accountability of any kind.
Welcome to the police state. Citizens, do you think you are safe?
I started crying reading the part about those poor soldiers in Lithuania, what a terrible way to die., plus, our allies helping made me cry too, because we may lose that..I hope they find the other soldier...
I keep wondering what happens when they are done firing everyone and dismantling everything, what are they going to do when they realize they need these departments and people to run the country...because they do, and the people are not going to be happy about everything that is gone..
I’m pretty sure “they” don’t care about the people - unless those people are billionaires.
No but, ,they will care when they turn against them..politically
With the demise of the Dept. of Education and the wholesale firing of HHS employees, we are well on our way to becoming a permanent country of sick idiots.
It's very simple. El Salvador is accepting people from the US because the current admin is paying them to do so. All trump needs to do is send Bukele a note saying "Oopsie! We made a mistake! can we please have Abrego Garcia back within 24 hours - or I'm not going to be able to send that $6 million I promised you."
Trump has turned El Salvador into his own private Auschwitz or Siberia, What happens if ANYONE gets picked up "by accident." - say, Tim Miller?
Exactly. Refuse to pay El Salvador and we’d quickly get him released. But Trump and friends don’t want him back.
The 3rd plane did not turn around @ the Judge's behest.
They ignored him. They did not turn about because
they wanted to go on to El Salvador. And they picked
a hellhole for all people without due procee.
This is against our laws.To leave them there to rot
is illegal.
Bring them back.
Under deep cover, Ted Cruz is the leader of MS-13.
Pass it on.
Have you seen Hegseth’s tattoos? Someone tell ICE.
He has the gang's beard style, he has to keep it even though it's so ugly.
None of us are safe
As trump said about SIGNALGATE "Mistakes happen. . ."
The government had no problems getting Andrew Tate back from Romania
(Just sayin')
As I noted further down in the comments, my guess is that this man “cannot” be returned to the US because he has died while wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador. I hope I’m wrong! But I refuse to accept the shrugging “there’s nothing we can do!” response from what is supposed to be the most powerful government in the world. We’ve already threatened Greenland, Denmark, Panama, Canada, what is stopping “us” from flexing in El Salvador and saying “return this person to us OR ELSE”??
As I said above, they don’t want him back. He’s an “other.”
We don't even have to say that. Just "Do you want the money we've promised you?
The American public deserves to know what/how the president is getting his daily brief. I find it intolerable that 5 days ago, when asked about the missing soldiers in Lithuania, Trump knew nothing about it. Said he hadn't been briefed on it. Didn't know anything about Signal either. He seems totally out of the loop on current events. Who is running this country? In the mean time, he is signing executive orders to stop ticket scalping? Really?! God help us.
He doesn’t have the attention span to listen to daily briefs.
Psst - he gets his information from Joe Biden.
Who is this Senator Ted Cruz anyway? The name Cruz sounds like a gang member to me. Plus I’ve seen comments from DJT saying he was involved with Castro or something? Can he prove he’s not a gang member?
Ah, but that's the point, isn't it? He will never have to prove anything because he's signed his soul away to the MAGA despots and has cover from any accusations or calls for accountability as long as he continues to berate those (like Andrew Egger) who dare challenge the MAGA despots.
Can you imagine Trump in a place like that? He'd be crying. Of all of the terrible, awful, horrible things Trump, Musk, Rubio and the rest are doing, this is the one that is haunting me the most. It's the kind of thing that "other countries do," and now we are that country, or our leaders are. Goddamnit, go get them back. For Christ sake. We are seeing the absolute worst of humankind and they are running this country (into the ground), and there are many equally sick people out there cheering them on. It is very sad that people live with such a hate and anger filled mind, choosing payback over therapy or any attempt to be happy or at peace.
Oh, but they are Christians, so they have the God-given right to accuse anyone of anything because they are the "Elected," the ones who are going to join the "Rapture." They don't need self-awareness when all they need is feeling self-righteous.
Now, given my bitterness here, I would like to add that should any of those who are currently lost in the thickets of the Trump cult come to their senses, let's treat them with *true* Christian charity, and show them how they should have behaved in the first place.
(Said by an atheist.)
They may be "christians", but they are NOT Christians. Mark Shea calls them christianists, cult members of christianism AKA MAGA christians. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2017/12/what-is-christianism-2.html
They view themselves as "Christians" and that was my point.
What are "Christians," exactly, anyway.
Ask the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland.
Are Lutherans more Christian than Episcopalians or vice-versa?
Are Baptists more Christian than Methodists or vice-versa?
Are Greek Orthodox more Christian than Roman Catholics?
Are Unitarians more Christian than Congregationalists?
Once you start making claims about who are "christians" and who are "NOT Christians," you are diving headfirst down a religious rabbit hole I'm never going to follow you.
Who are Christians? Simple, and hard at the same time. Jesus told us who are Christians:
Matt 25: "34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ . . . 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
That's it.
Pope Francis agrees.
Thank you. That quote from Jesus perfectly describes to me who is His follower and who is not.
"I would like to add that should any of those who are currently lost in the thickets of the Trump cult come to their senses, let's treat them with *true* Christian charity, and show them how they should have behaved in the first place."
That's what I wrote above, and it says all you just quoted in one sentence. Maybe you didn't read it?
Pope Francis is still breathing because he received the benefit of several health providers' care that most of us could only dream of receiving.
That's Christianity for you.
But ask my devoted Catholic aunt and she'll tell you what's what: it wasn't science that saved the Pope, it was God's Will.
That's Christianity for you.
"Just because I was off by 41 years doesn't mean I didn't see this coming -- and tried to tell you." -- George Orwell, from wherever his spirit now resides in the universe.
ICE: Knock, Knock. You: Who’s there? ICE: Land Shark. You open the door and it’s 3 ICE agents wearing gold Trump watches. ICE: We’re deporting you because you are a noncitizen in the country illegally. You: But I’m a citizen, born in the USA. ICE: Prove it now. You: Here is my Real ID Driver’s License, Passport and birth certificate. ICE: We don’t see any MAGA merchandise, so these must be fake documents, and we are confiscating them and taking you to El Salvador. You: I knew I should have bought a MAGA hat for protection.
"Why are you sticking up for a known gang member . . .?" Don't let this stand. We are not sticking up for an individual. We are sticking up for the Constitution and any individual's right - whether legal or not - to due process. The pundits need to make this point and not let them define themselves as protectors. Trump took an oath to uphold the Constitution and he's violating his oath. Put this on them, not on any individual.